Centennial Blue Jays

Email: deb.jolda@springfield.k12.or.us
Website: https://www.springfield.k12.or.us/Centennial
Location: 1315 Aspen Street, Springfield, OR, USA
Phone: 541 744-6383
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CentennialBlueJays

I hope everyone had a good spring break and you're ready for these final months of the school year! The big news in March was our very successful Read-a-Thon which you can read about in this newsletter.

We're also happy that we're able to take our students on field trips this spring again. If you would like to volunteer as a chaperone, be sure to fill out the volunteer application on the district website at this link.

As always, thank you to the PTO and volunteers who help us accomplish so much at Centennial!

Please make sure to follow us on Facebook and check out the Centennial website (links above).

Sincerely,

Principal Williams

April 4 - PTO (6:00)

April 7 - Early Release (Stripes and Polka Dots)

April 13 - 4th/5th Grade Concert (6:30)

April 14 - PTO movie night

April 15 - PTO can and bottle drop

April 20 - 2nd Grade Concert (6:30)

April 21 - Early Release (Neon Day)

May 1 - Online registration opens

2023-24 registration will be open for all students, including incoming kinders, starting on May 1. An in-person kinder welcome event will be held on May 11 at 6 p.m. If you have an incoming kinder, feel free to give us a call to put them on the list and we will make sure to send you a reminder about registration. Later this spring, all families will be asked to do an annual student review to update student information. Stay tuned for more information!

This year's Readathon was a resounding success! Our students read 148,366 minutes and raised $14,564.89! Wow! We're so pleased with the high rate of participation from our students whether in reading minutes or raising money. These funds help support a wide variety of opportunities for learning experiences at our school and we are so grateful for all the community support.

Our goal was to raise $10,000.00 and because we surpassed that, we got to tape Principal Williams to the wall!

Empathy is making an effort to understand how someone else is feeling, even when you aren't in the same situation. The expression "walking in their shoes" means that you try to see things from the other person's point of view and imagine how you would feel in those circumstances. Empathy is a skill that helps people connect with others and build relationships.

The return from spring break is a great time to review school wide expectations. Teachers will be reviewing appropriate behaviors for the classroom, hallways, playground and cafeteria. Centennial students have also been focusing on starting the day strong. Most students’ day at school begins with breakfast. To start strong in the cafeteria, students are entering quietly, they sit in an orderly way at the first table available, and they form a calm line to dump their tray.

Each year, this event engages Springfield students, teachers, and community members in honoring Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta's legacy - raising awareness for social justice.

This year's event is held at Hamlin Middle School on April 13.

5:00 Community Resources

5:30 Entertainment

6:30 Light Meal

We will soon be starting our state and district testing in reading and math and we're excited to see the growth our students have made this year! As a reminder, grades three through five will participate in the Oregon Statewide Assessment System (OSAS) and all grades (Kinder through Fifth) will do our district reading and math assessments. Fifth grade students will also do the state science assessment.

Please note, if you would like your student to opt out of the OSAS, you will need to complete paperwork which can be found at this link on the district website.

Your support is very helpful in making sure our students are well rested and in a good mind set to complete these opportunities. Students should not feel anxious as we just expect them to do the best they can. Your child's teacher will share more details as we get closer to the actual test dates.

• students should not bring cell phones or other personal electronic devices to school
• If you feel your child must have a device with them, it must be kept turned off and stored in their backpack through the school day.
• Students may not have devices out during the day while in class or in other areas such as the playground and cafeteria.
• Thank you so much for your help with this!

Centennial has an outstanding PTO! We really appreciate all they do to support our staff and students at CES! We would love to have you participate with this group. Please check them out! Information page link.

April Meeting

April 4 at 6:00 - meeting in the library at school

Light meal and childcare provided!

Hello Blue Jay families!

Please read through the following updates for important information about our school.

BELL SCHEDULE

8:00 Students may enter for breakfast. All others enter through the front doors to wait in the gym for class to start.

8:25 Students go to classes

8:35 Instruction begins (if you are tardy, you will need to check in at the office)

2:50 Dismissal bell

12:30 Dismissal on early release Fridays

Please do not drop students off prior to 8:00 as we do not have supervision available.

MEALS

• free breakfast and lunch available for all students
• Doors open at 8:00 for school breakfast.

VOLUNTEERS

• Click this link and fill out the online form f you are interested in volunteering

ARRIVAL/DISMISSAL

• parents and caregivers must remain on the west side of the upper driveway when walking students to school.
• use the right hand lane of lower driveway for vehicle drop offs and pick ups
• remain in your vehicle
• pull forward as far as possible
• Vehicles may not enter the upper driveway during arrival (8:00-8:45) and dismissal (2:15-3:15).

STUDENT BEHAVIOR

• We expect our students to act safely, respectfully, responsibly and with kindness
• We do not condone inappropriate behavior towards other students or adults, whether on the playground, in the cafeteria, or in the classroom.
• Please help to remind your child of these school behavior expectations.
• Although your child may not see the consequences for another student's inappropriate behavior, this does not mean it isn't happening.

HOW CAN WE HELP?

We'd like to know how we can help support our community. Please click here and take a minute or two to fill out this brief survey and give us your feedback.

COVID-19 Update

If a student tests positive they need to stay out for five days from the start of symptoms or date tested, if they are asymptomatic.

Please make frequent handwashing, for 20 seconds, a normal part of your routine and keep your child home if they are experiencing symptoms such as fever, cough, upset stomach, or headache. Students must be symptom free for 24 hours to return to school. Please click here to check the SPS website for additional information about vaccines and other resources.

We encourage our CES families to take advantage of this free parenting class! It is specifically designed to provide help for adults raising kids with challenging behaviors and will help you:

• Build skills & confidence in using the CPS approach
• Network & share information about community resources
• Develop new understanding of challenging behavior & learn new ways to help your child
• Rethink conventional approaches to behavioral difficulties and strengthen relationships
• Gain support from other parents, grandparents, and foster parents

The Collaborative Problem Solving approach is an evidence-based method to managing challenging behavior that promotes the understanding that challenging kids lack the skill - not the will - to behave; specifically, skills related to problem-solving, flexibility and frustration tolerance. Unlike traditional models of discipline, the CPS approach avoids the use of power, control and motivational procedures and instead focuses on collaborating with the child/ youth/ young adult to solve the problems leading to challenging behavior and building the skills they need to succeed.

The 8-week class is provided in an online setting.

For more information, please click here.