Principal's Message 10.7.22
October is full of learning at Lake Grove, even though we have several days of school closure. Be sure to mark your calendars with the days off listed in the Save the Date section below.
I love the time I get to spend in classrooms seeing your children enjoy learning and growing! I saw many magical moments this week as new writing journals were started, as new math strategies made sense, and as children supported one another in countless ways.
The students and staff also impressed me this afternoon during our lockdown drill with their care for one another. Enjoy a wonderful weekend!
If you can't find what you need to know here, please feel free to email or call our office with questions.
Be kind,
Principal Jennie Knapp
Social Emotional Learning
Dear Lake Grove Families,
This month we are talking about Responsibility.
One way to define Responsibility is “taking action and understanding the impact of our choices.”
Taking action can mean doing the right thing or completing the tasks you have been assigned. Understanding the impact of our choices means that our actions matter. Positive and responsible actions can help people and irresponsible actions can hurt others.
Responsibility is one of the three traits we will focus on throughout the year that encourages students to “Be Strong”. Throughout our school, Lake Grove students will be developing skills like focusing, organizing, and goal-setting.
Have some fun connecting as a family this month while practicing Responsibility. Here are three “PurposeFull Pursuits” for you to complete together. How many can you do this month?
Pursuit #1: As a family, think of ways in which you might make someone’s life a little easier by helping a neighbor or family friend with one of their responsibilities. Could you help someone with their garbage or recycling? Could you carry things in from the grocery store? Could you invite someone over for a meal or a show?
Pursuit #2: Review Responsibility as a family! Responsibility is taking action and understanding how our choices affect others. Choose one household chore (or more!) that requires multiple steps. Then have each member of the family select one step to complete to help get the job done. Maybe it is washing the dishes, doing laundry, cleaning the living room, or unloading the groceries. Whatever it is, see who can be the quickest or most effective at their task.
Pursuit #3: Family meeting story prompts
● A time I (or someone else) showed responsibility was _____.
● An act of responsibility that changed/challenged me was _____.
Thank you for partnership and support of our Social Emotional Learning. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions. I can be reached at postw@loswego.k12.or.us or 503-534-2357.
Sincerely,
Wendy Post
Lake Grove Counselor/Social Worker
State Assessment Score Reports
LOSD now delivers students’ state assessment results online through ParentVUE rather than mailing paper. This is in keeping with the district’s strategic goal of sustainability and mirrors how we deliver report cards. If your child participated in the State Assessments as a third-fifth grader last spring, your child’s 2021-22 assessment reports are now available on your ParentVUE Documents page. As you review your student’s English Language Arts, math, and science scores, please keep in mind:
An achievement level of 3 or 4 is considered to be on track for the student’s grade level.
Scores on state assessments are only one measure of a student’s academic progress. We use these scores in conjunction with classroom work and other daily, weekly, monthly, and term assessments to understand your student’s strengths and areas for improvement.
New Application for School Volunteers - Please apply!
For the safety of children, volunteers are required to have an approved background check when volunteering in schools.
To help streamline compliance with state and school board policies, which require that all volunteers have background checks and knowledge of other board policies -- as well as state-mandated proof of vaccination (or a qualified exemption) -- we are introducing a new all-in-one volunteer application and approval process through ou Raptor Visitor Management System.
Submitting an online application initiates the background check process. Once submitted, applicants will receive an email upon approval of your background check and you will be given access through the onsite Raptor System at all schools. Please allow up to three weeks to process your approval.
Volunteers need to submit only one application for volunteering in all LOSD schools. Applications need to be submitted annually to capture changes in background checks, policies, and/or vaccination requirements.
Volunteer Application for LOSD
Thank you for applying promptly, and for your service to our students and schools. We are grateful for our volunteers.
Notes From Our District Nurse
Hello LOSD Families! As we return to community gathering, we are seeing some cases of Lice and Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease. Please review the links below for more information on how to prevent, identify and treat either. Please see your medical professional for diagnosis, treatment and more information. Also, it is very important for you to bring your students medications to school if they may be needed during school hours.
Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease - CDC Lice Information for Parents Contact your District Nurse
Laker Dance Game Day Workshop
October 14, 2022, Professional Day
10:00 am - 1:00 pm, Check-In at 9:30 am
Lake Oswego High School Gymnasium
$60 if you pre-register, $65 at the door
Open to ALL Youth, Pre-K through 8th Grade
* Youth Workshop t-shirt for each registered dancer
* Showcase performance 10/14 - parents & friends welcome
* Football game halftime performance with Laker Dancers 10/14
* Laker Dance spirit items available for purchase
Register today! Click HERE
We can’t wait to dance with you!
For questions or assistance with registration, contact Whitney - whitney.woolf@gmail.com or 503-784-9054
Safe Oregon
Parents-guardians who have concerns about a student’s well-being are encouraged to reach out to their principal, and to maintain strong lines of communication and partnership between students, families, staff, and other resources.
SafeOregon is also an effective way to report a tip regarding safety threats or potential acts of violence to our students or schools.
(Students should also be aware that intentionally providing a false report is a serious offense.)
Save the date!
9/28-10/31 Spirit Wear Fall Sale
10/8 Dining for Dollars at Lardo in Mercato Grove (11am-10pm)
10/10-10/13 National Walk Bike & Roll to School Challenge
10/14 - No School - Statewide Inservice Day
10/17-10/20 Scholastic Book Fair
10/18 - PTA General Meeting (in person at LG 7pm)
10/21 - No School - Conference Prep
10/27 - Parent Teacher Conferences - No School for Students
10/28 - Parent Teacher Conferences - No School for Students
WALK, BIKE & ROLL TO SCHOOL NEXT WEEK: OCTOBER 10-13
Lake Grove students are invited to participate in the Walk, Bike & Roll Challenge! Use your feet, bike, scooter or skateboard to get yourself to and from school during the week of October 10-13. Be sure to ask your parent’s permission! All students are eligible to drop a ticket in the bucket and enter the drawing for Thursday’s Walk, Bike & Roll swag.
Parents, help make our event a success next week! We need parent volunteers to fill positions every morning before school October 10-13 (as a volunteer, you could be a cheerleader, photographer, crossing guard, prize handler (Thursday only), and music manager (Thursday only) or hand out and help write student’s names on raffle tickets to drop them in a bucket for a prize drawing Thursday. Volunteer here.
In conjunction with this event, new pink Safe Routes to School signs are available for those in our community who live on school feeder streets. If you would like a “School routes are everywhere. Drive like it.” yard sign, stop by one of the event tables at school and pick one up. Questions, comments or to coordinate a yard sign drop off: text Jessie O’Kane at (925) 984-0095.
ART LIT BEGAN THIS WEEK, CONTINUES IN CLASSROOMS THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR—SIGN UP TO HELP!
The Art Literacy team invites you into our elementary school classrooms for art education!
- Just visit this SignUp Genius and look for your student’s classroom, organized by teacher name. Simply add your name to the list.
- Presenter role: Use the PowerPoint provided by the Art Lit team to talk about the artist with the class and explain the art project. 10 - 15 minutes.
- Helper role: Set up the tables with supplies. Walk around the class while the students work on the project, answering questions, providing encouragement. Clean up.
- Next, watch the recording to learn more about our first artist, Bruegel. This video will help you teach our students about Pieter Bruegel the Elder, a Renaissance painter.
- Additional information about Bruegel is available at Breugel | Lake Oswego Art Literacy with the password volunteer4loartlit.
- Sign up for future Art Lit training sessions here
If you are new to Art Lit and want to better understand the program before you volunteer, contact Kim MacKay (kimtamura@gmail.com) to hear about the benefits of this program for our students and learn how you can help support art education. We invite any new volunteers to attend your student’s first classroom session to observe and learn how Art Lit works at Lake Grove. Questions? Contact Kim MacKay (kimtamura@gmail.com).
GIVING WEEK SUCCESS
Grovers, thank you for making Giving Week a HUGE success! You collected more than 1,000 food items and hundreds of clothing items for those in our community. THANK YOU!
FALL SPIRIT WEAR SALE; NEW OPTIONS AND DESIGNS!
Check out the new options for Lake Grove Spirit Wear and show your Cougar pride! Order forms will be coming home with students in October but if you want to get your order in, print and complete the attachment by October 31. Questions? Contact lakegrovepta@gmail.com.
FALL BOOK FAIR BEGINS OCTOBER 17
The Scholastic Book Fair is less than two weeks away! Visit the Book Fair IN PERSON the week of Monday, October 17 to Thursday, October 20 in the Lake Grove library. Your child will be able to shop the book fair during school hours and there will be opportunities for parents to shop:
- before school starting at 8 a.m. all week
- after school on Monday, October 17 and Thursday, October 20 until 3:30 p.m.
Every dollar you spend will benefit our school library directly. You can also shop online at our Book Fair website starting October 17 and set up a convenient eWallet digital account for your child to visit the Book Fair during school hours and shop cash free. Grandparents, friends, and others can contribute to your child's eWallet as well. This is a great way to build your home library and support Lake Grove. Visit the Book Fair website at http://www.scholastic.com/bf/lakegroveelemschool to preview what will be available at our Book Fair and to set up your child’s eWallet account. Questions? Contact Christina Beatty at lakegrovepta@gmail.com.
THE BATTLE IS ON AND IT IS COMING TO LAKE GROVE ELEMENTARY!
All 3rd, 4th and 5th grade students, you are welcome to join Oregon Battle of the Books (OBOB) for the 2022-2023 school year! WHAT IS OBOB? It is a quiz show for reading books! Students read the OBOB books, discuss them, quiz each other on the contents, and then compete in teams to correctly answer questions based on the books. Lake Grove teams begin by competing against each other and can go on to participate at local, regional, and state levels of competition. OBOB's mission is to encourage and recognize students who enjoy reading, broaden reading interests, increase reading comprehension, promote academic excellence, and promote cooperative learning and teamwork among students.
To participate, students can make their own team of four students from their own grade level. Thus, the teams will include teams of students in 3rd grade, teams of students in 4th grade, and teams of students in 5th grade no matter which class. If students don’t have a team of four, they can contact PTA volunteers at lakegroveelementaryobob@gmail.com and they will help place students on a team. The practices will start in November and students will practice at least once a week with a teacher volunteer or a parent volunteer during lunch. All competitions will be held in person.
HOW DOES YOUR STUDENT SIGN UP? Families must submit their request for an individual student or team by October 28 via email to lakegroveelementaryobob@gmail.com
HOW DOES IT WORK? Teams read the 16 books listed for 3rd-5th grade listed here: https://www.oregonbattleofthebooks.org/2022-2023-obob-partial-title-list/
WHEN IS THE COMPETITION? The competition will be done during lunch in the second half of January to determine the top 8 teams and then those teams will move on to battle at Lake Grove on the weekend of February 11-12.
Once the program gets started, OBOB teams will practice at least once a week during lunch with a staff member and a parent volunteer and can practice outside of school with the help of parents. Practice questions and materials will be sent out once teams are established. Parents can come watch the competitions starting near the end of January and also volunteer to help run practices at lunch (sign-ups will be sent out closer to November). If you have questions, reach out to your student's teacher or the program volunteers: fourth grade teacher, Staci Laird; third grade teacher Alicia Yerxa; school librarian, Paula Hahn; and PTA volunteers, Erin Courtney and Binita Singh (via lakegroveelementaryobob@gmail.com).
PAW PATROL IS UNDER WAY!
Paw Patrol started on October 3 and is currently spreading school spirit in our community! You may see "Paw" signs in your neighborhood - or be the recipient of "Pawing"! Signs are posted in the lawns of fellow Grovers, and a Paw Kit sleeve with instructions is placed at the doorstep. Then it becomes that family's turn to pass the Paws along to the next family! If you need support in moving the signs, feel free to reach out to your Paw Patrol team at wilsonse24@yahoo.com. Post your Paw photos to the Lake Grove PTA Facebook page with the hashtag #LakeGroveCougars!
VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT: THANK YOU, RUSS PARKS!
Continuing our Volunteer Spotlight, this week we highlight Russ Parks. Russ shares that he is better known as Mrs. Parks' husband (one of our amazing 5th grade teachers!) and dad to Sam, their second grader, who attends Lake Grove. He volunteers because he loves kids and enjoys coaching, which he has been doing since high school. Russ co-chairs the PTA-sponsored Run Club. Run Club is certainly his favorite volunteer activity so far, but he also enjoys coaching his son's soccer team with other parents. He has been amazed at how willing the Lake Grove community is to come out and get involved and says it's been a great experience!
Lake Grove Elementary
At Lake Grove, we are an inclusive school community fostering social, emotional, and academic growth for all students.
Principal: Jennie Knapp
Website: https://www.losdschools.org/lg
Location: 15777 Boones Ferry Road, Lake Oswego, OR, United States
Phone: 503-534-2357
