BILLIE NEWS!

Pleasant Hi l l E lementary Schoo l

Pleasant Hill Elementary

36386 Highway 58

Pleasant Hill, Or 97455

Ph: (541) 736-0400

Attendance Phone Line:

(541) 736-0411

Fax: (541) 736-0446

Volume 4 Issue 7 November 12, 2013

Pleasant Hill Elementary

Food Services

Ph.: (541) 736-0490

Breakfast—$1.10 served daily 7:40—7:55 a.m.

Lunch—$2.20

www.pleasanthill.k12.or.us

It was fun to see the halls filled with fami-lies for conferences last week. We appreci-ate and honor your

taking time from your busy schedules to meet with your student’‛s teacher.

The staff’‛s goal is to conference with 100% of our families. If you were un-able to attend, please contact your child’‛s teacher as we join you in part-nering to see that your child is suc-cessful each day.

Thank you for partnering with the school this year taking a few min-

utes each day to ask your child

about their day at school. Partner-ing with the staff working together

to assist your child in being suc-

cessful, as evidenced by the number of parents and guardians who at-tended conferences last week, therefore, not hesitating to talk

with your child’‛s classroom teacher or me if I can be of assistance. Mak-

ing reading 20 minutes nightly a

priority within your family. As a school, we have now read 182,317 hours.

White Elephant /

Billie Buck Sale

Needs Your Donations!

It’‛s time for Fall cleaning! We need gently used donations for our White

Elephant / Billie Buck Sale. This sale is an opportunity for students to spend their Billie Bucks to purchase holiday gifts for their family mem-bers. Possible things to donate in-clude decorations, videos, books, toys, and any other items people of all ages would enjoy. Please bring your donations to the office be-tween now and December 16th. The White Elephant Sale will take place December 17th and 18th, before Winter Break. Thank you for helping our students celebrate the season of giving!

The staff of Pleasant Hill Elemen-tary wish to thank all of our volun-teers who donate their time to make copies, work with students, listen to kids read, assist with serving lunches, chaperone fields, etc. Dur-ing the month of October our volun-teers collectively logged over 721 hours for last month. So, we say thank-you to the following volun-teers: Michelle Allen, Michele Perini, Sonja Gunn, Terina Neu, Kim Basaraba, Laurie Inglish, Katrina Starr, Briana Ruchti, Cherri Rob-erts, Kelsey Isaacson, Marci Edmondson, Laurie Pardee, Rosetta Thuresseon, Katie Buckley,

Pleasant Hill School District is an equal oppor-tunity educator and em-ployer.

No School

Thanksgiving

Break

November 27—29

There will be No School

November 27, 28 and

29 due to Thanksgiving

Break. Please have a safe and wonderful break. Classes resume December 2nd.

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Counselor’‛s Corner Over the last several weeks all grades have been learning about Empathy. Em-pathy means identifying and under-

standing your own and others’‛ feelings in order to get along better with others (to put yourself in someone else’‛s shoes). Students have been prac-ticing empathy skills in several different ways:

Grades K-2

Learning to listen, being respectful, and shar-ing feelings

Identifying their own and others’‛ feelings through looking at faces, and recognizing body clues.

Recognizing that people may react differently to different situations.

Coming up:

Understanding and accepting differences in others

“The 7 Habits of Happy Kids” Grades 3-5

Listening with attention Being respectful and assertive (sticking up for

yourself and others) Focusing on their work and ignoring distrac-

tions Coming up:

Understanding different perspectives Emotion management Grade 6

Empathy and Communication: Working in Groups

Understanding different perspectives Desk and binder organization

Coming up:

Disagreeing with others respectfully Dealing with disrespectful behavior Emotion management

Lisa Friesen, Marian Brown, Elise Hammond, Amber Norton, Rebecca Templin, Susan Mattie, Kristi Stutesman, Kathy Treadaway, Darci Craig, Greg Pittman, Cathy Flory, Rebekah Johnson, Jess Saven, Natasha Davis, Cindy Fitzpatrick, Amy Cunningham, Tammy Hadley, Christi Hadley, Mar-tha Hardy, Jen Kinman, Steffanie Murray, Kim Do-bruskey, Laurie Calef, Angela Robinette, Vanessa Salvia, Denise Vargas, Celina Ziolkowski, Andrea Landers, Diane O’‛Connor, Shannon Bell, Renee Good, Sera Hadley, Debora Isaacson, Crystal Jones, Andrea VanSinkle, Cassandra Wilson, Dakia Anheluk, Sylvia Arney, Laurine Bushnell, Megan Flanders, Tina Smith, Heather VanOrdstrand, Mi-chelle Jefferies, Shari Pickar, Jodi Vahala, Brianne Vinson, Clarrisa Anderson, Autumn Brown, Shana Chaney, Adam Clough, Carol Jung, Rolf Jung, Brandi Plummer, Kim Randle, Stephanie Aldridge, Becky Brock, Jessica Jackson, Yolanda Olsen, Ma-rissa Smith, Frances Stoda, Mark Allen, Jessie Bayn, Harry Bazen, Renee Clough, Mary Crommett, Misty Demagalski, Alicia Freidemann, Alaina Had-ley, Amanda Hadley, Corrina Hunt, Kris Martes, Sarah Mills, Dana Parrish, Cassandra Pierzina, Jes-sica Smith, Andrea Taylor, Wendy Wallace, Manda Fenley, Kristine Hardy, Kelly Michlanski, Nova Nicoson, Sue Pabst, Susan Quimby, Nancy Ralls, Carol Shoemaker, Angela White, Darlene Baker, Dennis Biggerstaff, Kathy Holman, Tiffany Howes, Ranee Kirchner, Billy Lang, Krista Lybarger, Sherri Marier, Jaclyn Moore, Amber Quick, Thad Starr and Laurie Krei.

It’‛s Cold Outside! It is a little chilly outside. Our stu-dents do go outside for recess each day, rain or shine. All students are en-

couraged to wear a jacket. Please label the inside of your child’‛s jacket.

This year, our 5th and 6th grade vocal students walk to the high school daily for music. So, please send a coat and an umbrella with your student if

they are going to the high school, as they may use umbrella, too.

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Pleasant Hill Foundation Grants Awarded

Thank you to all who donate time, money and resources to the Pleasant Foundation. Last week, the foundation “Prize Patrol” awarded several staff members at the elementary with grants from your generous donations. Mrs. Lilles received a grant to purchase more books for those students participating in the Oregon Battle of the Books program. Mrs. Reinking and Mrs. Griffiths received a grant to purchase apps for the new I-Pads in kindergarten through second grade. Mrs. Thomas, Mrs. Quirk and Mrs. Oliver received a grant to purchase a year’‛s subscription to a new on-line program called IXL math. Mrs. Durfee received a grant to purchase I-pad mini’‛s for the learning center. Mrs. Miller received a grant to purchase three I-pads for Title I universal assessments and enrichment. Mr Bova applied for several grants, all of which were funded. The first grant provides audio access to the books used in the Oregon Battle of the Books program allowing even more students access to those stories. He received another grant to install a ceiling mounted projector in his class-room. The third grant Mr. Bova received was for a class set of I-pad mini’‛s. Mrs. Raade received a grant for science materials allowing students the opportunity to do labs in groups of less than 8 students. Mr. Light also received a grant for instrument repair.

Do You Have a New Phone Number?

If you, or any of your emergency contacts, have changed phone numbers recently please make sure you have notified the school office. It is extremely important this informa-tion is kept up to date so that we can reach you in the event of an emergency or your child becomes ill at school.

After School Plans

We do not allow students to call you during the day to make after school plans. If your child will be going to a friend’‛s house, we ask that you to send a note to school with your child. If you should forget, their afternoon plans change or you want to make sure they remember what their after school plan is please call the office,541-736-0400 , before

1:30 p.m. We send notes to the classrooms before 2:00 p.m. Release time can be very busy and we want to make sure your child gets where he or she needs to be.

The bus drivers have been instructed by First Student, our transportation company, not to allow chil-dren off the bus at a different location without a written note from a parent or the school. Please as-sist us in assuring your child gets to their correct destination each day.

Billie Spirit Alert Nominees

Billie Spirit Alert Nominees for the weeks of October 28th and November 4th are: Katelyn M., Ruth T., Gregory K. Dominic D., Hailey J., Cody K., Isaac

V., Hannah S., Sierra S., David C., Solomon F., Andrew L., Kylie M., Ryan H., Alli-son L., Natalie S., Nicolas P., Savannah B. and Ryan L.

Congratulations to Luke R., Talynn M., Hunter L. and Maci J. for demonstrating Billie Spirit by being Responsible, Respectful and Safe daily and winning a Billie Spirit t-shirt.

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Community Opportunities for Students and Parents DESTINATION IMAGINATION TEAMS STILL FORMING--SIGN-UP

DEADLINE NOVEMBER 18

It's not too late to involve your student in DI, an opportunity for students to experience the "creative process from imagination to innovation." The focus is on 21st century skills and STEMP driven pro-jects. We need to have teams in place by November 18 in order for students to finish a solution to their chosen challenge by the March 8 Regional Tournament. PLEASE TURN IN A SIGN-UP FORM, available from Mrs. Thoms in the office, BY NOVEMBER 18. The teams meet after school till 3:30 one day a week. The day will be chosen based on parents' pref-erence indicated on the sign-up forms. Please call Mrs. Hladky at 541-746-0135 if you have additional questions.

Calendar of Events:

November 12—2:30 p.m. PTO Meeting, PHCC

November 13—8:00—12:00 p.m. 4th Grade Guest Speaker

November 14—9:00—12:00 5th Grade Field Trip

November 15—Book Fair Open 2:00—4:00 p.m.

November 18—22—Book Fair Open 7:40—4:00 p.m. Daily

November 18—8:00—2:10 p.m. 6th Grade Field Trip

November 18—7:00 p.m. School Board Meeting, PHCC

November 21—2:30 p.m. Site Council, Library

November 26—Civil War / Team Day Wear Your Team Colors

November 27—29 No School / Thanksgiving Break

K-6th Grade Wrestling Starts November 12th

K-4th Grade will be Tuesday / Thursday 7:00—8:00 p.m. Cost is $45.00.

5th—8th Grade will be Monday—Thursday 5:30—7:00 p.m. Cost is $75.00.

For more information you can contact Bill Ruchti, 541-517-5924, or Darlene Baker, 541-953-3734.

Fall Book Fair is Coming! Friday Nov 15th 2:00pm to 4:00pm

Monday Nov 18th- Friday Nov 22nd 7:40am to 4:00pm Saturday Nov 23rd 9:00am to 1:00pm

In the Community Center