The Tuesday Notice

This Week

Wed, Oct 16: Parent Enrichment Evening with Jack Petrash, 6:30 p.m.

Thurs, Oct 17: Class 7 Play: Alice in Wonderland- community evening performance, 6:30 p.m.

Fri, Oct 18: Class 7 Play: Alice in Wonderland - school morning performance, 8:45 a.m.

Fri, Oct 18: Class 3 Sleepover in Pine Hall, 6:30 p.m. to Saturday, Oct 19 at 8:00 a.m.

Sat, Oct 19: Class 7 Play: Alice in Wonderland - community matinee performance, 1:00 p.m.

Next Week

Tues, Oct 22: Class 5 to Taj, 11:30 a.m.

Thurs, Oct 24 & Fri, Oct 25: NO SCHOOL - Parent Teacher Conferences (see sign up below)

Fri, Oct 25: Early Childhood Harvest Festival, Clay Street Park, 12:00 - 2:00 p.m.

And Beyond!

Mon, Oct 28: Pumpkin Delivery to ACORN garden, 8:30 a.m.

Wed, Oct 30: Pumpkin Carving with buddy classes (see details below)

Thurs, Oct 31: Halloween Celebration, HALF DAY (Friday pick-up times)

Please take a moment to sign up for Parent-Teacher Conferences by clicking the link HERE. The link will CLOSE on Tuesday, October 22 at 1:30 p.m. and all subsequent changes must be made through the office.

• Click on the tabs at the bottom of the page to get to your class teacher’s page.
• After entering your information, click to another location to “save” your work.
• These times have been carefully chosen by the teachers, please do not alter them.
• If you cannot make the times available, please contact your teacher. Please note, make-up conferences are reserved for emergencies only. Two household families, please sign up for ONE conference time.
• If you need help signing up, please call or email the office.
• Class 5 through 8 families, please sign up for an additional optional MATH conference with your child’s math teachers.

• All conferences will be in person.
• OHANA FAMILIES: Please sign up for your conference in the highlighted times available. You will meet with both class teacher and Ohana teachers at this one conference time.

We’re excited to be able to offer childcare for conferences! Childcare will be available from 8:00 to 4:00 on Thursday and 8:00 to 3:00 on Friday. Children stay free during your conference time, beyond that time childcare is $10/hour (cash or check only please). Childcare funds go to our dedicated 8th grade students for their 8th grade trip fundraising!

If your family is new to the Siskiyou School we'd like to invite you to sit for a welcome moment with Sarah Collins, our Events and Fundraising Coordinator. Please sign up for a time during our conferences, on the first sheet for conferences, you can't miss it!

We are happy to offer an evening with Jack Petrash, Wednesday, October 16 at 6:30 to 8:00. Save the date now! This offering is open to all free of charge. Childcare will not be provided.

Jack Petrash is an educator with over thirty years of classroom experience (having just completed his fourth class at the Washington Waldorf School) and a teacher of teachers. He has written extensively on issues pertaining to innovative classroom instruction, has served on the editorial board of the journal Encounter, and is the author of Understanding Waldorf Education: Teaching from the Inside Out. In addition, has traveled extensively to work with parents. His parenting pieces have appeared in the Washington Post and on National Public Radio and he is also the author of Covering Home: Lessons on the Art of Fathering from the Game of Baseball, which received the National Parenting Publication's gold award. His third book, Navigating the Terrain of Childhood: A Guidebook for Meaningful Parenting and Heartfelt Discipline was released in August of 2004, the Nova Institute Press' first publication.

It is impossible for us to know what the world will be like when today's children are called on to accept responsibility for our society and our planet. The only thing that we know for certain is that they will inherit a world steeped in complexity. To live a life filled with meaning and purpose and still to meet the challenges of a rapidly changing world, they will need a wide array of capacities: physical health, emotional sensitivity and resilience, and above all a truly sound creative intelligence. This requires teachers to care for all of the faculties of the human soul and that's easier said than done and a big reason why our schools seem so different. Come join us and hear more about the critical work that's going on behind the scenes.

Mark your calendar for our coming Parent Enrichment offerings!

• January 13, Joanne Lescher – Communication for Every Family! How to keep your children talking all the way through adolescence.
• February 4, Nina Gallwey – Window into Waldorf. An introduction to Waldorf Education and how it meets children in our modern times.
• February 19, Middle School Informational Evening. Learn about our Middle School program and what makes our middle school so enriching.
• March 4, Media, Social Media, and Parent Participation. Multiple speakers share ways to be intentional with the use of media from kindergarten through high school.

Thank you so much for keeping us informed when your child needs to stay home from school. As part of our increased safety measures this year, we are taking attendance earlier in the day and will notify families if a student is marked absent and we have not yet heard from a parent. While you are welcome to loop in the teacher of your student, please make sure you are communicating with the front office by either emailing amy.bull@siskiyouschool.org or calling 541-482-8223 ext. 14 before the school day begins whenever possible. Amy will also notify the teacher once she has received your message.

When leaving a phone message, please speak clearly and provide your child’s first and last name, grade, the date, and the reason for their absence. This helps us ensure that we have accurate records. Thank you for your help with this!

School photos are now online! Yay!

To VIEW YOUR PHOTOS:

• Go to www.bryondevore.com
• Click on "Your School Photos" in the menu at the top.
• Find The Siskiyou School at the top of the list.

The ORDERING DEADLINE for photos is in two weeks, Sunday, Oct. 27th.

THE BATTLE IS ON! After an amazing year last year, where our school's fifth grade team “The Explosions” placed fifth at the state battle, out of over 6,500 teams, Oregon Battle of the Books (OBOB) is coming back to The Siskiyou School! OBOB is a statewide voluntary reading motivation and comprehension program sponsored by the Oregon Association of School Libraries and Library Services and Technology Act grant. Students in 3rd-8th grade regardless of ability, are exposed to quality literature representing a variety of literary styles and viewpoints.

OBOB’s mission is to encourage and recognize students who enjoy reading, to broaden reading interests, to increase reading comprehension, promote academic excellence, and to promote cooperative learning and teamwork among students. Students will form teams, read at least 4 books (up to 16) and compete in battles with the support of a parent coach. Reading, team meetings, and battles will occur outside of school hours. To learn more about OBOB please view their website at www.oregonbattleofthebooks.org or reach out to Amy Bull at amy.s.bull@gmail.com, and keep an eye out for the student permission slips along with more detailed information. Permission slips for students to participate are due no later than October 25th. Parent Coaches are needed! We need awesome adults to help lead the teams, please let Amy know if you'd like to help with this amazing program.

Halloween is made so special here with over a hundred grinning jack-o-lanterns arrayed in Pine Hall. Come help the children carve with their buddies on Wednesday, October 30th. Different classes carve at different times, click HERE to sign up and help! Thank you!

Help us get to the Bowmer! We'd like to invite our grandparents and grand-friends to a fundraising opportunity to help fund the Winter Assembly at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival's Angus Bowmer Theater.

We'd love to be able to invite all of our friends, family members, and community to watch the Winter Assembly with us. In order to accommodate all our friends, we'd like to rent the Bowmer Theater from OSF. However, the cost of renting the space is beyond our current budget.

If you'd like to help us open the doors to a larger audience for the Winter Assembly, please click the link below and donate $300 to our fund. In exchange, we're happy to offer you 4 reserved seats in the theatre along with recognition of your help in the Winter Assembly fundraising.

Thank you!

The Butterfly Class has just moved into the studies of Ancient India. These stories are the earliest stories that weave human spiritual beliefs and their physical understanding of the world into one. The origin stories of Brahma creating all the world, the epic Ramayana, Prince Siddhartha, as the last incarnation along the journey to enlightenment, and others provide a gentle awakening as the 5th grade students are starting their journey of their awareness of place in the physical world and taking their first steps toward critical thinking.

In this year, their language arts studies will take them from the murky mix of spirit and physical world in Ancient India, right through Greek Mythology, and into the world of thinking and human importance in Greek History. These early days in our lessons are such a sweet time, and the transformation through the year is an honor to witness.

As a finish to our botany work, the class took a trip to The Grove of Titans and Stout Grove near the California coast. We walked through valleys of ferns, stood at the base of some of the world’s tallest redwood trees, and spent time enjoying life at the edge of the river. The children were full of calm and seemed truly moved by the beauty they experienced on the trip.

~Mr. Criswell

Our community classifieds are posted as a service to our Siskiyou School families and our broader community. If you would like to include something in the classifieds, email your text (a few lines in length) or an image file (png or jpg only), to kristin.beers@siskiyouschool.org no later than Monday by 3:00 pm. We may edit it for space purposes. Classifieds are included for two weeks, require a break for a week, and then can be renewed upon request.

BumGenius organic cotton cloth diapers for sale. $120 for 12 shells and 26 inserts. Super soft and very absorbent. Pristine condition. No blowouts and baby stays dry all night so less waking. Adjustable snaps and grows with baby from 3 months to 3 years. If interested please text Vivian or Charlie at 541-414-9644 or 541-414-7375. Happy to give cleaning tips to make using these a breeze.

It will be an evening of spontaneous entertainment with decades of improv experience on the stage. Commemorating 25 years, this all-female troupe will perform improvised scenes, games, poetry and song with humor and heart.

In celebration of this landmark birthday, current members Cil Stengel, Eve Smyth, and Kyndra Laughery, will be joined on stage by well-loved Hamazon alumni, plus musical accompanist Joshua Raoul Brody!

Saturday, October 19th at 7:30pm

At The Mountain Theatre, 201 South Mountain Ave., Ashland

Tickets are $25 online at www.hamazons.com and at the door. Advanced tickets recommended.

Email: office@siskiyouschool.org
Website: www.siskiyouschool.org
Location: 631 Clay Street, Ashland, OR, USA
Phone: 541-482-8223