Healthy Cooking Class

JOIN THE NEW HEALTHY COOKING CLUB AT WICHITA CENTER FOR FAMILY AND COMMUNITY

Developed in partnership with North Clackamas Schools Wichita Center, Metropolitan Family Service and Clackamas Service Center, the Healthy Cooking Club meets every Friday in February (02/14, 02/21 or 02/28) from 10:00am to 12:00pm at Wichita Center for Family and Community. 
Gather ingredients from the Family Support Center food pantry and learn how to 
plan for meals using items from a food box, cook delicious and healthy meals and stretch a food budget. 
Wichita Center for Family & Community is located at 6031 SE King Rd, Milwaukie. 
Space is limited and registration is required. 
Contact Amy Vanacore or Debra Mason for additional information or to reserve a spot. 
Contact Amy by email at amyv@metfamily.org or by phone at 503.841.1446. 
Debra may be emailed at debramason@cscoregon.org or by calling 503.929.1601.

Student Led Conferences

Student led conferences will be on February 21st. Student led conferences are an opportunity for your child to sit down with you and review their current progress and set goals. This typically takes approximately 20 minutes. I will then join you for about 10 minutes to share their report card and MAP scores. This is the time to celebrate your teen's success. This is the time to make goals to improve areas of concern. This is the time to receive MAP scores and your child's mid year progress report. This is the time to check in with the specialists about participation in those classes. It is not the time for in depth discussions with me. If you have concerns, I'm more than happy to schedule a separate time for us to sit down and talk through those.  The classroom will open from 9:00 - 12:00 and 1:00 - 3:30.

I look forward to seeing you then!

Family Reading Night

Join Us

March 6, 2014

6:30 – 8:00

You are invited to join the CHPCS community for a free night of literacy fun! Each classroom teacher will be reading a fabulous book and leading a fun project for child and adult pair to enjoy. Sessions will be filled on a first come, first served basis, so watch for the sign up sheet to come home soon. This night is NOT just for primary students. Middle school students are encouraged to attend. Please remember that every student needs an adult to work with them. The main objective of the night is to provide a fun literacy night for families to enjoy together. This year for the first time, the Battle of the Books final battle will be held the same night! After session 2, the two top scoring teams will battle it out for the trophy. Plan to stay and support your favorite students!

Cold War Timeline

As part of our Cold War unit, students are being asked to interview their parents or grandparents to find out what was happening in your life as the events in the US unfolded. This is a great opportunity to talk about how the dates in "history" line up with real people. For each year on the timeline, we're looking for major life events; births, deaths, graduations, immigration, marriages, etc.

Our timeline begins in 1947 and ends in the late 1970's. I would like at least 18 personal life events added.

Thank you!

American Bandstand

Break out your letterman sweaters, saddle shoes, and poodle skirts! It's time for American Bandstand. 

 

February 27

2:00 PM

CHPCS Cafeteria

 

Join us (in costume or not) for great bands, dance competitions, and milk shakes.

 

 

Science Fair Winners and Follow Up

The science fair is over for another year. I was very pleased overall with the quality of work and depth of knowledge demonstrated by the majority of 8th grade students.

Congratulations to Sierra, Megan, Gretel, and Shak who all placed in the top three of their categories.

There is only one last science fair assignment, which is to take the follow up survey so we can continue to improve the science fair experience.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/P33CCJ2 PARENT 


https://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=cyHNcB_2btQsoOdQ_2fQ4aGMtA_3d_3d STUDENT 

Thank you!

February Field Trips

We have not one, not two, but THREE field trips this month.

• February 25th we will going to the Oregon Culinary Institute for a formal lunch. While there we will learn all about proper etiquette for formal meals. We will leave school at 11:00 and return before school gets out. Students are to dress in their most formal attire.

• On February 27th we will be going downtown for the Oregon Ballet Theater's production:

Silence to Big Sound!
Almost Mozart + Bolero
February 27, 2014 / noon - 1pm
Keller Auditorium

The Winter program will explore how dance (and the audience’s experience) is impacted by dynamic variations of music—Silence to Big Sound! Students will see an excerpt of Almost Mozart—a work that was recently performed in Washington DC at the John F. Kennedy Center or the Performing Arts.

Regular uniforms will be worn on this day. Please be sure to send a sack lunch, as we will be getting back after the lunch room has quit serving.

• February 28th is the school wide field trip Friday. We will leave school at 7:00 AM. That means I need everyone in the room at 6:45. Yes, AM. We will be travelling by bus to Seattle to visit the Experience Music Project. Mr. Littledyke, Mrs. Gausman, and the 3rd grade class will be joining us! We will be returning at 7:00 PM. Students will wear their regular uniform and will need to bring a healthy sack lunch and two hearty snacks.

EMP is a leading-edge, nonprofit museum, dedicated to the ideas and risk-taking that fuel contemporary popular culture. With its roots in rock 'n' roll, EMP serves as a gateway museum, reaching multigenerational audiences through our collections, exhibitions, and educational programs, using interactive technologies to engage and empower our visitors. At EMP, artists, audiences and ideas converge, bringing understanding, interpretation, and scholarship to the popular culture of our time. 

If you would like to chaperone any of these trips, please let me know as soon as possible.

Thank you