Tuesday Notice

With a generous grant from the Ashland Food Co-op, the Siskiyou School Pollinator Project is well underway! ACORN teacher Ms. Leann and the Raven Class have painted bee-utiful mason bee houses that will help pollinate gardens around the valley. The program allows families to "rent" the bee houses that include a mason bee cocoon. In the fall, the houses will return to the school and the children will help clean them out and add fresh bamboo tubing. Next spring, the cleaned houses and new cocoons will go out again to start the cycle once more!

Dear Siskiyou School Parents,

It’s hard to believe that we will only have 10 more days of school. As always, the end of the year is very busy and many wonderful events are happening in these last days.

This week we look forward to seeing all parents on campus for parent teacher conferences. The board and I will hold the traditional 8th grade exit interview meetings with each 8th grade family. We always look forward to hearing from the exiting families about their experience at the school.

Next week the highlights are the Alum River Class Alum Celebration, the 8th grade Class Celebration with the faculty, and the 1st grade play.

In the last week of school we will all work hard to finish up and bind all main lesson books, to have last classes, to clean and mover the classrooms, and to have fun on the last day of school at Field Day!

The most important event is the Hummingbird Graduation on Thursday, June 8th at 5pm. We are so excited to see the class graduating; so many of these students have been at the school for eight years and Ms. Franczak has taught the class for all the eight years as well. Please be sure to read the details about graduation in the Office Section below!

We are surrounded by so many blessings at the school: A most beautiful campus, wonderful children and parents; dedicated and inspired teachers and admin staff and a very dedicated school board. We will together, before moving into the summer, close out the year celebrating so many highlights and achievements. I’m so proud and thankful for our whole school community.

Enjoy this beautiful weather, the blooming flowers and the trees dressed in so many greens!

With all my best, Aurilia

This Week:

Tues, May 23: Class 6 Knighting Ceremony, 5:30 pm.

Wed, May 24: Class 8 Shadow Day at Ashland High School, 8:15 - 11:30 at AHS.

Thurs, May 25 & Friday, May 26: NO SCHOOL! Parent-Teacher Conferences.

Next Week:

Mon, May 29: NO SCHOOL, Memorial Day.

Tues, May 30: River Class Alum Celebration, 3:30 pm.

Thurs, June 1: Hummingbird Class Celebration, 3:30 pm.

Thurs, June 1: First Grade Play, evening community performance, time 5:30 pm.

Friday, June 2: First Grade Play, morning school performance, 8:45 am.

Friday, June 2: Kindergarten Picnic at Clay Street Park, 5:00 to 6:00 pm.

Looking Ahead:

Mon, June 5: Class 4 Overnight field trip to Klamath Lakes.

Wednesday, June 7: Yearbooks distributed to Class teachers.

Thursday, June 8: Take-home Day, please send your child with a bag.

Thursday, June 8: HALF-DAY for Hummingbird Class Graduation (see details below).

Friday, June 9: Field Day & Moving Day (Join us! Links below).

The link for Parent-Teacher Conferences is now CLOSED. To view your conference day and time, click the link HERE.

If you are unable to make your conference or you need to make an adjustment you must contact the office at 541-482-8223.

• 5th Grade Conferences with Mr. Sonksen are in the garden area between 4th and 3rd grade (go out behind the 5th grade classroom and through the gate to the left).
• 8th Grade Exit Interviews with Aurilia and the board are in the Glendale Garden tent.
• Mr. Monda conferences are in the Music Room
• Ms. James conferences are in the Math Room
• Mr. Dilansa conferences are outside the 6th grade by the blacktop and the 1st grade cubby area.

Conference Childcare

We’re happy to be able to offer childcare for conferences! Childcare will be available from 8:00 to 4:00 on Thursday and 8:00 to 2:00 on Friday. Children stay free during your conference time, beyond that time childcare is $10/hour (cash or check only please).

Classes 3-8 are REQUIRED to be at graduation, as those classes are part of the ceremony.

• ARRIVAL is at 4:45 on our campus to ensure we begin promptly at 5:00.
• Classes 1 & 2 are invited to attend and stay with their parents.

• Class 3: Students are required to attend. Students will be part of the beginning of the ceremony. Students will sit with their parents. Both parents of each student are invited; one parent will hopefully help with hosting the reception for the 8th grade parents; one parent can take their student home at the end of graduation.

• Class 4: Students are required to attend. Students will be part of the beginning of the ceremony. Students will sit with their parents.

• Classes 5-7: Students are required to attend. Students will be part of the beginning and the end of the ceremony. Students will sit with their teachers. We very much hope that at least one parent per student will attend the event.

Graduation Dress Code: Children should dress in “Sunday’s best”! Please note, that the weather promises to be sunny and warm. Plan to bring hats, sunscreen, and perhaps a water bottle.

Attendance at 8th Grade Reception:

The graduation ceremony itself is expected to end around 6:30 pm. After that, only 8th grade families and guests are to remain on campus.

Parking: Parking will be on Clay Street and in the Takelma neighborhood, not around Glendale. Please be mindful of the neighbors' driveways and park respectfully.

If you have any questions at all, please call the office. Thank you!

As the year draws to a close, MOVING DAY is upon us! This is the time after school on Friday, June 9th, when we gather as a community to help clean out the classrooms and move our students into their new space for next year! It takes MANY hands, but can be a satisfying way to close out the year. Please join us!

This year is special with the preparations for our new kindergarten! We will need extra help:

• Breaking down the Glendale Garden Tent.
• Moving things from the Glendale Garage to Pine Hall.
• Boxing up the library.

Samae Chlebowski and the middle school yearbook class have designed a colorful and meaningful yearbook for our community. Classes 1-7 are represented with their class page and a collage page full of images from the school year. Our graduating Hummingbird class has additional pages to help us remember them. This team of dedicated yearbook creators worked really hard in making this 2023 the most special yearbook yet.

Pre-order your yearbook today! The cost is $15 and yearbooks will be delivered on Wednesday of the last week of school. Pre-order closes Friday, May 26th.

Books are not guaranteed for sale after Friday, May 26th.

The last day of school means FIELD DAY! Field day is pure fun! Lots of water games, relays, soccer with a gigantic ball, and we need help making it all happen! Please sign up with the link below.

The 7th graders recently completed their Simple Machine Projects and Presentations. Here are two such inventions: a tennis ball dispenser created by Zeba and an interactive toy box created by Izel. Congratulations on some marvelous machines, Dragonfly Class!

~Mr. Beech

This June, we are preparing to put our 3 bedroom, 2 bath home on Nova Drive on the market. It is located adjacent to the Takelma neighborhood, on a quiet, tree-lined street, just a short walk to Siskiyou School. The property is single story, about 1450 square feet with a lovely, grassy backyard and 7,000 sq ft lot. We are finishing a few improvements and will be preparing our price (probably low $500s) and listing details in the next 2 weeks. If anyone might be interested to learn more, please let us know. Gretchen Steidle: conscioussocialchange@gmail.com or 603-359-0177.

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