The Tuesday Notice

Thank you to our 5th grade Raven Class for organizing our annual Siskiyou School Food Drive! Together, we donated 853 pounds of food. Before delivery, we took a moment to talk at our school assembly about being thankful and appreciating what we have and how we can support and give to others in need. We are thankful for our school!

Dear Siskiyou School Parents,

Time flies – and we are already at Thanksgiving! I hope everyone will enjoy wonderful family gatherings with delicious meals. Most of all, let’s share all our love and gratitude with each other. With all that is happening in the world, we are so blessed and fortunate on so many levels!

At our Thanksgiving assembly this morning children shared what they are grateful for. Among many gratitude reflections were gratitude for friends, food, for the earth, for our school, our pets, and much more.

We are grateful to everyone for helping to raise the abundance of food which was staged in the form of beautiful towers the 5th graders made. The food will help so many people during this season: Thank you!

Winter Faire is so close, and we are very excited for the event! Thank you to everyone who has already signed up to help, but we do need all helping hands to run this event. We usually host about 1,000 people. Many children from our school attend, and we also welcome many from the greater community. We truly will weave the mantle of warmth around the community when we work together to create the magic for all the children! Please take a moment to sign up on the link below and we look forward to seeing you there!

Today it’s also important to share that the new gates around the school have been installed. We are so grateful that this was able to happen! We are still finalizing last details on the gates and regarding the plan for the gates. I will share more about this next week.

I hold much gratitude for our school and for our teachers who bring so much to the children every day. Thank you to you, parents, for sending your children to our school so we can educate their heads, hands and hearts! It is a true gift.

Enjoy this mini vacation and see you all next week. ~ Aurilia

This Week

Mon, Nov 20: Morning Winter Faire Crafting, 8:30 -10:00 a.m.

Tues, Nov 21: Food Drive Assembly, during school hours

Wed, Nov 22 - Fri, Nov 24: No School - Thanksgiving Break

Next Week

Mon, Nov 27: Advent Assembly, during school hours

Tues, Nov 28: Morning Winter Faire Crafting, 8:30 -10:00 a.m.

Tues, Nov 28: Kindergarten parent meeting, 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.

Fri, Dec 1: Holiday Market Evening for adults only, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

Sat, Dec 2: Winter Faire! 10:00 am to 4:00 p.m.

Looking Ahead

Mon, Dec 4: Advent Assembly, during school hours

Tues, Dec 5: Board meeting, 6:00 p.m.

Thurs, Dec 7: Main Lesson Tour, 8:30 a.m.

Fri, Dec 8: Middle School Dance, 6:00 to 9:00 p.m.

We're so excited for Winter Faire on Saturday, December 2nd (10 to 4)! Sarah Collins is our Winter Faire Coordinator. Please help us by signing up with the link below.

Sarah will send out volume 4 of our Winter Faire newsletter this Thursday. To contact Sarah, please email her at sarah.collins@siskiyouschool.org.

If you ordered, please pick up your Pumpkin Centerpiece today! Thank you for supporting the Ashland Food Bank.

Do you like to cook? There has been a long tradition of our helpful parents providing faculty lunches at the Siskiyou School. Our goal is to provide a warm and hearty meal every Tuesday throughout the school year. It is an act that means so much and is beloved by all our teachers. If you feel called to do so, please consider signing up through the link below.

The Siskiyou School is looking to fill the position of the Events and Fundraising Coordinator.

The Events and Fundraising Coordinator supports The Siskiyou School by coordinating fundraising events that engage and enliven the school community, support its budget, and help carry out its mission. The Coordinator will model and promote positive and healthy relationships to inspire school community involvement supporting the events, financial health and general well-being of the school. The job will require the planning, organizing and running of the school’s fundraising events, leading hospitality for end-of year events and execute marketing engagement for all our school events.

We ask for extensive experience with events planning as well as knowledge and experience working with outlook, google docs, other online platforms and learning the auction software. It also requires experience working with people in a positive and constructive environment and delegating and assigning tasks to volunteers to execute successful and wonderful all school community events.

If interested and for more details, please contact Aurilia McNamara for a full job description and more information. Please send your resume and letter of interest to Aurilia at Aurilia.mcnamara@siskiyouschool.org.

Our Middle School Brain Bowl team needs a coach! Brain Bowl is a competitive trivia game open to middle school students. We compete with school-based teams around the valley and have a lot of fun doing it! If you're interested, the commitment is one after-school practice per week (January through February) and travel during the day to one game per week. This will be our 6th year competing! If interested, email kristin.beers@siskiyouschool.org.

The Siskiyou School is participating in "Giving Tuesday" on November 28th. Giving Tuesday is a global day of giving and unity. Now in its fourteenth year, Giving Tuesday is recognized as an opportunity for people and communities to come together in the spirit of generosity.

In just one week we welcome you to join this global movement and support The Siskiyou School through our Annual Giving campaign.

This year we have made it easy to donate via Give Lively, or you may choose to donate via cash or check. Every dollar, in support of our school, is received with so much appreciation and gratitude.

If you give before the end of 2023 you will be able to claim the tax deductions on this year's tax return.

This week, the Starfish class is wrapping up their study of money. We have had the most delightful shop where you can buy all sorts of wonderful things like beeswax and ribbon and once you've made change, the money magically makes it's way back into your pocket.

The Starfish Cafe will come to life this week as we transform the classroom into a beautiful space to meet friends, eat muffins and cookies, drink mango fizz and hot chocolate. Along the way, the children will add up the cost of their treats and learn about the decimal point. Thank you to all the parents who have graciously donated to make our cafe a reality.

Happy Thanksgiving, Ms. Whitridge

For parents of children of all ages.

Join us for a morning coffee covering this important topic on how to build and support resiliency for all members of your family. Resiliency is a critical quality needed to meet challenges and to mitigate stress. Children (and adults) who lack resiliency can get easily overwhelmed and turn to unhealthy coping mechanism under stress. Resilient people tap into their strengths and have tools to work through challenges. In this coffee talk, we will look at the core “pillars” of resiliency and how to strengthen them with your family.

Register on-line ohanafamilyresources.com or email ohanafamilyresources@gmail.com to hold your space.

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