The Orion Gazette
October 11-October 15
School Calendar
October
Oct 11 Indigenous People's Day No School
Oct 13 School Site Council via Zoom - Agenda attached
Oct 14 Re-scheduled from 9/28 Community Dialogue "Building a Positive Schoool Culture Part 2" via zoom
Oct 22 Halloween Picnic at Red Morton 5-7pm
Oct 23 & Oct 24 Orion Garden Family Volunteer Days
Oct 25 Principal Campus Advisory
Oct 27 Bring Your Decorated Pumpkin from Home Contest
Oct 29 Students and staff dress up for Halloween
November
Nov 1 & 2 Dîa de los Muertos
Nov 11 Veteran's Day - No School
Nov 12 Trimester 1 Ends
Nov 13 Author Illustrator Fair virtual
Nov 22 & Nov 23 All Day Virtual Parent-Teacher conferences no school for students
Nov 24-26 Thanksgiving Holiday - No School
Crazy Hair Day - FRIDAY October 8
Orion's Outdoor Learning Spaces under construction
A few hearty souls showed up Saturday morning to start the demolition work.
There are a few spaces left for our Family Volunteer Days in the garden later this month.
Oct. 23rd: https://eachgreencorner.app.neoncrm.com/eventReg.jsp?event=24592&
Oct. 24th: https://eachgreencorner.app.neoncrm.com/eventReg.jsp?event=24593&
October School Site Council Part 1
This month our School Site Council will hold two meetings in order to review schoolwide data from iReady and begin to write our Single Plan for Student Achievement based on RCSD goals. All families and staff are welcome to attend as listeners. Every meeting includes time for open comments or questions open to the public.
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Meeting ID: 863 1484 3406
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Starship Corner
10/22 Halloween Picnic
10/23,10/24 Garden Work Days
10/27 Pumpkin Carving Contest
11/13 Author Illustrator Event
Celebrate Halloween and Dia de Los Muertos this month with these spirited events!
All Hallow’s Eve Social 10/22 5-7 pm @ Red Morton
Feliz Dia de los Muertos! Come in costume, bring a picnic dinner, and join in the fun with a scavenger hunt and other activities!
Send Boo-Grams to your child and their class!
Chase away those ghoulish spirits by sending a Boo-Gram to your child and/or your child's class! Students will love the little treats (jack-o-lantern clementines and other small delights) delivered directly to their classroom on Friday, October 29. There is a suggested $2 donation for each Boo-Gram! Send just one, five, or twenty. Order here All funds go directly to Starship PTO to support school-wide events and enrichment. Trick or treat!
https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=A6TUWWW993TJ6
Pumpkin Carving Contest 10/27
We are thrilled to bring back our school tradition of the Halloween Pumpkin Decorating contest. Students can bring their pumpkin "entries" to school on Wednesday, October 27, and line them up on the stage where pumpkins will await judging! Prizes will be awarded in categories such as (1) Most Creative, (2) Most Spirited, (3) Best Carved Pumpkin, (4) Best Painted Pumpkin (5) Funniest Pumpkin, (6) Spookiest Pumpkin, and (7) Best All-Around.
Starship Corner
October Newsletter: See the attached October Newsletter see all of our Starship highlights in one place
Starship Meeting 10/7 Recap: Thank you to everyone who attended our meeting this week. We approved our revised bylaws and our revised annual budget. We also discussed October events and committee updates.
Check out our website for important links and updates
Donate to Starship PTO
See Flyer below for more detail about our Fundraising this year! We need to raise $120k this year for ALL of our exciting resources. Your donations make it possible. Starship Orion is a 501(c)(3) non-profit recognized by the IRS with EIN 94-3179780. We are registered with Benevity for easy company matching. Please check with your employer!
We suggest donation levels that fit your family's budget. We encourage families to be as generous as possible and donations in any amount are welcome and appreciated!
Paypal Link for Donations: https://www.paypal.com/us/fundraiser/charity/2207235
Traffic Volunteers Needed
To keep the drop-off and pick running smoothly parent volunteers are needed. Please sign up on Konstella for the Safety Traffic Committee and sign up for a traffic duty spot here.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1e2j4BK8l8RBG2QudIqZkL_q-jOBsc_HrkJhF3asPoKc/edit#gid=0
Here are the steps to getting cleared for volunteering. We hope to get on-campus very soon so get cleared right away!
Check out https://starshiporion.org/important-links/
Remember all parents, teachers, and staff is automatically members of Starship PTO. Questions or ideas? Starship@orionschool.org