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Principal Wheeler’s Weekly Update 5-23-25

Hello Viewlands Families! We now have only 17 school days left in the 2025-2026 school year. There is no school on Monday for the Memorial Day holiday. We will resume school on Tuesday, May 23rd. Thank you to families who have shared any updates or changes to their child’s school…
drawing of orcas swimming in front of mountains

Principal Wheeler’s Weekly Update 5-16-25

Principal Wheeler’s Weekly Update 5-16-25 Hello Viewlands Families!  Thank you to all the families that were able to come to our Evening of Arts and Culture. It was a beautiful night of creativity with art and dance, play in the playground, and seeing the mural in our middle stairs. We…
drawing of an orca leaping out of the water

Principal Wheeler’s Weekly Update 5-9-25

Principal Wheeler’s Weekly Update 5-9-25 Hello Viewlands Families! This week was teacher/staff appreciation week. Thank you to VEPTSA for sharing the love this week with wonderful food and kindness shown to all the teachers and staff at Viewlands. A BIG thank you to VEPTSA and all the families that supported…
student artwork Viewlands and orca by Max Landback

Principal Wheeler’s Weekly Update 5-2-25

Principal Wheeler’s Weekly Update 5-2-25 Hello Viewlands Families! May is Asian America Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander (AANHPI) heritage month. Today, we had an incredible assembly, 5th Avenue Theater’s production of Songs of the Moon. The assembly was truly incredible! Students across the grades K-5 were engaged the entire hour-long performance. In this production, they…
artwork of orcas and Viewlands by Ellie Morrow

Principal Wheeler’s Weekly Update 4-25-25

Principal Wheeler’s Weekly Update 4-25-25 Hello Viewlands Families! We are in the final months of this school year. There is a lot packed into the last couple months, community events, state and district spring assessments, assemblies, and end of year celebrations. The last couple months of the school year are busy! A…
connect four board game

Principal Wheeler’s Weekly Update 4-11-25

Principal Wheeler’s Weekly Update 4-11-25 Hello Viewlands Families! Next week is spring break. We hope every family can cultivate joy together next week with small moments together or bigger adventures with your loved ones. This week we had our final stage of the Salmon in Schools project. On Wednesday, our…
Cherry Trees Spring Break

Principal Wheeler’s Weekly Update 4-4-25

Principal Wheeler’s Weekly Update 4-4-25 Hello Viewlands Families! April has arrived! Spring has sprung! With that comes some warmer days with beautiful sunshine. Blue skies, sunny, warmer spring days in the PNW are incredible! With that, also comes students peeling off layers when outside and often forgetting them in various…
Orca mascot lounging on the Viewlands sign

25-26 Kindergarten Dates

25-26 Kindergarten Dates Viewlands Kinder Camp Wednesday August 20th 9-11:30AM @ Viewlands Thursday August 21st 9-11:30AM @ Viewlands This is for incoming kindergarten students enrolled at Viewlands for the 2025-2026 school year. It is optional but we encourage participation if available. There is no transportation provided, so family transport is required. Metro bus vouchers…
two orcas jumping out of the water

Principal Wheeler’s Weekly Update 3-28-25

Principal Wheeler’s Weekly Update 3-28-25 Hello Viewlands Families! Today we had a guest author visit. This was generously funded by VEPTSA! Author Donna Sandstorm visited today. She did 3 mini assemblies with different grades. Donna is the author of Orca Rescue! The True Story of an Orphaned Orca Named Springer. Donna…
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Viewlands SBA and WCAS

Testing Schedule 2025 Computer Adaptive (CAT) English Language Arts (ELA) Performance Task (PT) Smarter Balance Assessment (SBA) Washington Comprehensive Assessment of Science (WCAS) 3rd Grade SBA ELA CAT – Tuesday 5/27 ELA PT – Wednesday 5/28 ELA PT – ELA PT – Thursday 5/29 Math CAT – Monday 6/2 Math…