LS Weekly Memo Week 23: February  11-15

Thank you to all for your involvement in Admissions Day.  It is incredibly valuable to have each of your perspectives on our student visitors, even when you find yourself working with an age group you do not usually teach.

Good luck with conferences on Thursday and Friday. Let us know if you need support, have questions or concerns.

COMMUNITY
Project V.O.I.C.E.- Feb. 11th and 12th
Spoken Word Poets Sarah Kay and Phil Kaye, will be on campus Monday and Tuesday.  Monday morning - 5th-8th Grade, 10:50-11:50 in the Chapel
Monday evening - parents, 7-8:30 pm in the Chapel
Tuesday morning 9:00 - 10:00 for half the 5th grade in the LSCH
Tuesday afternoon 12:40-1:40 for half the 5th grade in the LSCH

OBOB, Wednesday, February 13th, 8:30-10
This is our in-house Oregon Battle of the Books competition which will determine which teams will go forward to represent our school at the regional competition.

February Assembly, 100th Day of School and February 22nd
Kristen and Tracy are “cooking up” plans for a math assembly. Stay tuned for details next week. Based on the Team Leader discussion relating perspectives from several faculty, 2/22 will be a regular uniform day. We will have a  uniform optional day on Friday, March 1

Friday, March 1 - Uniform Optional Day -
Come dressed as your favorite TV character or dressed in your most comfortable clothes for watching TV - a “Prime TIme” theme to support the Auction coming up on 3/9.

OES Auction: Prime Time, Saturday, March 9th
Come out and support the OES auction! It is lots of fun, and supports important endeavors, including faculty professional development and financial aid. Sign up for a volunteer opportunity on Volunteer Spot.


PROGRAM

NCCE Conference 2013 in Portland 2/28 and 3/1

Let me know if you are interested in attending.  

Aardvark Science Exhibition

Thursday, February 21st, from 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM at SPARC.  This is a great opportunity to review the science research work of students in grades 7 - 12.  THough students will not be there to discuss their boards, hundreds of science research presentation boards will be on display.

Team Leader Meeting - Mondays

Thank you Debra for volunteering to join us.

Topics discussed 2/4

2013-14 Calendar

End of year/ Beginning of year schedule

Assembly and Uniform Optional Day

Topics to be discussed 2/11

Draft 5 year curriculum plan

LS Building Plan - school visits

Faculty Meetings - See AS Faculty Meeting Schedule

2/21 - Team Meetings: BS, 1-2, 3-5, Specialists - Operations

2/28 - Team Meetings: BS, 1-2, 3-5 on Curriculum

Spcialists - Department Meetings

Lower School Curriculum Task Force Meeting, Friday, February 22nd 11-11:50

We will meet in the Science Discovery Room to look at a 5 Year Curriculum Plan. Other topics you want to discuss? Let David know.

Chapel

Be on time, please - 11:55 on Monday. 8:10 on Friday.

Monday, Feb. 11:  Chapel at the regular time with the usual participants (Primary through 5th).

Tuesday, Feb. 12: Fat Tuesday, aka Mardi Gras or Carnival, which means we will have breakfast food for lunch (usually pancakes, sausage, scrambled eggs).

Wednesday, Feb. 13:  Ash Wednesday Chapel at 11:55 a.m. for Primary through 5th grade.   BRING YOUR ALLELUIAS that your class made. Remind students that coming forward for ashes is their choice.  If they do so they should be respectful. This is a good reminder for our younger students who tend to get a bit silly.

Arts Week
Artist in Residence (Habiba) that will be performing Monday Feb. 25th at 8:15-9 in the Gym for a special Arts Week LS assembly.


OPERATIONS

Help with Chris O’Toole’s Duties
Please take a look at Chris’ duty schedule for the week of February 19th-February 22nd posted on the bulletin board near the faculty room.  Let Chris know if you would like to swap duties the following week.

Google Calendar
Be sure to keep your calendar current.  AS special events come up that will be our go to calendar for coordinating events.

Scheduling -  Please avoid scheduling special events during Chapel time.

LS Building
The Team Leaders, Kirstin McAuley (member of the Building Committee) and I are beginning to collect images of interesting schools to inform the design of our new LS Building.  Let us know if you know of some school we should investigate.