OGMS Weekly Update

Hello Ockley Green Families,

One more week and many more highlights of our students to share. It is fabulous to see the excitement of our students participating in everything from Egg Drop Experiments to reading the books they authored to their 2nd Grade pal to exploring at the Soul Restoration Center to marching in the Jr. Rose Festival Parade to dressing up for our End of Year Dance! Lots of joy in the building and community as we close out the school year.

In Partnership

Julie Rierson

Pronouns: she/her

Principal, Ockley Green Middle School

Family Celebration for our LUCHA 8th Graders! Many thanks to Ms. Genie & Ms. Miranda for their guidance with our LUCHA Affinity Group.

Some of our BSU students enjoying time at the Soul Restoration Center. Big shout out to Ms. Siegfried and her leadership with our BSU Affinity Group!

Mr. Linton's Creative Writing class wrote & illustrated a book for their 2nd Grade buddy at Chief Joseph! They were able to share & read the books together this week. Thank you Mr. Linton and Ms. Hughes for supporting this effort.

Promotion is June 13th @ 6:00 PM

Roosevelt High School

We will be able to provide additional tickets to families that requested. If you sent a request, then your student will receive the tickets next week from their Language Arts teacher.

Students started with their year-end Chromebook return on Friday and will continue next week. Here are some reminders from our Library Assistant, Rachel Manter.

• Please charge your computer the night before to prepare it for storage.

• Make sure you sign out and shut down the Chromebook.

• Don’t forget to turn in your chargers too! Even if it’s broken

• Please bring all Chromebooks you have. Any loaners or old devices from previous school years will be accepted.

Click here for additional information.

Summer Acceleration Academy has been reduced and is not offering programming to Middle School students. At Ockley Green, we have received grant funding to offer Summer Enrichment Programming to our current students that will be in 7th & 8th Grade next year. We have finished our priority registration and are now opening up registration to any Ockley Green student that will be in 7th or 8th grade next year.

We want to invite your student to join us this summer! All students will receive Language Arts & Math instruction and multiple elective classes. This will be a great opportunity for students to reinforce learning, engage in exciting electives and prepare for their upcoming academic year. The day will start at 9:25 am and end at 2:00 pm. Students will be provided breakfast, snack and lunch each day.

See below for a QR Code and link that will get you to the registration form. Registration will be open until June 3rd.

The Successful School Survey has been extended to June 7th.

We currently have 46 responses, which is quite a bit below last year's 160 responses.

We would greatly appreciate it if you would take 15 minutes to provide us your feedback on Academic Perception, Barriers to Engagement, School Safety, Communication and School Climate.

Thank you in advance for your participation as it will allow us to make thoughtful and well-informed decisions about school climate and culture. If you have any questions about the survey, please contact Ms. JJB in the office at jjardeeborquist@pps.net.

From our SUN Coordinator

SUN is looking for one more coach to round out our team for the upcoming FIRST Lego League season (begins in the fall)! Coaches will help our team of about 8 students prepare for a tournament, where they will compete against other teams from all around the state. The kids will build a Lego robot and program it to solve a series of puzzles on this year's game board, as well as preparing a science-fair style presentation on a STEM topic of their choosing. As a coach, our main role is to help inspire the kids and help them brainstorm ideas for their presentation, and for how to design and code the robot. We simply guide them to use their own creativity to make sure that they are ready to participate in the tournament and have a great time doing it. Coding and engineering experience is not necessary, and some of us who have coached before will be there to help guide you through the process from the beginning!

For more info check out https://www.firstinspires.org/robotics/fll

Questions? Contact Elisa Prieto-Saavedra @ eprieto@pps.net

Attn: Parents of 8th graders
Is your student interested in playing Fall Sports at Roosevelt?
Sign Up Now

Fall sports (including Football, Volleyball, Soccer & Cross Country) will officially begin Monday, August 19th & registration is open! Many teams will begin conditioning in the summer. Cheer & Dance tryouts have already taken place.

To participate, students must be registered on Roosevelt FamilyID and have a Physical Exam by a medical practitioner (valid for 2 years). After completing, please upload your physical form to your FamilyID account or email it to jwhite@pps.net

Click here for a link to the English physical form.
Click here for a link to the Spanish physical form.

If you can't make it to your doctor, please call 503-988-3909 to make a NO COST appointment at the Student Health Center located at Roosevelt High School.

For information on sport-specific practices/tryouts, please reach out to the head coach.

Contact info can be found here: Head Coaches 2024-25

June 10th - 8th Grade Oaks Park Field Trip

June 13th - Promotion @ Roosevelt

June 14th - Last Day of School & Field Day