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May 13, 2022
Happy Friday West Sylvan Families,
May is half-way over, and we are finishing up our statewide testing for English, Math and Science. This testing cycle has to be completed by the end of the school year, so we are doing our best to incorporate testing times in Math, English and some Science classes for these statewide exams.
As May moves forward, we also want to acknowledge that there have been challenges with staffing throughout the entire school district, all year. Unfortunately, with the large number of district wide absences, there are simply not enough Substitutes each day to cover all of the absences. All year, many of our Educators have given up their planning periods to help cover classes for absent colleagues when we do not have enough Substitutes, and Counselors and Administrators also cover classes for absences. I say all of this so that you have context if your scholar mentions, “We had a sub in class today.” Our WSMS Educators do a wonderful job of preparing plans for Substitutes when they are absent, and we simply are not seeing enough Substitutes district-wide to cover for absences. We are continually grateful for all that our Educator team does each day to help each other during challenging times.
OUTDOOR SCHOOL Information
In additional news, our sixth graders will be off-campus this coming Monday and Tuesday, May 16-17, for Outdoor School day camps. We are glad to bring this opportunity back in a limited capacity as we approach the end of an unusually challenging school year. Some families requested evening bus transportation after students return from ODS. Please use the following link to access a list of addresses that PPS transportation was able to support. Outdoor School Evening Transportation Assistance (Responses) - Parent communication-4.pdf. You will see your address, bus number, and bus stop that will be used for evening drop off. Transportation was not able to provide services to all requests due to limited capacity. If there is another bus on the list that is already provided, your child may ride the bus to one of the drop-off locations, with admin pre-approval upon return from ODS, otherwise other arrangements will need to be made to pick up your child. Students will be returning from ODS around 6:30 p.m. and can be picked up at the front of the building, like normal, upon return.
Please click here to read the full Family Communication email
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West Sylvan Foundation-Sponsored END OF YEAR EVENTS:
6th Grade Skate Party 7th Grade Glow Party 8th Grade Grad Party
Go Wolfpack!
Jill, Evening, and Ben
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*3/25 Spring Break - no Family Communication sent out
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*12/24 + 12/31 Winter Break - no Family Communication sent out
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*11/26 Fall Break - no Family Communication sent out
Quick Reference:
Principal |
Dr. Jill Hunt |
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Assistant Principal |
Ben Keller |
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Assistant Principal |
Evening Krauel |
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Principal’s Secretary |
Jerda Solonche |
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Secretary (Enrollment/Attendance) |
Kirsten Crombie |
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Counselor [8th Grade] |
Ricky Almeida |
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Counselor [7th Grade] |
Rebecca Cohen |
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Counselor [6th Grade] |
Kandice Abney |
May is Mental Health Awareness Month: Information and Resources from PPS Student Support Services
While focusing on mental wellness is essential every month, May has been designated as Mental Health Awareness Month. Portland Public Schools is committed to uplifting wellness and to supporting all of our students to stay healthy, mentally and physically.
Dear PPS families and staff,
This week, Multnomah County health officials made an announcement about masking, due to the current COVID-19 surge. The Health Department is asking people to wear masks indoors until new coronavirus case counts and hospitalizations start to fall, and strongly recommend that people wear masks in schools. The current increase in COVID-19 cases is expected to peak in mid-June, when PPS’s school year ends.
On National School Nurse Day, we salute the four dozen nurses who serve Portland Public Schools.
Our school nurses have been at the forefront of the COVID-19 pandemic, taking on responsibility for a wholly different level of care and an illness that remains a mystery in many ways, even after two years.
May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, and Portland Public Schools recognizes the important contributions of Asian Americans Pacific Islander.
Uprising 5th Grader Parent Visit Slideshow -
Presentation Slideshow. for May 9 and May 23.
Forecasting using Studentvue has now passed. Please use the following information if you still need to communicate your elective choices with us:
General Resource Links:
Forecasting Process for 5th graders who missed the deadline and who HAVE NOT shared their choices yet. (We recognize that forecasting was more technical than in years past. Please use the following resources to complete this less technical 'survey' so we have your information for next year's classes.)
STEP 1. Resources for review BEFORE completing forecasting:
STEP 2. Understand how many electives to choose:
6th graders will choose:
7th graders will choose:
8th graders will choose:
*(students who would like a full year band or dance as an elective , may opt out of the second half of their world language course, but will not be able to receive HS credit for W.L. W.L. will be taken during the first semester.)
STEP 3: Sharing your elective choices with us:
3. Complete the following survey - Incoming 6th Grade survey
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Click here for the How and Where to sign up for the Spring 2022 baseball and softball season!
To Register please visit: lincolnathletics.com/page/show/2215835- wrestling
Questions?
Contact: Christina Fera-Thomas @ lincolnpdxyouthwrestling@gmail.com
or call/text (503) 269-3200
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM District Board Meeting
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM WSMS Band Concert
For Families with 5th Graders
coming to West Sylvan in 2022-23
We are hosting two in-person
informational sessions at WSMS
on Monday, May 9th and Monday, May 23rd
from 4:30-6:00 PM
These will be opportunities for you and your student to hear from school administrators, get an overview of WSMS classes, programs and supports, and see the campus.
If you are interested in attending in-person,
please sign-up here.
** TEST KITS ARE DISTRIBUTED TO PARTICIPATING STUDENTS EVERY THURSDAY AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL DAY **
An easy and free way to test weekly!
PPS has partnered with OHSU to arrange for weekly COVID-19 screening test kits. Test kits are for non-symptomatic home screening only. Especially while tests are hard to find in stores, this is an easy and free way to have your scholars tested weekly for your own family’s knowledge. We are distributing these once a week on Thursdays to all scholars who opted-in to the program and submitted completed consent forms. Scholars will do the saliva test at home the next morning and return the kits on Friday morning at the Main Office. OHSU picks up the kits each Friday, processes them, and sends results directly to families.
This is an opt-in process, and families who choose to participate will need to complete and return both consent forms. For multiple scholars in a household, we need signed consent forms for each scholar participating. We cannot issue kits until consent forms are returned to us and sent to OHSU. Scholars can drop off signed forms to our attendance window.
Weekly Screening Information Letter
OHSU Information (English)
FORMS TO RETURN
TO WSMS: