Dragon News - 09.02.22
Principal's Message
We so much look forward to meeting 6th graders, 9th graders, and any other new student on Tuesday and all others on Wednesday. Both of these days will be normal school hours - 7:30 to 2:05. Our staff has been preparing all week and are excited to meet their new students and reconnect with returning ones. Please take some time to read the information below as much of it will help with the transition next week. Have a great long weekend!
Andrew Gilford
Principal
Upcoming Events
- September 5 - Labor Day, no school
- September 6 - First Day of School for Grades 6th & 9th only, as well as new students to ISB
- September 7 - First Day of School for All Other Grades
- September 14 - Picture Day
- September 21 - International Day of Peace, Wear White Day
- October 6 - Community Picnic & Back to School Night; 5:00 - 8:30 pm
Transition Day Reminders
Some reminders for transition day (Tuesday, 9/6):
Grade 6 (and other new middle school students) start in the cafeteria. Grade 9 (and other new high school students) start in the gym.
Grade 6 students should bring their school supplies. Grade 9 won’t need theirs until Wednesday.
Please have your student check their schedule and remember who their advisory teacher is (Period 9). We will be grouping students by advisory when they come in.
Students can either bring a lunch or get one in the cafeteria.
If your student takes a bus, information will be shared with them, but it is always helpful if they know their bus routes ahead of time.
School Related Fees
There are several fees for students attending ISB and schools in Beaverton School District in general. Some of these are course specific (World Languages, Arts) and some are general (Student Body Fee). Money generated by the student body fee is what we use to put on dances, hold middle school socials, buy materials for our ISB holiday celebrations throughout the year, and purchase occasional treats for students (like popsicles on the first day of school). The costs of these events exceed the amount of fees we collect, so your support in this way is much appreciated. If you have registered for free and reduced lunch, and you have submitted the “Permission to Share” form, your school fees can be waived.
School Meal Reminders, Accounts and Benefits
We will return to regular meal service and charging for the 2022-2023 school year. Please visit the Nutrition Services page of the BSD website for full details on pricing, monthly menus and other FAQ. If you don't already have a School Cafe account, this is a very convenient way to add funds to your student’s account as well as see which items your student is purchasing.
If you would like to apply for free and reduced lunch, you can do so online, using your School Cafe account, or submit paper forms which can be printed here or picked up from the office. These are also available in Spanish. If applying for free or reduced lunch, it is highly recommended that you also submit the “Permission to Share” form.
This enables your student to receive numerous additional benefits, such as waived student body card and chromebook insurance fees, test fees, reduced athletic fees and more. If your family qualifies for SNAP or TANF, you are likely automatically qualified for free and reduced lunch and do not need to apply however you do still need to submit the Permission to Share form to receive the additional fee waivers from BSD.
International Day of Peace
ISB will be celebrating the International Day of Peace on September 21. Specifics on the festivities for that day will be coming soon, but it is a tradition that all ISB staff and students wear white on that day. Keep an eye out for more later on this.
Dragons in the Spotlight
From what we’ve been hearing, ISB students did amazing things this summer. Many students traveled, some of them took classes and workshops, some of them worked, and some of them spent time in the wilderness camping and hiking.
Caleb Bello studied Chinese (Mandarin) for six weeks in Taiwan through a National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) scholarship. NSLI-Y is a program of the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) that promotes the study of Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), Hindi, Indonesian, Korean, Persian (Tajiki), Russian, or Turkish.
Caleb competed with thousands of applicants from high schools across the United States, and is one of 400 students to win a scholarship for a NSLI-Y summer overseas program. While in Taiwan, Caleb was immersed in the local culture and communities, studied Chinese (Mandarin), and interacted with local peers.
NSLI-Y is administered by American Councils for International Education in cooperation with AFS-USA, American Cultural Exchange Service, Amideast, CIEE, iEARN-USA, Stony Brook University, the University of Delaware, and the University of Wisconsin.
Applications for 2023-24 NSLI-Y programs will be available at www.nsliforyouth.org in September 2022. The U.S. Department of State conducts study abroad programs for over 1,000 American high school students and approximately 3,000 foreign high school students each year. Visit https://exchanges.state.gov/highschool to learn more.
Picture Day
Picture day is scheduled for Tuesday, September 14th. All students will have their pictures taken for their Student ID card, but families who wish to purchase pictures can do so. Ordering leaflets will be handed out to students when they return to school in advisory class. Please visit dorianstudio.com for online ordering. Search for "International School of Beaverton" and choose the September 14th date. A picture makeup day is scheduled for Friday, November 4th.
ISB Family Directory
FRISB (Friends of the International School of Beaverton), our parent organization, will be creating a school-wide directory to include student name, parent names, address, and phone numbers. This will help with car-pooling, family connections, kid play-dates, etc. You will be automatically included in this unless you have already opted out of general directory information during enrollment verification. If you haven’t opted out of general directory information, but you DON’T want to be included in the school-wide directory, click here. FRISB will create and distribute family and student directories at the beginning of the school year.
ISB Parking Lot: Drop Off and Pick Up
Both before and after school, the ISB parking lot and the surrounding streets become one big traffic jam. Please make sure to be following these general guidelines and minding any staff member who is assisting in directing traffic. Please DRIVE SLOWLY through the whole area.
Before School Drop Off:
Before 7:15, drop in the middle two lanes.
After 7:15, students can be dropped in the bus lane as well.
Remind your student to use the crosswalk.
Middle School students should always enter the building through the main entrance.
High School students may enter the building through the main entrance or the side entrance.
After School Pick Up:
Form two lanes in each of the parking lanes. (Green arrows)
Do not pick up in the bus lane until after the buses have left. (Red lines)
Some parents wave a flag or banner so their students can more easily find them.
Many parents purposely come late (2:20) so most of the cars have gone and there is little traffic.
Please mind the staff members directing traffic in the parking lot.
DRIVE SLOW! Many students run through the parking lot without looking.
Here Comes the Bus
This school bus tracking app for parents shows the real-time location of your child's bus on a map, gives scheduled and actual arrival times at home and school for bus routes, and provides push and email notifications when the bus is near.
It is currently only available for regular education bus routes, meaning the afternoon buses ISB students take to go home. In the future, it will be available for our students’ morning routes as well.
Plan Your Trip
Back to school planning includes how your student will travel to school this fall. Beaverton Safe Routes to School invites you to explore your options for safe travel on our website:
Suggested walk and bike routes for each school
Safety tips for all modes of travel (walk, bike, bus, car)
Arrival/Departure maps for each school (how students who travel by foot, bus and car should arrive and leave school)
The safety of our students depends on you!
To learn more visit: www.beaverton.k12.or.us/safe-routes
Summer Art Invitational
2022 Human Rights Essay Contest
This year The Kemper Human Rights Education Foundation (khref.org) is offering prizes of $3,000, $1,500, and $750 to high school students judged to have written the best answers to the question below. There are two contests and two sets of prizes: one for high school students in the U.S. and one for high school students who are citizens and residents of other countries.
QUESTION
Respect for human rights seems to be eroding in many countries. Do you agree? If so, provide examples and explain what you think is the major cause of the problem and how it should be addressed? If you disagree, explain the reason you disagree.
CRITERIA
Essays are due on or before December 10, 2022 (Human Rights Day) and should:
1. be 2500 words or less in length
2. be submitted as a Microsoft Word attachment to: kemperhumanrights@gmail.com or by regular mail to: KHREF, 184 Fillow Street, Norwalk, CT 06850, USA
3. include a cover page with the title, author’s name and grade level; name and address of the author’s high school; name of a teacher or administrator at the high school; and the following statement signed by the author and author’s parent or guardian: “I give the Kemper Human Rights Education Foundation permission to publish this essay.”
AWARDS
Winners will be announced, and awards presented, on January 16, 2023.
Community Flyers
Throughout the school year, the District may share materials from various organizations in our community that offer or support educational and/or extra-curricular opportunities for your student and/or family. These materials may be shared via school/district communication channels and/or posted on the district’s After-school Activities webpage. All materials are reviewed by Communications & Community Involvement prior to distribution. Beaverton School District does not discriminate against any community member or organization on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national or ethnic origin, marital status, age, mental or physical disability, pregnancy, familial status, economic status, veteran status or because of a perceived or actual association with any other persons within these protected classes. The District does not sponsor or endorse the activities or information contained in these materials.
Culture Corner
September 10, 2022 - Moon Festival
Also called the “Mid-Autumn Festival”, the Moon Festival is a Chinese tradition about observing the transition of the seasons. It is held on the September full moon, during the autumn equinox, when Chinese eat moon cakes while viewing the moon. The cakes are made of a thin dough shell containing fillings such as jelly, dates and nuts or red bean paste. Participants eat pomelos (Chinese grapefruit) and drape the rinds on their heads, do fire-dragon dances, carry lanterns and hang them from towers. Incense is burnt for the lunar goddess Chang’e, who, they believe, lives on the moon with a jade rabbit.
Taken from: http://www.lonelyplanet.com/china/travel-tips-and-articles/77342#ixzz2e9SnL400 and edited by Ginger Murar, ISB parent volunteer in 2013-14.
CONTACT AND FOLLOW US
International School of Beaverton
IB World School - MYP & DP
Andrew Gilford - Principal
Email: isb_communications@beaverton.k12.or.us
Website: https://www.beaverton.k12.or.us/schools/isb/
Location: 17770 SW Blanton St, Beaverton, OR, United States
Phone: (503) 356-3690
Facebook: facebook.com/isbdragons
Twitter: @isb_dragons
The Beaverton School District prohibits discrimination and harassment based on any basis protected by law, including but not limited to, an individual's actual or perceived race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national or ethnic origin, marital status, age, mental or physical disability, pregnancy, familial status, economic status, veteran status, or because of a perceived or actual association with any other persons within these protected classes.