Vose Owl Notes
Family & Community Newsletter - March 2022
Vose Families,
We hope our students had fun with our Spirit Days this week. It was great to see the creative interpretations of Hat Day, Mismatched Socks and Pajama Day to mention a few!
We hope you can find some ways to enjoy the upcoming Spring Break and are able to take some time for family, relaxing, reading and doing things you enjoy.
Parent-Teacher Conferences are coming up on Wednesday, April 20 and Thursday, April 21 (No School for students on Thursday, April 21 and Friday, April 22). Parent-Teacher Conferences will be on Zoom again, like they were in the Fall. We will be using ParentSquare for families to be able to sign up for their preferred date/time for conferences with their child(ren)'s teacher(s). Please be looking for information coming by email by April 8th about how to sign-up in ParentSquare.
We are looking forward to hosting some upcoming parent meetings in-person for the first time in over 2 years! There will also still be an option to join on Zoom (see link below):
Coffee with the Principals- Wednesday, April 13th at 8:00am...we will have the Assistant Fire Chief presenting about how to make sure your home is safe. We'll serve coffee and breakfast treats and have a door prize!
Padres Unidos- Friday, April 29, 2022 at 8:00am...we will have some fun activities for parents to get to know each other and also be serving coffee and breakfast treats and have a door prize!
Zoom login: https://bit.ly/Vose1234
Meeting ID: 841 7856 0092, Passcode: Vose1234
In closing, please enjoy some artistic creations below by 4th grader Evelyn Standish, in Mr. Hernandez' class, who recently made these in response to her class learning about our character trait of the month, Courage as well as Women's History Month. It also helped that her class was learning about using the app Canva to make visual art and posters.
Plus, our school mascot, Denney the Owl waves hi!
All good things,
Monique Singleton, Principal (on the left)
Melissa Holz, Assistant Principal (on the right)
Important Dates
Monday, March 14-March 18th Spirit Week
Monday, March 21 - Friday, March 25- NO SCHOOL - Spring Break
Tuesday, March 29th- Students will bring home Covid Student Screening Tests
10:00am- Oregon Food Bank FREE food box distribution
Wednesday, March 30th- Students bring labeled Covid Student Screening Tests to school
Wednesday, April 13th- Coffee with the Principals...IN-PERSON at Vose with option to join on Zoom login: https://bit.ly/Vose1234
Meeting ID: 841 7856 0092, Passcode: Vose1234
Thursday, April 14th- NO SCHOOL: Staff Development Day
Friday, April 15th- NO SCHOOL: Grading Day
Tuesday, April 19th- Early release day school ends at 12:35pm
Wednesday, April 20th- 3:30pm-7:30pm: Parent-Teacher Conferences
Thursday, April 21st- NO SCHOOL- 7:30am-7:30pm: Parent-Teacher Conferences
Friday, April 22nd- NO SCHOOL
Friday, April 29th- Padres Unidos (in Spanish)...IN-PERSON at Vose with option to join on Zoom login: https://bit.ly/Vose1234
Meeting ID: 841 7856 0092, Passcode: Vose1234
Thursday, May 26th- Kindergarten Orientation at 5pm...IN-PERSON at Vose
The Beaverton City Library wants to see you during Spring Break
Come to the library!
TIME FOR NEW BOOKS
¡Ven a la biblioteca!
At home COVID-19 test coming home this week
Students and their families are encouraged to use these tests if they develop symptoms consistent with COVID-19 or who have had a known exposure to COVID-19. OHA has flyers about the test available in 13 languages (OHA testing page under “For recipients of iHealth home test kits”).
Spanish directions below
iHealth-Spanish-Quick-Start-Guide-ICO-3000_wtih-app-removed_Redacted.pdf
Hearing Screening
Hearing screening will be conducted by BSD Health Assistants for students in 2nd grade on in April. A second screening will be conducted a couple of weeks later for those students who did not pass the initial screening. Parents will be notified of results after a second failed hearing screening. Students in specialized classrooms will not participate in the school wide screening except by teacher/parent request.
Please notify your child’s teacher if you prefer that your child not participate in this hearing screening. Students who are absent during school screenings will be screened individually with parent verbal request and consent.
Resources for Talking with Children About the War in Ukraine
CHICAS
Bilingual Chicas Program Flyer
Cafeteria Food Shortages
Construction Starting at Vose
Reuse It Challenge in English
Time for the Reuse It Challenge
Reuse It Challenge in Spanish
One Book One School- Let's Read Together
Thanks for joining us as a community of readers to read Frida and the Secret of the Peacock Ring. IT was fun to hear kids buzzing about the books with their classmates. Our final grand prize winner was Mia Mora in Mrs. Mies' Kindergarten class! Congratulations Mia!
We hope everyone enjoyed reading the book and exploring it together!
Also, the Portland Art Museum has a current exhibit called: Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and Mexican Modernism: Feb 19, 2022 – Jun 5, 2022. We are working on possibly creating some field trip opportunities for our students. Stay tuned! In the meantime, here is some information about discounted admission prices at the Art Museum...
Book cover in Spanish
Final Challenge Winner
Book cover in English
Character Traits of the Month
MARCH's Character Trait is COURAGE- We will be reading about and defining Courage with our students while celebrating Women's History Month.
At Vose, our teachers and staff integrate lessons and activities to emphasize, highlight and teach about each character trait and heritage month. We encourage families to also tell stories and share examples of these character traits and heritage months at home.
Conversations About Race- You're Invited
The BSD 3rd Annual Community Conversations Around Race event will be held virtually on April 6, 2022 hosted by Southridge High School. Staff, students, families and community members are welcome to attend. Additional information and registration below. Please mark your calendars.
Conversations Around Race Registration Link: http://bit.ly/2022ConversationsAroundRace
Conversations Around Race Registration QR Code:
Kelso's Choices - Problem Solving Tool
Please click on the calendar below to be able to view & print the MOST CURRENT district's 2021-22 calendar in English, Spanish and 7 other languages!
Kindergarten Orientation for the 2022-2023 School Year on Zoom
Here are the recordings of the events:
Thursday, Feb 24, 2022, 05:00 PM
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Statewide Assessment for 3rd, 4th & 5th Grades
30-Day Notice and Opt-Out Information for the Oregon Statewide Assessment System (OSAS):
In 2010, Oregon adopted enhanced K-12 standards in English Language Arts and Math to ensure all students move from grade to grade with the academic knowledge and skills necessary for success beyond high school. The state tests challenge students to think critically, going beyond multiple choice and asking them to explain their answers. These tests provide a snapshot of your student’s progress and help us identify schools that need additional supports to ensure more students meet the higher standards.
If you do NOT want your student to take the English Language Arts or Math assessment test, please complete the opt-out form here on this page. Please submit this form to your student’s school by February 4 (for students in Grades 3-8). This form is only valid for the 2021-22 school year.
The term “opt-out” refers to the legislatively created process that applies specifically to the ELA and Math state assessments. Parents may opt out of state Math and ELA testing by submitting the state-created opt-out form. For all other state assessments, OAR 581-021-0009: Exemptions allows parents to request that their student be exempted from testing based on disability or religion. Unlike the opt-out process for Math and ELA, parent requests for exemption for all other state tests must:
· Be submitted in writing (there is no standardized form)
· Include the reason for request (disability or religion)
· Propose an alternative learning activity for the student
- A school administrator reviews and approves the exemption request.
Vose Alumni Scholarship
Thank you to all families who attended our recent McTeacher Dine Out Night at the local McDonald's on Scholls Ferry Road...we raised over $900 and then the owner of the McDonald's generously matched those proceeds, so we raised over $1800.00 for our Vose Alumni Scholarship thanks to many of you! Here is some basic info about the scholarship program started almost 20 years ago by a Vose teacher and students:
This scholarship is for a Senior who attended Vose in elementary school/Para un estudiante de último año que asistió a Vose en la escuela primaria
Applications will be available in Spring (call office at 503-356-2430)/Las solicitudes estarán disponibles en Spring (llame a la oficina al 503-356-2430)
$500-$1,000 scholarship
HEALTH & FAMILY OPT OUT
Each year all grade levels engage students in health curriculum that spans many levels of learning, from anatomy, disease prevention, healthy habits to stranger danger. Along with our mission to provide vital health instruction, we offer review of the curriculum to our community. Please see the link below to learn how you can check out BSD Health curriculum.
The Great Body Shop and Fight Child Abuse.
Parents can preview Great Body Shop materials through the Family Portal on the website.
BSD Bond Information
In May 2022, voters will decide on a new proposed capital improvement bond. If passed, the bond would raise about $723 million to be used on projects across the district including seismic stability upgrades, improvement of air ventilation systems, replacement of aging roofs and additional classroom space to alleviate overcrowding. Bond money also would be used to improve accessibility in special education classrooms, enhance learning spaces and replace all one-to-one student Chromebooks and iPads. The two largest proposed projects are the complete rebuilds of Beaverton High School and Raleigh Hills K-8 School.
The bond proposal will appear on the May 17, 2022 ballot.
More info at https://bond.beaverton.k12.or.us/
Attendance Matters - Every Day Counts!
There are 6 Oregon State Laws related to requiring regular school attendance
Regular attendance means at least 90% …
Goal: 95% attendance for EVERY student
ATTENDANCE IS LINKED TO STUDENT SUCCESS!
Resources for Families:
School and community resources are available for your family!
Oregon Food Bank/Find a Pantry near you!
https://foodfinder.oregonfoodbank.org/
Clothes for Kids - Beaverton School District
Clothes for Kids - Beaverton School District
Community Resources
- Anyone can call 211 for assistance with housing, childcare, utility bills, or if you have health and safety questions or need any other resources. Help is available in several languages. You can also get help online at http://211.org/.
- The Oregon Food Bank is open. Check here for more information: https://www.oregonfoodbank.org/.
Beaverton School District COVID-19 Dashboard
Signal to Noise
Save the Date for this year’s Signal to Noise Film Festival! Entries are due April 4, 2022. For more information check out the Signal to Noise webpage and follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. K-8 lessons for film making and animation coming soon!
BSD Approved Flyers ~
Due to COVID-19, BSD is only accepting flyers for review with approved facility use and intergovernmental agencies (City of Beaverton, THPRD, WCCLS, and Washington County). Below please find the link to the current approved list of flyers. Flyers approved for Electronic Student Distribution are listed alphabetically under elementary. Please note there are NO Approved flyers for Community Table or Staff Lounge Distribution at this time.
Vose PTO Important Information:
Appreciation Week
Thank you to all who helped us spoil our teachers during staff appreciation week.
Read-a-thon
Our First Vose read-a-thon wraps up and we are working to collect and count the entries. Winner and total will be announced after Spring Break.
2022-2023 PTO Board
The PTO is looking for any Vose parent or guardian, grandparent, uncle and/or aunt who would like to join the PTO Team for the 2022-2023 school year. All the positions are available. If you would like to learn more about the positions and their jobs, you can check them out here https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MayjTllLMMr9WDqpen6PZsvjHJ6EnTB2RRzPyRPKqK4/edit?usp=sharing. If you still have more questions about any or all of the positions, please send us an email to voseelementarypto@gmail.com and we will gladly answer your questions. Also, if you would like to become a PTO member and would like to be added to the ballot, please let us know by April 4th. Elections will be on Thursday, April 7th during our monthly PTO Meeting.
Art Lit
Art Lit is coming back to the classrooms. If you would like to volunteer to give a lesson or to help with putting the lesson materials together, please email your contact information to Kara Fuller at voseartlit@gmail.com or sign up here Vose Art Literacy Volunteer Signup (google.com).
Please note that all volunteers need to have a background check and your vaccination card on file prior to volunteering. If you need help with any of these requirements, please email us at voseptovolunteer@gmail.com.
General PTO Meeting
Our April meeting will be on Thursday, April 7th at 6pm. We are working on having the meeting in-person as well as on Zoom. More information to come after Spring Break.
Parent-Student Directory
With Spring Break around the corner many of the students might want to have a playdate. However, as parents, we might not have those parent's information. We have created a Parent-Student Directory in which parents share their information to facilitate communication with other parents. Just remember that it is not mandatory. The directory is available here.
PARENT-STUDENT DIRECTORY - Vose 2021-22 - Google Sheets
If you have not added your information to the Directory, and wish to do so, here is the form.
PARENT-STUDENT DIRECTORY 2021-2022 - Google Forms
Any questions, ideas, opinions, about anything please send an email to voseelementarypto@gmail.com.
Vose Elementary
Email: monique_singletoni@beaverton.k12.or.us
Website: https://www.beaverton.k12.or.us/schools/vose/
Location: 11350 Southwest Denney Road, Beaverton, OR, USA
Phone: (503)356-2430
Facebook: facebook.com/Vose