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Forest Park News
From Principal Lisa Newlyn
09/23/2019
Thank you all for coming to our annual Back to School Picnic and thanks to Claire and the Friends of Forest Park Elementary for making it such a success! It's always wonderful to see our community come together for neighborly conversation on an almost-Fall evening. This year FOFPE planned our Kinder and New Family Social for the same with huge success. One of the best parts of our school community is the way we welcome new families to our school. Thank you FOFPE for making that happen in such an inclusive way!
Tonight FOFPE stands before the board, led by Heidi Hacker and Cheri Bates, to share concerns and elicit Board support for the 2020 bond. Their words and the letter sent to Superintendent Guerrero and the PPS Board represents a great deal of thought and collaboration between parents and our FPE staff. Please take a moment to read the letter, If you can not attend tonight, please plan to attend the next FOFPE meeting, October 17 @ 6:30pm in the FPE Library.
At FOFPE we talk alot about Safety. Since the start of school we've had one fire drill per week. On Friday 09/27 we will conduct a Lockdown Drill with Officer Thomas Hall, our School Resource Officer. Drills and safety practice can be anxiety making for students, however are essential to make sure we are all ready in case something unexpected occurs. Please take a moment and review our PPS Emergency Procedures. Talking with your child now will lesson anxiety in the moment. Fires can be scary, but when we know what to do, we stay safe. Knowing how to be safe reduces anxiety.
Come in, Check in, Badge on. Raptor is helping us in our campus security by creating badges for Visitors and running simple clearance screeners for our Volunteers. Thanks to all of you for coming into the office straight away and getting a badge. Knowing who is on campus is important to me and our staff. It's helps us greet people and be friendly, and make sure strangers without a purpose don't linger.
Wondering how your child did on last year's SBAC testing in Math and Language Arts? PPS will be sending information to you soon. Read more at this link.
There's lots more to celebrate in the land of Forest Park; read on below.
Warmly,
Lisa Newlyn, Principal
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Those cute photos of your children are ready to view on the Holland Studios website.
Link:http://hollandstudios.com/pictures/forest-park/
Password: 23956fp19
Missed picture day? Don't like your photo? Retakes are 09/27 starting at 7:45am
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TONIGHT 9/23 at 6pm - come support FPE at the PPS Board Meeting!
501 N Dixon St, Portland, OR 97227-1804
We'll be presenting our concerns about the portables to the PPS board. Take a moment and read our Letter to the Board.
Our goal is the get on the 2020 bond to get funding for a classroom addition to house all our student population. FPE 10 classrooms in 5 portables, more portables than any other PPS school. Our portables present health and safety issues that do not exist in a permanent structure.
Public comments are from 6-6:30 so please make sure to be on time!
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Talented And Gifted (TAG) Update
from Laura Axon, TAG Facilitator for Forest Park
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Greetings Parents and Students of FPE, I'm excited to serve as your TAG Facilitator for the 2019-2020 school year.
Nomination/Permission Forms for Identification for Talented and Gifted Education 2019-2020 are available in hard-copy at school and downloadable at the following link:
Portland Public School Talented and Gifted Program
Whole Grade Acceleration Parent Process can be found here:
A Parent Guide to Whole Grade Acceleration
Be sure to complete the survey that was sent by the TAG Dept. earlier this month. It is available in multiple languages in the survey link. By completing the survey you and your child will be informing classroom teacher(s) to better plan for meeting your child’s needs this school year. It is also a way for you to provide specific input.
You can expect occasional updates here in the FPE Newsletter and on the TAG Bulletin Board just outside the interior cafeteria doors.
Important Dates:
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TAG Nomination forms - IDPFs - due November 26, 2019.
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2nd Grade NNAT3 testing window October, 2019
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TAG Parent night and State of the School Address, 10/15/2019 @ 6:30pm
Please contact me regarding TAG related questions concerns (laxon@pps.net). Here's to a great year at FPE!
Laura Axon, M.Ed Leadership
Forest Park Elementary School
Portland Public Schools
Forest Park Library
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We always need volunteers at lunch to help students sort their trash to keep ourschool GREEN. You can sign up here:
https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/5080F4EADA82CA57-cafeteria
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Please join us for an informational meeting about ESL services provided by PPS and Forest Park. Learn about qualification, classroom support, exiting and ways to help support your ELL learner.
Forest Park will be hosting this question and answer presentation Tuesday, October 1, 2019 at 6 PM in the school library. Children are welcome to join.
Thank you and we look forward to meeting you!
Adriane Blackman
ELL Teacher, Forest Park
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ed_bi1MVxcjriCQxHpxjybYKJhYZpx2SoyylkIqOAlw/edit?usp=sharing
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News from the Forest Park Library
Announcing a Fun Way to Get Ready for Oregon Battle of the Books.
The Beaverton Civic Theatre is offering a class this fall titled, OBOB: Study Through Play.
September 15 - November 17
Sundays, 1:00pm - 1:45pm
This class makes book memorization easier through class discussion and theatre games. Focusing on the 5 Ws of the 2019/2020 book list, kids no longer have to use their imagination to put themselves in the books -- they can act it out with friends!
$150/10 week session
More details can be found on their webpage linked here:
http://www.beavertoncivictheatre.org/youth-acting-classes.html
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From the FPE Site Council
The FPE Site Council met on Tuesday afternoon and discussed the following topics:
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Members of the Safety Council presented their proposed letter and 3-minute speech to the PPS Board regarding the difficulties and problems with the FPE portables and the urgent need to complete the second wing of FPE, as originally planned.
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The membership of Site Council for 2019-20. It was agreed that two more teachers and two more parents were needed to fill out the Council and ensure continuity.
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The Parent Feedback survey from spring 2019 was reviewed, with a focus on comparing results to the previous year’s survey, TAG services, school climate, and student experiences.
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Objectives for the Site Council for 2019-20 will be discussed in further detail at the October meeting.
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