Dear Families,
Welcome back everyone! I hope everyone had an enjoyable spring break. It has been fun to hear students share their adventures from their week away from school. I was especially thankful for the GORGEOUS weather at the end of the week.
I want to bring your attention again Drop Off and Pick Up and the safety issues on 14th Avenue. As I shared previously, a short time ago I met with members of PBOT, Safe Routes to School, SMILE, and concerned parents to discuss the heavy and sometimes unsafe traffic in the area in front of the school building. With a priority of keeping everyone safe, the team analyzed current practices and came up with some possible solutions to improve safety and help the flow of traffic. 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.
Don't forget! Friday, April 5th there will be NO SCHOOL for students, but the school office will be open from 9:00-1:00pm. Teachers will be preparing Q-3 Report Cards and planning for the last quarter. Report Cards will be sent home on Friday, April 12th!
Have a great weekend!
Principal Pam
Spring Class Picture Day is coming up on Wednesday, April 17th! Order forms went home with your student(s) today. If you plan on using the paper form instead of ordering online, on picture day PLEASE be sure to let your teacher know your student has a form. If they do not bring it with them when they get their picture taken, you will have to order online. We do not have a way to send the forms in late. Questions? Please ask the office!
PTA Happenings
There are still plenty of volunteer opportunities to spruce our school garden! There are several ways to help. There are several super critical construction projects like replacing the shed roof so there is no leaking inside and so our Mason bee houses are protected from the rain, installing the picket fence, and removing the old bed frames. We also need some classroom garden liaisons to connect with teachers to use the garden in classroom projects and general garden upkeep.
Our next PTA meeting will be April 16 at 7 p.m. and is a social hour for our community members to come and get to know each other and express any new ideas or concerns about how our PTA can best serve our school. We will announce the location soon.
Our Earth Day event will be on April 20 and we still need volunteers to be leads for the garden work party and Earth day themed crafts, games, and activities. Please check Konstella for the sign up to give our garden some spring love and help with this fun event!
Upcoming Events/Fundraisers
4/11 Connect to Kindergarten @ 6pm
4/16 PTA Meeting Social Hour Location TBD
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. You can DONATE HERE. You can keep track of our progress HERE. 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.
Foundation Events
Thank you for supporting The Record Pub Trivia Nights in March - we raised $653 dollars!
Dine Outs!
Local favorite Gino's will be hosting our next Dine Out on Wednesday, April 17th. 25% of the day's proceeds will be donated to the Llewellyn Foundation. Reservations are available and they have a great To-Go Menu here (scroll down): https://www.ginossellwood.com/ Hope to see you there!
SPRING PROMOTION
Stay tuned next week when we go live with our Spring Promotion and our awesome new signs - Donate to the Foundation and get a little swag in return!
Recurring Donors!
Are you a recurring donor to the Foundation? Then you may have received an email from Aplos, our payment vendor - they are requiring all recurring donors to verify their payment information by April 13th! Please email if you have any questions.
Upcoming Dine Outs:
Wednesday, April 17th, Gino's
Tuesday, April 30, Nectar
Wednesday, May 8, The Portland Bottle Shop
Next meeting: Wednesday, May 1, 7 pm
E-mail: thellewellynfoundation@gmail.com
Website: www.llewellynfoundation.com
Important Dates Calendar
4/5 NO SCHOOL – Teacher Planning Day
4/11 Connect to Kindergarten 6:00PM
4/12 Teachers Send Home Quarter 3 Report Cards
4/16 PTA Meeting 7:00-8:00PM
4/17 Class Photo Day
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 Foundation Meeting 7:00PM
5/8 Foundation Dine Out @ The Portland Bottle Shop
5/9 Kindergarten Craft Night - Time TBD
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
Kinder Promotion in Gym - AM (TBD)
5th Grade Party in Cafeteria – 12:45-2:00PM