• September 2 - No School - Labor Day
• September 3 - 19 - Fall MAP Assessment Window
• September 6 - Friday School
• September 6 - First Home Football Game
• September 18 - School Board Meeting @ 7:00 pm in Main Campus MPB
• September 19 - First Home Varsity Boys Soccer Game
• September 21 - CEF Family Bingo Night
• September 25 - GS Picture Day
  
• September 27 - Homecoming

September marks National Hispanic Heritage Month celebrated from September 15 to October 15. It honors all Latino and Hispanic Americans and their contributions to American culture. It also is National Recovery Month which hopes to educate all Americans on the treatment services for those struggling with substance use disorders.

September 4 – Richard Wright’s Birthday

The popular Black American writer wrote some of the most powerful 20th-century novels which exposed the realities of racism in the Deep South where he was born in 1908.

September 11 – Patriot Day

On the morning of September 11, 2001, the worst terrorist attack in American history occurred when four commercial airliners were hijacked by al-Qaeda members. Two crashed into the twin towers of the World Trade Center, one into the Pentagon, and another into a field in Pennsylvania.

September 20 – HeForShe

This solidarity movement was first created by the UN to help promote gender equality worldwide.

September 21 – International Day of Peace

This UN day encourages all nations to observe a ceasefire. Each year the UN bell is rung in New York City to inaugurate this nonviolence day.

All students may receive ONE free breakfast and ONE free lunch each day. Students will be charged for any food or drink in addition to the free meal. Students may choose to eat a meal brought from home and not take the free meal. Please remind your children to only take a free meal if they intend on eating it. We do not want to waste food that others could eat. Also, please be patient for the first couple of weeks as Seth, our kitchen manager, works through this new process. If you have money still in your child’s MealTime account, you may choose to donate it to the school or receive a refund. Please complete this form to let us know which option you choose.

“Hello Corbett community!!

My name is Janae, I'm an Oregon native and I've had the privilege of living in many different cities across the US and in Germany for 3 years. I'm a mom of 3: a rising kindergartener, a sassy 3 year old and a scrumptious 6 month old. In my free time you can find me traveling, gardening, playing outside or trying to keep my house clean! I previously worked at a Waldorf inspired school with a focus on the arts, fostering innate creativity and human development, and creating a collaborative community. This will be my 10th year teaching and I'm beyond excited to join the Corbett community!!”

Corbett Middle School would love to find volunteers to help with the landscape committee!! If you are interested please reach out to Erin Gibbs!

Welcome back everyone! New this year, you can visit our online MySchoolBucks School Store to pay online for Corbett School Student Fees such as athletics, senior cap and gown, high school year book, student ASB card for middle and high school students, field trips, ect. Or, download the mobile app to conveniently browse our store and pay anytime, anywhere.

If you need assistance with your account, you can find helpful how-to videos and answers to commonly asked questions by visiting myschoolbucks.com. Or, you can contact MySchoolBucks directly by logging into your account to start a chat conversation or give them a call at (855) 832-5226.

For all other questions, please contact Brie Windust at: bwindust@corbett.k12.or.us or 503-261-4268.

To see a full list of approved student fees visit the STUDENTS tab of our website: https://corbett.k12.or.us/

Just like the MySchoolBucks website, you can browse our online School Store and pay for your student’s school fees right from your phone.

Download the app for free on iOS and Android:

• IOS https://apps.apple.com/us/app/msb-parent-usa/id661878685
  
• Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hss.msb

• September 27-More details coming soon!

Tuesday, September 25th!

How is works: Students are photographed on Picture Day. Orders will be sent home with your student after.

Pre-order today on

mylifetouch.com

Picture Day ID:

MB6T9STVE

Look for it on the High School Instagram page and the Corbett School District Facebook Page!

• CSD Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/corbettschools

• Corbett High School Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/corbett.hs/

Stores close September 8th. Order should arrive within two weeks.

Our Cross Country season is off to a great start. We’ve completed our first race (a 3k time trial on campus) and many athletes posted better-than-expected times. Our first official race of the season will be on Friday, August 30th. The MSY 3k Relays will be one of two relay races we run. Cross Country so often feels like a solitary sport so we really appreciate opportunities to compete in relays.

All results of official races will be posted on https://www.athletic.net/team/75/cross-country/2024. You can check out upcoming races and see how our team is progressing.

Some of our runners on an off-campus run to Women’s Forum picture below.

Ohset athletes learn more than just equestrian skills, but life skill as well. To be involved 8th grades can be grooms and 9th- 12th grades can be athletes.

The groom position:

- help set up patterns and other equipment for athletes to use.

- help athletes to clean and prepare their horse to show.

- can ride before or after practices without coaching. ( that runs a risk of their high school eligibility if they are coached).

- does not have to have access to there own horse

Athletes:

- compete in events such as: sorting, working rancher, roping, daubing, showmanship, in-hand trail, dressage, English EQ., western Eq., reining, in-hand obstacle relay, bi-wrangle, Canadian flags, barrels, poles, fig. 8, key hole, individual flags and much more!

- compete in three district meets to qualify for state and then potentially regionals.

- is required to have their own horse or access to someone else's horse they can ride and haul to events

Once I get a first meeting date set up with the school I will announce those details. For now please reach out to me at corbetthorses@gmail.com or 503-319-6302.

I look forward to hearing from you!

Coach Amanda Tackett

Join us in celebrating our educators at Teacher Appreciation Night during the Timbers home finale on Sunday 10/6 vs Dallas! Enjoy discounted tickets to areas all around the stadium!

Visit this link to purchase tickets: https://pa.exchange/marketplace/4a95ae26-17ca-11ef-a6ad-1f932fcce77e/storefront/4a95afe8-17ca-11ef-a77f-6b8f0df1049d

For any ticket related questions or groups of 10+ email Vinnie Simone: vsimone@timbers.com

If someone is in danger, dial 911.

The School-Based Mental Health staff provide mental health services to all students needing services at the Corbett School District while school is in session.

Need immediate help? Contact Multnomah Mental Health Center.

When you call the Call Center at 503-988-4888, you get:

• Free, 24/7 mental health support

• Interpretation services for non-English speakers

• Referral to low-cost or sliding-scale agencies

• Help finding mental health providers

• Information about non-crisis community resources

Urgent Walk-In Clinic

Need to meet face to face? Stop by our Urgent Walk-In Clinic.

The clinic can help anyone experiencing a mental health crisis at no cost.

• Receive immediate care during a mental health crisis

• Speak to a psychiatrist or a mental health nurse practitioner

• Get help with medication and treatment

Location: Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare Urgent Walk-in Clinic

4212 SE Division St, Portland

Hours: Monday - Saturday 7 am-10:30 pm, Sunday 9 am-9 pm

Welcome back to the 2024-2025 school year! Your health team is: Julie Nakamura, RN and Cheryl Reams, School Health Assistant. We are here to make sure your student has a healthy and safe experience at school.

Your child’s safety is our priority. If your child has a chronic health condition or takes medication at school then please let us know so we can provide an appropriate level of support to keep your child healthy and ready to learn at school. Even if your child is a self-manager of their health condition we would appreciate knowing of their health status so we can be aware of and best respond in an emergency situation. Health information is confidential and only shared with staff who would need to know.

For your convenience, you can let us know of your child’s health condition by accessing the Student Health Condition Portal https://www.multnomahesd.org/services/shs on the MESD School Health Services website. Select the health condition that is applicable to your child and complete the necessary forms.

Also, if your child has any medication that needs to be taken during the school day you can access the necessary form(s) at the same website link. Forms are needed even if your student is able to carry and take their own medication.

Examples of medications include:

● Emergency medications: epinephrine auto-injectors for severe allergies, like EpiPens®, albuterol inhalers for asthma, or glucagon for diabetes

● Daily medications: methylphenidate, insulin, etc.

● Over-the-counter medications: ibuprofen (Advil®), acetaminophen (Tylenol®), diphenhydramine (Benadryl®), etc.

If you would prefer a paper copy or to have the forms emailed to you then contact the school health room or front office and we will make that happen! If you prefer to talk with me, your school nurse, before completing any of the forms then you can reach me at (971-235-0364) or (jnakamura@mesd.k12.or.us).

Note: All medications must be kept in their original container. Prescription medication must be in the pharmacy labeled container.

We are available to help you find health resources that you may need or to assist you with any student health concerns.

Stay well and strong!

Julie Nakamura, RN & Cheryl Reams, School Health Assistant

Interview by Michelle Carter Smith

*Corbett School District Board of Directors from October 2015 to June 2024

*Elected to Board Chairman in 2017

Although Michelle Vo's parents were from West Richland, WA, she was born in Pasco. The hospital in Richland would not allow her father to be present at the birth, so her folks made the trek across the river to Pasco. Michelle is the oldest of three children. Her parents live nearby and her two siblings are living in WA. Michelle spent her childhood in the Tri-Cities and loved to play sports and draw. She remembers looking through house plan books and architecture magazines, and then she would draw her floor plans. When she was in second grade, her parents divorced, resulting in various moves locally. She was outgoing and made friends easily at each new school. When she was in the fifth grade, she was in a mixed-grade classroom and was moved up to the sixth-grade mid-year. When Michelle was only 14, she sought sponsorship with the local Rotary Club to be an exchange student in New Zealand. She says living for a year in a country that was very different culturally than where she grew up was a life-changing experience and built her self-confidence. Michelle continued to draw throughout her childhood as well as play basketball. In middle and high school, CTE (career technical education) was where she thrived, particularly in woodshop and drafting! She attended the state level Technology Student Association competitions and won several awards.

After high school graduation, she attended the Univ. of Washington and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Architectural Studies. Michelle was accepted to the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) for graduate school. She applied for and received numerous scholarships and financial aid to attend UW but needed to take out several loans to attend graduate school. She says it was well worth it! She spent her first two semesters of her graduate program at the school’s Switzerland campus, then moved to their main campus in Los Angeles to finish her master's degree, graduating in 1997.

Michelle's first job out of school was in Santa Monica at a high-end design architecture firm as a part of their design staff. While there, she wrote out her personal goals, including her three "dream projects" to design schools, fire stations, and airports. She had a desire to work on projects that reflected her natural interests, and she enjoyed sorting out complexity, believing there is beauty in efficiency, organization and simplicity. She designed public schools for five years, fire stations for five years, and airports for over 20 years! Community projects are of great importance to her. She has been with Hennebery Eddy Architects for 21 years where she is vice president and principal architect of the firm’s aviation projects. She oversaw the Concourse E extension at the PDX Airport which added gates E5-11 and is now the architect for the terminal expansion of the Redmond, OR airport. Michelle was interested in getting on the Corbett School Board to contribute to passing the bond with a balanced budget and use her expertise to help with permitting and design of the new Corbett Middle School building. All this ties back to starting her career working on public school projects!

Michelle's son Viking was born in 2009 and her daughter Norway was born in 2011. Tuesdae and Michelle met while she was living in LA, and they moved to Portland and married in 2007. They bought and remodeled their first home before their kids were born, then moved to Corbett in 2011. They wanted to live near Michelle's parents in the Gorge, but she needed to be close enough to work in Portland. They sold their Corbett home in 2016 after their divorce, and Michelle bought a different home in Corbett. When Viking was 4-1/2 years old, he was diagnosed with autism. Michelle educated herself and became a strong advocate for him to receive the services he needed. She fought the insurance company through their appeals process and won, staying up late nights to write a 122-page appeal document. After winning, she redacted personal information from the document then shared it with local autism advocacy groups so it could become a template for other families of special needs kids to win their appeals.

Norway just graduated from CAPS where the unique environment allowed her creative skills to flourish! Michelle strongly advocates for mixed-grade classrooms, and believes they contributed Norway skipping a grade as Michelle had. Next year Norway will attend The Northwest Academy High School in Portland, and Viking will continue at his special needs public high school, Pacific Academy.

As a family, they love to be outdoors, especially near water. Traveling to warm places near water such as Mexico and Hawaii allows the family to surf, paddleboard, and swim together. Rob, her partner of five years, is her best friend and has two adult daughters. Together they purchased a home in the Gorge last year and are remodeling it. They admired the home when they first began dating, never dreaming it would one day be their forever home!

Welcome back from the PTA!

It was so nice to mingle with many of you during ‘Back To School’ night! If you didn’t get signed up, it’s not too late! Fill out the membership form below to join our fun and dedicated team.

Corbett PTA Membership Form

Jogathon will be coming up before we know it (October 15-17) so mark your calendars and help us make our biggest fundraiser of the year a huge success.

Our next meeting will be September 12th, so once you’re signed up, expect an email the week of the meeting with more details.

Follow us on Corbett PTA Instagram and our new Facebook page Corbett PTA Facebook

CORBETT HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATION OF MAMAS & PAPAS OF SENIORS

• Please save and donate your bottles and cans to help the senior class of 2025.
• Drop off location is across the street from Corbett Water District in the grey shipping container.
• Contact at: champsoregon@gmail.com
  

Thanks to the continued support of our donors and fundraising attendees, the Corbett Education Foundation is once again able to provide scholarships to Corbett High School graduates and alumni for the 2024-2025 academic year. Currently, our volunteers are working with students to complete the payment process and criteria requirements so that checks can be mailed to colleges and universities by the end of September. This year, 39 scholarships have been awarded, totaling $21,000.00, bringing the total assistance to Corbett graduates since the year 2000 to 838 scholarships and $439,500.00! The ability to provide these scholarships is possible because of the generosity of our many donors. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT!

We are pleased to announce that Family Fun Bingo Night is returning Saturday, September 21, 2024. You asked for it and we look forward to sharing another fun evening of food, games, and prizes, with community families. Watch for details in the coming months!

You can help us support Corbett students by participating in our fundraising event on Tuesday, October 15, 2024, at any Panda Express Restaurant nationwide. Our event is during all restaurant open hours on this date. Place your order by using the online ordering option from the Panda Express website and utilizing the event code 925380. (Orders may be placed up to one week in advance for either pick-up or delivery.) Details are shown below. (Please share the flyer with your friends, family, and colleagues. They can help our students from anywhere in the USA!) Just be sure to utilize the code provided when ordering. Panda Express will pay CEF a percentage of total sales generated by our supporters. You don’t pay additional fees.

Additionally, you can help raise scholarship funds when shopping at Fred Meyer. Designate Corbett Education Foundation in your online profile on the Fred Meyer website and a percentage of your purchases will be credited to CEF. Again, you don’t pay any additional fees. Contributions come directly from Fred Meyer as a part of their community rewards program.

We thank you for your interest in the Corbett Education Foundation and we hope you will join us for Family Fun Bingo Night on Saturday, September 21st, and at Panda Express on Tuesday, October 15th.

When

Place your order for pickup or delivery on Tuesday, October 15 !

Where

Available at Panda Express locations nationwide

www.pandaexpress.com

How

Online orders only

Apply code 925380 in the Fundraiser Code box during online checkout

at www.pandaexpress.com or via App

• 28% of sales will be donated to: Corbett Education Foundation

Valid for online orders only.

Click here to see the most up to date listing and to Apply:https://corbett.tedk12.com/hire/Index.aspx

Job Description

Maintenance 1.00 FTE, 155 days/year, 40 hours/week

Reports to the Maintenance/Custodial Supervisor or the Superintendent and may include, but is not limited to:

• Developing or having knowledge of electrical systems, furnaces and boilers, and ventilation systems and provide cleaning of furnaces and boilers, and replace or repair electric motors and thermostats and ensure they are running properly.
• Experience in building janitorial, especially with maintaining clean floors by sweeping, mopping, and use of operating vacuum cleaners and other cleaning tools and equipment for stripping and waxing floors, etc.
• Computer experience for maintaining HVAC controls and ensuring they are running properly.
• May include performance responsibilities for athletics division: ready athletic fields and gymnasiums for games; clean up after sporting events, including turning the lights off and locking up; week and spray the athletic fields; drag and line the ball fields prior to games; operate various lawn care equipment; move sprinklers and hoses and keep the fields and lawns irrigated; and push in and sweep under the bleachers after games.
• May include other performance responsibilities: transport food and dishes between different campuses; pick up supplies and orders from Portland/Gresham and deliver to proper buildings/departments; unload and store supplies delivered to different campuses; open and close buildings; repair tasks as assigned including carpentry, painting, concrete work, roofing, etc.; and assist in winter storm watch, preparation, and clean up.
• May be required to spend a substantial amount of time standing or walking, performing manual labor, and lifting up to 60 pounds.

Equal employment opportunity and treatment shall be practiced by the district regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation1, national origin, marital status, pregnancy, childbirth or a related medical condition2, age, veterans' status3, service in uniformed service, familial status, genetic information, and individual's juvenile record that has been expunged, and disability4 if the employee, with or without reasonable accommodation, is able to perform the essential functions of the position. (see Board Policy GBA)

Primary Location District Position

Salary Range $20.91 - $28.02 / Hourly

Shift Type Full Time

Job Contact Information

Name Steve Salisbury

Title Maintenance/Custodial Supervisor

Phone 503-261-4213

Email ssalisbury@corbett.k12.or.us

Here are a few ways to stay connected with what is happening within Corbett School District.

• Corbett School District Website: https://corbett.k12.or.us/

• CSD Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/corbettschools

• Corbett Grade School Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/corbett_grade_school/
• CAPS Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/corbettartsprogramwithspanish/

• Corbett High School Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/corbett.hs/

• Corbett Athletics Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/corbett_athletics/

• Monthly District Newsletter: https://corbett.k12.or.us/parents/parent-news/

Email: bwindust@corbett.k12.or.us
Website: https://corbett.k12.or.us/
Location: 35800 East Historic Columbia River Highway, Troutdale, OR, USA
Phone: 5032614268
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/corbettschools
Twitter: @CorbettSchools