Happy Friday,  

It is officially our Mid-Winter Break, February 16 – 20. May all students and families enjoy this time to rest and reset to ensure students are energized and ready to wrap up the 3rd quarter on April 3rd. The break is also a good time to ask your students about their academics and make sure they are meeting their academic goals. If they are not meeting their goals, I encourage you to talk to them about getting some work completed during the break.  

UW Math Tutors are available for drop-in tutoring at the library during Lunch/Mentorship every day except Wednesday! 

Community Resources

Here are some Community Resources for students/families in need. It is essential that students have access to resources when school is not in session. Please reach out to our social worker, Ms. Lyndsey (lbjohnson1@seattleschools.org) for additional resource support.  

FamilyWorks is a local non-profit organization that comes to Nathan Hale every Wednesday when school is in session between 10:45 a.m. -1:45 p.m. They connect visitors to resources including food assistance, rental/utility assistance, public benefit support (SNAP EBT, WA Apple Health), and much more.  
Food Bank/Resource Center: 4318 Stone Way N, Seattle 98103 
Tuesdays: 12–2 p.m. 
Thursdays: 3–6 p.m. 
Fridays: 11 a.m.–1 p.m. 

Additional food bank and community resource organizations:  

North Helpline, Lake City Food Bank: 12736 33rd Ave NE, Seattle 98125
Wednesdays: 9 a.m.–1:45 p.m. 
Thursdays: 4–6:45 p.m. 
Saturdays: 9 a.m.–1:45 p.m. 

North Helpline, Bitter Lake Food Bank: 13000 Linden Ave N Seattle 98133 
Saturdays: 9 a.m.–1:45 p.m. 

El Centro De La Raza specifically works to support families of color with food, housing, immigration support, and more. 2523 16th Ave S, Seattle, 98144. 206.957.4634 https://www.elcentrodelaraza.org/el-centro-food-bank/\ 
Food Bank: Thursdays and Fridays, 10 a.m.-12 p.m., 2:30-4 p.m.  

St. Vincent de Paul provides food and household supplies for families, including delivery!  https://svdpseattle.org/get-help/, Call for support: 206-767-6449 (M-F, 8 a.m.-3 p.m.) 

Budget Season

It is a busy time of year for me leading the school. It is budget season now. I am working hard to ensure that I secure all the resources that we need to keep Nathan Hale running efficiently as a small comprehensive high school. In preparing to submit our final budget on March 19^th, many meetings are required to ensure that we have staff, students, and family input through our NH Department Leaders, NH Senate, Nathan Hale Foundation, NH ASB (ASNH), and school staff. My number one priority is to be a good steward of the allotted monies. Thank you for entrusting me with the leadership at NHHS. 

Invasive Plant Removal Along the Creek – 2/20

Students, parents, and community members are invited to join us Friday, February 20, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Nathan Hale High School for an invasive plant removal work party along Thornton Creek. Students can earn service hours! We’ll be removing mostly small patches of ivy and blackberries to make room for planting PNW native riparian plants in a few weeks! (Sunday, February 22 is the backup date if Friday’s weather looks particularly bad.) For more information and to rsvp: 

Thornton Creek Invasive Species Removal Volunteer Work Party – Fill out form 

Athletics

The Winter Sports season has brought many things to celebrate. Our Raiders could not do it without the support for family and the community. Thank you for cheering on our Raiders and helping them balance school, life and sports as student athletes. Some highlights include:  

Bowling competed at state this week and finished 12th! Gymnastics, Boys Swim and Wrestling all compete at districts this weekend. Girls basketball play for district champions for the first time in school history tomorrow, 2/14, 5 p.m. at Foster High School. Come cheer them on!  

I look forward to celebrating our student athletes on Wednesday, February 25th at our Winter Sports Dessert at 7 p.m. in the Commons. Be there.  

Spring Sports start March 2nd. The following must be completed before attending tryouts/practice:  

• Parent/guardian login to FinalForms and select student’s spring sport. 
• Parent/guardian AND student complete all online forms in FinalForms. 
• Current sports physical must be in FinalForms – free sports physicals available at the Teen Health Center in our building, call 206-302-1840 for an appointment. 
• Purchase ASB card within 2 weeks of tryouts (you can tryout before purchasing the ASB card). 

Upcoming Dates/Events

This week we had to make a shift in the date of our Unity in the Community Day. It is now rescheduled for Wednesday, March 25th. I would like to acknowledge all the hard work and planning that goes into organizing and lifting such a huge event at Nathan Hale.   

March will bring us more exciting events and activities to Hale. Please mark your calendars and come join the fun and joy of being in the Hale community.  

• March 2 – Spring sports starts (make sure you have your sports physicals and all paperwork approved in final forms). See Ms. Clark in the main office for support.  
• March 3 – Seniors in Jeopardy of failing letters out to families.  
• March 4 – Naha Assembly during Mentorship in the Gym.  
• March 7 – Nathan Hale Cabaret Night 7 p.m. in the PAC.  
• March 11 – Bite of Hale (enjoy food from around the world) 6 – 8 p.m. 
• March 17 – Music Concert (Jazz Band, Percussion Ensemble, Symphonic Band),  
  7 p.m. 
• March 25 – Unity in the Community Day (rescheduled from February 11th) 
• March 27 – Music Concert (Vocal Jazz, Concert Choir, Concert Orchestra) 7 p.m.  

Enjoy the break! 

In Partnership, 

Jolene Grimes 
Proud Principal