In this Edition
The Doctor Is In! Message from Dr Berg
& Survey Due Monday! Below
Odyssey
Parents with Incoming Students Next Year – Must Enter Lottery & Attend Info
Session: Below
The
Green Routine – Lunchroom Revolution & Student Green Team! Below
Notes From
& About the Odyssey Library: Below
Parenting
& Sexuality – Speaker & Discussion, 3/12: Below &Attached
Lincoln
Cluster Sports Are Here! Below
Wilson High
School Regarding
PPS Bond Measure: Below
“A Healthy
Me is Substance Free” PPS Talk, 2/27 at Grant HS: Attached
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Upcoming
Events
PLEASE
COMPLETE THIS SURVEY BY Monday 2/24: https://forms.gle/ShN5SCp2JEGgfGed8
“A Healthy
Me is Substance Free” PPS Talk: Thursday, 2/27 at Grant HS
Student Green Team
Meeting: Friday 2/28, 2:15-3:30 pm
Odyssey Information
Session: Friday, 3/6, 9:00-10:0 am
Parenting
& Sexuality – Speaker & Discussion, 3/12 at Odyssey
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The
Doctor Is In!
Hello
Sunshine!
It’s
been so nice this past week getting a break from the cold and the rain. I
continue to receive accolades for our 345 Performance and I just want to thank
all our students, teachers, and families that made this performance possible.
The excitement that these students have for learning is infectious and I
love how busy our hallways with activities and learning.
As
part of our work this year we have formed a site council which is composed of
teachers, administrators, and parents. As due diligence the site council
has asked that parents complete a survey about childcare and school
beginning/ending times. This collected information will be used to
develop our schedule for next year and to also give the PTA a better idea of
how to move forward with after school classes in the future. Please take
a moment to complete the survey. PLEASE COMPLETE BY Monday February
24th. https://forms.gle/ShN5SCp2JEGgfGed8
Important note about our
playground, according to PPS Policy, Dogs on leash are also welcome visitors
except during school hours (generally 8:30-4:15) as long as owners scoop the
poop. Dogs
off-leash are not allowed on PPS school grounds at any time.
We are hopeful that the school communities will help to inform visitors of
these rules as we continue to work toward keeping our schools clean and safe
for our students and the community. This has increasingly been an issue
at Odyssey as often our students are stepping in dog poop and tracking it
inside and on their clothes. We ask everyone to please help keep our
playground clean. We will be installing a dog bag station thanks to the
generous funding of the PTA and this will also hopefully help our efforts in
keeping our playground clean. Please do not bring your dog into the
building.
Please
also remember that we open the doors at 7:45. There is no supervision outside
of the building before this time. If students are waiting for the doors
to open, we ask that they wait quietly and patiently and that students refrain
from climbing on the building or railings. There is a staff member in the
auditorium from 7:45 to 7:55, but please remind your child that this is not a
time for tag or boisterous games. We need all students to help us keep
each other safe.
I
have so appreciated all the parents that step up to volunteer for all of our
different events. If you want to be involved and cannot come during the
school day, please connect with the PTA about other opportunities. It was
great last night to have so many of our parents come help with info night and
several visitors complimented us on our parent involvement. It is so beneficial
to our program and kids to have you all so committed to our program.
Thank you!
As
we roll into March, we all are looking forward to the 678 performance. I
cannot wait!
Dr.
Eryn Berg
she/her
or they/theirs (what is this?)
Principal,
Odyssey K-8
“I
truly believe the only way we can create global peace is through not only
educating our minds, but our hearts and our souls.”
Malala
Yousafzai
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!! Odyssey Parents With An Incoming Student Next Year!!
Existing Odyssey families receive priority in the lottery, however
you will need to attend a parent information meeting and submit an online
lottery application. Apply here: pps.schoolmint.net
The lottery opens Feb. 5th and closes March 6th.
Upcoming Information Meeting:
Friday, March 6th, 9:00-10:0 am (This meeting is primarily
designed for parents who cannot attend the evening meeting and/or
don’t care to have a school tour. Teachers or administration will not be present at the March 6th meeting and there will be no classroom
visitation available.) Students are
welcome to attend with parent; however, childcare is not provided.
Thank
you,
Angela
Hoffart
Principal’s
Secretary
The
Odyssey Program
at
East Sylvan
P:
503.916.6310
F:
503.916.2124
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The
Green Routine
We
need at least one parent volunteer everyday to make our Lunchroom Revolution a
success – join us! For just one hour from 11-12, you can see your kid at lunch
and do something great for the environment! Won’t you consider “being the
change?” SIGN UP HERE FOR OUR LUNCHROOM
REVOLUTION.
Is your 3rd – 8th grade student interested
in being a part of our Student Green Team? With the mentorship of Parent Green
Team volunteers, we are inviting earth-loving students to join us in planning
Earth Month/Day activities and getting involved in school sustainability
initiatives. Beginning this month, the Student Green Team will meet on the last
Friday of every month after school for one hour from 2:30-3:30 in the Library.
Parent Green Team Volunteers will meet 345 kids at 2:15pm and provide snacks. Please sign your student up here to participate in the
Ody Student Green Team.
Do
you have a Bottle Drop Account? Instead of redeeming your recyclable cans and
bottles for change, you can donate that change Odyssey.
Click here to learn how to donate to Odyssey with your
Bottle Drop account! We will also have a Bottle Drop center at
school to collect redeemable bottles and cans to raise money for Odyssey
sustainability initiatives!
Our
Trex Challenge has collected over 100 pounds of soft plastic waste since beginning
mid-January. Keep it up! Thank you to our volunteers for collecting our Trex
collections!
Odyssey
Eco-Events:
·
Lunchroom Revolutions: Collective actions have more impact than
individual choices! Help our community collectively make big improvements to
our environmental impact through composting and better recycling in our school
cafeteria. Follow the link to be a part of
our modeling conservation behaviors to the next generation.
·
Friday February 28, 2:15-3:30 Student Green Team Meeting! Your child can
join with other earth-loving students to plan Earth Day/Month activities and
support campus sustainability initiatives. Click here to RSVP for your child. 3-8
graders only
Weekly
Eco-Tip:
Can
you believe it’s looking like spring outside already and it’s only the middle
of February?! Yikes. Admittedly, though, I’m not complaining too much about the
gorgeous sunshine, and the daffodils and snow-drops popping up all over the
place. I even splurged on a bouquet of locally-grown, pesticide-fee tulips
wrapped in some straight-up brown craft paper. Fresh flowers do wonders to help
your mood, especially if you suffer from SAD (seasonal affective disorder,
which I do FOR SURE unless I take a ton of Vitamin Ds). Before you splurge on a
bouquet for yourself or a loved-one, get the not-so-pretty facts about the cut
flower industry:
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Almost 80%of
the 6.8 billion stems of flowers sold annually in the US are imported.
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The majority
of cut-flowers in the US are greenhouse grown in Columbia or Ecuador, and use a
large amount of water, pesticides, and refrigeration.
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Workers
toiling away in Columbian greenhouses are often displaced people from guerilla
warfare and rural poverty. Many workers are women and children as young as 9
years old, toiling for long hours in sub-par conditions. Children 11+ work
upwards of 46 hours a week in all areas of the farms.
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Flower-industry
workers are exposed to nearly 147 different chemicals and pesticides, with
exposure causing higher rates of miscarriages, premature births and babies with
congenital defects. 20% of these chemicals are actually restricted from use in
the US, but not from arriving on your bouquet.
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Any
environmental controls for water and chemical usage are self-regulating, with
only half of farms participating.
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Most flowers
come in non-recyclable cellophane floral wrap, many with those little plastic
water tubes that get capped on the flower stems – also not recyclable.
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The estimated
100 million roses sold on Valentine’s Day alone produce 9,000 metric tons of
carbon dioxide (this probably doesn’t include the amount of methane
non-composted flowers produce once they wither and are thrown out to landfill.)
So,
what’s a flower-girl to do? Look for “naked” stems without plastic-wrap, and
shop local flowers grown in season. Choose “organic” “sustainable” or
“fair-trade” flowers, or blooms with Veriflora, Florverde, or USDA
certifications (but remember these are self-reporting, so local is better). In
the Pacific Northwest, native blooms and successful imports like tulips are
starting to appear, and these would have a much lower environmental impact as
well as contribute to our natural ecosystems, feed the bees, and have a much
smaller carbon footprint.
Don’t
be trashy: #buylocal
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Message From & About Odyssey Library
Information you may find helpful:
·
When students are using technology in the classroom, the expectation is
that they are using it for classroom assignments only. A new tool was rolled
out to teachers by the district this year which enables them to see the screens
of students on their monitor in real time. This allows the teacher to redirect
students who get off task. Your student’s classroom may or may not be using it
yet as staff is still receiving training. Individual teachers will decide when
or if to use it in their classrooms. Students receive a pop-up message
when a teacher opens this tool and then students will confirm that they are
sharing their monitor.
·
The district uses a service to provide internet safety (filters, malware
protection, etc) which works when students are at school and logged on to the
PPS network. This protection is dependent on students being on the PPS
network; it is not attached to their Google Classroom account. If your student
logs into their Google Classroom account while on your home network the only filters
or protections they will have are whatever you have on your home network.
·
The personal version of the PPS service is called OpenDNS if you are
interested in investigating this to use at home. This is one possible
cloud-based security system you might consider purchasing for home use, but
there are others.
·
Want more information on internet safety for your child? https://www.commonsensemedia.org/ is widely recommended source for parents to keep
up on the latest media their child might be consuming. Recent topics
include cyberbullying, apps to look out for and how to set parental controls on
Netflix.
A Note on
Digital Citizenship Curriculum During Library:
·
Throughout the year, Ms. Chambers is teaching digital citizenship
curriculum lessons. The main resource used is the free curriculum from Common
Sense Media, which is recommended by the PPS Library Services department.
·
Each grade level has age-appropriate lessons covering a range of topics.
Some topics include safety when online, respecting the intellectual property of
others, cyberbullying, and identifying fake or unreliable sources of
information.
·
Ms. Chambers also incorporates digital citizenship topics into other
library/media units of study. Examples include research project units and
technology creation projects.
Dr.
Eryn Berg
she/her
or they/theirs (what is this?)
Principal,
Odyssey K-8
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Parenting & Sexuality
- Speaker & Discussion: Wednesday, 3/12
Odyssey
and Hayhurst PTAs will be presenting on March 12 at 6:15pm in the Odyssey
auditorium a parent only evening discussion of parenting and sexuality.
Our guest speakers, Renee Caballero from Conscious Family Solutions and Nathan
Moore will address topics such as gender identity vs. sexuality, terms,
statistics, supports, student voices, questions and answers, and
resources. Plus, snacks.
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Lincoln
Cluster Sports Are Here!
Spring
Sports Season is here! Please follow this link for information about Lincoln
Cluster spring sports https://lincolnyouthathletics.weebly.com/spring-sports.html:
Baseball
Girls
Lacrosse (grades 3–12)
Boys
Lacrosse (grades 6–12)
Softball
(ages 5–14)
Track
& Field (grades 6–8)
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Message from Wilson High School Regarding Bond Measure
Dear Wilson Neighborhood Community,
Now is the time to let the PPS
School Board know that Wilson, Jefferson, and Cleveland
should be included on the 2020 Bond!
A modernized Wilson would provide students with state-of-the-art
learning facilities for generations to come. While much has changed since
1957, Wilson facilities have not. It is time to ensure that all PPS high
schools, including Wilson, Jefferson, and Cleveland, provide students with 21st century
learning opportunities.
These are some highlights from preliminary modernization plans for
Wilson High School:
- Wilson students
will stay in the current building while the new building is
constructed.
- New building
will include modernized classrooms, science labs, career-and-technical
education spaces, fine and performing arts facilities, athletic
facilities, and more.
- The Wilson pool
can remain on camps.
- No expenditures
are needed for bussing and temporary classrooms - money can be directly
invested in the new facilities.
- The 2020 bond
will keep the current tax levels unchanged.
Please contact PPS School Board members and share this simple
message: The time has come to modernize Wilson, Jefferson, and Cleveland.
Andrew Scott (Wilson)- anscott@pps.net
Michelle DePass (Jefferson) - mdepass@pps.net
Amy Kohnstamm (Board Chair) - akohnstamm@pps.net
Rita Moore (Vice-Chair) - rmoore5@pps.net
Scott Bailey - sbailey@pps.net
Julia Brim-Edwards - jbrim-edwards@pps.net
Eilidh Lowery (Cleveland) - elowery@pps.net
Erica Caldwell
Business Manager
Wilson High School
office: 503-916-5280 Ext 75211
cell: 541-521-8282
ecaldwell@pps.net
http://www.pps.k12.or.us/schools/wilson/
