June 9th- PTA Community Meeting- 6:30-8:00 on Zoom

June11th - 8th Grade Promotion 5:30-7:30

June 11th- Last Day of School

Thank you PTA for providing this fun reward for our students!

Summer Reading Program through Multnomah County Library will begin June 16! Check it out and get involved. Win prizes and experiences, read great books and be a part of the reading community this summer. Playing information is available in the Bridger library for students, and our amazing librarians will make sure your kids hear about it.

Ms LeAnne (K-4:

Happy PRIDE month! Here is are some resources for supporting students in the LGBTQIA+ community from our district: https://sites.google.com/pps.net/ssh-covid19/home/lgbtqia-resources-and-gsas

Our 3rd-5th grade Gender Diversity Club will be celebrating Pride month at our final club meeting on Monday June 8th, 3-3:30 with google meet code: GDCgizmo We will continue this awesome club together next year!

Lunch Bunches will be all fun and games (as usual) next week! I hope to see lots of students as we reflect on the year!

11-11:40 each day

Monday- kindergarten, code kmsleanne

Tuesday- first grade, code 1msleanne

Wednesday- second grade, code 2msleanne

Thursday- third grade, code 3msleanne

Friday- fourth grade, code 4msleanne

Lastly, best wishes to all as we head into the summer. I’m so amazed at how resilient our Bridger students and families have been this year. I am working until June 22nd and can be reached at 971-378-0478 or lforsber@pps.net if you want help looking into summer resources or support for your child. Or just to chat! :)

Ms. Howard (5th -8th)

8th grade families, as we move into summer, please consider signing your students up for these excellent PPS programs that support their transition into High School. I have been able to sign up some students during hybrid. Ask your student if they have had a chance to sign up. Please don’t hesitate to reach out to me with any questions.

StepUp – About Program: https://openschoolnw.org/step-up/enroll/

StepUp Interest Form (Franklin): https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScc4q9Qc-5S-YizD32K713lvf9NYS9fXIrSGHsiLMHOKk5qUg/viewform

Step Up Interest form (Madison): https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd57Q1MFe8odE0euIk509jUqnjYmNOE2Piz66MeKSmZ1clXRA/viewform

Leap Into 9th Grade Summer Program Info and Sign-Up:

https://www.pps.net/Page/13685

In 5th grade we are wrapping up lessons about coping with stress and applying learned strategies to situations they may encounter in middle school. Ask your student what strategies work for them!

Heads up that there will be no drop in lunch groups for 5th grade or middle school the last week of school. This was the last week for groups. I’m looking forward to opportunities for social groups (hopefully in-person) next year!

As we go into summer with the changes ahead for next school year, it is normal to experience some stress. Please don’t hesitate to reach out and connect with me.

Ms. Howard can be reached at 971-378-0470 or rhoward@pps.net

Counselor Website: https://sites.google.com/pps.net/bridger-k-8-counseling/home

Hello Bridger community,

As we continue our series of educational websites that students may like to visit during the summer, this week I have to recommend a very common one and that website is: National Geographic for kids, the link can be found here: https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/. This website is fun and interesting for students and it includes videos, pictures, and even games.

I hope you enjoy the penultimate weekly newsletter and, as always, whatever you can do is enough.

Take care

Please join us next week for our FINAL PTA gathering of the year-- WEDNESDAY 6/9, 6:30-8pm! Here is the link to join us on zoom.

We will:

• celebrate students and families

• talk about our vision for next year

• consider changes to our budget/fundraising so that they might better align with our values

• vote in new PTA leadership!

In order to continue as a PTA, we need to have a new Co-President/ Vice President to work with Julia, and a new Treasurer (managing money), and a new Secretary (taking notes).

We also have a number of other positions open as we move into next year! (Kindergarten parent lead, events lead, communications lead and fundraising lead). Please consider joining us! We can’t do this without you.

Thanks to all who joined us Thursday to hear Jamie Cale and Rashelle Chase from Mxm Bloc PDX. Here is the video if you missed it, and here are their slides. We learned about identifying, owning, and combating microaggressions. We look forward to continuing this series of workshops with them next year.

Video of last week’s board meeting in which we discussed next year’s budget.

• Child Care During Hybrid & 211 Info: Child Care & Parenting (both available in translation through links on the sites)

• Saturday Academy Summer Camp (Grades 2-12)

• PAX Program of Academic Exchange

• Cognizart Kids Camp 2021 (ages 6-12) - July 5-9 & July 12-16

• PSU Portland Summer Percussion Academy (ages 12-18) - July 19-21

• OSU Precollege Programs Summer Reading Skills Programs (ages 4 through 11th grade)

• Oregon Health Insurance Marketplace FlyerMental Wellness Resources for Students & Families (all languages)

• Mental Wellness Resources for Students & Families (all languages)

• Prevention Strategies and Healthy Decision Making (all languages)

• Vibing & Thriving: A space for Black, Brown, and Indigenous POC PPS students (ages 8-18) for healing, hanging, and holding each other in fierce love. Available all summer.

• Youth Resource App

• Native American/Indigenous Parenting Class through NARA

• Lines for Life Racial Equity Support Line is a service led and staffed by people with lived experience of racism