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• Math Night Tomorrow!
• SART Lessons Notification
• Veterans Day- No School November 10th
• Booksgiving
• Winter Care Box Project
• Playground Update
• Ashland School District Calendar and Schedule Research Survey
  
• Volunteering at School

Dear Bellview Families,

In 2015 Oregon passed Senate Bill 856 ("Erin's Law") that mandates sexual assault prevention education in grades K-12. Jackson County Sexual Assault Response Team (JC SART) is a local organization that provides services to sexual assault survivors and brings prevention education classes into our local schools. JC SART’s Prevention program offers a comprehensive K-12 sexual and gender violence curriculum for schools that focuses on prevention as well as risk reduction methods. The lesson plans are age appropriate and in line with state and national sexual health standards and Erin’s Law recommendations.

JC SART’s K-5 curriculum is delivered in two Levels. Level 1 focuses on personal space and boundaries, understanding and recognizing Consent (in the perspective of playing a game with their friend) as a freely given yes, telling/reporting to an adult if someone is getting hurt, empathy, internet safety, peer pressure, and refusal skills. Level 2 focuses on good touch/bad touch, body ownership, good secrets/bad secrets, and grooming- as the process used by abusers to build trust with children so they can harm them. Our presentations delivered with sensitivity, in a conversation style prompted by stories that we read.

An overview of each lesson can be provided by reaching out to your child’s teacher, Ms. Michelle (CDS) or Mrs. McCollom (Principal).

Please feel free to contact Kyndra Laughery, JC SART Prevention Coordinator, with any questions or concerns. She can be reached at, sartprevention@gmail.com or through their website at www.jacksoncountysart.org

Level 1 lessons will be delivered at Bellview November 27-December 1.

This year, we will not have school on November 10th to observe Veterans Day. We will have a brief assembly on the 9th explaining what that day is about to students. If your family has connections to Veterans, consider filling out a Veteran Sheet (linked below) to discuss how that person is important to your family, and we will hang the poster in the gym so students can make those connections. You can make as many of these as you like! Please send completed sheets to school by Wednesday, November 8th.

Gobble, Gobble.

Booksgiving is returning to Bellview once again on November 20 & 21st. Show your spirit of giving and caring by donating slightly used books to the school. This collection of books will then be available for all students to select their favorite ones. Students can participate in this event by bringing books to school in the coming weeks. Students may select a book even if they did not donate one. We hope to collect more than 250 books. Collection boxes will be in the drop off zones outside of classrooms, or students can give the books to their teacher, and we will collect them.

The Bellview community looks forward to Booksgiving; a time when we can display our charity and gratitude, and also expand our exploration of the world through the adventure of reading a new book.

Each November, our school holds our annual Winter Care Box project. With donations from Bellview families and community partners, we gather the main ingredients for a holiday meal, along with gifts for each child under 18 in the household, and some other staple items, to provide families in our school community that are struggling financially with some holiday cheer. Each classroom is assigned an item or two for students to bring in a small item to contribute to the project, and we start an electronic "giving tree" exemplified by the helping hands tree that goes up in our lobby during the holiday season. The Presbyterian Church in town has generously donated all of the hams and turkeys! If you feel like your family needs this support this year, please reach out to Christine McCollom.

Here is the list of items we are asking families to donate:

• Brooks: 2-4 kid toothbrushes, 1-2 kid toothpastes
• Lawrence: 2-4 toothbrushes (older child or adult sized), 1-2 toothpastes
• McGowne: 1-2 jars of peanut butter, 2-4 cans of tuna
• McAlvage: 1-2 jars of peanut butter, 2-3 hairbrushes
• Eddington: 1-2 boxes of kid bandaids, 1-2 bags of rice
• Hansen: 2 boxes of candy canes, 2 bags of holiday candy
• Gayton: 2-4 children’s shampoos, 1-2 boxes of hot chocolate
• Voorhies: 2-3 packages of hair ties, 2-4 cans of beans
• Gates: 2-4 cans of vegetable soup, 2-4 children’s bath soap/body wash
• Preskenis: 2-3 jars tomato sauce, 2-3 packages of spaghetti/pasta
• Carnes: 2-4 cans of green beans, 2-3 packages of macaroni and cheese
• Tejada: 2-puzzle books/Mad Libs, 2-3 small boxes of crayons
• Schmeling: 2-4 boxes of Stove Top stuffing, 2-3 bottles of sparkling cider

If you would like to purchase a gift for a child (or more than one!) Use this link:

Winter Care Box Gifts

The gift list is currently incomplete. If you want to purchase a gift but they are all taken, check back in a couple of days! All gifts should be delivered, unwrapped, to the Bellview office by December 8th.

It's finally happening! We have located an installer! The playground structure in the main area of the playground is scheduled to be removed over the Thanksgiving break. The new playground equipment will be installed over winter break and should be ready to be played on a few days after!

The purpose of this survey is to gather feedback and views from the Ashland School District (ASD) community on our current calendar and schedule.

The Ashland School Board's Calendar and Schedule Research committee will utilize the feedback to inform the Board as to whether or not the current ASD calendars and schedules are working for students, staff, families, and the Ashland community - keeping in mind our diverse family population and their individual needs.

The Board welcomes the opportunity for out-of-the-box thinking. As such, this survey is the first step in eliciting community feedback for this extensive, collaborative, on-going, and comprehensive process. To learn more about this process and the committees, visit https://www.ashland.k12.or.us/o/school-board/page/innovation-committee. Please complete only one survey per person. Thanks for your time!

Take the survey

How To Become a Volunteer:

Step 1:
Complete the Volunteer Registration Form, which includes the Notice of Background Check form.

Once completed, please submit the forms and a copy of your driver’s license to the Office Manager of the school where the volunteer position is needed. Forms may also be mailed or faxed to the school office. If no school is specified, forms may be submitted to 885 Siskiyou Blvd., Ashland, OR 97520.
Once you have passed your background check, you are cleared to apply to volunteer for any position throughout the school year. No additional background check is necessary, however, it is necessary to repeat this process each school year.

Step 2:
Mark your calendar with the agreed upon days and times. Please note that certain positions require training and a time commitment. Make sure you can fulfill the volunteer commitments before agreeing to the position.

Be prompt and dependable. Call ahead if you are ill or unable to keep your appointed times. When you commit to volunteering, people are depending on you.

Principal, Bellview School

She, Her

Email: christine.mccollom@ashland.k12.or.us
Website: https://www.ashland.k12.or.us/o/bes
Location: 1070 Tolman Creek Road, Ashland, OR, USA
Phone: 541-482-1310
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Bellview-Elementary-School-104141858437771