Kinnaman Community Newsletter

We are so grateful for the hard work that our custodial team puts into keeping our school looking great! Mr. Carlson, Mr. Hadley and Mr. Simmons are the BEST of the best 😄

January

1-3 No School: Winter Break

6 First Day back after winter break

8 Food Pantry 3-4:30pm

9 PTO Meeting 6:30-7:30pm, Zoom Meeting ID: 812 35224791 Passcode: Kinnaman

10 Chuck E. Cheese PTO Fundraiser 3-9pm

15 Food Pantry 3-4:30pm

16 PTO Bottle Drop 2-2:45pm

17 No School: Staff Development Workday

20 No School: MLK Jr. Day

24 End of Semester 1

27 No School: Grading Day

• We have spent the first two units expanding on respect and caring in our classroom as well as in our community. It is now time to take these skills and explore inclusiveness and how we can include others. When we include others in what we are doing and treat them kindly, we are practicing inclusiveness! We will also celebrate what makes each of us special and what makes others special as well. Even though we are different, we can all be included!

6th Annual Walk + Roll Art Contest

Beaverton Safe Routes to School is accepting submissions from students in grades K-8! Our theme this year is “Move Together.” We can’t wait to see your art!

Contest directions:

• Draw, paint, or design a picture showing a School Bus, Bike Bus or Walking School Bus.

• Submission deadline is 1/31/25 to your teacher.

• Please use 8 ½ x 11 paper.

• Use colored pencils and/or markers.

• Use lots of colors to catch everyone’s attention.

• Limit the number of words on the page.

To minimize disruptions and to maintain the instructional integrity of the educational environment, all classroom visitors/observers must be scheduled through the main office. Classroom visitors/observers must be accompanied by an administrator or designee.

Volunteers

BSD Board Policy IICC states that: “Volunteers shall operate under the direction of a staff member and shall be within sight or sound of a staff member while working with students.”

Due to the potential for disruption to the learning environment, most volunteer work is completed outside of the classroom on a specific task.

Current Volunteer Opportunities at Kinnaman:

• Read to Me opportunities are available to volunteers trained by Academic Coaches in a location designated by school staff.

• Staff-directed non student contact opportunities after school.

• Staff-directed classroom support opportunities during school.

• Volunteers are needed to assist our Field Day Coordinator, Jeff Lierman.

• Volunteers to support BSD’s Art Literacy program.

BSD reserves the right to exclude any volunteer or visitor that it determines would be a potential disturbance to the educational process. Volunteer or visitor status can be denied and revoked at any time by BSD.

We expect students to attend school on time every day if they do not meet the Too Sick for School criteria.

Feel Like You've Tried Everything?

Do you feel like life is getting in the way of your child making it to school each day on time? Contact our school social worker Haylee Hernandez at haylee_hernandez@beaverton.k12.or.us.

Arrival and Dismissal

Kinnaman is an early start elementary school.

• Arrival 7:30-7:45 a.m.
• Dismissal 2:20 p.m.
  
• Students should be picked up no later than 2:30 p.m. as there is no supervision for students after that time.

Students who arrive after 7:45 a.m.

• Students will check-in at the office and then go to class.

• Entry is only permitted through the front, main entrance doors after 7:45 a.m.

For information about our current arrival and dismissal routes, check out the information below.

If you are changing dismissal plans, please call the office prior to 1:00 p.m. Please do not message your child's teacher directly.

Decisions about school closure or delayed start will typically be communicated to media outlets and posted on the district website, ParentSquare and social media by 5:30 a.m.

When schools open on time, and buses are on snow routes:

All staff report as regularly scheduled.

• If road conditions are unsafe to drive where you live, report to work when conditions improve.

Bus service will not be provided to the following schools/programs:

• Arata Creek

• Bonny Slope Elementary

• Fanno Farmhouse THPRD

• Jenkins Estate THPRD

• McKinney-Vento and/or Newcomer students living outside BSD boundaries

• Nancy Ryles Elementary

• Oregon State School for the Deaf

• Parry Center at Edwards Elementary

• Portland Lifeworks

• Sato Elementary

• Serendipity

• Tucker Maxon

• Wheatley

When schools open on a 2-hour delay, and buses are on snow routes:

All schools will open two hours later than regularly scheduled.

All staff report at regularly scheduled time or as soon as it’s safe for the employee to travel.

• If road conditions are unsafe to drive where you live, report to work when conditions improve.

• All nutrition services staff follow their school site-specific nutrition services plan for reporting to work.

The following classes, programs and transportation are canceled:

• All Head Start classes

• Morning Little Warriors program

• All Pre-K classes

• All CTE Programs

• Terra Nova Science & Sustainability program

• All after-school programs

Bus service will not be provided to the following schools/programs:

• Arata Creek

• Beaverton Early Childhood Center (BECC); classes beginning prior to 1:00 p.m.

• Any student with a modified schedule; classes beginning prior to 12:00 p.m.

• All morning preschool classes (including Mustard Seed Preschool)

• Bonny Slope Elementary

• Fanno Farmhouse THPRD

• Jenkins Estate THPRD

• McKinney-Vento and/or Newcomer students living outside BSD boundaries

• Nancy Ryles Elementary

• Oregon State School for the Deaf

• Parry Center at Edwards Elementary

• Portland Lifeworks

• Sato Elementary

• Serendipity

• Tucker Maxon

• Wheatley

Bus service will be provided to the following schools/programs:

• All BSD in-district special education programs other than those listed above.

• Beaverton Early Childhood Center (BECC); classes beginning after 1:00 .pm.

• Full-day Preschool Promise at Elmonica Elementary School

• Special education students receiving services at Cascade Academy, Columbia Academy, Groner Elementary, Levi Anderson, Pacific Academy and Tigard Lifeworks

When all district schools and facilities are closed:

All daytime and evening activities/events will be canceled.

Staff report as indicated below:

• Designated essential staff will report to work on site at their regular reporting time.

• Year-round employees, including administrators and confidential supervisors, should work remotely, if able.

• Centrally-based employees on 182, 187, 212 or 222-day calendars should work remotely, if able.

• School-based employees on 182, 187, 194, 212 or 222-day calendars are not required to report to work or work remotely but will be paid. Employees will be required to make up missed school days later in the year, if scheduled.

When weather conditions necessitate an early dismissal/closure of schools:

All daytime and evening activities/events will be canceled.

Night custodians do not report unless directed to do so.

All BSD personnel are dismissed at their normal time, unless otherwise notified by their supervisor/administrator.

Buses will be on snow routes. Some regular stops may not be accessible because of snow and/or ice; in some cases, a stop may be moved from one route to another route for safety and efficiency. Stop information can be accessed at the Snow Routes webpage.

If you haven’t done so already, please reapply to be a volunteer or visitor in the Beaverton School District. We’re implementing a new volunteer management system and need time to process and complete the criminal background checks for all applicants.

Please note, that to enter the school building during regular student hours, you must have completed the background check. It takes about 10 days to process so please plan ahead.

Start on the Volunteer webpage on the district website. The entire process — including the review of the Child Abuse Prevention & Reporting and Adult Sexual Misconduct training materials — should take less than 10 minutes to complete.

Thank you for prioritizing our students’ safety and for your willingness to volunteer in BSD.

Kinnaman offers onsite aftercare with Mari's Little Lambs! Enroll online today to secure a place for the 2024-2025 school year.

Would you like to have your child added to the Kinnaman Student Directory? Here is the link for the new Kinnaman Student Directory Google form for families who would like to be in the 2024-2025 student directory. This is a great ways for families to be able to connect outside of school hours 😊

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Principal: Ashlee Hudson

Assistant Principal: Carmen Roberti

4205 SW 193rd Ave.

Beaverton, OR 97078

Phone: (503) 356-2420

Attendance Line: (503) 356-2421