FEATURED EVENT:  NaNoWriMo
Twenty students and their teachers from Farmington View, Groner K-8, Imlay and West Union Elementary Schools came to the District Board Room on Friday, Nov. 20, to work on their novels!  November is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), and several classrooms and students throughout Hillsboro participate every year. Groner 5th grade teacher Connie Greenlee spearheaded the effort to identify times and spaces where the students could come together and write (in addition to the event on the 20th, she also invited students and their families to Insomnia Coffee on Baseline on Nov. 6), and has involved her classrooms in NaNoWriMo for the past 10 years.
 
Ladd Acres Receives Surprise Grant from First Tech        
  UPCOMING
EVENTS
Hillsboro Schools Foundation Board Members made a visit to Ladd Acres Elementary School on Thursday, Nov. 19, to surprise 5th and 6th grade teachers and students with news that they were awarded a grant of $5,000 thanks to a Season of Sharing donation from First Tech Credit Union.


NOVEMBER
30
Title VII Indian Education Classes
6 p.m

DECEMBER
1
Century Holiday Band & Choir Concert
7 p.m.

Giving Tuesday
3 
Brookwood Donuts with Dads
10:30 a.m.

Minter Bridge Fall Carnival
5 p.m.

Equity-Focused Dialogue Session
5:30 p.m.

4
CHS Person of the Century
6 p.m.

Lincoln Street Movie Night
6:30 p.m.

Liberty Drama - Treasure Island
7:30 p.m.

Poynter Players - Alice in Zombieland
7:30 p.m.

5
Hilhi Holiday Bazaar
9 a.m.

Quatama Holiday Bazaar
10 a.m.

Liberty Drama - Treasure island
7:30 p.m.

Poynter Players - Alice in Zombieland
7:30 p.m.

7
8
School Board Meetings
Sessions:
Executive, 5:15 p.m.
Work, 6 p.m.
Regular, 7 p.m.
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Think Education on #GivingTuesday
Now in its fourth year, #GivingTuesday has become a global movement for charitable giving with more than 30,000 partners in 68 countries and an estimated 470% increase in online donations the Tuesday after Thanksgiving since its inception in 2012. Learn more on their website and consider making a year-end donation to your school, school-based group, or to the Hillsboro Schools Foundation on Dec. 1!
 
Crystal Apple Award Nominations Sought
The Hillsboro Chamber of Commerce is seeking nominations of outstanding educators for recognition with a Crystal Apple Award. Nominations are due Friday, Jan. 8, 2016.


Oregon Educator Network
This fall, ODE launched a new online resource to support educator professional development, connection, and collaboration. Designed as an interactive professional learning space, the Oregon Educator Network (OEN) allows educators to connect with others with similar roles or interests, share tools, resources, and best practices, and create groups to advance their professional learning.  

College and Career Opportunities Expand with Regional Promise Grant
On Tuesday, Nov. 24, the Oregon Department of Education announced five winners of Regional Promise Grants to expand college and career readiness opportunities for high school students.  HSD is a member of the awarded Northwest Promise consortium, which will have access to $585,659 in the 2015-17 biennium to further the work. 
 
Application Window Open for Oregon Promise Grants
The new Oregon Promise Program, which provides full or partial tuition grants to high school graduates or GED® recipients who intend to enroll in community college, is accepting its first round of applications; deadline to apply is March 1, 2016.

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