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503-353-3250
Dear Parents and Families,
During our parent conferences you probably heard about our new math curriculum, enVisionmath2.0.
The program blends digital and print materials to help students grow in their mathematics understanding and
their ability to apply their new skills to solve problems.
These are just some examples of the activities they might experience in the classroom:
• Solving problems and explaining their thinking in a write-in text and
online.
• Using online animations to help build understanding in a visual way.
• Working individually, in pairs, and in small groups to solve problems and share their thinking.
• Completing homework that promotes computational thinking, fluency.
• Engaging in online practice that provides help as needed through worked-out examples and self-help videos.
• Experiencing a variety of math activities that include Math Games, Math and Science Activities, and
Today’s Challenge in order to apply understanding in different contexts and different levels of learning.
Teachers will be sharing more information from this new curriculum throughout the school year.
Conversations With the Principal
Thank you so much to everyone who responded to my survey that asked what days and times would
work best for a monthly time to meet with me for a discussion about teaching and learning in our classrooms.
It appears that Thursday evening from 6:30-7:30 seemed to be the most popular date and time. I will be
scheduling the first Conversation with the Principal for Thursday, Nov. 5th at 6:30 in our library. I hope you
will be able to join me as I highlight some of the learning experiences your children are having.
Thank you so much for your participation in our parent/teacher conferences on October 29th and
30th. Your partnership with the school is so important to the success of our students.
Sincerely,
Kevin Spooner
Remember that
ALL VISITORS MUST SIGN IN
(even if we know you well) and grab a badge
Dates to Remember
November
1 Daylight Savings ends
2 K-Kids 2:45 - 3:30
5 Dodgeball 2:45 - 3:45
Conversation with the Principal 6:30 pm
6 FMM
11 No School - Veterans’ Day
12 Dodgeball 2:45 - 3:45
13 Family Movie Night 6:30 - 9 pm
16 K-Kids 2:45 - 3:30
18 PTA Meeting 6:30 - 8 pm
18 Picture Retakes
19 Dodgeball 2:45 - 3:45
20 FMM
23 - 27 Happy Thanksgiving No School
December
3 End of Trimester
Dodgeball 2:45 - 3:45
Conversation with the Principal 6:30 pm
4 No School: Report card prep
7 K-Kids 2:45 - 3:30
9 Barnes & Noble Bookfair
11 FMM
12 Father/Daughter Dance 6:30 pm
18 Teacher Work Day - No School
21 - Jan 1 Winter Break - No School
January 4 School Resumes
when coming in to the school during morning drop off, as
well as during the school day. No matter how well we may
know you and your family, it is important that we know who
is in the building for the safety of our students and visitors,
should an emergency occur. If you need to drop something
off for your student, you may leave it in the office and we can
get it to them.
This helps reduce classroom distractions.
Thank you very much for helping to keep our school safe!
Parents can check student’s meal accounts anytime at:
https://www.myschoolbucks.com/
All you need is your student’s ID# number. This
number is on your child’s report cards or you may
contact the office.
Elementary meal prices for 2015/16 are:
Breakfast $1.95
Lunch $2.90
Milk $0.50
Why does my child have a sheep stamp on his or her hand? This
means their lunch account balance is less than $10.00.
Changing After School Plans?
To help ensure the safety of all our children, please
always send a signed and dated note detailing your child’s
after school change of plans. This includes riding home
with a friend, riding a different bus or having a parent
pick them up. We know last minute changes are
sometimes necessary. Please make every effort to call the
school office prior to 2:30 PM if at all possible.
Thank you for understanding how important it is for us to
know where all our students are going after school.
If your child is going to be absent, please call the office
before 9:00 am and let us know.
Thank you! 503-353-3250
North Clackamas Schools
Bond Measure for School Repairs and Safety
Our School Board is considering
a bond for the November 2016
Tell us what you think!
Community Forums:
could include:
• Increasing safety and security
• Improving earthquake safety
• Adding classrooms to reduce
school overcrowding
•
and classrooms
• Making technology more accessible
We’d appreciate your input on
neighborhood community forums!
Putnam: Oct. 5, 4 & 6:30 p.m.
Clackamas: Oct. 6, 4 & 6:30 p.m.
Milwaukie High: Oct. 12, 4 & 6:30 p.m.
Russian evening @ Sunnyside
Elementary: Oct. 13, 4:30 p.m.
Hispanic evening @ Milwaukie High:
Oct. 19, 6 p.m.
Rock Creek: Oct. 21, 6:30 p.m.
Rowe: Oct. 28, 6:30 p.m.
Alder Creek: Nov. 18, 6:30 p.m.
Wichita, First Friday, Farmers Market
Share your input at a school forum, tell your school principal what you think,
or email questions and input to bondinfo@nclack.k12.or.us.
Dear Parents/Guardians:
NEWS FROM OUR SUPERINTENDENT
North Clackamas Schools
Better school buildings make better places for kids to learn.
We would like your feedback and ideas on how to improve your community's school buildings. You will help us decide
what should be in a proposed school bond that may be on the ballot next year.
Bond Measure for School Repairs and Safety
Tell us what you think!
Our School Board is considering
Projects
for our
could include:
a bond
forschools
the November
2016
• Increasing safety and security
Community Forums:
• Improving
earthquake safety
could include:
Putnam: Oct. 5, 4 & 6:30 p.m.
• Adding classrooms to reduce school overcrowding
•
Increasing
safety
and
security
Clackamas: Oct. 6, 4 & 6:30 p.m.
• Updating and modernizing schools and classrooms
• Improving
earthquake
safety
• Making
technology
more accessible
Milwaukie High: Oct. 12, 4 & 6:30 p.m.
• Adding classrooms to reduce
Russian evening @ Sunnyside
overcrowding
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learn more
about possible bond packages
and provide
going to www.nclack.k12.or.us/bondinfo.
Elementary:
Oct.feedback
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• prepared a presentation on video available
We have
in English, Spanish, Russian and Vietnamese. There is also a quick
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to fill out in the same languages, as well as Chinese.
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school repairs and safety.
Wichita,
First
Friday, Farmers Market
neighborhood community forums!
Sincerely,
Share your input at a school forum or tell your school principal what you think,
Matt Utterback, Superintendent
or email questions and input to bondinfo@nclack.k12.or.us.
Food and Toy Drive at
Scouters Mountain
November 30- December 11!
Please bring in CANNED FOOD and/or NEW, UNOPENED TOYS during
these dates.
We are collecting these items in conjunction with the
LIONS and ELKS Club.
All of the donations will be going to
families in need in our local communities.
Our canned food goal this
year is 4500 cans!
High need items are peanut butter, high
protein soups, and cereal.
Thank you to our K-Kids for organizing
this event!
Important Information for parents from Lifetouch
Scouters Mountain Elem School School Pictures
To redeem your complimentary digital SmileSafe card, click
here
Last reminder to keep this year's school picture!
1. Go to mylifetouch.com
2. Log in with your Portrait ID and Access Code located in your picture
package
Pedidos en español disponibles por internet. Utiliza tu ID del retrato y el código de acceso de tu
paquete del retrato.
Parent/Guardian, how was this year’s school picture experience? Take survey.
Scouters Mountain PTA Monthly Roundup
October 2015
Dear Scouter Mountain Parents and Families,
We hope you are all doing well and having a great fall. It has been a very smooth transition into the
school year and we are seeing many happy, energetic faces in the hallways, classrooms and
playground. Thank you for surrounding your children with love and encouragement. This carries
over in school and the students come ready and eager to learn each day!
The Scouters Mountain PTA, teachers, staff, and administration would like to extend our sincere
gratitude to the school community for your participation in our Donor’s Choose and Jog-A-Thon fall
fundraisers. Many classrooms are already using their new computers from Donor’s Choose and others
are getting them shortly after their projects are funded! The Jog-A-Thon was absolutely amazing and
we substantially surpassed our goal this year (roughly $29,000)! We had a picture perfect day for the
event and each classroom had great fun running in their themed attire. We cannot thank you enough
for your generosity and support of both successful fundraisers. We also want to acknowledge and
thank our outstanding Jog-A-Thon committee chair, Wendi Wallace, and her team of volunteers for
their dedication and many hours of hard work in planning, organizing, and executing this event. A
special shout out to Nicole Manley for her invaluable assistance to Wendi. There are too many
volunteers to mention individually, please know that each of you are greatly appreciated!
As we roll into November, there are some fun, up-and-coming events.
• Nov. 4th - Presto the Magician visits students for meeting Jog-A-Thon goal
• Nov. 6th - Friday Morning Meeting celebrates successful Jog-A-Thon
• Nov. 11th - Veterans Day - No School
• Nov. 13th - Movie Night 6:30 - 9:00
• Nov. 18th - PTA Meeting 6:30 - 8:00 Childcare provided (school age children)
Again, thank you, thank you, thank you! We are deeply grateful for the many ways each of you
support our students and our school. May you all enjoy a colorful November and a bountiful
Thanksgiving.!
Ly Furrow, President
Orlando Perez, Treasurer
Chrissy Hamlin, Secretary
Rebecca Halldorson, Membership
Wendy Wilhelms, Legislative
Tiffany Myers and Alexis Puerta, Volunteer Coordinators
What should I do to protect myself from the flu this season?
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends a
yearly flu vaccine for everyone 6 months of age and older as the first and
most important step in protecting against this serious disease. People
should begin getting vaccinated soon after flu vaccine becomes available, if
possible by October, to ensure that as many people as possible are
protected before flu season begins. However, as long as flu viruses are
circulating in the community, it’s not too late to get vaccinated.
In addition to getting a seasonal flu vaccine, or if you have not already
been vaccinated, you can take everyday preventive actions like staying away from people who are ill
and washing your hands to reduce the spread of germs. If you are sick with flu, stay home from work
or school to prevent spreading flu to others.
¿Qué debería hacer para protegerme de la gripe esta temporada?
Los centros para el Control y Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC) recomienda una vacuna antigripal anual
para todos de 6 meses de edad y mayores como el primer y más importante paso de protección contra esta
grave enfermedad. Las personas deben comenzar a vacunarse tan pronto cuando la vacuna antigripal está
disponible, si es posible por octubre, para que la mayoría de las personas como sea posible estén
protegidas antes de que comience la temporada de gripe. Sin embargo, como el virus de la influenza está
circulando en la comunidad, no es demasiado tarde para vacunarse.
Además de recibir una vacuna contra la gripe estacional, o si usted no ha sido vacunado, puede tomar
acciones preventivas diarias como mantenerse alejado de personas enfermas y lavarse las manos para
reducir el contagio de microbios. Si usted está enfermo con gripe, quédese en casa y no vaya al trabajo o a
la escuela para evitar el contagiar de gripe a los demás.
Что мне следует делать, чтобы защитить себя от гриппа в это время года?
Центры по контролю и предотвращению болезней (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) (CDC)
рекомендуют всем людям в возрасте от 6 месяцев и старше, ежегодно делать прививку от гриппа, как
первый и самый важный шаг в защите против этого серьезного заболевания. Населению
рекомендуется начать делать прививки сразу, как прививка от гриппа станет доступной, обычно к
октябрю. Таким образом, как можно больше людей получат защиту до начала сезона гриппа. Однако,
прививку против гриппа нужно делать пока грипп циркулирует в нашей местности.
В дополнение к сезонной вакцинации от гриппа, если Вы еще не сделали прививку, Вы можете
прибегать к ежедневным профилактическим действиям: избегать присутствия больных людей и мыть
руки, чтобы сократить распространение микробов. Если Вы заболеете гриппом, оставайтесь дома и
не приходите на работу или в школу, чтобы не заразить других.
Parent Drop Off and Pick Up Procedures:
Student safety is one of our top
priorities! Please follow these procedures
when dropping off or picking up your child
at school.
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We have a student loading zone that follows
the sidewalk all along the front of the building. This is a
large area and should allow for our traffic to move safely
and efficiently. Students may exit or enter their car from any place along this
marked "Student Loading Zone" by walking along the sidewalk to or from their
car. Please have students exit or enter the car from the passenger side so that
they are not entering into a traffic lane. "
This Student Loading Zone is marked in yellow. Please DO NOT park in the student loading zone. Think like the airport: Active
loading and unloading only. When you are ready to go, please pull out into the
traffic lane. Vehicles in this traffic lane should move slowly through to the exit
and should not be stopping to let students in or out of the vehicle. Please keep
a close eye out for families walking through the parking lot.
If you want to walk your child into school, you must park in one of the marked
parking spaces and walk your child across the cross walk. Children will not be
allowed to cross the parking lot without an adult in attendance.
DO NOT stop and load or unload students in the cross walk zone.
For the most efficient use of our loading zone, please pull as far ahead as you
can, past the entrance. The loading zone goes all the way up to the end of the
parking lot divider (by the black benches). Thank you for following these procedures to help keep all of
our students (and drivers) safe and on time for school! There are families in our school
district who find purchasing school
supplies a financial burden.
Please help support another child in our elementary
schools with a monetary contribution for school
supplies. A $25 donation would cover the cost of school
supplies for one child, for an entire school year. Any
dollar amount is greatly appreciated.
On behalf of our students,
we thank you!
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Please send or bring cash or check (written to North Clackamas School District)
to your school office.
Keep saving and bringing in those Box Tops!
The top class each month will earn a popcorn party.
Notes from the Library
We are off to a great start this year with a lot of students checking
out some amazing books. In the month of October we checked out 2,861 books, which is amazing!
Yeah, READERS!
With new books coming in and rainy weather arriving, I wanted to just remind students to put
their library books in a plastic bag to keep them from getting wet. If a book does get damaged,
please pay for it as soon as possible so that I can replace it. If a book gets lost, it too will need to
be paid for. If you find your book in a timely manner, then your money will be refunded.
Kindergarten and 1st graders are asked to keep their book bag in their backpacks so that they do
not lose them.
Emails go out once a month to remind students to bring their books back to the library. Sometimes
the books are already in their classroom, just waiting to come back to the library. If your book is
already in the classroom, it will eventually show up in the library. Once the books are returned
then your student can start checking out again.
Please visit our webpage at http://www.nclack.k12.or.us/domain/
2645 to see what is happening in the library, to check your
student’s library schedule, and to look at book series. Also, check
out Destiny, our library search catalog at: http://
destiny.nclack.k12.or.us, then
select Scouters Mt. Library. This is a great way for the students
to look at what is in the library. Make a resource list of books
your student would like to read, print it off, and then have them
bring it next time they are in the library
Thank you!
Mrs. Smith
Help!
We already have many coats, sweatshirts, sweaters and lunch
boxes in the Lost and Found. We would love to return them to
you. Please label your children’s items so they can be easily
identified.
We!Need$Your$Input! !
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A BIG THANK
YOU TO OUR
PARENTS THAT ARE
ABLE TO
VOLUNTEER ON
FIELD TRIPS THIS
YEAR!
District policy states that all
field trip volunteers will need
to complete a criminal
history form. By following this
procedure, we ensure the safety
of our students. Your
participation in this activity is
greatly appreciated. Thank you
for completing the additional
paperwork! The good news is
that these forms only need to be
completed once every three
years and are good for all
schools in the district. This
paper work can be found on the
district web site under the
“Parent” tab and then choose
“Volunteers”. Forms are also
available in the office.
Questions? Please call the office
503-353-3250.
“БОЛЬШОЕ
СПАСИБО
родителям, которые в
качестве волонтеров смогут
сопровождать нас на
экскурсиях в этом году! По
новому правилу округа, всем
волонтерам, желающим
поехать на экскурсии,
необходимо заполнить
заявление о намерении
добровольно помогать, а
также форму для проверки
криминальной истории.
Следуя этому правилу, мы
заботимся о безопасности
наших учащихся. Мы ценим
Ваше участие. Спасибо за
предоставление
дополнительных документов!
Эти формы заполняются раз
в три года и действуют вовсех
школах округа".
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"Xin CÁM ƠN thật nhiều
những quý vị phụ huynh có
lòng tình nguyện trong những
chuyến đi dã ngoạn trong năm
nay! Vì có sự thay đổi trong quy
luật của Khu Học Chánh nên
tất cả những người tình nguyện
trong các chuyến đi dã ngoại sẽ
phải điền đơn tình nguyện và
hồ sơ lý lịch cá nhân. Chúng tôi
làm theo thủ tục này là để bảo
đảm an toàn cho học sinh của
chúng ta. Chúng tôi hoan
nghênh sự hợp tác của quý vị
trong công việc này. Cảm ơn
quý vị đã làm thêm công việc
giấy tờ! Một điều hay là những
đơn này chỉ cần điền một lần
trong mỗi ba năm và có hiệu
lực trên toàn khu học chánh”
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"¡Muchas GRACIAS a nuestros
padres que pueden ser
voluntarios para los paseos
escolares este año! Ha habido
un cambio en la póliza del
Distrito y todos los voluntarios a
los paseos escolares necesitan
completar una aplicación de
voluntario y una verificación de
historial criminal. Al seguir este
proceso, nos aseguramos de la
seguridad de nuestros
estudiantes. Su participación es
apreciada grandemente.
¡Gracias por completar los
papeles adicionales! La buena
noticia es que estas formas solo
necesitan ser completadas una
vez cada tres años y es válida en
todas las escuelas del distrito."