May 14, 2010
What's coming up?
May
17-19 3rd gr. trip to Whale Cove
19-21 2nd gr. trip to Champoeg Park
27 2nd gr. Portfolio Night
28 *No classes, Report Writing Day
31 No classes, Memorial Day
June
1 3rd gr. Portfolio Night
3 4th gr. Immigration Storyline event, 5:30-7:45 pm
4 1st gr. overnight, Catlin Gabel
7 Jump Up Day, 9:25-9:50 am
8 5th gr. Portfolio Night, 6:30-8:00 pm
8 4th gr. French Storyline presentation, 5:30- 7:00 pm, French Rm.
9 Pet Day, 2:00-3:00 pm
10 Field Day, 12:10-2:15 pm, Track
10 5th gr. graduation, 2:30-3:15, LS Library
11 Disco Friday, 8:00-8:20 am
11 Last day of school!!! Full day
*After School Care Available
Note: New or changed items will appear in bold.
Class Placement Form for 2010-2011 Due Tuesday, June 1
So how will class placements be made for next year? As always, we spend a great deal of time considering the best placement for each child. Class lists will be made taking into consideration the balance of gender, personality, friendships, learning style and special needs.
You can find the annual Parent Report for Class Placement on the Lower School web page by clicking
here and scrolling down. It is for you to fill out to help provide information about your child that helps us make the final placement. It is due back to Vicki by Tuesday, June 1. You know your child best, so we ask you three questions: What are your child’s strengths as a learner? What are your child’s challenges as a learner? What other information should we take into account as we consider your child’s placement for next year?
Keep in mind this is not a request for a specific teacher. Instead, you are giving us information that keeps us informed about your child as we go about creating two balanced classroom groupings. Know also that you do not need to fill out the form at all — we will use our knowledge about your child to the best of our ability to help with his/her placement for next year if we do not receive a form from you. Class lists will be mailed to you in mid-August.
I am confident that your child’s experience next year is going to be a positive one. Our teachers are masters who have a passion for teaching, build strong relationships with children and parents, and breathe life into the curriculum.
Coin Lunch Bunch to Meet on Thursday!
Bring your lunch into the library and talk coins! The newest presidential dollar — Milliard Fillmore — is in. Remember, almost all of the presidential dollars are available for trade!
5th gr. Out to Lunch Friday, May 21
The 5th graders will be going out to lunch with their language teachers on Friday, May 21. No need to order or pack a lunch on that day.
Community Meeting, Friday May 21
The first graders will perform Momotaro "The Peach Boy" at community meeting on Friday, May 21 at 2:20 pm in the LS Library. Join us!
Magazines Needed
Second grade is in need of old Ranger Rick magazines or other magazines with good photos of animals of the Pacific Northwest forest. They need to be able to cut them up to supplement their class reports. If you can help please drop magazines off in the second grade. Thank you!
After-School Care News
• Tuesday after-school Homework Club will meet for 4th and 5th graders whose parents have made advance arrangements with Sue Sacks. Students report to the Barn for snack before 3:30 pm. HWC is billed monthly for sessions attended and lasts until 5:00 pm.
• Wednesday LS Strings Ensemble Playing Group meets right after school 3:15-4:00 pm in the US Choir Room. Students should bring a snack from home. If not picked up by 4:00 pm students will go to ASC.
• Individual Strings Lessons as scheduledWednesday afternoons.
• Spring Robotics for 5th Graders continues this week for pre-registered participants.
• Also After School: Girl Scouts - Girl Scouts in Grade 5 will meet this Wednesday in their classroom after school. Girl Scouts in Grade 2 and Grade 4 will not meet this week.
Some student spots remain available on Friday, May 28, a day when there will be no Beginning or Lower School classes. If you are interested in the ASC all-day program Swinging and Splashing into Summer which includes a field to enjoy the SW Community Swimming Pool, email Ginny Malm, malmg@catlin.edu to let her know.
As we ease into the final weeks of School, the pace accelerates as we all know all too well. Remember that After-School Care can be your “Plan B” when things get hectic. We are flexible and want to help you simplify if we can. Call 503.297.1894 ext. 666 with children’s schedule changes for ASC or bus by 1:00 pm, or call Ginny directly at ext. 353 after that time.
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We are immensely proud of or Summer Programs 2010 and the array of new and old favorites we have to offer. Please note that many classes are filling, yet there remains room for enrollment in most.
Special this year is an array of offerings geared toward Beginning and Lower School students, We hope that you will look carefully at our programs as you figure out your summer plans.
Our classes are open to Catlin Gabel students and others in the community. Feel free to bring along a friend from the neighborhood or a relative visiting from out of town.
Special programs designed specifically for Beginning and/or Lower School students include:
Summer Beehive led by Jennifer Marcus
The Cats Away with Peggy Schauffler
Bikes Are Us & Run To The Sun with John Mayer & Jackie Fuller
Super Star All Sports Camp with Carrie Blank
Hoop It UP! With Carrie Blank
Woodworking For Kids with Jennifer Marcus
Movement, Masks & Mammals with Erin Goodling & Emilie Lavin
Young Authors Society with Erin Goodling & Emilie Lavin
The list goes on and on – please visit the school’s website to view the catalog and to get more Summer Programs information and/or reach Len Carr at 503-297-1894 x 406.
Summer Programs ~ our difference is learning!
