Kinnaman Community Newsletter

Miriam has nearly 20 years of experience working in social services, juvenile justice and family therapy. Miriam's previously worked at the regional division manager at the Washington County Juvenile Justice Department where she supervised a team of people who work with children and youth who have been referred to the juvenile department for rehabilitation. Her role was to support connecting youth and families to services that helped youth build the skills needed to reintegrate back into their communities. Before that, she worked as a bilingual (English-Spanish) child and family therapist at LifeWorksNW and as a Family Therapist at the Almansor Center in South Pasadena, where she also did her internship at the Almasor Therapeutic School.

Miriam’s career was directly shaped by her own life experiences. Miriam grew up in Compton California, where she attended several schools where educational growth was hindered not only by an underfunded educational system, crime, drugs, and gang influence, but the lack of relationship building that schools had with youth and families. Miriam’s life could have taken on a different path if it wasn’t for the connection with her teacher and counselor. Miriam has direct experience of how the simplest of things, such as building a relationship with a youth and family, can positively impact a person in the most positive way. After nine years in the juvenile justice sector and seeing the need for further prevention at the earlier years and the need for bilingual bicultural counselor's Miriam made the decision to join Kinnaman to continue to support youth and families and support youth building skills that help them experience success not in school but their communities.

October

1 PTO Fundraiser Baja Fresh

2 Food Pantry 3-4:30pm

4 School Picture Day; Kindergarten First Friday 2:30-3:30 pm

9 Walk & Bike to School Day

11 No School: Staff Development Workday

16 Food Pantry 3-4:30pm

18 PTO Bottle Drop 2-2:45pm

25 No School: Teacher Grading Day

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.

Head Lice Information - for parents & guardians

Head lice is a common condition and is not associated with lack of cleanliness. While lice are a nuisance, they are not dangerous. Please take care to check your child’s head for lice on a regular basis.

Educate your child on these preventative methods:

● Head lice are mostly spread by direct head-to-head contact. Lice do not jump or fly.

● Avoid head-to-head contact during play and other activities at home, school, and elsewhere such as sports activities, playground, slumber parties, camp.

● Less often, lice are spread via objects that have been in contact with a person with head lice, such as hats, scarves, hair ribbons, combs, brushes, stuffed animals, or bedding.

● Do not share these personal items.

● Pets do not get lice.

What to Look for:

● Itching/scratching of head, especially at the back of the head and neck.

● Nits on the hair, close to the scalp. These are usually pearly-gray or brown in color and are tightly attached to the hair shaft.

● Dandruff is easily removed, whereas nits cannot be brushed or swept away.

What to Do If You Find Lice:

● Treat your child with lice treatment recommended by your healthcare provider or pharmacist. Follow all instructions carefully.

● Seat child in a well-lit area, check the hair in small sections looking for lice and nits.

● Work to remove nits by using a nit comb and/or pulling them off the hair shaft with fingernails and dispose of in a sealed plastic bag.

● Check heads of household members. Treat if live lice are found.

● Daily head checks are recommended for the next 2 weeks.

● Wash your child’s towels, bedsheets, and recently worn clothing in hot water and dryer.

● Clean combs and brushes used by the child by soaking them in water at least 130°F, for 5–10 minutes.

● Place non-washable items, such as stuffed toys in a sealed plastic bag for 2 weeks. Hatched nits/lice cannot survive more than 2 days without a human host.

● Vacuum furniture, rugs, floors, and the vehicles where the child has been.

Note: Spending excessive time and money on house cleaning activities is not necessary to avoid re-infestation by lice or nits.

Do not use fumigant sprays; they can be toxic if inhaled or absorbed through skin.

The school would appreciate notification if your child gets head lice. All information is completely confidential. Please contact your child’s school office or school nurse if you have additional questions or concerns.

One area of learning that requires specific skills is social-emotional learning. These important skills are often overlooked. This is the realm where children learn how to understand and manage their feelings, how to make friends and be a friend, and how to solve social problems. Learning takes place throughout the day—in the classroom, on the playground, and at home. Children learn by watching and listening to how teachers, family members, and friends interact with one another.

During October, our classrooms will continue to learn about and focus on respect. Kindness is a great way to show respect to others. At home, try this optional 10-day challenge to demonstrate kindness towards others.

Hello Kindergarten-2nd grade families. I am so happy to be returning to Kinnaman this year as the school counselor for your children. In our first month of counseling lessons this year we are focusing on our feelings. We are discussing how when feelings show up; we can be respectful. Our feelings are there to give our minds and bodies information on how we might communicate and interact with others. We read a book titled “I’m Happy-Sad Today” by Lory Britain in Kindergarten and 1st grade. In 2nd grade we read “The Way I Feel” by Janan Cain. Be sure to talk to your students about how they show respect when dealing with big feelings. Next month we will continue our discussion regarding respect.

International Walk + Roll to School Day is Wednesday, October 9! Make a plan now for how your family will participate: coordinate with a friend for a walk to school, ride bikes as a family, or ask to see if your school will have a Walking School Bus available. Choosing to walk, bike, and bus to school is one of the biggest ways students can help the planet, it's a great way to start the day, and it also happens to be really FUN!

Family Resource Fair is coming to the Beaverton City Library. See the link for more information about the organizations that will be participating and resources being offered.

Feria de recursos familiares

Sábado 12 de octubre de 2024
10:00 a 13:00 horas

Biblioteca de la ciudad de Beaverton
12375 SW 5th St
Beaverton, OR 97005

La Feria de recursos familiares de la biblioteca de la ciudad de Beaverton es un lugar para que la comunidad se conecte con organizaciones sin fines de lucro que ayudan a familias con niños de 10 años o menos.

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.

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