Cedar Reader
May 12, 2016
A Note From the Principal
Intel Northwest Science Expo (NWSE)
Please congratulate the twenty Cedar Park students who competed at NWSE this year, which was held at PSU on May 1st, 2017. These students all placed in the top of their categories in the BSD Qualifying Fair and were selected to represent Cedar Park at this state level competition. Overall 50 schools competed across the state with 343 projects submitted. In addition, many Cedar Park students received special recognition at NWSE.
Annabelle Ancheta- Outstanding Geoscience Award and Broadcom Master’s Nomination, 2nd place in the Earth Science category
Yusuf Arifin- 3rd place in the Environmental Science category
Reyna Ayala- Broadcom Master’s Nomination, 2nd place in the Materials and Mechanical Engineering category
Matthew Bieker- Broadcom Master’s Nomination, 2nd place in the Materials and Mechanical Engineering category
Julia Boariu
Inbaa Chenai- 3rd place in the Energy category
Anouk Clendenning- Tom Owen Award for Merit in Statistics
Jenny Duan- Honorable mention in the Medicine and Health Sciences Category
Sethu Eapen- IEEE Special Award
Natalie Foote- Water Prize Award of Excellence
Kiran Gupta
Sarah Larson- Ricoh Sustainable Development Award
Rose Lawrence- Outstanding Geoscience Award, NASA Earth System Science Award, 2nd place in the Earth Science category
Zoe Quach
Alex Redshaw
Jake Tanner
Will Taylo
Arya Thompson
Tiffany Toh- 3rd place in the Physics category
Eleanor Wier- Honorable Mention in the Physics category
Cedar Park Student bowls a 300 game!
WHAT IS FIRST LEGO LEAGUE?
Tomorrow’s innovators practice imaginative thinking and teamwork. Guided by adult Coaches, FIRST LEGO League teams research a real-world problem such as food safety, recycling, energy, etc., and are challenged to develop a solution. They also must design, build, program a robot using LEGOMINDSTORMS® technology, then compete on a table-top playing field.
It all adds up to tons of fun while they learn to apply science, technology, engineering, and math concepts (STEM), plus a big dose of imagination, to solve a problem. Along their discovery journey, they develop critical thinking and team-building skills, basic STEM applications, and even presentation skills, as they must present their solutions with a dash of creativity to judges.
The official FLL season is August - December.
The official FLL season is August - December.
If your student would be interested in gaining more information, please contact: caschulz@gmail.com
Do you know how to code? Would you be interested in possibly volunteering as a coach or mentor? Let us know.
Sports Physicals
What: Pre-participation Physical examinations
Who: 1st and 3rd year athletes or Freshman/junior athletes
When: Tuesday, May 23rd at 6pm-7pm
Where: Beaverton High School Main Gym
Wear: Shorts and a T-shirt
Bring: OSAA Sports physical form signed by a parent or guardian
(Forms are available in Athletic office or online at OSAA.org) Also available as an attachment with this newsletter.
Cost: $20.00 ** Unlike other opportunities, all proceeds go back to each high school’s sports medicine program.
Volunteering @ Sunset HS
Volunteering at Sunset High School 2018-19 and Beyond
Are you interested in working directly with students? Would you love to learn more about the career and education opportunities that exist for our Sunset HS graduates? Consider becoming a mentor in the College and Career Center (CCC). Sunset’s parent mentor program, one of the longest lasting and most robust in our area, was created to provide students with additional one-on-one support with post high school planning. All of Sunset’s juniors and new seniors are assigned a volunteer Mentor to assist them through high school graduation. To learn more and/or to complete an application, attend the information session Tuesday, June 6 @ 9am in Sunset's CCC. RSVP to duranmichelle67@gmail.com
Safe Routes to School
Dear Cedar Park Parents and Guardians,
As you may know, Beaverton School District received a two year Safe Routes to School grant. The purpose of program is to make walking and biking to school safe, convenient and fun.
One of the requirements of the grant is to get some information about how your students are now traveling to school and what their parents/ guardians think about the routes to school. This survey will come to you one more time after this, next May.
The following link was generated from the National Safe Routes to School Center and will be combined with classroom travel tallies to give us a good picture of how students are getting to and from schools throughout the district.
The school’s survey will be open for responses for three weeks starting May 1.
We appreciate your help in giving us information to make our program effective for all Beaverton School District students.
Thank you,
Lynne Mutrie
Beaverton School District
Safe Routes to School Program
503-329-6469
Survey Link
http://www.saferoutesdata.org/surveyformparent.cfm?key=3231213
Timberwolves News Network
Shauna Parsons of KPTV (FOX 12 Oregon) came out to Cedar Park to speak with students involved in the Timberwolves News Network after school club. Students watched a behind-the- scenes video about KPTV and had the opportunity to interview Shauna Parsons regarding her career and how she became and established professional, Emmy-Award Winning News Anchor.