• School News to Know (NEW)
• Upcoming Dates
• Websites to Know
• SES Clothing Closet Volunteer Day 1/30/20 (NEW)
• 2020-21 Approved District Calendar (NEW)
• Students on Campus Before and After School (NEW)
• Girls on the Run - Registration Open
• Spare Clothes for Students
• Anti-Racist Reading and Resources (NEW)
• News from SESPTSA (NEW)

Hello SES Community -

Today ended Quarter 2; we are half-way through the school year...already!  This quarter we: 

Thank you for supporting us all along the way.  We can’t do it without you!

Here’s to a beautiful 3rd quarter,

Amy and Alix 

Check the district online calendar here.

Monday, January 27	No School - Report Card Planning Day
Wednesday, January 29	¿Por Qué No? Restaurant Fundraiser
Thursday, January 30	SES Clothing Closet Volunteer Day
Wednesday, February 12	PTSA Board Meeting, 6-6:30pm (open to all)
Wednesday, February 12	PTSA General Meeting, 6:30-8:00
Thursday, February 13	MS Dance, 6:30-8:30
Friday, February 14	No School - Sunnyside ONLY
Monday, February 17	No School - Presidents’ Day

• SESPTSA
• Sunnyside School Page
• Volunteer Background Check

SES Clothing Closet Volunteer Day 1/30/20 (NEW)
Thursday, Jan. 30th is Sunnyside's day to send 5-6 volunteers from 9:30am -1:30pm to help kids receive clothing and to help sort donations at the PTA Clothing Closet. The Clothing Closet is located at the Marshall (Madison HS) Campus; 3905 SE 91st, Room B-60. Please check in at the Madison school office, then come up to help out :)

Girls on the Run - Registration Open
Girls on the Run is coming to SES! We’ll have two teams: one for 3rd – 5th graders and one for middle schoolers. Register your girl for this 10-week program that combines training for a 5K (3.1 miles) with lessons that inspire girls to become independent thinkers, enhance their problem-solving skills, and make healthy choices. Practice is 90 minutes twice a week on Mondays and Wednesdays from 3:30 to 5:00 pm starting the week of March 2nd and ending the week of May 18th. Learn more and register at www.girlsontherunpdx.org.

Spare Clothes for Students
As we approach wetter, muddier weather, we want to remind families, especially of our younger students, that the office does not provide spare clothes unless it is a medical or bathroom need. If you are able, please send your student with a spare change of clothes and/or rain boots.

Anti-Racist Reading and Resources (NEW)
Here is an article in the Rolling Stone titled: Fifty years after the civil rights leader’s assassination, America is still trying to figure out how to honor one of its greatest patriots.

News from SESPTSA
Please check here for any new information from our incredibly supportive PTSA!
And check back often for updates!

Thank you to all the families that attended one of our Middle School Info Sessions. We hope that you learned something about our middle school program. If you would like to review information from the presentations, you can follow the link below to the slideshow.

 

We have rescheduled our Wednesday, February 19th 9:00-10:00am Open House. It will now occur on Friday, February 21st at 9:00-10:00am. 

To our 5th grade families,

This year PPS has moved up the middle/high school lottery window significantly—it opens next week and closes in early December. You will be receiving a letter from PPS in the next few days; please disregard the Sunnyside Middle School info session dates that are listed in that mailing. Our sessions are at 9 am on Thursday, November 21 and at 6:30 pm on Thursday, November 21 here at Sunnyside. We have added the updated dates to our school calendar and website.

If you are a current Sunnyside family PPS policy ensures that your child stay at Sunnyside through the highest grade of middle school regardless of your address, as long as you live within PPS district boundaries (not in Gresham or Beaverton, for example). If this is the case for your family, you do not need to participate in the school choice lottery if you're continuing into 6th grade at our school. If you are interested in a different school for middle school, PPS will be advertising the info nights for all of the middle schools who have open lottery slots. In most cases, if you are looking to change schools you would need to go through the lottery process. This is true even for schools where you live in the boundary. As an example, if you live in Mt. Tabor's boundary area and are looking to go there for middle school, if you're currently enrolled here the district assumes you are enrolled through 8th grade. If your address is in Tabor's boundary, you are guaranteed enrollment there but only if you go through the lottery process to declare that change. The same is true for families who live in our neighborhood and are leaving another program to come here as 6th graders—they must declare their intention through the lottery process so we can accurately plan for staffing.

As principal I do believe it is important to attend this session if you're able, even if your child has been at Sunnyside for elementary school. Middle school is very different than K-5, and l believe that learning about our middle school program is valuable for our students and for families. I do realize that it feels as if 5th grade has just begun and these meetings feel early! PPS has shifted the timeline to try to improve staffing and support processes for schools across the district.

Thank you and I hope to see you on the 21st.

—Amy Kleiner