DOLPHIN DIGEST 10/9/2025

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តើអ្នកត្រូវការបកប្រែទេ? ចុចលើតំណ "បកប្រែ" នៅផ្នែកខាងលើ។

ትርጉም ይፈልጋሉ? ከላይ ያለውን "መተርጎም" የሚለውን አገናኝ ጠቅ ያድርጉ.

We’re so glad to have you as part of our school community!

This weekly newsletter is developed and sent in partnership between school administration and the PTA. If you have information you'd like shared in the newsletter, please email it to ArletaSchoolPTA@gmail.com. Keep scrolling for the latest.

We acknowledge Portland rests on traditional village sites of the Multnomah, Kathlamet, Clackamas, Chinook, Tualatin Kalapuya, Molalla and many other Tribes who made their homes along the Columbia River. #HonorNativeLand https://youtu.be/ETOhNzBsiKA

• Sept 11-Oct 31: Arleta Dolphin Drive

• Sept 15-Oct15: National Hispanic Heritage Month

• Oct 6 - Oct 17: Arleta Family Costume Exchange Drive

• TODAY Oct 9: Arleta Litter Pick-Up, 2:30pm-3pm, meet at picnic tables.

• TOMORROW Oct 10: NO SCHOOL, TEACHER IN-SERVICE.

• TOMORROW Oct 10: Arleta Family Night Out, 5pm, Foster Food Carts, 205 SE Foster Rd, Portland, OR 97206

• Oct 13: Indigenous People's Day

• Oct 13: SUN School Fall Term Begins.

• Oct 14: School Board Meeting, 6-9pm, 501 N Dixon St. Portland, OR 97227.

• Oct 16: Dine-In at Henry Higgins, 7am-3pm, 6420 SE Foster Road, 97206.

• Oct 16: BIPOC Family Gathering, 5:30-7pm, in cafeteria, dinner provided.

• Oct 17: Arleta Family Costume Exchange, 2-3:30pm.

• Oct 22: EARLY RELEASE, 11:50 AM

• Oct 23: Arleta Litter Pick-Up, 8-8:30am, meet at picnic tables.

• Oct 24: OBOB Registration opens.

• Oct 24: Arleta Fall Festival, 6pm-8pm, annex.

• Oct 24: Deadline to apply to be on The Fund For PPS's Champion PPS Schools Arleta School Liason.

• OCT 30: NO SCHOOL, GRADING DAY.

• OCT 31: NO SCHOOL, PLANNING DAY.

• Nov 1-30: Native American Heritage Month.

• NOV 2: DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME ENDS.

• Nov 5: ¿Por Qué No? Dine-In, 11am-10pm, 4635 SE Hawthorne Blvd.

• Nov 7: Arleta Family Movie Night, 5pm, Cafeteria.

• NOV 11: NO SCHOOL - VETERANS' DAY.

Arleta School Calendar

PPS District Calendars:

English language PPS District Calendar 2025-26

PPS District Calendar en Español 2025-26

PPS District Calendar Tiếng Việt 2025-26

Hello Arleta Families, Caregivers and Community! What a magnificent Walk & Bike to School turnout it was today! Thank you to our families and staff who brought us all such inspiration and celebration.

It’s been a great week of learning and fun inside Arleta classrooms! Plenty of playful learning and plenty of serious learning. Here are a few snippets from staff newsletters across the grades.

"We’ve been reading the fantastic book, “Last Stop on Market Street” by Matt de la Pena. This book is part of our unit on the five senses and has us think about how CJ, the main character, uses his senses to learn." ~Ms. Arias

"We are learning about glued sounds. I can read and write words with these sounds." ~Ms. DeNiro

"Ask Me About: Math- Part and Whole. What is a bar graph? What is a picture graph? Next week we’re learning two-step word problems." ~Ms. Jacobs

"Big news: our class earned their 20th dolphin today towards a glow party! Which means tomorrow afternoon we get to celebrate. We will have black lights, special coloring sheets and fun music. If your kiddo is able to wear all white, all black or something neon it would add to the fun." ~Ms. Maggie

"Learning starts promptly at 8:00am Students can enter, get breakfast, unpack their bags, fill their water bottles, and get sorted for the day at 7:53 am. We are learning who different people who work in our school are and how we can act in respectful ways towards them." ~Teacher Noah

"We are learning spelling patterns. We are also learning how to write a paragraph using evidence from The Birchbark House, a novel we’ve begun reading that is set in 1847 in the Great Lakes Region." ~Ms. Bidney, Mr. Cooke

I’m loving learning right alongside every child and within every classroom. Our teachers are making the purpose for what students are learning and doing clear. This is the student learning experience we want for our Arleta students! Students are learning grade level standards. They understand what they’re expected to learn and what we want them to be able to do, and why that’s important. They understand what they’re expected to do to show they’ve learned the standard. As the Chinese philosopher Xunzi said way back in 300 BC.. “involve me and I learn”.

In the spirit of essential and playful learning, and within the challenging context of talking to our kids about what’s going on in our community, here is a kid-friendly, effective ICE protection video from Bread and Puppet Theatre, shared by one of our Arleta Families to share far and wide.

A reminder Friday is a state-wide inservice day: no school for students or staff. Many educators across the state will be engaging in professional learning.

Warmly,

Lisa

Link to translated flyers of the flyer above.

Red Cards in English

Tarjetas Rojas Con Derechos De Los Imigrantes

移民权利红卡

Thẻ đỏ cho quyền của người nhập cư

ቀይ ካርዶች ለስደተኞች መብት

កាតក្រហមសម្រាប់សិទ្ធិជនអន្តោប្រវេសន៍

A big thank you to all the families who took part in Walk & Roll Day! Walking, biking, and otherwise rolling to school has big impacts on mental health, physical health, and the environment, and we're proud of everyone's participation! Students who walked or rolled to school had the chance to choose a prize and entered a raffle .

The Arleta Bike Bus kicked off yesterday on Walk & Roll To School Day! Want to join the Bike Bus on Wednesdays? Please fill out this survey, so we can plan inclusive routes for our Bike Bus Wednesdays: Arleta Bike Bus Interest Form. We want to grow the Arleta Bike Bus and include as many riders as possible. If you have questions, please email Rachel Ray at rray@pps.net.

What is a Bike Bus? Click here to learn more..

*Afternoon return routes are TBD, as we do not have supervising volunteers to ride home with students yet. At this time families will need to arrange for transporting their riders safely home after school.

If any of our families or students were approached by Homeland Security, they do not have to, and should not, respond. Families and students can remain silent no matter what is being asked of them. If any of our families were to see ICE talking to someone in a public location, such as a bus stop, our community can remind anyone we see being approached: “You can stay silent; they can’t do anything.” (Buses are private, but bus stops are public: ICE can approach people in public, but again, no one has to respond to them in public or private spaces). ICE can request to come into our school office (only; not the school itself), but we will not buzz them in: our office staff will go to the door (to say we won’t give them any information and that they cannot enter our school). In the main office we have the The Immigrant Legal Resource Center Little Red Cards, which is meant to help people assert their rights and defend themselves in many situations. These can be printed out and carried on your person and we have copies available in all our supported languages in the school office; feel free to stop in and ask for one.

Know Your Rights for Families/Students (OREGON ACLU)

Immigration Rights Resources One Pager

PPS Board Policy demonstrating resistance to ICE activity in Portland Public Schools"

Don't forget to check your child's Friday Folder if you haven't seen it already. A link to the one-page newsletter can be found here.

$2,400 — We're at 30%! A Huge THANK YOU to everyone who has donated so far. Can we make it to 50% by next week?! Your money goes directly toward Arleta teacher grants, school events, field trips, movie nights, affinity groups, the school play — and so much more!

It's not too late to dive in — Donate today and don’t forget to check if your company matches employee donations!

Thank you all for prioritizing Arleta students — your support makes a huge difference in enriching our children’s school experience.

In week one of our celebration we featured some museums and music, in week two we featured some recipes and crafts. In week three we learned about organizations in our community and famous Latines past and present and in week four we talked languages! Now, let's talk literature, by exploring the poetry of Gabriela Mistral.

The first Latine writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature was Chilean poet and educator Gabriela Mistral (the pen name of Lucila Godoy Alcayaga), in 1945. Here is an extensive biographical article on her by the Poetry Foundation.

This is a poem that she wrote about parenthood. The English translation is below the original version.

Yo No Tengo Soledad

Es la noche desamparo
de las sierras hasta el mar.
Pero yo, la que te mece,
¡yo no tengo soledad!

Es el cielo desamparo
si la luna cae al mar
Pero yo, la que te estrecha,
¡yo no tengo soledad!

Es el mundo desamparo
y la carne triste va
Pero yo, la que te prime,
¡yo no tengo soledad!

I Do Not Know Solitude

The night, it is deserted
From the mountains to the sea.
But I, the one who rocks you,
I am not alone!

The sky, it is deserted
For the moon falls to the sea.
But I, the one who holds you,
I am not alone!

The world, it is deserted
And the flesh, in sadness, carries on.
But I, the one who cuddles you,
I am not alone!


One of her most famous poems is still taught to students in primary school in Chile today. Below, read Piecitos de Niño, both the original and a translation.

Piecitos de Niño

Piececitos de niño,
azulosos de frío,
¡cómo os ven y no os cubren,
Dios mío!

¡Piececitos heridos
por los guijarros todos,
ultrajados de nieves
y lodos!

El hombre ciego ignora
que por donde pasáis,
una flor de luz viva
dejaís;

que allí donde ponéis
la plantita sangrante,
el nardo nace más
fragrante.

Sed, puesto que macháis
por los caminos rectos,
heróicos como sois
perfectos.

Piececitos de niño,
dos joyitas sufrientes,
¡cómo pasan sin veros
las gentes!


Little Feet of Children

Little feet of children
blue with cold,
how can they see you and not cover you—
dear God!

Little wounded feet
cut by every stone,
hurt by snow
and mire.

Man, blind, does not know
that where you pass,
you leave a flower
of living light.

And where you set
your little bleeding foot,
the spikenard blooms
more fragrant.

Walking straight paths,
be heroic, little feet,
as you are
perfect.

Little feet of children,
two tiny suffering jewels,
how can people pass
and not see you!


To read some more of her poems, you can click here for Selected poems of Gabriela Mistral, translated by Langston Hughes or Selected poems of Gabriela Mistral, translated by Ursula K. LeGuin, at the Multnomah County Public Library. And here is a Library of Congress recording of Gabriela Mistral reading her own poems.

For more poetry, here's a great list of ten Latino poets and poetry books for kids and here's a list of 15 more Latine poetry, theatre, and biography books for kids of all ages. Here is a list of 19 Latino poetry books for kids of all ages.

If myths and folktales are more your jam, click on this link, here! or for scarier stories to tell in the dark, click here!

You can also click on the screenshots below to access some of the above links!

Last week, Arleta had a 92% attendance rate (slightly less than the 93% the week before) and 113 tardies (slightly up from 110 tardies the week before).

Looking for some tips to help you get out of the door on time? Check back here each week for ideas.

This week's tips:

• Negotiate specific times for video games. Avoid bedtimes and mornings before school.
• Listen to an audio book while you get ready.

• Get a fuzzy rug for bare feet to land on next to the bed

The lost and found racks are getting full! Please take a moment to check the racks for any missing items belonging to your student. Feel free to stop by anytime during office hours, from 7:30am -3:30pm.

The Arleta Green Team hosts twice-monthly litter clean ups on second and fourth Thursdays of the month. The next Litter Pick-up is on Thursday, October 9th from 2:30-3pm.

Please meet at the picnic tables, grab a bucket and grabber, pick-up trash anywhere you see it, and drop off the bucket when you're done. We will take care of the trash. Leave whenever you need. Thank you for helping to keep our school grounds clean and safe for everyone!

Come join other Arleta families for a night out in our neighborhood for dinner, drinks, and socializing. This is not a fundraiser or a sponsored event. It's just a good excuse to get together with our incredible community.

Arleta Family Night Out is Friday, October 10, at 5pm, at the Foster Food Carts, 205 SE Foster Rd, Portland, OR 97206

Please let us know if you think you'll make it so that we can be sure to reserve enough space to accommodate everyone. Hope to see you there!

The next school board meeting is Wednesday, October 14, from 6pm-9pm at the Dr. Matthew Prophet Education Center (Prophet Center), 501 N Dixon St. Portland, OR 97227.

This meeting is open for the public to attend in person up to the capacity of the Boardroom and will be streamed live under the provision of ORS 192.670 at: https://www.youtube.com/@ppsboardofeducation/live

Links to Board of Education Information:

• Board of Education Website
• Past Board Meeting Recordings
• Board Meeting Agendas and Materials
• Public Meeting Notices

Send requests for public comment to publiccomment@pps.net.

On October 18, 5:30-7pm, we’re excited to have our first Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) Family Gathering of this academic year, welcoming students, parents, and guardians. The group offers a safe space to talk, connect, and play. Come join us in the SUN Room, which is located in the main building past the gym. Dinner and kid activities will be provided.

Please RSVP and send any questions to Arleta's SUN Recreational Coordinator, Raina Bilbrew at rbilbrew@pps.net. Please let us know if you would like a translator.

Dine-In Fundraiser @ Henry Higgins Boiled Bagels (Foster Location)

Thursday, October 16 | 7 AM – 3 PM

15% of all sales donated to Arleta Elementary! Grab a morning bagel, lunch, or snack + support our students. Dine-in, take-out, gift cards — everything counts!

Eat local. Support local kids. Indulge in Portland’s best bagels!
www.hhboiledbagels.com

Starting October 6th, bring gently-used costumes and athletic gear to the drop-off bins in front of the school and drop off and pick-up. And then, on October 17th, come to the school between 2-3:30pm to search for new costume treasures!

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This is no trick: get ready for the Arleta Fall Festival, always a treat! The Arleta Fall Festival is Friday, October 24th from 6–8 PM in the annex. Look forward to a fun-filled evening as we celebrate the best of the fall season! Join us for: A lively dance party, costumes & games, festive decorations and plenty of snacks.

The Fall Festival always takes a community of parents to make this happen! Sign up to donate a yummy treat to the bake sale, or sign up to volunteer at the event itself!

Do you love to bake? Have a recipe you think knocks it out of the park? Or, are you looking for a creative way to support Arleta and make people super happy at the same time?

Our Fall Festival Bake Sale is coming up on October 24th, and we need your help! Sign up to donate baked goods by clicking the button below! More specific information about preparation and drop off will be emailed to participants as we get closer to the event. Thank you!

We’re so excited for this year’s Fall Festival, and we need your help to make it a success! Please take a moment to sign up for any open volunteer positions that may work for you. Every role is important, and your time and support will help create a fun and memorable event for our community.

We still have a few open PTA leadership positions and would love your help in filling them for the 2025-26 school year. Please consider the incredible impact that you can make by taking one of these on!

• Click here to see open and needed volunteer positions.

• Click here to indicate your interest to volunteer.

The nonprofit organization The Fund for PPS has launched a campaign called Champion PPS Schools to make collective impact with fundraised dollars. In the 2025-26 school year Champion donated $930,000 across the district for high impact tutoring in grades K-3, math supports for grade 9, and food pantries in 20 PPS community schools.

Learn More in our 2024-2025 Annual Report posted at fundforpps.org!

We need people from each school community to act as liaisons -- points of contact -- to The Fund for PPS. We want to hear what's going on at your school and how to engage your school community. Join us to expand the network of "Champions" and help us build a districtwide community focused on improving the academic experience for our kids and expanding fundraising so Champion PPS Schools can continue to invest in our schools and students! Thank You!

NEWBERY HONOR AWARD • LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD • SCHNEIDER FAMILY BOOK AWARD HONOR • FINALIST FOR THE AUDIE AWARD FOR BEST MIDDLE GRADE AUDIOBOOK OF THE YEAR

“Funny, poignant and—most important—hopeful.” —New York Times

Simon O’Keeffe’s biggest claim to fame should be the time his dad accidentally gave a squirrel a holy sacrament. Or maybe the alpaca disaster that went viral on YouTube. But the story the whole world wants to tell about Simon is the one he’d do anything to forget: the one starring Simon as a famous survivor of gun violence at school.

Two years after the infamous event, twelve-year-old Simon and his family move to the National Quiet Zone—the only place in America where the internet is banned. Instead of talking about Simon, the astronomers who flock to the area are busy listening for signs of life in space. And when Simon makes a friend who’s determined to give the scientists what they’re looking for, he’ll finally have the chance to spin a new story for the world to tell.

Simon Sort of Says, the Newbery Honor-winning novel by Erin Bow, is a breathtaking testament to the lasting echoes of trauma, the redemptive power of humor, and the courage it takes to move forward without forgetting the past.

Explore More:

• Click here to borrow the book from Multnomah County Library.
• Buy the book at Powell's Bookstore.
• Buy the book, ebook, or audiobook at Barnes and Noble.
• Purchase the book on Amazon.
• Go to the author's website!

Go here to see the 2025-2026 Oregon Battle of the Books Grades 3-5 reading list! Registration for Arleta's OBOB teams opens on October 24th.

Each week we feature a poem from literature that you can share with your kids. Poems are quick ways to practice literacy and work like little packages of thoughts and feelings that explore the world in new ways

The baby bat

Screamed out in fright,

'Turn on the dark,

I'm afraid of the light.'

-Shel Silverstein

Hojalata is an Oaxacan art form that uses embossed, brightly colored tin to make beautiful art. To make this sun and moon hojalata, you will need aluminum foil, a square of corrugated cardboard, and sharpies (to emboss more deeply, you can use a a bamboo skewer or toothpick, and you can use acryllic paint instead of sharpies...but washable markers will probably wipe away).

Arleta has a small food pantry, clothes closet, and a variety of toiletries available for the use of any Arleta family. To set up an appointment to use the pantry or the closet, please email our SUN School Coordinator, Raina Bilbrew at rbilbrew@pps.net or raina.bilbrew@portlandoregon.gov or call or text her at 971-803-8986.

Throughout the festival season, branches of Multnomah County Library will host free cultural programs designed for all ages. Activities include crafting LED paper lanterns, origami, tai chi lessons, storytelling and musical performances. Events are scheduled at multiple branches between late September and mid-October.

Sept. 27-Oct. 12; times and locations vary; free; Click here and type "Mid-Autumn Festival" in the events search field to see a list of events. To check out books related to the Mid-Autumn festival click here!

On Saturday, October 11, from 12-3 p.m., volunteers fix broken small appliances, repair bikes and mend clothing. There’s also tool and knife sharpening available.

The event is at Leaven Community Center, 5431 NE 20th Ave. in Portland. Sign up your item here.

Join the Indigenous Marketplace Community at the Oregon Convention Center for the Indigenous Peoples Day Weekend!

Mark your calendars and get ready for an amazing Indigenous Peoples Day Weekend October 11-12th!!

Native American Drum Group Turquoise Pride will perform both days from at least 11am-1pm!!

Native Flute Performance by Sherrie Davis Sunday ONLY from 2-4pm!!

Date: Oct 11 and 12

Time: 10-4pm

Location: 777 NE MLK JR Blvd, Portland OR

Trimet Bus: 6, 8, 35, 40, 293 etc

Max Line: Blue, Green Red

Street Car: A and B

Portland Metro Parks has a series of free parking days throughout the year. The next free parking day falls on October 13th! Here are the locations around Portland that participate in the free parking days. Parking at all other Metro parks and boat ramps is free year-round.

Blue Lake Regional Park -21224 NE Blue Lake Road in Fairview.

The 101-acre park with a natural lake fed by underground springs is a great place to explore. You can fish from the shoreline; play disc golf on the world-class, gold-level, 18-hole course; visit the Nichaqwli sculptures; picnic by the water; cool off in the splash pad; and play basketball, volleyball, softball, soccer or horseshoes. This is a great place to visit during Oregon’s free fishing weekends.

Oxbow Regional Park - 3010 SE Oxbow Parkway in Gresham.

The park sits along the Sandy River with 12 miles of trails, ranging from gentle grades along the river banks or steeper trails up a ridge between the bends. There are some trails open to bikers. This is a great place to tube, boat or kayak.

Broughton Beach - 4141 NE Marine Drive in Portland.

Along the shores of the Columbia River, Broughton Beach is a great gathering spot on hot summer days. Go for a swim, have a picnic and go for a walk along the beach. This is a great place to visit during Oregon’s free fishing weekends.

Next to Broughton Beach is the M. James Gleason Memorial Boat Ramp, 4325 NE Marine Drive in Portland.. The park has picnic and viewing areas, wetland and wildlife habitat and accessible docks.

Chinook Landing Marine Park - 5201 NE 223rd Ave. in Fairview.

With six launching sites, Chinook Landing is Oregon’s largest public boating facility. Along with boat launching, the park has picnic and viewing areas, wetland and wildlife habitat and accessible docks.

For more information, visit Oregon Metro’s website.

Shopping at the Free Food Market at Kellogg Middle School is simple: the food is free, available to everyone (you do not need to have a student attending Kellogg) and there is no ID or proof-of-residence required. Simply bring boxes or bags to Kellogg Middle School, 3400 SE 60th Avenue, from 3:30-5pm on Friday, October 17!

This program is held on the 4th Sunday of every month, from 10am-1pm, at the Multnomah County Master Gardener Demonstration Garden at SE 57th and SE Duke Street.

November 6, 2025, 6 pm

Fully Fund Our Schools Forum (working title)

@ Sunnyside Elementary, 3421 SE Salmon St, Portland, OR 97214

Co-hosted by Community and Parents for Public Schools (CPPS) and Sunnyside ES Advocacy Parent Group

Agenda: Gather with our lawmakers and educational leaders, convene with fellow community members to learn how we can work towards supporting our students and public schools.

On behalf of the Community and Parents for Public Schools board, thank you for your engagement and interest to work to support our public schools together! Please reach out if you have any questions or if you are interested in a leadership role.

Email: cpps@cppsportland.org

Phone: (503) 220-0577

Website: https://cppsportland.org/

Facebook Community: https://www.facebook.com/cppsportland/

On the first Thursday of each month, the Portland Art Museum and PAM CUT Tomorrow Theater offer free admission from 10am-7pm. The museum brings global and regional art, culture and history to our city.

The museum also offers quarterly free admission day, usually on Sunday. Another way to get free admission to the museum is through Bank of America’s Museums on Us program. You can also get two free tickets from the Multnomah County Library Discovery Pass.

Children 17 and under always receive free admission along with veterans and active-duty military.

Email Lisa Hugelier lisa.hugelier@gmail.com with questions.

The PAC is a committee that reports to the PPS Board of Education, and makes a recommendation on how to spend privately fundraised dollars from The Fund for PPS’s Champion Schools. Learn More at Strategic Partnerships / Parent Advisory Committee (PAC): Distribution of Donations for Staffing. Please apply by October 24, 2025, to serve on this committee. Thank You!

Click on the appropriate link below and complete the brief application if you are interested in serving on this committee:

ADULT APPLICATION- Seeking one parent/caregiver from each of the following schools or the feeder schools to: Franklin, Lincoln, McDaniel and Roosevelt.

The School Board meets regularly at the school district's Dr. Matthew Prophet Education Center (Prophet Center), 501 N. Dixon Street, at 6:00 pm on select Tuesdays of each month - and on certain other occasions. Some scheduling changes do occur; if you plan to attend, please see below for the upcoming public meeting notices.

Under the provision of ORS 192.670 all meetings will be live-streamed at http://www.youtube.com/@ppsboardofeducation/live, except for those meetings that fall under the provisions set forth for executive sessions.

To subscribe to email notifications of public meeting notices, email kbradshaw@pps.net to request to be added to the email list. After an email address has been subscribed to the mailing list, a notice of a Public Meeting of the School Board will be sent before each scheduled meeting.

Anyone ages 5-18 can get care at any of our Student Health Centers. Young people can visit a Student Health Center even if they don't attend the school where it's located.

Visitors, adult staff and partners working at a Portland Public School can purchase school meals. Click here to purchase a meal.

Email: ArletaSchoolPTA@gmail.com
Website: arletapta.org
Location: 5109 SE 66th Avenue
Phone: 503-916-6330
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ArletaElementaryK5

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arletaelementaryK5/

PPS District policy prohibits discrimination on the basis of age, color, creed, disability, marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex, and sexual orientation. BP 1.801.020. Not all outside groups comply with the District’s non-discrimination policy. Families are strongly encouraged to review all materials closely.