Falcon News

If you have an incoming Kindergarten Student, please click here to register as soon as possible - the registration deadline is May 1. On May 1st, any school that has more age-eligible registered kindergarten students than capacity will conduct a lottery. More lottery information below.

We would like to learn more about how you and your students are experiencing distance learning. Take a few minutes to complete this “touch base” survey.

Distance Learning Survey for LOSD Families

We understand students having different experiences. Please note the second half of this survey is designed to provide feedback for each student in your care. It will help inform how we support you and our teachers and staff.

LOSD behavior specialists have created a video about what parents can do to structure things differently at home to increase student's expectations to learn. The key is structuring homes to be conducive to learning.

When students get to school, the environment triggers the them to change their focus, understanding that there are different rules and expectations. School teachers benefit from these structures as it sets up the environment for learning.

Doing schoolwork with home rules and expectations may work for some students, but not for many more. When it's time for school at home, structuring things and setting new rules and expectations differently from typical home life may help.

Click here to watch the video and click here to read the tip sheet.

Dear Students and Families,

In an effort to provide emotional support for students, I have created a Request to Check-In Google form. If you have a need for counseling support, or simply would like to check in, please click on the link below, fill in the information (make sure to click submit). I will then communicate with parents/guardians to set up a virtual check-in through Google Hangouts. I look forward to connecting.

Mrs. Drimmel

Each spring, placement teams begin the process of developing the next year's class rosters. Placement teams take great care to consider a number of factors that contribute to the success of each child, including social, emotional, and academic factors. Teams also consider factors that lead to balanced classrooms that benefit all students, such as balancing class size, academic strengths and needs, and behavioral and work habits. Placement teams include your child's teacher, other grade level teachers, specialists, counselor, principal, and other staff knowledgeable of your child and your child's grade level peers.

If you would like to provide input to the placement team, please fill out the form by May 11th. Requests for specific teachers are not considered as a part of the placement process.

Class Placement Input for Parents / Guardians

Input may include:

• Academic, social, and/or emotional strengths and/or needs
• Instructional methods or aspects of the learning environment that benefit your child
• Goals you would like to see next year's teacher work towards with your child

Limited Online Auction - Weekend of May 30th

The cancellation of all LOSD events includes the Forest Hills Caddyshack Auction 2020. Alternatively, in May the PTO will be hosting a limited online auction for a selection of items including the class art projects, baskets, and the always popular reserved parking spaces. We will all miss the social aspect of the live auction, but we are looking forward to some fun with the bidding online - and everyone can participate! Stay tuned for more details! The online auction will run through the entire weekend of May 30th! The auction team will share a video of the drawing of the raffle winner of the scooter to kick off the event on Friday, May 29.

Auction Ticket Refunds

Did you buy tickets to the auction? Ticket refunds will be automatically processed by the end of April. Alternatively, if you’d like your ticket price paid to be converted to a donation to the Forest Hills PTO just let us know and we will make a note of it - ForestHills.PTO.Treasurer@gmail.com. Raffle tickets will not be refunded - the drawing will be on May 29th.

Stay tuned for ideas for a recorded talent show from our amazingly creative Falcons - more info coming later!

If you're already thinking of ways to be involved next year, we'd love to hear from you! Stay tuned for info about open committee chair positions - it's a fun way to be involved with the school, get to know other parents, and enrich the school experience for our Falcons!

If you have an incoming Kindergarten Student, please click here to register as soon as possible - the registration deadline is May 1.

• On May 1st, any school that has more age-eligible registered kindergarten students than capacity will conduct a lottery.
• Lottery Deadline: May 1, 2020.
• Lottery Tier 1: Applicants with age-eligible siblings currently attending the same resident school will be given priority and will not go into the lottery but MUST register by the May 1 deadline.
• Lottery Tier 2: Age-eligible registrations received by May 1, 2020.
• Lottery Tier 3: All registrations (including sibling and early admission) received after May 1, 2020 are subject to availability.
• Lottery Date: May 6, 2020.
• Lottery Notification Date: May 8, 2020.
• All enrollments not selected in the lottery or received after the May 1 cut off, whose school is at capacity, would then be automatically overflowed to other schools in the district.
• Overflow schools won't be finalized until summer and we will notify families as soon as school assignments are determined.
• Most families are enrolled and attend at their resident school and are not included in the lottery process.
• Bus transportation will be provided for overflow students.
• Early-admission candidates must be assessed and pass the approval process. Approved early-admission students will be placed at the end of the applicant list for placement in their resident school.
• Any students who are overflowed for kindergarten will return to their home school for first grade.

Hunger Fighters Oregon has now launched its delivery program for homebound, immunocompromised and at-risk individuals and families in Lake Oswego.

Requests must be submitted by Thursday to receive a delivery of non-perishable groceries on Saturday. Visit the website and click the link to submit a request. www.hungerfightersoregon.org/delivery.html

Hunger Fighters will still continue to provide curbside pickup service on Wednesdays from 4-6 p.m. and Saturdays from 1-4 p.m. Clients who pickup groceries will receive perishable items as well such as produce, bread, dairy or eggs. Hunger Fighters cannot currently provide such items to delivery clients, but it is working towards that goal.

Hunger Fighters is live on the Nike's "Give Your Best" platform! Nike employees who have already made a donation to Hunger Fighters can request a match by attaching their receipt, and employees who wish to make a new donation can find the organization on the Nike Give Your Best platform.

During the Covid virus partners of Love INC of Clackamas County are providing “Love Does Boxes” of personal hygiene and cleaning supplies for families/individuals in need.

If you would like to request a box, please call (503) 650-0153. Leave a detailed message with your contact information, number in household and Love INC will return your call as soon as possible.

Having trouble with your device? Please submit a help request ticket here or go onto losdschools.org if you run into any technology concerns. Your help request ticket will get routed to the best person to assist you with your needs.

Having trouble with student user names and/or passwords? Your school library tech can help -- please click here for their emails.

New digital materials to support you and your students with distance learning can be found on Distance Learning Resources on losdschools.org, a new central location for resources, instructions and supports while schools are closed.

Included in the resources is a LOSD framework from the ODE guidance to help families know what to expect and how best to support your students and their teachers. Please click here for sample instructional days by grade level for students in LOSD.

LOSD is providing free meal service for all students in need -- no sign-up required. The “grab and go” meals are available for pick up every Monday and Wednesday, between 10:30-11:30 a.m., at any one of the following four schools:

• Lake Oswego High School

• Lake Grove Elementary School

• Lakeridge Middle School

• Lakeridge High School

Help spread the word! Online registration is opening January 22 for all students who will be new to LOSD in the 2020-2021 school year. If you know anyone who is new to the area or has incoming Kindergarten students, please be sure to tell them.

Prior to registration, verify your resident school: LOSD School Boundaries Map. Lake Oswego School District welcomes Kindergarteners who will be five years old by September 1. Questions can be directed to the Forest Hills front office: 503-534-2350.

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 Instagram by clicking the icons below.

Past Falcon News Editions

• Falcon News April 17, 2020
• Falcon News April 10, 2020
• Falcon News April 4, 2020
• Falcon News March 31, 2020
• Falcon News March 7, 2020

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