Oak Hills Newsletter

Dear Oak Hills Families,

Last week, we began Star Assessments in Literacy. Next week, Classroom Teachers will launch Star Assessments for Math. Star Assessments are computer-based tests that provide teachers with personalized learning data for each student. Each test adapts in difficulty based on the responses students enter. This helps to get a more accurate measure of student knowledge in a short amount of time. Once students complete Star testing, teachers will look closely at student results to determine what students already know and how to better plan for learning next steps. We will continue to monitor student growth over the course of the school year and will look forward to sharing results with you as part of Fall conferences coming up in November.

More Information about mySAEBRS (2-5)- Social, Academic and Emotional Behavior Risk Screener--Please read parent notification letter--attached below.

Emergency Drills

As part of our back-to-school safety learning, we are required to host monthly emergency drills, starting with an Evacuation (fire) Drill this past week, followed by our annual Bus Safety & Evacuation Drill this week and a Secure Drill wrapping up the month of September. The first secure drill will be on Friday, 9/27. Our safety drills give us an opportunity to practice for a range of emergency situations. You can expect to hear about monthly emergency drills this year, including evacuation (fire) drills, earthquake drills, secure drills, and lockdown drills. During the first month of school, teachers review safety plans with students beforehand, so our students are well prepared for a drill or an unexpected emergency situation.

Our district uses the Standard Response Protocol (SRP) from the I Love You Guys Foundation. (see flyer below). This approach to emergency preparedness offers a coordinated response, with shared language between students, staff and first responders. The response is flexible and can be used to address a full range of emergency situations. The SRP responses that are practiced throughout the course of a school year. When staff and students have opportunities to practice, they build the muscle memory to respond appropriately in an emergency situation.

Please talk with your child at home about the importance of planning for safety emergencies. You may consider working with your child to make an emergency evacuation plan, checking your emergency supplies, or replenishing items from a first aid kit as part of your family conversation. These are some of the many ways we work to keep ourselves safe at school.

Please reach out to your child's teacher or to Ms. Hansen or me if you have questions.

Have a wonderful week!

Sincerely,

Ms. Do

Student picture day is Wednesday, September 25th. Your student will bring home physical order form packets in their backpacks this Wednesday, September 18th. Online ordering is quick and easy, and can be done ahead of time, or 4 days after pictures are taken. Please see the attached flyer for links and a QR code.

Your child may be interested in participating in after-school club and enrichment opportunities. Below are organizations that have worked with Oak Hills. There are fees with these clubs. The clubs will meet at Oak Hills.

The PTO has a Club Coordinator that will be recruiting volunteers to facilitate after-school clubs soon. Our goal is to have these clubs start in mid-October. They will be free to students.

Clubs that will be offered during the fall/early winter:

Tennis Afterschool Zone (TAZ) - Wednesdays (1st-5th)

Rose City Chess - Mondays (2nd-5th) (Flyer available next week)

Kids Yoga - Thursday (K-3rd)

Lego STEM - Fridays (1st-5th)

Vision screening will be conducted by the Beaverton School District nurses and health assistants for students grades preK-5 on Thursday, September 19th. Students who wear glasses should wear their glasses for the screening. Parents will only be notified if follow up care is recommended based on vision screening results.

Please notify your child’s teacher if you prefer that your child not participate in this vision screening. Students who are absent during school screenings will be screened individually with parent request.

Tuesday, September 17 Padres Unidos Meeting 6:30pm Non-fiction library

Tuesday, September 17 PTO Meeting 7pm in Gym

Wednesday, September 18 Bus Safety and Evacuation Drill

Wednesday, September 18 PTO Art Lit Training 7pm in non-fiction library

Thursday, September 19 Vision Screenings (see info above)

Friday, September 20 Otter Spirit Day (Wear red, white, blue, Otter shirts) and Schoolwide Assembly (AM)

Wednesday, September 25 Picture Day

Thursday, October 10 PTO Jog-A-Thon Fundraiser

Friday, October 11 NO SCHOOL--Staff Development Workday

Returning Library Books - We encourage students to return their library books as soon as they are finished with them and not wait until library day since our rotation is every 8 days. This way your child can also ask his/her teacher about going to Open Library to check out another book, if needed, before the next library class.

Volunteering: if you are interested in volunteering in the library to help with our Book Fair or OBOB, please email Ms. Larsen.

Please check out the LIBRARY WEBSITE for:

• Helpful Library Links for students and parents

• How to View Your Library Account (Slides 1-7), View the Library Catalog (slide 8), Put Books on Hold (Slides 9-10), Renew books (slides 11-12), Pay Library Fines (Slide 13)

• OBOB Information

• Ordering Books From Scholastic for your home collection

• Donations

If you have questions please feel free to reach out to Ms. Larsen at leilani_larsen@beaverton.k12.or.us

OBOB Resources:

Visit our OBOB Resource page HERE

Roundabout Books offer live author visits.

Fall Into OBOB Author Series

Tuesdays, October & November, 6:00pm

You can register for any of the upcoming FREE OBOB events HERE.

New to OBOB? Attend this meeting at Cedar Mill Library to find out more!

PTO Meeting on Tuesday, September 17

Please join us on Tuesday, September 17th at 7pm in the Gym for our first PTO meeting of the year. We will hear a message from the principals as well as discuss upcoming events. Light refreshments will be served. We hope you can join us! We will also have a Zoom option available (audio only) if you are unable to attend in-person.

Zoom Meeting ID: 833 6434 3917

Passcode: otterPTO

Volunteer Updates

With the BSD adoption of the new Raptor system, the Better Impact program is no longer active. We have now shifted to using ParentSquare to sign-up for volunteer opportunities. Please take a minute to look at the slides at the following link for a quick tutorial of the sign-up process: How to Sign-Up to Volunteer

Also, with this new ParentSquare volunteering system, we have created a Volunteer Newsletter. Please click here for our first newsletter regarding volunteer information!

Vision Screening - Volunteers Needed this Week!

Thursday, September 19th 7:45am – 10:00am

Click Here to Sign-Up: Vision Screening Help

On the Move Volunteer Opportunities

The kid-favorite lunchtime running program starts next week! Please sign up to help with a shift or two at the following link: On the Move Volunteering

5th Grade Celebration Committee

Please email pto@oakhillspto.org if you are interested in joining the 5th Grade Celebration Committee or come to the PTO meeting this week. We will be sending committee meeting information to those who are interested in joining the group!

White Envelopes

White envelopes were sent home regarding funding for special programs (class parties, On-the-Move and Art Lit). Donations from these envelopes are the sole funding source for these programs. If you need a copy of the flyer or have questions, please email treasurer@oakhillspto.org. White envelope donations are due September 25th.

Upcoming Dates

09/17 - PTO Meeting at 7pm

10/10 - Jog-A-Thon

10/16 - PTO Meeting at 7pm

10/24 - Fall Fest from 6-8pm

This year, all students are eligible for free Breakfast and Lunch here at school. Here is the link to the current month’s food menus.

There are several ways to communicate with the office regarding a student absence. Parents can use ParentVue to log the absence. Simply click on the “report absence” button next to your student’s picture.

Or, parents can send a message straight to office staff via this form accessed by the gray “Report Absences” button on the Oak Hills homepage. While it is also helpful for parents to communicate directly with classroom teachers, doing this exclusively can prevent accurate attendance information from reaching the office by the time unexcused absence calls go out via the automated system.

Equally important is communicating with the office if a student will leave school early for any reason. Please complete this form accessed by the gray “Going Home Plan Change” button on the Oak Hills homepage. It enables staff to prepare students for pickup. Otherwise, a student may be at recess or in specials which will delay their departure as they go back and retrieve their backpack and other personal belongings.

Please also use this form for notifying office staff that a student has an alternate way of going home on a specific day, or if a change is permanent. This is especially important if a student is going home with a friend on the bus, or if someone else is picking them up. Students are only released to parents or guardians or previously authorized emergency contacts listed in Synergy. Please contact the office directly to update a name for addition or removal from emergency contacts.

Email: thao_do_gwilliam@beaverton.k12.or.us
Website: https://oakhills.beaverton.k12.or.us
Location: 2625 Northwest 153rd Avenue, Beaverton, OR, USA
Phone: 503.356.2410