Tiger Beat March 10th, 2023

Please be sure to scroll all the way through the newsletter; schools are listed with BHS at the beginning, HLMS in the middle, and Ocean Crest at the bottom. There is also a section for community events, and the menu is always featured at the end of the newsletter.

We have one remaining opening on our Budget Committee, for a three year term expiring 6/30/2026. Please consider serving! There is only a three meeting commitment each spring.

The Budget Committee reviews the District’s budget and recommends needed changes. The Committee conducts business in evening public meetings held between May and June. The Budget Committee also approves the Budget Document and forwards it to the School Board for adoption by the end of June.

Interested people who are registered voters living within the district boundary should submit a letter of interest to rachelh@bandon.k12.or.us

Please include the following in your email:
1. Name
2. Address
3. Phone number
4. E-mail
5. Why you want to serve on the budget committee.
6: What skills and experience you have that would benefit the committee.

The Expedition Club traveled to Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park on Monday, March 6th. 20 students chaperoned by Mrs. Ells, Mrs. Siewell, and Mr. Taylor hiked miles through the Redwood trees, some of which are over 4,000 years old. Students learned about the native species of the area, and the history of the Redwoods and enjoyed being outside for the day.

The Band and Choir programs put together two beautiful performances this week. The students did a wonderful job entertaining the crowds with their beautiful voices and musical instruments. Thank you to Mr. Weston and Mrs. Sylvester for putting together two special evenings for our families and community to enjoy.

In February we started tracking attendance across grade levels. The results are in and are listed below!

1st place - seniors with 86.79%

2nd place - juniors with 85.65%

3rd place - freshman with 84.36%

4th place - sophomores with 84.27%

The seniors will get out for lunch at noon as a reward! Congratulations class of 2023!

The speech team will be traveling to Medford to compete on Saturday, March 11 at the Speech National Quals. We wish our Tiger Speech Team the best of luck!

Attention Cornholers- Our Leadership class is hosting a cornhole tournament! The format will be 2v2, with the cost being five dollars per team. The tournament will be during lunch from March 13th-24th in the library. Signup forms are available from Mr. Haan. Please have your five dollars and completed signup forms in to Mr. Haan by March 10th.

In cooperation with our Bandon Chamber of Commerce, we hosted an on-campus job fair for all high school students. Students came prepared with completed resumes to share with potential employers and were encouraged to ask career-related questions. This was an excellent opportunity for students to connect with local employers and also learn more about specific career fields that are in demand for our local area. A big thanks to the Bandon Chamber of Commerce for organizing the events, and also our local businesses for taking the time to engage with our students!

Hardin Optical

Coos Forest Patrol

Bandon Dunes Golf Resort

Southern Coos Hospital

Bullards Beach State Park

Lloyd Electric

Avery Plumbing

Oregon Liquor Licensing Commission

Big Wheel General Store

Bandon Card & Gift, By the Sea Treasures, and the Toy Store

Alloro Wine Bar

Bandon Baking Company

Best Western Inn at Face Rock

Attention parents of spring sports athletes, Spring Sports Night will be held on Wednesday, March 15 at 7:00 PM in the cafeteria. All parents of spring athletes need to attend.

Bandon School District was excited to welcome the Clambake Music Festival's Music in the Schools program to Harbor Lights Thursday afternoon! The festivals Youth Music Education Fund sponsors a professional festival bands to provide concerts to elementary and middle school students in Coos Bay, North Bend, and Bandon each March. We definitely work hard at BSD, but we play hard, too, and our tigers, and the Tiger Cubs represented our community beautifully! The Bandon High School jazz band will be performing on Friday, March 10 at the Mill Casino Salmon room at 10 AM. This performance is free to the public and we encourage you to come and support our Tigers as they participate in the Clambake Music Festival.

Track practice will be starting on Monday, March 13th. If you haven't already done so, please sign your 6-8th grader now! Please see the track meet schedule on the right.

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Starting this semester, we began tracking attendance across grade levels. The results are in for the month of February. The class with the best attendance at the end of the year will receive an ice cream party!

4th place - 8th grade with 85.25% attendance

3rd place - 6th grade with 85.39% attendance

2nd place - 7th grade with 86.01% attendance

1st place - 5th grade with 88.32% attendance

The last week has been busy with Choir and Band performances. This past Wednesday, our HLMS choir students traveled to Marshfield to perform in a community Choir event. The event was a hugs success!

Due to popular demand, Chess club will be continuing at the Bandon Public Library every Thursday at 3:30 PM

All of our students should have recently signed a behavior agreement form that acknowledges that they have reviewed the student handbook, and know what the behavior expectations are at HLMS. We would appreciate it if you could take a moment to review the student hand book (link below) as well.

Just a reminder, students are not allowed to have cell phones out during school hours. We require them to be kept off and in their locker or backpack during the day. This includes breaks and at lunch. Please encourage your student to come to the office or their teachers if they have a concern or need help instead of reaching out to you via cell phone during the day. This way we can help make sure that all your student's needs are being met. We have a student phone available in the commons that is always available.

Ocean Crest held their first Reading Day event during school! Every child to participate in reading activities, games, art projects, snacks, and lots of reading.

The Character Focus for the month of March is Cooperation.

Valley Flora wanted to alert you to a few new programs that we - and other NW farms - are spearheading in in order to make fresh, local produce more accessible to low income families in our community. We’re trying to get the word out as widely as possible. If you have a spot to hang a poster (attached below), or room for a mention in your next newsletter, that would be wonderful! We are happy to provide you with a color-printed poster, just let us know! Also, please feel free to forward this email to anyone in your networks who would benefit from knowing about these programs.

• Double Up Food Bucks (DUFB): a program that helps low-income Oregonians purchase more fruits and vegetables while supporting local, family farms. Folks with SNAP benefits can purchase one of our farm’s community supported agriculture (CSA) shares and DUFB will provide 1:1 matching funds (they pay half the cost of the CSA with SNAP and DUFB covers the other half). It's a win-win that strengthens our community by providing better access to fresh, healthy food while helping local farmers earn a living.
• https://www.valleyflorafarm.com/SNAP-DUFB
• https://doubleuporegon.org

• CSA Sliding Scale: our farm is offering a voluntary sliding scale payment system in order to make our food more accessible to everyone in the community. It’s been a beautiful example of community - and humanity - at its best.
• https://www.valleyflorafarm.com/2023csa

Valley Flora
PO Box 91
Langlois, OR 97450
www.valleyflorafarm.com

541.348.2229 for Restaurant Orders
541.348.2180 for CSA Inquiries

Website: www.bandon.k12.or.us
Location: 455 9th St SW, Bandon, OR, USA
Phone: 541-347-4411