CHESS CLUB CHANGE We had so many students in our 3rd-8th grade Chess Club meeting last week that we have decided to split the group into 3rd-6th grade, still meeting on Thursdays from 8:30-10:00, and 7th-9th grade, meeting on Mondays from 2:00-3:00. Our secondary English teacher, Mr. Burnsed, will be the club leader for the 7th-9th group. Your 7th-8th graders are still welcome to come to school with their elementary siblings at 8:30 on Thursdays, but their option for the first hour and a half will be to do homework/read in the large room. Please let me know if you have any questions.
MOBYMAX CONTEST All students who attended our Face-to-Face class this week were given their login information for MobyMax if they brought their Monday/Tuesday folder to class. It can be found in the back cover and should stay there (so it can come back to school on their face-to-face class day). If you don't know your student's MobyMax login, let me know. I have also created a Quarter 1 contest! The student with the most minutes worked in MATH per grade will receive a prize at the end of quarter 1. Fact Fluency and Numbers don't add to the minutes, it's just for the subject titled MATH.
CHECK-IN QUESTION Have you had a chance to check out MobyMax? It's pretty cool!
NEXT WEEK'S SCHEDULE
Monday, October 16
12:00-1:00 PE Kinder-2
12:00-2:00 Face-to-Face Class Grades 3-4
1:00-2:00 PE Grades 7-8
2:00-3:00 PE Grades 3-6
2:00-3:00 Chess Club Grades 7-9 (NEW!)
Tuesday, October 17
12:00-1:00 PE Kinder-2
12:00-1:00 Art Club Grades 7-8
1:00-2:00 PE Grades 7-8
12:00-2:00 Face-to-Face Class Grades 5-6
2:00-3:00 PE Grades 3-6
2:00-3:00 Face-to-Face Class Grades 7-8
Wednesday, October 18
9:00-10:00 PE Grades 3-6
10:00-11:30 Art Club Grades 3-6
12:00-1:00 PE Kinder-2
1:00-2:00 PE Grades 7-8
Thursday, October 19
8:30-10:00 Chess Club Grades 3-6 (UPDATED!)
10:00-11:00 Lego Robotics (CLOSED) AND Engineering Club Grades 3-8
11:00-11:45 Charger Club Grades 3-6
11:00-12:00 PE Grades 6-8
NOVEMBER FIELD TRIP Our November field trip to Chief Lelooska in Woodland, Washington (http://lelooska.org/) has been moved to Thursday, November 30 during the AM hours. We should be back around 1:00pm. We have 35 seats reserved, please let me know if your student can make it and if you would like to come as a chaperone. We still have lots of room.
BLUE MONDAY/TUESDAY FOLDERS AND FACE-TO-FACE CLASS Students will have a take-home folder that needs to be brought weekly to their face-to-face class with me (Monday for 3rd-4th grade and Tuesday for 5th-6th grade). They don't need to bring it any other day. Every week, there will be a copy of the newsletter and the OdysseyWare check-in sheet, as well as any other special communications for the week. Also, please have your student bring their district laptop to their face-to-face class day. It will help your student to get signed into OdysseyWare and MobyMax quicker, in addition, it is also recommended because the district pushes out updates weekly and it also keeps permissions current. If you don't feel comfortable doing that every week, it's okay, your student can use one of our classroom computers, but it would be good to bring your student's laptop back to school from time to time so updates can be applied.
PARENT CONNECT The next Parent Connect meeting is Wednesday, November 1 from 9:00-10:30 here at HOA.
LEGO ROBOTICS The first session of Lego Robotics (formerly known as Coding Club) is currently full, but I am making a Wait List for Semester 2. Please reply back for your student if you would like them to be placed on the Wait List.
ENGINEERING CLUB This is a NEW club! On Thursdays from 10:00-11:00, we will have Engineering Club led by parent, Michael Thompson with Mrs. Harrington, for grades 3-8. Merriam-Webster defines engineering as “the application of science and mathematics by which the properties of matter and the sources of energy in nature are made useful to people.” Students will learn about engineering by completing design challenges and activities. We will also be introducing the use of engineering notebooks, personal protective equipment, and technical writing.
OREGON BATTLE OF THE BOOKS We are so close to getting an OBOB team started at HOA! We have had two parents step forward as being helpers, but we are still looking for a team leader. If you are interested in helping lead, please let me know.
SPECIAL PROJECTS/END OF THE UNIT TESTS I have put together a project list and rubrics for the Special Project option at the end of each unit in OdysseyWare. In addition, I have recently added a third option for the end of each unit. If a student has received a cumulative score of over 90% for the unit, they can skip the end of the unit Special Project or Test. Just have the student send me a message in OdysseyWare and I will manually skip it for them. The project list and rubrics are found in the FORMS section of my website, mrskellar.weebly.com, and were sent home last week in Monday and Tuesday folders.
MRS. KELLAR'S OFFICE HOURS I am here at HOA Monday-Thursday from 8:00-3:00. If you have concerns or questions, please email me and we can set up a time to meet. Pop-ins are generally not encouraged as there is no guarantee that I will be available or at my desk.
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BOND INFORMATION Are you looking for information about the upcoming school bond? Go to the Hillsboro School District website (www.hsd.k12.or.us), click on ABOUT US, then click on BOND.
This has been a great week! Students can still log into OdysseyWare on NO SCHOOl days. I recommend they work if they are behind or just want to get ahead. Tomorrow is still a work day for me, so please feel free to email if you need anything. Thanks so much!