UPCOMING DATES

Date	Event	Time
1/21/19	MLK DAY	NO SCHOOL
1/22/19	TEACHER PLANNING DAY	NO SCHOOL
2/1/19	Scrip/Popcorn Sales	Before & After School

LETTER FROM OUR PRINCIPAL

Dear Glencoe Families,

Our teachers have introduced the 12 Tools of Toolbox to our students this week. As I mentioned in last week’s newsletter, these are the tools that reside inside all of us. This coming week your child wild be learning The Breathing Tool. The breathing tool helps to remind us to take deep cleansing breaths to pause and calm yourself so you can approach a situation from a new, thoughtful perspective. When learned well, the Breathing Tool can become a lifetime strategy for dealing calmly with life’s challenges. Next week we will send home more information about this tool and a home activity that you can do together with your child.

Please start spreading the word! Our first Kindergarten Connection is two weeks away; on Wednesday, February 6th at 6:00 pm. This is the time when our incoming (2019-20) Kinder Families (adults only) attend an information session to learn about Glencoe; what our school community has to offer and most importantly, what our kindergarten program is all about. We do have a second Kindergarten Connect Session in May and that is for families who are committed to coming to Glencoe. We invite families to bring their incoming Kinder student for a brief taste of kindergarten. Students attend a classroom activity while parents complete a survey about their child to help us best prepare for their arrival. I am so excited to see who will be joining our community next year.

Have a wonderful weekend and remember; there is no school on Monday (in observance of MLK Jr. Day) AND there is no school on Tuesday, which is a Teacher Planning Day.

Warm Regards,

Lori Clark

Glencoe Principal

TAG TESTING

2019 TAG testing for Glencoe will be on February 5th & 7th. If your child requires additional testing for TAG identification (that's everyone who filled out the nomination form and did not take the SBAC), a proctor will be pulling students from class on these 2 days. The proctor makes the schedule.  We do not have exact information of time(s) and day(s) for your specific child. So, it's important that your child is at school on time for both of these dates.

STUDENT ABSENCES

Please contact the office if your child will be absent from school for any reason. Teachers have very limited abilities with attendance, only office staff can change attendance codes. This will help prevent getting an auto-dialer attendance message.

PTA NEWS

We are going to place a special scrip order on Monday.
In case you don't know what scrip is, scrip means gift cards. Many retailers offer schools gift cards at a discount. For example, if you buy a $100 gift card to Fred Meyer (also works at QFC), you pay $100 and get $100 to Fred Meyer. Fred Meyer sells us that $100 card for $95, and that extra five dollars goes to Glencoe. There are many retailers to choose from including restaurants, groceries etc. Please take a look at the form below, some of the places you shop regularly may offer scrip to benefit our school!

Orders need to be received by noon on Monday, January 21st. Text or email your order to shanon.schlegel@gmail.com or 503-957-3852.

GLENCOE AUCTION

For those of you who have not had the chance to attend a Glencoe Foundation auction before, please know it’s a fun event for a really great cause. There’s something for everyone, and if nothing else, there’s a tasty fajita dinner and two wine/beer tickets included with your event tickets, along with wine on the tables. Come help the school raise money for staffing!

Discounted Tickets LAST DAY

Purchase your early-bird tickets to this year’s auction, and receive $5 off by Friday, January 18 (TODAY). After today, ticket prices will increase from $50 to $55 per ticket.  Click here to buy now!

Wall of Wine donations

The committee is currently accepting donated bottles of wine with a value of $15 or more for the Wall of Wine. Committee members will be out in front of the school accepting drive-up and walk-up donations during pick-up and drop-off on January 31 and February 1.

Last Chance Donations

Have you been sitting on a great idea for a donation of item or service to the auction?    The donation deadline is just around the corner on January 25.  Fill out the online donation form now: online donor form

Class Gift

Check your kiddos backpacks.  Envelopes should be heading home (or have already come), to have everyone contribute to their class gift to the Glencoe Foundation.  Make sure to participate in this great way to support the school. 

Questions about any of this? Contact Judy or Susie:

judezawatzky@yahoo.com or shoar@comcast.net

OBOB

OBOB is underway! Practice sessions are being held during Tues/Wed 4th and 5th grade recess and are going well. Teams are collaborating and answering sample questions. Next week we’ll include mock battles and go over battle rules. Battles will be held in early February. Keep posted for a volunteer sign up in Konstella. We need your help to have a great OBOB--for each battle we’ll need a moderator, timekeeper, and judge. The team with the most points at the end of the battles goes on to the Regional OBOB battle!  If you want to practice at home, there are sample questions available on multiple websites, here are two: https://www.newbergoregon.gov/library/page/oregon-battle-books-obob and  https://library.cedarmill.org/kids/obob/. If you have questions or want to help out, contact Leslie Arndt (lesjwyg@gmail.com) or Dana Cofer (dana.cofer@gmail.com).

PRESCHOOL STORYTIME

Toddler Storytime is Back!

We are happy to welcome Glencoe siblings, ages 0-5/not yet in kindergarten, to the Library for a short storytime and book checkout beginning February 6th and each subsequent Wednesday from 8:00 - 8:30. Very casual- Just show up after you drop your student off, we'll share a book or two, and then you'll have time to help your young one choose a book to check out and take home. Parents can meet up with old friends, or make new connections, too. I'm looking forward to meeting our future Glencoenians! Please contact me if you have any questions at all. dnewtonp@pps.net (Ms.) Diane 

STEAM NIGHT COMMITTEE

STEAM Night is Friday, May 17, 2019 @5:30 PM. Our next meeting is February 7^th at 2”30-3:30 PM in the library. Not able to attend the meetings but you have really good ideas and/or access to potential resources for this event?  Contact Amanda Shwetzer OR Lisa Davidson.

 

 

 

UPCOMING DATES

Date	Event	Time
1/15/19	Art Infusion	6:30 PM
1/18/19	Scrip & Popcorn Sales	Before & After School
1/18/19	Spirit Day	WACKY SOCK DAY
1/21/19	MLK DAY	NO SCHOOL
1/22/19	TEACHER PLANNING DAY	NO SCHOOL

LETTER FROM OUR PRINCIPAL

Dear Glencoe Families,

I am excited to tell you about a new Social-Emotional Curriculum we will be introducing our students to next week. You child will be introduced to the 12 Tools of Toolbox. These are tools that reside inside each of us and help us develop strong social/emotional skills and meaningful, satisfying relationships. During the remainder of the year, your child will learn about the tools through lessons and class discussions.

The tools are simple, but they require practice, practice and more practice. We plan to introduce two tools a month, January – April, and work diligently to model them as adults at every turn. I invite you to support your child in learning and practicing these Tools at home and talking with them about what they are learning about the Tools in school. Be sure to ask you child about the hand gestures that go with each tool. You will find that using the Tools yourself and inviting your child to use them at home will help create a stronger relationship with your child. I will include information about the Tools in my newsletters as they are introduced.

As our teachers wrap up this second grading period they are also finishing projects and completing another round of assessments for report cards. Classroom teachers continuously monitor their student’s progress in learning in order to adjust their lessons and provide additional support to students where needed. They use this information to make short-term instructional decisions, modify their lessons and teaching strategies and assess how students are progressing toward grade level standards.

Many of you may have read the letter from Deputy Superintendent Yvonne Curtis that stressed the need--more than ever--for every student in grades 3-12 to take our state standardized tests. Our state tests (referred to as SBAC) provide us another measure of what our students can do in comparison to other students in our district, state and country.

Schools and districts use this data to make decisions about current instructional practices as well as curriculum and program supports. As a district, we are asking our families to provide our children with the opportunity to demonstrate their learning in this way. The truth is, at an elementary level, we should begin to expose our students to these test taking opportunities. It is a skill that they will be asked to demonstrate through their educational career and in the process of applying for jobs.

The more students that participate in this opportunity, the more realistic picture we get on how our school is performing in comparison to other schools. This data helps us to determine our schools’ strengths and where we need to focus our energy for improvement. Our students will begin state testing after Spring Break. If you have any questions about the state test or the process feel free to reach out to Sara Gardner, our school counselor and testing coordinator or me.

Last but not least, a message from our district: Portland Public Schools is interested in learning about your child’s experience in before and after school care. Please complete this survey by Friday, January 18, and for best results, complete one survey for each child. Survey link.

Warm Regards,

Lori Clark

TAG TESTING

2019 TAG testing for Glencoe will be on February 5th & 7th. If your child requires additional testing for TAG identification (that's everyone who filled out the nomination form and did not take the SBAC), a proctor will be pulling students from class on these 2 days. The proctor makes the schedule.  We do not have exact information of time(s) and day(s) for your specific child. So, it's important that your child is at school on time for both of these dates.

VISITORS/VOLUNTEERS

Just a reminder that we changed the sign-in procedure to a paper form so we know who is in the building during school hours. Whenever you are in the building during school hours for a meeting or to help in the classroom, please sign in at the office and get a visitor/volunteer badge. This does not apply to morning drop off.

NEWS FROM MS. LILE

For the month of December, we worked on our soccer skills of kicking, trapping, shooting, and dribbling.  We also completed a teamwork challenge called Cross The River.  It is wonderful to see the students collaborate, persevere and succeed!  We also played some fun scooter board activities including, Mario Cart, scooter basketball, scooter soccer, spider-man tag, scooter hockey, and Car & Truck Drivers.  This week we started our jump rope unit and worked on turning and jumping in a long rope, as well as our individual rope skills.  Students are welcome to bring in their jump ropes from home to use in PE. 

Don't forget to check out pictures on my website: https://mslilepe.weebly.com/photos.html And my monthly fitness challenges can also be found on my website under the Class Info tab.   

PTA NEWS

All after school classes information can be found online. Each class has a link to the after school program registration page.

PTA uses Konstella and Facebook to communicate announcements and reminders to families. You can change the notification settings in Konstella to suit your needs. If you have trouble accessing Konstella please reach out to Amanda Shwetzer or Rachel Allen.  

Glencoe's final Clothing Center date is 2/11/19 and we still need 2 more volunteers.  Please sign up on Konstella.

Please check the Lost and Found for any coats, hats, gloves and lunchboxes that go missing.

STEAM NIGHT COMMITTEE

STEAM Night is Friday, May 17, 2019 @5:30 PM. Our next meeting is February 7^th at 2”30-3:30 PM in the library. Not able to attend the meetings but you have really good ideas and/or access to potential resources for this event?  Contact Amanda Shwetzer OR Lisa Davidson.

ART INFUSION

Art Infusion Needs Volunteers!

 

The next Art Infusion volunteer training takes place Tuesday, January 15^th at 6:30 pm.  New volunteers are WELCOME!  This is a great program and an opportunity to bring more art into Glencoe classrooms. 

 

Lessons for this month:

Kindergarten: Snow People (watercolor, markers)

First & Second Grades: Aboriginal Art (Tempera paint)

Third, Fourth & Fifth Grades: DaVinci (pencils)

 

This month it’s the Third Grade parents’ turn to bring snacks. As usual, the training takes place in the cafeteria and free childcare will be provided in the play court.

 

The deadline for completing the January lessons is Feb. 8.

 

If you can’t make the training session, you can still help out in the classroom.  Questions?  Email Rebecca atrebecca@revolutionpr.com

 

 

 

UPCOMING DATES

Date	Event	Time
1/4/19	Scrip & Popcorn Sales	Before & After School
1/7/19-1/8/19	Restaurant Partner Pastini: Be sure to mention Glencoe Elementary when you order lunch and/or dinner!
1/8/19	PTA Meeting	8:15 AM
1/15/19	Art Infusion	6:30 PM
1/18/19	Scrip & Popcorn Sales	Before & After School
1/18/19	Spirit Day -TBD	Spirit Day -TBD

LETTER FROM OUR PRINCIPAL

Dear Glencoe Families,

Happy New Year! I hope you all had a wonderful time with family and friends over our two week break from school. It was great seeing everyone back on Wednesday morning. Teachers and students eased back into the week by reconnecting and reviewing expectations as we enter the New Year. Teachers will be wrapping up units and completing mid-year assessments in the next few weeks as our next grading period ends on January 18th. Report cards will be sent home with students on February 1^st.

I hope to see many of you at our next PTA meeting, which is Tuesday, at 8:15 am in the cafeteria. Feel free to attend for coffee and general announcements from me and our PTA board.

Warm Regards,

Lori Clark

Glencoe Principal

TAG TESTING

TAG testing will begin in February, not January. We will send out dates as soon as we know.

LIBRARY HELP

We'd like to ask some parent-volunteers to cover some of our new books in self-adhesive laminate. We do save money by buying paperbacks, but if we don't re-inforce them, they can really become unusable quickly. Several are series titles, and some are the slim, Beginning Reader types. With that in mind, if we could get a couple volunteers, this project could be knocked out shortly, so that the books can begin to be checked out. I could show you how, or there are plenty of YOUTUBE instructional videos on line, too. (How To Laminate a Paperback Book)

I always find that if someone likes to wrap a gift, they usually enjoy doing this! PLUS, it is an easy project for those who would like to help out the library, but cannot make it during the day- Check the books out, take 'em home and do it while binge-watching the Marvelous Mrs. Maisel!!  : )

Please email me at dnewtonp@pps.net if you have an interest, and we can set up a time to go over what needs to be done. Thank you very much! Diane Newton-Prior

PTA NEWS

All after school classes information can be found online. Each class has a link to the after school program registration page. Some classes begin the first week we are back.

January 7-8^th, 2019 is our next restaurant partner with Pastini (see below). 50% of the net proceeds will go to Glencoe (please make sure you mention Glencoe Elementary for us to get the credit).

Our next PTA meeting is January 8^th at 8:15 am in the cafeteria. We hope you are able to join us.

STEAM NIGHT COMMITTEE

It’s time to start brainstorming and planning our 2^nd Annual STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) Night. 

1.       Save the date: Friday, May 17, 2019 @ 5:30 PM

2.       Plan on attending our monthly STEAM planning           meetings in the library 1^st Thursday of each         month:

·         February 7   2:30-3:30

·         March 7       2:30-3:30

·         April 4         2:30-3:30

·         May 2          2:30-3:30

Not able to attend the meetings but you have really good ideas and/or access to potential resources for this event?  Contact Amanda Shwetzer ashwetzer@pps.net OR Lisa Davidson ldavidso@pps.net

NOTE FROM MISS EMMA

Thanks to everyone who brought in food for the veterans food drive last month. I boxed up 12 boxes of food that helped contribute to our veterans having a happy holiday season with food that was very much in need. Glencoe families ROCK!!

 

 

 

 

In this week's PPS Pulse: PPS performers, speakers set to appear at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. tribute; first-graders dive into coding

Portland Public Schools will again be a featured part of the city’s annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. tribute event. The 34th edition will be held from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 21, at the Highland Christian Center, 7600 NE Glisan St. The event will feature digital, musical and artistic performances, and an array of community speakers.

The PPS Visioning initiative has entered a new phase in January, with a series of community meetings in which  students, families, educators and volunteers will be able to share what they think the future of education in Portland should look like. 

Christy Wheeler of Sellwood Middle School recently won the Oregon Counselor of the Year Award from the Oregon School Counselors Association. We asked her to share her thoughts on the role counselors play in school communities.