Welcome to Week 38, our closing week of school. Best of luck with the final three days with your students.  We have much to be proud of with so many accomplishment. Please note that this last communication will cover events and important information up to June 19th, our last official day together.  

Meetings and Events

DATE	EVENTS	LOCATION
Monday, June 11th, 3:15 pm 8:30-1:30	AS Faculty Meeting:  Update on Benefits for Next Year 3rd Grade Trip to Old Town Portland	Dining Hall PDX
Wednesday June 13th 7:15-9am 9:30-10:45 11:15	Labyrinth Walk LS Promotion Ceremony Dismissal	Gym Chapel BS and Lower School
Thursday, June 14th	Reporting Writing First Half Completed	Home or School
Friday, June15 9 - 11:45am 12-1:30 1:30	LS Faculty Meeting End-of-Year Celebration Packing or reports	LSCH Thai Roses School or home
Monday, June 18 4:00 pm	Proof Reports with Colleagues AS Faculty End-of-Year Celebration	Home or school Raccoon Lodge
Tuesday, June 19th 8:30 - 10:30 10:30 - 12:00 12:00 -12:30 12:30 -2:00	LS Faculty Meeting AS Faculty Meeting Closing Chapel Closing Lunch	DVR Dining Hall OES Chapel Dining Hall

COMMUNITY

Supervision of Lunch and Recess
Last weekly there were several incidents of unkind or disrespectful behavior at lunch and recess.  Lets all be extra vigilant this week to help the year end succesfully.

Water Works Concern
Ambitious excavators removed large flat stepping stones from paths around Aardvark Community Park. It is surprising that supervising adults didn’t catch this. Please keep an eye on WW  when on duty and be sure stepping stones don’t make their way into WW. If you do find stones at WW have students replace stones on one of the parths.  

Friday’s Luncheon
As a special thank you to all fro doing so well will a challenging year, we are inviting you all to lunch at the Thai Roses.  Due to limited parking we will need to car pool to our luncheon destination.  Colesie and Jenny have kindly offered to drive two OES mini buses which will carry 28 passengers.  The rest of us can car pool. We will load cars and buses at 11:45 in the main lot. Bring your walking shoes if you want to walk back to campus after lunch.

Moving Into... Spring Coffees
Our thanks to classroom teachers and specialists who presented at these coffees. I’ve heard many rave reviews from parents. Parents find this preview of the grade ahead informative and helpful.  Thanks for your time and talents!

Laura Harley
Please join me in congratulating Laura Harley for her appointment as a 3rd/4th grade teacher at the Forest Grove Community School.  While I am sorry that Laura will be leaving OES, I know she is ready for taking on her own classroom.

Time Capsule
The contents of the AFP Time Capsule will remain on display in the Lower School Library through Monday.  Drawings and pictures from each 1991 Lower School class were placed in the capsule.  Unfortunately, much of the contents was ruined by water damage.


PROGRAM

LSCTF Discussion
We discussed progress on the continuum, end of year faculty meeting and the role of the LSCTF for next year.


OPERATIONS

Friendly Reminders About Next Week’s Events and Deadline
A Note about Prepping for Meetings (see below)  
We understand that everyone is in the throws of assessments, end-of-year events, and report writing, and probably can’t imagine how you could find time to prep for meetings. Don’t worry if you can’t find time in the coming days to prep. Folks in the Curriculum Task Force felt that colleagues would like to have the “heads-up” so they could prep if they had the time.

Wednesday, June 13 - Last Day of School
Promotion Ceremony for K-5th Grade, 9:30-10:45.  
School Dismissal at 11:15

Thursday, June 14
Report Writing day

Friday, June 15
LS Faculty Meeting - 9:00 am - 11:45 Wrap Up the Year - LSCH
Optional PREP for this MEETING:  If you have time before hand, think about what worked well, what was difficult and what could be improved (think two ways: big picture- the entire year and closer look month-by-month).

Tuesday, June 19th   
8:30- 10:30am, LS Faculty Meeting, Looking Ahead 2012-2013
Optional PREP for this MEETING
•If you have time, come prepared to look ahead and plot out  your grade level team and specialists colleagues’ big events, informances, trips, culminating events, etc.
•We’ll use the grade level colored stickies to plot this out in general terms, not necessarily with specific dates. We’ll do that in August.

10:30 -  AS Faculty Meeting
12:00 -  AS Faculty and Staff Closing Chapel
12:30 - AS Faculty and Staff Closing Luncheon

Wednesday, June 20th
Finish room packing

Thursday, June 21
Seismic Upgrades Begin in LS Classrooms!   

Room 10 Needs Work - Fire Marshall
The Fire Marshall has very clear requirements for the clean-up of Room 10.  The basic guidelines are everything needs to be on existing shelves to maintain clear egress of the room and access to utility closets.  An 18” space between ceiling and storage must e maintained for the sprinkler system. If you have anything on the floor in Room 10 find a place for it on a shelf.  If you cannot find space clearly label it SAVE, Teacher Name, DATE.

LS Yearbooks
Thank to Agi Mottern and volunteers we have another fantastic LS Yearbook.  Pick up your copies in the Faculty Lounge on Tuesday.

Push to Celebrate Birthdays
We understand that there have been a flood of summer birthday celebrations in the last weeks of school. This must cause a lot of distractions. Please consider these as options for summer birthdays next year:
•Celebrate half birthdays during the year
•Celebrate summer birthdays in the merry month of May
•Consider having a special summer birthday breakfast or lunch hosted by all of the summer birthday celebrants in May or June. Parents with summer birthday children plan this event and provide food, beverages, etc..