LEWIS ELEMENTARY NEWS

Dear Lewis Community,

As the holiday season gets closer we begin to think about the needs of others in our community. We have many within our own school community that appreciate the support and caring of others during the holiday season. The “Giving Snowman” will appear in the school office, with a variety of options for giving. Please feel free to stop by, pick out a tag, and support someone in need. The Giving Snowman will be up from November 24th-December 15th, with gifts being delivered prior to winter break. This is a wonderful opportunity for your children to be involved in giving to others and recognizing that there are others in our community that are in need of some holiday cheer.

Thanks for your support,

Deanne Froehlich

Principal

EVERY SCHOOL DAY COUNTS. “Did you know?” Please let your child know that school is their job. Their job of coming to school ready to learn is just as important as the teacher’s job or the principal’s job. We all have different jobs to make our schools work!

Monday, November 24-Tuesday, November 25th - No School for Conferences

Wednesday, November 26th - Friday, November 28th - No School for Fall Break

No Garden Party Power Hour - Saturday, November 29 and December 6 (resumes December 14)

Looking forward:

Saturday, December 6th - Lewis Winter Bazaar & Wreath Sale Pick-up 10-1pm in the cafeteria

Monday, December 8th - Last day for the Successful Schools Survery (See below for link)

Monday, December 8th - Friday, December 12th - Spirit Week (See below for details)

Wednesday, December 10th - Early release 11:50am

Saturday, December 13th - Garden Party Power Hour 9-10am

Friday, December 19 - Free Popcorn Friday after school on the blacktop

We would love your feedback about school climate and culture, please take the Successful Schools Survey. The results help us understand the needs of our community. We use the data to provide targeted feedback and training to leaders and staff on how to create healthy school environments that are welcoming for all.

Birdie’s Place, a memorial playground project honoring a child’s legacy of joy and play. If you’re passionate about making a difference and bringing Birdie’s Place to life, we’d love to have you on our team! To learn more, please email us at birdiesplacefundraising@gmail.com and please follow us on Facebook and Instagram

Todays memory:

• “I remember Birdie learning the monkey bars after school with her Mom and dog watching- she was going to get to the other side no matter what.” Hank Mackin 5th grade

Birdie's Place

"A hummingbird is sacred in many cultures, always symbolizing good luck, joy, and beauty."

TAG Update

As we prepare for Conferences this month, questions you might ask your student’s teacher include:

What rate and level is my student at?

How are you meeting the needs of my student?

TAG services are provided by the classroom teacher in the form of instructional strategies curated by the teacher to meet your students needs. The first step in understanding what is happening in your student’s classroom is to check in with the teacher.

Portland Public Schools follows the guidance of the Oregon Department of Education and state law and administrative directive regarding. Oregon Department of Education TAG

Interested in becoming an advocate for PPS TAG Students, join the PPS Talented and Gifted Advisory Council (TAGAC). You can find more information about TAGAC on the PPS TAG Website

Thank you to all participating families and Otto`s Sausage Kitchen & Meat Market on Woodstock for donating your cans and bottles to Lewis every Thursday.

Since summer, we have collected close to $2000 with our Bottledrop fundraiser - way to go!

Over the next 2 weeks, Bottledrop is matching 20% of all nonprofit collections for their annual holiday promotion.

We are always happy to see all those blue bags piled up by the main entrance, and we will be even more excited if you bring your cans and bottles between now and December 2nd.

If the weekly bag drop-off at school is not convenient for you, you can return your bag on your own schedule at any drop-off location ( Safeway, New Seasons, Fred Meyer, and so on).

As long as you use the provided blue bags and scan the barcode, those funds will go to Lewis Elementary. The blue bags are stored in the Free Little Library right by the office entry.

Once again, thank you for your support!

Questions? Suggestions? bottledrop@lewispta.org

Click on the link to sign up: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0F4CA9A72DA3F85-59264275-2025#/

• Viewing Report Cards

  At the beginning of this academic year, the district set all parents/guardians to paperless report cards. We sent home all students with paper report cards this quarter but going forward we are going to go by parent/guardian preference. You will find instructions for how to view your student's report cards moving forward HERE.

  If you would like to get a paper report card after this quarter, the same instructions have directions on how to NOT be paperless.

We are in need of all sizes of socks for our school's clothing closet.

If you are interested in volunteering in the school, help chaperone a field trip visit or school event please make sure to submit your background check: https://www.pps.net/volunteer