First Week of School AWESOME!

August 30, 2024

What an incredible start to the school year! Thank you for ensuring your children arrive on time and ready to begin each day with a positive mindset. This week, we focused on building connections in our classrooms and fostering a strong sense of community. We’ve also introduced a new social-emotional learning curriculum that we’ll be using daily to help our students develop important skills such as purpose, self-awareness, adaptability, empathy, collaboration, and agency.

Looking ahead to next week, we’ll be diving into academics, with our teachers engaging students in reading, math, science, and social studies. Your support in ensuring your child is well-rested and nourished with healthy foods is greatly appreciated, as it helps them show up ready to learn.

We’re excited to see you at our upcoming events: the School Picnic on September 13th from 5:30-7:30 PM and our Open House on September 17th from 6:00-7:30 PM. These are wonderful opportunities to connect with our school community and learn more about what your child will be experiencing this year.

Thank you for your continued partnership as we embark on another successful school year!

Warm regards,

Principal Collins

Llewellyn Elementary

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As safety is a priority, please…

• Please follow the traffic flow indicated in the graphic, and DO NOT drive, stop or park in the bus zones in front of the school building.

• There is plenty of parking just south of Llewellyn, at the Wilhelm Mortuary and on side streets. It’s only a quick walk to Llewellyn from these locations.

• DO NOT ride skateboards, bikes, or scooters on the playground before or after school.

• Dogs (with the exception of service animals) are NOT ALLOWED on school grounds before, during, and after school.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION AND UNDERSTANDING!

Kindergarten Parent Welcome “Donuts & Tissues”: September 3rd at 8:10 am (after drop off) by the garden. Come connect with other parents who just dropped their kiddos off for the first official day of kindergarten!

Our Open House is just around the corner, if you are in need of interpretive services, please reach out to the office ASAP. We want to make sure all of our families can enjoy a night of immersive interaction within our school!

If you have a last-minute change to your student's end of day plans, please try to notify the office by 2:00PM. After that, it becomes much harder to get a note to teachers before the day ends. Thank you for your help in making sure your student gets where they belong after school!

End of the day procedures: Sellwood Community House and Trackers will start September 3rd. If your student will be riding the red bus to SCH or Trackers after school, even for just one day, please email the office and teacher to let us know so we can get your name added to the list.

Parents/Guardians (and even designated Emergency Contacts) are encouraged to add Llewellyn's phone number to your cell phone (503-916-6216). That way, when we call, you know it's an important call from us and not a spam call. You might also want to add the Attendance Line while you are at it (503-916-6256). This goes directly to voice mail and is a great way to let the office know that your student(s) will be absent. Please remember to leave the student's full (legal) name, date they will be gone, and reason they will be gone. While we encourage you to let their teacher(s) know, please contact the office as well since our teachers can only mark a student Absent or Late; they cannot excuse an absence.

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to the office. The office is open between 7:00AM and 3:00PM on school days.

The Fall Session of the Llewellyn Afterschool Enrichment Program will be September 16th-December 13th and registration opens September 4th at 8pm via 6crickets! 6crickets link will be sent out when platform is ready. A limited number of scholarships are available, contact info below to inquire.

We will be welcoming back a lot of wonderful providers like Art of Science, Chess Wizards, Circus Cascadia, Yoga Playgrounds, Dan Macleod Art (Cartooning), Ukelele Project, Reign Basketball, New Moon Productions. We'll also be welcoming some new programs like Electronic Music Club and The Over AI-chievers, a class exploring artificial intelligence and machine learning.

Our free parent-led classes won't be offered this fall due to some changes in the district's classroom booking process. But if you want to support more parent-led or free/low-cost classes please attend the September 24 PTA meeting where we'll explore some solutions!

Please reach out to parent volunteer Adrianne.schaefer@gmail.com with any questions.

Please remember that only a Parent / Guardian can drop off medications for a student. Please do not give them to your student or their teacher to bring to the Health Room. The Health Room's hours are (currently) 7:45AM - 2:15PM. Thank you for your cooperation and please call if you have any questions.

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.

Our school’s PTA is a great way to build community, make new friendships and work together to support Llewellyn students and teachers. Look for information in the opening day packet. You can also contact the PTA at llewellynpta@gmail.com.

A huge shoutout to all of those who helped with the School House Supplies order! It wouldn't have been accomplished if it wasn't for you! A special kudos to Rebecca Payne Collins who organized this from the beginning.

9/2 NO SCHOOL – Labor Day

9/3 First Day of School – Kindergarten; Donuts & Tissues after drop-off for families

9/13 Llewellyn Picnic 5:30-7:30PM

9/17 Open House -- Students are welcome! 6:00-7:30PM

9/24 First PTA Meeting 7:00-8:00PM in the Llewellyn Library

9/25 EARLY RELEASE DAY – School ends at 11:50AM

9/26 Picture Day

10/4 Llewellyn Jogathon

10/11 NO SCHOOL – State-wide Inservice Day

10/23 EARLY RELEASE DAY – School ends at 11:50AM