Hallinan Elementary

Dear Hallinan Families,

I was delighted to hear the final Read-a-Thon totals. Elementary students logged in 3,043 books and helped raise $18,657! Huge thanks to LOHS DECA students Alicia Li, Jeb Scipio Del Campo and Sam Bohn for encouraging reading over Winter Break. The Read-a-Thon proceeds will directly support the Lake Oswego Public Library and the SMART Reading Program.

Libraries are amazing places - especially the beautiful Hallinan Library, and Mrs Landau, for which we are extremely grateful. Each month, Mrs Landau chooses books to read based on the character trait we are studying (PERSEVERANCE this month) as well as current holidays or events. January brings us lots of fun topics and books to ask your children about:

• Perseverance - Sam and Dave Dig a Hole by Mac Barnett and The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spires
• Martin Luther King Jr - Martin Luther King Jr by Pamela Walker and A Picture Book of Martin Luther King Jr by David Adler
• National Soup Month - Mean Soup by Betsy Everitt and Stone Soup by Jon J Muth
• Chinese New Year - Chinese New Year by Aaron Carr and Coolies by Yin

Happy discussing and happy reading!

Melissa Griffiths

1/16 - No School - MLK Jr Day

1/18 - Kinder Counts (Information Night) 6 pm in the Library

1/19 - PTO Meeting at 6:30 pm

1/27 - No School - Grade Prep

1/29 - Hallinan Day at Mod's Pizza

2/12 - OBOB Semi-Finals

2/20 - No School - Presidents Day

2/23 - Hallinan STEAM Night

If we lived in a Snow Globe..... Pre-K created some fun art for the hallway bulletin board. If you happen to walk by, make sure to stop and check it out!

Mrs Doran always has some exciting news to share!

World of Water, Winter Weather Shelters, Shadow Puppets - what are your students learning and creating? Find out and check out lots of other interesting projects our students have been working on by reading the January STEM & Blossom Newsletter! Each month STEM teacher Mrs Doran creates a newsletter to keep families up-to-date with all the fun and innovative things happening in STEM class.

STEM needs shoe boxes - if you have some extras, please send them to school with your child.

OBOB Team: Velocireaders in their new shirts! Go Milo Saylor, Dante Mantoan, Henry Slicho and Victor Mantoan!

Hello Hallinan Families!

Tara Clasen and Shelby Setter

Hallinan PTO Co-Presidents 2022-23

hallinanpresident@gmail.com

Important Dates:

Kindergarten Information Night

January 18th 6-7 pm.

All resident elementary schools

Immersion Program Information Night

January 25th

Mandarin Chinese 6pm, Spanish 7 p.m.

Palisades World Language School

Online registration and more information can be found here

Each school year, Oregon students take assessments to meet federal requirements. The purpose of these assessments is to provide data that schools can use to ensure that every child is on track and achieving learning goals.

State law requires us to inform you that a form is available from the State Department of Education that allows you to opt your child out of the math and English Language Arts assessments for the current school year. Should you wish to opt out your child, fill out the form and submit it to the main office at your child’s school. Please note the submission deadlines listed on the form. Meeting the deadline will help the school with planning and preparation. If you wish your child not to participate in the science assessment for grades 5, 8, and 11, submit this request in writing to the principal of your child's school.

If you have questions or want more information about state assessments, please contact your child’s principal or teacher(s).

Click here for opt-out form for Math and English Language Arts.

What services does your school nurse provide?

School Nursing by Definition:

School nursing, a specialized practice of nursing, protects and promotes student health, facilitates optimal development, and advances academic success. School nurses, grounded in ethical and evidence-based practice, are the leaders who bridge health care and education, provide care coordination, advocate for quality student-centered care, and collaborate to design systems that allow individuals and communities to develop their full potential. (Adopted by the NASN Board of Directors February 2017.)

Some of the services provided by your school nurses:

• Provide first aid care and health assessment;

• Write care plans and coordinate the care of students with chronic or acute health conditions;

• Communicate with teachers and staff to ensure the safety and well-being of students;

• Administer medications and monitor delegated medication administration;

• Assist in the evaluation of students for Special Services (Special Education);

• Coordinate and provide vision screenings and vaccination clinics;

• Track and monitor immunizations and dental care and;

• Educate and train staff on: asthma, life threatening allergies, diabetes, and blood borne pathogens.

If you would like to speak to your school nurse, click the link below for contact information.

Contact your District Nurse

Snoblasters is Mt. Hood Meadow's Consecutive Week lessons are a wonderful way to introduce your child to skiing or snowboarding or enhance their current skill level. The program runs 4 consecutive weeks and is a completely supervised program with 4 hours of ski/snowboard lessons each Sunday in February. This program is great for kids 1st-5th grade (6th grade and older, see the Trailblazers Consecutive Week program).

The bus will leave every Sunday in February from Lakeridge Middle School. Signup online at www.SkiHood.com for the 4 week package which includes chaperoned charter bus transportation, rentals/helmet and 4 hours of lessons with the talented and patient ski instructors at Mt. Hood Meadows.

Sign up here: https://www.skihood.com/lessons-and-rentals/consecutive-week-programs/youth-bus-programs

Sunday’s in February Snoblasters GO Code: 1020851; Trailblazer GO Code 1163297

Any questions reach out to Kristina Weischadle at LOSnoblasters@gmail.com or 503-964-9258

For the safety of children, volunteers are required to have an approved background check when volunteering in schools. Please click here: Volunteer Application for LOSD to start the online application and background check process.

Office Phone: 503-534-2353

Principal Melissa Griffiths - griffitm@loswego.k12.or.us

Administrative Assistant Lee Gates - gatesl@loswego.k12.or.us

Administrative Assistant Linda Stevens - stevensl@loswego.k12.or.us

Resources:

LOSD Student and Family Handbook

Hallinan Website - Click Here!

PTO Website - Click Here

Lake Oswego School District Website - Click Here