Kinnaman Community Newsletter

Mrs. Jurich: This is my second year at Kinnaman. As an Academic Coach, I support math and literacy. In this role, I work with teachers to best support the needs of students. The best part of my job is getting to know all of the students from Kindergarten all the way to Fifth Grade. Go Coyotes!

Mrs. Scribner: Hi Coyotes! I have been a teacher at Kinnaman for 14 years. I started teaching 1st and 2nd grade here, but for the past 10 years I have been the Reading Academic Coach. My job at Kinnaman is to coach teachers and students around reading. Most students know me as the Bookstore Lady because when students meet a reading goal at Kinnaman they earn a trip to our Kinnaman Bookstore. One thing you need to know about me is that when I was in elementary school, I was not a strong reader. Thankfully, my teachers and family helped me learn to read and now I am an avid reader. My favorite part of being a part of Kinnaman is all the smiles and waves I get from students.

November

16 PTO Bottle Drop 8am-5pm

19 PTO Chick Fil a Fundraiser 5-8pm

20 Picture re-take day; Food Pantry 3-4:30pm

25-29 No School: Fall Break

28 Thanksgiving

December

4 Food Pantry 3-4:30pm

6 Kinder First Friday 2:30-3:30pm

9 No School: Staff Development Workday

12 Dental Sealants

13 PTO Craft and Game Night 4:30-6:30 p.m.

15 PTO Bottle Drop 12:30-2:00pm

17 PTO McTeacher Night 4-8pm

18 Food Pantry 3-4:30pm

19 Winter Concert 5-6:30pm

In October or November, all 3rd grade students in Beaverton will be administered the Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT) Screener. This 30-minute test measures students’ learned reasoning abilities through verbal/picture analogies, number analogies and figure matrices. Families whose student scores in the 90th percentile or above on the CogAT screener will be notified and invited to give permission for their students to take the remainder of the test. There will be post-screener testing and full CogAT testing happening in elementary schools up until winter break. For more information about testing, please contact your school’s TAG facilitator.

5th grade families can ask that their student take the CogAT Screener by completing this google form link.

If your student is on vacation or ill during the 3rd grade screener, we will not be able to accommodate a testing session in advance. When you return, check in with the building TAG Facilitators to see if there is an easy way to add your student to a future testing session.

If your 4th or 5th grade student did not attend a Beaverton school in 3rd grade, or missed the screener for whatever reason, you can tell your student’s classroom teacher that you would like your child to be tested. Students cannot be tested with the CogAT in consecutive years. For example, a 4th grader cannot take the CogAT if they took the screener in 3rd grade. Parents of 5th grade students, whose students did not take the CogAT as 4th graders, who would like to request their children take the CogAT again can fill out this google form. Parents need to sign up on the google form at least 5 days before the testing is scheduled to happen at their specific school.

We will focus on caring for the months of November and December. The Caring Unit is our second unit in this six unit year. The focus in our caring unit is on exploring how to be caring in a variety of contexts. The lessons will explore caring and how it incorporates helpfulness, gratitude, compassion, empathy, and kindness. Empathy and gratitude are explored in depth as tools for expressing caring.

We expect students to attend school on time every day if they do not meet the Too Sick for School criteria.

Feel Like You've Tried Everything?

Do you feel like life is getting in the way of your child making it to school each day on time? Contact our school social worker Haylee Hernandez at haylee_hernandez@beaverton.k12.or.us.

Arrival and Dismissal

Kinnaman is an early start elementary school.

• Arrival 7:30-7:45 a.m.
• Dismissal 2:20 p.m.
  
• Students should be picked up no later than 2:30 p.m. as there is no supervision for students after that time.

Students who arrive after 7:45 a.m.

• Students will check-in at the office and then go to class.

• Entry is only permitted through the front, main entrance doors after 7:45 a.m.

For information about our current arrival and dismissal routes, check out the information below.

If you are changing dismissal plans, please call the office prior to 1:00 p.m. Please do not message your child's teacher directly.

Decisions about school closure or delayed start will typically be communicated to media outlets and posted on the district website, ParentSquare and social media by 5:30 a.m.

When schools open on time, and buses are on snow routes:

All staff report as regularly scheduled.

• If road conditions are unsafe to drive where you live, report to work when conditions improve.

Bus service will not be provided to the following schools/programs:

• Arata Creek

• Bonny Slope Elementary

• Fanno Farmhouse THPRD

• Jenkins Estate THPRD

• McKinney-Vento and/or Newcomer students living outside BSD boundaries

• Nancy Ryles Elementary

• Oregon State School for the Deaf

• Parry Center at Edwards Elementary

• Portland Lifeworks

• Sato Elementary

• Serendipity

• Tucker Maxon

• Wheatley

When schools open on a 2-hour delay, and buses are on snow routes:

All schools will open two hours later than regularly scheduled.

All staff report at regularly scheduled time or as soon as it’s safe for the employee to travel.

• If road conditions are unsafe to drive where you live, report to work when conditions improve.

• All nutrition services staff follow their school site-specific nutrition services plan for reporting to work.

The following classes, programs and transportation are canceled:

• All Head Start classes

• Morning Little Warriors program

• All Pre-K classes

• All CTE Programs

• Terra Nova Science & Sustainability program

• All after-school programs

Bus service will not be provided to the following schools/programs:

• Arata Creek

• Beaverton Early Childhood Center (BECC); classes beginning prior to 1:00 p.m.

• Any student with a modified schedule; classes beginning prior to 12:00 p.m.

• All morning preschool classes (including Mustard Seed Preschool)

• Bonny Slope Elementary

• Fanno Farmhouse THPRD

• Jenkins Estate THPRD

• McKinney-Vento and/or Newcomer students living outside BSD boundaries

• Nancy Ryles Elementary

• Oregon State School for the Deaf

• Parry Center at Edwards Elementary

• Portland Lifeworks

• Sato Elementary

• Serendipity

• Tucker Maxon

• Wheatley

Bus service will be provided to the following schools/programs:

• All BSD in-district special education programs other than those listed above.

• Beaverton Early Childhood Center (BECC); classes beginning after 1:00 .pm.

• Full-day Preschool Promise at Elmonica Elementary School

• Special education students receiving services at Cascade Academy, Columbia Academy, Groner Elementary, Levi Anderson, Pacific Academy and Tigard Lifeworks

When all district schools and facilities are closed:

All daytime and evening activities/events will be canceled.

Staff report as indicated below:

• Designated essential staff will report to work on site at their regular reporting time.

• Year-round employees, including administrators and confidential supervisors, should work remotely, if able.

• Centrally-based employees on 182, 187, 212 or 222-day calendars should work remotely, if able.

• School-based employees on 182, 187, 194, 212 or 222-day calendars are not required to report to work or work remotely but will be paid. Employees will be required to make up missed school days later in the year, if scheduled.

When weather conditions necessitate an early dismissal/closure of schools:

All daytime and evening activities/events will be canceled.

Night custodians do not report unless directed to do so.

All BSD personnel are dismissed at their normal time, unless otherwise notified by their supervisor/administrator.

Buses will be on snow routes. Some regular stops may not be accessible because of snow and/or ice; in some cases, a stop may be moved from one route to another route for safety and efficiency. Stop information can be accessed at the Snow Routes webpage.

If you haven’t done so already, please reapply to be a volunteer or visitor in the Beaverton School District. We’re implementing a new volunteer management system and need time to process and complete the criminal background checks for all applicants.

Please note, that to enter the school building during regular student hours, you must have completed the background check. It takes about 10 days to process so please plan ahead.

Start on the Volunteer webpage on the district website. The entire process — including the review of the Child Abuse Prevention & Reporting and Adult Sexual Misconduct training materials — should take less than 10 minutes to complete.

Thank you for prioritizing our students’ safety and for your willingness to volunteer in BSD.

Kinnaman offers onsite aftercare with Mari's Little Lambs! Enroll online today to secure a place for the 2024-2025 school year.

Would you like to have your child added to the Kinnaman Student Directory? Here is the link for the new Kinnaman Student Directory Google form for families who would like to be in the 2024-2025 student directory. This is a great ways for families to be able to connect outside of school hours 😊

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Principal: Ashlee Hudson

Assistant Principal: Carmen Roberti

4205 SW 193rd Ave.

Beaverton, OR 97078

Phone: (503) 356-2420

Attendance Line: (503) 356-2421