Meadow Park News
January 31, 2020
Principal's Corner
Hello Eagle Families,
Short update -- conferences are just around the corner! Next Friday, February 7th, I will send an email/notice separate from our parent news to let you know conference sign-ups are live. I am planning for that link to go out at 5:30 pm, so be on the lookout and make sure you know your child’s math, science, and humanities teachers.
Make it a great week,
Jared Freeman
Principal
1 Fly, We ALL Fly!
For Your Calendars
- Monday, February 3rd - Friday, February 14th - One Heart, One Choice Fundraiser
- Thursday, February 13th - Hoops for Hearts
- Thursday, February 6th - Common Middle School Experience Mtg - Meadow Park @ 6:30pm
- Tuesday, February 11th - First High School Forecasting Visit with 8th Graders
Wednesday, February 26th & Thursday, February 27th - Parent Teacher Conferences
Thursday, February 27th & Friday, February 28th - NO SCHOOL
One Heart, One Choice - American Heart Association Fundraiser kicked off TODAY! We PUMPED it up!
Help Replenish the Meadow Park Food Pantry!
We are extending our food drive deadline!
Meadow Park will be doing a food drive for their own Pantry from January 22nd to February 7th. We will be doing the food drive with a twist, making it BINGO style. If you are able to get a BINGO or even a blackout prizes will be awarded. Students will bring the items on their card to their advisory. Then the advisory teacher will initial the item that you brought. We hope to get your help and support by donating food to Meadow Park’s food pantry.
Common Middle School Experience: Family Listening & Learning Sessions
THIS WEEK...
Please join us to learn more about the Beaverton School District’s efforts to create a common experience at all of our comprehensive middle schools. This effort includes middle school course offerings and schedules that are standardized across the District.
The Family Listening & Learning Sessions will be held at every middle school on Thursday, February 6, 2020 from 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. We look forward to seeing you there!
Arjun Malpani to represent MEADOW PARK in the NATIONAL GEOGRAPHY BEE!
Congratulations to our Geography Bee Finalist - Arjun Malpani is our school champion! with 2nd and 3rd place winners going to Ishan Ghosh and Brandon Huynh.
8th grade AVID students know how to argue!
Highlighting Ms. Knapp's Students!
Students prepared using a common text and working together to write discussion questions. Then they reflected after by writing an academic paragraph about their opinions using evidence from the article and their discussion!
What you do at Night, on the Weekends, and on Vacation Can Make a World of Difference to Your Child's Academic Success: Practical Advice for Families from a Leading Literacy Expert Grades K-8
Join Dr. Mary Ehrenworth on Wednesday, February 12th at Springville K-8 to find out how parents can make a tremendous difference in their children's academic success, now, and as they mature. You'll learn about what you can do to help your children become more powerful readers, which helps them be more powerful students in every class. You'll find out more about what kinds of 'work' outside of school make a tremendous difference. You'll learn about different kinds of reading aloud and reading experiences that can add to your children's language acquisition and knowledge. And you'll learn about use of time, including the kinds of commitments, trips and family projects that can help students do better not only with reading but in science and social studies.
Dr. Ehrenworth is Senior Deputy Director of the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project, a global literacy think tank at Columbia University. She has been an admissions officer at an Ivy League university. Dr. Ehrenworth is the author of dozens of books, including The Power of Grammar and the best-selling Pathways to the Common Core, a nd most recently, Essential Research Skills for Teens, Critical Literacy, and, forthcoming, The Civically-Engaged Classroom: Teaching in Times of Strife and Discord. Among her more recent articles in Educational Leadership are: Revisiting Reading Workshop: Autonomy, Liberation, and Love; Growing Extraordinary Writers; Why Argue? and Unlocking the Secrets of Complex Texts. She is also a parent of two children who are widely diverse learners.
Dr. Ehrenworth will be speaking at Springville K-8, starting at 6:30. There will be light refreshments and time to answer questions at the end. If you are interested in attending, please register here.
About Meadow Park Middle School
Email: jared_freeman@beaverton.k12.or.us
Website: https://www.beaverton.k12.or.us/schools/meadow-park/
Location: 14100 Southwest Downing Street, Beaverton, OR, USA
Phone: (503)356-2640
Facebook: facebook.com/meadowparkmiddleschool
Twitter: @mpmseagles