2017-18 Classroom Supply Lists

Kindergarten	1st Grade	2nd Grade
3rd Grade	4th Grade	5th Grade

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Join us for popsicles and play dates at the Hayhurst playground this summer.

Incoming kindergarteners (siblings welcome):
- Saturday, June 10th 3:00-4:30 PM
- Thursday, June 22nd 4:30-6:00 PM
- Tuesday, July 25th 5:30 – 7:00 PM (bring a picnic dinner)

All grades:
- Saturday, July 15th 10:30-noon
- Saturday, August 12th 10:30-noon

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June 13, 2017
In this Edition:
New/Updated/Important:
Join Us for "Popsicle​s​ on the Playground": Below & Attached​
Hayhurst Garden Council Summer Newsletter: Below and Attached
Hayhurst Community Care Day – August 26: Below

Upcoming Events:
Last School Day for the Year: June 15 [NEW]
​​ Hayhurst Shoe Drive Drop Off: Now Through June 15
“Coach” Rier Last PE Class Retirement Party: Friday, June 16th, 2:30-4:00 PM
Incoming Kinders "Popsicle ​​ s on the Playground"- Thu., June 22nd 4:30-6:00 PM [NEW]
All Grades "Popsicle ​​ s on the Playground"- Sat., July 15th 10:30-noon [NEW]
First Annual Summer Pool Party: Sunday, July 16
Incoming Kinders "Popsicle ​​ s on the Playground"- Tue., July 25th 5:30-7:00 PM [NEW]
All Grades "Popsicles on the Playground"- Sat., August 12th 10:30-noon [NEW]
Save The Date: Community Care Day: Saturday August 26th 9 a.m. - noon! [NEW]
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Hayhurst Garden Council Summer Newsletter

We had a great year with many of our goals accomplished. ​​ Please read the newsletter for all the juicy details and upcoming events!

New Co-Leader:
I’m thrilled to welcome Elma Foronda as our new co-leader to the Garden Committee. As a Hayhurst mom, former architect, gardener and passionate community collaborator, her experience and talents will be a great addition to our program.

Nadya Burchette
Garden Council Chair
Hayhurst Elementary School
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Community Care Day - Save The Date: Saturday August 26th 9 a.m. - noon!

Saturday August 26th 9 a.m. - noon

Join us as we partner with local churches and community members to spruce up our school grounds and complete garden projects. Kids welcome, snacks provided!

~ Garden Council
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Join Us for "Popsicles on the Playground"

Join us for popsicle ​ s and play dates at the Hayhurst playground this summer.
Spread the word to incoming families.

Incoming kindergartners (siblings welcome):
- Thursday, June 22nd 4:30-6:00 PM
- Tuesday, July 25th 5:30 – 7:00 PM (bring a picnic dinner)
All grades:
- Saturday, July 15th 10:30-noon
- Saturday, August 12th 10:30-noon

~ Questions? Contact Annie Otley annieotley@gmail.com
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Summer is Coming! And so is Our First Annual Summer Pool Party!

Come join all your Hayhurst and Odyssey friends for Popcorn, Popsicles and Fun in the Sun.  We have reserved Wilson pool from 7:15 to 8:15 p.m. on Sunday July 16th.  All are welcome!  We have room for 50 swimmers in the pool.  Each spot is only $10.  If you just want to hang out on the deck, come on by.  There is no charge for that.  Please remember though, all Portland Parks and Rec rules apply.

Children that are non-swimmers and/or under 48” must not be left unattended on the pool deck, and must be accompanied by an adult at all times in the water

We have several ways for you to join the fun:
Sign up on the website when you purchase your Auction tickets.  If you can’t make the auction but still want to swim you can just buy a spot(s) here too.
OR
Sign up with your name as a placeholder on the Party Boards which will be hanging in each school very soon.  We will add your spot(s) to your auction night tally.
OR
Sign up with your bidder number the night of the auction.
If we sell out all 50 spots before Auction night, we can open up more.  The more the merrier.  It’s a big pool!

Thank you.

~Julie Nelson
jnelson@emailfrom.net

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June 7, 2017

New/Updated/Important:  download all attachments
Join the Last PTA Meeting of the Year - TONIGHT 6:30-8 at the Hayhurst Library: Below
Hayhurst Shoe Drive for Homeless Shelters—Drop Off Shoes Now Through June 15: Below & Attached
Artwork Going Home This Friday: Below
Message from the Weekly Food Bag Team: Below
Message from the Treasurer regarding Check Requests: Below

Upcoming Events
Hayhurst General PTA Meeting: TONIGHT, Wednesday, June 7, 6:30 PM
Artwork Going Home: This Friday, June 9 [NEW]
Hayhurst Shoe Drive Drop Off: Now Through June 15 [NEW]
“Coach” Rier Last PE Class Retirement Party: Friday, June 16th, 2:30-4:00 PM
First Annual Summer Pool Party: Sunday, July 16
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Join the Last PTA Meeting of the Year - TONIGHT 6:30-8 at the Hayhurst Library

Hello everyone,
Tonight is our last PTA meeting for the year.
Please join us so we have more voices when reviewing the budget and setting dates and plans for next year.
Thank you for a great year!
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Shoe Drive for Homeless Shelters at Hayhurst—Drop Off Shoes Now Through June 15

Kids, Parents & Teachers, please drop off or donate used/unused sneakers between the dates mentioned above.

Hayhurst Elementary School is proud to team up with Protalus Insoles donating used/unused shoes/sneakers for the month of June. All shoes/sneakers will be donated to the homeless shelters throughout Oregon.

There are over 13,238 homeless men, women and children in Oregon. Unfortunately, Oregon Ranks as one of the top states of unsheltered homeless in the U.S.

Bin Drop Off: Main Front Office
Dates: June 5th- June 15th

Thank you!
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Artwork Going Home This Friday

Thanks a bundle to all of the classroom Art helpers!

Please note that the Art Class artwork will be going home on Friday, June 9th If you would prefer to pick it up in person try and send a note with your child, send a note to me, or swing by my classroom prior to let me know. DCrawford@pps.net

We will continue to teach art classes through June 14th.

Thanks for a great year!
Mrs. Debi Crawford

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Message from the Treasurer regarding Check Requests

We are coming to the end of the School year and with that the end of the PTA Budget year. Please try to get all reimbursement requests turned in to the PTA box no later than drop off on Wednesday June 14th. Checks will be distributed on Thursday June 15th by pick up time unless otherwise arranged. For any reimbursement requests made after the 14th please follow the guidelines below:

1) Request must include a self-addressed stamped envelope so it can be mailed to you.

2) After June 15 please email me to arrange check requests as I will not be at the school.

All reimbursements for this school year must be turn in by June 21 to order to allow me time to wrap up the books for the end of the fiscal year (June 30).

Thank you,
Rachel Dvorsky
PTA Treasurer
treasurer@hayhurstpta.org
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Message from the Weekly Food Bag Team

This Friday (June 9) will be our last food bag for the school year. We wanted to take a moment to give a big Thank you to everyone who has helped this year. It has been great to be able to do them at school right after drop-off. We plan to continue with that same timing for next year, hope to see you there.

If you have any extra cloth grocery bags you gather over the summer please save them and bring them to us in the Fall.

We also wanted to send out a HUGE thank you to Osha Roller. She started the food bag program 3 years ago and has been coordinating it since then. Her daughter is moving on to Middle School next year so she won’t have kids at Hayhurst, we will miss her greatly!

Thanks again!

~Rachel, Stefanie & Osha (Food Bag Committee)
With any questions please email rkdvorsky@kozdon.net

Dear Hayhurst/Odyssey Community,

Wow, this year has certainly flown by and we are in the last three weeks of the school year. We have lots of activities occurring in both buildings to make these last few days fly by.

I have some staffing announcement to pass along to all of you, as this is the season for changes and hiring .

To begin with, a BIG CONGRATULATIONS to “Coach” Rick Rier on retiring after 38 years of teaching. He will be missed by all, and leaves us with big shoes to fill. A goodbye/ three cheers gathering announcement will be coming out soon.

Shelley Penny will return as the school counselor at Odyssey, while we say our good byes to Jessica Natonick on getting our school off on the right foot in the counseling department.

We received some extra FTE to hire a full time counselor at Hayhurst (thank you to the school board), so I will beginning interviewing in the next few weeks.

Amy Kowalski will join Hayhurst as the new kindergarten teacher. She will be coming from Lent Elementary.

LaPrincea Escovedo will join Hayhurst as the new second grade teacher (adding a third section to our second grade). She will be coming from Beverly Cleary Elementary.

I will also be hiring for a half time Reading support grades k-2 at Hayhurst and a lunch room support at Hayhurst.

I want to let all of you know, that together we send get well wishes to Karen Bunnell (1st grade at Hayhurst) on a good recovery for her broken arm. Mrs. Bunnell will be out for the remainder of the school year and we will look forward to seeing her in the Fall. Mrs. Y will finish out the year as the substitute.

We also send good wishes and a speedy recovery to Edie Howard (k12 at Odyssey) who took a fall this weekend and broke both of her wrists. Mrs. Howard will be out for the remainder of the year and we look forward to seeing her in the Fall. Mrs. Writz will be the substitute for the remainder of the year.

Three Cheers for another great school year!! I look forward to seeing everyone at the Hullabaloo (June 2nd at Hayhurst) and the Summer Spree (June 9th at Odyssey).

Thanks,
Deanne Froehlich
Principal
Hayhurst/Odyssey

Dear PPS staff and families,

The search and recruitment for our new superintendent is well underway.

The community, board and search firm recommended more than 40 educational leaders for consideration. The search firm and the Board reviewed the prospects and candidates and the Board selected a diverse group with deep educational experience to interview. They included individuals from within and outside Oregon, current superintendents as well as senior education leaders from large districts.

From a remote town in Jordan to leading Oregon’s biggest school district

At the age of 5, Yousef Awwad joined his older brothers in the streets of Ghweria, Jordan, a small city outside Zarqa, to sell sesame candies and balloons to keep food on his family’s table.

Yousef’s dad was serving in the Jordan military and was stationed in an area of the desert so remote that he wasn’t able to send money home while he was deployed.

Today, Yousef is serving as the new interim superintendent of the largest school district in Oregon. How did a boy living in poverty in a remote town in Jordan wind up here?

The new PPS Board of Education held its first regular meeting Tuesday to discuss the search for a permanent superintendent and hear from a community group about the future of Tubman Middle School.

Julia Brim-Edwards elected chair; Julie Esparza Brown, Rita Moore are co-vice chairs

Two newly elected members and one current member of the Portland Public School Board will assume leadership roles following a special July 7 board meeting.