APRIL 2016
SOJOURNER SCHOOL
11909 SE Linwood Avenue, Milwaukie, OR 97222
(503) 353-5460
Dates to Remember
April
15 - SNS - Inservice Day
May
25
- Enrichment Night @5:30
26 - SNS - Inservice Day
27
- SNS - Conference Day
30
- SNS - Memorial Day
June
6-10
- Swim Week
10
- 5th Grade Celebration
15 - Last Day of School
16, 17, 20
- Emergency Make-up Day
SNS=School Not in Session
Dear Sojourner Families, Happy April! What a wonderful time of year. Spring
brings sunshine, longer days and fun events towards the
end of the school year. I have really enjoyed getting to
know our wonderful students at Sojourner this year. I
have learned that our students are interested in such a
variety of topics and learning is happening all the time! We have our big Spring Celebration coming up at the
end of the month as well as Swim Week in June. We will
need lots of parent volunteers to make each of these
events a success. Please let us know if you can help for
either of these events. April 21st is another opportunity for a Coffee Talk with
principals and parents. Please join us in the library at
8:00am. This is a fairly informal time for us to chat about
school and get to know one another better. I would love
to see you there! All my best,
Kristi Weathers
Kindergarten Orientation
Monday, May 16, 2016
@ 2:45pm
Registration Packets available April 15th
District News
APRIL 2016
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District News
A Note from the Nurse
APRIL 2016
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The weather is warming up. Time to get outside and exercise! Bike riding is a great way to get exercise and
fresh air and share time as a family. But before you and the kids rush out and start pedaling, there's an
important factor that you need to consider — safety.
Helmet Basics
Bicycle helmet use should not be optional for anyone in your family, no matter where you are or how short the
ride. In Oregon, it's the law. Many bike accidents involve a head injury, so a crash could mean permanent brain
damage or death for someone who doesn't wear one while riding. In fact, each year in the United States, about
half a million kids are seriously injured in bicycle-related accidents, and most of those injuries could have been
avoided if a helmet was worn. To protect against brain injury, make sure your kids wear a correctly fitting helmet
on every ride.
Here are some things to keep in mind when buying a helmet:
• Pick bright colors or fluorescent colors that are visible to drivers and other cyclists.
• Look for a helmet that's well ventilated.
• Make sure that the helmet has a CPSC or Snell sticker inside. These indicate that the helmet meets standards
set by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) or the Snell Memorial Foundation, a nonprofit group
that tests helmet safety.
• Make sure your child's helmet fits correctly and can be adjusted.
You should be able to get help finding a well-fitting helmet and adjusting it properly at any bicycle store. When
kids wear a helmet, make sure that the straps are fastened. Also make sure they don't wear any other hat
underneath it.
Be sure to replace any helmet made before 1999. If your child hits any surface hard while wearing a helmet,
replace it — helmets lose their capacity to absorb shock after taking serious hits.
Saturday Academy at
the Witchita Center
April 9-May 7, 2016
Follow your curiosity!
Basic Programming & Pre-Robotics
Gain an understanding of programming as you control and manipulate a LEGO® Mindstorms® robot.
Learn the tools for coding in any language: correct
logic and structures, use of variables, modifiers,
repeats, functions and subroutines. Construct and
control your own robot using Mindstorms software.
Then put your robot through its paces. Navigate an
obstacle course, compete in plank-wrestling, climb a
rope or design the fastest car.
Grades 4-6
12-3pm
Engineering: Rube Goldberg Machines
FINANCIAL
AID
AVAILABLE
Tuition as low as $25.
See details about our
Financial Aid program at
www.saturdayacademy.org/aid
Saturday Academy offers classes,
camps and workshops to students
grades 2-12 throughout the Portland
Metro area. Founded in 1983, we serve
more than 7,000 students each year.
Over-engineer a contraption to perform a simple task
by using cause and effect to produce a chain reaction. Build a machine that includes an intricate series
of imaginative steps while gaining hands-on engineering experience. Work in small teams to design
and build your contraption using everyday materials.
Along the way, learn about the physics of energy
conservation, inertia, forces and electric circuits.
Grades 4-6 12-3pm
Grades 6-8 1-4pm
visit our website for more information and to register
www.saturdayacademy.org
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