Tiger Beat March 24th, 2023

Please be sure to scroll all the way through the newsletter! Schools are featured with BHS at the beginning, HLMS in the middle, and Ocean Crest at the bottom. There is also a section for community events, and the menu is always featured at the end of the newsletter.

Juniors interested in applying for the 2023 Cranberry Court: applications are available at the office window. Pictured from left to right are the 2022 Cranberry Court: Queen Hallie Minkler, Princess Kaydence Augsburger, and Princess Rhiannon Green.

The high school band traveled to the OMEA Willamette Valley Band Festival on Thursday, March 23rd.

SAT School Day for (already registered) juniors is the morning of Wednesday, April 12th. See Mrs. Robertson if you have any questions.

Pictured above is senior, Sydnee Akers, with a beautiful piece of art she created in Mrs. Ells's art classes!

On Wednesday, March 22nd, our junior class has the opportunity to travel to Southwestern Oregon Community College to participate in mock college classes. The overall intent is to provide an opportunity for high school juniors to experience college classes before they make post-secondary educational decisions. SWOCC instructors are volunteering their time to teach a variety of mini-courses that should cover a multitude of career interests from vocational to professional.

April 6th is the last day of the 3rd quarter. Progress reports will be emailed out on Wednesday, April 12th. Parents and guardians are encouraged to keep track of their student's grades by logging into their parent portal account. If you have any questions or concerns about a specific grade please contact the teacher directly via email or you can call the office to be connected.

The boys' golf team came in 2nd at the Pumpkin Ridge Golf Tournament Monday, March 20th. The Tiger's shot 337. Peyton Simonds led the team with the best score of T-3 78. Good Job Tigers!

We are excited to have a girls' golf team this year! These girls have been having a ton of fun learning about the sport and working hard to get better each week!

Congratulations to Gary Chrismon for the well deserved honor of having the baseball field dedicated after him. Welcome all to the Chrismon Park Baseball Field!

Congratulations to the Kiefer family on this honor, in memory of a great man and coach Hiemer Kiefer!

Track Practice is currently every weekday from 3:50 -5 pm at the track.

Parent Teacher conferences will be held on April 20th and 21st. We will be sending out sign ups for 5th/6th graders and calling 7th/8th grade parents for targeted conferences after Spring Break.

The 8th grade class is holding a bottle/can drive to benefit the 8th grade promotion party. Please bring any bottles or cans you have to our office!

Our 5th grade teachers would like to recognize the following students for mastering their times tables!

Back Row L-R: Paige Blichfeldt, Casen Simpson, Danny Withers, Aaron Hart, Declan Akers, Logan Sullivan, Jayden Stark.

Front Row L-R: Ryder Stadelman, Brandon Hanson, Silas Bergeret, Ashlynne Curry, Charlie Gaughan, Payson Martin, Dylan Hall

Our lost and found is full! Please remind your student to take a moment to come look through it.

Starting this semester, we began tracking attendance across grade levels. The results are in for the month of February. The class with the best attendance at the end of the year will receive an ice cream party!

4th place - 8th grade with 85.25% attendance

3rd place - 6th grade with 85.39% attendance

2nd place - 7th grade with 86.01% attendance

1st place - 5th grade with 88.32% attendance

Due to popular demand, Chess club will be continuing at the Bandon Public Library every Thursday at 3:30 PM

Please see the attached document for more information regarding the upcoming "Little Mermaid" Production

All of our students should have recently signed a behavior agreement form that acknowledges that they have reviewed the student handbook, and know what the behavior expectations are at HLMS. We would appreciate it if you could take a moment to review the student hand book (link below) as well.

Just a reminder, students are not allowed to have cell phones out during school hours. We require them to be kept off and in their locker or backpack during the day. This includes breaks and at lunch. Please encourage your student to come to the office or their teachers if they have a concern or need help instead of reaching out to you via cell phone during the day. This way we can help make sure that all your student's needs are being met. We have a student phone available in the commons that is always available.

Our school goal was to raise $4,000 for the American Heart Association. To date, we have raised $5,790.91. What a gift our families have provided for those in need.

Reaching our fundraising goal means that as a school we will get a wacky hair/hat day, dance party during PE, tape Mr. Shea to the wall, throw pies in the face of staff, dunk staff in our dunk tank, and enjoy a staff obstacle course assembly.

The Character Focus for the month of April is Courage.

Valley Flora wanted to alert you to a few new programs that we - and other NW farms - are spearheading in in order to make fresh, local produce more accessible to low income families in our community. We’re trying to get the word out as widely as possible. If you have a spot to hang a poster (attached below), or room for a mention in your next newsletter, that would be wonderful! We are happy to provide you with a color-printed poster, just let us know! Also, please feel free to forward this email to anyone in your networks who would benefit from knowing about these programs.

• Double Up Food Bucks (DUFB): a program that helps low-income Oregonians purchase more fruits and vegetables while supporting local, family farms. Folks with SNAP benefits can purchase one of our farm’s community supported agriculture (CSA) shares and DUFB will provide 1:1 matching funds (they pay half the cost of the CSA with SNAP and DUFB covers the other half). It's a win-win that strengthens our community by providing better access to fresh, healthy food while helping local farmers earn a living.
• https://www.valleyflorafarm.com/SNAP-DUFB
• https://doubleuporegon.org

• CSA Sliding Scale: our farm is offering a voluntary sliding scale payment system in order to make our food more accessible to everyone in the community. It’s been a beautiful example of community - and humanity - at its best.
• https://www.valleyflorafarm.com/2023csa

Valley Flora
PO Box 91
Langlois, OR 97450
www.valleyflorafarm.com

541.348.2229 for Restaurant Orders
541.348.2180 for CSA Inquiries

Website: www.bandon.k12.or.us
Location: 455 9th St SW, Bandon, OR, USA
Phone: 541-347-4411