Mabel Rush School News

Noticias de la Escuela Mabel Rush - October 23, 2020

For a copy of this newsletter in Spanish please see below.

Para obtener una copia de este boletín en español, consulte a continuación.

https://www.smore.com/spu4w

Office Hours and Connecting with your Child’s Teacher

All of our instructional staff have established office hours to meet with parents and also to connect with students and their families. Below you will find a link to how you can sign up for a meeting with your child’s teacher.

Office Hours Page

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Partners in Education Parent Group

PIE is looking for a parent volunteer to organize the 2020-21 Yearbook. Please email mabelrushparentgroup@gmail.com if interested.

On Saturday morning in the garden, PIE is looking for some parent volunteers to help out with a few projects. If interested, please email Amanda Dillingham for details and schedule: amandadillingham@gmail.com

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Music Lessons from Mrs. McKennon

Mrs. McKennon's Music Page on Clever is where you will find music lessons and activities. These have been created by Mrs. McKennon to help support our students and provide them with a musical outlet during our distance learning. We are using the music program Quaver to help support this work. To get started, please log into Clever and follow the steps below...

-Log into Clever
-Open Mrs. McKennon's Music Page
-Click on the Quaver button
-If a student is logging in for the first time, they will be asked if they have an account.
-They should indicate NO and then Clever will open up Quaver to the appropriate location.
-Click on the Assignments button to find your lessons.

School Construction Bond Information

Our school district has a Construction Bond on the ballot for November 3. We encourage you to vote your whole ballot—make sure to turn it over and find Measure 36-205 on the backside, and vote for everything from the White House to the School House!

Even though schools aren’t in-person right now, we know the day will come when we are back. Bonds are a long-term strategy to keep our schools well-maintained and able to meet the needs of our students and prepare them to make contributions to our community. The State of Oregon does not give school districts funds for buildings. Bonds are the only way we can build and maintain our schools.

These bonds will allow the district to improve health and safety in our schools, update classrooms and learning environments, improve technology, provide needed maintenance, upgrade Career and Technical Education (CTE) to cutting edge facilities, renovate Edwards Elementary School, and replace Dundee Elementary School.

Every school will see improvements. Here at Mabel Rush, I am really excited to see that improvements are planned to upgrade our science and technology lab space to help facilitate STEM education. In addition deferred maintenance work will include repairing leaks and making upgrades to make our building more accessible for all students.

For more information, check out https://newbergschoolbond.org, or see the attached info sheet, and please exercise your right to vote!

School Board Meeting with Spanish Translation

October 27, 2020 - 7:00 pm

To make a Public Comment, fill out this online form before 6:30 pm on October 27, 2020 http://bit.ly/NPSPublicComment

The meeting will be streamed on ZOOM. You can watch at the link below:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87379306732?pwd=Y1lFZXllL2NMZTEyUUQ0eWJZbnJBUT09

Attendance Line:

If your child will be absent and not able to attend his or her live sessions, please use our Attendance Phone number to report your child absent: 503-554-4496