Salmon Bay School

Salmon Bay School (Formerly known as Coho/NOMS New Options Middle School) is a kindergarten through eighth grade alternative school in Seattle, Washington and is part of Seattle Public Schools. The school is located in the neighborhood of Ballard near Ballard High School.

Dimensions of the School

With three floors the bottom floor has the 1st through 4th grade students along with the band and marimba rooms, the two gyms, and the lunch room/auditorium. The second floor holds the library and 5th and 6th graders, On the very top floor has the 7th and 8th grader class rooms which are mixed. The 7th and 8th grade math teachers are also on the 3rd floor. There are also two study skill class rooms, and a class for the disabled. The middle school is split up into "cores", the whole 6th grade is one core, and 7th and 8th grade cores consist of 4 homerooms each, about 25-30 kids per homeroom.

Winter Enrichment Program

For six Fridays starting on the first Friday of January after students come back from winter break Salmon Bay has what is known as the Winter Enrichment Program (WEP), which are both in and out of school activities. Students have signed up for a program prior to going to winter break. The programs offered are bead making, rock climbing, touring Seattle, bowling/movie making, skiing or snowboarding at Snoqualmie Pass. The program was first organized by Jay Sasnett, a teacher at the school. At first skiing/snowboarding was the only program offered but the program has expanded. Skiing and snowboarding still remains the most popular of the activities with roughly two-thirds of the middle school doing it. In the 2004-2005 school year the program was put on hiatus due to unseen lack of snow at the pass. Only one day of programs were held. Jay rocks!!

External links

*Salmon Bay School Website [http://www.salmonbay.seattleschools.org/]