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THE ARLETA CONNECTION Home of the Dolphins

Five times a year we take the students to see a play at Portland Center Stage. We have been doing this for several years and the students have enjoyed a variety of performances. Some of the plays we have seen are: Sunset Blvd, Oklahoma, Fiddler on the Roof, Sweeney Todd, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and many more. A few years back Kathy Mcgraw and myself decided we should expand the experience and do dinner. At first we had dinner at Arleta. Since then we have taken the kids out to different restaurants in the Portland area. Last night, Nov. 21, 2013 we attended the performance of, “Twist Your Dickens.” It was a hilarious spoof on the Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. The students thoroughly enjoyed the performance. We also went to the Old Spaghetti Factory where we feasted on pasta, salads and bread. In January we will attend the play, “Chinglish.” Chinglish chronicles the journey of an American businessman who travels to China looking to score a lucrative contact for his family's sign-making firm. The plays have been a wonderful success and exposes the students to live theater and a night out that they won’t soon forget.

- Mr. Bivens, Assistant Principal

Sun Spots Updates from your Sun Community School

SUN Family Night – Friday, Dec.13th 5:30-7:30pm All Arleta families are invited for an evening of fun including crafts, a scavenger hunt, free pizza & salad, prizes and on-stage entertainment by SUN students! Come see what SUN students have been up this term and get inspired to sign up for a winter term class. Performances include acts by the Circus Arts class, VoiceUp Singing and the film produced by the Video-Making class.

Winter Term Sign Ups SUN class guides for winter term will be available during the week of Dec.9th.  This is your chance to try out something new! To give everyone a fair chance, classes will be filled in a lottery system, so don’t stress if you don’t get your form in right away. It’s the holiday season and you’ve got a lot on your plate! Still, please turn in your registration before you head off for winter break so we have as many forms as possible before we start pulling those names. Winter Term SUN classes will run for nine weeks, January 13th – March 13th. Keep your eye out for a couple options open to Kindergarten students!

Basketball Coaches Needed We are still DESPERATELY seeking volunteer coaches for our Boys 5/6th and Girls 7/8th Arleta teams. They will be playing in the PP&R Saturday youth basketball league. The commitment is 1-2 practices during the week (several 6:15-7pm practice slots are still open), and 8 Saturday games beginning in January. We guarantee it’ll be rewarding and fun! Besides, you know you’ve been wanting to get out and exercise more in the new year…now here’s your excuse to run around a bit! The SUN program will also need a basketball coach to teach Gr.K-4 level classes as part of our after school program. The after school position is paid an instructor stipend. Please contact ashley.coltin@portlandoregon.gov or 503-916-6332 if interested in either position.

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Before School Supervision Students are supervised before school at 7:45 in the morning. At this time students can enter the cafeteria for breakfast or wait outside for the 7:55 bell to ring. Before 7:45 students are not supervised.

After School Supervision Students are supervised after school from 2:15-2:25. We have a SUN School program for after school activities. After 2:25 our teachers are either attending meetings or working in their classrooms.

Cold Weather Please remember to make sure that your child brings warm clothes to school because we go outside for recess unless it is raining heavily.

Mitten Drive We have many students with very cold fingers. Please bring mittens and gloves to the main office and we’ll get them distributed to students in need.

Positive Behavior Supports This month we will be reviewing our expectations of what it looks like to be safe, respectful, and responsible at Arleta. Students will receive “links” of paper for being safe, respectful and responsible. The links will be put together to form a chain in the cafeteria. Once the links go all the way around the cafeteria we will have a school-wide celebration, hopefully at the end of the day on December 20th.

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Anuncios del programa de actividades SUN Noche Familiar Viernes, 13 de diciember 5:30 a 7:30 A todas las familias de Arleta las invitan a disfrutar de una noche de artesanias, una busqueda de premios, pizza y ensalada y presentaciones por los alumnos del programa SUN. Inscripción para el turno del invierno La lista de clases para el programa SUN estará disponible desde la semana del 9 de diciembre. Es una oportunidad de probar algo nuevo. Por favor, entreguen sus incripciones antes del descanso. Las clases se llevan a cabo del 13 de enero al 13 de marzo del 2014. Se Buscan: Entrenadores de Basket Se buscan entrenadores voluntarios para los equipos de Arleta para niños del 5/6° y de niñas del 7/8°. Los juegos son los sabados y hay quea hacer practicas 2 veces a la semana. ¡Será divertido! También se busca un maestro de basket para niños de kinder a cuarto año, éste es un trabajo pagado, comuníquese con Ashley.coltin@portlandoregon.gov o 503-916-6332 si está interesado.

Anuncios Generales Antes de la escuela: Se supervisan a los niños desde las 7:45 de la mañana. A esta hora los alumnos pueden entrar a la cafeteria a comer desayuno o pueden esperar afuera. Si llegan antes de las 7:45 no hay quien los supervise. Después de la escuela: Se supervisan a los niños de las 2:15 a las 2:25. El programa SUN ofrece actividades despues de la escuela. Despues de las 2:25 los maestros están ocupados con juntas o con trabajo en el salon. Clima Fria: Por favor, asegúrese que su hijo trae ropa adecuada para el clima porque salen afuera en el recreo todos los días, solamente quedan adentro si la lluvia está fuerte.

SALIDAS AL TEATRO Cinco veces al año llevamos a algunos alumnos a ver obras de teatro en el Portland Center Stage. Sobre los años los alumnos han visto Oklahoma, Fiddler on the Roof, y One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest entre muchos más. Hace varios años a Kathey McGraw y al Sr. Bivens les dio la idea de llevarlos a comer también, así que cada vez los llevan a un restaurante en Portland. El 21 de noviembre asistieron a la obra “Twist your Dickens”. Es una comedia basada en el cuento clásico navideño por Charles Dickens. A los alumnos les gustó bastante la obra. Primero fueron al Old Spaghetti Factory a comer pasta, ensalada y pan. En enero asistirán a la obra “Chinglish” que es un cuento de un señor Americano y su viaje a la China en busqueda de un contrato para su negocio familiar. Esta tradición es un exito maravilloso y expone al los alumnos al teatro en vivo y una salida que nunca olvidarán.

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PORTLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS501 North Dixon Street Portland, Oregon, 97227-1807 (503) 916-2000

THE ARLETA CONNECTION

Editor: Francesca Fontana

E-mail: francescamariefontana@gmail.com

ARLETA SCHOOL 5109 SE 66th Ave 

Portland, OR 97206

Phone: (503) 916-6330

Fax: (503) 916-2604

Parent Teacher Conferences Thank you for attending conferences this year. A close partnership between

teachers and parents is extremely important to the success of our students.

"First Quarter Grades

By now all K-5 families should have received a written progress

report to let you know the progress your child made during the first

quarter of the school year. Unfortunately letter grades were entered by

mistake for the majority of K-5 students, which resulted in report cards

being mailed home with only letter grades in Art. Once again, this was a

mistake and we are in the process of removing these grades from your

students’ records. Thank you for your patience.

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