April 12, 2010
Calendar
April
15 PFA Meeting, 8:15 - Coffee, 8:30 Meeting, Gerlinger.
Topic: Upper School Seniors discuss their cumulative experiences at Catlin Gabel School.
23 Marimba Band and Viewfinder Films
30 Kindergarten Spring Parade
Kindergarten Spring Parade has been moved to May 2nd. Friday Sing canceled.
May
2 Spring Festival, (Beehivers lead off the festivities with a parade.)
5 Kindergarten trip to Jackson Bottom Wetland Preserve, 10 - 12:30 p.m.
20 PFA Meeting, 8:15 - Coffee, 8:30 Meeting, Gerlinger
25-26 Kindergarten Parent - Teacher Conferences (optional)
27 Eagle Museum Tour, 8:30 - (approx.) 9:30 a.m.
28 *No BS or LS Classes - Report writing day
31 No School - Memorial Day
June
10 Kindergarten Olympics, 10:00 a.m., Track
11 Kindergarten Boat Trip
Last Day of Classes
*Prearranged childcare available as space permits
Heads-up!
•Jackson Bottom Wetland Field Trip - May 5th, 10:00 - 12:30 p.m. Parents welcome.
•Eagle Museum Tour - Thursday, May 27th, 8:30 a.m.
See below for more details on these events.
Dear Parents,
Eagle Update
The classrooms continue to be “abuzz” with eagle projects. In every corner Eagle representation is taking place. Following a daily time to share projects, the children’s work is being collected in folders for safe keeping until we turn the classrooms into an Eagle Museum! You will be invited for a special tour on Thursday, May 27th. Mark your calendars for this Eagle event from 8:30 a.m., to approximately 9:30 a.m. Parents who would like to join us for a trip to Jackson Bottom Wetland Preserve are invited May 5th. We will leave school at approximately 10:00 a.m., and return to school by 12:30p.m. This is an outstanding facility, with a real eagle’s nest to view. There are many eagle exhibits with which to interact, so this trip would not be appropriate for younger sibs.
Today Scott Bowler, (Mr. Science) was an eagle expert visitor to our class. He has artifacts, stories, and information to share with our class that will further contribute to their becoming an expert themselves.
On Wednesday morning from 9:30 -10:30, we will have a real eagle visitor from the Oregon Zoo! The eagle will arrive with its handler to the mini gym where we will gather to learn about this particular bird of prey. We will take our clipboards and black line pens to draw portraits of this eagle before we head back to class.
Egg News (Shhhh!)
This Wednesday we will be the lucky recipient of about three dozen fertilized chick eggs. Each year Dorothy Chenovich, a past grandparent in our classroom, delivers eggs to our class. We place them in an incubator and keep track of the 21 days that it will take for them to develop inside the shell and hatch into baby chicks. A chick calendar will be sent home with each child so that you can keep track along with us. We learn about this miraculous process step by step. We keep the chicks for about three weeks to observe, study, and play with them before we say goodbye. Dorothy arrives and takes them to her beautiful Hen House where they happily live out their lives laying beautiful eggs! You will have to stop by the classroom during this exciting time.
Tadpole News
Oliver’s grandmother, Tina, brought water from her lower pond this week. The pond water was filled with frog spawn and newly hatched tadpoles. We now have a tadpole center in each class and many eager kindergartners equipped with trusty magnifying glasses. We are learning about the life cycle of a frog. Did you know that a female lays about 4,000 eggs! This is a good plan because we learned that most frogs are eaten before they ever grow up. Also, if we could jump like a frog we would be able to jump across a football field in 4 hops!
Spring Parade, Sunday May 2nd
Beehivers will begin the Spring Festival festivities with a parade. Please bring your child to the Beginning School at 12:05 p.m., to get ready for the opening procession.
No star words this week. We are continuing to practice our collection at school, and we hope you are continuing at home.
Have a great week,
The Kindergarten Team
PFA Meeting
All parents are invited and encouraged to attend!
Thursday, April 15th
8:15 – 10:00 a.m.
Gerlinger
Topic: Upper School Seniors discuss their cumulative experiences at Catlin Gabel School.
Parent - Faculty Association Accepting Nominations
The Parent-Faculty Association (PFA) is accepting nominations from March 1st until April 15th, for the 2010-11 school year. Anyone interested may apply. The PFA welcomes parents who are new to the school and parents who have not considered leadership involvement before. Generally, it is best to start out by volunteering as a grade representative before serving on the executive council. Nominating yourself is encouraged.
Please e-mail
pfa@catlin.edu to nominate a candidate (including yourself) for any of the following positions:
- Grade representatives (preschool through twelfth)
- Volunteer coordinator
- Spring Festival
- Advisor to Council
- Beginning School coordinator
- Lower School coordinator
- Communications coordinator
- Treasurer
- Vice president
Volunteer for Spring Festival on May 2nd
We're looking for volunteers to help with the Spring Festival coming up on Sunday, May 2nd. Please click the link below and offer an hour of your time to ensure that Spring Festival is a great event!
Bicycle Clinic and Information Evening
Go greener. Get healthier. Find the fun in bike riding.
Come to the Middle School Commons on Wednesday, April 21, from 7 to 8:30 p.m., to learn about bicycle safety, handling, fixing, and purchasing from our guest Brian Lacey of BikeEMPOWERED.
As spring weather improves, this is the time to learn the skills and strategies for safe bike commuting and bike maintenance. Feel free to bring your own bike for an assessment.
Parents, students, and friends are welcome to join us for this free workshop.
For more information, email Len Carr or reach him by phone at: 503 297 1894, x406.
Catlin Gabel Summer Programs
We have a variety of wonderful creative, dynamic and fabulous offerings for children across the curriculum.
Of special interest to Beehive families is our Summer Beehive which offers day long workshops surrounding the arts, woodshop, literacy, creative play and the outdoors. It's week long sessions, 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m., for preschool through second grade children. We will group students by activity interests and age. Summer Beehive is directed by our own Jennifer Marcus - Jennifer is more than happy to field your Summer Beehive inquiries.
We have numerous other offerings as well - art, PE, writing, science, cooking to name a few - for all ages.
Catlin Gabel Summer Programs are open to ALL in the community.
Feel free to pass this information on to friends, neighbors and relatives.
To register and to view all of our materials online, please visit the Summer Programs website or feel free to contact Len Carr, Summer Programs Director.
