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Principal’ s Newsletter

December 18, 2020

Dear Maplewood Families,

We wish you health, rest and lots of breaks from screen time over the holidays!  Board games and cards are sounding great to me right now as does a good book or two.

This is a wonderful time of year, and even during times of the pandemic it is also very busy and can be stressful. As the adults scurry around preparing for the excitement of the holidays, children can also feel the stress and exhaustion brought on by this business. Finding time to just be together without feeling the pressure of the typical hustle of the holidays may be exactly what you and your family needs.

When we return, 2020 will be behind us-and I for one am looking forward to 2021!  Happy New Year-hope we are back together soon……in person!

Book bag program:

1/6 - M-Z families

1/13 -  A-L families

1/20 - M-Z families

1/27 - A-L families

Moving?

Please return Maplewood electronic devices and library books at the Book Exchange times or contact the office to arrange a time. (or a neighbor can bring your items to the Book Exchange times).

Book Exchange happens on Wednesday's (unless PPS is closed) from 7:15-9:00 am,  and 3:00 to 5:30 PM.

School Spirit-Maplewood Monday’s

We are trying to keep our school spirit going-on Monday’s we want to encourage students, staff and parents if able, to wear Maplewood gear as a way to show our school spirit. 

From Wilson Principal:

Dear Wilson Community,

The Wilson High School Renaming Committee has been working tirelessly over the last few months to develop an inclusive and equity-minded process for selecting the new name for Wilson High School.  We developed a comprehensive website to document our work, we invited various stakeholders to share ideas, we participated in numerous community meetings, and we combed through more than 600 community recommendations.

After much spirited discussion and collaboration, we have narrowed our choices to five finalists:  Harriet Wilson, Sojourner Truth, Mercedes Deiz, Beatrice Morrow Cannady, and Ida B. Wells.  All of these remarkable women meet the district naming protocols, they align with our committee’s renaming guidelines, and they reflect multiple community recommendations.  I want to acknowledge that there are many other worthy candidates who could have been on this short list.  I hope that other schools and communities choose  to honor and recognize other sheroes and heroes who have been overlooked and ignored.

Before the Renaming Committee makes the final recommendation to the Superintendent on January 10, we would like to hear from our students, families, staff, alumni, and community members one more time.  Please take a look at this input form and be sure to share your thoughts prior to January 1.  Your input and participation are really important to us.

With Gratitude and Respect,

Filip Hristić, Ed.D.

Principal, Wilson High School

Portland Public Schools

DISTRICT NEWS:

Nutrition Services - DECEMBER MEAL SERVICES

On Friday, December 18, we will be handing out food boxes with seven days’ worth of meals. Families who are signed up for meal delivery will also receive the food boxes. Most items in the food box will be safe to store at room temperature (see food storage guide).

This will happen during our regular food distribution window, from 3 to 4:30 p.m., at the 35 schools sites we use for food service while we are in distance learning (see sites and map). We ask that you practice social distancing and wear a face mask.

Our meal service will pause while schools are closed during the winter break, from December 21 to January 1. Meal service will resume Monday, January 4.

If families need further assistance in obtaining meals while school is out, please visit www.pps.net/nutrition and click on the "Resources for Locating Food" and "Food Benefits for Families" tabs.

Whitney Ellersick, Senior Director, Nutrition Services, wellersi@pps.net

Upcoming Dates:

Dec. 21/Jan. 1 -  Winter Break

Dec. 25   -   Christmas

Dec. 26   -   Kwanzaa

Jan.  01   -   New Year’s Day

Jan.  04   -   School Resumes

Principal’s Newsletter

November 18, 2020

Dear Maplewood Families,

I hope you all are holding up in this “Groundhog” world that is our current reality.  Now that the sun is gone for a while, the days seem long and gray.  If you find that you or your children are struggling to stay engaged with their school community, please reach out to our teachers, Kendall or Avy.  We are all here to help get through these difficult times.

Please check your emails for updates regarding changes in services during the state and county “lockdown”, we will keep you posted as we get information.

Thank you to all of you who have signed up for conferences.  We are close to having 100% participation!  Conferences will be the week of the 23^rd.  As usual, we will have no school that week.

Childcare Options - Spaces and Funding Still Available

Portland Public School has partnered with providers to offer child care sites that follow best health and safety practices and can support your student with comprehensive distance learning.  You may qualify for financial assistance.  For help finding affordable childcare, you can call or text 211, find information about PPS providers here, or email our school social worker (Avy Harris, rharris@pps.net) to discuss options.  

Talented and Gifted (TAG):

The process for identification is completely online now. Postcards are being mailed out to families of students who may qualify based on last winter's MAP assessment (while we were in the building).  Testing for newly nominated students will happen in the spring, and details of how the testing will be done are still in the works.  For new nominations, talk with your child's current teacher now, or at conferences to ask their perspective.

If you want to proceed with nominating your child, please contact Maplewood's TAG Facilitator, Christy Caton at ccaton@pps.net. She will send you a Google form to complete. The deadline for submitting a request for testing during the 20-21 school year is December 4, 2020.

Testing - We still do not have any news on when or how testing will take place for students who are nominated. The district testing coordinator will share more information in January once the state has made its recommendations.    

NWEA Math MAP Accelerator - Teachers in grades 3 - 8 will receive an email from Khan Academy welcoming them to MAP Accelerator.  Teachers will need to sign up and will have access to this differentiated learning experience for math.  It does not take the place of instruction, but rather a tool/resource to support our students.  It is not mandatory but something new to offer our TAG students in Math. Here are the login instructions if you would like more information on how this resource works check out this tutorial. The welcome email will have an email for tech support if needed.  

1. Go to nwea.org
2. Click on Register New Account
3. Type first and last name and PPS email and click Create Account
4. Follow instructions to activate account
5. Once logged in, click on Courses tile
6. Click on My Courses and find the MAP Accelerator courses (there's one for teachers - 20 mins and one for school and district leaders - 12 mins)

Stress Busters Group, 3rd-5th graders

Mondays 12:30-1, beginning Nov. 30

If you have a 3-5th grader who struggles managing stress or anxiety, we would love to have them join our group!  This 7-week series will focus on building community and friends while also identifying stress and anxiety, and finding individualized strategies to manage it in healthy ways.  Please email school social worker, Avy Harris (rharris@pps.net), to sign up or for more details.  

Avy Harris (she/her/hers)

School Social Worker

Maplewood and Capitol Hill Elementary Schools

(503)-729-0634

Maplewood Elementary: Student Support Request Form

PTA Fundraiser:

Get a family photo, support a local mama and support our PTA! Rebecca Hicks of Rebecca Hicks Photography is donating 50% of the proceeds from all photo sessions of Maplewood families back to PTA through Dec. 23^rd!  Check out the attached flyer for more details and go to her website or FB page and schedule your portrait session just in the for the holidays!

www.RebeccaHicksPDXPhotography.com

Foundation Update

Looking for ways to keep your kiddos entertained over Thanksgiving? Want to get your local holiday shopping started?

Maplewood Foundation has you covered!

Dairy Hill has build your own sundae kits (today - Nov.22), Thinker Toys has a Maplewood Shopping Day (Nov 24), and Ms. Amy has a cooking class (free!) for our Maplewood Community!
For details and links visit www.maplewoodfoundation.com

Auction Update

March 12th will be our live virtual auction! Thanks to all that have donated their vacation rentals and items! Keep them coming!!

If you have a vacation home, service, or item to donate - contact us! If you want to help us plan - contact us! maplewodfoundation@gmail.com

Book pick-up dates:

11/18 (WEDNESDAY),  7:15-9 & 3-5:30 Families M-Z

District News:

PARENT WORKSHOP ON EARLY READING SKILLS

The Humanities Department is offering a virtual workshop in collaboration with Read by 4th, Drexel University School of Education, and AIM Institute designed to help parents grow their grade K-3 students into strong readers. This workshop will have ideas for making reading fun with the ultimate goal of reading by 4th grade. Parents will receive a workbook to use during and after this workshop.

Sessions will be offered in both Spanish and English with translation available during the English session. Sessions will be recorded.

• Friday, December 11, 2020 (4:00 pm-6:00 pm) - English with translation
• Saturday, December 12, 2020 (10:00 am - 12:00 pm) - Spanish

Registration link English flyer Spanish flyer

Jennifer Hernandez, Assistant Director, Humanities, OTL, jhernandez1@pps.net

MEAL SERVICE THROUGH NOVEMBER

Due to the upcoming Fall Break for conferences and Thanksgiving, the Nutrition Services department will be providing extra meals each day to help keep our students with access to food. Each service day through November 20, we will be providing 3 days worth of meals for each child. We will not be serving or delivering meals on Monday, Nov 23, and Wednesday, Nov 25 (the District is closed Friday, Nov 27). More updates about our services in December will be provided later. Thank you for sharing updates with your school community. Please feel free to visit our website or contact us at nutritionservices@pps.net with any questions and requests for home meal delivery.

*The Governor’s issued 2week “freeze” does not change our services or any of our original plans for services (the announcement does not impact K-12).

Whitney Ellersick, Senior Director, Nutrition Services, wellersi@pps.net 

HOME MEAL DELIVERY REQUESTS - UPDATE

Since the number of requests for home meal delivery have slowed, we are no longer going to be using the form we had previously used.

For PPS families not near a meal pickup location or who need assistance accessing meals and would like to request home meal delivery, please contact nutritionservices@pps.net with:

• Family name
• Address (where meals should be delivered)
• Contact phone number
• Number of children in the household
• School(s) attended

Requests submitted by end of day Monday, will begin receiving meal deliveries on the following Monday. For cancellations, changes or updates, please contact nutritionservices@pps.net.

Whitney Ellersick, Senior Director, Nutrition Services, wellersi@pps.net

Chrome Books and IT support

• When:Monday through Friday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Where:PPS district office (501 N. Dixon St). Please go to the lower level parking lot, which has an entrance on N. Larrabee Ave.
• Please bring:Your student’s school ID or ID number. If you are exchanging or returning a device, please bring the device and charger with you.
• Please be aware:We are asking everyone to use recommended social distancing practices, keeping at least 6 feet of space between groups and wearing a facemask or face covering, if possible.

Please note that if you have a technical issue and are not sure if you should exchange a computer, you can also:

• Call:503-916-3375
• Email:support@pps.net

Upcoming events/dates:        

Nov. 23-24    Conferences

Nov. 25   No School

Nov. 26   Thanksgiving

Nov. 27   No School

Nov. 30   Classes Resume

Principal’s Newsletter

November 12, 2020

Dear Maplewood Families,

I hope everyone had a nice Veteran’s Day! We had a beautiful fall day. It was a great day to be out and honor our Veteran’s. Along with honoring our veterans, November is a time to think about all for which we are grateful.  This has been a long, hard year.  I hope all of you can think of people, times or events for which you are grateful.  Even though my boys are now young adults, we still find ways to show gratitude to others.

At school, we have been busy scheduling and preparing for conferences.  If you have not signed up for a conference with your child’s teacher, please contact them for a time.  Conferences will be the week of the 23^rd.  As usual, we will have no school that week.

As we move into colder weather I hope families are staying healthy.  Take good care!

Childcare Options - Spaces and Funding Still Available

Portland Public School has partnered with providers to offer child care sites that follow best health and safety practices and can support your student with comprehensive distance learning.  You may qualify for financial assistance.  For help finding affordable childcare, you can call or text 211, find information about PPS providers here, or email our school social worker (Avy Harris, rharris@pps.net) to discuss options.  

Wilson Renaming:

Wilson cluster schools are inviting teachers and students to complete the name change form, if interested.  I've enclosed a link to the renaming website, which contains all pertinent information.  We are accepting responses through 11/30; the ideal  timeframe for the message would be on or before Friday November 13. 

Talented and Gifted (TAG):

The process for identification is completely online now. Postcards are being mailed out to families of students who may qualify based on last Winter's MAP assessment (while we were in the building).  Testing for newly nominated students will happen in the spring, and details of how the testing will be done are still in the works.  For new nominations, talk with your child's current teacher now, or at conferences to ask their perspective.

If you want to proceed with nominating your child, please contact Maplewood's TAG Facilitator, Christy Caton at ccaton@pps.net. She will send you a Google form to complete. The deadline for submitting a request for testing during the 20-21 school year is December 4, 2020.

Stress Busters Group, 3rd-5th graders

Mondays 12:30-1, beginning Nov. 30

If you have a 3-5th grader who struggles managing stress or anxiety, we would love to have them join our group!  This 7-week series will focus on building community and friends while also identifying stress and anxiety, and finding individualized strategies to manage it in healthy ways.  Please email school social worker, Avy Harris (rharris@pps.net), to sign up or for more details.  

Avy Harris (she/her/hers)

School Social Worker

Maplewood and Capitol Hill Elementary Schools

(503)-729-0634

Maplewood Elementary: Student Support Request Form

ParentVUE:

Synergy is currently experiencing technical difficulties with the ParentVUE Mobile App. Parents completing the Yearly Verification process will get an error when they click on Begin Yearly Verification using the mobile app. This has been reported to the vendor with no ETA on a fix. Current workaround is to have parents complete Yearly Verification on a desktop or laptop computer or using the web link parentvue.pps.net on their phone browser instead of the app. Contact support@pps.net for further assistance.   

PTA Fundraiser:

Get a family photo, support a local mama and support our PTA! Rebecca Hicks of Rebecca Hicks Photography is donating 50% of the proceeds from all photo sessions of Maplewood families back to PTA through Dec. 23^rd!  Check out the attached flyer for more details and go to her website or FB page and schedule your portrait session just in the for the holidays!

www.RebeccaHicksPDXPhotography.com

Foundation Update: 

Thank you to everyone that came out to Mod Pizza last week! We appreciate your support.

Upcoming Events: 

Are you wondering what to do with your children during Thanksgiving break? We have some fun activities in the planning phase for Thanksgiving week - stay tuned! 

Sneak peak: our very own Ms. Amy has a cooking class to share!! She has a shopping list and a video on how to prepare her school favorite side dish: roasted potatoes!

*** Details coming soon! *****

Auction Planning:

We are getting ready to begin the planning phase for the virtual auction this spring. If you have a vacation rental, skill, or item to donate - we would love your support! If you are interested in helping us plan - we would love your participation! Email us at maplewoodfoundation@gmail.com

www.maplewoodfoundation.com 

Thank you for your support,

The Maplewood Foundation Team

Book pick-up dates:

11/18 (WEDNESDAY),  7:15-9 & 3-5:30 Families M-Z

*11/24 (TUESDAY), 7:15-9 & 3-5:30 Families Families A-L (not 11/25, building closed)

Upcoming events/dates:                 

Nov. 14   Diwali

Nov. 17   PTA Meeting 6:30pm

Nov. 23-24    Conferences

Nov. 25   No School

Nov. 26   Thanksgiving

Nov. 27   No School

Principal’s Newsletter

November 4, 2020

Dear Maplewood Families,

I hope you are all healthy and doing well as we continue to move through this school year with our distance learning. We are now in November which is always a busy month at school. The end of the term is this Thursday.  No school on Friday as it is a teacher work day.  Next Wednesday is Veteran’s Day- no school. Later in the month we have conferences and then Thanksgiving.  That puts us into December. November is always a time for us to be thankful- even in these challenging times, I am able to find so many things for which I am thankful.  Our Maplewood community is strong and I am so grateful for the support I have seen from families, staff and students.  We are resilient and will get through all of this.

Counseling Office:

Over Thanksgiving break Maplewood Helping Hands is offering large food baskets of non-perishable foods.  These will be much bigger than the weekly baskets offered and include items like cereal, beans, pasta, soups, and canned veggies.  Baskets will be available for pick up at Maplewood on Wednesday, November 18th from 3-5:30pm (book distribution time).  If you are unable to get to Maplewood, we can arrange a delivery.  Please contact Kendall Cunningham, our school counselor, at

kcunninhamparm@pps.net or 971-378-0434 with the number of adults and kids in your household and any dietary restrictions.  

If you'd like to donate food to this project, please use this link.   You can drop off your food donations at the main Maplewood entrance today, Wednesday 11/4 between 3-5:30.  Check the linked google doc to see other times and places to drop donations. Thanks!

Toolbox Tool for the Month:

November:  Please and Thank You tool:  I treat others with kindness and appreciation.

This month, we focus on the please and thank you tool.  This tool helps us build community and show appreciation for those around us who help us.  Our kindness tool is represented by a set of keys. As we learn the names of all the staff and students at Maplewood, encourage your student to use names and then use their please and thank you tool.  Here are some places students can use this tool:  in their online classes, at book distribution, or any time you visit the school.

PTA:

Maplewood Families, 

An amazing opportunity to get a family photo, support a local mama and support our PTA! Rebecca Hicks of Rebecca Hicks Photography is donating 50% of the proceeds from all photo sessions of Maplewood families back to PTA through Dec. 23^rd!  Check out the attached flyer for more details and go to her website or FB page and schedule your portrait session just in the for the holidays! 

www.RebeccaHicksPDXPhotography.com

Foundation Update: 

Pizza Night!!

Join the Maplewood Foundation on Thursday, November 5th for a Dine-out with Tigard Mod Pizza! 

Order online for take-out or delivery.  

Details at http://www.maplewoodfoundation.com/dine-out-coming-soon.../

Can't make it? You can visit our website to donate! http://www.maplewoodfoundation.com/donate/

Virtual Auction Prep

We are in the planning stages of our virtual auction coming this spring! 

Do you have a vacation home, service, or item to donate? 

Would you like to help plan?

We would love your support! Email - maplewoodfoundation@gmail.com

ParentVUE:

Synergy is currently experiencing technical difficulties with the ParentVUE Mobile App. Parents completing the Yearly Verification process will get an error when they click on Begin Yearly Verification using the mobile app. This has been reported to the vendor with no ETA on a fix. Current workaround is to have parents complete Yearly Verification on a desktop or laptop computer or using the web link parentvue.pps.net on their phone browser instead of the app. Contact support@pps.net for further assistance.   

Book pick-up dates:

11/4, 7:15-9 & 3-5:30 Families M-Z

*11/10  (TUESDAY),  7:15-9 & 3-5:30 Families A-L  (not 11/11 which is Veterans Day)

11/18,  Wednesday:  7:15-9 & 3-5:30 Families M-Z

*11/24 (TUESDAY), 7:15-9 & 3-5:30 Families Families A-L (not 11/25, building closed)

Upcoming events/dates:        

Nov. 05   End Of Quarter

Nov. 06   Teacher Planning Day – No School

Nov. 11   Veteran’s Day -  No School

Nov. 14   Diwali

Nov. 23-24    Conferences

Nov. 25   No School

Nov. 26   Thanksgiving

Nov. 27   No School

Principal’s Newsletter

October 28, 2020

Dear Maplewood Families,

Happy Halloween!  Please stay safe celebrating Halloween during the pandemic. I’m guessing there will be a lot of creative masks this year that serve two purposes.

I know I’m stating the obvious but next week will be a big week as Tuesday, November 3^rd is Election Day.  Many of our teachers have been doing lessons on voting and how elections work in our country.  This is also a great opportunity for you to talk with your children about the importance of participating in elections as citizens.  My oldest son got to vote this year for the first time!  He felt very proud to take part in the election.

Election Day-The district has provided an in-depth election toolkit that covers a variety of topics.  Keep an eye out for that communication.  PPS leaders are hoping for things to be peaceful in our community on the day of the election and the days that follow, yet they are aware that Portland has seen a lot of unrest recently and are preparing for the possibility of buildings perhaps being targeted by protests.

INFORMATION & ACTION REQUIRED - ONLY IF You have NOT completed your Yearly PvueVerification online.

• Online Yearly Verification via ParentVUE deadline is October 31, 2020.
• Beginning on November 1, 2020, if parents have not submitted the online Yearly Verification, they will receive the following message upon login:
• The Yearly Verification process must be complete to continue.  
•  This is a hard stop to log in to ParentVUE. The only options for the parent are to click Begin Yearly Verification or Logout.
• The ParentVUE flyer, along with Yearly Verification resources, can be found on the ParentVUE/StudentVUE Information district website.

• If you have questions about your Online yearly verification contact sriley@pps.net. 

Counseling Office:

Toolbox is launching!  We are using our Climate team this year (Nikki, William, Liberty, Jessica, and myself) to support our Toolbox efforts.  At our first meeting, we came up with a sequence for staff to use.  

*A great, short video for teachers and parent/guardians about Toolbox (safe youtube link provided):  https://video.link/w/gg6rb

For students:

*An introduction to Toolbox for 3rd-5th graders, bonus is that the kids speak with Australian accents!  

https://video.link/w/2s6rb

* This is a great toolbox poster and Kendall has color copies if you want to email her.

* Kendall made this short video to explain What Toolbox is for families and students.

* This is a short video Kendall made on what the tools are- more for the younger students.

Kendall will be visiting classrooms for a total of 6 lessons each that will help support Toolbox.  She is currently visiting K-1 and then will do 2nd-3rd in January and then 4th-5th in March.  As a school, we reinforce Toolbox through our think sheets and also our Check In/Check Out intervention. 

In the past, we have done monthly assemblies to support students learning the Toolbox tools.   Feel free to reach out for any Toolbox support.  Also, feel free to give any feedback  on this to our Climate Committee (Nikki, Liberty, William, Jessica, and Kendall).  

Helping Hands

Hello Maplewood Community!

Helping Hands will be assembling food boxes to distribute to Maplewood families for use over the Thanksgiving break.  We would love your help on this!  How can you help?  

We are accepting food donations tomorrow through November 10th at the following locations:

Maplewood Main Entrance during book distribution:  Wednesday Nov. 4th from 3-5:30, Tuesday Nov. 10th from 3-5:30

6730 SW 62nd Place, Billeter home, please leave by door

Starting Nov. 3rd:  8150 SW 41st Avenue, Rainka home, please leave by the door. 

Please fill in your name on this Google doc to show what you can provide. If you have them, we could also use any paper grocery bags or medium-sized boxes.  You can drop these off with your food donation. 

Thanks for your support!
Helping Hands CommitteeJosh Billeter, Shari Rainka, Kendall Cunningham

Kendall Cunningham

Maplewood Elementary School Counselor

971-378-0434

Check out my website here for videos, resources, and info on our program at Maplewood!

Office Hours each Thursday from 2:30-3:30 Click here for link

Counseling Request Google Form

Text Alerts:

New KG and 1-5th Grade Families;

Get text alerts from your school: Text YES to 68453 to stay connected to your school. 

School Messenger sends Emergency and school messages directly to your phone. You may text STOP to discontinue the messages.

In the past families text YES to school messenger when I meet them during in person registration. 

As in person registration is not occurring I am requesting families complete this step at this time.

Thank you.

*Hangout Chat Access Closed for Students

Due to families’ concerns with large groups of students using Hangouts Chat unsupervised, Hangouts Chat was turned off for students. Google is still planning to deprecate Hangouts Chat, but the timeline is unknown. Students can now access Google Chat at chat.google.com and it is recommended that staff also move to this platform where there is more functionality.

We did not know that staff would lose their Hangouts Chat groups, but you should be able to that content by searching within Gmail. All chat in Google Chat is archived. Please look for an official communication with more information in the next coming weeks.

Kevin Crotchett, Director of Learning Technologies, OTIS
971-220-8006     kevinc@pps.net

Youth Resource APP Now Available

We are very excited to share that we now have an app on the app store for PPS youth resources.  

The app shares critical information around COVID-19 resources, Safe Oregon Tip line, Youth Line for suicidal ideation and mental health crisis, and many additional resources for youth and their families.  

During our many discussions with high school students last year, they all reported that an app which can be downloaded on their phone would be the best way to provide needed support.  With the help of the REAHL (Recovery, Education and Action for Healthy Living) team, and the Student Success and Health department, we were able to make this a reality for our PPS students.  Please download the app and share with everyone you know.  

Brenda Martinek, Chief of Student Support Services
bmartinek@pps.net 

PDX Assist Application for $500 Visa Card Assistance

Please visit the City of Portland's pdxassist.com for an online application for $500 Visa Cards to Portland households impacted by Covid-19. To qualify a household's income must be below 80% median income and need assistance. The application will open Tuesday, October 27 at 9am, and again on Friday, October 30 at 1pm. The first 1400 applicants will be awarded each day. 

Robyn Faraone, School Partnerships Manager, Office of Strategic Partnerships and Engagements
rfaraone@pps.net

Foundation Updates:

Dine-out: November 5th

Mod Pizza - 12196 SW Scholls Ferry Rd, Tigard, OR 97223

All day! Take out, delivery, and pick-up apply. 

To place your order visit MOD Pizza's online order website. Use the coupon code of "GR166272M" and 20% of your meal’s price will be donated back to Maplewood Foundation.

We are in the planning process for the annual spring auction. This event will be a family friendly virtual event!!

If you would like to help us - we would love your support!

Do you have a vacation home? We are looking for vacation rentals for the virtual live auction. 

Do you have a service or an item to donate? We are interested!!

Email us - Maplewoodfoundation@gmail.com

Maplewood Coffee

Maplewood in Motion

Virtual event October 30 - November 1st!   

Maplewood in Motion, Virtual Fun Event, October 30-November 1st!

Would you like to have a place to go when it's raining, wet or even want a bit of shade in the hot summer?

Let's make Maplewood marvelous and get our covered blacktop built!
Over three days, move your body - run, bike, jump, skip hop... collect some pledges and have some fun. Everyone must register: kids, parents, friends, siblings, and adults.

• Adult registration is $30.
• Child registration is FREE! Please register TODAY,move that body and go get some pledges! 

Some of our local businesses are offering amazing discounts to participants!  Please support them and get a delicious treat the weekend of October 30th.

You MUST mention you are a part of Maplewood in Motion.

 Local Businesses Supporting Maplewood in Motion

Maplewood Coffee

Maplewood Coffee & Tea - 5206 SW Custer St, Portland, OR 97219
Maplewood in Motion participants - Free fresh baked cookie!
Fri/Sat/Sun: 8 AM - 2 PM

Driftwood Coffee

Driftwood Coffee - 4604 SW Vermont St
$.50 off Adult Coffees & FREE kids Hot Chocolate
Fri/Sat/Sun: 8 AM - 1 PM

Sunny’s Legendary Yogurt

Sunny’s Legendary Yogurt - 4397 SW Vermont Street
20 % off!

Fri: 12 PM - 10 PM
Sat: 11 AM - 10 PM
Sun: 11 AM - 9 PM

Spielman Bagels & Coffee

Spielman Bagels - 7713 SW Capitol Hwy
15% off discount to all participants 
 Fri/Sat/Sun:  7 AM - 2 PM 

Village Coffee Multnomah

Village Coffee Multnomah - 7781 SW Capitol Highway
$.50 off latte and FREE kids hot chocolate
Fri: 6:30 AM - 5 PM
Sat/Sun: 7 AM - 5 PM

Book pick-up dates:

10/28 7:15-9 & 3-5:30 Families A-L

11/4 7:15-9 & 3-5:30 Families M-Z

*11/10 7:15-9 & 3-5:30 Families A-L (not 11/11 which is Veterans Day)

11/18 7:15-9 & 3-5:30 Families M-Z

*11/24 7:15-9 & 3-5:30 Families Families A-L (not 11/25, building closed)

Upcoming events/dates: 

Oct. 31    Halloween

Nov. 01   Daylight savings ends – Turn clocks back one hour          

Nov. 05   End Of Quarter

Nov. 06   Teacher Planning Day – No School

Nov. 11   Veteran’s Day -  No School

Nov. 14   Diwali

Nov. 23-24    Conferences

Nov. 25   No School

Nov. 26   Thanksgiving

Nov. 27   No School

Harrison Park, which transitioned from a K-8 to a middle school this fall, recently held a school-wide vote for a new mascot. According to Principal Leah Dickey, these first few months as a middle school have been pivotal for students as they navigate the new exciting normal and establish an identity as a school and community. Picking a mascot has been an important part of that journey.

Principal Phu Dao is many things to the students and staff of Roseway Heights Middle School: mentor, role model, champion, friend. Ask anyone who has learned from and worked with him and they will tell you that he has dedicated his entire career to advocating for students, families, and educators. And now he’s being honored for that dedication.

Courageous Conversation, a Washington, D.C.-based non-profit that works with individuals and institutions to address racial disparities through sustained, fruitful dialogue, has named Principal Dao this year’s recipient of the Dr. Charles Hopson Racial Equity Principal Leadership Award. 

Bird watching, Lego robotics, gardening, mindful art, coding, running and walking, the high-stakes world of self-governance. It’s all in a morning’s work for the students of Skyline K-8, where every Wednesday begins with participation in one of the school’s many C.A.S. clubs.

We need our community and PAT’s bargaining team to recognize that we are not unwilling to accept their proposal: we are unable. Even the proposal we have made will require at least $45 million in structural budget cuts over the next three years.