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March 22, 2024 - Kelly Family Newsletter

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Dear Families,

We hope everyone has a safe and happy spring break. We will see everyone back on April 1.

PTA is starting their Shirt Fundraiser. Follow this to purchase gear - this year we are offering different styles and colors!

Important Information:

• We would like to offer affinity groups for families. Affinity groups are organized based on how a person identifies. Some ideas for affinity groups for our families could be a Slavic Family Affinity Group, Black Family Affinity Group, Latino Family Affinity Group, Asian Family Affinity Group, Pacific Islander Family Affinity Group, and LGBTQ+ Family Affinity Group. If you are interested in organizing and facilitating an affinity group for our families, please reach out to Ms. Fish, sfish@pps.net

• these are going home with students along with the PTA newsletter.

Affinity Groups

The Kelly Elementary Neurodiverse (KEN) will be having its next meeting in the library on March 22 from 3:10-4:10. We are hoping to share resources and make friends. All are welcome!

School Climate

At Kelly Elementary, we show C.A.R.E. towards one another and our community. Please ask your child what the acronym stands for and what that means to them. You can also specifically ask them what C.A.R.E. looks like in the cafeteria or during recess.

Community-Minded

Always Safe and Respectful

Responsible

Engaged

Attendance

We are working this year to improve our attendance and tardy rates. It is important that students are here on time and can have a calm start to their instructional day. We’ve also noticed that many of our students arriving late are at Kelly as part of an out-of-district transfer. Please remember that students must meet certain attendance and behavior expectations to remain at Kelly on an out-of-district transfer.

Caring School Community

We use Caring School Community as our Social Emotional Learning curriculum, which “promotes positive behavior through direct teaching of responsibility, empathy, and cooperation, creating settings where students feel heard, known, and cared for. Students become intrinsically motivated to contribute productively to a community they feel invested in, and where they know they matter.” We will start buddy classes after the New Year.

Important Dates: 

March 22: Kelly Elementary Neurodivergent Affinity Group, 3:10-4:10 pm

March 22: PDX Rhythmic Ballet Dance Group Information Session, 4:00-5:30 pm: Ages 4-7 yrs and 5:30-7:00 pm: Ages 8-10yrs

March 25-29: Spring Break

April 3: Vision and Hearing Screening (Kg, 1st and 3rd grades)

April 4: End of 3rd Quarter

April 4: PTA Meeting, 3:30pm

April 5: No School: Planning/Grading Day for Teachers

April 8: Fresh Fruit and Veggie Program Resumes

April 8: Spring SUN Begins

April 9: 5th Grade Visit to Lane Middle School

April 12: Popcorn Friday, $1, 3pm

April 13: Garden Work Party, 10am

Arrival

Our new arrival procedures are working well and helping to get students to class ready to learn on time! All students enter through our main doors beginning at 8:30am. Students in grades 3-5 should enter through the far left door while students in Kindergarten through 2nd grade should enter through the far right door. They then follow a similar pattern with the cafeteria doors and this helps with the traffic pattern so students can quickly get their breakfast and get seated. 

Families, please say “goodbye” to your child at the front doors! 

The first bell will ring at 8:37. If your student arrives after 8:37 and does not want breakfast, they may go directly to class. The late bell rings at 8:45! If your child arrives after 8:45, please walk them into the office to sign in. 

Dismissal

Dismissal is at 3pm. Kindergarten through 2nd grade students are dismissed under the covered area. Third through fifth grade students dismiss out of the parking lot doors. The older students often meet up with families and siblings at a designated location. After 3:07 pm, any remaining student is brought to the front of the school outside of the main entrance. The office closes at 3:30pm so all students MUST be picked up no later than 3:30. If you have an emergency and are going to be late, please call our office to notify them.

How to Keep In Touch

• Remind - we use this app to communicate school-wide, classroom and individual messages to families. Please visit this webpage for more information on how to sign up. 

• Kelly Website - please visit our website for up-to-date information about events, announcements and our Friday Family newsletter.

• Follow our school Facebook page as well at

• and

• or username: @kellyschoolgarden

PTA 

PTA Meeting

We will meet at 3:30pm in the Kelly Library on April 4th. 

PTA Popcorn Fundraiser 

Our next popcorn Friday is April 19. If you can volunteer, please email clintonkellypta@gmail.com

BottleDrop

We will participate in the Earth Day Give fundraiser with Bottle Drop. These funds will be used for our End of the Year Picnic. You can continue to collect cans and bottles all year long. You can also stop in the front office for a new bag. Thanks for saving your cans for Kelly!

PTA important dates:

4/4: PTA Meeting, 3:30pm

4/12: PTA Clean Up Party, 3pm

Be sure to follow us on and for our latest info.
Contact us at clintonkellypta@gmail.com

Volunteer Opportunities!!!!!!!

Volunteers must sign up with Raptor, so if you haven’t, please do so with this link: /volunteer

You will need to do this to chaperone for field trips or any volunteering in the school.  It may take a few weeks to get approved so it is a good idea to start the process ASAP.  Once approved, your background check will stay active for 3 years.

We are looking for volunteers in the following areas:

Family Affinity Groups

Chaperoning field trips

In the classroom

Lunch/Recess helpers

Library

PTA events like popcorn sales and movie night!

Sun school

Please email KellyElementaryVolunteers@gmail.com if you have any questions.

Latino Network

SUN Afterschool Program

Enrollment for Spring SUN begins on Monday, March 18th. Students will bring home paperwork with class information and a QR code for registration. Please be sure to register as soon as possible so we can begin processing applications. Registration does not guarantee enrollment, but we hope to accommodate as many families as possible. If you need assistance with registering your student, we will be holding a registration event on Tuesday 3/19 from 3-4:30pm. Come to the SUN office and Tammy or Cristina will assist you.  If you have any questions, you can also contact us at  (503)780-9813

Play and Learn Groups:

Spring Play & Learn sessions begin April 9th and continue through May 30th. This is a free play-based community group for children ages 0-5 and their caregivers. Groups will be held at 10am at the Kelly Head Start Center on Tuesdays and at Montavilla Community Center on Thursdays. Please reach out to Cassandra Avalos for more information at cassandra@latnet.org 

Family Resources:

We are happy to announce that Kelly has a new Family Resource Manager working with the SUN team. Antares Argueta will be at Kelly Monday, Wednesday, and Fridays to assist families looking for assistance with food, utilities, rent or other support.  You can also email Antares at ArguetaA@latnet.org for assistance inquiries.   

Food Pantry 

Our food pantry is open on Wednesdays, 12-1:30pm. Please do not line up until 12pm. 

If you need assistance with food follow the link  or call 211.

Champions Before and After School Care

Champions before- and after-school programs offer learning activities, homework help, healthy snacks, and a whole lot of fun – all within the safety and convenience of your child’s school. We’ve been meeting the needs of busy families by providing a fun and safe space where children can foster their love of learning and develop the skills necessary to succeed in school and life since the 1990’s.

Champions starts as early as 6:30 am and runs as late as 6 pm. We offer flexible scheduling and foster the love of learning by creating engaging experiences for children to unlock their own potential. Plus, we can direct you to subsidy programs in the area that will cover most, if not all, of your tuition. Curious about Champions? You can visit discoverchampions.com to learn more or even sign up to attend a “try it out” day free of charge. Contact your Kelly Elementary Champions site director, Sarah, at (503) 705-9654.