October 20, 2014

Keeping you up to date
on the latest news and
events in the Hillsboro
School District


STAFF EDITION
FEATURED PRINCIPAL: Ted Zehr, Century

Which One's "The Zehr?"

Celebrating National Principal Appreciation Week and an upcoming birthday, Century staff surprised Principal Ted Zehr last Friday with songs, special shirts, and larger-than-life Zehr heads. Lured out on the pretext of a "meeting" by School Resource Officer Pat Hess, The Zehr instead found himself serenaded to "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" and "Happy Birthday" by the staff and Bassic Harmony student choir, led by Choir Director Mary Kay Babcock. Staff also presented The Zehr with a signed baseball coach jersey. In case you didn't find him, The Zehr is at the bottom left side of the photo being hugged by his mini-mes, who joined in the surprise.
UPCOMING EVENTS
October is National Bullying Prevention Month, Hillsboro School District
October is National Bullying Prevention Month
Monday
Oct. 20
National School Bus Safety Week
(see related article)

Tuesday
Oct. 21
Hilhi Fall Choral Concert
7 p.m.
Hillsboro High School

Wednesday
Oct. 22
PERS & Retirement Planning Seminar
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Admin. Center

Thursday
Oct. 23 
University of Oregon Opportunities Program
5:30 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Century High School

Saturday
Oct. 25
Century Showcase Marching Band Competition
Hillsboro Stadium

Century High Homecoming Dance
8 p.m.

14th Annual Hillsboro Airport Air Fair
11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Click here for more information

North Plains Pumpkin Run and Costume Parade
7 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Jessie Mays Community Park
Click here for more information

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OCTOBER IS NATIONAL PRINCIPALS MONTH 

Please join us in celebrating all of our HSD principals for their daily dedication to our students, schools and community. This is an excellent time, if you have the opportunity, to say "thank you" to an HSD principal for all the great things they do.   
SYNERGY GRADE BOOK AND GRADING SUPPORTS
Thank you to the Report Card Committee, STCs and principals for supporting the transition to a new report card and the use of Synergy's Grade Book. About a third of elementary teachers were able to stay for the optional grading and Synergy Grade Book training last Wednesday. Additional optional open lab support opportunities are listed on the Grade Book supports document. To access the times and locations of the labs, videos and Q&A list, please go to MyHSD, Teaching and Learning, Teacher Quickstart, then choose Synergy Grade Book supports. Please work through your principal if additional supports are needed.

SUMDOG MATH CONTEST 

Current contest runs October 17-23; next contest begins January 30, 2015

The Sumdog Math Contest is a bit different this year with your class competing against other classes in your school and across Northwest Oregon. Sumdog's free educational games motivate students to practice math, reading and writing. Click here for more information.
TEACHER APPRECIATION SWEEPSTAKES
Weekly drawings for $500 credits for school supplies through November 14
Schoolhouse Supplies and PEMCO are teaming to provide additional resources for classrooms through their Teacher Appreciation Sweepstakes. Teachers can enter once a day through November 14 for chances to win a weekly drawing of a $500 credit to be used for the purchase of new school supplies. The school with the most entries per student enrollment also can win a $250 credit and two tickets to the Celebrity Spelling Bee at the Portland Art Museum on January 29, 2015.

In addition, for every entry, PEMCO gives Schoolhouse Supplies $5 to stock the shelves of its Free Store for Teachers.

To enter the sweepstakes or for more information, click on the following links: online entry form, sweepstakes flyer, terms and conditions. 
OCTOBER 20 - 24 IS NATIONAL SCHOOL BUS SAFETY WEEK
2014 Theme is "At My Stop - You Stop!"

Bus safety is the #1 priority for our HSD Transportation Department. Every school day, 180 buses transport 14,300 students in HSD, covering 195 square miles of the HSD area. That's two out of three HSD students and 12,000 miles every day over more than 700 routes per day!

 

Our highly-trained professionals ensure that our children arrive safely to school and back home. You can also do your part by being a law-abiding motorist, keeping an eye out for children getting on and off the bus, and ensuring your own students follow bus safety rules. Click here for school bus safety tips. Click here to read more about Transportation. 
This poster was designed by Jaeho Lee of Portland, the winner of last year's National School Bus Safety Poster Contest, which provided the theme for 2014.
BUS DRIVER STEVE OGIER TAKES SECOND PLACE IN 2014 STATE SAFETY COMPETITION
Alfonso Mendez also competed in the General Conventional Category and placed tenth
Competing against 17 other top school bus drivers from around the state, HSD's own Steve Ogier placed second in the 2014 Oregon School Bus Safety Exercise - General Conventional Category. Steve tested his school bus driving skills in 14 different exercises, earning perfect scores in five of them, including such tests as a turn event, RR cross and the serpentine.

Now in his eighth year with HSD, Steve has been driving the Dairy Creek route for Glencoe and Evergreen schools for most of that time, as well as assisting with the transportation of our deaf and hard-of-hearing students to the Oregon School for the Deaf on Sundays. That's not all he does - Steve is also a Certified Public Accountant when he's not driving buses.
HSD BEGINS PURPOSEFUL PUSH FOR INCLUSION
Five-year roll-out plan gives structure to an initiative already under way

It used to be that the primary plan for students receiving special education services was to get them placed in specialized programs and classrooms, including resource rooms and life skills classrooms, where they could access support tailored to their needs. However, the tide has been shifting in the special education world over the past few years to be more focused on inclusion - where diverse learners attend classes with their regular education peers as often as possible so they have access to core curriculum. Click here to read more.
DONATIONS NEEDED
Ukuleles, graphing calculators and digital cameras, oh my!

We have several programs in the Hillsboro School District that would love to have your unwanted items such as musical instruments, calculators and digital cameras. Many of the programs are either current or former recipients of grants from the Hillsboro Schools Foundation (HSF), so HSF has generously agreed to accept in-kind donations on our behalf.

 

If you have something you're interested in donating, please contact HSF Executive Director Aron Carleson at aronc@hillchamber.org or 503-726-2159; alternatively, you can drop off your donations at the HSF office, located at the Hillsboro Chamber of Commerce (5193 NE Elam Young Parkway, Suite A, Hillsboro).
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