Cougar Tracks
Kelly Creek Elementary
2400 SE Baker Way
Gresham, OR 97080
503-663-7483
April 14th , 2015
PTC CORNER~~~~~
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Wednesday April 15 :
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Monday April 20 :
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Tuesday April 21 :
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Wednesday April 22 :
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Thursday April 23 :
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Friday April 24 :
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Tuesday April 28 :
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Wednesday April 29 :
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Wednesday May 6 :
@ 6:30 PM
PM Kindergarten
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2 Grade Musical 7pm
Connect To Kindergarten 6-7:30pm
AM Kindergarten
Popcorn Day
C & I Day—No School
Spring & Group Pictures
PM Kindergarten
PTC Mtg/Library/GRMS Principal
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here for 5 grade Parents
Registration for 2015-2016 Fall Kindergarten
began on Monday March 2nd. Children must be 5
years old by September 1, 2015 to be eligible for
Kindergarten next fall. Please bring your child’s birth
certificate, immunization record, proof of residence
and names and telephone numbers of emergency
contacts.
Starting with the 2015-16 school year,
Gresham Barlow SD will have FULL DAY Kindergarten
at ALL Elementary Schools. This means, Kindergarten
will be from 8:35-3:05 Mon, Tues, Thurs & Fri. and on
Wednesday’s from 9:35-3:05
Registration hours are 9:00AM - 3:30PM
Mon-Friday until June 1st, 2015. Registration will
resume again in August.
If you have any questions, please call 503-663-7483.
Popcorn Friday this month is Thursday, April 23rd!
Send a quarter with your kiddo! There is a 1 bag at a time
policy and a 2 bag limit per day, so please do not send your
child with more than 2 quarters each.
Mark your calendars for a Bingo Night May 12! We still
need a lot of volunteers to help plan this fun event. Please
let us know if you can help!
Please note our PTC meeting dates for the rest of the
year (these are a change from the first Tuesday of the
month):
Wednesday, May 6 at 6:30-Principal Rolland Hayden
from GRMS will be here to talk to 5th grade parents.
Wednesday, June 3 at 6:30
Please join us for the 30th year of
"The Children's Art Institute"
Summer art classes for students entering
1st-12th grade and adults. Classes run for 8
days: July 7-10 and July 13-16. Please go
to: www.thechildrensartinstitute.org for
information and registration forms, email us
at:[email protected], or call
Marlene Bergan at (503) 784-8120
Hope to see you this summer!
Parent Requests For
IN-DISTRICT Transfers
Accepted April 1-30, 2015
Deadline is April 30, 2015
BUDGET FORUMS FOR
PARENTS AND COMMUNITY
MEMBERS
The Gresham-Barlow School District will hold a series
of budget forums to get input on how to reduce the
budget for next school year.
The funding level set by the state legislature for the next
biennium will require the district to reduce its budget by
up to $2.5 million next year and those reductions will
remain in effect for 2016-17. A $2.5 million budget cut is
equivalent to 25 teaching positions or seven school
days.
The district will use input from these meetings to guide
its work as it puts together a budget for next year.
Some of the programs/services being considered for
reduction:
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Outdoor School
Curriculum adoptions
Some of the budget reduction options under
consideration:
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The Gresham-Barlow School District will accept in-district
transfer requests for the 2015-2016 school year during the
month of April only. This request is if you live within the
district and want your child to attend a Gresham-Barlow
school outside of your attendance area AND you currently
don’t have an approved in-district transfer. If your student
currently has an in-district transfer and is moving from
elementary to middle or middle to high you must submit a
new request.
Transfer request forms will be available Wednesday, April 1,
2015 from (1) the main office at any GBSD school, (2) the
district office, or (3) the district website:
http://gresham.k12.or.us see Parent Resources. Your
completed form can be dropped off at any GBSD school,
faxed to (503) 661-1589, or mailed to the district office at
1331 NW Eastman Parkway, Gresham 97030 to arrive by
April 30, 2015.
You will be notified in writing after review of all requests.
Please note: kindergarten and first grade requests will not be
decided upon until late summer after elementary
registration. For further information, contact the GreshamBarlow School District Office at 503-261-4550, attention
Stephanie for elementary and Pat for secondary grades.
Staff layoffs (Resulting in increased class
sizes)
Cutting days from the school year
Reducing or eliminating programs
Spanish and Russian interpreters will be available at
the meetings.
Date
Time
Location
April 15
7 p.m.
April 21
7 p.m.
Kelly Creek Elementary
2400 SE Baker Way
Gresham, OR 97080
Hogan Cedars Elementary
1770 SE Fleming Ave.
Gresham, OR 97080
OUR LOST AND FOUND IS OVER FLOWING
WITH CLOTHES THAT WOULD LOVE TO GET
BACK TOGETHER WITH ITS OWNER!!!
PLEASE ASK YOUR CHILD TO CHECK THE
CAFETERIA
WHERE
WE
HAVE
LAID
EVERYTHING IN THE LOST AND FOUND
OUT IF HE/SHE IS MISSING A COAT OR
JACKET!
PLEASE LABEL YOUR CHILDS
COATS/HATS/GLOVES/LUNCHBOXES
ECT…THAT WAY, THEY WILL BE
RETURNED TO THEIR RIGHTFUL
OWNER.
NEXT SCHOOL DROP-OFF
The Gresham-Barlow School District, in cooperation with First
Student Transportation Services, is committed to providing
students reliable, safe transportation to and from school. The
transport of 8000-9000 students twice a day to and from 20 schools
on more than 70 buses is no small task. One critical element of
reliable service is keeping all buses on time. The smallest of
glitches in a carefully planned route can lead to delays for many
students at numerous schools.
The procedure called “next school drop-off” helps ensure on-time
buses for the afternoon trip home for students. Several situations
require that a bus driver deliver a student to the next school on a
route – referred to as next school drop-off. These situations
include:
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A kindergarten student that cannot be left at a
scheduled stop due to the absence of an approved adult
at the stop.
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A K-5 student who forgets to get off at his/her assigned
stop; and
3.
A K-5 student who is on the wrong afternoon bus.
In the event of any one of these situations, the bus driver continues
the planned route and delivers the student to the next school on
the driver’s route, providing that school is either an elementary or
middle school. If the next school is a high school the driver will
return the student to his/her home school. When the child is
dropped off at the next school on the route, procedures are
followed that ensure communication with the parent/guardian, the
home school and the receiving school. These procedures provide
continuous supervision of the student by GBSD staff until he/she is
picked up at the receiving school by the parent/guardian.
The basic procedures are:
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Call the home school to alert them that you have the
student.
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Call the district office with the same information as
above.
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The home school makes the calls to find a parent or
emergency contact.
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An adult needs to remain at the home school and the
drop-off school until the child is picked up.
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If the home school has not been successful in reaching a
parent, or the parent hasn’t shown up in the expected
time, the police should be called using the nonemergency number.
Maintain contact with the District Office until the child is picked up.