Greetings All!
I hope you had a fantastic weekend. There’s been a lot going on at school these days and I hope the weekend helped you to refuel! It’s looking like it’s going to be a fun-filled, energetic, and busy Spring! Yahoo!
A HUGE congratulations to Frans who got married over the weekend!!! We are so happy for you Frans!
A few notes to get you going:
1) SIW is Educator Network. Have you signed up yet?
2) Basket Themes for the auction: For those new to Amity (meaning haven’t been through an auction season yet), each year we assign a theme to each class for the creation of a basket . This doesn’t require much from you other than continuing to promote contributions to the basket by families. Each year this yields really awesome baskets for the auction! I will be asking your Class Lead to support this effort and I will be unveiling the themes to parents early this week. We will provide a collection box for you to keep in your room. Here are the themes for each class:
K: Arts and Crafts
Grade 1: Camping
Grade 2: Pamper yourself
Grade 3: Game night
Grade 4: Keepin’ It Local
Grade 5: Get outside/Sports and games
3) Oregon Statewide Educator Survey. You all should have received an email from Steve Cook regarding the survey. The district is greatly in need of your feedback as they grapple with lots of very challenging issues in our schools. I will send out tokens for the survey soon, be on the look out!
4) A note from the district: Certified teachers: Interested in getting your ESOL endorsement for free? Bend-La Pine Schools has a partnership with OSU to cover all tuition and costs associated with ESOL certification. Our goal is to increase the number of classroom teachers who are highly-trained in supporting culturally- and linguistically-diverse learners and families. We have had several cohorts of teachers selected for this opportunity in prior years, who have earned their ESOL endorsement with no cost, moved over on the pay scale, and are better equipped to serve our students and families!
If you are interested in learning more about this opportunity, you must applyby April 3. Additional details here.
5) Variety Show practice continues. We’ve got a little more than 2 weeks to go! We’ll have a dress rehearsal Monday, Feb 27 in the afternoon–I’ll confirm details soon. This will give us that Tuesday to make adjustments and finalize the program.
6) I have an admin meeting on Monday at 3pm so I’ll be leaving shortly after school gets out.
Upcoming
February 15: Educator Network for SIW–sign ups coming soon
February 22: Amity info meetings for lottery, 2:00 and 5:30pm
February 23: FOA Fundraiser at MOD Pizza
March 1: Variety Show! 5:30pm at Bend High
March 18: Auction
Here’s to a great week ahead!
Andy