Diario Camino del Río

Week of April 17, 2017

Hello Shining Stars,

Congratulations to all the staff who received an ACE Award nomination across the district! I want to add that we have an amazing staff who deserve ACE nominations too.  This year no one received one from our school but that does not mean you don’t deserve one! Your work impresses me and many in our community each day.  Families ♥ our school and drive from out of the area to have their children in your classrooms, cafeterias, and hallways. Simply said, the work you do is liberating for them. El Camino del Rio IS an AMAZING SCHOOL thanks to you.

Some items of note for this week:

•Staffing Updates –  This last week Lilliana Forsman went to the Portland job fair to interview for 4J jobs.  She interviewed well and with my recommendation, she was offered a job as classroom teacher at our school.  She accepted. 🙂  Lily will be in a 1st or 2nd grade position next Fall. I want to point out that Lily is an example of an employee who has worked so hard to improve her skills and takes being a teacher so seriously. She loves our school and it shows every day.  In addition, Lily has not acted alone to become a teacher. Erin Skoubo, Karen Ramirez, Megan Murphy, her boys and partner, and many others have provided her lots of support along the way. This is the Camino del Río way: community greatness. 

At expo, we had two vacancies to fill.  No one applied to the positions internally.  Lily has filled one position.  We still have one of these openings to fill.  We have screened applicants to the position and will be interviewing some teacher candidates next Friday. In addition, there will be demo lessons by the candidates in classrooms.  Stay tuned. We could have another hire  next week.

Lastly, I have some sad/happy (bittersweet) news. Megan Murphy applied to expo and will be moving to Adams next school year. As many of you know, Megan is a relentless advocate for our students.  She is very good at math instruction, student leadership, and social studies. She has been a strong advocate for our dual language program for 7 years. She does so many things for our students and these will be greatly missed. This is Megan’s 7th year at El Camino del Río.  She is ready for new opportunities in the district and is excited about what the future will bring. What is our loss is Adams’ gain.    

So, we have two openings to fill before school starts.

•Gender Revolution Screening at Camas Ridge, April 27, 6p.m.-8:00 p.m.

     Brianna Stiller wants to make you all aware of an exciting event that will be hosted by Camas Ridge Elementary School.  The event is a showing of the “Gender Revolution” special recently shown on cable (National Geographic, if memory serves) and hosted by Katy Couric.  Camas Ridge has secured a video that will be showing on Thursday, April 27, from 6 pm to 8 pm at Camas Ridge Community School.   The event is free!     This video is super informative and very educational.  It is appropriate for parents and for school staff.  It may be a little too mature for children.  However, we do plan to have child care in place for staff or parents who do not have child care.  We also plan to have some simple refreshments (cookies; popcorn; juice).       I hope each of you will consider attending, and encourage parents of students who express gender diversity to attend as well.

     So that we have an idea of how many to plan for, please RSVP at Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/435141030152502/ More information about the film can be found at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gender-revolution-documentary-screening-and-qa-tickets-33402973192

•Eugene 4J School District Candidate Forum in English AND Spanish at El Camino del Río

April 17, 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m., at Chávez Elementary

The 4J Parent Leaders Network and the League of Women Voters of Lane County are hosting a “Eugene 4J School District Candidate Forum” at César E. Chávez Elementary School, 1510 W. 14th Ave., on Monday, April 17 from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The town hall-style forum will allow voters to engage with the candidates and provide an opportunity for the candidates to introduce themselves, their goals and ideas. More information at https://parentleadersnetwork.org/.

We will also be hosting a Spanish  Speaking Forum at El Camino del Río.  All candidates are invited.  It will be hosted by LatinX Alliance of Lane County and GLAD.

•Día de los Niños / Día de los Libros (Children’s Day / Book Day)

Spanish version at this link: http://bit.ly/2o19ifc Día de los Niños / Día de los Libros (Children’s Day / Book Day) is an international holiday honoring children, culture, and books. Local families are invited to celebrate at a bilingual festival including live music and dance, hands-on arts activities, library card sign-ups, refreshments, and free books for kids to take home.

EUGENE PUBLIC LIBRARY – SUNDAY, APRIL 30:
Visit the Downtown Eugene Public Library on Sunday, April 30, between 1:00 and 4:00 p.m., for free events including Nuestro Canto’s show “Legends of Mexico/Leyendas de México”; music and dance with El Taller de Son Jarocho and Chayag; and hands-on art with Eugene Arte Latino. The Downtown Eugene Public Library is located on the corner of 10th Avenue and Olive Street; for more information, call 541-682-5450 (press 5 for Spanish).

     If you would like a PDF of the poster, handouts or online graphics, contact Laura at Laura.A.Philips@ci.eugene.or.us

     Find more information at the Eugene Public Library website www.eugene-or.gov/library, or Springfield Public Library www.wheremindsgrow.org/dia.

• Parent Education Night (Topic: Technology) on April 19th at El Camino del Río Library – This Wednesday there will be a technology and kids session presented by psychologist Judith Castro. The session will focus on how technology effects the young brain and also effects a children’s emotional regulation.   Judith works with bicultural families and children across the community through the Center for Family Development.  This will be a bilingual presentation to parents. Childcare will be provided by Asa Kline from Creative Care.  Also,  there will be snacks and coffee.

• Walk and Roll Challenge on May 10th: On Wednesday, May 10, our school is participating in the Walk+Roll to School Challenge. Let’s encourage our students to use active transportation like walking, biking, scooting, or skating to improve their health, gain independence and to help our precious environment! We have great raffle prizes to encourage our students to get active!

• 2017-2018 EEF Grant Applications Due May 1, 2017 – EEF grant applications are due to me byMonday, May 1. Dream big! We can submit up to five grants in any amount up to $5,000! Grants focused on Arts, Literacy, and STEM receive a higher priority. Linked here is the application form and linked here is the EEF Grant Guidelines.

• Care Team Referrals Due this Friday – Referrals for the April Student Care Team meeting are due the Friday. Try to get a parent/guardian signature on the release form (editable PDF and non-editable PDF), but know you can also refer “hypothetical” situations. Let me know if you have any referrals or questions. Jennifer and I will review and submit  this week.

• Physics Professional Development Opportunity, April 26 – Allison Greider, Science TOSA, sent an email to cert_all earlier, but it’s worth highlighting an upcoming science PD that will focus on concepts found in the Physical Science sections of FOSS. The training will take place at South Eugene High School on Wednesday, April 26th from 4-6pm. Follow this link to register.

• Upcoming changes to guest access on 4jwireless – This won’t effect staff much, but if you’re ever helping a non-staff member connect to 4jwireless, the monthly guest passwords are being phased out. David Nelson sent an email to principals, secretaries, and TSS staff that said the new 4jwireless login page will prompt guest users to create an account of their own. Linked here are directions for the new process, which you can feel free to share with anyone who needs it, although it’s pretty straightforward.

• Arts Integration Conference – The Lane Arts Council is offering a conference for educators Saturday, April 29th with an interest or skill in integrating art across the curriculum. Follow this link for details, but pretension topics will include:

• Studio habits Mind
• STEM to STEAM
• Integrating Arts into Core Curriculum
• Visual Thinking Strategies
• Visual Narrative Writing
• Experimental Model
• Playshops: Hands-on Arts Integration Practices

Teaching and Learning with Emerging Bilingual Students

NABE supports April as the National Bilingual/Multilingual Learner Advocacy Month

NABE 

On April 18, 2016 the sun rose brightly over Capitol Hill, shinning a ray of hope as Congressperson Mike Honda submitted H. Res. 690 in the House of Representatives Recognizing and Celebrating April as the first “National Bilingual/Multilingual Learner Advocacy Month.” Ten coalition partner organizations, parents, students, board members and staff were represented and provided statements of support at the congratulatory ceremony held on Capitol Hill. This honor was bestowed on NABE because of the invaluable contributions to the efforts nationally to advance educational equity and excellence for bilingual/multilingual English learners.  READ MORE 

Día Patmora 

Children’s Day, Book Day, in Spanish, El día de los niños, el día de los libros, is a year-long commitment to celebrating all our children and to motivating them and their families to be readers, essential in our democracy. Often known as Día, meaning day for our daily commitment, this literacy initiative is a collaboration of national and state library and literacy organizations, educators, presses and readers creatively striving to share bookjoy and its importance. Culminating April Children’s Day, Book Day celebrations that unite communities, April book fiestas, are held in libraries, schools, homes, parks, etc., often on or near April 30. DIA is also used to mean Diversity In Action.  READ MORE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Calendar of Events:

April 17 (M)

SBAC Testing All Week

Regular Day

April 18 (Tu)

8:15-11:15, Joel at Principal’s Meeting

2:45-4:50, Two hour staff meeting, focus- Audrey and teaching for biliteracy.

April 19 (W)

9:00-11:00, Joel at Construction Meeting.

1:45-2:45, Wednesday PLC Time- Technology Focus- Primary Intermediate- Math Assessment

2:45-3:45, Teacher  Planning Time

6:00-7:00, Parent Education Night- Technology and Your Child,  How to manage screen time for your child’s wellness. (Library)

April 20 (Th)

8:30-9:30, Cafecito con el Director (FRC)

2:45-3:45, Equity Meeting

April 21 (F)

8:30-9:30-  Cafecito con el Director

2:45-3:45, PLT Meeting

2:45-3:45, Teacher Prep Time

April 24 (M)

SBAC Testing All Week

Regular Day

April 25 (Tu)

Regular Day

April 26 (W) 

9:00-11:15, Joel in Construction Meeting

School In-session- There is school on this conference day until 1:40.

There will be planning time for all teachers on this day. No PLC time, just prep for conferences.

4:00 PM – 8:00 PM  Parent Conferences

April 27 (Th)

No School- Parent Conferences from 8:00 AM-8:00 PM

April 28 (F) No School- Compensation Day for Teachers

Regular Work Day for Classified Staff

May 1 (M) 

Tom Maloney Guest Principal

SBAC Testing All Week- Make Ups and Science

– Library Closes at old El Camino building. No library use after this date. Packing up books first. Then, used for moving storage. No more staff meetings here (Room 18 instead). Boxes will be stored her after library packing is complete.  

CFEE Taking It Up Conference at the Ed Center: Margarita, Lupe, Peggy Lima, Joel, Jennifer out.

May 2 (Tu)

Tom Maloney Guest Principal

CFEE Taking It Up Conference at the Ed Center: Margarita, Lupe, Peggy Lima, Joel, Jennifer out.

Staff meeting Rescheduled to May 9.

May 3 (W)

9:00-11:15, Joel in Construction Meeting

1:45-2:45, Wednesday PLC Time- Technology Focus- Primary Intermediate- Math Assessment

Also, prepping for the Safety Drill, Review and answer questions.  Joel in Library to review plans.

May 4 (Th)

Safety Drill Lesson in All Classrooms: Lesson done at 12:00 PM

Regular Day

May 5 (F)

Safety Drill across the school: Drill to happen at 12:00 PM

Regular Day- Not a PD day as was previously scheduled.

May 6 (Sa) SATURDAY- Fiesta Community Party 12:00-3:00

May 8 (M)

Regular Day

May 9 (Tu)

Staff Meeting changed from May 2.

2:45-3:45, Staff Meeting (Room 18)-

1. Planning Academy Day dates and PD Focus for 2017-2018
2. Erin’s Law Review and Support
3. AIM4S3 Expectations from Principal/ Discussion & DreamBox explanation of new features.

May 10 (W)

9:00-11:15, Joel in Construction Meeting

1:45-2:45, Wednesday PLC Time- Technology Focus- Primary Intermediate- Math Assessment

May 11 (Th)

2:45-3:45, Mod Squad Meeting

May 12 (F)

Regular Day

May 16 (Tu)

3:00-5:00, Two Hour Staff Meeting  on LearnZillion & a session on Dreambox and how to use some new features. 

May 25 (Th)

5:30-7:00, River Road Farewell Event in the cafeteria and parts of the school.

May 26 (F)

Academy Day- No School

Short staff meeting in the AM focused on moving questions and the new building.  PBIS and routines in the new building will be a topic.

Most of the day is allocated for packing boxes and doing moving preparation.

June 22 (Th)

The Last Day of School   (Dismissal 11:40)

June 23(F)

Last work day for teachers. All employees must be out of the building before 12:00 AM-(Midnight).

June 24 (Sa) 

Salvage and Asbestos Abatement begins in the old building.  No teachers or classified staff may be present.

That is all for the week. 

Have a great week, everyone!

Joel

 

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