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

Ahh, June! This is always a special month in the school year as we anticipate summer and look back on the previous year. For me, this June is particularly poignant as it is the last one I will spend with the wonderful Blue Jay family. We have had quite an adventure together and I'm so grateful for all the staff, students, and community members who have pulled together to make our school what it is today. You care deeply for each other and you want the very best for all of us in this community. So, thank you! I will always look back on my time at Centennial with fondness.

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

Sincerely,

Principal Williams

June 6 PTO

June 15 Field Day

June 16 Early Release - Last Day of School!

2023-24 registration is open for all students, including incoming kinders. If you have an incoming kinder, feel free to give us a call to put them on the list and we will make sure to send you a reminder about registration.

Families of all current students are asked to do the Annual Student Review in ParentVue to update student information for the coming year. For those who already submitted their annual reviews, thank you! If you didn't upload a current proof of address (such as a current utility bill), it would be fabulous if you could email it to Ms Deb or bring it by the office. She's there until 4 most days.

Integrity is doing the right thing even when it’s hard or when no one is looking. Having integrity shows people what your heart is really like. If you have a strong character, then people know that they can trust you. That’s important for any and every relationship you have. Trust is a hard thing to earn, but by doing what’s right at all times, you’ll have trust with everyone around you.

Centennial Blue Jays are finishing the school year strong! Buddy classrooms continue to work together to build community and practice kindness. Classroom doors are decorated with examples of kindness and messages of positivity. Even during the last days of school students are focused on being safe, responsible, respectful, and kind.

• 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!

The Centennial school store is a long-running tradition where our 4th grade students become salespeople and sell a variety of small items such as fun pencils, erasers, sharpeners, etc. All items are fifty cents and students may use their Blue Jay bucks as currency, as well.

(10 Blue Jay Bucks equals fifty cents)

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.

June Meeting

June 6 at 6:00 - meeting in the library at school

Light meal and childcare provided!

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 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.

Please 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.

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.