LS Weekly Memo
Week 12: October 27-31
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We started off the week with the great news about the capital campaign for the new building and the school’s increased commitment to financially supporting employee benefits. Thanks to the 1st grade for a great Literacy Celebration mid-week and to Tasha’s class for putting their learning into action about education for girls. With several special Chapels coming up I encourage Specialists to join us.
Good luck with conferences. Know SST is at the ready to review a conference with you, sit in on a conference (be sure to let parents know who you have invited) or help with plans after the conference.
COMMUNITY
When in Doubt Call LS Office for Help
A couple of incidents have occurred when folks were not sure what to do or who to call. When in doubt call the LS Office. Lyn, Jenny or both are there 7:30 am - 4:00 pm.
Head Injury? - Send the student into the office
Mix It Up Day - Wednesday, October 29
See Melanie’s email for details.
Metal Recess Bin
Be sure to lock the lid of the metal recess equipment bin in the open position so it cannot accidentally close on someone. It was left unlocked twice last week.
Stay on the Paths in the OES Woods
- plants have been trampled by visitors not staying on paths
- most evident at the base of the woods down by the Loop Road parking area
- stay on established paths
COT as Problem Solver
If you have a student(s) who have ongoing behavior challenges, please contact Chris. Together you can come up with intervention strategies to support your student(s)!
Lunch Inquiry - I have heard from Asha’s class and Jenny Cleveland. We are all part of the problem. Do you want to be part of the solution?
- Between now and conferences please collect observations
- What is working? What is not during 1st - 3rd and 4th & 5th lunches
- Let me know if you are interested on working on this problem so we can review observations and begin working on solutions.
Birthday Celebrations on 10/30 - Come sing and share some treats in honor of our August, September and October birthdays.
Students to Watch on the Playground
BK in Jackie’s Class- Making progress but still may need support in competitive games and sports.
PG in Tina’s Class- please keep an eye on him so you can intervene before something escalates.
It will be important to document any issues in an Incident Report. We are working closely with these students’ families. See their photo in PCR if you don’t know what they look like.
Melanie Clark
Upcoming Chapels
Monday, October 27: Rachel Taylor’s 4th grade class will present on Fair Trade Chocolate — just in time for Halloween.
Monday, November 3: 2 guest speakers from the Upper School talking about education in Afghanistan (working with Tasha’s class).
Monday, November 10: WORKING on getting a guest speaker for Veterans’ Day (celebrated in Chapel on November 10).
Friday, November 14: Diwali celebration in Chapel.
Visitors During Lunch and Recess
A number of Fifth Grade girls are popping into the Beginning School during BS lunch. While we don’t want to be unwelcoming, this is quite disruptive, right when food is served. Please remind students not to make impromptu visits. If they are interested in being lunch helpers, we can talk. I’d want to train them and set up a schedule.
Several First Graders have been migrating over to the Beginning School playground. Please remind them that this is not a choice. Only Primary students can pick between Beginning School and Aardvark Community Park.
PROGRAM
Out and About on Campus Trips
When you head out to explore the campus:
- Let LS Office know which adults are going
- Pick up 1st Aid Kit
- Provided cell phone number to LS Office (Jenny will send out a Google Form to collect numbers)
- Be sure you are registered with Instant Alert and Flash Alert (Links at bottom of WedX) so you would be notified about any emergency that occurred
Parent Conferences
- Contact an SST member if you want to discuss a difficult conference
- Start and end on time.
- Follow up with SST if questions arise about how to best support a student
- Turn in a copy of conference reports to Jenny Strode for student files
UbD Check-in
Asha and Angela met to share a HAC concern about the UbD process and meeting time. The Division Heads, Team Leaders and Department Chairs are discussing. Let me know if you would like me to come by your common planning time to discuss.
Faculty Meetings
- No meetings this week. Conference prep time
Team Leader Notes
- Building update
- Mix it up
- Meetings/ UBD check-in
I have launched the PGD opportunities for 2014-15. Express your interest. Indicate your preference. Add additional possibilities.
Photo Management and Google Website Challenges? Tonya can help!
Interested in skipping multiple downloads and uploads to get all your pictures on your Google Site? Ever wish that your web albums could sync automatically every time you download new pictures from your camera to your machine? They can! I have been using Picasa for the last few years and find this a VAST improvement over iPhoto. I would be happy to share my success and save you a WHOLE BUNCH of clicking and time. Full disclosure: Google would rather you just use Google+ and apparently doesn’t fully support Picasa. Reality: Picasa is integrated with Google+ (as of the latest update) and is much more efficient than what I hear everyone is doing with iPhoto. If you’re interested, let me know.
Tonya
Beyond Marshmallows - Lecture on Delaying Gratification
Save the Date for "Beyond Marshmallows"
A lecture by Professor Walter Mischel
Sunday 23 November 2014 3:00pm
Lincoln High School Auditorium
OPERATIONS
Emergency Drills
Great fire drill Thursday. While students were a little chatty walking out to the field, they were super quiet and cooperative once in lines on the field, Commend them for us!
The next emergency drill is an AS Lock Down drill, some time between 9:35 and 9:45 on Monday, November 10th. That of course is First and Second Grade recess. We’ll need to do some advanced planning around this. Rebecca Williams, Safety coordinator, wants us to go ahead with our usual schedule and see what we can learn from the experience. Stay tuned for more details.
Bathrooms at Lunch Recess
The Gym bathrooms will be open during Lunch Recess. Students should tell a duty teacher before they go. Student should take a buddy (1) along who waits in the hall.
Beginning Schoolers Please Take a Bathroom Break Before Lunch
Lyn and Jenny report that they have as many as 5-7 children waiting long periods of time to use the bathroom in the Office. Please be sure to give the children a bathroom break before they come to lunch. Pre-K, please provide a bathroom break before they go to PE.
Going forward, tell your children that only 3 Beginning School friends can wait at a time, sitting in one of the 3 blue office chairs. If the seats are filled they need to return to the Common Hall and try again after the others finish.
Library Overdue Notices
Overdue slips will be sent home on Monday November 3rd. Please let your parents know in your correspondence home over the next week to encourage their children to return any library books that may be overdue.
Food Handlers Permit
OES has a Food Handler Policy. Be sure whoever is preparing food has a Food Handler Card.
Food Handler Policy
OES requires persons who prepares and/or serves food or beverages to provide proof of completion of a State of Oregon approved Food Handler Certification Program. If you have a valid Manager Training Certificate issued in Oregon that may be substituted for a Food Handler Card. Food Handler Cards issued in other states are not valid in Oregon.
Activities that require a Food Handler Card include but are not limited to:
Student Store
Concessions at Sporting Events
Cooking Classes and Activities
Thunderstorms
- Students need to be indoors when there is thunder and lightening
- Students are to remain inside during active part of storm
- Guidelines - everyone inside for 20 - 30 minutes after last thunder is heard
Toys from Home Should stay at home
Remind students that toys and cards from home should stay at home.
Candy
I have reminded parents. Please remind students. Candy stays at home.
Start of School and Attendance
There have been some questions about school start time and attendance
- School starts at 7:50
- Please send attendance at 8:00
- Prek and K - gentle start begins at 7:50, ands at 8:10
- Please send attendance by 8:10
Sack Lunches
- Ask for delivery of sack lunches 30 minutes before departure time
- Washington County Health and Human Services requires no more than 4 hours of unrefrigerated time for perishable foods.
Call LS Office for Clean Up
If a student vomits or has an accident involving bodily fluids or waste, call the LS Office and they will contact custodians or maintenance to clean it up and disinfect the area.
OES Book Sale
The 2014 Fall Book Fair, the main fundraiser hosted by the Friends of the OES Libraries (FOESL), will be held at Annie Bloom’s Books, 7834 SW Capitol Hwy. (in Multnomah Village), from Friday, Nov. 14 thru Monday, Nov. 17. FOESL supports literacy at OES through library programming, reading incentives, and author visits for students.
Would you like to pre-order books? Use our handy online form and get your order in by October 24th. We will have your books waiting for you at Annie Bloom’s during the fair. Check out the OES Librarians hot picks.
Lunch Recess Duty Reminder
A friendly reminder that one person on lunch recess duty should wait up at the top of the covered walkway until the last students have come down from the dining hall. As I understand it, that same person then goes to the field. Let Chris know if you have any questions.
Please talk with each other and decide who will play this important duty role.
Your Announcements
Send any announcements you have for faculty to Chris or me by Thursday each week and we will include them in the Weekly memo. This should help reduce the number of emails we are receiving, and to maximize our time to collaborate during meetings.
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