Harrison Park Post

Thank you to our DLI team for all their work on today's festivities. "Lunch was the best ever!" as one student said. I agree. It was exciting to see students perform. Thank you to Cami and Joel for their work with student performances.  On that note this is a true story and it will certainly provide my family and friends with a lot of laughs. I was asked to participate in the fashion show. I strutted down the runway and felt my knee pop. I had to call the office for a cane and refused to give in to a wheelchair. I have an appointment late this afternoon, but currently am not able to walk. I am hoping we get some sort of fix for tomorrow. I am sharing because we may have limited coverage tomorrow (as in I am not able to w. Fingers crossed!  Cases for Chromebooks (3-5) have arrived. We will work on distributing them ASAP. Teachers we will be looking at a few options for labels and will distribute those upon arrival. 

We have a  Fire Drill scheduled for tomorrow at 2:00 . Please be sure to review expectations with your classes.  Valentines Day is coming. We are looking to share out information to families in regards to expectations. If you have ideas/concerns please share these with Leah or Emily before the end of the day Friay.  Kindness Tree- Every Monday we are going to celebrate students who have been "caught being kind"! Please fill out a form (found in the office) and submit it in the office.  Students will see their names on the kindness tree (and earn some candy)!  Each grade level is a different color and we will award the kindest grade with a covid friendly treat!  These were in yesterday's slide show, but I did not have the settings correct for people to add to them. They are fixed now! Middle School https://jamboard.google.com/d/1taOHqXrtI0AdUaNkPVHtAugfdG8IaYeW6DYh3NAvW2o/viewer?f=0 K-5  https://jamboard.google.com/d/1fv5EKBmDa8zRXamxSi7Ao4y-Qf0-SURwuG8...

 After much thought and debate we are letting go of an old practice. Starting yesterday (I failed to put this in the Weekly Forecast) we will no longer be asking staff to sign in. With staff entering through several doors this isn't working that well anyway. The original purpose of this was to ensure people were in the building each morning. In the event you will not be here by the time you have duties or teaching you absolutely need to contact the office and/or Leah/Emily to let us know.  We will be donating all of the lost and found items we currently have. We would like to wash items before this. If there is any staff who would like to take a load or two home to wash please let Lindsay Alex know. Thank you Lindsay!  Tino will be out through tomorrow and will most likely return on Wednesday. Please be aware we are short staffed custodians.  Slides from today's meeting:  https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ci3Um0C-Zj9ZyurH7BtCg4b5bEJsQxYr9VFYHwzRJbY/edit?us...

We will have staff meeting tomorrow. Please check your email for specifics around where you will meet etc. I need to touch base with a few people  tomorrow morning before finalizing locations.  Kid Chat documents should be updated. Please have them ready to roll for tomorrow's staff meeting (K-5)  I used my calendar for the Weekly Update and forgot a huge event! This Thursday, February 3rd we will be entertained with a fashion show at lunch to help celebrate Lunar New Year. Sadly, we are unable to hold assemblies and other events, but Ms.Yin came up with this idea and we are going to run with it. I want to thank the DLI team and parents for helping to put this event on. There is no shifts in schedule for the day, but your classes will have entertainment at lunch. I will put out some information about reviewing of expectations on Wednesday to go over with your classes.   Thank you to Theresa and Emily for filling in today. My uncle passed a week or so ago and we ...

 Monday the 31st Planning Day/Climate Check Ins Fire Drill @ 3:15  Tuesday the 1st Staff Meeting @ 3:30 (K-5 Kid Chat, MS Conversion Work) Wednesday the 2nd DLI Boundary Forum/Update @ 5:30 General Boundary Forum/Update @ 6:30 Thursday the 3rd Lunar New Year Celebration @ Lunches Fire Drill @ 2:00 SEGC Meeting 6-9 Friday the 4th Lunch Service-  Kempster, Benson, Kunz, Jarvis PLCS - Will continue this week at their regularly scheduled times "Ohhhh we are halfway there, ohhhh". I couldn't help but to quote Bon Jovi a bit this morning. We are officially halfway through the year. Everyone deserves a bonus! I hope Friday was productive and you are able to utilize tomorrow as well.  Unfortunately I have a family funeral to attend tomorrow. I plan on being in the building until about 9:15 and will then leave for the remainder of the day. There is some time between the mass and graveside service and I will be able to make some meetings remotely, but will not be able to atten...

I heard about this over the weekend and figured it was a matter of time. The "Chip Challenge" has made it's way to Harrison Park..and it wasn't the middle schoolers! Please be on the lookout for this latest trend. There is one chip in each bag that has a serious Carolina reaper pepper kick. Bottom line is kids can actually vomit when they eat one (our student did). I would not draw a ton of attention to this, but would be keeping your ears and eyes open.   If you have not let Theresa know know when you will be MAP testing please do so ASAP. We have most of you scheduled, but need to hear from a few people.  Access to translation folders will be shut down at midnight on Monday. Please prioritize getting grades/comments done for those students who will need translating.  Theresa and I will not be on campus Friday if you need anything please email, text, or call.  I have meetings in the morning and will be working remotely in the afternoon. Theresa-503-407-7326, Le...

For those of you who are thinking of potentially exploring field trips at some point at least one staff member attending should be trained to give students medication. There is a training session this Friday.  Link is below to sign up.  https://healthed-trainings. apps.mesd.k12.or.us/events Yikes it is the end of the month and we have to get our monthly drill in. This month's drill is a Team Response. We will hold this at 2:30 tomorrow afternoon. As a reminder students in the hallways should return to their classrooms and hallways should be clear of everyone who is not responding to the emergency. Teachers should take attendance and have increased situational awareness. For example if the situation is right outside your classroom you would ensure your door was shut and have an appropriate conversation with your students. We will let you know when the drill is complete.  We are welcoming two new staff members this week. Colin Cardwell, will be joining our middle school tea...