BSD Briefs
March 5, 2018
District Goal: WE empower all students to achieve post-high school success.
March 5-9, 2018 is Classified School Employee Appreciation Week throughout the state of Oregon, so please take this opportunity to recognize our dedicated support staff working in the Beaverton School District.
The District is fortunate to have more than 1,930 classified employees working to help create an outstanding learning environment for all students. They are our bus drivers, custodians, instructional assistants, nutrition services personnel, maintenance personnel, secretaries, and other support staff who, without their support, effective instruction and learning would be impossible.
“Each and every day our classified staff give their all to support the success of our students. We appreciate the diverse talents, vital role, and true dedication from our classified staff whom support our schools, departments, teachers, and students. We cannot function without them.,” states Ronda Haun Administrator for Classified Personnel.
On a daily basis, one can witness our support staff performing a multitude of duties with dedication and commitment. Thank you, classified staff, for all you do for the Beaverton School District every day!
School Social Work Week 2018 sponsored by the School Social Work Association of America (SSWAA), is March 4-10, 2018. With the theme "United to Make a Better World,” school social workers across the county will highlight their critically important role in helping students every day to meet the academic, social, and emotional challenges on the road to becoming successful and productive young adults.
“Beaverton School District Social Workers wear many hats in their efforts to support students and families in our community. The District’s social workers do an amazing job juggling multiple schools and responsibilities, including evening home visits with working parents, planning and delivering quality mental health professional development, and responding to crises throughout the District. In addition, several schools have social workers on staff who provide counseling, consultation and other intervention services,” says Todd Nicholson, Administrator for Special Programs. “All of our social workers are truly an asset to students and families throughout the District and I am so thankful for their dedication and hard work.”
Please take a moment to thank a school Social Worker.
Budget Listening & Learning Session Tonight
The Community is invited to a Budget Listening and Learning Session on Monday, March 5, 2018 at 6:30 p.m. at Vose Elementary School, 11350 SW Denny Road, in the Cafeteria.
This Listening & Learning Session will be conducted in Spanish with English translation.
Please visit the 2018-2019 Budget Year webpage for meeting information.
Read Across America Day
2018-2019 District Calendar Revision
The 2018-2019 District calendar has been adjusted to align with the National Veterans Day observance.
- Grading day moved from November 8 to November 9
- Veterans Day observance (SC) moved from November 9 to November 12
Budget Listening & Learning Session
Monday, March 5, 2018
6:30 p.m.
Vose Elementary School
11350 SW Denny Rd.
This Budget Listening & Learning Session will be conducted English and Spanish.
School Board Business Meeting
Monday, March 12, 2018
6:30 p.m.
District Administration Office
16550 SW Merlo Rd.
Bond Accountability Meeting
Wednesday, March 21, 2018
6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
District Administration Office
16550 SW Merlo Rd.
Rescheduled: Building Your College Profile and NCAA (Grades 8-11)
Wednesday, March 21, 2018
7:00 – 8:30 p.m.
Sunset High School
13840 NW Cornell Rd.
Beaverton School District Innovation Exposition (iX18)
Wednesday, March 21, 2018
5:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Aloha High School
18550 SW Kinnaman Rd
For more information, visit http://www.bsdexpo.com/
School Board Briefs
The School Board held their February Business Meeting on Monday, February 26, 2018. The Board heard reports from Barnes and Bonny Slope elementary schools, a Financial Update and a report on the Career Technical Education (CTE) Plan. They had a second reading of School Board Policies D, G, and I.
Health Instructional Materials Review
The Beaverton School District is currently involved in the Health Instructional Materials Adoption process K-12. The Project Team, comprised of community members, students, teachers, administrators and specialists has been meeting since September 2017 to review existing Health curriculum and practices in order to make curriculum and adoption recommendations to the School Board this Spring.
The Beaverton School District reviews and updates its curriculum, instructional practices, and classroom materials according to Board policy and Oregon State Statute and Administrative Regulations.
The community, parents, students, and Beaverton School District staff are invited to review and provide input on instructional materials in the following ways:
Online review period - Wednesday, February 28 - Friday, March 16, 2018. Please visit https://www.beaverton.k12.or.us/depts/tchlrn/Pages/Health-Project-Team.aspx
Community Public Review Meeting - Tuesday, March 13, 2018 from 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. at Cedar Park Middle School, 11100 SW Park Way, Portland, 97229.
For more information, please contact the Communications & Community Involvement Department at 503-356-4360.
Women in Construction: Jessica Pavelka, Project Manager
You might say that design and construction is in Jessica Pavelka’s blood. Her dad is a general contractor, her mom, a civil engineer. It’s no wonder that, as a young girl, Jessica used to design houses for her dolls. “I was more interested in making the houses than actually playing with the dolls,” she says. Now a project manager for the Beaverton School District, Jessica has moved on to bigger things, like building schools.
Jessica grew up in a small town in Minnesota. After changing colleges a few times, she settled on the University of Arizona’s Architecture Program. The climate was too hot and dry in Arizona, and Minnesota was too cold to move back to, so Jessica and her husband moved to the Portland area.
Jessica started working with an architecture firm where she worked on designing nursing homes. “You get kind of pigeon-holed into the design of a certain type of building. Once you know the codes, no one else wants to learn them, so you tend to stay on that same type of building,” she says.
The Great Recession actually set Jessica on the path to construction management. She was laid off in 2009 for about a year and a half. During that time, she decided to go back to school, taking construction management classes at Portland Community College. “I found that I didn’t like the design side as much. I was more interested in how things are put together, space planning and how to communicate those designs so that people understand,” says Jessica. After being hired back at the architecture firm, she realized she needed a change. A friend told her that the Beaverton School District was hiring for a project manager.
Jessica got the job and her first project for the District was the renovation at the Capital Center. She also worked on the Sunset High School Title IX project and theater upgrades. Jessica spent the last two years of her career as the project manager for the building of Sato Elementary School. She says her architectural background came in handy. “It was nice to have that background because I was able to guide the architects in the direction we wanted to go and give them suggestions, as opposed to them giving us options and we react.”
Construction management gives Jessica the opportunity to use her architectural background to solve problems and create spaces. She encourages students interested in design and art to take classes like wood shop and drafting. Says Jessica, “You learn how things go together and you learn what you enjoy just by trying something different.”
Recycled Water Art & Poetry Contest sponsored by Clean Water Services
Contest theme: Why is Reusing Water Valuable? Art & Poetry must be related to the theme of recycled water (also known as reclaimed and reuse water). Recycled water is water that has already been used by people, is highly treated, and is then reused for a number of different purposes such as irrigation for plants, parks and athletic fields, decorative fountains, industrial uses, groundwater recharge, and more.
This contest is open to students in grades K-12 in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. Art & Poetry submissions must be received by Friday, March 30, 2018 to be eligible. One winning artwork entry and one winning poetry entry will be selected from each of the following two categories: elementary (grades K-6) and junior/middle through high school (grades 7-12) students. Please, only one entry per category per person.
For more information, contest rules and to submit please visit the Recycled Water Art & Poetry Contest webpage.
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Email: community_involvement@beaverton.k12.or.us
Website: beaverton.k12.or.us
Location: 16550 SW Merlo Rd, Beaverton, OR, United States
Phone: (503)356-4360
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