Patriot Press

Greetings Poynter Families!

Today, teachers spent time learning and planning together to support your students. One of the areas we are focusing on this year is Oregon's new social emotional learning standards. These standards support students in developing life skills that support college and career readiness. As an example, one of Oregon's social emotional learning standards is: Plan, evaluate, and achieve personal and collective goals. In the picture on the right, you can see Mr. Molenkamp walking his students through setting goals in his PE class. This is a great example of how these standards are addressed throughout the day!

Go Patriots!

Jeremy Corwin

Principal

• 9/30 - No School (Staff Development Day)
• 10/2 All Smiles Dental Service visits
• 10/3 - Play Auditions
• 10/7 - 6:00pm Principal Chat (Spanish Translation Available)
• 10/8 - 6:00pm Latino Parent Advisory Committee (English Translation Available)
• 10/11 - No School
• 10/24 - PoynterGreen Advanced Band Concert
• 10/24 - Fall Dance

We want to help ensure the safety of our students. In the mornings, please use the side parking lot (marked in green on the map below) to drop off students.

For the end of the day, review the map below. Areas in green are places parents can wait to pick up students. These are the Poynter side of Grant and the side parking lot. Please do not use the the areas marked in red. These are the bus-side parking lot or the other side of Grant St. to pick up students. Students crossing the street without a crosswalk are at risk of being hit by a car. Students can use the crosswalk marked in yellow to cross Grant St. Thank you for helping keep our kids safe!

We love seeing your students every day. When students attend school over 90% of the time, they are much more likely to get better grades and graduate on time. For more information, you can look here: English | Spanish

Hillsboro School District is recruiting more members for Una Voz Mariachi. If you have a student grades 6-12, check out this flyer.

Please join us for our first Principal Chat on Monday, October 7 from 6:00-7:00PM. Information will be shared about what's going on around school and talk about the experiences students and families have. I'm excited to see you there. These meetings will typically be the first Monday of every month and Spanish interpreters will be available.

We invite families to our parent advisory committee on October 7 from 6:00-7:30PM to learn about Poynter and our new administrative team. The objective of the group is to ensure quality educational experiences for all students. These meetings typically occur on the first Tuesday of the month and English interpreters will be available.