Week 24!

February 28, 2025

There is no school on Monday, March 3rd. The office will be closed as well. We will be ready to welcome all of our stars on Tuesday, March 4th!

Breakfast

Lunch

Llewellyn Families -

Portland Public Schools has decided to add the two missed snow days to the end of the academic year. The last day of school is now June 12th.

Kindergarten and 5th grade families, we will update you on end-of-year changes just as soon as they are set. Keep reading this newsletter for updates!

Have you heard of OBOB? Do you have a 3rd-5th grader already participating? Are you interested in finding out more about it? We NEED your help! Oregon Battle of the Books is happening for our Llewellyn teams next week Tuesday March 4th and Wednesday March 5th? We are in need of moderators, scorekeepers, classrooms, help setting up classrooms for battles right after school, and someone in the hallway answering questions and directing traffic. The battles start at 2:50 and usually end by 4:30-5:00. This cannot happen without the help from the community. Volunteers are not limited to just families of students participating. This is a great opportunity for everyone to see what it is all about. If you are interested, please reach out to our amazing librarian Ms. Street at tstreet@pps.net. For information about battle official roles, please refer to the OBOB Handbook.

Llewellyn Community -

Llewellyn's Afterschool Enrichment Program is recruiting for new classes/instructors for the spring session!!!

We are looking for parents in our community to help host "clubs" where kids can connect around a topic after school. Examples could be knitting, jewelry making, sewing, poetry, magic, Pokemon, soccer. Come contribute to our community!

We are also seeking additional professional programs especially STEM/Science-related, Languages (Spanish, ASL, Chinese, Japanese), stop motion videos, parkour, music classes, arts. Please help spread the word in our City to find some additional providers!

Email parent volunteer Adrianne at adrianne.schaefer@gmail.com.

Local author Aron Nels Steinke is coming! March 12th. Order his newest book and an autographed copy will be delivered to Llewellyn on the day of the presentation! See the flyer below for more information or visit here to order.

Registration for the 2025-26 school year is now open for incoming kindergartners. If you have a younger sibling turning 5 by September 1st, please stop by the office for a registration packet or register online! Early registration is important as it helps us balance the classrooms and get an understanding of how many kindergarteners we could potentially have. Share with neighbors or preschools! If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to Kellie at kgrunde@pps.net. You can find more kindergarten information and how to enroll here.

Llewellyn is pleased to provide YEARBOOKS FOR ALL students again this year! The feedback that was received last year was fantastic. YOUR help is needed in making this happen. Yearbooks are roughly $15 to produce. We are asking for donations to help cover this cost. If you are able to pay the $15 for your student(s), please do so here. If you are able to cover another student or even partial cost of a book, this will help us to achieve our goal of a yearbook for every student! You can also bring cash or check to the office as well.

On this note! If you are taking pictures of classroom fieldtrips, events or other school activities please share them with us! You can upload them to this google folder. We would love to have a wide range of photos to choose from for the yearbook!

Parents - When you email us with attendance, call the attendance line (503-916-6256), or sign in your student late, please use the proper first and last names of your students. We are unable to look up students in the Attendance module using preferred names and trying to figure out who the student actually is can be time consuming. Thank you for your help!

If you have a last-minute change to your student's end of day plans, please call the office by 2:00PM. After that, it becomes much harder to get a note to teachers before the day ends. PLEASE CALL! We cannot guarantee that emails to the office or teachers will be seen after noon. Thank you for your help in making sure your student gets where they belong after school!

Please feel free to reach out to the office with questions. The office is open between 7:00AM and 3:00PM on school days.

We LOVE volunteers! If you plan to volunteer at Llewellyn at any time, a background check must be completed. This is done at the district level at no cost to you and is good for three years. Please keep in mind that it can take up to 2-3 weeks for the application to be processed, especially at the beginning of the year. Look here for more information, to apply, or to see if your current application is still valid.

Save the Dates

3/4-3/5 OBOB Competition @ Llewellyn 2:30 pm

3/18 PTA Meeting at Llewellyn Library 7pm

3/29-4/15 Plant Sale Fundraiser

An information session for parents and guardians of incoming 6th graders and new students who are starting at Sellwood in the fall of 2025, will take place on Tuesday, March 11th, from 6:00-7:00pm.

Please see the flyer below for more information!

3/3 NO SCHOOL – Teacher Planning Day

3/18 PTA Meeting - 7:00 in the Library

3/19 EARLY RELEASE DAY – School ends at 11:50AM

3/22-30 NO SCHOOL – Spring Break

3/29 Plant Sales Begin

4/3 End of Third Quarter

4/4 NO SCHOOL – Grading Day

4/7 NO SCHOOL – Teacher Planning Day

4/8-11 Book Fair

4/10 Connect to Kindergarten 6:00-7:00PM

4/15 Plant Sales End

PTA Meeting - 7:00 in the Library

4/16 Class Picture Day

4/20 Earth Day Celebration

4/23 EARLY RELEASE DAY – School ends at 11:50AM

5/5-9 Teacher Appreciation Week

5/8 Connect to Kindergarten Craft Night 6:00-7:00PM

5/21 EARLY RELEASE DAY – School ends at 11:50AM

5/26 NO SCHOOL – Memorial Day

5/30 Llewellyn Carnival

6/6 Field Day

6/12 Last Day of School - NEW DATE!