Week 14! We are learning machines!

December 6, 2024

Please make sure to check the lost and found before break. The racks are filled! Gloves and hats are also accumulating. We would hate for any of these items to be missed over winter break. Come in before or after school to check for any missing items you may have.

Breakfast

Lunch

To date we have reached $230 in bottle drop donations for the playground! This means that as of right now, Ms. B. will be sprayed with 4 cans of silly string! Let's keep those donations coming. Grab those blue bags for the winter break! The blue bags can be brought to any BottleDrop collection place. The QFC down the road from Llewellyn is the closest place to do this. Scan the qr sticker and the door opens to put the bag in! See the attached video for more guidance.

Llewellyn's Winter Session Afterschool Registration is open!! Classes start after holiday break and will run until Spring Break.

Several amazing programs will be back in session. Most can be accessed via 6crickets.

https://www.6crickets.com/schools/US/OR/Portland/Llewellyn-Elementary-School/6708?refer=&school=6708&type=any&include_sold_out=&page=1&any_grade=&any_date=#programs

A couple of others use their own platforms for registration:

REIGN Basketball: Tues/Thursdays, Flyer attached https://www.pdxreignbasketball.com/after-school-programs/llewellyn

Circus Arts: Tuesdays, Flyer attached https://www.circuscascadia.org/product/woodstockafterschool/14?cs=true&cst=custom

Yoga: Wednesdays, Flyer attached https://www.yogaplaygrounds.com/school-based-classes/

Come work with our amazing nutrition guru, Ms. Olivia. We have a rare opportunity to have a nutritional assistant for 2.5 hours a day! The hours would be 10:30-1:00 and only during school days with the kids! Nutrition Services loves to fill these positions with members of the community. If you are interested, please see the directions and link below.

DIRECTIONS:
1. Select the link to access our careers site.
2. Sign In to access your account or if you are not an existing user select the New User link to create one.
3. Review the job description and select the Apply button to begin your application.

https://careers.pps.net/psp/career/SELFSRV/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM_FL.HRS_CG_SEARCH_FL.GBL?Page=HRS_APP_JBPST_FL&Action=U&FOCUS=Applicant&SiteId=1&JobOpeningId=28296&PostingSeq=1

We have seen an increase in the number of cars in the School Bus Zone in front of the school. The PPS Transportation department has asked us to remind our families that this marked bus zone must be kept clear from 7:00AM - 3:00PM every day school is in session. No stopping, parking, or dropping off is allowed in this zone!

Thank you for your help in keeping out students and drivers safe.

A reminder from the health room that if your child is returning to school after sustaining an injury (ie surgery, hospitalization, sling, cast/boot), we must have a doctor's note to return to school. If there are any restrictions, activity limitations, or precautions, the doctor's note must include this information. Based on the information provided by the doctor, and to promote a safe school environment, accommodations may need to be put in place prior to the child's return to school. Thank you!

Due to the low response rate for this survey, PPS has extended the survey deadline to help us hear all voices. YOUR feedback is important to us. As of right now, we only have 40 families who have submitted their surveys. We want to hear from you! Please help us by filling out the survey linked below. It takes roughly 10-15 minutes from start to finish!

https://surveys.panoramaed.com/portlandor/fall24family

Community Cares Reminder

Dear Llewellyn Community,

With Thanksgiving Break behind us and Winter Break rapidly approaching, we wanted to reach out to families regarding Llewellyn’s Community Care Program. Llewellyn’s Community Care program helps to provide support to families who are needing assistance with food, clothing, and holiday gifts. We are partnering with our PTA and local community agencies to be able to provide these items. Please know that all support is confidential and your family will work directly with your school counselor. This year we are able to provide the following:

• Winter Break Food Bag

• Winter Holiday Gifts – (1 need and 1 want)

• Spring Break Food Bag

• Clothing Closet Support - The clothing closet is open for counselors to request clothing for families that will be sent to the school. Please let your counselor know if you would like support with clothes.

• Resources near Sellwood
  

If you are interested in receiving any of the above listed support, please contact your schools counselor:

Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd and 3rd grades - Ms. Brittany; bsill@pps.net

4th and 5th grades - Ms. Kate kknochel@pps.net

As always, please feel free to reach out with any additional questions or concerns as well.

Focus of the Month

Kelso’s Choice:

All students grades K-5 have received lessons in Kelso’s Wheel. Ms. Brittany delivered several lessons with the K-3 classes and Ms. Kate delivered one big kids Kelso review. Some questions to ask: What are some small problems you can solve on your own? What are some of the choices on the wheel? Can you tell me about a time that you have used them? Kelso’s choices can also be used to help students solve conflicts with siblings at home. A great tool for school breaks!

As always, please feel free to reach out with any additional questions or concerns as well.

Best,

Your Llewellyn Counseling Team

Llewellyn's Counseling Website

Counseling Calming Room

Parents - When you email us with attendance, or call the attendance line (503-916-6256), please use the proper first and last names of your students. We are unable to look up students in the Attendance module using preferred names and trying to figure out who the student actually is can be time consuming. Thank you for your help!

Website news! The district is in the process of switching website providers, please be patient as the website changes daily. We essentially have no control over the website until the process is complete! Please reach out to the office if you have any questions that need clarification.

If you have a last-minute change to your student's end of day plans, please call the office by 2:00PM. After that, it becomes much harder to get a note to teachers before the day ends. PLEASE CALL! We cannot guarantee that emails to the office or teachers will be seen after noon. Thank you for your help in making sure your student gets where they belong after school!

Please feel free to reach out to the office with questions. The office is open between 7:00AM and 3:00PM on school days.

YMCA care will be running through the winter break. They will be open 7:30-5:30 December 23, 26, 27, 30, and January 2, 3. They will be open 7:30-3 on December 24 and 31. If you do not regularly attend the YMCA after care please reach out to ychildcare@ymcacw.org or call the YMCA main office at (503)327-0007 for more information.

We LOVE volunteers! If you plan to volunteer at Llewellyn at any time, a background check must be completed. This is done at the district level at no cost to you and is good for three years. Please keep in mind that it can take up to 2-3 weeks for the application to be processed, especially at the beginning of the year. Look here for more information, to apply, or to see if your current application is still valid.

Our Community Cares Committee is continuing to collect shelf stable food items and gift cards until December 16th. Please check out our sign up on Konstella: https://www.konstella.com/app/school/5997c874e4b0d4998e8e56f2/signups/67244f02079c5f7ceca627a4

There are still quite a few food items we need to fill in for our bags. We use the gift cards to allow families to purchase perishables like dairy, produce and meats. Thank you to everyone who has dropped off items and gift cards. We are very fortunate to have such a generous community and are so grateful to be able to provide for these families.

If you missed getting some gear in September, then check out our website! We have some inventory left from our sale and we now have a Llewellyn PTA Venmo: @LlewellynPTA. Gear pickup will be after school on Wednesdays through our gear committee chair, Lindsay Lopez. You can contact her at lindsaylopez@comcast.net or 503.380.3869.

Save the Dates

Winter Break Food Drive. 12/3-12/16

The Healthy Choices Bulletin is a monthly summary of substance use prevention resources for students and families. Many of the titles and images are linked to fliers and websites. If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to your grade-level counselor.

12/18 EARLY RELEASE DAY – School ends at 11:50AM

Last Day for the Bottle Drop Fundraiser

12/21-1/5 NO SCHOOL – Winter Break

1/20 NO SCHOOL - MLK Jr. Day

1/21 PTA Meeting - 7:00 in the Library

Readathon Begins

1/24 End of Second Quarter

1/27 NO SCHOOL – Grading Day

1/28 NO SCHOOL – Teacher Planning Day

1/30 Reading Night

2/4 Readathon Ends

2/7 Small-Tall Ball

2/17 NO SCHOOL – President’s Day (possible snow make-up day)

2/18 PTA Meeting - 7:00 in the Library

2/26 EARLY RELEASE DAY – School ends at 11:50AM

3/3 NO SCHOOL – Teacher Planning Day