Posted in Basketball, tagged Basketball, Coupeville, Coupeville Elementary School, registration on November 13, 2021| 1 Comment »
Ready to hit the basketball court? Now’s your time.
Coupeville students in K-5 can register to play for free in the Coupeville Youth Basketball Association season, which runs from January 10 to March 5.
Parents or guardians can register players online, or in person at an open house Nov. 20.
The association web site listed in the flier above is expected to go live this coming Monday, Nov. 15.
Posted in Not sports? Tough!, tagged books, Christi Messner, Coupeville Elementary School, fundraiser, Scholastic on August 5, 2021| Leave a Comment »
“Books! We’re getting books!!” (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)
You can fuel book love.
Make a donation of $5 or more to a fundraiser being run by Coupeville Elementary teacher Christi Messner, and the money will go to make sure all of her students have a new book to take home each month during the coming school year.
“Scholastic is an amazing company that provides low cost books to students and teachers,” Messner said. “Sadly, times are changing and many families cannot afford to purchase these books to have at home.
“Print rich environments aren’t the norm at many homes anymore,” she added. “How amazing would it be if ALL of my students could receive one free book every month?!”
Deeply-committed teachers like Messner, whose own daughter Katie will be a freshman at CHS this fall, continue the work embraced by my mother, who worked as a children’s librarian when I was younger.
The book you buy today may fuel the birth of the teacher or librarian of tomorrow.
Or if not, your donation will still provide a ray of sunshine in the life of Coupeville’s youngest superstars.
“We would love to pass on the love of reading and provide books for them to have at home,” Messner said. “Being a teacher, the greatest joy is watching students fall in love with books.”
For more info and to donate, pop over to:
You can also donate through:
PayPal — allofuswhidbey.net
Venmo — @Christi-Messner
Posted in Not sports? Tough!, tagged Coupeville Elementary School, Coupeville Farm to School, outdoor classroom, work party on July 7, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Get your fingers dirty for a good cause.
Coupeville’s Farm to School program is holding a work party this Saturday, July 10, from 11-2, and you — yes, you — are invited to participate.
The event will teach volunteers “a bit about how to build habitat gardens,” with snacks sweetening the deal.
Things go down at Coupeville Elementary, located at 6 South Main Street, across from Harada Physical Therapy, which occupies the former Videoville building.
Posted in Boys Soccer, tagged boys soccer, Chayse Van Velkinburgh, Coupeville Elementary School, getting goals, rising star on February 20, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Chayse Van Velkinburgh with dad Dustin. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)
Chayse shreds the defense. (Photo courtesy Dustin Van Velkinburgh)
“All in all, it was a good day.”
Chayse Van Velkinburgh, a 10-year-old Coupeville Elementary School student, continues to play above his age group on the soccer pitch.
Saturday, mask in place, he participated in two games, while repping the uniform of two different teams.
Van Velkinburgh opened the day by suiting up for the U12 NWU Black squad, starting at left back, where he helped trigger two of his team’s three goals in a loss.
The first score came off of a long ball played from the back, while on the second tally the young supernova dropped in a pinpoint quick throw to give a teammate an advantage on a backpedaling goaltender.
“The score won’t show it, but he played really well at that level,” said dad Dustin.
Game two brought Chayse back to his normal squad, U11 NWU Black, and he propelled them to an 8-3 victory.
The younger Van Velkinburgh scored twice in his nightcap, punching in a laser from 25 feet out for one score, before getting creative for another goal.
Smartly reading the opposing goaltender, he picked off a goal kick, then lit up the goalie.
A little dribble opened things up, before Van Velkinburgh slid the ball between the opposing player’s legs to set off a celebration.
Posted in coronavirus updates, tagged Coupeville Elementary School, Coupeville School District, Covid-19, Island County Health Department, Steve King on February 10, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Coupeville Schools Superintendent Steve King
The return to semi-normal continues.
Coupeville Schools Superintendent Steve King announced Wednesday that the district will meet the next step in its COVID-19 reopening plan.
That means children in grades 3-5 will join hybrid in-person learning Monday, February 22.
Grades K-2 had earlier returned to Coupeville Elementary, while the town’s middle and high school students are next on the list.
Target dates for a return to in-person education at CMS (grades 6-8) and CHS (9-12) are currently Mar. 8 and 15, respectively.
When grades 3-5 return, the schedule which awaits is:
8:45 to 9:00 — CES doors open to students for health screening and entry
9:00 to 11:30 — In-Person classes for Group A
11:30 to 12:45 — Teacher lunch and planning; room sanitization
12:45 to 1:00 — CES doors open to students for health screening and entry
1:00 to 3:30 — In-Person classes for Group B
“While in-person school looks very different from how school operated prior to COVID, we are excited to share this good news for our students, staff, and families,” King said.
The reopening plan, which was created in conjunction with Island County Public Health, was approved Jan. 11 in a 4-1 vote by the Coupeville School Board.
A weekly data sheet created by ICPH places Coupeville currently at “moderate risk,” with all data either flat or decreasing.
“We have had a very positive and successful beginning for our K-2 students who have begun in our Elementary Hybrid model,” King said. “We have no evidence of transmission of COVID-19 occurring in our schools.
“Please know that we will continue cautiously phasing in our students to in-person learning.”
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