Upcoming Dates:

• 4/8-4/12             Spring Break
• 4/27                    Hazel Wolf Mariners Night, 6:00pm
• 5/5                      Hazel Wolf Sounders Game, 3:30pm
• 5/9                      Multicultural Night
• 5/25                    Hazel Wolf Storm Game, 6:00pm
• 5/27                    No school (Memorial Day)
• 5/30                    PTSA General Session, 6:30pm
• 6/10-6/14            Book Fair
• 6/13                    E-Stem Celebration
• 6/17                    E-Stem Career Day
• 6/18                    Field Day
• 6/18, 20-21         Book Bonanza
• 6/19                    No school (Juneteenth)
• 6/21                    Last Day of School

All School Announcements

Message from Dr. Breuder:

Nature Bridge and Ramadan: I am so sorry for the oversight in scheduling 5^th-grade and 8^th-grade Nature Bridge programs during Ramadan.  These programs have been on the calendar for a long time, and it is unacceptable that we did not catch that until just recently.  Please know that this will not happen again as we build our calendar moving forward.  We know this is such an important time of observance for so many of our families, and I sincerely apologize for that cross-scheduling.  It is too late for us to re-schedule these trips all together, so we have been in contact with Nature Bridge staff to ensure that our students observing Ramadan can participate in the Nature Bridge programs.  We will contact 5^th and 8^th-grade parents about these accommodations this week.  We absolutely want all of our students in 5^th and 8^th-grades to participate in the Nature Bridge programs, so we are doing everything we can to collaborate with the staff at Nature Bridge and make sure accommodations are in place.  While I know an apology doesn’t fix this mistake, please know that we are reflecting on this deeply and how we can be more culturally sensitive to all of our families moving forward.  I am so sorry that this happened and will do everything possible to make sure it doesn’t happen again. 

Staffing changes this week: Please welcome Ms. Michelle Phan to the Hazel Wolf community. Ms. Phan joins us as an elementary teacher, focusing on supporting students in math.  Ms. Phan is filling Hillary Peterman’s position, as Ms. Peterman is officially moving to the middles school math program this week.  Ms. Phan is a familiar face to many, as she completed her student internship at Hazel Wolf a few years ago and was also a Hazel Wolf graduate.  We are very excited to have Ms. Phan join the elementary team and our community!

Budget/staffing: We are working through the budget and staffing process for next year.  We received reductions in allocations for next year (dollars and staffing), so we are having to make decisions about where to make those reductions, which impacts the entire school.  There are intricacies and complexities that are unique to a K-8 school, as we are funded more as a K-5 school, and not like a comprehensive middle school.  This means we have to make budget and staffing decisions that allow for crossover between the elementary and middle school.  Stay tuned for more on this, as this next week is when we finalize the budget and staffing for 2024-25. 

Order your 2023-24 Hazel Wolf K-8 Yearbook: Students who order a yearbook by May 15 will receive their yearbook at school with their classmates. Order your 52-page full color book of special memories now through May 15 here:  https://shop.yearbookmarket.com/hazelwolfk8 

Middle School:

Spring Sports Alert: 

Spring sports are now underway! For the spring season we offer co-ed track, boys’ soccer, and girls’ volleyball (ultimate frisbee is not a school sport). Games and Meets will be held on Saturdays, but we do not have game/meet schedules at this time. With the exception of track, practices will be on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Co-ed Track: Coach Kristen will be returning for Track. She can be reached at Kristen at kristenschriver@mac.com. Additional details:

• What: Middle School Track
• Where: Nathan Hale High School track
• When: Practice Mondays 3:45/4:00 to 5:00pm, Wednesdays 2:30/2:45 to 3:45pm starting 3/18
• Meets: Saturdays, schedule TBD
• Virginia See is the parent/carpool coordinator. Please email her at virginia.see@gmail.com  regarding if you have a child/children wanting to do track, if you can drive children to and/or from track (on which days, and how many kids), or if you need a ride for your child to and/or from track. If you agree to be a carpool driver, the tentative plan is to drop kids who need it back off at Hazel Wolf afterward, to either walk home or be picked up from there.

Boys Soccer: Coach K has returned for soccer. Soccer practices start in the back parking lot of Hazel Wolf at 3:35. The boys will run to North Acres Park to have practice until 5:30pm. You can pick up your soccer player from North Acres Park at 5:30. 

Girls Volleyball: Scheduled to start this week with a new coach.  Practices will be Tuesdays and Thursdays after school.

Spring Ultimate:   Ultimate frisbee is underway. Practices are Tuesdays and Thursdays after school.  Students will need to sign up through DiscNW in order to play. All middle school grades and skill levels are encouraged to check out this fantastic sport.  Email Coach Lars if interested Lars Boettcher larspboettcher15@gmail.com. 

PTSA Announcements and Events

Thank you to Craig Perez and the Virginia Inn for generously donating 50% of the Inn’s proceeds to our PTSA as part of their Brunch Fundraiser on March 16th! Thank you to those in our community who came and enjoyed an amazing brunch, lunch or drink!  We will plan to share more details on the fundraiser in the next bulletin!

Hazel Wolf Family Mariners Night at T-Mobile Park is Saturday April 27th at 6pm.  We have 300 tickets reserved in the 300 level & 200 tickets reserved in the 100 level.  Tickets are $12 or $20 depending on which section you pick, and both tickets include $2 for the PTSA. Please email sabra warren with questions at sabrahallphoto@gmail.com 

Fevo Link to purchase tickets: https://offer.fevo.com/04272024-mariners-vs-arizona-diamondbacks-6wgmnrv-d373abb?fevoUri=04272024-mariners-vs-arizona-diamondbacks-6wgmnrv-d373abb%2F

Hazel Wolf Sounders Night: We have 350 discounted tickets to the Sounders match on Saturday May 5th at 3:30pm with a special performance by the Hazel Wolf Show Choir.  We expect tickets to sell out fast.  Contact Sabra Warren with questions. sabrahallphoto@gmail.com 

Link to purchase tickets: https://fevo-enterprise.com/PP-HW

Seattle Storm Game and Hazel Wolf Show Choir Performance:  We have discounted tickets to the Storm game on May 25th.  Tickets include a $2 donation to Hazel Wolf.  Contact Sabra Warren with questions sabrahallphoto@gmail.com

Link to purchase tickets: http://stormgrouptix.com/hazelwolf

Volunteer Opportunities

Lunch volunteers: Thank you to all the parents who are helping serve lunches!  You can continue to sign up here:  https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0E49ACAA22AAFF2-47072318-lunch

Did you have fun at Spring Fling? Want to help organize super-fun events like this for our school community? Consider joining our Board or becoming a project lead or PTSA volunteer! No experience required, any and all levels of enthusiasm welcomed!