Dear Sellwood Community,

It's Memorial Day weekend already, with just a few weeks left of the 2025-26 school year.

There are many end of year celebrations coming up: The Spring Band & Choir concert, Showcase Night, the Oaks Park field trips, and 8th-grade Promotion.

Please read below for more details about these events.

Enjoy the three day weekend,

Sincerely,

Jeandre Carbone

Sellwood Principal

Dear Sellwood Community,

Last night I attended the final PTA meeting of the school year. Sellwood is so grateful to have such a dedicated group of parents who take time out of their busy lives to contribute to the well-being of the Sellwood community and our students. The support is very much appreciated, from the community events the PTA coordinates such as the Ice Cream Social at the beginning of the year, to the volunteers who help with 8th grade promotion, to teacher appreciation events, to funds for curriculum enrichment, classroom supplies, facility improvement, and too many others to list here. Our school is better place because of the PTA's efforts. We are so grateful. Thank you, PTA!

Please support the PTA by coming out to their Trivia Night event, next Thursday, May 22nd, at the Eastmoreland Golf Course. It is sure to be a fun community event! See the PTA blurb below for more details.

Also, read below about the Oaks Park field trip, with the permission slip and payment deadline next Thursday. By the end of the day Thursday, we need to give Oaks Park the final number for student bracelets. Your child will not want to miss out on this fun end-of-year celebration. Also, please let us know if you are available to volunteer.

Have a great weekend,

Sincerely,

Jeandre Carbone

Sellwood Principal

Dear Sellwood Community,

Yesterday, Sellwood 7th graders had an awesome trip to either the Oregon Historical Society or the Center for Holocaust Education. Thank you to our parent volunteers who generously gave their time to make the trip a success. We would not be able to pull off these whole class field trips without volunteer chaperones.

Our next big field trips are to Oaks Park: 8th graders on June 9th, and 6th & 7th graders on June 10th. Please let me know if you would like to volunteer to support this fun end-of-year celebration. Field trip permission forms were distributed today in first period. Ask your child about the form. Also, please note that the form has a typo on the date, the trip is in June - not May!

Finally, I would like to give a HUGE shout out to our choir teacher, McKenna Nowak, and our student vocalists on their highly rated performance at the PPS Middle School Choir Festival. This is only our first year of choir, and I can't wait to watch the program develop in the upcoming years. Sellwood's choir received scores of 83 and 85 out of 100 from two judges. We are very proud of the hard work of each of our singers! Linked below is a recording taken at the festival, timestamped to our performance slot. We are looking forward to building on our momentum as we approach our Spring concert and into next year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--b5YOnaPT4&t=6378s

Enjoy the weekend!

Sincerely,

Jeandre Carbone

Sellwood Principal

Dear Sellwood Community,

Next week, all 7th graders will be attending a field trip on Thursday, May 8th, to either the Oregon Historical Society or the Center for Holocaust Education. You should have already received and submitted your field trip permission form to your child's 1st period teacher. We are still in need of a few adult volunteers, so if you are interested and available, please let us know. We are in particular need of parent volunteers for Mr. Shelley's, Ms. Asam's, or Ms. Leishman's group.

Sellwood's annual Showcase Night is coming up in June, so please put it on your calendar. You won't want to miss it. See the flyer blow for more information.

Enjoy the weekend.

Sincerely,

Jeandre Carbone

Sellwood Principal