Dear Sellwood Community,

It was wonderful to see so many of you at Sellwood's Showcase Night last night. What an uplifting, joyous event! Thank you to everyone who came to celebrate students' accomplishments and learning. We thank our hard working staff for their hard work in making the evening a huge success. I think it was the best Showcase Night in my experience at Sellwood. The event exemplified what makes the Sellwood staff, students, and community so great!

In addition to the amazing band and choir performances, beautiful student artwork displays, science inquiry projects and math projects, Project Green's lovely Rosemary Price Garden with delicious donuts for all, dancing from Spanish class, the debut of our Digital Portfolios was also a hit. I can only imagine what our students' portfolios will look like when they are juniors in high school and applying for post-secondary opportunities.

On Wednesday, June 11th, we will have our end-of-year locker clean out, followed by yearbook distribution. All student will receive a yearbook! Please remind your child to bring home any valuables or prized possessions, including the contents of their gym locker, if they have one. Each summer we have to cut locks on gym lockers and we find nearly new expensive athletic shoes and clothing. These items are either donated or thrown out. Anything your child wants or needs must be brought home on the last day of school. We may possibly be able to help find items a few days after school ends, but our custodians begin summer cleaning immediately after students depart for the summer.

Finally, a reminder that the last day of school will be a half-day, ending at 12:30 PM. Due to the half-day schedule and 8th grade promotion, we will not have a scheduled lunch/recess. School buses will be run their afternoon routes at 12:30.

Please read on about next weeks events: Oaks Park, Promotion, and the last day of school information.

Sincerely,

Jeandre Carbone

Sellwood Principal

Dear Sellwood Community,

On Wednesday night, we attended the Spring Choir and Band Concert at Cleveland High School. What wonderful performances! Congratulations to Mr. Patterson and the impressive musicians in Sellwood's Beginning Band, Intermediate Band, Jazz Band, and Advanced Band. Sellwood's Choir performance was equally impressive. Congratulations to Ms. Nowak and the young vocalists in Choir. The evening was a reminder of how hard work pays off, resulting in beautiful art we can all appreciate.

Here are two Sellwood Performing Arts links for you to enjoy:

Choir at Cleveland

Jazz Band at the Assembly

Sincerely,

Jeandre Carbone

Sellwood Principal