River Grove Elementary

• Lifting the Elementary Outdoor Mask Requirement - NEW!
  
• Kids' Storytime - NEW!
• Notes from PTO - NEW!
• Standards Based Report Card
• I Love Lake Oswego Clothing Closet
• Valentine Card Exchange
• Monthly Character Trait for February: Kindness
• Preparing for Volunteers
• 2022-23 Registration
• Now Accepting Applications for Foundation Board of Directors
• Contacting Nurses re: COVID-19, Keep Student Home Until You Receive a Response
• Lake Oswego Softball
• Save the Dates
• Resources for Students & Families
• Principal's Contact Information

• LOSD is lifting the elementary outdoor mask requirement, per Oregon Health Authority (OHA) guidance, effective Monday, Feb. 7. This will allow elementary students to take a mask break during outdoor activities such as recess and outdoor PE. This also means adults are not required to wear masks outdoors when on school campus. Students may opt to keep on their masks while outdoors, and that choice will be supported.

*Please continue to send your child to school with a mask for indoor activities (we are running low on extras in the office). Thank you.

The next Kids' Storytime hosted by Katharine Phelps will be honoring Black History Month. It will be on Monday, February 7th at 5:00 pm. Register at respondtoracism.org

OBOB NEEDS YOUR HELP!

We are really looking forward to the start of OBOB this month. We are sure all the kiddos having been having a lot of fun reading so many great books and we hope they are looking forward to taking part in the Battles.

Feb 8th – 10th - Mock battles will take place.

Feb 14th – 17th - Round Robins. At this stage, there will be groups of three or four teams and they will all play each other. The top two teams from each group will move onto the next round on Feb 24th to March 1st.

We need your help to make this happen! If you can spare an hour one lunchtime to moderate a battle, we would so appreciate it. You can look at the link below to see what slots are available and sign up! You can sign up for just one battle or for several.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0A4FAAAB28AA8-obob1

Information for volunteers

In order to volunteer in school you will need to send a copy of your vaccination certificate to Ana Ryan in the school office prior to coming to the school to volunteer – ryanj@loswego.k12.or.us

You will also need to complete a background check through the school Raptor System (this can be done on arrival). You will need to bring photo ID.

And you will need to sign a Statement of Knowledge and Understanding of LOSD policies, before you arrive if possible, but it can also be done at school if needed.

Thank you so much!

Fiona Spence

On behalf of River Grove PTO

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

Without volunteers, our events and projects are at risk of being cancelled, so please check out the following opportunities and reach out!

Currently looking for volunteers for the following:

-ART LITERACY

Art Literacy is planned to come back to our classrooms in mid/late February. This is a great chance to volunteer IN THE CLASSROOM. No experience is needed. We still need volunteers for the following classrooms: Tharp, Brandes, Dennett, Griffin, and Phelps.

For more information follow the link below!

https://www.losdschools.org/Page/2631#calendar13052/20220119/month

-YEARBOOK TEAM

Do you love taking pictures? Have an eye for design? Really good at clicking, zooming, and cropping? This is the place for you! We are getting this year’s yearbook team in place and we need your help! If you’re interested or have any questions, please email us at rivergrovepto@gmail.com and we will get you all the details!

-CULTURE WEEK TEAM

Culture week is an annual week of events and activities that give our students and families a chance to learn about another country and its culture. In learning about India last year we were able to paint diyas, try some delicious tea, and even make our own Indian flags. We are so excited to learn about a new country this year and would love your help in making this special week happen! Email rivergrovepto@gmail.com to get started!

The Lake Oswego School District uses a standards-based report card for students in elementary schools. This report card measures a child’s progress toward proficiency or mastery of the priority standards in Reading, Writing, Language, Speaking, and Math.

This approach provides the means for communicating a child’s learning in more specific terms. Standards-based reporting articulates clear end-of-year grade-level standards for each subject. Using the scale below, teachers will communicate where a child resides on a learning continuum by indicating the student’s progress toward mastery of each identified grade-level standard.

The standards-based reporting scale:

4: The student works consistently at an in-depth and complex level within or beyond the end of year standard*

3: The student meets the grade-level expectation of the standard

2: The student nearly meets the end of year standard

1: The student demonstrates limited proficiency on the end of year standard

Important notes about the scale:

● Reporting is based on the end-of-year grade-level expectation. Therefore, proficiency would not be expected in the middle of the school year.

● A “2” represents the expected target for the majority of the school year as this indicates the child is progressing with the standard as expected. A “3” will be given when the student completely meets the grade-level standard.

● Details of what is expected at mastery level can be found on the report card or on the list of assessed grade-level standards.

● A “1” may prompt additional communication from the classroom teacher so parents will better understand their child’s learning journey.

*It is rare that a child will receive a “4” especially at the end of the first semester. A “4” score may prompt additional communication from the classroom teacher to discuss ways he/she is meeting the child’s unique learning needs.

Behavior Learning Targets are approached differently than end-of-year standards. For more information about your child’s progress, please contact the classroom teacher.

I Love Lake Oswego Clothing Closet has received an overwhelming amount of support and donation during the pandemic. We want to give back to our community and encourage our community to lean on us not for just hard times, but for up cycling, sustainability and for our environment. In the past the closet was just for students, and since the pandemic we have opened our doors to anyone within our community.

On February 14th, River Grove students may participate in a Valentine card exchange. These cards should not contain any edible items (candy, etc.), but may include small trinkets/games/toys. Please remember that students should bring in enough cards for each classmate. Be on the lookout for more specific guidance and a list of student names from your classroom teacher.

Dearest River Grove Families,

This February, we look forward to investing our time and hearts on the character trait of K I N D N E S S in our Social Emotional Learning (SEL) lessons, classrooms, and school. The definition students will be learning this month is KINDNESS: the choice to act with words, gifts, or actions to bring appreciation, positivity, and encouragement to others and yourself.

Kindness is not only a feeling, but a choice that we get to make every day to bring good things into our lives and the world. Those good things can look like more than kind words: Kindness is given through our actions, encouragement, attitude, and gifts. We will spend time thinking about how to be kind to ourselves, our environment, our school, and to one another. We will get to experience meaningful words through compliments and feel the joy that comes from showing appreciation and acts of service to others.

We will also be focusing attention on cultivating friendships and the importance of being a good friend. River Grove will also be engaging in a schoolwide community building activity by noting how we will show kindness to others and displaying these cards throughout the hallways.

Here are links for extension activities to explore KINDNESS further as a family:

K-2 KINDNESS Family Letter (English)

3-5 KINDNESS Family Letter (English)

K-2 AMABILIDAD para Familias (En Español)

3-5 AMABILIDAD para Familias (En Español)

Warmly,

Erin Block

School Counselor

Volunteer Requirements

Volunteers need to verify the following requirements before volunteering in schools:

• Complete Background Check through school Raptor system

• Sign Statement of Knowledge and Understanding of LOSD Policies

• Show Proof of Vaccination. LOSD will not be granting exemptions for volunteers due to requirements of weekly testing and distancing.

If you are scheduled to volunteer at River Grove, please email your Proof of Vaccination to Ana Ryan at ryanj@loswego.k12.or.us

Each school office will need to maintain records of the volunteer requirement checklist. For privacy, parents/guardians will need to verify each requirement has been met for each school you attend.

Registration for the 2022-23 school year (all grade levels) will begin January 19, 2022. This is for new students who have never enrolled in Lake Oswego before and for returning students who are not currently enrolled but will re-enroll for next year. Registration is online through ParentVUE. Parents do not need to register students for 2022-23 who are currently attending during the 2021- 22 school year.

Are you interested in contributing to a dynamic volunteer organization dedicated to advancing our community's commitment to educational excellence?

Please consider applying for the Lake Oswego Schools Foundation Board of Directors. The Foundation is seeking parents/guardians, students and community residents to serve on its Board of Directors. Board members must demonstrate a commitment to the Foundation, the School District and the Lake Oswego community.

The term for new board members will begin July 2022. Board members commit to a two-year term and may serve up to three terms. Please click HERE to access the online application form. The application provides more information about being a board member.

Interested people should submit applications by Friday, March 4, 2022. The Nominating committee will review applications and conduct interviews in the March time frame. If you are unable to access the application, please contact woolfw@loswego.k12.or.us to receive a pdf version of the application.

Dear LOSD Families,

Thank you for contacting our district nurses with your COVID-19 related concerns. Our nurses are responding to each inquiry in the order that they are received. Due to the high volume of calls and emails they are experiencing, please expect a delayed response of up to 24 hours.

If your student has tested positive for COVID-19, please email the nurse for your student’s school the following information and a nurse will get back to you as soon as possible:

• Student’s First and Last Name

• School

• Date symptoms started, if any symptoms

• Date tested positive and where the test was taken

Thank you for your patience and cooperation.

River Grove's School Nurse is:

Lisa McBee

503-534-2466

mcbeel@loswego.k12.or.us

Lake Oswego Girls Softball registration is open for the Spring 2022 Little League season (for players ages 4-14). Visit www.lakeoswegosoftball.org for more information - register by January 2nd to take advantage of the league's "Winter Special" fee and save $25 per player. Final registration deadline is February 13th.

February 11: Report Cards go live in ParentVue

February 21: Presidents Day (no school)

March 21-25: Spring Break (no school)

April 1: Elementary Early Dismissal at 11:00

April 7 & 8: Conferences (no school)

LOSD School Calendar - 2021-22

Need financial assistance? Please see the form linked here for various services our school counselor may be able to support you with. If you would like to be contacted about these supports, please email Erin Block at blocke@loswego.k12.or.us or complete this form and return it to the school.

You can also visit https://www.safestrongoregon.org/ for additional resources.

Please feel free to contact Principal Dan Draper with any questions you may have.

503-534-2363

draperd@loswego.k12.or.us