Patterson Elementary
Parent Blast - February 5 , 2018
Spirit Week!
To accompany our Pennies for Patients Campaign, we are having spirit week and are encouraging students to participate using the following guide:
- Monday- Pajama Pennies, wear your PJs
- Tuesday- Neon Nickels, wear neon colors
- Wednesday- Dazzling Dimes, wear your fancy clothes
- Thursday- Crazy Quarters, crazy socks, shoes, clothes
- Friday- Team up for Leukemia, wear your favorite team clothes
Upcoming Events:
- Tuesday, February 6: Booster Club Meeting, 5:30 in the library
- Thursday, February 8: report cards come home
- Kindness Challenge- February 12-28 (see below)
- Boxtop Contest- February 20-27th (more details coming soon, start saving!)
We would also like to ask your child/children's help in providing our staff with feedback via our student mid-year survey. Younger children can have parents ask questions and assist in filling this out. As promised, here is our parent mid-year survey as well. Thank you in advance for helping us collect this valuable feedback. As an added incentive, students can stop by my office to pick up a Panther prize for completing the survey. Thank you to those of you who have already completed this!
Currently we have collected 440 lbs. of plastic for our TREX Recycling Challenge- awesome job Patterson!
Finally, friendly reminder to please call the attendance line if you child is going to be absent: 503.844.1385
Have a great week!
Jamie Lentz
Principal, Patterson Elementary
Glencoe Lacrosse Visits PAES
Patterson Student Council
Precision Pair Share in Kindergarten
Kindness Challenge
What? The Great Kindness Challenge is a proactive and positively powerful anti-bullying tool. The Great Kindness Challenge School is devoted to performing as many acts of kindness as possible while at school and at home. Using the provided checklist of 50 kind acts, students take the challenge and prove that bullying is weak and kindness is strength.
Why? All kids deserve to learn in a safe, supportive and dynamic environment. The Great Kindness Challenge provides a powerful tool that actively engages students, teachers, administration, families and community in creating a school culture of acceptance, tolerance, unity and respect. Simply put, we believe that KINDNESS is strength and has the power to change the world for GOOD!
Who? All students, grades K-6, are encouraged to participate. How? It’s easy! Patterson students will read, write, and talk about kindness. Staff will read stories about kind acts to their classes and share short videos that highlight kind actions and how they can transform someone's day or life. Students will work independently, in small groups or as a whole class to complete all 50 challenges.
When? February 12-28.
Where? The 50 kind acts are to be accomplished anytime in or out of school. Students are encouraged to continue sharing their kindness at home, in their communities and in our world. Students will post the number of kind acts completed at the end of the month on our Kindness Tree in the cafeteria.
Booster Club
Please join us Tuesday for our monthly Booster Club meeting at 5:30 in the library.
The annual carnival and auction is on February 23rd. There will be a themed basket raffle, coordinated by each class. We are also collecting gift certificates, merchandise and services for the silent auction fundraiser; if you have a business or know someone who would like to contribute, please contact Melissa Ashby (pattersonsilentauction@gmail.com). Items are needed by Monday, February 12th to be included in the auction directory.
Please use this link to sign up to volunteer for the carnival: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0848a9a823a7fe3-patterson1
Please visit our website which has the link to our amazon fundraising website. The Booster Club earns a percentage of the amount purchased when you shop through this link.
Staff Spotlight: Zoe Godsey
Mrs. Godsey is one of our fabulous fourth grade teachers! Read below to get to know her a little better. We are thankful to have such a dedicated teacher, TAG Coordinator and OBOB leader on staff!
Years in Education: 9
Years at Patterson: 8
Alma Mater: Hillsboro High School, Southern Oregon University (BA Communication Degree) and Pacific University (Masters in Teaching)
Favorite Subject: ALL of them, but Reading holds a special place in my heart
Hobbies/ Interests: Reading, learning, spending time with my family and friends, watching my boys play sports
Fun Fact: I saw the Wonder Woman movie six times in the theater! Each theater was different though: 3D, RPX, Living Room Theater, $1 movie, regular theater, and Drive In.
Favorite Quote: “Around here, however, we don’t look backwards for very long. We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.” ~ Walt Disney
Favorite Star Wars Quote: “The greatest teacher, failure is” ~ Yoda
My favorite thing about teaching at Patterson: I love that we all work together to help ALL students grow and succeed!
Staff Spotlight: Deb Delplanche
Ms. Delplanche is one of our fantastic fourth grade teachers! Read below to get to know her a little better. We are thankful to have such an enthusiastic, highly-skilled literacy teacher on our team!
- Years in education- 23
- Years at Patterson- 12
- Alma Mater- Oregon State University~ Go Beavs!
- Favorite subject- Language Arts and Art
- Hobbies/Interests- Crafting, Scrapbooking, Traveling, Gardening, Book Clubs, Enjoying Happy Hour with Friends.
- Fun Fact- I would never skydive or bunji jump, even if it was for a million dollars. I am that afraid of heights
- My favorite thing about teaching/Patterson is...Great kids, great families, and great staff!
Parent Thank You!
REVIEW - TREX Recycling Challenge
TREX Film Plastic Recycling Challenge runs through April 22, 2018. The winning schools/site—which will be announced on Earth Day, April 22, 2018—will receive a TREX bench.
What can be recycled?
Grocery bags, Bread bags, Case overwrap, Dry cleaning bags, Newspaper sleeves, Ice bags, Wood pellet bags, Ziploc and other closable bags, Produce bags, Bubble wrap, Salt bags, Cereal bags
All plastic must be clean, dry, and mostly free of food residue.
Paul L. Patterson Elementary School
Email: lentzj@hsd.k12.or.us
Website: https://www.hsd.k12.or.us/patterson
Location: 261 NE Lenox St, Hillsboro, OR, United States
Phone: 503-844-1380
Twitter: @PattersonHSD