DOLPHIN DIGEST 1/16/2025

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តើអ្នកត្រូវការបកប្រែទេ? ចុចលើតំណ "បកប្រែ" នៅផ្នែកខាងលើ។

ትርጉም ይፈልጋሉ? ከላይ ያለውን "መተርጎም" የሚለውን አገናኝ ጠቅ ያድርጉ.

We’re so glad to have you as part of our school community!

This weekly newsletter is developed and sent in partnership between school administration and the PTA. If you have information you'd like shared in the newsletter, please email it to ArletaSchoolPTA@gmail.com. Keep scrolling for the latest.

We acknowledge Portland rests on traditional village sites of the Multnomah, Kathlamet, Clackamas, Chinook, Tualatin Kalapuya, Molalla and many other Tribes who made their homes along the Columbia River. #HonorNativeLand https://youtu.be/ETOhNzBsiKA

• TODAY Jan 16: Neurodivergent Family Gathering, 5:30-7pm, in the cafeteria, dinner provided

• Jan. 20: No School - MLK Jr. Holiday

• Jan. 21-22: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Auditions, 5:30-7:30 in the auditorium

• Jan. 22: Atlas Pizza Dine-In/Out from 4-10pm, Foster location only

• Jan 23: Litter Clean-up, 8am, meet at the picnic tables

• Jan. 27 & 28: No School - Professional Development & Grading Days

• Feb 4: BIPOC Family Gathering 5:30-6:30pm, dinner provided

Arleta School Calendar

Updated PPS District Calendars:

English language PPS District Calendar 2024-25

Spanish language PPS District Calendar 2024-25

Vietnamese language PPS District Calendar 2024-25

I hope you’re all having a great week! Our attendance rate was 91% this week… up a little bit over the 90% rate we’ve been at for the past month or so. Thank you for your hard work getting our dolphin babies to us every day and on time! We really appreciate it.

There are two important events tonight: our own Arleta Neurodivergent Family Gathering from 5:30-7 in our cafeteria and also, a Human Rights “Know Your Rights Workshop” (Spanish Flyer here) at Kelly School (9030 SE Cooper St, Portland, OR 97266) this evening from 5-7 in their library, hosted jointly by Latino Network, SUN, Multnomah County, Portland Parks and PPS. This event is open to PPS families.This workshop will be facilitated in Spanish. Food and childcare will be provided. This workshop will cover essential topics concerning immigration, what to do, and how to protect themselves in the event of interacting with agencies and authority.

Connected to knowing our rights and how to respond to ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) should it be necessary, I want to come back to the message Ms. Aud, Ms. Blei and I shared in December and share some additional information. In that message we quoted our Superintendent Dr. Armstrong, and want to reiterate what she said: “We understand that the upcoming federal leadership transition may bring feelings of uncertainty for people in our community. This is especially true for many immigrants and people in marginalized communities. We also know that many of our students and families are experiencing similar feelings of fear and unease.”

Our Arleta Staff is and will continue to be learning and planning for safety for our students and families in the event we experience actions from ICE. Fortunately, there is currently no indication that Homeland Security (ICE) agents intend to target schools. Oregon is a “sanctuary state” and has been since 1987. This means we are committed to protect and safeguard immigrant communities and to continue the prohibition for state and local law enforcement and public bodies (which includes educational institutions) to participate in immigration enforcement without a judicial warrant.

If any of our families or students were approached by Homeland Security, they do not have to, and should not, respond. Families and students can remain silent no matter what is being asked of them. If any of our families were to see ICE talking to someone in a public location, such as a bus stop, our community can remind anyone we see being approached: “You can stay silent; they can’t do anything.” (Buses are private, but bus stops are public: ICE can approach people in public, but again, no one has to respond to them in public or private spaces). ICE can request to come into our school office (only; not the school itself), but we will not buzz them in: our office staff will go to the door (to say we won’t give them any information and that they cannot enter our school). We will deny any request for any information or anything at all from a federal agency unless we have a court order (we do have to comply with the judicial office, which includes courts, state and local juvenile justice agencies and child welfare agencies). The Immigrant Legal Resource Center Little Red Card is meant to help people assert their rights and defend themselves in many situations. These can be printed out and carried on your person.

We will continue to share information and resources in the coming weeks and beyond.

Warmly,

Lisa

Let’s face it: getting to school on time and ready to learn can be extremely hard. But did you know that missing even a small amount of school regularly can result in gaps in learning and make it harder to grasp new concepts? Arleta is currently averaging 34 tardies per day, and the Arleta Site Council – a coalition of administrators, teachers, and parents that identify ways to support the school community - would like to help our students thrive by reducing that number.

Towards that end we are running this column in the digest with handy tips to help families get out the door. Every family is different, and all tactics may not work for yours, but please check back here each week for tips to make the mornings smoother for you and your students.

Tips For Smoother Mornings

• Choose clothes and shoes the night before and lay them out in same place.
• Walk by a special place before school; go by the chicken house!
• At a quiet time, ask if anything about school is scary or upsetting. Follow up with their teacher or Principal Lisa.

At the beginning of each month, the PTA will be sending home a printed newsletter in students' backpacks. The newsletter includes news and event information for the month of January. Put it on your fridge or tape it to your door for a quick glance at what's coming up!

Click here to view the newsletter and translated copies.

We have so many hoodies and coats! Make sure we don't have yours!

We're excited to have another Neurodivergent Family Gathering welcoming students, parents, and guardians. The group offers a safe space to talk, connect, and play. Come join us the cafeteria from 5:30-7pm. Pizza dinner and kid activities will be provided.

Folletos traducidos aquí/tờ rơi được dịch ở đây/

እዚህ የተተረጎሙ በራሪ ወረቀቶች/ 翻译后的传单在这里

تراکت ها را در اینجا ترجمه

کرده اید

The theatre club is so excited to announce auditions for this year's school play, "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"! Auditions will be held from 5:30-7:00pm in the school auditorium. There's no need to sign-up, just show-up! You can fill out your audition form in advance to bring to the audition. There are copies available in the office, or click the button below. Please wear comfortable clothes you can move around in at the auditions, and maybe have a snack before!

Rehearsals will start on February 3rd and will be held on Mondays and Wednesdays. Rehearsals are mandatory as assigned. No rehearsals 2/17, 3/3, 3/24, 3/26, 4/7. Plus potential make-up dates TBD. The performances are mandatory for performers and will be on May 15th and 16th.

Back by popular demand, take your kids out for a delicious pizza dinner and fundraise for their education in one awesome fell swoop!

Our next Dine In is at Atlas Pizza, January 22nd from 4pm-10pm at the Foster Atlas Pizza location (6529 SE Foster Rd, Portland, OR 97206). 20% of what you spend on dinner will go right to Arleta to fund awesome stuff like teacher grants, the school play, and school-wide movie nights!

The next Arleta Litter Clean Up is before school, at 8am, on January 23rd. We'll at the picnic benches to help pick up litter on the school grounds. Grabbers, gloves, and bags will all be provided. We just need your arm-power!

Our SUN School clothes closet needs a little love. We're looking for volunteers to come for two hours at a time (12pm-2pm) to help organize and fold clothes, process donations, etc. Shifts are available every other Friday. If you're looking for a chill way to have a big impact, this is an excellent opportunity for you! Please click/tap on the button below to go to Signup Genius to sign up for a time slot now! You don't have to commit to more than one shift at a time (though if you can do multiple shifts, we're so happy to have you)!

Our family movie nights are fun, well-loved Arleta event. The coordinators that have been leading them the last two years are moving on to middle school next year, so we are looking for one or more folks to step into the roll to keep them going.

The process is well documented and will be easy for anyone to take on. You can join us at our next two movie nights, March 14 and May 2, to get hands-on training. Click the button below to email the PTA with questions or to raise your hand.

Each week we feature a poem from literature that you can share with your kids. Poems are quick ways to practice literacy and work like little packages of thoughts and feelings that explore the world in new ways.

The way a crow

Shook down on me

The dust of snow

From a hemlock tree

Has given my heart

A change of mood,

And saved some part

of a day I rued.

Robert Frost

This week, consider making scratch art with your kiddo. All you need is sturdy paper (ideally cardstock, but printer paper will work), crayons, and a paperclip (or bamboo skewer or something else to scratch with). Watch the video below to see how it all works!

SUN School offers an amazing array of enrichment activity for kids: piano, photography, journalism, skateboarding. But kids explore the world best on full stomaches. SUN School is seeking donations of snacks to help feed kids in the program. Please make sure donations of kid-friendly snacks are healthy and shelf-stable. Donations can be collected in the school office! Thank you so much.

Arleta has a small food pantry, clothes closet, and a variety of toiletries available for the use of any Arleta family. To set up an appointment to use the pantry or the closet, please email our SUN School Coordinator, Raina Bilbrew at rbilbrew@pps.net or raina.bilbrew@portlandoregon.gov or call or text her at 971-803-8986.

Email Lisa Hugelier lisa.hugelier@gmail.com with questions.

RESOLUTION No. 7030

Resolution to Affirm Rights of Undocumented Students and Protocols for Immigration and Customs

Enforcement (ICE) Access to Schools

RECITALS

A.The Portland Public School District is committed to providing a high-quality, equitable education for

every student, creating a safe and inclusive environment where diversity is valued and celebrated.

The District recognizes the strength of honoring the unique background of its students and families

and believes that ensuring that our schools are safe and supportive for all students and their

families is paramount to students being able to achieve. The District believes that defending this

right to safe and healthy learning environments is legally required, educationally ethical, and

consistent with the District’s core values.

B.Portland Public Schools believes the diversity of our students and families is a source of strength

and must be honored and reflected in our policies and practices.

C.Portland Public Schools believes schools must serve as safe spaces where students and families

from all backgrounds feel protected, supported, and included, fostering environments where all

individuals feel they belong.

D.Portland Public Schools students, staff, and families originate from many different countries outside

the United States. Federal and state law requires that all students be provided equal access to

public education, regardless of their immigration status or that of their families or guardians.

E.Under Oregon law ORS 181A.820, law enforcement agencies are prohibited from using public

resources for the purpose of detecting or apprehending individuals whose only violation is being

present in the United States in violation of federal immigration laws, subject to exceptions under that

law.

F.Under Oregon laws ORS 336.184-187, student educational records are protected from use for

immigration action.

RESOLVED

Now, therefore, be it resolved that, to the maximum extent permitted under law, the District shall:

1.Prohibit disclosure, without parental consent, of student educational information, including the

immigration status of any PPS studentwithout appropriate local authority.;

2.Protect District staff and students’ confidential information and ensure the learning environments are

not disrupted by immigration enforcement actions;

3.Direct any and all legal requests for staff employment records, student educational records, school

property access, or staff or student removal to be presented directly to the Superintendent and the

District’s General Counsel’s office.

4.Authorize the Superintendent and/or General Counsel to ask for the ICE agent’s credentials, the

purpose of requesting access and the legal validity of their request.

5.Provide training and guidance to school staff, with the assistance of our community partners, on how

to respond to ICE personnel who are requesting information about PPS staff, students and families

and/or attempting to enter PPS property. The District will also provide information about rights and

protections and support for possibly impacted families. This information will be communicated to all

PPS families in all supported languages.

6.Not provide information or assistance to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the

enforcement of federal civil immigration law. This includes refusal to:

a.Provide immigration officials with access to school property beyond the front office,

without a court order;

b.Remove a staff or student for immigration law enforcement purposes without a court

order or other legal authority and

c.Inquire about, collect, or maintain records related to immigration status.

LINK TO POSTED RESOLUTION HERE.

Vaccines play a crucial role in protecting our students from serious illnesses and help keep our community safe. Parents/ Guardians of students who are due to receive vaccines should receive a letter in the mail. Please check if your child’s vaccinations are current, including their recommended flu shot, and contact your medical provider or any of the resources listed below.

Multnomah County Student Health Centers

OHSU Wellness Center

Multnomah County Vaccination Clinic (English)

Clínica Comunitaria de Vacunación Gratuita (Spanish)

We welcome the community to our Miller Family Free Day, which includes free Museum admission all day to enjoy our current exhibitions Psychedelic Rock Posters and Fashion of the 1960s, Throughlines: Connections in the Collection and the Portland Fine Print Fair.

Free tickets can be reserved online one week in advance and are also available at the door. To go to the event page click here.

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PPS District policy prohibits discrimination on the basis of age, color, creed, disability, marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex, and sexual orientation. BP 1.801.020. Not all outside groups comply with the District’s non-discrimination policy. Families are strongly encouraged to review all materials closely.