Swift Community,
I want to welcome you all to the end of the month of October. With it comes some exciting events at Chapman as well as some preparing for what may come. As you might have heard, there have been many meetings for more than a year between PPS and the union representing district educators, Portland Association of Teachers. We would like to share a link for families to prepare in the event that there is a strike.
This Family Resource page gives the community a chance to prepare for online learning, access to other needs like meals or mental health as well as special education plans for some students.
Also around the corner, you will hear teachers are preparing to roll out a new report card. The grading period ends the first week of November, but we thought it would be good to start getting familiar with it and what information you can find on your child’s report.
This is the New Report Card page which goes into detail about how to understand it better. We plan on printing and having those ready to go home in student’s backpacks by Thursday November 9th.
On another note, BINGO for Books was a blast! Many families came to enjoy a root beer float and a fun game of BINGO. More importantly, students were able to take away a few books for free to add to their collection of books to read, because reading is knowledge. Thank you Ms. Rosoff for organizing and Ms. Keudell for being the voice of BINGO wisdom.
You might have heard, we are having a costume parade on October 31st at 9am. More details to come as the day comes closer. Just remember for costumes, no inflatables, no depictions of violence or weapons for props and no full-face coverings.
This week’s LIVE Round-up came with a beautiful song from the 4th graders about RESPECT. Please continue to instill in your children the value of the golden rule, by respecting each other we are respecting ourselves and our SWIFT community can continue to ‘rise above’.
Thank you.
