Eccles Weekly News

April 1-5, 8-12: 2nd Grade Swim Lessons

April 8-10: 6th grade Outdoor School (Camp Gray)

Thursday, April 11: Art Literacy Volunteer Meeting (1:00pm, Eccles Music Room)

Monday, April 15: Jog-a-Thon Assembly & Fundraiser Kick-Off

Tuesday, April 16: Kinder Kick-Off (6-7pm, Eccles Elementary)

Tuesday, April 23: 3rd Grade Canby-Area Field Trip

Thursday, April 25: 6th Grade BPMS Tour (during school)

Thursday, April 25: Incoming 7th Grade Student/Parent Informational Meeting (6:30-7:30pm, BPMS Commons)

Monday, April 29: Courage Character Trait Assembly (1:30-2:15pm)

Tuesday, April 30: Eccles Jog-a-Thon Day

**Please remember we have Early Release every Wednesday at 1:30 pm. If you need to arrange for alternate pick-up for your child, please call the office by 1:00 pm.

Stay up-to-date with the Eccles calendar via our website or the Canby School District calendar page.

Canby School District will offer Oregon’s Student Educational Equity Development (SEED) Survey to students in grades 3-11, as required by Oregon law, during state testing this spring. The SEED Survey gives students the opportunity to voice their experiences in Oregon’s education system and is designed to capture their sense of belonging and experiences at school.

What is the SEED Survey?

• It asks students about access to learning resources, learning opportunities, self-efficacy beliefs, and sense of belonging

• Grades 6-11 includes questions about career-technical education and extracurricular activities

• Grades 9-11 includes questions about post-graduation planning

• Multiple choice, with additional open-ended questions for grades 6-11

• Takes about 10-20 minutes to complete

• Students may decline to answer individual questions

Oregon law (HB 2656) permits parents or guardians to decline to have their student participate in the SEED Survey. Any student who is excused from participating will have supervised study time or another learning activity while other students are completing the survey.

If you would like your student to participate in the SEED Survey, no further action is required.

If you do not want your student to participate in the SEED Survey, please click here to opt out. For Eccles Elementary, please respond by Friday, April 19.

Thank you to everyone who helped with our last Art Lit project, it's so wonderful to see the artwork on display around Eccles!

The next Art Literacy volunteer meeting will be Thursday, April 11, at 1:00 pm in the Eccles Music Room. Our next artist is Henri Matisse, and our medium will be cut paper. This is the last artist we will present this year. See you on the 11th!

- Deana and Ann

Each month, Canby School District and the Canby Kiwanis Club will highlight a different school in our district and will recognize a staff member from that school with the CARE Award. Eccles will be highlighted during the month of May. So, if you know of an Eccles staff member who has made a difference in your life, the life of a child you know, or in the community, please consider nominating them for the CARE Award.

Canby School District libraries use CSD guidelines for selecting new texts. This school year, new titles for circulation will be posted quarterly on the CSD Library Curation web page to provide our community with this information. Please click here to learn more.

At school, there’s always a meal ready to be served!

Some mornings, it’s tough to find the time to make sure your kids are eating a nutritious breakfast. On those days, why not send them to the School Breakfast Program? Each meal meets government nutritional guidelines and standards. Schools are required to provide a breakfast meal that includes fruit, whole-grain rich items, and low fat or fat free milk. Check your child’s menu to see the variety of nutritious choices available at School Breakfast, or stop by to sample the food yourself!

Reading Mentors inspires a love of reading by providing students with their own library of books and consistent, one-on-one reading with a caring adult. Kids who read for fun, read to learn!

The Canby Center is looking for volunteers who love to read and have a heart for students. If you can meet consistently to enjoy reading with a student at Eccles Elementary or another elementary school in Canby, or fill in as a substitute occasionally, contact:

Brooke Spencer: 503-263-1133

brooke@thecanbycenter.org

Visit our website: www.thecanbycenter.org/reading

LOST & FOUND

Our clothes rack is filling up. Please stop by and check the rack for any of your child's missing stuff (clothes, hats, water bottles, etc).

CLOTHES FOR KIDS

Accidents and injuries happen, and our health room utilizes donated clothes to help our students in need. If you have extra items that your child has outgrown, they're in good condition, and you'd like to pass it on to the school, we would be so grateful. Here are the items we have an increased need for right now:

• Boys sweats & pants (sizes 6-12)
• Girls leggings (sizes 6-12)
• Boys underwear (sizes 6/XS & 7-8/S-M)
• Girls underwear (sizes 4-8)
• Shoes (any clothes-toed, tennis shoes or sneakers, boys & girls)

• Current Lunch Menu
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• Apply to Volunteer
• Eccles PTA
• Canby Community Flyers