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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 few highlights from my visits…

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 4th and 5th graders took the salmon…
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…
Graphic of a paper form for course registration

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…
graphic Viewlands Elementary drawing of orcas swimming and the word

Principal Wheeler’s Weekly Update 3-21-25

Principal Wheeler’s Weekly Update 3-21-25 Hello Viewlands Families! This week started off on Monday with an incredible all school assembly celebrating dance, music, and St. Paddy’s Day. One of our very own Viewlands students is a member of the Irish dance team at Tara Academy of Irish Dance studio. As…
Lunar New Year

Principal Wheeler’s Weekly Update 3-14-25

Principal Wheeler’s Weekly Update 3-14-25 Hello Viewlands Families! This week Ms. B was able to put the collaborative snake art project up. Every Viewlands student, across grades and classrooms, painted their own scale as part of the collaborative art project to honor the Lunar New Year.  Today was Pi Day!…
awards at the stadium

Principal Wheeler’s Weekly Update 3-7-25

Principal Wheeler’s Weekly Update 3-7-25 Hello Viewlands Families! Tomorrow, Saturday, March 8, VEPTSA is hosting the Viewlands Orca Cup at Sandel Park 2-4PM. This is a free community family event with soccer, music, and snacks. This is a fun community event and a great opportunity to connect with other Viewlands…
flower market buckets full of tulips

Principal Wheeler’s Weekly Update 2-28-25

Principal Wheeler’s Weekly Update 2-28-25 Hello Viewlands Families! A sneak peek at those beautiful blue sky sunny spring days that we all love visited us this week at the end of February, which was lovely, and a welcomed surprise after the cold and snow earlier this month.  This week we had a…