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FEATURED STUDENTS: Minter Bridge and South Meadows Destination Imagination Teams
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Congratulations to the Scaredy Cats and the Firecrackers, comprising several third-graders from Minter Bridge Elementary School, and several seventh-graders from South Meadows Middle School, respectively, for their outstanding performances at the Destination Imagination State Championships at Sprague High School in Salem on Saturday, April 11. Destination Imagination (DI) encourages teams of learners to have fun, take risks, focus and frame challenges while incorporating STEM, the arts and service learning. Each year, challenges are posed in the categories of technical, scientific, fine arts, improvisation, structural, and service learning. Both Hillsboro teams competed in the fine arts challenge, which was to create a "Feary Tale" based on the following prompt: "Phobophobia is the fear of being afraid. The question is: What are you afraid of? Anything is possible in your team's Feary Tale." Teams had to create a fairy tale about a character that faces and deals with a phobia, create expressive and functional works of art, design an illusion, and create and present two Team Choice Elements that show off the team's interests, skills, areas of strengths, and talents. The Firecrackers took first place at the middle school level for their Feary Tale about a witch with a fear of happy endings, while the Scaredy Cats took second place at the elementary level for their Feary Tale about a princess with a fear of embarrassment.
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Monday
April 27
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Journey Through Wellness Student Series Begins
3:45 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Century School-Based Health Center, 1998 SE Century Blvd.
Active Parenting Workshop
6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Eastwood Elementary School
Friends of the Library Book Sale (through May 3,
click here for more information)
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Tuesday
April 28
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School Board Meetings
Sessions:
Executive: 5:15 p.m.
Work: 6 p.m.
Regular: 7:30 p.m.
District Administration Center Board Room
Lincoln Street Elementary Kindergarten Orientation
5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m.
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Wednesday
April 29
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Quatama 6th Grade to Outdoor School
Lenox 6th Grade to Outdoor School
(through Friday)
Superintendent Coffee Chat
8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
South Store
Caf?, 24485 SW Scholls Ferry Road
(see related article)
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Thursday
April 30
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Orenco Elementary Kindergarten Orientation
2:45 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.
Witch Hazel Elementary Kindergarten Orientation
4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
District Science-o-Rama
6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Liberty High School, 21945 NW Wagon Way
Poem in Your Pocket Day
Native American Classes
Drumming: 6 p.m.
Dance 7 p.m.
District Administration Center, 3083 NE 49th Place
Glencoe Theater Senior Spotlight
7:30 p.m. - 9 p.m.
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Friday
May 1
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Brookwood Spirit Day
Witch Hazel Moms and Muffins
6:30 a.m. - 7:30 a.m.
Hilhi Coffee Chats
8 a.m. - 9 a.m.
Witch Hazel Coffee with the Principal
8 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
Patterson BINGO Night
6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Century Jazz Cabaret
7 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Glencoe Theater Senior Spotlight
7:30 p.m. - 9 p.m.
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Saturday
May 2
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OSAA State Solo Contest
HPD Shred Event
8 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Washington County Resource Fair
10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Aloha Community Center, 4375 SW Edwards Place
Glencoe Theater Senior Spotlight
7:30 p.m. - 9 p.m.
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Monday
May 4
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A
ctive Parenting Workshop
6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Eastwood Elementary School
Citizens Curriculum Advisory Committee
7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
District Administration Center
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Tuesday
May 5
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Ladd Acres Elementary Kindergarten Orientation
3 p.m. - 4 p.m.
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THOUGHTEXCHANGE STAR STEP BEGINS TODAY
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Please Indicate your priorities by Sunday, May 3
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More than 1200 people participated in the Share step of our second Thoughtexchange process and submitted a total of 5317 thoughts. Now, we're asking everyone to review those thoughts and prioritize the ones that best reflect their point of view. Even if you did not participate in the Share step, you are welcome and encouraged to participate in the Star step. Similarly, if you have students in multiple schools and only participated in one school's Share step, you may wish to participate in the Star step for all of the schools, as there will be different thoughts contained in each one. If you do not receive a personalized e-mail inviting you to participate in the Star step, please click here to go to the self-register website. This link is also posted our website at www.hsd.k12.or.us. Results of this Thoughtexchange process will be shared in early June. Thank you so much for joining the conversation about the future of our school district! Your participation is much appreciated.
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SUPERINTENDENT COFFEE CHAT WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29
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Join Superintendent Scott at the South Store Caf?
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Superintendent Scott will hold his next Coffee Chat at the South Store Caf? at 24485 SW Scholls Ferry Road in Hillsboro on Wednesday, April 29, from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Coffee Chats provide a great opportunity for casual conversation with the Superintendent where you can learn more about the important activities going on in the District and ask any questions you may have. Spanish interpretation is available. For the full schedule, please click here.
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Call for participants has begun
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The countdown is on! We're just five weeks away from the biggest event of the school year: the first-annual Proud to be HSD Festival on Saturday, May 30, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in downtown Hillsboro. The event will showcase the breadth and depth of student talent and achievement in Hillsboro School District, with booths and activity areas spanning science, robotics, art, College and Career Pathways, a film festival, musical and dance performances, athletic competitions, mascot showdown, and much more! If your student would like to participate, please have them contact the District Communications Office. Additional details will be shared each week and will be available on our website as the event gets closer.
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Check out this video, in which Century High School Language Arts teacher Lydia Laurance talks about using Google Forms for PLCs. 
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MOOBERRY ELEMENTARY CLUB FEATURED ON INTEL BILLBOARD
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From April 27 to May 3, as you head east from Hillsboro to Portland on Highway 26 toward 185th Avenue, look up and you'll see Intel's billboard thanking the volunteers who coach Mooberry Elementary students in the Girls Engineering at Mooberry (GEM) Club. The GEM Club is just one of many beneficiaries of the extensive volunteering done by Intel employees who provide our students with hands-on experiences in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. We very much appreciate volunteers' time and effort in all of our schools and thank Intel for promoting and supporting the work they do.
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SIGN UP FOR THE WALK + BIKE CHALLENGE
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Students encouraged to walk or bike to school in the month of May
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The Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA), with support from the Oregon Department of Transportation and the Safe Routes to School National Partnership, is once again sponsoring the Walk + Bike Challenge throughout the month of May. The challenge encourages more students and families to walk and bike to and from school and throughout their neighborhoods. To register for the challenge, visit the BTA's website.
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GOOGLE ANNUAL SCIENCE FAIR
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One student or team will win a $50,000 scholarship
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Google has launched its fifth annual global science fair, in which students ages 13-18 are invited to submit projects that break new ground in science and solve real-world problems. Students have until May 18 to submit their projects. After all submissions are in, the 20 selected finalists will go to Google's headquarters to show their projects to the judges, in hopes of earning one of the many awards or the grand prize. Presented to one student or a team, the grand prize is a $50,000 scholarship from Google. Click here for more information.
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LOW-COST INTERNET SERVICES AVAILABLE
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Monthly access is $9.95 plus tax for qualifying families
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| If you are a family with at least one child eligible to participate in the free and reduced-price National School Lunch Program, Comcast can provide you with low-cost internet service, computer equipment and free digital literacy training. The "Internet Essentials" package enables new XFINITY customers in the Comcast service area to access internet services for just $9.95 per month plus tax, with no activation or equipment rental fees. An optional computer is available with enrollment for $149.99 plus tax. For more information about this special program, click here. |
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