Tuesday Notice

This Week

Mon, May 6 through Sat, May 11: 8th Grade Trip

Thurs, May 9: Main Lesson Tour, 8:30 a.m. - Join us! All adults welcome!

Thurs, May 9: 6th Grade Knighting Ceremony, 5:00 p.m.

Fri, May 10: 5th Grade Olympiad, all day event, for 5th grade parents only, please.

Next Weeks

Mon, May 13: NO SCHOOL - Report Writing Day

Tues, May 14: Incoming 1st Grade Orientation, 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. in Pine Hall

Thurs, May 16: Honeybee Class Alum Celebration, 3:30 p.m.

Thurs, May 16: Class 3 Play - community performance, 5:30 p.m.

Fri, May 17: Class 3 Play - school performance, 8:30 a.m.

Fri, May 17: Incoming 2024 Kindergarten introduction Picnic, 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. in Clay Street park

Fri, May 17: Read-A-Thon READING commences! 1:00 p.m.

Fri, May 17: "Spring Party" Middle School Dance, 7:00 - 9:30 p.m.

Looking Ahead

Tues, May 21: Read-A-Thon READING ends! 8:00 a.m.

Thurs, May 23 & Fri, May 24: NO SCHOOL! Parent-Teacher Conferences. Sign up HERE.

SAVE THE DATE! Dragonfly Class Graduation will be Thursday, June 6th, beginning at 4:00 p.m.

Just a reminder that tuition for the current school year includes payments for both May & June.

Payments for the new school year begin July 1st, 2024.

If you have any questions on your balance due, please contact Cynthia at cynthia.bower@siskiyouschool.org. Thank you! ~Cynthia

Please take a moment to sign up for Parent-Teacher Conferences by clicking the link HERE. The link will CLOSE on Tuesday, May 21 at 1:30 p.m. and all subsequent changes must be made through the office.

• Click on the tabs at the bottom of the page to get to your class teacher’s page.
• After entering your information, click to another location to “save” your work.
• These times have been carefully chosen by the teachers, please do not alter them.
• If you cannot make the times available, please contact your teacher. Please note, make-up conferences are reserved for emergencies only. Two household families, please sign up for ONE conference time.
• If you need help signing up, please call or email the office.
• Students are REQUIRED to attend 8th grade conferences.
• 5th through 7th grade math and language arts conferences are upon request of teacher or parents.

• All conferences will be in person.
• OHANA FAMILIES: Please sign up for your conference in the highlighted times available. You will meet with both class teacher and Ms. Hutchins.

Conference Childcare

We’re happy to be able to offer childcare for conferences! Childcare will be available from 8:00 to 4:00 on Thursday and 8:00 to 2:00 on Friday. Children stay free during your conference time, beyond that time childcare is $10/hour (cash or check only please).

Raven Class parents, please sign up for your conference with Mr. Alvarez and note the time following for a meeting with Ms. Chlebowski (Location TBD).

Blue Heron Class parents, please sign up for your conference with Ms. Tisdel and note the time following for a meeting with Mr. Beech in the 8th grade classroom.

8th grade conferences with Mr. Beech will be followed by an exit interview with a Siskiyou School board member and Aurilia. Exit interviews will be conducted in Aurilia's garden area just outside her office on the left side of Glendale House.

When: Friday May 10th from 11:00 – 2:00

Where: The Clay St. Garden

Please come and join us for a beautiful and productive morning in the school garden. We need lots of helpers to get the beds ready for the final spring plantings. This is a great opportunity to connect with other families and get some volunteer hours! We would love a trailer that we can fill with green waste to be hauled off if you happen to have one available. Bring your garden tools, work gloves, water bottle, extra buckets for moving soil and fancy sun hats!!

Come while the children are in school or bring them with you after pick up time. This gorgeous spring day is calling you to play, in the garden!

Middle School dances are an important part of the social development of our students and we're happy to host this milestone for them!

Details:

• The dance next Friday will be from 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm.
• This dance is for current Siskiyou School students only.
• Students will be required to stay for the entire time, helping to clean up at the end of the night.
• The dance will be chaperoned by Siskiyou School faculty.
• No cell phone use is allowed during the dance and any calls that need to be made must be made with the school phone and with chaperone permission.
• All Siskiyou School rules apply at dances. This includes rules related to conduct, dress code, language, electronics, and our drug/alcohol policy. See your Middle School Handbook for details.

More information to come!

The Butterfly Class is hard at work on their animal projects. This beloved project will mark the culmination of the year's language arts efforts, and the children are ready for every bit of it. They now have the tools to learn from books and share their information in a cohesive and beautiful way. To cap off our animal studies, we'll travel to Wildlife Images this week to see wild animals in person and up close.

In Geography, we have stepped beyond the Rogue Valley and the state of Oregon and are now learning about Lewis and Clark and the Corps Of Discovery. These explorers braved the elements to cross rugged terrain and kept beautiful journals along the way. Through their ability to draw and write, they shared all they had seen on their expedition.

In exciting news, we've just found out that our letters to the students at the Shanti Waldorf School in Kathmandu, Nepal, have made their way across the sea and have been read and enjoyed by their recipients. This week, they will send letters back to our students. We are so excited to learn from our new friends!

While we started the year mapping our own desks, we are now starting to expand our understanding of the big, big world beyond our valley.

Mr. Criswell

In Ohana we’ve been having fun with beanbag games that support hand-eye coordination, strengthen proprioception, cross the midline, and prepare the brain and body for learning. Most Thursdays we have movement stations, which gives me an opportunity to work 1:1 with my students, while giving them opportunities to have some time with different sensory opportunities (bean pit for the feet, kinetic sand for hands, weighted blankets for nervous system regulation) as well as spelling, reading fluency and phonics practice. I feel so privileged to work with such kind, interesting, gifted students at our beautiful school.

~Mrs. Hutchins

Literacy Support Teacher, Ohana Program

Congratulations, first graders, and thank you Ms. Leann!

Memorial Day Weekend: May 24 - 27 (Day passes available for Sat and Sun)

Come join in shared intention and thanksgiving for a special camping event near Hornbrook (a 45 minute drive from Ashland) celebrating the beauty and importance of the Free-Flowing Klamath River! We'll be gathering to offer our prayers, medicines, songs, and dances near the removal site of the Copco Dam, at the Deer Mountain Sanctuary. Together we will share offerings to support the healing of the Ecosystem, and celebrate the impact this healing will have on the cultures, traditions, and the futures of all relatives that depend on it. We have a weekend option, and also Saturday and Sunday are open for day passes. You can learn more HERE or contact Heddi at HeddiL@gmail.com or 707.280.7033.

Ashland Children's Theatre presents - The Odyssey (epically condensed) and Out of the Box on May 17, 18, 19. Tickets available online only at www.ashlandchildrenstheatre.com. Written and directed by Eve Smyth, and included in the cast are Siskiyou School's own Adrian (6th grade), Azie, Layla, Miranda (7th grade), along with Kalila (8th grade) on the crew.

The Odyssey (epically condensed) is just that! Watch the "Epically Condensed Company" attempt to present the entire Odyssey, a story filled with gods and goddesses, terrifying monsters, storms and shipwrecks, cunning, courage, and heroic arts - in less than an hour. Will they do it? Come and see! (This is not your Siskiyou School Odyssey!) Out of the Box is a retelling of the Greek myth of Pandora's Box. Will Pandora's curiosity get the better of her? Or can we keep those evils contained this time? One thing is sure, Hope will prevail!

The show runs about an 1 hour and 20 minutes, including a 10 minute intermission.

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