The Tuesday Notice

Our teachers share and learn together! Last week, our faculty took time during their weekly meeting for a hands-on archery workshop taught by Ms. Glatte, the same skill our 6th graders are learning this fall. It was a great opportunity to build skills, teamwork, and understanding from the student’s perspective. Shared learning experiences like this strengthen both our teaching and our community of colleagues.

This Week

Tues, Oct 14: Board Meeting, 6:00 pm

Wed, Oct 15: Anxious Generation Book Group, 6:00 pm

Thurs, Oct 16: Class 8 Play, The Quiltmaker's Gift, performance for our community, 6:30 pm

Fri, Oct 17: Class 8 Play, The Quiltmaker's Gift, performance for our school, 8:45 am

Next Week

Wed, Oct 22: Middle School Clay Street Park Clean-up day

Wed, Oct 22: Class 3 meeting, 6:30 pm, childcare upon RSVP to the school office

Thurs, Oct 23 & Fri, Oct 24: Fall Conferences (see link below to sign-up)

Looking Ahead!

Thurs, Oct 30: Pumpkin Carving with buddies

Fri, Oct 31: Halloween Celebration!

Tues, Nov 4: Parent Enrichment, Inside Waldorf: A Guided Introduction with Christine Benson and Specialty Class Workshops, 6:30 pm

The Siskiyou School is proud to launch our Annual Giving Campaign with a goal of raising $140,000 between October and January. Celebrating “20 Years Rooted in Community, Growing in Love,” this milestone year honors two decades of nurturing children, welcoming families, and inspiring education. Like most nonprofits, the school relies on Annual Giving to bridge the gap between tuition and the true cost of education, about $1,000 per student, supporting essentials such as classroom supplies, teacher salaries, and professional development. Every contribution, no matter the size, helps sustain the vibrant life of the school, and 100% family participation demonstrates the unity and strength of the community. Together, we can celebrate this 20th anniversary by ensuring that the Siskiyou School continues to grow in love and learning for generations to come!

Support our Annual Giving Campaign Here

Please take a moment to sign up for Parent-Teacher Conferences by clicking the link HERE. The link will CLOSE on Tuesday, October 21 at 1:30 p.m. and all subsequent changes must be made through the office.

Click on the tabs at the bottom of the page to get to your class teacher’s page.
After entering your information, click to another location to “save” your work.
These times have been carefully chosen by the teachers, please do not alter them.
If you cannot make the times available, please contact your teacher. Please note, make-up conferences are reserved for emergencies only. Two household families, please sign up for ONE conference time.
If you need help signing up, please call or email the office.
Class 5 through 8 families, please sign up for an additional optional MATH conference with your child’s math teachers.

All conferences will be in person.
OHANA FAMILIES: Please sign up for your conference in the highlighted times available. You will meet with both class teacher and Ohana teachers at this one conference time.

We’re excited to be able to offer childcare for conferences! Childcare will be available from 8:00 to 4:00 on Thursday and 8:00 to 3:00 on Friday. Children stay free during your conference time, beyond that time childcare is $10/hour (cash or check only please). Childcare funds go to our dedicated 8th grade students for their 8th grade trip fundraising!

If your family is new to the Siskiyou School we'd like to invite you to sit for a welcome moment with Sarah Collins, our Events and Fundraising Coordinator. Please sign up for a time during our conferences, on the first sheet for conferences, you can't miss it!

Sign up for Fall Conferences Here

It’s almost time for our next meeting! Wednesday, October 15 at 6:00 pm in Pine Hall.

Missed the first meeting, no problem! You can catch up at the second!

GO this link to find a video and lots of resources and information.

At this meeting we will focus on how to set boundaries and promote free play and independence. Join us in creating a healthier screen/phone culture for our children — and for ourselves.

School photos are now online!

To VIEW YOUR PHOTOS:

• Go to www.bryondevore.com

• Click on "Your School Photos" in the menu at the top.

• Find The Siskiyou School at the top of the list.

The ORDERING DEADLINE for photos is in two weeks, Sunday, October 26.

This festival is one of our favorite ones at school! We will celebrate Halloween on Friday, October 31, with our traditional in-house assembly here at school. We will have a half day and dismiss per our half day dismissal schedule. The early dismissal will give families a little time before going to the Ashland Halloween parade. Here at school, the children come dressed in costumes and we celebrate with music, pumpkins and a parade around the campus.

Costume guidelines: When we think of getting dressed up, let’s ensure that we are thoughtful about the costumes we choose to wear to school. We want to be mindful that all students will feel safe and honored.

Be creative and keep in mind we have young ones on campus.

Please no scary costumes, blood, or weapons. Just bring fun.
Reminder!! It is important that we can identify students and see their faces. Please, no masks.

NO CANDY is to be brought to school on or after Halloween.
If you’re not sure if your child’s costume will “work”, please check in with their class teacher before Halloween.

Aside from these guidelines, please talk with your student to make sure that the costume that they have selected does not portray a stereotyped image of a culture or group of people. In addition, please help students make sure that their costume is not offensive to any racial, ethnic or religious group, or any people with disabilities or illnesses. While students might choose to dress as a famous person or character who’s identity is different than their own, please reinforce the importance of not darkening skin or using makeup to change a child’s skin color to match the person who they are dressing up to be. Students are often unaware of the long history these traditions have and that it can be hurtful to those people.

We look forward to celebrating with all of the students on Halloween and appreciate your help in making sure that it is a fun day for everyone. If you have any questions at all regarding this day, please feel free to reach out.

Halloween is made so special here with over a hundred grinning jack-o-lanterns arrayed in Pine Hall. Come help the children carve with their buddies on Thursday, October 30. Different classes carve at different times, click HERE to sign up and help! Thank you!

Help with Pumpkin Carving Here

November is bottle drop month for our blue bag program! The bottle drop program will do a 20% match for all bags dropped between November 15 and December 2! Recycling benefits our planet and our school, so consider picking up a blue bag from the front office and dropping your filled bags during the 20% match dates to help fund amazing programs at our school. For more information or bags, please see Sarah Collins (sarah.collins@siskiyouschool.org).

Siskiyou School Calendars are back! Reserve yours today and pay upon pick up. Cost is $20 dollars and proceeds go to benefit our school! For more information contact Sarah at sarah.collins@siskiyouschool.org.

THE BATTLE IS ON! Oregon Battle of the Books (OBOB) is coming back to The Siskiyou School! OBOB is a statewide voluntary reading motivation and comprehension program sponsored by the Oregon Association of School Libraries and Library Services and Technology Act grant. Students in grades 3-8, regardless of ability, are exposed to quality literature representing a variety of literary styles and viewpoints.

OBOB’s mission is to encourage and recognize students who enjoy reading, to broaden reading interests, to increase reading comprehension, promote academic excellence, and to promote cooperative learning and teamwork among students. Students will form teams, read at least 4 books (up to 16) and compete in battles with the support of a parent coach. Reading, team meetings, and battles will occur outside of school hours.

To learn more about OBOB please view their website at www.oregonbattleofthebooks.org or reach out to Amy Bull at amy.bull@siskiyouschool.com, and keep an eye out for the student permission slips along with more detailed information.

Parent Coaches are needed! We need awesome adults to help lead the teams, please let Amy know if you'd like to help with this amazing program!

There are so many wonderful benefits to learning a second language, which are worth reflecting on. Mandarin Chinese is spoken by over a billion people around the world, about one fifth of the global population. The benefits of learning Mandarin Chinese extend far beyond just language acquisition. By delving into the language, you gain access to a fascinating world of art, literature, history, and cultural traditions; even its delicious cuisine! The ability to communicate with native speakers on a deeper level fosters meaningful connections and cross-cultural understanding. It can also give one a glimpse into Chinese philosophy and thinking concerning important traditional values such as harmony, benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom, honesty, loyalty and filial piety, all of which are embodied in people’s way of life. Written Chinese is one of the oldest continuously used writing systems dating back more than 3000 years. Chinese characters, known as Hanzi (汉字), made up of pictographs and ideographs, form the basis of Chinese writing and differ from the alphabet systems used in English and other European derived languages.

From the 1st to 3rd grade, all learning occurs within an oral context through songs, poems, tongue twisters, games, activities that involve rhythm, and situational dialogues. The children feel, act, and live every aspect of this in a spontaneous, playful and lively way. The First graders learn how to count, name colors and parts of the body, sing songs and rhymes. The Second to Fifth graders review and learn new poems, songs and tongue twisters. In fourth and Fifth grade the children learn to write simplified Chinese characters that are used throughout China.

It’s an honor to share this language and cultural tradition and journey with your children.

~Zhang Laoshi

(Jennifer Carroll)

Our community classifieds are posted as a service to our Siskiyou School families and our broader community. If you would like to include something in the classifieds, email your text (a few lines in length) or an image file (png or jpg only), to kristin.beers@siskiyouschool.org no later than Monday by 3:00 pm. We may edit it for space purposes. Classifieds are included for two weeks, require a break for a week, and then can be renewed upon request.

Moira Smiley is coming to Ashland and will lead a community singing workshop in Pine Hall with Ruth Hoffecker of Ashland School of Uncovering the Voice. Known for beautiful folk arrangements, body percussion, and her own compositions that blend folk traditions with relevant current themes, Moira will be leading two SINGING WORKSHOPS and giving a solo concert.

Fri Oct 24th 6pm Workshop in Williams

Sat. Oct 25th noon-2pm Workshop in Ashland

Sat. Oct 25th 7:30pm Solo Concert in Ashland

LISTEN to her wide-ranging work:

"How can I cry" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDto1EssPAY

"Stand in that river" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohWAuNRVm7Y

"We are timeless" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIT_KZivOXw

More Info and Get Tickets:

(Ashland Workshop) https://events.humanitix.com/moira-smiley-vocal-workshop-gbnah3tk

(Williams Workshop) https://events.humanitix.com/moira-smiley-vocal-workshop

(Ashland Concert) https://www.eventbrite.com/e/moira-smiley-in-a-rare-southern-oregon-concert-tickets-1641268591539?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=aff0bandsintown&bit_userid=$%7Buser_id%7D&appId=wf_zbvenfzvyrl.pbz&comeFrom=242&artist_event_id=107108330