Our mission is to provide active, relevant, educational experiences that foster globally minded innovative citizens in and out of the classroom. Our students will think creatively and take risks as they apply knowledge and skills to future endeavors.

Website: https://www.beaverton.k12.or.us/schools/sato/
Location: 7775 NW Kaiser Rd. Portland, OR 97229
Phone: 503-356-2530
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/satoelementary/

November

• Monday, November 22: No school for students; professional development day for licensed staff; work day for classified staff (Previously, this day was an instructional day.)
• Tuesday, November 23: No school for students or staff (Previously, this day was an instructional day.)
• Wednesday, November 24 - Friday, November 26 - No School, Thanksgiving Holiday
• Monday, November 29 - Regular school day-- See details below
• Tuesday, November 30- 4th and 5th grade ITBS testing

December

• Friday, December 3: Covid Screening kit distribution day
• Monday, December 5: Covid Screening collection day
• Friday, December 10: Covid Screening kit distribution day
• Monday, December 13: Covid Screening kit collection day
• Monday, December 13-Thursday, December 16- Nominated students in 1st-3rd for ITBS and CogAT TAG testing Grades 1st-2nd
• Wednesday, December 15: Vision Screening
• Friday, December 17: Next Raccoon Register
• Monday, December 20- December 31- Winter Break

Other important dates to add to your calendars:

APRIL

• April 28-29, 2022 - No School, Spring Parent Conferences

JUNE

• BSD added Juneteenth as an observed holiday, so there will be no school on Monday, June 20th. The last day of school is Tuesday, June 21 and teachers will checkout on Wednesday, June 22.

Please note the following calendar changes from Superintendent Grotting's message (Click HERE to read entire message) to community on Friday, October 29.

• Monday, November 22: No school for students; professional development day for licensed staff; work day for classified staff (Previously, this day was an instructional day.)
• Tuesday, November 23: No school for students or staff (Previously, this day was an instructional day.)
• Wednesday, November 24-Friday, November 26: No school
• Monday, November 29: Regular school day for students and staff; (Previously, this day was a no student/staff professional day.)

Reminder: If your student will be absent for more than 10 days (not covid or quarantine related), they will be unenrolled from our school, as per Oregon law. If you plan to return to Sato, you can contact the office and fill out a form indicating your return date. However we cannot guarantee that your student will be registered in the same classroom upon their return. For extended absences other than quarantine, we will not provide curriculum or devices.

During the next few weeks, the Beaverton School District will be administering the Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS) or the CogAT test to select students.

The test results can be used as one piece of evidence in your child’s academic achievement and TAG/Summa eligibility.

Our school will administer the tests on the following dates:

• November 30th - Completing the ITBS Reading/Math - 4th and 5th grade students

• December 13th-December 16th - Nominated students in ITBS for grades K-3 and nominated students in CogAT for K-2

Please check out our lost and found and help us reunite lost items with their owners! Items not claimed by Winter Break, will be donated!

Hello Sato community! With the winter season and breaks fast approaching, we wanted to let all of our Sato community know about opportunities to support students and families. We are sharing this initial information about each support opportunity so that you can plan accordingly if you’d like to participate. More information on how to donate for each will be coming soon.

Sato Community Winter Support

This year we will have an opportunity for families to donate directly to our own Sato community support program. This will be support going directly back to those in our Sato community. Donations can be in the form of gift cards to locations such as QFC, Fred Meyer, or Target where families can provide for various needs. As we know, support needs arise throughout the year beyond just this winter season. In the event we have more gift card support than current needs, we will use extra gift cards to provide support later in the year as requests arise. More information to come for how to donate to the Sato community support program.

Student Council Fund Drive

Our student council team will be organizing a “fund” drive for our Sato community to help support our larger community. We collaborate with the Oregon Food Bank which supports families throughout our larger community. Look for more information to come on how to contribute.

BSD Community Resource Fund

The Beaverton School District also has a community resource fund which helps provide resources for students and families throughout the district. More information to come about how to support the BSD Community Resource Fund.

Is your family in need of support this holiday season?

If you are a family who is in need please fill out this confidential survey so that way the school can do its best to get you resources.

Required Qualifications:

Please read the attached job description to ensure that you meet the Required Qualifications of this position before applying.

For the job description click here

Position Description:
The Beaverton School District is accepting applications for a NS Assistant I in the Nutrition Services Department and will be placed at Sato Elementary School for the 2021-22 school year.

Hours per day: 4
Schedule: 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Calendar: 182
Positions Available: 1
Hourly Salary Range: $14.00000 to $16.08587

A fun option to celebrate your students' birthday is the birthday book program at Sato.

Special books have been chosen to be part of the library collection but are not circulated until a child chooses one as a Birthday Book. A bookplate inscribed with the child's name is placed in the book, and the child is the first to borrow the book. Once the child has finished reading the book, it is returned to the library where it becomes part of the permanent collection.

Click here to participate!

Did you know that November is Native American/Alaska Native Heritage Month? It is an opportunity to celebrate the culture, history and contributions of Native Peoples.

"What started at the turn of the century as an effort to gain a day of recognition for the significant contributions the first Americans made to the establishment and growth of the U.S., has resulted in a whole month being designated for that purpose."

One of the very proponents of an American Indian Day was Dr. Arthur C. Parker, a Seneca Indian, who was the director of the Museum of Arts and Science in Rochester, N.Y. He persuaded the Boy Scouts of America to set aside a day for the “First Americans” and for three years they adopted such a day. In 1915, the annual Congress of the American Indian Association meeting in Lawrence, Kans., formally approved a plan concerning American Indian Day. It directed its president, Rev. Sherman Coolidge, an Arapahoe, to call upon the country to observe such a day. Coolidge issued a proclamation on Sept. 28, 1915, which declared the second Saturday of each May as an American Indian Day and contained the first formal appeal for recognition of Indians as citizens.

The year before this proclamation was issued, Red Fox James, a Blackfoot Indian, rode horseback from state to state seeking approval for a day to honor Indians. On December 14, 1915, he presented the endorsements of 24 state governments at the White House. There is no record, however, of such a national day being proclaimed.

The first American Indian Day in a state was declared on the second Saturday in May 1916 by the governor of New York. Several states celebrate the fourth Friday in September. In Illinois, for example, legislators enacted such a day in 1919. Presently, several states have designated Columbus Day as Native American Day, but it continues to be a day we observe without any recognition as a national legal holiday.

In 1990 President George H. W. Bush approved a joint resolution designating November 1990 “National American Indian Heritage Month.” Similar proclamations, under variants on the name (including “Native American Heritage Month” and “National American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month”) have been issued each year since 1994." (nativeamericanheritagemonth.gov)

We're honoring the diverse heritage and culture of the Native American community all month. We encourage everyone to learn about tribal lands, customs and cultures.

We would like to remind you about our guidelines for determining whether or not your student should come to school if they are ill.

If your student shows primary symptoms of COVID 19, we ask you to keep your child home and contact your health care provider to get a COVID test. You may also find THIS website helpful for covid testing locations. Primary symptoms of covid are defined as fever, cough, chills, loss of taste or smell and/or shortness of breath.

• If the covid test is positive, please notify the school and quarantine your child at home for 10 days or as directed by Washington County Public Health.
• If the test is negative, please follow the Keep Ill Children Out of School guidelines
• If you do not want to test your student for covid and they are showing primary symptoms, they should quarantine at home for 10 days.
• If your child has any other communicable disease symptoms, please follow the Keep Ill Children Out of School guidelines.

If you have a child who has a diagnosed chronic health condition that may present as primary symptoms of covid, such as asthma or another lung condition and the school is unaware of this condition, please contact our school nurse, Sydney Garl at sydney_garl@beaverton.k12.or.us or via parent square. She may need to implement a school health management plan to help prevent your child from being inappropriately sent home from school.

Please notify the office if your child will be out sick. We appreciate your help keeping our school community safe. Remember to use the attendance link on our main webpage

Remember that if you have questions about Covid Protocols or quarantining, please be sure to continually check out the BSD FAQ page as it is continually updated. Linked for you below.

We missed having an in-person Back To School Night where we typically have an opportunity to introduce ourselves!

If you'd like to know a little more about the Administration at Sato please check out the Meet the Principal Page on our website, linked below!