March Cougar Connection

3/5 2nd Grade Concert 6PM (students meet their teacher in class 10 min before the performance)

3/10 1st Grade Concert 6PM (students meet their teacher in class 10 min before the performance)

3/12 3rd Grade Concert 6PM (students meet their teacher in class 10 min before the performance)

3/13 Early Release @12:30- Spirit Day - Twin Day

3/16 BJ's Dinner Night Out

3/17 PTO meeting in Library 5pm

3/20 Grading day- NO SCHOOL

3/23 - 3/27-Spring Break- NO SCHOOL

Woot Woot! We had 12 teams, which is about 60 Yolanda students, participate in Oregon Battle of the Books this year! The final battle was held Wednesday, February 25th in our gym. The Circuit Breakers will be participating in the Regional event Saturday, March 14th at Thurston High School.

So many of our staff volunteer to coach teams as they love to foster the love of reading and encourage students to be part of a team. HUGE shout out to Mrs. Zsiga our ELD teacher who set up the finals and Mrs. Andrea, Mrs. Bowman and Mrs. Paschall for hosting some battles! Your extra time was greatly appreciated.

Thanks to our coaches and students for doing your best to tackle the books!

We’re excited to share our Golden Awards Winners, celebrating classes that go above and beyond in following school expectations! Each month, classes have the opportunity to earn special Golden Awards in different areas:

🏆 Golden Xylophone (Music) – For outstanding participation and meeting all music expectations.
⚽ Golden Ball (P.E.) – For great participation and following all P.E. expectations.
🔔 Golden Whistle (Playground) – For classes that follow directions and freeze quickly when the whistle blows.
🍽️ Golden Tray (Cafeteria) – For classes demonstrating excellent cafeteria behavior.
🗑️ Golden Trashcan (Classroom) – For the cleanest classroom.
🪠 Golden Plunger (Restrooms) – For the cleanest bathroom.
🤫 Golden Quiet Sign (Breezeways) – For the quietest class while walking through the breezeways.

📔 Golden Book (Library) - For classes that follow directions and are respectful in the library

Congratulations to all of this month’s Golden Award winners! Keep up the great work, Cougars—let’s see who will take home the awards next month!

★The show is Friday, April 24th at 6pm in the Briggs gym. Everyone is encouraged to come watch the performances.

★Auditions will take place Tuesday, March 17th and Wednesday, March 18th after school in the Yolanda gym.

★Audition forms are in the office or you can get one from Mr. Fine or Ms. Meridien.

★Please remember we do everything we can to include everyone, but with such wonderful talent at Yolanda it isn’t possible for all who audition to perform in the show.

★If you have questions you can ask Mr. Fine @ adam.fine@springifeld.k12.or.us

We are excited to share some wonderful news! Our 4th/5th grade girls basketball team won the Willamalane Championship Tournament last week! 🏆

The team demonstrated incredible teamwork, determination, and sportsmanship throughout the tournament. We are so proud of their hard work and the way they represented our school.

A big congratulations to our players:

• Lyla H

• Raleigh W

• Leslie H

• Tegan H

• Addy H

• Kinsley S (Page Elementary)

We also want to recognize and thank Coach Leah, Coach Olivia, and Coach Brittney for their dedication, leadership, and support of our student-athletes. Their commitment made this achievement possible.

Thank you to all of our families for supporting the team throughout the season. We are proud of this group and excited to celebrate their accomplishment!

Congratulations, Champions! 🎉

Dear Families,

We are excited to begin working on this year’s Yearbook! If you have any school-related photos you would like to share, please use the Google Drive link below to upload them.

The Google Drive includes folders organized by individual grade levels to make uploading easy. Simply select your child’s grade and add your photos there.

Thank you for helping us capture the wonderful memories from this school year. We truly appreciate your support!

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1fQse3pzylYBeEC77qJof21BlnrdvC31A

Just a reminder to all those picking up and dropping off students through our parking lot. Please park in designated spaces. Parking in the second row across the white stripes isn't a designated space. Those folks using the handicap parking spots need that space to back-up to leave those first few spots.

Parking along the fence line on 23rd in front of the no parking signs is also not a space to park. This is County land. The walking path along the fence line needs to be a safe space for students and families to walk. Having mud flung on students and families or inhaling exhaust as cars & trucks are trying to get out of the wet grass is becoming very problematic for our walkers and is tearing up the strip of County land.

I know our parking lot is on the smaller side, perhaps park at the dance studio or wait a few extra minutes and pull through the drive through line to pick up your student/s.

I have had neighbors, parents and community members come and share their concerns as this continues to be problematic. Please problem solve this differently if you are parking along our fence line on 23rd so our kids and families can continue to feel safe using the walking path on their way to and from school.

Thank you to all our of our families who participated during our VIP Dance and Book Fair during February! The turn out for both events was fantastic and there were LOTS of happy students and happy families. The VIP Dance volunteers did an amazing job creating a fun space with great beats!

The Book Fair held this week was very well attended. We raised about $2,300 for our library. Mrs. Hanson will be happily purchasing new book for circulation.

These event are hosted by our PTO board and couldn't happen without the support of many volunteers. Our Yolanda community is very blessed to have such a caring and supporting team of volunteers.
THANK YOU to you all and our Cougar Crew that continue to show up weekly for our supervision times!

WOWZA...... we have A LOT of coats & sweatshirts and various other items over flowing in our Lost & Found bin in front of the gym. PLEASE come and look through the mountain of clothes for items that belong to your student/s. These items will soon be donated at the end of March.
You can come anytime on the weekends, anytime after 3:45 Mon-Fri.

We are wrapping up the last month of our second trimester this year, already! Friday, March 20th is our next grading day, which is a no school day for students. Spring Break starts the following Monday, March 23rd - Friday, March 27th.

We hope you all have a safe, fun and relaxing week!
As always, your teachers are your first point of contact and Manny and I are available should you need something.

Many thanks,
Kari & Manny

Administration Team

kari.isham@springfield.k12.or.us

manny.plascencia@springfield.k12.or.us