The Llewellyn Friday Flyer

This was a special week for many students.

Fourth graders culminated a month long study of economics by visiting BizTown, a fictional small town where students are bankers, business CEOs and CFOs, store clerks, news casters, and so much more! Each student has an important role to play and a job to perform. Additionally, students learn all about banking, depositing their paycheck, writing checks and using debit accounts and most importantly, not overdrawing their accounts! It was a hard day's work, but students said they had a ton of fun!

On Tuesday night audience members were treated to incredible performances by students from all over the district with choir music, dance, jazz band and more! It was called the HeART of Portland and was held at the Portland Art Museum. Also featured on Tuesday was student art work from al over the district. I was so proud to be able to see three Llewellyn students singing in the Honor Choir (Evelyn Carlson, Claire Desrocher, and Tomas Jacobsen) and one student's art (Gabriel O'Connor). Congratulations to each of you for your tremendous work! Thank you to ZWB and Ms. Davis for helping our students to showcase their talents!

I also want to give a shout out to our Llewellyn Kindergarten teachers, PTA President, Melisa Pearson, Treasurer, Lindsay Lopez, Foundation President, Rebecca Collins and the many volunteers who helped to make Connect to Kindergarten Night on April 11th a huge success. Thank you for answering questions and getting families excited about joining the wonderful community here at Llewellyn!

Lastly, I want you to know that the District is moving forward in the process to find the next principal for Llewellyn. On Tuesday, May 2nd at 6:00pm, an information gathering session will be held in our Cafeteria. My boss, John Melvin will lead a discussion in which he explains the process and then asks for your input about what you would like to see in your next principal and what makes Llewellyn such an incredible community. (Of course, I have already bragged about this community, but he'd like to hear it from you.). More information to come soon.

Have a great weekend!

Principal Pam

I had a blast with my guest Principal for A Day, Deacon Bumgarner (grade 4-Prelosky)! he delivered the morning message, helped with lunch duty, shared his vision for Llewellyn in classrooms, completed a survey, and classroom observation walkthroughs. His energy was contagious and his ideas to improve the school abundant! Thank you to all who made this possible by supporting Deacon during the Readathon!

Did your student forget to turn in their photo day envelope? We cannot take late envelopes at the school, since we have no means to get them to Dorian. Information on how you can late-order class photos will be coming soon!

All TAG referrals have been processed and final decision letters have been sent out. The spreadsheet sends a PDF as soon as the nomination has been considered. If you have not received a decision letter, then please request a copy from the PPS Let's Talk (pps.net/contact) resource. The referral cycle will start again next school year in the fall. All spring and fall test scores will be filtered and families will be notified if their child is a candidate for nomination. The process is automatic and family letters are sent from the district.

-Tanan Woods (twoods@pps.net)

Let's improve traffic flow and safety during drop off and pick up!

Please read the attached documents and follow these directions. A map is included to help illustrate the new routes suggested.

By AVOIDING the RED ZONE, we can all be safer!

Note: If you are interested in helping to support these new routes by volunteering in the morning or afternoon or if you have access to signage, please let me know. It would greatly help to have people directing traffic as we all get used to these new routes.

When: Sat, Apr 20 10:00am-3:00pm

Where:Llewellyn Elementary School

Join us for a community celebration for Earth Day! Drop in when you can for this event - whether it's for an hour or two, or just a few minutes. Here's what to expect:

• Garden work party to spread mulch + spruce up the space for spring
• Nature themed crafts and activities for the kids
• Mason bee expert Debbie from Naturehood will be there to answer your mason questions (it's their their nesting season!) + talk about the science program at Llewellyn

This event is always *super* fun because it's a simple excuse to see our community come together: catch up chatting (if you feel like it), do a little hard labor (if you feel like it), and enjoy the sunshine (hopefully everyone feels like it). Please join us, even if it's a short drop in!

We could still use helpers! If you want to lend a hand with crafts, activities, and/or games, please email Renee Wilkinson: ReneeCBWilkinson@gmail.com We're a little light on support for this event, but always seem to make it still happen :)

View on Konstella

2nd grade music program is this coming Thursday, April 25th at 6:30pm. Students should arrive at 6:10 and meet Ms ZWB in the music room while families have a seat in the cafetorium. Program will be around 30- 40 minutes.

Kindergarten enrollment is happening for next school year! Tell your friends, neighbors and other community members with young children ready to start kindergarten in the fall. Look here for more information and to enroll online. Next chance to connect is on May 9th at 6:00 for Kindergarten Connect Art Night.

Join us at the Sellwood PTA on Tuesday, April 23 from 5:30-7:30 pm for a social at PDX Sliders. This will be a great chance to connect and learn more about the PTA and talk to Principal Carbone. We look forward to seeing you there! The whole family is welcome. Questions about this event or joining the Sellwood PTA email sellwoodpta@gmail.com.

Hello Llewellyn families,

PPS is hosting a Queer Family Night at Oaks Park on April 22nd, 7p-9:30pm for students, families, and other folks who support the LGBTQ+ community. Entry and skate rental are free for the event. Attendees are welcome to bring money for the snack bar and arcade. See attached flyer for details and waiver to be completed before the event.

We hope you can join!

Cassie

Llewellyn's Qualified Mental Health Professional (QMHP)

Are you looking to make connections with peers in the LGBTQ+ community? Are you curious about what middle school or high school might be like for you? Are you an educator or caregiver who wants to learn more about how to support your LGBTQ+ students? Do you want to learn more about how ODE supports and affirms LGBTQ+ identity in our state? You've come to the right place! Come be in joyful community to celebrate and affirm everything under the rainbow.

The event is Saturday, April 27th 9:15-2p. This day is for students 3rd-12th grade, their caregivers, and PPS staff alike. We'll bring breakfast, lunch, snacks, and entertainment, you bring the joy! For more information or to register, please contact Cassie at ccapone@pps.net.

See Y'all there!

YALL Planning Committee

We are currently in an urgent need of larger gender fluid pants to fill our extra clothing lockers. Sizes preferred are size 10, 12, 14, 16 or even men's small to medium in bottoms. As you are doing any spring cleaning please keep this in mind! You can bring them to the office anytime. Thank you!

Every Friday will be a School Spirit Day. Students and staff are encouraged to wear their Llewellyn gear new or old. One Friday per month will be a fun theme. On 4/26 it will be Rainbow Day!

Show your school spirit and wear rainbow clothing or clothes with rainbow colors!

PTA Happenings

A huge thank you to everyone who helped with the staff potluck last Wednesday. We had so many yummy things donated and many of you donated to the Sunshine Committee which helps us purchase both food and non-food items to help the potluck run smoothly. The staff always appreciates all the food and treats and we are grateful we have such a generous community. Together we shine!

Our Earth Day event is coming up this Saturday, April 20 from 10 am to 3 pm. We will have a big garden work party which will include spreading mulch, pulling weeds and just giving our garden a spring makeover. There will be nature-themed crafts and activities for the kids and Mason bee expert Debbie from NatureHood will be there to talk about our school’s Mason bee project and how it extends our science program. Come and enjoy the sun while beautifying our lovely Llewellyn garden!

Teacher Appreciation Week is coming up soon in May and we are very excited to celebrate our teachers and staff with a 90's theme celebration because we think our staff is all that and a bag of chips! Each day we will pump up the jam for our wonderful Llewellyn teachers and staff which will include a few potluck meals that parents and community members can sign up to help with. This is such a special event and we always love seeing all the creative door decorations and the unique ways students show their appreciation for our teachers and staff. And as if we could ever forget, we will be sending home a newsletter explaining the 411 about all of the weeks’ events and you will be getting an email from your class leads explaining how you can get involved. So if you want to know the dealio, we will be posting to Konstella and socials daily so that you can stay in the know about each day’s activities.

Make sure you are checking lost and found for your students’ coats and all other cold weather items (some lunch boxes and water bottles too!). Since the weather is moving into warmer temperatures, the lost and found is yet again overflowing. Also, if there are names inside, it’s easier to get items back to their owner.

Upcoming Events/Fundraiser

4/20 Earth Day Celebration @ Llewellyn School Garden

4/26 School Spirit Day: Rainbow Day

5/6-5/10 Teacher Appreciation Week

5/21 PTA Meeting Time and Location TBD

5/31 School Spirit Day: Superhero Day

6/7 Llewellyn Carnival

Principal Pam's message was clear, PPS budget cuts will impact Llewellyn next year. Three classes will be impacted with larger class sizes. The purpose of the Llewellyn Foundation is to raise funds throughout the year to provide additional staff positions to the school. Through February 2024, we have raised $47,019 (63%) towards our goal of $75,000.

DONATE NOW during our Spring Promotion (April 8th - April 26th) and get a little swag in return. We have magnets and new lawn signs available! Funds raised through June will go towards hiring staffing support in the 24-25 school year. Thank you to all those who have been able to contribute so far.

Dine Outs!

What a great turnout! Thank you to everyone who was able to support our Dine Out at Gino's! Ready for something sweet? Our next dine out event is Tuesday, April 30, at Nectar!

Upcoming:

Tuesday, April 30, Nectar

Wednesday, May 8, The Portland Bottle Shop

Our May meeting is rescheduled. Date TBD.

E-mail: thellewellynfoundation@gmail.com

Website: www.llewellynfoundation.com

The Healthy Choices Bulletin is a monthly summary of substance use prevention resources that schools share with students and families. We hope you will find it useful.

Check out the information in this flyer https://www.metroartsinc.org/kids-camp

*scholarships available

4/20 Earth Day

4/25 2nd Grade Music Concert 6:30PM

4/26 Spirit Day – Rainbow Day

4/30 Foundation Dine-Out @ Nectar

5/1 The Phantom Portal (5th Grade Play) – 6:00PM

5/6-5/10 Teacher Appreciation Week

5/8 Foundation Dine Out @ The Portland Bottle Shop

5/9 Kindergarten Art Night – 6:00PM

5/16 1st Grade Music Concert 6:30PM

5/21 PTA Meeting Time and Location TBD

5/27 NO SCHOOL – Memorial Day

5/30 Kindergarten Music Concert 6:30PM

5/31 Spirit Day – Superhero Day

6/7 Llewellyn Carnival

6/12 Field Day

6/13 5th Grade Promotion in Gym - 12:45-2:00PM

6/14 Last Day of School

Spirit Day – Vacation Day

5th Grade Party in Cafeteria – 12:45-2:00PM