SCHOOL CLOSED – Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday (Feb. 20, 21, 22)!! As a reminder, all Portland Schools will be closed those three days for Presidents’ Day and for Teacher Workshops!
FOURTH GRADERS THANK YOU! - The fourth grade teachers and students would like to thank the Maplewood community for supporting our See's candy sale. Because of your generosity, we are able to reduce the cost of the Oregon Trail Overnight trip we take in the spring. This year's sale was a great success due to your support. Thank you! - Liberty Jones, 4th Grade Teacher
PROJECT SECOND WIND - Each month thousands of children in our state receive emergency food assistance through Oregon Food Bank Network. Project Second Wind gives students an important opportunity to aid their peers and learn about the issue of hunger. March 6-10th, Student Council member will be assisting their classes with collecting food and money for Project Second Wind. For every $1 donated, Oregon Food Bank can collect and distribute 6 pounds of food that has an $8 value and funds programs that address the root causes of hunger. Or you can help by donating needed food items like tuna, pasta, rice, canned beans, and canned fruit. Let’s make this year’s food drive a huge success!
LIFESKILL - As the students learn more about the various skills that will help them travel through life, they will explore the Lifeskill of Effort is a crucial ingredient; it may be the determining factor between success and failure. While effort alone doesn’t create achievement, it keeps us moving toward that goal. Therefore, any way we can nurture the development of this behavior in children, will surely increase their quality of living. Students will learn to: ~ Identify the attributes of personal effort ~ Identify and observe citizens who are models of the LIFESKILL of Effort ~ Identify effort as both process and product; the way we work and the outcome of that work. Ways you can help at home to emphasize the LIFESKILL of Effort include: ~ Share personal examples of times when you, as parents, have used the LIFESKILL of Effort ~ Teach your child how to create a timetable for short- and long-term projects·~ Discuss with your family examples of the LIFESKILL of Effort on the evening news. By working in partnership, schools and parents can stress the importance of effort for a successful life. From: Jenny Pitts, Character Ed. Specialist
Yearbooks - Yes, Yearbooks – A bit of news for you …
Yearbooks are still available for pre-order. They will arrive in May 2006 and we wanted to be able to give you the opportunity to pre-pay and therefore pre-reserve your copy.
If you have been collecting pictures already and wish to submit them, please put them in an envelope and address to YearBook c/o PTA. Please let us know who submitted them and from which classroom the photos came. Any photos we cannot use we do our best to return to you in March. We use as many as we can in 8 candid pages trying to capture the smiling faces of as many students as possible. Ideas: carnival, picnic, singing events, staff and classroom projects.
Thanks, Cathie Dainton Piacente, Wendy Rodakowski, & Melissa Gagliano
SCRIP – A reminder that an effective, free way to have money donated to Maplewood is by using Scrip when you go to buy from local businesses. Please take a close look at the Scrip offerings to see how they could be useful to you. People are also now looking for ways to make the purchasing be even more convenient!!
Upcoming Events:
Feb 20 - Presidents’ Day – NO SCHOOL
Feb 21 - Professional Development Day – NO SCHOOL
Feb 22 - Professional Development Day – NO SCHOOL
Mar 2 - Read Across America all day
Mar 9 - PTA Meeting 6:30
Mar 13-16th- Maplewood Week
Mar 16 - Grading Period Ends
Mar 17 - Teacher Planning Day – NO SCHOOL
Mar 27 - 31 Spring Break!
