Orenco Community Newsletter
April 25, 2022
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News and Updates
It's almost May and so many activities are on the horizon! What a year and we are finishing the last few weeks in grand style! We have many students participating in after-school activities and taking on extra challenges and new opportunities. We are so proud of their growth and progress this year!
In service to you,
Allison Combs, Principal
She/Her/ella
Remote number: 971-231-5383
Office phone: 503-844-1370
Special Dates
Thursday, April 28--STEAM Night @ Orenco, 5-7 pm (by alphabetical last name)
Friday, April 29--Spirit Day--Silly and Fun Hair Do and Hair Topper Day
May 2-May 5 Teacher Appreciation Week
Tuesday, May 3--Orenco Kinder Info Night, 5-6 pm Open House
Friday, May 6--No school for students; Staff Work Day
Tuesday, May 10--Booster Club meeting (7 pm)-Virtual or join in the Library
Friday, May 13--Jogathon at Orenco!
Saturday, May 14--Proud to Be HSD event--downtown Hillsboro
May 16-May 20 Orenco Book Fair
Friday, May 27--Jogathon Reward Party
Monday, May 30--No School/Memorial Day
What's UP at Orenco?
Current News--
- STEAM Week! April 25: OMSI visits Orenco during the day; April 28: Family STEAM Night at Orenco 5-7 pm, April 29: Arbor Day Activities by City of Hillsboro at Orenco Woods Nature Park. STEAM stands for science, technology, engineering, arts, and math.
Please help us out by contacting the school when your child is absent. Thank you for your phone call!
Families: to keep your child, other children, and our staff safe--please follow our car directions at arrival and pick-up. Please wait for students in designated pick-up areas.
Yearbooks
Checks may be made to Orenco Booster Club. We are happy to send home a paper order form. Please email Orencoyearbook@gmail.com with questions
Volunteers Needed!
Kindergarten: 10:00-10:45 am
Grades 3 & 4: 11:00-12:00 pm
Grades 1 & 2: 12:15-1:00 pm
Grades 5 & 6: 1:00-2:00
We have more events coming and would love volunteers. If you miss this event, there are more to come like Field Day in June!
Kinder Registration
Kinder Info Night at Orenco is Tuesday, May 3rd from 5-6 pm. We will start in the gym and then visit classrooms for a fun activity.
Beginning Tuesday, March 1, HSD elementary schools are enrolling incoming kindergartners for the 2022-23 school year. Please visit our website for information on the enrollment process and orientation session for your school. Please call our secretary, Maria, if you have questions.
Orenco's Got Talent!
Welcome, Right Brain Teaching Artist
We have an exciting announcement! Starting Tuesday, Orenco welcomes Right Brain creative dance teaching artist Nicole McCall from Dance Your Heart Out®. Beginning April 26th, every student will have the chance to get their wiggles out during four sessions with "Miss Nicole."
As you know, the Right Brain Initiative is a special program that pairs teaching artists with classroom teachers to deliver engaging arts integration experiences. As you can see in This Report, Right Brain programs have made a big impact on children's learning!
This Spring, Miss Nicole will focus on connecting Creative Dance with Social Emotional Learning (SEL) skills. Over four, 45-50 minute sessions* in our STEAM Lab, Miss Nicole will teach every student dance themes like Self Space and General Space, Energy (smooth vs. sharp), Pathways, and Partnering. Then, through games and fun activities, Miss Nicole will help our students see the connections between those dance themes and SEL skills of self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and empathy.
Can't wait to get started? Dance along at home! Miss Nicole has some fun, short dance videos on her website, www.danceyourheartout.com. You can read more about her work and her bio is there, too. Welcome, Miss Nicole!
Library Amazon Wish List
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3A89AYOU6GSM0?ref_=wl_share
ORENCO BOOSTER NEWS
JOG-A-THON!!
We are using a new online platform to help raise money for the Jog-A-Thon this year and donations have been coming in much faster than anticipated. If you would like to keep track of The progress, discover which class is in the lead, or share the donation link, you can find it all at our 99 Pledges page.
JOG-A-THON Volunteers
We are in need of volunteers to help ensure that our annual Jog-A-Thon is a success.
Staff Appreciation Week is May 2-5
TACO BAR for Staff Appreciation
Orenco Booster Club is hosting a taco bar celebration for teachers and staff on Thursday, May 5th. Please sign up to make a contribution if you can:
STAFF LOUNGE
We are looking for volunteers to help stock the staff lounge for our amazing Orenco staff. Sign up here to help out. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080a4aa8ac22ab9-teacher
Amazon Wish List for your shopping convenience:
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/dl/invite/d61M6bC?ref_=wl_share
Fred Meyer Community Rewards
Link your Fred Meyer Rewards card to Orenco Elementary and earn money for our school. We receive cash back on purchases storewide every quarter at no cost to you! You keep all of your normal rewards and fuel points.
Simply go to www.fredmeyer.com/i/community/community-rewards, scroll half way down the page and click “link your rewards card now”. Sign into your account or create a new one if this is your first time using the site. Search for Orenco Elementary Booster Club by name or Organization Code: BQ854.
Booster Club Meeting--In person OR Virtual
Please join us at our next Booster Club meeting on May 10th (at 7pm-8pm) in the Orenco Library, with a virtual option available.
Google Meet joining info
Chromebooks/Technology
School to Home Support Resources
For questions, concerns, support, food assistance (breakfast/lunch) and additional resources, please contact our main office. We are here to support our families:
HSD: Form to Request Resources / Distrito Escolar de Hillsboro: Formulario para solicitar recursos
- Community Resources/Reccursos Comunitarios
- Need community resources and support?: This flier outlines 211 and Safety Contacts: Where to Find Support
HSD Chromebooks Filtering Info
General information about how filtering works and recommendations or suggestions for home use and possible restrictions that some families use:
- Google chat is turned off at elementary level
- YouTube is in a restricted mode and teachers can approve or restrict
- Safe Search is enforced on Google and YouTube
- The system will not stop everything, especially if the student is finding ways around it.
Online Verification: ParentVUE
Online verification is open and ready for parents and families to update their information. This is one of our best methods for making sure our student and parent/family data is accurate across HSD. In addition, we have added Covid vaccine status into the immunization portion of the verification process. This enables families to indicate if their student has received the vaccine, which can help us better control the virus in schools and make contact tracing more effective.
Since parents must create a ParentVUE account (if they don’t already have one) to complete the verification process, this also gives schools and teachers a better ability to communicate with them.
Here is a link to the information on the HSD website for parents.
Ready Schools, Safe Learners
Principal Combs is available to answer any questions or concerns you have. Please don't hesitate to reach out! Email: combsa@hsd.k12.or.us
Orenco Elementary School
At Orenco
We all belong,
We all learn, and
We all Succeed, because
We all get what we need.
Email: combsa@hsd.k12.or.us
Website: http://schools.hsd.k12.or.us/orenco/Home/tabid/2559/Default.aspx
Location: 7050 Northeast Birch Street, Hillsboro, OR, USA
Phone: 503-844-1370
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Orenco-Booster-Club-136235193790/
Twitter: @teamorenco