LS Weekly Memo Week 34: April 7 - 11

I have heard a lot of  positive feedback about Mondays work , both in IC and with the FLG’s. Thank you to the organizers and facilitators for making both possible.  I am particularly appreciative of the work that was put into organizing the IC groups, intentionally tending to their diversity.  

Get ready for some fine spring weather and let’s hope it holds all the way through the 3rd grade’s overnight at Nate Creek.

COMMUNITY

Monday, April 7

Lyn, Jenny Strode, Chris and David will be off campus after 3:30.  Contact us by cell phone if you need assistance.

Fire Drill, Wednesday, April 9th at 2pm.

Faculty supervising 4th and 5th Grade recess, please get the students out to the turf field and then get them into class groupings.

SWOKE Choir Festival, Friday, April 11th

Students in Amy and Adam’s Girls and Boys Choirs will be away for the day from 9-2.  Look for more details in the coming days.

Duty Help Needed When the Third Grade Pioneer Camp Overnight Trip, Thursday, April 10th and Friday, April 11th

We will need help at afternoon recess on Thursday and Friday  from 1:30-1:45.  Let Lyn know if you can help.

Monday, 4/14

Jenny is away the weekend before, and Jenny and Lyn are both out on Monday. The Character Education Conference takes place on campus with 9 people attending. Substitutes will be hard to get for the day. If for some reason you do need a substitute over the weekend or on Monday, please call David (971.645.1472) as soon as possible.

Complete Substitute Request Form

If you are attending a conference or Spring overnight  trip, be sure to complete a Sub Request Form.

Upper School Helpers

Starting this Thursday, Robin Schauffler has another fresh team of Upper School students available to perform all types of on-campus service during the Upper School Activity period, which is at these specific times:

Every Wednesday, 10:20-10:50, beginning NEXT Wednesday, April 9

Every Thursday, 10:50-11:50, beginning TODAY

See Robin’s email for details.

If you Supervise First-Third Graders Please Read

Second Grader Earns Recess Privileges

I am happy to report that JR consistently met his recess goals and is now able to play competitive  games or sports at three recesses: 9:30 recess, lunch recess and at EC. In the coming weeks he hopes to return to all 5 recesses. Thanks for supporting him , PE team.

PROGRAM

Faculty Meeting

Thursday, April 10, 7:40 - 8:40, DVR

Agreements

Appreciations

PGD Review

Last 10 Weeks of School

Announcements

ICC Training

How you can put your training into action?

Moving Into Coffees

• Click on the link above.
• Please review to determine when you are needed. Classroom teachers, please let us know who is representing your team at each coffee.  We want to start scheduling planning meetings after break, before Spring Trips and Class Placement.

Supervision and Evaluation of Assistant Teachers

• Return your completed forms asap after Spring break
• Assistant Teachers, if you are planning on not returning next year, please write a letter of intent and submit it to David or Chris know asap after Spring break.

Supervision During Explorations

As you look to take advantage of the opportunities for exploration around campus, be sure you maintain good supervision of your students. Be sure to bring the first aid pack and a cell phone with Lyn’s number on your speed dial, if possible.

Awards

As Mo announced in Chapel on Monday, there are three awards given annually.  You may nominate colleagues and/ or yourself.  See Anne Weston’s email for additional details.

• Mary G. Stephenson Award
• to the OES faculty member or members who has or have excelled in challenging and inspiring students to question, to think, to speak out, and to care. Faculty may apply on their own behalf or may nominate a colleague.

• OES Faculty and Staff Graduate Award
• A faculty or staff member who wishes to pursue a job-related graduate degree program leading to an advanced degree may receive 50% of tuition costs, up to a program cap of $10,000.

• Staff Excellence Award
• The Staff Excellence Award is awarded annually to a non-faculty employee who has exemplified the highest standards of mission-minded performance in her/his position.  

Canoe Training with Tom Handel

Tom will offer another Canoe Training, Tuesday, April 8th at 3:15.  Gather at the Fanno Creek pond where the canoes are stored. Sign up here  Sign up list

Spring Trips

Good luck 3rd Grade. May the sun shine.

Lower School Overnights 2013-14

OPERATIONS

Lacrosse - Only at Lunch Recess.  For safety reasons students are not allowed to use lacrosse sticks at other recesses.  We need to be consistent about this.  

For Those Who Supervise Second Graders- Imaginative Games Gone Awry

The Second Graders continue to be challenged with imaginative games that go awry. Games start out innocently, but they often take a physical turn where someone gets hurt. The Second Grade Team is working hard , discussing issues at class meetings, reminding students about their recess agreements- have fun, be fair, kind and safe. Please be vigilant. Fill out an incident report if you have any issues while on duty.

Send Two Buddies to the Office When a Child is to Go Home Early or  When a Child is Sick

We’ve noticed that students often come to the office with just one student when they are ill, and need to stay in the office. Please send two children to escort that  sick child, We don’t want children walking from building to building alone.

Lacrosse

The 4th and 5th graders have requested time to practice lacrosse skills during recess. THis is a great opportunity for them to practice basic skills.  They will be provided with a supervised opportunity with the following guidelines:

• Monday and Wednesday Lunch Recess ONLY
• Adult supervision required.  
• On the designated area of the turf field ONLY
• Passing and shooting ONLY

• Tennis balls ONLY (bucket of tennis balls in the recess shed)
• Goalies are NOT allowed
• Checking in NOT allowed

• Lacrosse sticks will be stored in the recess shed after recess

The guidelines are for safety purposes. Students who do not follow the guidelines will lose the privilege for the week.

LS Weekly Memo Week 32 & 33:  March 24 - April 4

I hope you have all enjoyed your Spring Break and are returning well rested and healthy for the final 10 week of school.  We pack a lot into those weeks so pace yourself.   I look forward to seeing you all at the IC training on Monday.  Thank you Dori, Kiah, Jenny and Lara for all your work preparing for the day.  FLGer’s, enjoy the day pursuing your affinities.

COMMUNITY

Deborah Bridgnell

Enjoy your sabbatical.

Kathie Kimmy

Welcome back and enjoy your new Kindergarten class.  

ICC Training

The training is scheduled from 9:00 am – 3:30 pm on Monday, March 31.  On the list below you will find your name, group number, and room.  All rooms are off of the Great Hall in the Upper School.

Intercultural Training Participants: March 31, 2014

FLG Meeting

FLG participants will be meeting on 3/31.  See communication from John Holloran for details.

EC Provided on 3/31 for Faculty/ Staff Children

Contact Kathy Finn-Brennan for details.

Student Incident Report

• Please submit a report if you supervise children making unkind, unsafe inappropriate choices.
• We review reports every week and follow up with teachers.

Moving Into Coffees

• Click on the link above.
• Please review to determine when you are needed. Classroom teachers, please let us know who is representing your team at each coffee.  We want to start scheduling planning meetings after break, before Spring Trips and Class Placement.

Supervision and Evaluation of Assistant Teachers

• Return your completed forms asap after Spring break
• Assistant Teachers, if you are planning on not returning next year, please write a letter of intent and submit it to David or Chris know asap after Spring break.

Supervision During Explorations

As you look to take advantage of the opportunities for exploration around campus, be sure you maintain good supervision of your students, especially considering the recent police issue below.

Police Incident 3/13/14

The following article appeared in the Oregonian on 3/13/14

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2014/03/portland_police_shooting_man_s.html

A Portland Police detective said that the man who was shot and killed last week was stalking several girls from OES.  In fact, he had 5 license plates numbers in his pocket when he was killed, 4 of them were female students at OES.  Though the chances of such an event recurring are remote, we need to be vigilant.

OES is looking to bring in an outside expert to provide safety training for students and faculty. See me if you have questions.

PROGRAM

Faculty Meeting - 3-3-14

FLG meeting is optional - FLG groups will determine on 3-31

Team Meeting - optional.  See Team Leader for details.

Expectations Review

We discussed our expectations for student behavior at the LSLT meeting. After Spring Break we want to renew our commitment to the items below. See your LSLT member for details.

• Chapel
• be on time
• step through door, step into Chapel behavior
• sing or be quiet
• pray or be quiet
• transition quietly
• Recess
• Put equipment away at end of recess

Lunch BS

     •   eat the rainbow

     •   use utensils

     •   If children have special dietary needs, you can serve food    

from the adult buffet  

     •   bus your plate, compost your food waste, tidy up your  

table afterward

• Lunch - 1st - 5th
• eat the rainbow
• eat at table -
• use utensils -
• Clear off, wipe off, wait to be dismissed

        Transitions

     •   Children will escorted to and from special classes by

an adult

     •    Students will move through buildings quietly and

respectfully

     •    Students will walk or skip under the covered walkway

     •    Remind students to wait at the top of the stairs until an   

adult is officially on recess duty

• Uniform Policy - review to remind
• consequences -
• 1st time - reminder,
• 2nd - Rm 10 to change into uniforms,
• 3rd - note home

Canoe Training with Tom Handel

Tom will offer another Canoe Training, Tuesday, April 8th at 3:15.  Gather at the Fanno Creek pond where the canoes are stored.

Spring Trips

Thanks to those who have stepped up.  4th grade still needs help.  See Jenny Futrell for details. Specialist teachers who teach 4th grade, please consider being a chaperone.  

Lower School Overnights 2013-14

Character Education Conference at OES on 4/14

Character Education: What Really Works - CSEE

OES is hosting this conference here on campus so a limited number of OES faculty can attend for free.  Let me know if you are interested. This looks like a good companion conference to the Social Emotional Learning conference in Seattle.

Sign Up for Professional Growth and Development with Louise Cadwell, Wednesday, June 18th

Cadwell Workshop, June 18th, Sign Up

Last Chance to Record Break Throughs and Challenges Around Inquiry

We will share this doc with Louise before we go out on break.  If you haven’t done so, record your thoughts...it will be most helpful plotting out our work with Louise.

https://docs.google.com/a/go.oes.edu/document/d/1PVM3yatkm-Ar26ffQ0XREB3r9PQmag3CQZkmh0lzayI/edit

OPERATIONS

Rocks

We had three rock-related injuries this week.

1. Heavy rock fell on a child's finger- caused a hairline fracture
2. Heavy rock fell on a child's finger- caused a bad bruise, and possible finger nail loss
3. Child threw a rock up into the air, then whacked it with a jacket, causing it to go flying into another child's face, caused a small cut by his eye

Please remind your children that they are not to lift, dig up or remove large rocks from ACP and they are DEFINITELY not to hurl, pitch or throw rocks around.

Children are fascinated with rocks!  They want to crack them open to find their hidden treasures. Not safe on a playground!

Lacrosse

The 4th and 5th graders have requested time to practice lacrosse skills during recess. THis is a great opportunity for them to practice basic skills.  They will be provided with a supervised opportunity with the following guidelines:

• Monday and Wednesday Lunch Recess ONLY
• Adult supervision required.  
• On the designated area of the turf field ONLY
• Passing and shooting ONLY

• Tennis balls ONLY (bucket of tennis balls in the recess shed)
• Goalies are NOT allowed
• Checking in NOT allowed

• Lacrosse sticks will be stored in the recess shed after recess

The guidelines are for safety purposes. Students who do not follow the guidelines will lose the privilege for the week.

If You Have First through Third Grade Lunch Recess  Duty Please Read This!

I understand that there have been occasions where  no one is posted at the top of the covered walkway supervising children as they walk down from lunch.   

One person from lunch recess duty should be there until the last First through Third Grade students leave the lunch room.  Afterward, the duty person takes his or her post down on Aardvark Community Park.  Please decide who will take the upper walkway  post for each recess.

Once you decide, let me know who will do it each day, and I’ll record it on the duty schedule, just as we do the people on field duty.

Personal Days (From the Employee Handbook)

I am seeing a few request for personal days and want to remind you of OES’ policy about Personal Days:

Personal days are to be used for personal business or unforeseen circumstances such as weather, and not for illness or vacation. The employee is asked to provide as much advance notice as possible to their supervisor if they need to use a personal day. Personal days may be taken in two-hour increments. Personal days may not be combined with paid vacation days and may not be taken on the last week of school or work, or immediately before or after a school vacation or paid holiday, except with the permission of the employee’s supervisor.  

Custodial Notebook

See Lyn’s email for location of the log in each wing.  Record current needs and any future needs that custodians should be aware of.

LS Weekly Memo Week 31:  March 17-21

Spring Break is oh, so close.  Let’s all help our students keep their focus for one more week before the well deserved break.  Then we have a 10 week sprint to the end of school.

Thanks Janet and Tasha for sharing your students' learning with us; the collaborative hero projects shared in Chapel and the adaptation of Twelfth Night play in the Library.

COMMUNITY

David and Chris Away at Conference on 3/17

Promoting Social Emotional Learning in Lower Elementary Classrooms - March 17.

Jenny Cleveland and Patti Beyer will be in charge.

Holi Celebration in Chapel

As a follow-up to the Holi celebration in Chapel on Monday, students at the 1st and 2nd grade recess will have the option for some simple face painting.  Jenny Cleveland and Arun Sharma are coordinating.

Earthquake Drill, Monday, March 17th  at 8:45

This is a duck-and-cover drill. No evacuation.

Assembly on Friday at 8:10

See communication from Kristen Haferbecker for details.

PROGRAM

LSLT Meeting 3-10-14 - NOTES

• Agreements - Valuable. Use often.
• Expectations review - After Spring Break we want to renew our commitment to the items below. See your LSLT member for details.
• Chapel
• be on time
• step through door, step into Chapel behavior
• sing or quiet
• pray or quiet
• transition quietly
• Recess
• Put equipment away at end of recess
• Lunch - 1st - 5th
• eat the rainbow
• eat at table -
• use utensils -
• Clear off, wipe off, wait to be dismissed
• Uniform Policy
• consequences -
• 1st time - reminder,
• 2nd - Rm 10 to change into uniforms,
• 3rd - note home
• Transitions
• Walking or skipping. No running.
• Teachers supervise

Faculty Meeting 3-20-14:  FLG and Specialists

Team Leader Meeting 3-3-14 NOTES

If you have questions about any of these topics please see your team leader.

During the meeting we discussed the following:

• Faculty Meeting Debrief
• Team Meeting plans
• Team Leader Retreat
• Citizenship and Discipline Document

Spring Trips

Thanks to those who have stepped up.  4th grade still needs one more male and one more female chaperone.

Lower School Overnights 2013-14

Character Education Conference at OES on 4/14

Character Education: What Really Works - CSEE

OES is hosting this conference here on campus so a limited number of OES faculty can attend for free.  Let me know if you are interested. This looks like a good companion conference to the Social Emotional Learning conference in Seattle.

Sign Up for Professional Growth and Development with Louise Cadwell, Wednesday, June 18th

Cadwell Workshop, June 18th, Sign Up

Last Chance to Record Break-Throughs and Challenges Around Inquiry

We will share this doc with Louise before we go out on break.  If you haven’t done so, record your thoughts...it will be most helpful plotting out our work with Louise.

https://docs.google.com/a/go.oes.edu/document/d/1PVM3yatkm-Ar26ffQ0XREB3r9PQmag3CQZkmh0lzayI/edit

OPERATIONS

If You Have First through Third Grade Lunch Recess  Duty Please Read This!

I understand that there have been occasions where  no one is posted at the top of the covered walkway supervising children as they walk down from lunch.   

One person from lunch recess duty should be there until the last First through Third Grade students leave the lunch room.  Afterward, the duty person takes his or her post down on Aardvark Community Park.  Please decide who will take the upper walkway  post for each recess.

Once you decide, let me know who will do it each day, and I’ll record it on the duty schedule, just as we do the people on field duty.

Personal Days (From the Employee Handbook)

I am seeing a few request for personal days and want to remind you of OES’ policy about Personal Days:

Personal days are to be used for personal business or unforeseen circumstances such as weather, and not for illness or vacation. The employee is asked to provide as much advance notice as possible to their supervisor if they need to use a personal day. Personal days may be taken in two-hour increments. Personal days may not be combined with paid vacation days and may not be taken on the last week of school or work, or immediately before or after a school vacation or paid holiday, except with the permission of the employee’s supervisor.  

Custodial Notebook

See Lyn’s email for location of the log in each wing.  Record current needs and any future needs that custodians should be aware of.

Coyote

Be aware that there is a rather brazen male coyote in the wetlands.  He fought with the Stanley’s 100 lb. golden retriever on Thursday, midday, and caused significant wounds.  Keep your students under your watchful eye.

Lost and Found

We have mountains of Lost and Found.  It will be out for all to see this week.  Please encourage your students to take a look.