Welcome to Week 35.  We start the week by welcoming the 5th graders back from Camp Hancock and saying goodbye to their uniforms. We finish the week sending the 3rd graders out on their first overnight.  In between there is a lot happening.

Meetings and Events

Mon., May 21st, 8-9am	Moving Into Fifth Grade Coffee	Common Hall
3:15	Mary and Ari’s Baby Shower	LS Library
Tues., May 22nd, 7am 7am 8am-9am 11-11:50am	GOBS Fourth Grade Placement Moving Into Pre-K Coffee Third Grade Placement	LS Library Ari’s Office Common Hall Ari’s Office
Weds., May 23rd 8am 11-11:50 3:15-4:30	GOBS Moving Into Kindergarten Coffee Kindergarten and Primary Placement CORE- 5th Grade	LS Library Common Hall Ari’s Office Ari’s Office
Thurs., May 24th 7:30-8:30 12:00 - 2:30 2:00	GOBS LS Faculty Meeting 3rd Grade Overnight Nate Creek 4th Grade Spanish Service Learning Field Trip Discovery Day 5th Grade Uniform Parade	LS Library DVR Molalla Lower School Lower School
Fri, May 25th 8:15-9:30	First Grade Learning Celebration 4th Grade Spanish Service Learning Field Trip	First Grade
	3rd Grade Returns from Nate Creek Overnight

COMMUNITY

Thank You Chaperons
A tremendous thank you to all who went to Camp Hancock with the 5th graders.  All returned safe, tired and having had an wonderful time.

Shotts and Donegan Children
On Thursday Andy Shotts left campus with Edgar Shotts in violation of the restraining order.  Edgar was safely returned to Jenny but the event is reminder for us to be extra vigilant of the two children in a our care who have restraining orders in place fro their protection - Elwin Shotts and Jordan Donegan.

Marty Eastman-Brown
Marty is easing back into the classroom as her comfort and stamina increase. Thank you Marty for taking the time and care to recover completely.  Thank you Laura Harley and Caley Petersen fro teaching the children in Marty’s absence.

Zia Bajwa - Head of Lower School for the Day
Zia will be Head of Lower School on Monday.  She will be participating in the 5th grade Moving Into Coffee, coming around to visit classes, have a special lunch together with some 5th grade friends and make an announcement in Chapel.

5th Grade Teacher
Tina Akehurst has accepted our offer of the 5th grade teaching position.  Tina has both a BA and MA in Education and has 12 years of experience teaching 3rd - 6th grade students.  She comes to us from Colegio Menor, a bilingual private school in Quito, Ecuador where she has been the past 6 years teaching 5th and 6th grades and serving as a mentor teacher to new faculty.  Tina has also taught collegiate level seminars as an adjunct professor. Please join me in congratulating Tina on her appointment.

Kindergarten
We are continuing to interview candidates.

PROGRAM

LS PAL Presentation
Many thanks to Ari, Joan, Lara, Angela and Patti for their presentations to the LS parents.  The resources they referenced will all be posted in the Parent Portal on the Parent Resource page.

LSCTF Notes
LSCTF met on 5/17 and discussed the following:
Curriculum Change - each grade level discussed plans for curriculum change
Student Work to Next Teacher:

1. DRA- complete chart on outside of folder with DRA levels (include LLI level/lessons/folder covered that year). Include only end of the year assessments inside each folder.  Include all assessments (beginning, middle and end) from the previous year.  Only assess up to the end of the next grade i.e. 2nd grade will assess up to level 38.

2. IRI- 4th and 5th to discuss

3. Writing sample- un-edited (by a teacher) letter to next year's teacher

4. Math- end of the year math assessment

5. Math facts fluency progress

6. Spelling assessment- Words Their Way spelling inventory should be passed up 1-5.

7. Wednesday Express Envelopes

All Lower School Faculty Meeting
Thursday, May 24, 7:30 - 8:30 DVR

Appreciations

Report Card Procedures

Students Not Returning

EOY Calendar

LSLT
5/24/2012

Curriculum Change

Stipend Requests

Student Work to Next Teacher

Self Study Wrap Up

End Of Year Events for Faculty

Moving Into ...Coffees
We begin our last round of Spring coffees this week.  Please fill out the information in the Moving Into Coffees Google Doc, if you haven’t already done so.  We need to know which team member will represent your grade, and which students (2 per class) will present their reflections on their past year’s experience.  

OPERATIONS

BIG DAY June 1st! Note Special AS Faculty and Staff Meeting Below
Last Assembly
We will have an action packed day, beginning with our last assembly, 8:05-8:25 Be in the gym ready to go at 8:05, remind parents to arrive at 7:50 that day. Agenda to include Specialist Scavenger Hunt, Pep Song, RAZ-Equipment Update, Oregon Writer’s Awards, and the much-talked about Beginning School’s rendition of Michael Jackson’s
Thriller.
Farewell to Aardvark Fun Park
8:30-8:45 This is an All School Event!
Walk-for-Fun and Fitness
8:45-1:45 Out on the track- watch the demolition of AFP
Eucharist Chapel for Primary through Fifth Grade (3rd Grade on a Field Trip)
2:10 Please be seated by 2:10. We need to begin promptly!
AS Faculty and Staff Meeting
3:15 OES “Branding” and ice cream sundays.


End-of-Year Calendar

Wed., June 13th, Last Day of School- Promotion Ceremony for K-5th Grade, 9:30-10:45.  School out at 11:15. More details to follow.

Wednesday, June 14th - Pack up classrooms and write final reports

Thursday, June 15 - Pack up classrooms and write final reports

Friday, June 16th    9:00 -12:00 - LS Faculty Meeting, Wrap Up the Year
                      Lower School End-of-Year Party, Location TBA

Monday, June 18th     8-3 Teachers Proof-read reports
            4pm, All School/Faculty and Staff Celebration, Raccoon Lodge

Tues., June 19th    8:30- 10:30, LS Faculty Meeting, Looking Ahead 2012-2013 

11:00 - 12:30 AS Faculty Meeting 

12:30 AS Faculty and Staff Closing Chapel

1:00 AS Faculty and Staff Closing Luncheon

Thurs., June 21th    Seismic Upgrades Begin in LS Classrooms!   

As we head into these last weeks of school, take care to pace yourselves and enjoy your final days with your students.