October 20, 2014

Keeping you up to date
on the latest news and
events in the Hillsboro
School District
FEATURED SCHOOL: Quatama Elementary
STEAM in Action
At Quatama, science, technology, engineering, art and math (STEAM) come together as each grade level participates in Next Generation Science Standards activities to explore different aspects of the life cycle. In collaboration with the Portland STEM Partnership and the Gray Family Foundation, fifth-grade students are studying the life cycle process of decomposition by dissecting owl pellets and creating compost using earthworms. By the end of the year, the full story will be recorded through a video created in partnership with the Right Brain Initiative.
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)

Glencoe Picture Retakes

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

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

Friday
Oct. 24 
Poynter Picture Retakes

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 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.
OCTOBER IS NATIONAL PRINCIPALS MONTH 

Please join us in celebrating 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.   
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).

WASHINGTON COUNTY ROADWORK ON FARMINGTON ROAD EXPECTED THROUGH OCTOBER 28  

Depending on the weather, paving will be taking place on Farmington Road between 209th Avenue and Highway 219, which may impact traffic to and from our schools in south Hillsboro. This preventive maintenance work is expected to take place between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. through October 28, excluding weekends, and may cause traffic delays in the area due to lowered speeds and congestion. Motorists are advised to proceed cautiously or take alternate routes. For more county roadwork information and any updates to this schedule, click here.
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