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Dear Sunnyside Community,

Thank you for an amazing Back to School Night. It was wonderful seeing so many new and familiar faces. I also want to shout out to our PTSA and our 8th graders for providing babysitting for about 30 students. It made it possible for more families to attend and we are so grateful. We will do it again next year!

I have linked the presentations for anyone who was unable to attend. (Click the slide images to access each presentation.) I really appreciate our staff here at Sunnyside and I am always filled with gratitude to be able to move among such dedicated, professional, and caring staff members. What a gift.

Enjoy a beautiful fall weekend. Get ready for Harvest Fair coming up in October and Run, Walk, Move next Friday!

Thank you,

Eryn & Melodie

• View the full SES calendar here.

• Tues, Sept 26, 6:00pm - 7:00 pm - Mandatory 8th grade meeting
  

• Fri, Sept 29 - Walk/Run/Move Fundraiser.

• Sun-Fri, Oct 1st - Oct 6th - 6th Grade Outdoor School

• Wed, Oct 4th - PPS LATE START (10:45 am)
  

• Wed, Oct 4th - International Walk and Roll to School Day

• Fri, Oct 13th - In Service day. NO SCHOOL

• Wed, Oct 18th, 8:45-10:00 am - SES PTSA meeting, room 102

• Fri, Oct 20th - SES Fall pie fundraiser begins

• Sat, Oct 21st - HARVEST FAIR

As a reminder, the district recently adopted some new advisory curriculum. Sunnyside has always centered our students’ social and emotional learning and will be continuing our model while also learning from the new advisory curriculum. In order to best prepare our staff for Advisory Programs, we have identified two dates for additional professional learning and would like to make you aware for your planning purposes.

Fall 2-hour Late Opening:

• The fall 2-hour Late opening will be on Wednesday October 4th.

Winter 2-hour Late Opening:

• The winter 2-hour late opening will be on Thursday January 25th.

As a K-8 school, our K-5 staff will be focusing on improving and adding to our social and emotional support curriculum and tools. Our 6-8 staff will be focused on the integration of the new curriculum with what we already use for advisory. All students in grades K-8 will have a two hour late start on October 4th and January 25th.

Heather's 5th grade class Is having a fundraiser to obtain up for yoga balls so people can use them for chairs. If you have any yoga balls between 22” x 26" that you don't use , we would welcome your donation. We are trying to obtain 16 yoga balls. Here is the link to the yoga balls in the best size for our desks. WE DO NOT NEED THE PUMP.

If you can donate a yoga ball (either through purchase or sending one in), please write your child’s name and your name in the table on this page. We appreciate any and all donations. Thank you!!

This fall the Library is hoping to add to our makerspace cabinets through Donors Choose! This project hopes to increase building and making items (Kapla planks and cardboard building) as well as offering more sensory items and a listening station. While most of these are geared at the littles, I can promise you the older kids will get lots of enjoyment from them as well (Especially the Kapla planks which are highly requested on Makerspace days!) If you would be willing to donate, please visit our Donors Choose link! Thanks, as always, for helping to make the library a welcoming space for everyone!

Thank you for the donations I received last week! So much love and appreciation!

• I am doing a fabric collage project and am still in need of scissors that can cut fabric. I am happy for pre-loved or new scissors. If you have any fabric scraps or ribbon you want to get rid of please send them our way.
• For this project tacky glue would work better than the Elmer's we already have.
• The middle schooler students love letter beads during Friday's open studio time. We are running low.

Also if you are interested in volunteering in the Art Room please send me an email ccorwin@pps.net.

Sending positivity,

From the Library

It's OBOB Time! Oregon Battle of the Books registration is now open at Sunnyside for grades 3-5 and 6-8. Not sure what OBOB is? See our quick facts on the SES Library Page! No team yet? No problem, register and mark that you need help finding a team! Ready to register? Click this link!

Upcoming Author Visits!

We are so excited to be welcoming TWO authors to SES this fall!

Jorge Cham will be here on October 11th for 3-7 talking about his new book Oliver's Great Big Universe. Preorder a book for Jorge to sign for your student heret! Preorder cutoff date is October 5th.

Charise Mericle Harper will be visiting with K-3 on October 23rd to talk about her new book I Cannot Draw A Bicycle. Preorder a book for Charise to sign for your student here. Preorder cutoff date is October 10th

Both of these fantastic authors are visiting our school for free so please help support them with a book purchase for your student!

Please do not pick from the Sunnyside School gardens during the school year, as everything that is growing is part of the students' curriculum. Thank you very much!

Attention SES Volunteers! Please ensure you have followed all required steps for PPS Volunteers, including a training video, safety protocols and background check (good for 3 years) before your volunteer service begins. Info at: www.pps.net/volunteer

Looking for help with carpooling to and from Sunnyside? We’ve got the place for you! Join the Carpool Connection social group on Konstella, or contact Kindergarten parent Cara Zeisloft at carazeisloft@gmail.com.

• VIBE of Portland Art Camps & Classes (NEW)
  

• Maplewood Tennis After School Zone, Sep. 19 - Nov. 14 (NEW)
  

• Oregon Health Insurance Marketplace Open Enrollment begins Nov. 1 (NEW)

• Sign up to chaperone Middle School field study

• Apply for Free/Reduced Meals - NEW Oregon expanded income guidelines

• Sign up to support Christina at lunch

• SES current volunteer needs

• Konstella - One stop shop for parent information (PTSA)

• 2023-2024 Back to School Ask

• SES attendance form: English | Español

• Sunnyside School Page

• SES PTSA website | After school activities at SES

• SchoolPay | SchoolCafé

• Communicable disease protocol - aka when should I keep my child home from school?

• MESD head lice resources and information