Falcon News
Forest Hills Elementary
January 11, 2020
Summary of Upcoming Events
JANUARY
Friday 17 | Girls' Gala*
Monday 20 | No School / Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Wednesday 22 @ 6:00 to 7:00 PM | Kindergarten Information Night at Forest Hills*
Wednesday 22 | Kindergarten Online Registration Opens*
Friday 24 | No School / Teacher Prep Day
Monday 27 - Friday 31 | Culture Travel Week Sweden*
FEBRUARY
Tuesday 4 @ 5:30 to 6:30 PM | SAC Meeting
Thursday 13 @ 8:30 to 10:00 AM | PTO General Meeting
Friday 14 | Valentine's Day Classroom Parties
Monday 17 | No School / Presidents Day
Wednesday 26 @ 5:30 to 7:30 PM | Forest Hills Science Night*
SAVE THE DATE:
Saturday, March 14 | Forest Hills "Caddyshack" Auction at Oswego Lake Country Club
*See below for additional event details
Seeking Your Input on Welcoming New Families to Forest Hills
The Forest Hills School Advisory Committee is bringing in the New Year by seeking your input on an innovative initiative that helps us welcome new families to our FHES community. Our friends at IdeaScale generously offered their crowdsourcing platform to help us generate and collaborate on ideas that support this effort.
Our goal is to provide new students and their families with all the information and resources they need in a timely, relevant, inclusive, and delightful manner. The site will remain open for collaboration through April 30th, 2020, where the data will be reviewed for actionable opportunities. If you would like to contribute in this initiative, we invite you to participate here:
https://forest-hills.ideascale.com/a/register
By clicking the link above or the buttom below, you'll have an opportunity to submit ideas you feel would be helpful to equip and welcome a new family to the FHES community. You will also have an opportunity to review other submissions and build on each other's ideas to foster the collective wisdom of the community!
Inclement Weather
Winter is here. Please be sure to review the LOSD emergency communications page of our district website for information, including when and how you will be notified if we have a school closure or delay. If schools are closed, the district is closed, which means classes, as well as athletic events, enrichment activities and meetings are canceled, too.
Geography Bee
Congratulations to all of our Geography Bee participants! Back row: Brooklyn Lindsey, Mackenzie Durnin, Rowan Cook (2nd Place), and Alex Chen. Front row: Sydney Perlewitz, Brandon Perlewitz (1st Place), and Carter Ruback. Not pictured: Piper Barney (3rd Place, tie) and Caleb Dempsey (3rd Place, tie).
Community School Activities
Community School has a number of upcoming enrichment and sports activities in their upcoming Winter Program: Community School Winter Programs.
Culture Travel Week Volunteers Needed
Culture Travel Week will be held in the week of January 27. This year the library will be transformed into SWEDEN. Each class will get to explore the culture and natural beauty of Sweden through food, traditional clothing, handicrafts, informational videos, music and more! This amazing annual event needs a large number of parent volunteers to help pull it off. Please sign up for an many shifts as you'd like by clicking on the link to the Sign Up Genius.
Forest Hills Science Night
The Forest Hills Science Night is coming up! The event will be held Wednesday, February 26th from 5:30-7:30pm. This year we are introducing a fun new format where science projects will be displayed in the gym, iLAB, and library. This is a wonderful opportunity for students to learn more about a math, science, or technology topic of interest to them. If your student would like to participate by doing a science project please register online here until Fri, Jan 17.
Click here for more information, rules, important dates, and suggested project ideas.
If you have any questions or would like to help with this event, please contact Courtney Lindsey at cstewart143@hotmail.com or Grace Lee at gracelee331@gmail.com.
Kindergarten Counts Information Night (Repeat)
Kindergarten Counts Information Night
Wednesday, January 22 @ 6:00 to 7:00 PM
Kindergarten Counts will provide parents and guardians an opportunity to hear from the principal and Kindergarten teachers, as well as meet other parents. You will learn about several upcoming opportunities for your child to prepare them for the first day of school.
Each school will be hosted their own Kindergarten Counts event. Plan on attending at your resident school: LOSD School Boundaries Map. Lake Oswego School District welcomes Kindergarteners who will be five years old by September 1.
Kindergarten Registration (Repeat)
Follow Forest Hills PTO on Social Media (Repeat)
Forest Hills Elementary PTO is on social media, and is a great way to stay up to date on PTO events. Find us on Facebook and Instagram by clicking the icons below.
Event Details
Girls Gala
The Girls Gala is Friday, Jan 17. This free event is sponsored by the PTO. Forest Hills girls from all grades K-5 are welcome to attend with a special adult of their choice. There will be a DJ, face painting, candy bar, snacks, photo ops & more! Look in this week's Friday Folder for more info (boys - your event is coming later this spring - stay tuned!).
Friday, Jan 17, 2020, 06:30 PM
Forest Hills Gym
Kindergarten Counts Information Night
Kindergarten Counts will provide parents and guardians an opportunity to hear from the principal and Kindergarten teachers, as well as meet other parents. You will learn about several upcoming opportunities for your child to prepare them for the first day of school.
Each school will be hosted their own Kindergarten Counts event. Plan on attending at your resident school: LOSD School Boundaries Map. Lake Oswego School District welcomes Kindergarteners who will be five years old by September 1.
Wednesday, Jan 22, 2020, 06:00 PM
Forest Hills Elementary
Forest Hills Science Night
This year, we are introducing a fun new format where the science projects will be displayed in the gym, Faith Jordan our STEM teacher will be showcasing what the students have been working on in the iLAB and some hands-on science activities will be available in the library. This is a wonderful opportunity for students to learn more about a math, science or technology topic of interest to them.
If your student would like to participate by doing a science project, please register your student online here.
Wednesday, Feb 26, 2020, 05:30 PM
Forest Hills Elementary Gym, STEM iLab, and Library
Links to Helpful Information
Past Falcon News Editions
- Falcon News December 20, 2019
- Falcon News December 14, 2019
- Falcon News December 7, 2019
- Falcon News November 27, 2019
- Falcon News November 16, 2019
- Falcon News November 10, 2019
Other Helpful Links
- Forest Hills Homepage
- Forest Hills Calendar
- PTO Homepage
- PTO Facebook Page
- PTO Instagram | foresthills.pto
- PTO Registration
- 2019-2020 School Year District Calendar
- Transportation Registration Form, 6-digit student ID required
- Meal Prices and Payment Options
- Free and Reduced Price Meals Information or call 503-534-2361
- Extended Day Program (before and after school child care)
- LOSD District Kindergarten Page
- Talented and Gifted