Patterson Elementary
Parent Blast - December 13, 2021
Final Week Before Break
With just one more week to go before Winter break, we are ready to keep learning and growing! We want to wish you a wonderful break filled with friends and family - and if you celebrate, Happy Holidays!
Book Fair
We enjoyed the opportunity to have our first book fair in person and having our families join us on Tuesday evening, as well as volunteers back in the building for this event. Unfortunately, we encountered several stolen items. If your child came home with items you didn't anticipate, we would appreciate them being return or purchased. We will be doing some teaching and re-teaching in the spring prior to our next book fair. We recognize that many students have never experienced a book fair before and will thus need some teaching as to how they work.
Here to serve,
Jamie Lentz
Principal, Patterson Elementary
Important Dates
- December 13 - Native American and Alaska Native Family Science Night at OMSI (see below)
- December 14th - Booster Club Meeting at 6:30 pm
- December 16 - Asian and Pacific Islander Family Engagement Meeting (see below)
- December 16 - December 24 - Las Posadas Celebrated
- December 20-31 - No School, Winter Break
December 21 - Winter solstice
December 25 - Christmas Celebrated
December 26 - January 1 - Kwanzaa begins
January 1 - New Year’s Day
January 3 - School resumes for all students
Dismissal - Parent Pick Up
Attendance
Last year in CDL and Hybrid we were not required by the state to follow the same attendance and truancy laws and guidelines. However, now that we are back in person, our attendance team is expected to track attendance and tardies once again. When student absences begin to accumulate for any reason, our team will send home a letter and report, notifying parents of the total number of absences and tardies with an overall percentage of time missed. Please review the attached report showing excused and unexcused absences and reach out if you have any questions. As a reminder, vacations and other reasons not listed on too sick for school are unexcused absences.
We appreciate the abundance of caution shown during COVID, however if something is not listed, such as a runny nose or headache and your child can attend, please send them.
We are now once again required to remove or "drop" students who do not attend school for 10 days in a row, with the exception of required absences for quarantine. If your family takes a vacation for longer than 10 school days, you will need to re-enroll when you return. Please call our office if you have any questions.
PAX Tools Training Opportunity for Families
Native American and Alaska Native - Family Science Night at OMSI
Location: OMSI
There will NO parent meeting the month of Dec. We will be joining BSD Title 6 for an evening at OMSI. Please join us if you are available. The admission is paid for us through our grant and OMSI scholarship.
Asian and Pacific Islander Family Engagement Meeting
Location: Virtual
Zoom Link: https://hsd1j.zoom.us/j/81867324765
REVIEW: Vaccination Status Update Available
Volunteer Reminder
Community Resources for Families
Booster Club News
Panther Dash Prizes will be arriving after the break. If you had purchased a sweatshirt or shirt as a Christmas gift and need to make arrangements for pick-up, please email the Booster Club directly: pattersonboosterclub@gmail.com.
Tomorrow (Tuesday) we will have our next Booster Club meeting at 6:30 pm. You can come join us in-person (come in through the library doors), or you can hop on this link:
Google Meet joining info
https://meet.google.com/qhu-sjpa-yed
Or dial: +1 402-433-0122 PIN: 719 001 226#
Please take a few minutes to fill out this off-site auction survey and help us plan!
Wish List:
Library:
Lewis - https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0848A9A823A7FE3-library
Mrs Awad - https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0848A9A823A7FE3-mrsawads
Ms. Tracy, SCC - https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/38YW0QRI8LYYD?ref_=wl_share
Kinder
McCoy - https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0848a9a823a7fe3-msmccoys
Thompson - https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0848A9A823A7FE3-mrs3
First Grade
Volk - https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0848a9a823a7fe3-mrs
Gurske - https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0848a9a823a7fe3-msgurskes
Second Grade
Giard - https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1UZ30PSXGL2SC?ref_=wl_share
Teachers Pay Teachers gift cards can be purchased at: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Gift-Card
Portinga - https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1M8L9JCSE4RSC?ref_=wl_share
Teachers Pay Teachers gift cards can be purchased at: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Gift-Card
Third Grade
Hennignson – https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/W2HEGK7KXI08?ref_=wl_share
Delplanche – https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1PVQGQITKW5GB?ref_=wl_share
Fourth Grade
Godsey – https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1N8GOZOD60OT9?ref_=wl_share
Crackel – N/A
Merritt – https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0848A9A823A7FE3-msmerritts
Fifth Grade
Wear - https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0848A9A823A7FE3-mrwear
Brock – https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0848A9A823A7FE3-msbrockss
Sixth Grade
Kreisher - https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/240ENE16PJ4MX?ref_=wl_share
McClain – https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1Q97NF23MFJ74?ref_=wl_share
T.A.G Q & A Recording
We hosted a T.A.G Q & A session last week. You can view the recording here.
Food Pantry
Attendance Line
Thank you to our families for calling students in sick on our attendance line and sharing symptoms. This has helped us to communicate with families regarding timelines for return and kept our building safe and healthy. If you have not done so already, we encourage you to save our attendance line number in your phone: 503.844.1385
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
Facebook: facebook.com/PattersonHSD
Twitter: @PattersonHSD