Dear Oak Hills Families,
It has been so delightful welcoming students back to school this week! We look forward to meeting more kindergarten students tomorrow and then we will have all students together on Friday :) Your children have been so happy: they are engaged in community building activities, reading, writing, math, playing, and much more! We haven't seen many tears, but don't worry, they just need a few extra days to connect with peers and their teachers.
We encourage you to join us on social media if you are interested in updates and photos of teaching and learning each week. Ms. Vallee put together a video of our first day together on Monday.
Here is a video highlighting moments of the first day of school:
Moving forward, family newsletters will go out on Monday evenings. Next Monday is a holiday, so we will not send a newsletter out that day. Be on the lookout for a ParentSquare message mid-next week with reminders about Back to School Night and other school updates.
We look forward to an amazing and meaningful school year with your children!
Sincerely,
Ms. Do
Wednesday August 28 Kindergarten students last names A-L
Thursday, August 29 Kindergarten students last names M-Z
Friday, August 30 All Kinders report to school
Monday, September 2 Labor Day--No School
Thursday, September 5 Back to School Night 5:30-7pm
Tuesday, September 17 PTO Meeting 7pm in Gym
Wednesday, September 25 Picture Day
Thursday, October 10 PTO Jog-A-Thon Fundraiser
Friday, October 11 NO SCHOOL--Staff Development Workday
Welcome to a new school year and to the Oak Hills Library News, where you will find all things related to the Library!
Or, we like to call it, the SMILE Room (So Many Intriguing Library books Everywhere)!
Please check out the LIBRARY WEBSITE for:
Helpful Library Links for students and parents
How to View Your Library Account (Slides 1-7), View the Library Catalog (slide 8), Put Books on Hold (Slides 9-10), Renew books (slides 11-12), Pay Library Fines (Slide 13)
OBOB Information
Ordering Books From Scholastic for your home collection
Donations
Volunteering: if you are interested in volunteering in the library to help with shelving books, Book Fair or OBOB, please email Ms. Larsen.
OBOB Resource:
Roundabout Books offer live author visits.
Tuesdays, October & November, 6:00pm
Roundabout Books is excited to announce their 3rd annual Fall Into OBOB Author Series! This is a wonderful opportunity for our students to meet select OBOB authors, ask questions, and cement their knowledge of the book. Plus, all events are FREE to the public. Explore this year's exciting event schedule here, and plan your own watch party with your OBOB team, school class, or circle of friends! You can register for any of the upcoming FREE OBOB events HERE.
Check out the Library Website for more Library News!
If you have questions please feel free to reach out to Ms. Larsen at leilani_larsen@beaverton.k12.or.us
BSD has moved to a new volunteer tracking system. Please submit an application to be a volunteer in the Beaverton School District. ALL volunteers need to register through this system. District needs 10 days to process applications. If you are eager to start volunteering or like to plan ahead for events such as Jog-A-Thon, Classroom Parties, Field Trips, please take a few minutes to register:) Oak Hills thrives because of volunteers. THANK YOU!
1. Log onto www.beaverton.k12.or.us/volunteer.
2. Read information about mandatory volunteer training.
3. Click the yellow box labeled “Volunteer Application.”
4. Click NEXT.
5. Fill out your personal information & click NEXT.
6. Select schools/program where you’d like to volunteer & submit.
Please allow up to 10 business days to be approved.
Kindergarten School Supply List Update
Please also provide a pair of kids scissors and a pair of headphones for your Kindergarten student. Please put the child’s name directly on the headphones rather than on any packaging. No earbuds in place of headphones.
Family August Newsletter--2nd Edition
It was so delightful to welcome so many kindergarten students to Kinder Academy! Please review the 2nd edition of our summer Kindergarten newsletter. Moving forward, you will receive newsletters from your future Kindergarten teacher. There will be a family newsletter or Parentsquare message sent to all families each week.
Student Drop Off
Our school doors will be open at 7:30am for students to access breakfast or report to supervised "morning mix" areas until 7:45am. Students may enter in three ways: through the front doors of the school (car drop off), the rear breezeway doors nearest to the portable classrooms (walkers or bike riders), or through the bus doors (school bus riders). Each of these three entrances will be supervised by Oak Hills staff until the start of the school day. If your child arrives to school before 7:45, they will remain in their assigned grade level “morning mix” area unless they are eating breakfast in the cafeteria. Breakfast is available for ALL students this year. See message about "Free Meals for All BSD Students."
Dismissal for Walkers and Bikers
All walkers and bikers will dismiss from the rear of the building, near the breezeway doors. Walkers and bikers from kindergarten, third grade, and fourth grade will exit from the breezeway doors. Walkers and bikers from our first grade, second grade, and fifth grade classrooms will use the large covered area, near the rear breezeway, as a central departure space. Reminder: All bikes need to be parked in the racks next to the portable area. Last year, we noticed students were parking them along the walkway in the back of the school. They will be moved this year if found there. Students also need to wear helmets (please connect with front office if your child is in need of a helmet). Lastly, locks are strongly encouraged.
Student Car Pick Up
All Oak Hills families will receive a car pick up number for dismissal. Even if your family does not plan on using car pick up regularly, we want to make sure you are assigned a number and are prepared in the event that you do.
We will distribute family car pick up numbers at the Oak Hills Supply Drop off event on Thursday (8/22) from 9:30-10:30. The table will at the front of the building next to the flag pole. If you are unable to make the supply drop off, please consider these two options. 1) Call the school anytime by Monday, 8/19 to request the car number. We will place in the mail for you next week OR 2) We will distribute on the 1st day of school. Please check your child's backpack. We highly recommend biking or walk routes if at all possible to avoid backlog of traffic in the neighborhood. It will be important that your daily transportation plan remains consistent from day to day. Please communicate your child’s dismissal plan prior to the first day of school.
Our parking lot is a busy place during arrival and dismissal times. When you arrive, we ask that you make a single line as you enter the parking lot. Have your car pick up number displayed on your dash or in your passenger side window. A staff member will enter this number, which will signal your child’s teacher that you have arrived. Please pull all of the way forward and remain at the wheel. Staff members will help direct students to their correct vehicle. All students must enter cars through the passenger side doors. For our youngest learners, this may mean that extra seat belt buckling practice would be helpful in the coming weeks.
Efficiency in loading will ensure a safe and speedy dismissal for all. We appreciate your ongoing partnership!
Bus Information
Elementary students who live more than one mile from school are eligible for bus service. Your child’s information is automatically sent to the Transportation Department when you enroll at school. If the student is eligible for bus service, they will automatically be assigned a bus route. You will receive an email from BSD Transportation Department with your student's routing information soon. Due to the smaller number of students, after-school routes are more generic in nature and are generated to serve a larger area of the District. For this reason, a student’s regular route stop may be closer to their home than the corresponding after-school route stop.
Each BSD bus has the route number displayed next to the front door on the passenger side and under the driver’s window on the driver’s side with white numbers on a black background. Your student's routing information includes the bus route number.
School buses can become delayed due to unpredictable traffic conditions. A traffic snarl, traffic accident or a longer-than-scheduled loading at a previous bus stop can easily throw your bus 10-15 minutes off schedule. Please arrive a few minutes early to your child’s bus stop. If your child’s bus is running late, please allow at least 15 minutes before calling Dispatch at 503-356-4200.
https://www.beaverton.k12.or.us/departments/transportation/bus-routes