NOVEMBER

Friday 22 | OBOB Sign Up Closes*

Monday 25 to Friday 29 | Thanksgiving Break / No School

DECEMBER

Tuesday 3 @ 8:45 AM | Vision Screening*

Tuesday 3 @ 5:30 to 6:30 PM | SAC Meeting (School Advisory Committee)

Wednesday 4 | SCRIP Gift Card Program Orders and Payment Due*

Friday 6 @ 5:30 to 7:30 PM | FH Family Night - Winter Solstice*

Saturday 7 | Annual Wreath and Poinsettia Sale Lot Party*

Wednesday 11 @ 6:30 to 8:30 PM | English Language Learner Parent Group Meeting*

Thursday 12 @ 6:00 to 7:00 PM | 1st Grade Music Program

Monday 23 to January 3 | No School / Winter Break

*See below for additional event details

Dear Parents and Guardians,

Student and staff safety is a top priority, and preparing for a variety of situations is one way that we can help keep students stay safe in the event of an emergency. Yesterday, Forest Hills conducted a planned lockdown drill. A lockdown uses classroom security to keep students safe.

Prior to the drill, your child's teacher shared the procedures of the drill. They explained that the reason why we might have a lockdown is if we believe there is an unsafe person in the building. When this happens, we stay safe by staying in the classroom. Like fire drills, it is unlikely that we will need a real lockdown, but it is important to practice so we know what to do.

If you would like more resources pertaining to the district's standard response protocol for lockdowns and other safety protocols, you can visit www.iloveuguys.org.

Principal Shuckerow

The Winter Solstice Family Night is a free event sponsored by the PTO. The event will be held on Friday, Dec 6 from 5:30 to 7:30 in the Forest Hills Elementary Gym. Bring your family and join us for food, fun, and holiday togetherness! There will be arts & crafts, live music, and an opportunity to learn about the different holiday traditions that folks in our community celebrate at this time of year including Hanukkah, Chinese New Year, and Diwali. There will be food from some of the holidays featured this year as well as from Serbia & South Africa, desserts, coffee, and hot chocolate! If you would like to help with this event, or have any questions please contact Linda Scipio del Campo at lscipiodelcampo@gmail.com.

The highly popular Holiday SCRIP Gift Card Program is up & running! Look in 11/15’s Friday Folders for your order form, or the link below to print and send in with a check. The SCRIP program, run by the PTO, is a great way to give holiday thanks to our amazing teachers & staff who work hard all year round making Forest Hills a great place for our Falcons. Parents may select gift cards for teachers, and also purchase gift cards for their own shopping (parents get face value & FH gets a percentage back from the vendor). All orders & payments are due in the black SCRIP box outside the FH office by Wednesday, Dec 4.

Questions? Contact Jen Cavagnaro or Caroline Olfert at fhscrip@gmail.com.

The Lake Oswego School District newsletter The Current is emailed to all families every Friday afternoon. It contains important district-wide news and information. As of this November, it is now coming to you from LOSD's new director of communications, Mary Kay Larson, mary.kay.larson@loswego.k12.or.us.

Because Mary Kay is a new sender, the newsletter message is going straight to many people's Spam folders. To recover the message and start receiving it directly in your in-box, please follow these steps:

1. Go to your Spam folder.
2. Find the message to move out of Spam.
3. Click on “not spam” and the message will move to your inbox

Please note, in Spam, the newsletter formatting is compressed as a way of protecting your system from potentially unsafe content. Moving the message out of Spam will open up the newsletter in full view.

After moving the message out of your Spam folder once (maybe twice), your system should start accepting the newsletter directly into your in-box.

A vision screening will be conducted on Tuesday, Dec. 3 @ 8:45 AM. The screening will be done by the Oregon Lions Sight and Hearing Foundation. The OLSHF uses a Spot screener to do the vision screening. It looks like a large camera that takes a picture of your child’s eyes. More information about Spot Vision Screener.

You will receive screening results within two weeks of the screening day, if your child is to be referred to a vision specialist. If for some reason the Spot screener could not take an adequate picture of your child’s eyes; a vision screening will be done using a distance eye chart.

You have the right to decline vision screening for your child. Please let your child’s teacher know if you would not like your child to participate. Questions or concerns can be directed to Ann Nelson, District Nurse: 503-534-2470, ann.nelson@loswego.k12.or.us

Is your student an English language (EL) learner? Please join us for an EL Parent Group Meeting.

Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019

6:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Lakeridge High School Rotunda

We will be sharing information about the EL learner identification process, the EL learning program, and the Oregon EL assessment. The meeting is hosted by LOSD Executive Director, Patrick Tomblin, and the EL Development staff.

Translations below are provided by Google Translate and may not be exactly accurate. Please email Ewa Campbell at chomkace@loswego.k12.or.us for questions

Chinese-Simplified

英语（EL）家长会

父母！

您的学生是英语学习者吗？请于2019年12月11日星期三参加我们的EL家长小组会议。我们将于6:30 PM到8:00 PM在Lakeridge高中的圆形大厅开会。我们将分享有关英语学习者识别过程，英语学习计划和俄勒冈州英语语言评估的信息。这次会议由奥斯威戈湖学区执行董事Patrick Tomblin和英语语言开发人员主持。

Korean

영어 (EL) 학부모 회의

부모님!

학생이 영어 학습자입니까? EL 학부모 그룹 회의를 위해 2019 년 12 월 11 일 수요일에 참여하십시오. Lakeridge High School의 Rotunda에서 오후 6시 30 분부터 오후 8 시까 지 만납니다. 우리는 영어 학습자 식별 과정, 영어 학습 프로그램 및 오레곤 영어 평가에 대한 정보를 공유 할 것입니다. 이 회의는 레이크 오스 웨고 교육구 상무 이사 Patrick Tomblin과 영어 개발 직원이 주최합니다.

Arabic

اللغة الإنجليزية (EL) اجتماع الوالدين

الآباء!

هل الطالب طالب تعلم اللغة الإنجليزية؟ يرجى الانضمام إلينا يوم الأربعاء 11 ديسمبر 2019 لحضور اجتماع EL Parent Group. سنلتقي

في Rotunda في Lakeridge High School من الساعة 6:30 مساءً وحتى 8:00 مساءً. سنقوم بمشاركة المعلومات حول عملية تحديد هوية المتعلم باللغة الإنجليزية وبرنامج تعلم اللغة الإنجليزية وتقييم اللغة الإنجليزية في ولاية أوريغون. يستضيف الاجتماع باتريك تومبلين المدير التنفيذي لمدرسة مقاطعة ليك أوسويغو وموظفي تطوير اللغة الإنجليزية

Spanish

LENGUA INGLESA (EL) REUNIÓN DE PADRES

PADRES!

¿Es su estudiante un aprendiz de inglés? Únase a nosotros el miércoles 11 de diciembre de 2019 para una reunión de grupo de padres EL. Nos reuniremos en la Rotonda en Lakeridge High School de 6:30 p.m. a 8:00 p.m. Vamos a compartir información sobre el proceso de identificación de aprendices de inglés, el programa de aprendizaje de inglés y la evaluación del idioma inglés de Oregon. La reunión es organizada por el Director Ejecutivo del Distrito Escolar de Lake Oswego, Patrick Tomblin, y el personal de Desarrollo del Idioma Inglés.

Japanese

英語（EL）親会議

親！

あなたの学生は英語学習者ですか？ 2019年12月11日水曜日に、EL親グループミーティングにご参加ください。午後6時30分から午後8時まで、レイクリッジ高校のロタンダで集まります。英語学習者の識別プロセス、英語学習プログラム、オレゴン州の英語評価に関する情報を共有します。会議は、オスウィーゴ湖学区事務局長のパトリック・トムブリンと英語開発スタッフが主催します。

Every year, Oregon students take assessments prescribed by the State Department of Education. The purpose of these assessments is to provide data that schools can use to ensure each and every child is on track and achieving learning goals. Results are also used to inform course placement and provide focused feedback to students and parents.

State law requires us to inform you that a form is available from the Oregon Department of Education that allows you to opt your child out of the Math and English Language Arts assessments for the 2019-20 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 deadline of January 1, 2020. Meeting this deadline will help your child's school with planning and preparation, and is particularly critical for 11th graders who test earlier than other students.

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

Forest Hills Elementary PTO is on social media, and is a great way to stay up to date on PTO events. Find us on Facebook and now on Instagram.

Facebook | Forest Hills PTO

Instagram | #foresthills.pto

Did you know that Amazon Smile will donate .5% of each eligible purchase to the charity of your choice? When doing holiday shopping and placing orders all year round please consider selecting “Forest Hills Elementary School PTO Inc” and bookmark the smile.amazon.com page so that you can support our Falcons!

How do I select a charitable organization to support when shopping on AmazonSmile?

Past Falcon News Editions

• Falcon News November 10, 2019
• Falcon News November 2, 2019
• Falcon News October 27, 2019
• Falcon News October 19, 2019
• Falcon News October 12, 2019

Other Helpful Links

• Forest Hills Homepage
• Forest Hills Calendar
• PTO Homepage
• PTO Facebook Page
• PTO Instagram | #foresthills.pto
• PTO Registration
• 2019-2020 School Year District Calendar
• Transportation Registration Form, 6-digit student ID required
• Meal Prices and Payment Options
• Free and Reduced Price Meals Information or call 503-534-2361
  
• Extended Day Program (before and after school child care)
• LOSD District Kindergarten Page
• Talented and Gifted

Email: patrick.shuckerow@loswego.k12.or.us
Website: https://www.losdschools.org/fh
Location: 1133 Andrews Rd, Lake Oswego, OR, USA
Phone: 503-534-2350