10/18 - Run for the Arts

10/18 - PTA Family Movie Night

10/21 - 3rd - 5th Author Visit: Remy Lai

10/23 - Make Up Day for School Pictures

10/25 - PTA Harvest Carnival and Shu Ren Annual Apple Fundraiser pickup

10/25 - 11/8 - PTA Book Harvest

See the full calendar for Woodstock Elementary online here: https://www.pps.net/Page/434#calendar573/20180831/month. 

For information on accessing our online school calendar from other applications, please click here: https://www.pps.net/site/Default.aspx?PageID=434&PageType=20&DomainID=166&ModuleInstanceID=573.

This year, conferences are scheduled for November 25 and 26.

If you need an interpreter for you child's conference or need assistance scheduling a conference, please email your child's name and your needed language to WoodstockAttend@pps.net.

Any appointments that are scheduled prior to the appropriate registration window may be deleted as the schedule is cleared for the tiered registration. Thanks for your cooperation.

Parents/guardians are being asked to register for conferences online.  As this is such an important event and we truly want all families to be able to attend, we have developed tiered conference scheduling to allow for more equitable access to conference registration.  Below you will find the dates that registration opens to families:

• Families whose First Language is NOT English - Tuesday, October 8 at 8:00 AM
• Families with Multiple Children Attending Woodstock - Friday, October 11 at 8:00 AM
• Open to All Families - Monday, October 14 at 8:00 AM

Please use the following link to register for conferences during your window:
https://ptcfast.com/schools/Woodstock_Elementary

Again, if you need an interpreter for conferences or if you have extenuating circumstances that need to be considered for conference scheduling, please email WoodstockAttend@pps.net.

We look forward to seeing you at conferences!

今年我们的教师家长会议时间是11月25和26日。

如果你的会议需要翻译，或是需要帮助上网登记会议时间，请电邮你孩子的名字和所需要翻译的语言至WoodstockAttend@pps.net。

任何在网路开放指定时间前事先登记，所登记的时间可能会依照分层登记的规定被删除。

我们要求家长上网登记会议时间，因为教师家长会议是非常重要的。我们请所有家长都能够参加，所以有分层登记的安排能更公平的登记会议时间。以下你会看到开放登记的时间为；

• 母语非英语的家庭； 10月8日星期二早上8点
• 有两个或两个以上在本校就读的家庭 ：10月11日星期五早上8点
• 本校所有家庭 ；10月14日星期一早上8点

请在指定时间于下列网站登记；

https://ptcfast.com/schools/Woodstock_Elementary

如果你的会议需要翻译或是你有特殊状况需要被考虑，请电邮至 WoodstockAttend@pps.net

我们期待在会议看到你

Woodstock小学

Portland Public Schools has implemented a new visitor/volunteer management system at Woodstock for the 2019/20 school year. Part of keeping students and staff safe is knowing who is in our buildings at all times. Upon entering Woodstock when school is in session (8:10 AM - 2:45 PM), visitors/volunteers will need to present a government issued identification (ID), i.e. drivers license, passport, consulate card, etc. All names will be automatically checked against the sex offender registry, and registered sex offenders will not be permitted to enter the school grounds (View Policy: Registered Sex Offenders 3.10.015-AD or https://www.pps.net/domain/4814).

Approved volunteers who have cleared a Volunteer Background Check will already have their names in the system; however, they will still need to provide their ID upon their first visit. Upon future visits, they will be able to use their name to pull up their record and sign in. Approved volunteers may chaperone and work with students in our schools, whereas, visitors are only allowed restricted access and for shorter lengths of time. New volunteers should visit www.pps.net/volunteer to complete the online volunteer application. 

Thank you, in advance, for your understanding and support of enhancing school safety protocols in our district. Please bear with us over while we implement this new system, as it may take longer to sign-in with the office staff.

Young Audiences is a non-profit arts organization that works to inspire young people and expand their
learning through the arts. The money raised through the Run will be used for performances, workshops
and residencies with professional teaching artists. With the change to a Fall run, we will be using funds
raised during THIS school year to supplement art experiences for our students.

You are invited to come cheer on our runners, run with them, or volunteer to help with our run!

Woodstock Families,

Welcome to the 2018-2019 school year!  It was great to see everyone together for the first time at our Morning Meeting.  With all our new and returning students and staff, I’m really looking forward to this school year.

Please remember that the Woodstock Open House is next Wednesday, September 5, from 6:00 to 8:00 PM.  

Prior to the Open House will be a TAG Information Meeting (this is open to all interested families) at 5:00 PM and there will be an ELL Family Information Meeting at 5:30 PM.  Both of the events will take place in the cafeteria.

If you were at our Morning Meeting today, you may have heard about some changes to our upcoming Open House.  This year, all grade level teams will be doing a presentation in the cafeteria. Here is the schedule for the the grade level presentations:

6:15 PM - Kindergarten
6:30 PM - 1st Grade
6:45 PM - 2nd Grade
7:00 PM - 3rd Grade
7:15 PM - 4th Grade
7:30 PM - 5th Grade

Teachers will not be available in their classrooms during their respective presentations, but will be available to talk with families, on a more personal level, before and after their grade level presentation.

Please note that conference sign-ups will not happen during Open House this year.  We hope you can focus on meeting your child’s teacher, exploring the school, and learning about Woodstock’s instructional program.  There will be more information coming about conference sign-ups in September.

I’d also like to take a moment to remind families to review the updated Arrival and Dismissal Procedures Document.  Specifically, I would like to point out that the cafeteria doors will no longer be open during arrivals. This week, we piloted the additional security of keeping those doors closed and having students and families enter, primarily, through the main school doors.  We discovered that it provided better supervision and safety for students. We understand that this may cause an inconvenience for some families, but believe it allows for a more secure school. If you have any questions about these safety changes, please let me know.

Students and families may enter the building starting at 8:00 AM.  However, there is not supervision and the front doors may be locked prior to 8:00 AM. To make sure your child is safe and supervised, please do your best to plan your morning so that you child arrives between 8:00 and 8:10 AM.

There have also been a few requests from families to allow students in 1st and 2nd Grade to walk to meet a younger sibling at their dismissal door.  Please keep in mind that only students 3rd Grade and up can walk to meet a younger sibling at their dismissal door, but they will still need written permission to do so.  If you have any questions, please talk with your child’s teacher.

Finally, I want to share that our new Kindergarten class has done a fantastic job of transitioning to the rigors of an elementary school.  We hope you have a restful three day weekend and look forward to picking up again next week.

With Woodstock Pride,

Seth Johnson, Principal
Woodstock Elementary

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