Message from the Principal
Dear Oak Hills Families,
We are rolling into short weeks of school this month, but Parent Teacher Conferences are one of the most important weeks of the school year as staff form partnerships with you. The conference will be utilized to share information about your child's progress--all the positives and areas of growth. Please continue to share information that will be helpful with supporting your student throughout the year.
Many families have signed up for conferences. If you need support with setting up a conference or need to respond to a teacher's message or voicemail, please call the main office and Ms. Hosack or Ms. Powers can help with your questions.
A reminder that our PE (Mr. Herd and Mr. Van) and Music teachers (Ms. Boling and Teacher Sally) will be available to meet with you in the gym during conferences. If you have time, please stop by or you can arrange a meeting with them in person or via zoom. If you would like to connect with Resource teachers (Ms. Smith, Mr. Dignan), ELD teacher (Ms. Bermudez), School Psychologist (Mr. Sickler), Speech Pathologist (Ms. Purser), please email them to set up a time to connect.
If you need to connect with a member of the Care Team (Ms. Ray-counselor, Ms. McCarty--student success coach, Bri Correa--social worker, Ms. Do--principal, Ms. Hansen-assistant principal, Heather O'Leary -School nurse), please call/email/swing by the office and we will try to connect you with someone.
Look forward to seeing you this week!
Sincerely,
Ms. Do
Schoolwide Reminders this Week and Next Week
WEDNESDAY, 11/2
*Last day of school for the week
*PTO: Raffle ticket and prize list from Jog-A-Thon will come home with your students end of day.
*Parent Teacher Conferences-3:40-7:40pm
THURSDAY, 11/3
*No school for students
*Parent Teacher Conferences--AM and PM appointments (7:40am-7:40pm)
FRIDAY, 11/4
*No school for students
*Office open (7:30am-3:30pm)
Reminders for Week of 11/7 (We will not be sending a newsletter next week).
TUESDAY, 11/8
*Picture Retakes in morning. Please bring packets back or bring a new form. Forms are available in the office. You can also order photos online. Directions are on the form.
*PTO: Jog-A-Thon ticket raffle drop-off will be during lunches.
WEDNESDAY, 11/9
PTO: Jog-A-Thon ticket raffle drop-off will be during lunches.
THURSDAY, 11/10
*No School--Grading Day
FRIDAY, 11/11
*No School--In observance of Veteran's Day
Library News from Ms. Larsen
Library Statistics
Our School Goal is to check out 20,000 books. As of Oct. 28th we have checked out a total of 4045!
OBOB Resources
Our Cedar Mill Library has many OBOB resources. One is audiobooks and downloadable e-audeobooks. I encourage the students to reread and listen to the books to pick up details from the stories for battles. I have also encouraged the students to keep a notebook where they can write down details and study these before the battle competitions. Another resource is practice battles in December. Registration is required.
In December, we are planning to open our library during lunch for teams to come practice for battles using the practice questions from the Cedar Mill Library. We need volunteers for these practice battles. Please email Ms. Larsen if you are interested.
Cedar Mill Library WiserKids K-5 Newsletter
Our local public library has many resources to share in a monthly newsletter! In this issue you will find these topics:
Fall and Winter Reading program info
Oregon Battle of the Books (OBOB) resources
Curated Booklists
Dyslexia resources and More!
Student Library Cards
To keep in touch with all things Library, check out the LIBRARY WEBSITE for:
Helpful Library Links for students and parents
How to View Your Student’s Library Account (Slides 1-7), View the Library Catalog (slide 8), Put Books on Hold (Slides 9-10), Renew books (slides 11-12), Pay Library Fines (Slide 13)
OBOB Information
Ordering Books From Scholastic for your home collection
Donations
If you have questions please feel free to reach out to Ms. Larsen at leilani_larsen@beaverton.k12.or.us
Proposed Local Option Levy 2022 (REPEAT)
On November 8, 2022, voters will have the opportunity to decide whether to renew a 5-year local option levy. If passed, the proposed levy renewal would fund approximately 286 teaching positions, maintain class sizes and help prepare students for post-high school endeavors. The proposed levy renewal is projected to raise approximately $39-$43 million annually; over a 5-year period, the proposed levy renewal would raise about $205 million.
If passed, the proposed levy renewal would continue the existing tax rate of $1.25 per $1,000 of assessed property value.
If the proposed levy renewal does not pass, the levy rate would not be assessed. The District would not receive about $39 million to fund 286 teaching positions, maintain class sizes and help prepare students for post-high school endeavors, starting in the 2023-2024 school year.
The current local option levy expires on June 30, 2023.
