Centennial Blue Jays

Email: deb.jolda@springfield.k12.or.us
Website: https://www.springfield.k12.or.us/Centennial
Location: 1315 Aspen Street, Springfield, OR, USA
Phone: 541 744-6383
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CentennialBlueJays

Happy New Year! I hope this was a wonderful winter break. January is often a time when people make resolutions or reconsider various aspects of their life and we feel renewed and re-energized to make great choices. We look forward to a great January at Centennial!

I was so impressed, and grateful, to the many generous individuals and businesses who donated time, money and items to help support our families over the winter break. In addition to organizing gifts for many CES students, Julie Gifford, our wonderful Family Resource Coordinator, made close to 50 super snack packs containing food donations.

Thanks to the following individuals, groups, and businesses for supporting our school!

Wesco

St. Alice Church

St. Vincent de Paul

The Elks

Principle Accounting

Franz Bakery

Springfield High leadership students and staff

Centennial staff

As always, thank you to the PTO and volunteers who help us accomplish so much at Centennial!

Please make sure to follow us on Facebook and check out the Centennial website (links above).

Sincerely,

Principal Williams

January 4 Students return

January 9-19 4th grade swim lessons

January 13 Early release - Sports theme

January 16 No school - Martin Luther King Jr., day

January 27 Early release - Stuffed animal day

Positive self-talk can help students build self-esteem and confidence, encouraging them to look at the bright side, to keep trying and to overcome challenges. When children learn to use positive words rather than putting themselves down, they may be more likely to keep trying even when things don’t work out the way they planned or hoped.

Centennial’s focus on building community across grade levels is ongoing. Teachers have committed to getting together with their partner class at least monthly to do activities such as buddy reading, shared craft time, or playing learning games. Students always enjoy these opportunities to connect with students in another grade.

Returning from winter break offers an opportunity to reset expectations and routines at school. Students are participating in a review of appropriate behaviors for all areas of the building including the classroom, hallways, cafeteria, and playground. The first couple of weeks back is also a time to reconnect and build relationships.

Winter Break is over and that usually means it's a time when we experience the most severe winter weather. Are you all set to receive inclement weather notifications? The first thing to do is to make sure SPS has your correct contact information.

ParentVue is our online system that allows all families, new and returning, to access and update their family and student information, including contact numbers, email addresses, annual health changes and so much more!

The correct contact information ensures that families and students are receiving all of the important information and notifications shared by their school, teachers and the district

SPS has procedures in place in the event we experience inclement weather. You can review them on our website here: SPS Inclement Weather Procedures.

We'll be jumping in with both feet and starting practices with our OBOB teams! Check with Ms. Phillips in the library to learn more about preparation for battles in January for a chance to represent Centennial at the district tournament, and hopefully on to the regional and state tournaments! We are also looking for adult volunteers to help coach our teams!

Learn more about OBOB.

Download the book list.

Centennial has an outstanding PTO! We really appreciate all they do to support our staff and students at CES! We would love to have you participate with this group. Please check them out! Information page link.

January Meeting

January 10 at 6:00 - meeting in the library at school

Light meal and childcare provided!

We still have openings for registration into the upcoming 2nd/3rd grade basketball clinics which begin January 10th, 2023.

Follow this link to view available programs.

Hello Blue Jay families!

Please read through the following updates for important information about our school.

BELL SCHEDULE

8:00 Students may enter for breakfast. All others enter through the front doors to wait in the gym for class to start.

8:25 Students go to classes

8:35 Instruction begins (if you are tardy, you will need to check in at the office)

2:50 Dismissal bell

12:30 Dismissal on early release Fridays

Please do not drop students off prior to 8:00 as we do not have supervision available.

MEALS

• free breakfast and lunch available for all students
• Doors open at 8:00 for school breakfast.

VOLUNTEERS

• Click this link and fill out the online form f you are interested in volunteering

ARRIVAL/DISMISSAL

• parents and caregivers must remain on the west side of the upper driveway when walking students to school.
• use the right hand lane of lower driveway for vehicle drop offs and pick ups
• remain in your vehicle
• pull forward as far as possible
• Vehicles may not enter the upper driveway during arrival (8:00-8:45) and dismissal (2:15-3:15).

STUDENT PHONES

• students should not bring cell phones or other personal electronic devices to school
• If you feel your child must have a device with them, it must be kept turned off and stored in their backpack through the school day.
• Students may not have devices out during the day while in class or in other areas such as the playground and cafeteria.
• Thank you so much for your help with this!

STUDENT BEHAVIOR

• We expect our students to act safely, respectfully, responsibly and with kindness
• We do not condone inappropriate behavior towards other students or adults, whether on the playground, in the cafeteria, or in the classroom.
• Please help to remind your child of these school behavior expectations.
• Although your child may not see the consequences for another student's inappropriate behavior, this does not mean it isn't happening.

HOW CAN WE HELP?

We'd like to know how we can help support our community. Please click here and take a minute or two to fill out this brief survey and give us your feedback.

COVID-19 Update

If a student tests positive they need to stay out for five days from the start of symptoms or date tested, if they are asymptomatic.

COVID continues to be a concern for all of us and we appreciate your support as we work together to keep our students safe and healthy. Please make frequent handwashing, for 20 seconds, a normal part of your routine and keep your child home if they are experiencing symptoms such as fever, cough, upset stomach, or headache. Students must be symptom free for 24 hours to return to school. Please click here to check the SPS website for additional information about vaccines and other resources.

COVID Testing

We have free test kits available. You are welcome to stop by the office and pick one up!

The UO's free weekly testing program is still available. Please contact us for information.

VACCINES & BOOSTERS

Children 5-17 years old are up-to-date on their COVID vaccines if they have completed their primary series of vaccinations plus two weeks. Quarantine protocols are determined based on the level of vaccine that a person has.

We encourage all eligible individuals to ensure that they are up-to-date with this vaccine as it is one of the most powerful ways to limit the spread and seriousness of COVID-19 symptoms.

To find information about vaccination clinics available throughout our community visit www.lanecounty.org/vaxclinics.

We encourage our CES families to take advantage of this free parenting class! It is specifically designed to provide help for adults raising kids with challenging behaviors and will help you:

• Build skills & confidence in using the CPS approach
• Network & share information about community resources
• Develop new understanding of challenging behavior & learn new ways to help your child
• Rethink conventional approaches to behavioral difficulties and strengthen relationships
• Gain support from other parents, grandparents, and foster parents

The Collaborative Problem Solving approach is an evidence-based method to managing challenging behavior that promotes the understanding that challenging kids lack the skill - not the will - to behave; specifically, skills related to problem-solving, flexibility and frustration tolerance. Unlike traditional models of discipline, the CPS approach avoids the use of power, control and motivational procedures and instead focuses on collaborating with the child/ youth/ young adult to solve the problems leading to challenging behavior and building the skills they need to succeed.

The 8-week class is provided in an online setting.

For more information, please click here.