Tuesday Notice

The Siskiyou School was able to share our new Pollinator Garden and Mason Bee project with the larger community at the annual earth day event hosted at by the SOU farm. We had over 80 children visit our booth to make seed balls filled with a mix of local pollinator friendly plant seeds. We also had on hand our mason bee egg sacks which will soon find a home in the bee houses hand crafted by the 4th grade (with the help of second grade finger knitting). We have a new link on our school website to learn more about the project. Check back in the fall to see our bee colony is doing!

Special thanks to Ms Tourzan for her hard work on the project, Kate Levin and Melissa Marks-Ladd for volunteering at our booth, and Mr Criswell for the much needed clay. We hope all our Siskiyou school families had fun at the event and thank you for stopping by!

This Week:

Thurs, April 27: Medieval Games (Class 6), 4:00 - 8:00 pm.

Friday, April 28: Medieval Games (Class 6), 8:00 - 4:00 pm.

Friday, April 28: Auction Project Assembly, 8:30 am.

Saturday, April 29: Siskiyou School AUCTION!

Next Week:

Tues, May 2: Kindergarten Orientation Night, 6:30 pm.

Friday, May 5: May Day! Join us! 11:00 in Clay Street Park

Friday, May 5: Middle School Dance, 6:00 pm.

Looking Ahead:

Mon, May 8 - Fri, May 12: 8th Grade Trip to Santa Cruz.

Tues, May 9: 6th and 7th Grade Clay Street Park Clean-up, during school hours.

Friday, May 12: 5th Grade Olympiad

Dear Siskiyou School Parents,

This week it’s PARTY TIME! Please join us for the Siskiyou School Auction this Saturday, April 29th from 6:00-11pm! Aleta and Christy have been working so hard to make this event fun and full of entertainment so we can all enjoy ourselves and each other. If it’s a financial strain to purchase tickets, please contact Aleta directly; we hope to see you all there on Saturday.

The Class Projects are absolutely INCREDIBLE & BEAUTIFUL! Come to the front hall where the projects are now on display. A huge thank you to all the parent pillar reps and to all parents who have helped bring these projects to life for our LIVE AUCTION.

Again, don’t miss this party, please! See you there! Aurilia

Join us at Clay Street Park for this beautiful spring festival! Feel free to bring a blanket or folding chair for seating on the grass. Family, friends, and Waldorf preschool and kindergartens are welcome to join.

We ask that Siskiyou School students:

• Wear white clothing (tan pants are great) – if you do not have white clothes, we do have some items in our lost and found closet, just contact Phyllis (phyllis.cooley@siskiyouschool.org) or stop by the office if you’d like to borrow something.
• A bouquet of flowers from your garden to share with their class for their May Day crowns.

Please note:

• Wear sunscreen or a hat and bring a water bottle.
  
• Dismissal will be at regular Friday times (12:20 for 1st, 12:30 for 2 through 4, 12:45 for 5 through 8).
  
• Please let your child’s teacher know if you will be on campus and are taking them directly from the classroom and not going to the dismissal area.

If you're interested in volunteering to help construct flower crowns with the children on our festival day, please click the link below to sign up. No experience needed! Its a very fun event to volunteer at!

Thank you!

Buy tickets before the door!! Purchase HERE

Fundraising & Events Coordinator

Events at the Siskiyou School are essential to building community and supporting our budget through fundraising. The Fundraising & Events Coordinator at the Siskiyou School is a community facing role that will bring positivity, joy, respect and support to our school and the administration team while holding our school events in an organized, efficient, and effective manner.

The Events Coordinator will develop and expand current community connections for collaboration, donations and volunteer support. This is a full time position with start date of July 1st, 2023; and ideally training time at the end of June. For the full job description, please contact Aurilia McNamara at Aurilia.mcnamara@siskiyouschool.org

1st Grade Assistant

We are looking for a loving, attentive, "on-it" person to support the first grade class teacher and the first grade students for part of each school day for the 2023-2024 school year. The position is part time and paid hourly. It runs Monday through Friday, for about 18 hours per week, from the arrival of the children through main lesson and snack recess. Responsibilities include tag teaming with the class teacher as needed through the morning, supporting children who need that extra bit of attention to allow the class teacher to hold the whole, and helping with class logistics and setup to ensure a seamless flow for the children from one activity to the next. Work would begin in late August.

Kindergarten Assistant

We are looking for a person interested in supporting our lead kindergarten teacher for the 2023-2024 year. The position is full-time, paid on an hourly basis, with some benefits. The hours are 8-3:00 pm, Monday - Thursday, and 8:00-1:00 on Fridays. Responsibilities include tag teaming with the lead teacher as needed through the morning, supporting children who need that extra bit of attention to allow the lead teacher to hold the whole, and helping with class logistics and setup to ensure a seamless flow for the children from one activity to the next. It also requires helping with the afternoon enrichment program from 1-3pm. Our new kindergarten program will be housed in the Glendale House at the back of our Clay Street campus.

If you are interested in one of these two positions, please contact Aurilia at Aurilia.mcnamara@siskiyouschool.org

May 20 and 21 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

Supporting the Developing Child From The Inside Out

Join Nina Gallwey for a rich exploration into how learning arises from within the child and how to enhance and strengthen the foundations that support academic and healthy social skills. Discover how we all learn differently depending on the gateways open to us and how to access gateways that have been closed. Come away with an abundant tool chest to unlock your (and your child’s) highest potential.

What recent participants of this workshop shared:

"I want to say what an incredible resource you are providing. I am so grateful to have been able to attend and gain these tools to use with my children and myself. I am using your materials to support our school and all the families I interact with. This has been life changing.” -MS

"Just wanted to say thank you for an amazing,nourishing, and insightful weekend of knowledge! I enjoyed every moment! “ KL

Nina has 31 years of experience teaching and working with children with diverse learning styles. She created our Ohana Program at Siskiyou School. The Foundations of Learning is a distillation of her extensive experience with supporting healthy neurology, sensory integration, vision therapy, integrative movement, and child development.

Contact Nina Gallwey for more details or to sign up at ohanafamilyresources@gmail.com.

Parenting teens from a place of presence, pause, and connection

facilitated by Kelly Tisdel

This 10-week summer course is designed to bring guidance, support, and a renewed sense of possibility to the challenge and practice of parenting a teenager in these times.

July 9th – September 15th

Weekly Group Zoom Calls with Kelly

Weekly content (videos, audios, writings) and practices formatted to fit into your schedule

For more information or to register, visit www.kellytisdel.com, or email ktisdelconsulting@gmail.com

Kelly also offers ongoing mentoring and coaching for teens and parents.

A week-long immersion to find your horizon.

For 14-16 year olds

June 18th-25th

Port Orford, Oregon

With Lexi Delgado and Kelly Tisdel

This is the first generation facing all the unknowns of what we have created in the last 250 years without navigation systems yet in place. Their anxiety, depression, hopelessness makes sense AND there’s a way forward, we’ll find this…together.

With the backdrop of secluded beaches and old growth trees, we’ll sink into our natural rhythms to find our authentic compass point.

Kayaking. Hiking the beach. Exploring the shoreline. Sleeping under stars with the sound of waves. Circles and ceremony around the fire. Solo opportunity. One-on-one attention and community holding.

Visit either website for more information: www.kellytisdel.com www.lexidelgado.com

(Look for the Changing Tides menu option)

See the flyer below for more information on upcoming events.

We are seeking a nanny to be with Alva 3 days per week as I return to work. The days would be consecutive (most likely Mon-Wed) and the hours are at this point flexible/not yet known exactly. But it would be full days, with the additional potential need for picking up Elias from school and/or summer camps as we approach summer holidays.

Thank you!

Aino Boyer

aino.boyer@gmail.com

Hello lovely neighbors!

Our family is preparing to settle back into the Ashland area after a long-term road trip sabbatical, launching into Kindergarten and 9th grade in the Fall. We are looking for a 3 bedroom home and will take great care of it. We are a dual income family with no pets and are hoping to connect up with kind folks who are looking for trustworthy people to look after their lovely property.

We can take care of landscaping and home upkeep and even do home improvements in exchange for discounted rent.

Please get in touch with leads or suggestions, we have been around the area for many years and will provide solid references. Many thanks for helping us to find our future nest 🙏🏼

Email Sarah Kreisman at sarahkreisman@hotmail.com

Email: office@siskiyouschool.org
Website: www.siskiyouschool.org
Location: 631 Clay Street, Ashland, OR, USA
Phone: 541-482-8223
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/siskiyouschool/