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Kindergarten Round-Up set for April 17-19

Is your child ready for kindergarten? Prepare for the annual PSD Kindergarten Round-Up April 17-19 at the Pendleton Convention Center by filling out the forms below and bringing them with you.

Registration Information - What to Bring

Registration Form

Race & Ethnicity Form

Formulario de Etnicidad y Raza

Health History

Home Language Survey

The Kindergarten Round-Up -- which helps pre-register incoming kindergarteners for the 2012-2013 school year -- will take place at the Pendleton Convention Center this year, regardless of which elementary school your child will attend. Registration will run in conjunction with the Pendleton School District's annual Art Show at the Convention Center.

April 17 & April 18: 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. (a Spanish-language interpreter will be available from 5-7 p.m. on these two days)
April 19: 7-11 a.m.

Can't make any of these days to register your child for kindergarten? Then please fill out the forms above and bring them, along with the othe required documents listed in the Registration Information, to your child's school. Questions? Contact your child's school.
 

Sherwood to host Dr. Seuss Read Across America night

Sherwood Heights Elementary School students and parents are invited to celebrate National Read Across America Day and honor literary legend Dr. Seuss’s birthday with a celebration at the school on Thursday, March 1 from 6-7:30 p.m.

As students and their parents enter the school on that evening, they will receive a “passport,” which lists eight different activities which they can visit throughout the school. They must visit at least four of the activities during the course of the night. Activities include a book walk, BINGO game with Dr. Seuss book titles, a reading of The Lorax, a Dr. Seuss trivia game, learning a Dr. Seuss song, playing Dr. Seuss games, reading Dr. Seuss books and exploring some Dr. Seuss Web sites in the computer lab.

All activities include a prize, such as a Dr. Seuss book and games.

Sherwood staff are gearing up for the big event. Some staff members will dress up in Dr. Seuss costumes for the night, and teachers have created door-sized posters for the classroom doors, featuring differing Dr. Suess books.

The National Education Association sponsors National Read Across America Day, an annual reading motivation and awareness program that calls for every child in every community to celebrate reading on March 2, the birthday of beloved children's author Dr. Seuss.

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Report school safety concerns

Students: Do you have a school safety concern, such as bullying, harassment, drug issues, suicide or other area of concern? Or parents, are you aware of a school safety issue that needs to be reported? Now there are several easy -- and anonymous -- ways to report school safety concerns.

  1. Call the anonymous Safe Schools Hotline: 541-966-3256.
  2. Download a PDF form for reporting a concern.
  3. Fill out the electronic form here on our web site.

Remember, it's important for everyone's safety at school to report these concerns. Sherwood Heights Elementary School wants to make sure students, staff and parents know there are safe ways to do so.

Parents + students = fun at Sherwood

Students and parents alike found out how fun math can be during Sherwood Heights Elementary School’s Family Math Night Thursday. Nearly 100 students and parents participated in the event, part of National Parental Involvement Day (Nov. 17).

The goal of National Parental Involvement Day is to increase parental involvement at public schools across the United States, said Shelley Liscom, principal at Sherwood.

Family Math Night was sponsored by the Sherwood staff members to teach parents and students games and other math activities that families can play at home. Some of these games required just a few supplies (dice, decks of cards, and paper). Other activities included board games like Yahtzee and Math Bingo.

During the 90-minute event families spent at the school, they were able to participate in four different games or activities. Each child went home with a sack of “goodies” – math flash cards, dice, a deck of cards, and other game supplies.