Skyline K-8
May 3, 2019
Principal's Message
Skyline K-8 Community,
Happy Friday! A HUGE shout out to our Amazing PTA President, Clarissa Kearns, and to all of our families and volunteers who made our first Family Engagement STEM Night a HUGE SUCCESS!!
Next week we start state testing for Math in 3rd grade and middle school.
Please mark your calendars for our Skyline K-8 IB Night on Thursday, May 16th from 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. We cannot wait to have all of our students show off the awesome work they have completed throughout the year.
BG
Upcoming Events
May 6-10/ 13-17- State Testing
May 3- Kids Night Out
5-10 pm
May 6-10- Staff Appreciation Week
May 8- "Day of Action" PPS Schools Closed
May 15- Skyline Night at Rock Creek Corner
May 16- IB Night - CAP/ Exhibition
6-8 pm
May 17- Move for the Arts
May 23- PTA Meeting
6 pm
May 28-30-7th Grade Career Technology Exploration
May 30- Foundation Meeting
7 pm
May 31- Skyline Carnival
June 5- Volunteer Appreciation Brunch
10-11 am
June 6- 8th Grade Promotion
Counselor's Corner
Thank you to the Skyline PTA for supporting our students’ trip to “Australia.” Because of the generosity of the PTA, each K-5 classroom received an “Australia” kit for their calm corners. The inspiration for the kits stems from the book, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. The kit helps kids calm down from strong emotions so that they can problem solve and move forward. Kids have been taught how to use the tools in the kit, and each classroom has designated their “Australia” spot. This weekend, ask your students what they do when they visit “Australia.”
Have a wonderful week,
Amy Gervais
School Counselor
IB Corner
We had another amazing assembly this morning to celebrate our Reflective Students! Thank you to all who were able to attend! It was great to see so many families. Next month we will be celebrating our students who are Risk-Takers. To be a Risk-Taker:
“we approach uncertainty with forethought and determination; we work independently and cooperatively to explore new ideas and innovative strategies. We are resourceful and resilient in the face of challenges and change”
Mark your calendars!!
May 16th from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm Skyline will be hosting their first ever K-8 IB Night!
Our Skyline K-8 IB Night will be a night where students in all grade levels, K-8 have the opportunity to show off all their amazing learning! Below you will see just some of the highlights!
8th-grade students CAP (Community Action Projects)
6th-grade students Art and Poetry projects
5th-grade students Exhibition projects
4th grade will display their Inquiry projects
2-3 students will display their Architecture in Schools work
1st grade will display their classroom work and art
Kindergarten will display their classroom work and art
There will be light drinks and snacks as well. We look forward to seeing everyone and highlighting our amazing students!
Melissa Dunn
IB Coordinator/Instructional Specialist/
TAG Facilitator/Testing Coordinator
503-916-5212
TAG
Dr. Ruby Dawn Lyman, Coordinator of Pacific University’s Talented and Gifted Specialization Program and teacher in HSD, will present the 3rd session on what it means to be gifted.
Tuesday, May 7 6:30-8:00 p.m. BESC – 501 N. Dixon Level 1 WyEast
Testing
This upcoming week of testing, May 6 - 10, our 3rd grade and Middle School students will be taking their math test. Middle School will follow the same testing schedule as before where they begin with their 3rd period, and 3rd grade will test from 9:30 - 10:30 each day.
Please feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions or concerns.
Melissa Dunn
IB Coordinator/Instructional Specialist/
TAG Facilitator/Testing Coordinator
503-916-5212
Library
This week we learned about inventors and inventions in support of our amazing Skyline STEM night! Students read about the invention of the Band-Aids, basketball, and bubble gum. Students in grades K/1 even tried a little engineering in Makerspace with Marshmallow Rocket Launchers! They are sure to try them at home this weekend!
19 for 2019 Reading Challenge (January 28- June 1)
Donations:
If you would like to donate a 2019/20 OBOB book to the library for next year, please click on the link. Thank you for your support!
Class Library Schedule
K/ Porter- Friday (1 book)
1/ Sammons- Friday (1 book)
2-3/ Arias- Monday/Tuesday
2-3 Teacher Tom- Wednesday/Thursday
4-5/ Griffith- Monday/ Thursday
4-5/ Melton- Wednesday/Friday
4-5/ Nagel- Tuesday/ Wednesday
Middle School visits the library as needed for check-out.
Skyline Foundation
At Back to School night the Foundation and the PTA stated a fund-raising goal for the year of $135,000 dollars. It was an ambitious goal, it was an audacious goal, and while many of you fell out of your seats when we unveiled the number, we knew that working together as a school, we could do it.
Well, Skyline, give yourselves a pat on the back! As of March 31, 2019 the Foundation and the PTA (meaning ALL of YOU) have succeeded in raising a gross total of $150,000!!!!!!
We sincerely thank you for writing cheques at the beginning of the year, coming to all the PTA fundraisers, coming to the auction, pledging recurring donations, getting matches for those donations, shopping at Fred Meyer and through Amazon Smile, and submitting your volunteer hours for our school. Every dollar counted. Every dollar helped.
Skyline, you are AWESOME! You never cease to amaze and you never let our kids down.
Take a moment when you are at the school and check out the Feed the Eagle sign. It is a wonderful sight to see that we reached and surpassed our fundraising goal!
Our next step will be to reconcile expenses from the auction and Skyline’s contribution to the PPS Equity Fund to determine the net proceeds that we will use for teachers and enrichment for our kids.
Until then, know that YOUR contribution helped to reach our goal and more!
Sincerely,
Your friendly neighborhood Foundation and PTA
Staff Appreciation
Next week is staff appreciation week!!
We have a great week planned to show our staff how amazing we think they are.
See the calendar for the weeks plan
Help is needed with the 2 meals below.
Also, please ask you children how they would like to show their school staff appreciation. Cards, poems and drawings are wonderful ways to show them we care.
Dessert bar Tuesday 5/7
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Taco bar Friday 5/10
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Yearbooks Available
A limited number of yearbooks are still available. Get your's before they are gone!
Order your Skyline Elementary School Yearbook while supplies last at ybpay.lifetouch.com to make sure your child doesn't miss out on this year's school memories. Yearbook ID Code 12899019.
Checks can be dropped off in the office. Please make sure they are written out to Skyline School. Please put the child's name/grade on the 'subject' line.
Move for the Arts
We would like to thank our amazing Art Liason, Shannon Garcia- Shinn, for sharing her talents and dedication to our Skyline students and staff. For the 2019-20 school year, we will be saying good-bye to Shannon as she moves on to spread her talents into working with adults and pursuing other avenues in art. If you are interested in the Art Liason position, please reach out.
Our annual Move for the Arts FUNdraiser and field day are right around the corner. FUNdraising forms will be coming home after April 19 and field day is May 17.
Also, we are trying to reduce waste and encourage children to reuse their Franz water bottles from last years MFA.
Please send them to school with your children if you still have them.
We are reaching out to families with business connections who would be able to help contribute. In particular, we are looking for support of a large number of small prizes for attaining fundraising levels. Please consider making a tax-deductible contribution of in-kind items. If you are interested in business sponsorship, please let us know at fpstudioschool@gmail.com. We would be happy to discuss what would work for you.
Because of the generosity of Skyline families for our fundraising efforts, our annual Move for the Arts FUNdraiser, we are able to fund both our visual art program and field day event with this single effort. Community support from businesses provides fundraising prizes, volunteers for our event and services, such as photography and sponsorship. Your support is vitally important, and we are so grateful to you.
PTA Connection
PTA’s Family Engagement STEM Night went off without a hitch! If you came, THANK YOU! STEM Night was a long time in the making. I was hoping 50 people would come, and I think we got, like, 3x that. YES! Thank you, too, to BG Aguirre, Melissa Dunn and Amy Tilt for coming and showing us your support, and to Richard Childress for organizing a stellar group of middle school volunteers.
I can’t thank enough the parents who showed up early or stayed late to help with setup or cleanup or who brought a food item to share: Darby Currie, Carly Mersereau, Deirdre Hubler, Liz Ascher, Amber Anderson, Alissa Leavitt, Stayce Briseno, Christina Johnson, Wendy Hendren, Erena Friedrich, Kate Eskew, Jacki George, Miriam Long, Susan Heffernan, Nicole Fravel, and Susan Welch. THANK YOU!
STEM Night would not have been possible without the talent and enthusiasm of the following Skyline parents and an awesome group of Intel volunteers who orchestrated their own hands-on STEM activities in accordance with their interests and educational backgrounds: David Klimesh, Alissa Leavitt, Denica Larsen, Erena Friedrich, Shannon Garcia Shinn, Wes Shinn, David Heffernan, Kitty Nolen, Shane Nolen, Jacki George, Shannon Hubler, Aida Biberic, Nathan Malone, Leslie Sanchez-Goettler, Anu Brixey, Alex Jaramillo, George Kramer, Neelima Krishnan, and Gabrielle Beyer. You are all amazingly awesome. THANK YOU for all of your hard work.
Who is ready for next year’s STEM Night?! Start thinking about what and how you’d like to contribute to STEM Night 2020.
Warmly,
Clarissa Kearns
Skyline PTA President
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Family Night Out
Skyline Night at Rock Creek Corner
Wednesday, May 15 -25% of all food and non-alcoholic beverage totals are donated back to the school -Skyline families will present a flyer (or show on phone) to identify themselves -Take out is an option as well as gift card sales (for future use) with the same “give back” to the school -We have a few tables that can accommodate groups of 6 or more, but I would recommend folks call ahead to secure a reservation if they have more than 6 in their party -4pm- end of food service (9 or 10pm) Thank you for your support of Skyline School and our neighborhood partners!
Summer Soccer Camp @ Skyline!
Summer Soccer Camp @ Skyline!
Registration for summer camp the week of June 24-28 with Challenger Sports is OPEN! Challenger has revamped its camp to incorporate the best coaching methodologies and practices from England, Brazil, Spain, the US and France. You are in for a treat!
The half day program for ages 5-14 will run from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., with an optional afternoon program. The Tiny Tykes program for preschoolers and incoming kindergartners will run from 8-9 a.m.
Please forward this email to friends and family. This camp is open to everyone, not just those who attend Skyline or live in the immediate area.
Please email Michael Smith of Challenger Sports at: msmith@challengersports.com, with questions!
Yours in soccer,
Clarissa Kearns, Skyline Soccer Club President
Avid4 Adventure
Avid4 Adventure summer camps teach K – 7th graders of all levels to climb, paddle, bike, hike and thrive in the outdoors. With help from our time-tested curriculum and experienced instructors, we give campers solid outdoors skills and character-shaping confidence they can use at camp and beyond, launching them into a lifetime of empowering adventure.
Camps will run weekly from June – August at the Catlin Gabel School, 8825 SW Barnes Road, Portland, OR 97225.
Learn more and sign up at Avid4.com, call 720-249-2412 or email info@avid4.com.
Lincoln Youth Football
FLAG FOOTBALL: Grades K-4th
ROOKIE TACKLE: Grades 3rd-4th
TACKLE: Grades 5th-8th
For more details and to sign up early & receive a discount on registration
($25 discount for Flag, $30 for Tackle) go to our website:
https://www.lincolnyouthfootball.info
Join the Flock & GO CARDS!!!
Project Community Care
Saturday, August 24
Project Community Care will be on Saturday, August 24. Since school starts on Wednesday, August 28, we will have Project Community Care the Saturday before school starts.