Dear Families,

Just a few short weeks until we begin a new school year together! We hope that everyone has had a summer filled with lots fun and adventure. During the break many of our staff members were also planning curriculum, designing new units, and supporting our incoming kindergarten students. Our Corbett Grade School team is united behind providing engaging curriculum that inspires curiosity and critical thinking in our students.

In this newsletter:

• Arrival and Dismissal Times and Procedures
• Corbett School District Traffic Plan
• Corbett Grade School Supply Drive
• Building Changes
• Corbett Grade School PTA Information
• Corbett Grade School Volunteers
• Corbett Grade School Picture Day
• Kindergarten Camp in Review
• Registration for the 2023-24 School Year
• School Meal Prices
• Free and Reduced Lunch Program
• Welcome 6th Grade
• Intermediate (grade 4-6) Music Choices
• Playground Update
• Back to School Night - Thursday, August 24
• 2023-24 Corbett School District Calendar

Looking forward to a new school year!

Michelle Dawkins

Corbett Grade School Principal

School Hours:

K/1 and 2/3 classroom hours are 7:55am - 3:35pm

4/5 and Grade 6 classroom hours are 7:55am - 3:40pm

We encourage all resident students to ride the bus when possible. For those students that do not ride the bus we have two areas for our students to arrive and depart by car:

Zone 1

• ALL K/1 classrooms
• Mrs. Arndt and Ms. Layton

Zone 2

• ALL 4/5 and grade 6 classrooms
• Mrs. Mack, Mrs. Lewis, and Mrs. Karki

Important Information

• Drop off begins at 7:40am (not earlier)
• Go to the youngest child's pick up location, if your child has siblings
• If that sibling is in grades 4, 5, or 6, please do not arrive until 3:40pm or later
• For security purposes, ALL families must use car pick up at the end of the day
• End time for K-3 classrooms: 3:35pm
• End time for 4/5 and grade 6 classrooms: 3:40pm

The times are staggered to help with traffic flow. Families with students in a fourth, fifth, sixth grade classroom should not join the pick up line before 3:40pm. If you arrive prior to 3:40pm in the pick up line, you will be asked to circle around until the 4/5 and grade 6 classes have been dismissed.

Things to help improve the flow of traffic:

• Practice getting your child in and out of their car seat
• Please remain in your car for drop off and pick up
• Pull over to the waiting area, if you need to buckle or unbuckle your child
• Arrive no more than five minutes prior to your student's dismissal time

Please keep in mind that the first week of school will be busy and will take longer than normal.

This summer, Steve Salisbury, our facilities director, has been busy over seeing the construction of two new classrooms and three new offices. Mrs. Shaw and Mrs. Belesiotis will be moving into the new classrooms that were created by dividing up the Longhouse. The good news is that we maintained our meeting space and now have two other great spaces. We also added a wall to our staff workroom to create a space for our new counselor. We took down a wall to make a larger space for our occupational therapist and added a wall in our PE equipment room for a new speech room. Our plan is to have all the new spaces ready for the new school year!

Want to help support our school? Then join the Corbett PTA! This group helps support our school in so many ways. The cost is $10 if you pay by cash or check and $12 if you pay online. Please join us for the first meeting on Thursday, September 14 at 6:30pm in the grade school Longhouse.

Looking ahead!

• Membership drive begins on Thursday, August 24 during Back to School Night
• Jog-a-Thon October 23 and 24
• Scholastic Book Fair - December 4-7
• Playground Installation - Date TBA
• Spring Science Fair
• Field Day - Friday, May 31

We are looking for volunteers to help in our cafeteria and on our playground during recess. We also need classroom and office help during the day. If you are available to help or would like to volunteer to chaperone during a field trip you MUST complete our online volunteer application at least two week prior to helping out. Just scan the code or visit Corbett School District Volunteer Forms.

Lifetouch

Picture Day Date: Tuesday, September 19

Picture Day ID: EVTXMC3M3

During the week of August 7-10, Corbett Grade School welcomed 52 new kindergarten students to our annual Kindergarten Camp. We had a lovely week of getting to know our newest members of our school community!

Some of the things we did:

• Read books
• Told stories
• Wrote our name (a lot)
• Played math games
• Went on a bus ride
• Painted
• Sorted bugs
• Made patterns
• Practice writing our numbers
• We ate lunch in the cafeteria
• Learned all about recess
• Practice being a good friend
• Had a lot of snacks!

All new and returning students in grades 1-12 will need to register online for the 2023-24 school year. Online registration ends Sunday, August 13 at midnight.

Visit www.corbett.k12.or.us for complete instructions on how to register.

For further questions:

Carrie Evans

Grades 1-6

503-261-4236

cevans@corbett.k12.or.us

Erin Gibbs

Grades 7-12

503-261-4268

egibbs@corbett.k12.or.us

You can pay by cash or check at the grade school office or pay online at MyMealtime.com.

Breakfast K-12 (regular) $2.55

Lunch K-6 (regular) $4.05

Lunch 7-8 (regular) $4.35

Lunch 9-12 (regular) $4.65

The National School Lunch Program is a federally assisted meal program offered at Corbett School District. It provides nutritionally balanced, low-cost or free lunches and breakfast to school-aged children.

Under Oregon's expanded income guidelines, a family of four that makes $90,000 qualifies for free/reduced lunch. All income guidelines can be found here. This is a confidential program. The only people who will know your child is receiving benefits are the nutrition staff. Children receiving free meals are not identified to other students or adults. The benefits go beyond school meals. Other cost-savings opportunities are available to students and families who qualify for free or reduced-price school meals, such as reduced participation fees for athletics and activities, plus low-cost high-speed Internet or mobile hot spots, and much more. Apply now! Families must apply each school year.

Every family must reapply each year by October 1.

If you have any question, please feel free to contact Janet Ruddell by

email jruddell@corbett.k12.or.us.

Corbett Grade School will expand from K-5 to K-6 for the 2023-24, starting in the 2023-24 school year. Carrie Church and Claire Kennedy will be leading our sixth grade students this school year. They have been meeting during the summer to plan curriculum for the year and are excited for the year ahead! We look forward to having our sixth graders become an important part of our school community.

Students in grades 4-6 have the opportunity to participate in band, strings, or general music. Many students completed the Intermediate Music Choice Form last spring. If you are new to the district or have not yet completed the form, please do so on or before August 21, 2023. The form has more information about each music class and a contact email for each teacher.

A big thank you to Oxbow Construction for donating the labor and materials for our new gaga pit pad! Now both playgrounds will have gaga ball pits for our students. Our new slides, rock climbing wall, and climbing trees are ordered and should be ready for installation in November.