Lake Grove Elementary

Dear Lake Grove Families,

What a treat to see so many smiling faces for picture day yesterday! If you missed it, make ups will be on November 5th.

I want to take time again to thank each of you for partnering with us to keep our students safe and our schools open. I know that as individual families we may have different values and customs and I appreciate that all of us are coming together to follow the various safety protocols we have in place to keep schools open. We know that many of the protocols are inconvenient, yet they are how we keep schools open for 5 full days of joyful learning.

Thank you for wearing a mask on campus.

Thank you for staying home if you are sick.

Thank you for quarantining or isolating according to our guidelines when needed.

And mostly thank you for sharing your children with us.

Be well,

Principal Knapp

Participating in "Start With Hello" Week activities will foster an inclusive community that values every individual at Lake Grove. We will make a difference in simple, fun, and impactful ways by promoting connectedness, and identifying and helping students who may be lacking social confidence or feeling alone.

Monday, September 27: “It’s Easy Being Green” Day and “Say Hello” Day

The Lake Grove community is encouraged to wear GREEN to promote "growing" friendships. Lake Grove will come together to show that it is okay to “be green” and even though we are all different, we will treat each other with kindness and compassion.

Tuesday, September 28: “Tie Dye Tuesday”

Wear your favorite tie dyed clothes and show support for peaceful and kind friendships that include everyone.

Wednesday, September 29: “Team Lake Grove” Day

Everyone wants to be a part of a team! Wear your favorite team’s colors or jersey.

Thursday, September 30: “Mix it Up and Sock it to Loneliness” Day

Wear mismatched and mixed up clothes, including fun, silly and colorful socks.

Friday, October 1: “We are Lake Grove!” Day

Show your Lake Grove pride! Wear Lake Grove colors (red/blue) or wear your Lake Grove spirit gear!

Thank you for supporting your students to bring their iPads and Chromebooks back and forth to school each day charged and ready for use as an instructional tool. We value using technology to support learning, just like we value pencils, paper, and math manipulatives as instructional tools. We work to ensure that technology is used when it supports our instructional goals as we know that limiting screen time is another shared value.

Some parents have asked about ways to manage what and when students can access on their devices. The amazing Russ Irwin has been teaching all our students about Digital Citizenship, and we'd like to partner with you to ensure we're teaching students to use technology responsibly.

I would encourage all of you to make agreements as a family about where and when devices are allowed to be used, and recommend that students do not have devices, including cell phones, in their rooms after bedtime. Common Sense Media has some helpful articles and guides for parents navigating screen time decisions. I've linked one here.

Come to Lakeridge Middle School (https://goo.gl/maps/zjNpttX6XTr9yXxE6 4700 Jean Rd, Lake Oswego, OR 97035) to Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 - October 15) with Spanish teachers Teresa Sánchez and Julie Pacheco-Toye in an evening full of fun and cultural learning.

Each week, Ms. Sanchez and Ms. Pacheco-Toye will teach a beginners Spanish lesson followed by a Flamenco and Salsa dance class. Don't miss this opportunity to immerse in the Spanish language and culture!

Registration is free!

This Fall, all students in Grades 1-8 will complete two online i-Ready assessments in class. One is for math and the other is for reading. i-Ready is a program that will help us determine your child’s strengths and areas for growth, personalize their learning, and monitor their progress throughout the school year. i-Ready allows us to meet your child where they are and provides us with data to inform and tailor instruction to accelerate growth. This is the first of three i-Ready assessments we give each year, and results will be shared with parents in October (at conferences).

The i-Ready Diagnostic is an adaptive assessment that adjusts its questions to suit your child’s skill level. Each item a student receives is based on their answer to the previous question. For example, a series of correct answers will result in slightly harder questions, while a series of incorrect answers will yield slightly easier ones. The purpose of this is not to give your child a score or grade but to determine how to best support their learning.

At Lake Grove, the Fall i-Ready testing window will be between September 7 and September 24.

About this event

Carmen T. Bernier-Grand is the Puerto Rican author of eleven books for children and young adults. Her biographies César: Yes, We Can! ¡Sí, se puede!, Diego: Bigger Than Life, and Frida: ¡Viva la vida! Long Live Life received Pura Belpré Author Honor Awards. Her biography Alicia Alonso: Prima Ballerina received starred reviews from Booklist and Publishers Weekly and was a 2012 Notable Book for Global Society.

In 2008, the Oregon Library Association’s Children’s Division awarded Carmen the Evelyn Sibley Lampman Award for her significant contributions to the children of Oregon in the field of children’s literature. Ten years later, Oregon Literary Arts awarded her the Walt Morey Young Readers Literary Legacy Award.

Bernier-Grand is a member of SCBWI, Oregon Writers Colony, Authors Guild, PEN and AWP. She lives with her husband and bilingual Maltese dog, Lily, in Portland Oregon.

If your child will be absent, please email your student's teacher and copy the office at lgattendance@loswego.k12.or.us. Please list the date your child will be absent and any illness symptoms. You may also call us at 503-534-2357, or leave a voicemail on the 24-hour attendance line at 503-534-2299.

• We have assigned seating on our buses to limit the number of students who would need to quarantine in the unfortunate event of a positive case on a bus. Thank you for reminding your children of our bus expectations (stay seated in your assigned seat, wear a mask, and use quiet, kind words)
• Parents if you are coming in person to pick up your students, we need to keep the deck open for students and staff. Please stay off the covered sidewalk by the front doors. You are welcome to wait in the coned off parking spaces along the gym or the parking spaces along the school closest to Douglas Way.
• No pets on campus when students are present.

Hello LOSD Families,

Each student must have a Technology Consent form on file each year.

The District is once again offering a Device Damage and Loss Protection Plan to ease the financial obligation if your student's District Device is damaged or lost.

When you fill out the Tech Consent form, you will "accept" or "decline" participation in the Protection Plan. The cost is $20 per student, with a family maximum of $60. Participation in the program is completely optional. Fee waivers are available for those with financial need.

Click HERE to directly access the 2021-2022 Technology Consent form.

Please fill out one form per student. Payment instructions will be communicated to participating families. For a complete description of the Device Damage and Loss Protection Program, please visit the District's website at https://www.losdschools.org/Page/7761

Fee waiver forms can be accessed here: https://www.losdschools.org/domain/1838 Please mail the completed form to:

Lake Oswego School District Office

c/o James Miller

PO Box 70

Lake Oswego, OR 97034

Thank you,

Computer Network Services

9/28 PTA General Meeting 7pm (Zoom Link: https://loswego-k12-or-us.zoom.us/j/83750848836)

10/8 - Professional Day - No School

10/13 - Back to School Night

10/28-29 No School - Conferences

11/5 School Portrait Make Up Day

JOIN THE PTA AND VOTE ON OUR ’21-22 BUDGET

PTA members will vote on the 2021 school year budget at the general meeting on Tuesday, September 28 at 7 p.m. Join the PTA so you have a vote! Easily make your credit card payment online at https://lgs.ejoinme.org/2021PTA. If you have questions about the benefits of membership, email lakegrovepta@gmail.com.

PTA General Meeting

Tuesday, September 28 at 7 p.m.

Zoom: https://loswego-k12-or-us.zoom.us/j/83750848836

ATTENTION FIFTH GRADERS: YEARBOOK CLUB!

Fifth graders are invited to join the Yearbook Club, sponsored by the Lake Grove PTA. Plenty of activities need contributors—fifth grade students are welcome to try one or many:

• run the cover contest
• choose the theme
• take photos
• design the 5th grade profiles
• collect information from classmates
• create pages and photo layout…and more!

Yearbook Club will be hosted on Zoom from 5-6 p.m. on most Mondays through spring break. The first Yearbook Club starts on Monday, September 27. Sign up by sending an email to 2122LGEYearbook@gmail.com. If you have a conflict this Fall due to sports or other commitments, and want to join later in the school year, please let us know by email.

SEEKING VOLUNTEER TO LEAD MATH CLUB AND CULTURE TRAVEL

Do you have a passion for math games, logic puzzles and Lake Grove students? Then we need your help! The Lake Grove PTA seeks a volunteer who is enthusiastic about mathematics and wants to share their love of learning. The Math Club volunteer will lead a weekly, Zoom-based, after school club for Grovers in grades 3-5. To learn more about leading Math Club, email lakegrovepta@gmail.com.

Grovers will travel (virtually!) to a faraway land this school year and learn about the art, food and culture of another country. Which country? That’s up to you! The world is our oyster as this enrichment program is just in the planning stages. The Culture Travel enrichment program needs your expertise on other countries and cultures. Please contact us to learn more about this program and find out how you can help students learn about the world. Email lakegrovepta@gmail.com to help out.

BOX TOPS EARN MONEY FOR OUR SCHOOL

Box Tops has moved digital! Please support our school by donating with the Box Tops app. All you need is your phone! Download the Box Tops app, shop as you normally would, then use the app to scan your store receipt within 14 days of purchase. The app will identify Box Tops products on your receipt and automatically credit our school’s earnings online. For questions about the Box Tops program, email lakegrovepta@gmail.com.

At Lake Grove, we are an inclusive school community fostering social, emotional, and academic growth for all students.

Website: https://www.losdschools.org/lg
Location: 15777 Boones Ferry Road, Lake Oswego, OR, United States
Phone: 503-534-2357