9/28- Last day for 5th grade CogAT parent submissions - See below for details

9/29- Spirit Day- See below

9/29- Popcorn Friday- See the SECO Newsletter for more info

9/29-SECO Movie Night- Click HERE for more info

10/3- Grade 3 CogAT TAG testing- See below

10/3- Secure Drill- See below for more info

10/4- International Walk or Roll to School Day-more info to come

10/5- Picture Day- See info below on how to order

10/13- No School- Staff Development Day

10/19- Great Shakeout- Statewide Earthquake Drill

10/27-No School- Grading Day

SATO DAY! Students wear your Sato gear or our school colors which are Red, Black, and Orange.

At dismissal time, it is important that students take all items with them at the end of the day. Students cannot re-enter the building to get non-essential items that were left in their classrooms as we don't have staff to escort them back to the classrooms. Thanks for your cooperation.

On Tuesday, October 3rd, all 3rd grade students in Beaverton will be administered the Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT) Screener. This 30-minute test measures students’ learned reasoning abilities through verbal/picture analogies, number analogies and figure matrices.

Currently the main purpose for administering the CogAT is to identify students for TAG in the area of intellectual ability. Students who score at the 97th percentile or above on the CogAT screener will be invited to test with the full version of the CogAT that is used for potential TAG identification. The full version of the CogAT will be given in November. For more information about testing, please contact your school’s TAG facilitators, Celena Rosenberger or Bettina Curl.

5th grade families can request that their student take the CogAT Screener by completing this link. All nominations must be in by Sept. 28th. No late submissions will be accepted.

Dear Family,

This is a busy time for our children as they continue to learn many new skills at school. One area of learning that requires specific skills is social-emotional learning (SEL). These important skills are often overlooked. This is the realm where children learn how to understand and manage their feelings, how to make friends and be a friend, and how to solve social problems. Learning takes place throughout the day—in the classroom, on the playground, and at home. Children learn by watching and listening to how teachers, family members, and friends interact with one another.

We will be using a curriculum called the Kindness in the Classroom® to help us think about, develop, and practice positive social skills. Research tells us that children who learn and use these skills are more likely to get along with others and do better in school. To clarify, this is not a bully prevention program. Rather, it is a pro-social approach to teaching students the skills needed to better communicate and collaborate, advocate for themselves and actively call out positive behavior and actions when they see it happening.

The Kindness in the Classroom® program includes 6 kindness concepts focusing on responsibility, respect, caring, inclusiveness, integrity, and courage. The lessons give students the opportunity to be inspired, feel empowered, act on what they’ve learned, reflect and share with their peers.

The first concept we will focus on in our Kindness in the Classroom program is Respect.

Q: What is Respect?

A: Respect is treating people, places, and things with kindness.

Discussion questions for families:

Q: What are some ways you showed respect to people, places or things today?

We are required to practice our safety drills during the school year so students and staff are prepared in the case of an emergency. Secure means there is a possible threat outside the school. Most often, this is due to police activity in the area. Police might be searching for a suspect in a crime, or someone might have spotted a person wanted for questioning. During a secure, it's business as usual inside the school. If students are at recess or outside for some reason, they're brought inside, doors are locked, and classes continue.

We like to provide social stories, which are visual stories to help teach students about secure drills before they occur. This is so that students can be prepared for what to expect. Teachers will go over this in their classes prior to the drill on 10/3.

As the new school year is underway, it is important for families to understand how grading is done in the Beaverton School District. Please watch this short video to learn more. For additional information, please follow THIS link.

International Walk + Roll to School Day is coming up on October 4th! Parents, this is a great chance to get your child excited about active transportation. Getting exercise in the fresh air is the best way to get mentally and physically prepared for a day in the classroom. Mark your calendar and plan your route. SECO is organizing walking school buses and prizes. Read more in the SECO newsletter.

What is Hispanic Heritage Month?

Hispanic Heritage Month is recognized from September 15th-October 15th. It is a time to recognize and celebrate the many contributions of people from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America.

Why do we celebrate it?

September 15th is a meaningful date because it is the anniversary of independence for Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. Mexico and Chile celebrate their independence days on September 16th and September 18th. We take time in September and October to celebrate Latinx changemakers past and present. This learning continues all year long!

Family discussion questions:

• What can you do to learn more about the contributions of Latinx individuals?

• Why is it important to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month?

If your child will be purchasing lunch, there are two ways to add money to your account: 1) pay at school; cash or checks are accepted in the school cafeteria or 2) pay online. SchoolCafé can be used for online payments. There’s a small fee for using SchoolCafé to make deposits.

How much does breakfast and lunch cost?

Breakfast costs $1.65; lunch costs $3.05.

How do families apply for free or reduced-cost school meals?

If you believe your student qualifies for free or reduced-cost meals, please visit the Meal Benefits webpage to apply.

How are food allergies handled?

Please be sure to notify our school nurse, Carey Stephens at carey_stephens@beaverton.k12.or.us. She will create a Student Health Plan that will put a flag in our system to alert the cafeteria staff that there is a food allergy. Additionally, we have allergy tables in our cafeteria that students can sit at. Please notify your classroom teacher if your child has a food allergy and needs to sit an an allergy table. Thanks!

Dietary Restrictions-

All entrees in our cafeteria will be labeled as pictured below. If your child has special dietary needs such as the need to choose only vegetarian items, please help teach them to look for the green V as pictured as above.

September 29th will be the first Movie Night. Please click THIS link for more information.

Click on the link above and be sure to sign up to volunteer! It takes up to 10 days to approve a volunteer application. The sooner you get the application completed, the better. Stay tuned for more information from SECO, our community organization.

We get a tremendous amount of things in our lost and found each year and when they are not claimed, we donate it to the clothes for kids program. Please label all things brought to school with a first name and last initial so we can get it back to the rightful owner! Thank you!

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!