URCEO Family Newsletter
March 1, 2021
Dear URCEO Families,
URCEO Virtual will be celebrating our first 100 days as a school on Monday, March 8th! We are so glad you are a part of our story and hope you can join us for a drop-by celebration on our front patio. Masks and social distancing will be in place. This is just one of several activities happening this month, so please keep reading!
Sincerely,
Mrs. Green
Principal
541.830.6579
Introducing New URCEO Staff
Tonya Sitowski
Amanda Kittell
SCHOOL WIDE NEWS
URCEO Has a Mascot!
1. Visit https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Osprey/id for some beautiful photos and fascinating details. Here's a trivia question you can find the answer to on this site: When can you find osprey in our region?
2. Suggest a name for our ospreys! That's right, we want to come up with 2 names. One will be for our secondary level osprey and the other for our elementary level mascot.
School Pictures March 31st
Our URCEO Yearbook Sales Site is Live!
Visit: http://jostensyearbooks.com/?REF=A01112757
Mrs. Hunt, Yearbook Advisor, is really excited about doing online sales through Jostens! Her students have been hard at work designing this keepsake. May 15th is the final day of sales.
The price is $20.00
WHAT'S ON MARCH'S CALENDAR
- EVERY Thursday by 3 P.M. Virtual Opportunity Meal Kit Orders are due. Orders for the 15th will be 10-day meal kits to cover spring break.
- Learning Lounge is open for K-8 students Monday-Thursday. Reservations required.
- After School Tutoring is available on Mondays and Thursdays from 4-6 P.M. Sessions are both in-person at S. 129 Platt Avenue, Eagle Point and online via Zoom. Mr. Petery and Mr. Trinca can assist your child and provide support for our K-12 families. Students attending in-person K-8 must be accompanied by a parent.
- March 1-5 is Classified Employees Week:
💐 Join us in thanking Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Sitowski! We also thank our Food Services team-especially Ms. Matthews who cares for our students daily, and our custodian Ms. Weatherford, who keeps our building clean and safe. Finally, a shoutout to the Technology Department for keeping us all connected! 💐
- March 2 is Dr. Suess' Birthday and Read Across America Day! We'll be celebrating with Hats on for Reading (wear your favorite hat) while reading a book and share a photo! We will post to our social media accounts.
- March 8 marks URCEO Virtual's 1st 100 Days of School. Social Distancing drop-by celebration on our front patio all day!
- March 8-19 Teachers will be scheduling conference times with families
- March 18-19 No School for Students: Family Conferences
- March 22-26 No School: Spring Break
- March 31: School Pictures
GRADE LEVEL NEWS
ELEMENTARY
- We currently have 130 kindergarten-5th grade students attending URCEO Virtual.
- March is National Reading Month and we are celebrating with highlighted book picks in Epic each week!
March 2 is Dr. Suess' birthday so our Book of the Week in Epic is Dr. Seuss by Jennifer Strand. For fun, we'll be celebrating with Hats on for Reading (wear your favorite hat) while reading a book and share a photo with Mrs. Green! We will post to our social media accounts.
March 8 we celebrate the 100th day of school! Our Book of the Week in Epic is Toys 100 Years Ago or for older students 100 Things to Do Before You Grow Up.
March 14 is Pi day! Celebrate with our Book of the Week in Epic: Sir Cumference and the Dragon of Pi. This is a read-together for our younger students.
Spring Break--Build a fort and share a photo of you reading a book in it! Send your photo to Mrs. Green if you want to share to our social media accounts!
March 29th: Welcome back to school! How is it already the end of the month? Share a story that has one of your favorite endings! You can take a picture to include in your post or you can make a video! We invite everyone to take part in a FlipGrid for the sharing. https://flipgrid.com/f2dd0e9d
Our Book of the Week in Epic is Happy Endings: A Story About Suffixes.
- We currently have 44 middle school students attending URCEO Virtual.
- Each grade level has two core content area classes, an elective, and the AVID class, where students work on skills to support literacy and organization.
- AVID class and electives have weekly assignments. We are currently in the 6th week of the 9-week term. It's important for your child to stay on top of their independent study classes.
- Every Monday and Thursday, your child's core content teachers (math, science, social studies, and language arts) have SynchMeets on Zoom. Attendance of SynchMeets is required and recorded in the first five minutes.
ELA 8 "Group Expectations Projects"
- We currently have 89 students in grades 9-12 attending URCEO.
- Our seniors are only 94 days from graduation!
- We encourage all students to take advantage of their teachers' office hours if they have questions about assignments.
- We have in-person and virtual tutoring available on Mondays and Thursdays from 4-6 p.m.
GED PROGRAM
We currently have 26 students pursuing their GED diploma. a BIG SHOUTOUT for those who have successfully completed a test last month:
👏 Matthew: Math 😎
🤩 Nik-Language Arts 🙌
🎉 Justin-Math 🤟
GED Students are eligible but not required to attend In-Person Instruction on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays as part of the AM or PM cohort. If you want to take advantage of dedicated study time with teacher support, please email Mrs. Green to set that up.
Connect With Us!
Mrs. Sitowski, Front Desk/Attendance
Mrs. Smith, Registrar
Website: https://urceo.eaglepnt.k12.or.us/our_school
Location: 129 South Platt Avenue, Eagle Point, OR 97524, USA
Phone: 541.830.6660