Peninsula Family Post

9/11- PTA Meeting in the Library 6-7:30pm

9/24- Back to School Night 5:30-7pm

9/25- Early Release Wednesday 8:00-11:50am

9/30-10/2- Dental Sealants 2nd & 3rd Grade

Your students should have come home with back-to-school packets last week. Please make sure to fill out any forms and return them to the teacher or the front office.

To ensure your child gets home safely from school, families must submit a dismissal plan for your student(s). You can fill out your student(s) After School Plan here.

If you have a change for only one day, please call the office and the change will be implemented. Without a message to the office, we will not deviate from the plan. In the future, if there are major changes to the plan, please fill out a new form. If you would like someone to pick up your child after school, EACH person must be listed in our database.

PLEASE COMPLETE A SEPARATE ENTRY FOR EACH CHILD IN YOUR FAMILY

Please review and update your phone number, address and emergency contact list in ParentVue. It's important that we have current contacts should we encounter an emergency. If you need help to do this, please reach out to Sara in the office.

Please call our attendance line at 503-916-6275, email Sara at sgilds@pps.net or update through ParentVue if your child is missing school with the reason they are out. If there are multiple unexcused absences it is a district wide protocol that a teacher or member of our team will reach out to see how we can best support with getting your child to school. We know it can be hard and we are here to problem solve and support you and your family!

We use Remind as our main communication. Please make sure you opt in for text alerts, so you don't miss out on important messages about school closures, delays, emergencies and school events.

Hello Panther Family!

It is time to register for SUN School for the Fall! For those of you who are interested in getting your student involved in our free after-school enrichment program, below is the information you will need.

Fall Program Information

Dates: October 7th - December 5th

Days: Monday - Thursday (No programming on Friday)

Time: 2:30pm - 5:00pm

List of fall classes: Robotics, Dance, Basketball, Creative Art, Pottery, Chess, BRAVO Orchestra

In order for your student to be considered for SUN School, we will need two forms to be completed:

1. SEI SUN Application for Enrollment - Adobe Acrobat Sign (adobesign.com)

1. Once this form is complete, and you have received a confirmation email that it has been completed, please do not fill it out again. We only require one form for the year to be filled out. If you have already completed this form, thank you for being on top of it!

2. SUN Fall Registration - https://forms.office.com/r/kAPvfTUtEb

1. The registration form is a Microsoft Form that we use to inquire how many students will be joining us each term, as well as allow you to pick your students' preferred classes. This form must be filled out prior to the start of every term in order to be considered.

Each class has a maximum number of students that will be able to participate and we accept students first, on a need basis, and then first come first serve. Please note that if maximum capacity for all classes is reached, your student will be placed on a waitlist. With that being said, please do not wait until the last minute to fill out the listed forms as that may have an impact on your students' admittance into SUN School. Confirmation letters to inform you of whether your student has been accepted or placed on the waitlist, will be sent out by September 27th.

If you have any questions, please reach out to our SUN Manager, Kylie via email at KylieA@selfenhancement.org.

Welcome back Peninsula Families! I am SHA Jenn and I am here in the health room each day to assist students with health needs or injuries. If your student requires medication at school, please contact me to get the process started. Please do not send medications (prescription or over-the-counter) with your child as those must be logged in and written authorization provided by an adult.

I also update all immunizations records. The district will send out the first round of immunization letters in October if your student needs updates, but it is a great time to check in with your provider to verify you are up-to-date.

Lastly, I am attaching the updated symptoms-based exclusion chart for illness from the State of Oregon. Please let me know if you have any questions. We are looking forward to a wonderful and productive year!

https://www.oregon.gov/ode/students-and-family/healthsafety/Documents/Symptom-based%20Exclusion%20Chart.pdf

Welcome back to school Peninsula Panthers! My name is Kate Lefco, and I am the school social worker here at Peninsula. Each week I will be sharing a resource with you in this newsletter. You can always reach out to me directly if you or your family needs access to additional resources (energy assistance, mental health, childcare, food boxes, clothing, etc.) via phone or text at my work cell 971.276.1759 - hablo español. I work part time and I'm in the school Monday/Wednesday/Thursday 9-2 and Tuesdays 10:45-3:45. In addition to supporting caregivers, I also work directly with students who need additional social emotional support individually or in small groups. You can view a list of past resources here.

Just a reminder to all families entering Peninsula School to please buzz in at the front door and check in at the office. For the safety and security of all our students, please do not let any other individuals into the school if you are being let in. Please also refrain from standing in doorways with the doors open. This helps us keep everyone safe.

We love having volunteers at Peninsula. Over the course of the year, caregivers will have several opportunties to volunteer either in the classroom or on field trips. All voluteers are required to complete a volunteer background check and training. Click here for information on the process.

It can take up to two weeks for your background check to be completed once you apply, so we encourage you to do it now just in case you decide to volunteer with us.

If you have completed the background check in the past, and are wondering if you are still active in the system, email Sara Gilds at sgilds@pps.net, and she will let you know.

For the safety and security of our students, we will continue to ask that parents only enter the building if they are volunteering, have an appointment, or are picking a student up. This helps ensure that we know who is in the building at all times.

When you do enter the building for one of the above reasons, make sure to check in at the office and, if you're staying, print a visitor/volunteer badge.

Thank you for your cooperation.