DOLPHIN DIGEST 9/26/2024

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We’re so glad to have you as part of our school community!

This weekly newsletter is developed and sent in partnership between school administration and the PTA. If you have information you'd like shared in the newsletter, please email it to ArletaSchoolPTA@gmail.com. Keep scrolling for the latest.

We acknowledge Portland rests on traditional village sites of the Multnomah, Kathlamet, Clackamas, Chinook, Tualatin Kalapuya, Molalla and many other Tribes who made their homes along the Columbia River. #HonorNativeLand https://youtu.be/ETOhNzBsiKA

• Through Oct. 31: Arleta PTA's Dolphin Drive Fundraiser

• Sept 15-Oct 15: Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month

• Oct 1: BIPOC Family Gathering, 5:30-7pm, Room 4
  

• Oct 3: Volunteers needed at PPS/PTA Clothing Closet, 9:30-1:30, Marshall High School campus

• Oct 7: SUN Fall Term Begins

• Oct 9: Walk + Roll to School Day

• Oct 9: PTA Grown-up Happy Hour, 6-7pm, Smart Donkey 3420 SE 50th

• Oct 11: No School - Professional Development Day

• Oct 17: Dine Out at Dick's Primal Burger on Woodstock, 11am-9pm

• Oct 23: Early Release Day, 11:50am

• Oct 25: SAVE THE DATE: Arleta PTA Fall Family Festival, 6-8pm

Arleta School Calendar

Updated PPS District Calendars:

English language PPS District Calendar 2024-25

Spanish language PPS District Calendar 2024-25

Vietnamese language PPS District Calendar 2024-25

Our first BIPOC families gathering of the year is scheduled for Tuesday, October 1st from 5:30-7pm at Arleta in Room 4. Please join the conversation about what you would like to see and do during this time together by joining the Konstella Social Group "BIPOC Family Group". Questions? Contact Arleta's SUN Lead, Raina Bilbrew, at rbilbrew@pps.net or parent, Sheryl, at sha_r_@hotmail.com.

The PPS/PTA Clothing Closet is where PPS students can "shop" for free clothes twice a year when referred by a school counselor. This past school year, the Center assisted nearly 1,400 PPS students! Arleta's days to volunteer are Thursdays, October 3, 2024 and March 13, 2025, and we need 5-6 volunteers to help families select clothes and sort donations. Please sign up as a volunteer for this fun and valuable role on October 3rd from 9:30am-1:30pm - any amount of time is appreciated! Any questions? Email melissasircy@gmail.com

If your family is interested in accessing this resource twice per school year, please contact Ms. Aud at aumanansala@pps.net or Ms. Blei at jeblei@pps.net.

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Walk + Roll to School Day is a global event that encourages walking and rolling to school on the same day, October 9th! Arleta supports this event as a way to reduce traffic and pollution, support physical activity and safe routes to school.

The Arleta PTA will have some fun prizes to give away from our favorite neighborhood toy store, Hammer & Jacks! This year's raffle will include a Swell cruiser skateboard, a Badge Brightz star light, and some Pep's reflective stickers for your ride.

Students can come to the front of Arleta before the first bell to claim a prize and enter the raffle!

Grab your walking shoes or wheels of any kind, join friends and participate on October 9th!

If you are interested in learning more about the PTA, we invite all grown-ups - parents, caregivers, teachers, and staff - to a happy hour event to meet others and build community. We will highlight the open PTA positions, but mostly will be there to have fun!

Join us on Wednesday, Oct. 9th from 6-7 pm at Smart Donkey Burreria, 3420 SE 50th Ave. This is a no-host event with food and drinks available to purchase. PTA will provide chips and guacamole.

See you there!

BIPOC Affinity Group: A safe space for Black, Indigenous, People of Color to connect, learn from one another and have fun! This space will be facilitated by Ms. Aud on Thursdays during 4/5 1st recess from 10AM-10:20AM.

Queer Straight Alliance: A safe space for students who identify as LGBTQ2SIA+ and allies to connect and share experiences. This space will be facilitated by Ms. Blei on Wednesdays during 4/5 1st recess from 10AM-10:20AM.

Arleta’s Annual Dolphin Drive “Buy Nothing” Fundraiser is kicking off it's 3rd week. We are asking our community to support the PTA and all it has to offer Arleta by making a donation through our Square site or via check or cash which can be submitted to the front office. We've raised $805 of our $8,000 goal!

This money will be used for teacher grants, free events throughout the year, yearbooks for every student, grounds improvements, and special programs like Oregon Battles of the Books, the spring school play, and the sensorimotor library!

Have your kiddos decorate the dolphin in the Dolphin Drive Letter that came home (or, click here to access it now) and turn into their teacher or the front office. Feel free to decorate as many as you like! Dolphins will be displayed on the waves in the windows outside the office to show our progress towards our $8,000 Dolphin Drive GOAL!

Love your librarian? Of course you do! Ms. Street is the best! Consider nominating her for this year's I Love My Librarian Award and she could receive $5,000 and the recognition of a lifetime. Nominations are due September 30! Learn more here: https://ilovelibraries.org/love-my-librarian/

In years past our Green Team lead has organized a community costume swap leading up to Halloween. It was an event where students and their grownups could pick costume pieces that were donated by the Arleta community, and the kids seemed to love it. We don't have a Green Team lead this year, so we aren't able to hold costume swap 😢

If you want to support events like this, and sustainability efforts at Arleta, consider volunteering for the Green Team. No experience required, and you'll have lots of help from the PTA. Email ArletaSchoolPTA@gmail.com if you're interested in helping out.

Arleta's SUN Coordinator, in partnership with school administration and BIPOC families, installed wonderfully positive affirmations on student bathroom mirrors throughout the school. Please scroll down towards the bottom of the PTA Uniquely Arleta webpage to take a look. Thank you, Raina!

In week one the Dolphin Digest featured some museums and music, in week two we featured some recipes and graphs. Now it's time to talk people! National Hispanic Heritage Month is a wonderful time to celebrate the many Latine scientists, artists, and movers and shakers who have shaped both our nation and the world at large. This week, let's learn about the people in our community, in our country, and in our world who have a big impact!

Portland is home to an amazing Latine community, and nonprofits and businesses are important centers of the community. Some of the amazing Latine organizations in Portland include:

The businesses in Mercatus' Somos Latinx Guide
Teatro Milagro
Latino Network

• -Read this great article on Oregon Metro's website about Latino Network's Ballet Folklórico, and see a list of other Ballet Folklórico troupes nearby at the end of the article:

Ballet Papalotl
Famelias en Acción
Hispanic Metropolitan Chamber
Hacienda CDC
Oregon Latino Health Coalition
Verde
Instituto de Cultura y Arte in Xochitl in Cuicatl

Beyond our own local community there are so many Latinos who have made a big impact on the world. Here are a few whose lives and accomplishments you can explore with your child.

Scientists
Albert Baez, co-inventor of the x-ray reflection microscope
France A Córdova, Irish-Mexican-American Astrophysicist
Ynes Mexia, Mexican-American social-worker turned botanist who discovered 500 species of plants
Lydia Villa-Komaroff, Mexican-American biologist who discovered a way to make bacteria make insulin
Carlos Juan Finlay, Cuban doctor and the first to suggest Yellow Fever was transmitted by mosquito bite
Juan M. Maldacena, Argentinian-American physicist
Mario Molina, Mexican Chemist and Nobel Prize Winner
Ellen Ochoa, Astronaut
Sarah Stewart, Mexican-American microbiologist who discovered viruses can cause cancer
Luis Frederico Leloir, Argentinian physician, chemist, and Nobel Prize winner
César Milstein, Argentinian microbiologist and Nobel Prize Winner

Dr. Gabriela Gonzalez, astronomer and director of the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics

Dr. Dení Ramírez Marcías, Mexican marine biologist

Maria Elena Botazzi, Honduran-American microbiologist

Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski, Cuban-American theoretical physicist

Artists
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Mexican feminist and poet
Adela Zamudio, Bolivian feminist, educator and poet
Joan Baez, Mexican-American singer/songwriter and activist
Isabelle Allende, Chilean writer
Fernando Botero, Colombian artist
Chabuca Granda, Peruvian singer, composer, and poet
Selena Quintanilla Pérez, American Tejano Singer
Flora Tristán, French-Peruvian writer, activist, and feminist
Paquita la del Barrio, Mexican singer, songwriter, and actress
Mario Moreno (Cantinflas), Mexican comedian, filmmaker, and actor
Yma Sumac, Peruvian coloratura soprano
Violeta Parra, Chilean singer-songwriter, ethnomusicologist, folklorist, and visual artist
Gabriela Mistral, Chilean Nobel Prize winner in Literature
María Felix, Mexican Actress
Jean-Michel Basquiat, Haitian-Puertorican-American artist
Rufino Tamayo, Mexican artist
Gabriel Garcia Márquez, Colombian novelist and Nobel Prize winner in Literature
Joaquín Salvador Lavado Tejón (Quino), Argentinian cartoonist

Sammy Davis Jr. African American Cubano singer and entertainer

Anthony Quinn, Mexican American actor

Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter

Diego Rivera, Mexican muralist and painter

Astor Piazzolla, Argentinian classical composter

Desia Arnaz, Cuban-American actor and singer
María Izquierdo, Mexican painter

Eduardo Galeano, Uruguayan writer

Sixto Rodriguez, Mexican-American singer/songwriter

Julia Alvarez, Dominican-American writer

Lin Manuel Miranda, Puertorican-American composer, writer, and actor

Rita Moreno, Puertorican-American actress and dancer

Politicians, Activists, Teachers, and Athletes
Don Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, leader of the Mexican War for Independence
The Mirabal Sisters, Dominican Republic activists
Túpac Amaru II, Peruvian rebellion leader
Rigoberta Menchú Tum, Guatemalan Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
Simón Bolivar, Venuzuelan military and political leader who was instrumental in independence for multiple South and Central American countries
Benito Juarez, Mexico's first indigenous President
Sylvia Rivera, Puerto Rican-Venezuelan-American activist

Sylvia Mendez, Mexican Puerto-Rican American activist
Marta Vieira da Silva, Brazilian footballer

Pele, Brazilian footballer

For even more resources, check out Colorado Public Radio's list of eighteen Latino classical music composers you should know besides Piazzolla, this BBC list of the best Latin American composters of all time, NPR's World Cafe's restrospective here, and University of Washington's history of Latinos and Seattle's Civil Rights movement!

Interested in leading Litter Clean-ups around Arleta? This is an easy, low key way to make a consistent and noticeable difference at the school. Currently, clean ups occur 2 times a month and last about 30-45 min. Help is available and you could customize the dates and times to fit your schedule! Please contact Tracy at tehulla@gmail.com if interested!

Ms. Street is looking for volunteers all year long to help in the library. With budget cuts to staff time across programs, the library is no exception. Ms. Street is asking for help to maintain the library space and to create displays. if either of those activities appeal to you, please reach out to Ms. Street at tstreet@pps.net.

We are looking for 2-3 volunteers each day from 10:45am to 12:30pm to help monitor the playground and assist in the lunch room. This is a fun way to get to know the students and staff!

Volunteers need to have passed a PPS background check. Visit the PPS website to start your application and screening process. (Once approved, your application is good for three years).

Sign up by clicking the button below!

Arleta's 1st grade teacher, Mr. Nelson, is a new teacher in our community and is in need of some classroom essentials like basic supplies and snacks to support our students and their learning. Let's help fully fund Mr. Nelson's very first DonorsChoose project!

Arleta SUN Community School provides a FREE after-school program that promotes student success by extending the school day through enrichment activities and academic support. SUN (Schools Uniting Neighborhoods) also provides adult classes & workshops and fun family events. Community schools serve as mini “community centers” by keeping a public building open & active during after-school hours, and bringing youth & family opportunities directly to the neighborhood. It’s an alternative way for you and the local community to connect via the school! SUN is not a childcare program. Portland Parks & Recreation manages the Arleta SUN program.

Our SUN School Coordinator Raina Bilbrew is wonderful as so many of you already know! In addition to coordinating the various aspects of our after school program, she collaborates with and deeply supports our staff, supports students within the school day, serves on Arleta Site Council, runs an intentionally designated SUN Community Space in Room 4, and collaborates with our PTA Inclusion Committee. Ms. Raina and Ms. Sheryl Moren, Inclusion Committee co-chair, host our BIPOC Affinity Space. To contact Raina directly: raina.bilbrew@portlandoregon.gov or 503-916-6332.

Fall term starts Oct. 7.

Arleta has a small food pantry and clothes closet available for the use of any Arleta family. To set up an appointment to use the pantry or the closet, please email our SUN School Coordinator, Raina Bilbrew at rbilbrew@pps.net or raina.bilbrew@portlandoregon.gov or call or text her at 971-803-8986.

The counselors at Arleta welcome back students and families! The counseling team and SUN would like to invite you to fill out our yearly Community Needs Survey. When you complete the form, all responses are kept confidential and someone from the team will be in touch!

English Language Survey

Spanish Language Survey

Konstella is the website and app that the PTA is using for events, family communication and volunteer opportunities.

We encourage all Arleta parents and caregivers to download the Konstella app today using invitation code FH3W5B, then tap Join in the email you get. OR, sign up on Konstella.

If you have any troubles or questions, feel free to reach out to our school’s Konstella Admin, Lisa Hugelier, lisa.hugelier@gmail.com

We'd love to invite everyone in the Arleta community to become a PTA member for free! Joining the PTA is a great way to connect with others, support projects and programs that support our students, and amplifies your voice in issues that impact our school.

Signing up only takes a couple minutes - https://arletapta.memberhub.com/store (one free membership per household, additional memberships are $10)

Help turn your BottleDrop dollars into Arleta School PTA grant dollars, staff appreciation, free school events, affinity club support, and so much more. There are two ways to participate (both of which are completely FREE to you!): you can pick up a PTA blue bag from the main office or school events or donate funds from your individual BottleDrop account.

Get your Arleta spirit wear! Shop online 24/7 and have your items shipped to your home anytime! There are t-shirts, hoodies, tanks, mugs, and more. Check out the online store here: https://arletaschool.threadless.com/

Show your LOVE for Arleta and purchase your We ♥ Arleta yard sign now! Order yours today to show off your school spirit and support the Green Team!

https://arletapta.memberhub.com/store/items/625149

Arleta PTA participates in the Fred Meyer Community Rewards

By linking your Fred Meyer Rewards card to the Arleta PTA and scanning your rewards card when you shop, a percentage of your purchase goes to the PTA. Sign up here. (And you'll still get your cash back rewards!)

Email: ArletaSchoolPTA@gmail.com
Website: arletapta.org
Location: 5109 SE 66th Avenue
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PPS District policy prohibits discrimination on the basis of age, color, creed, disability, marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex, and sexual orientation. BP 1.801.020. Not all outside groups comply with the District’s non-discrimination policy. Families are strongly encouraged to review all materials closely.