Eccles Summer Update

Dear Families,

This week staff returned to Eccles to begin setting up their spaces and to engage in professional development to align our vision for the year and plan our work. We have wonderful staff dedicated to preparing a warm welcome for you and your student. We have made significant progress in setting up our spaces, but there is still a lot happening to complete the bond improvements. We are excited to see you at our Meet and Greet and we appreciate your understanding as you see our building in a not quite ready state. We are getting there, but we just haven’t had enough time to get things set up. Cindy Gonzalez and Gabby Prado Torres, and the entire Facilities crew, deserve a big thank you for getting staff moved into their spaces on a very short timeline and cleaning up after the summer construction.

Sincerely,

Kelly Rogers

Thursday, August 31: Meet & Greet (all grades, 4:00-5:30pm)

Monday, September 4: NO SCHOOL - Labor Day (holiday)

Tuesday, September 5: First Day of School (grades 1st-6th) & Kindergarten Screenings (sign-up here)**

Wednesday, September 6: Kindergarten first day (students w/last name A-M attend)

Thursday, September 7: Kindergarten first day (students w/last name N-Z attend)

Friday, September 8: All Kindergarteners attend class

**Looking for KINDERGARTEN specific dates and information? Keep reading to the bottom of this newsletter for more

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

During the arrival and dismissal process, our main goal is to keep our students safe. Efficiency is something we always want to improve, but ensuring every one of our students safely gets to school and back home to you is the most important objective.

ARRIVAL

During arrival, all walking students must use designated crosswalks. Here are a few more details.

• Car Drop-off: A drop-off car line will run through our West parking lot. Please remain in your vehicle and have your child ready to exit. New this year—Please pull as far forward as possible (all the way to the gazebo) to drop your child off. This allows students to exit your vehicle directly onto the sidewalk and not walk across the parking lot. It will also allow more parents to drop their children off simultaneously, improving our efficiency and saving you/them time.
• Buses: Buses will drop off in front of the school. Students will exit the buses around 7:45 at the first bell.
• Entering the building
• K-1st grade students enter our front main entrance doors.
• 2nd-3rd grade students enter the front doors at the SE corner of the building.
• 4th-6th grade students enter the front doors at the SW corner of the building.
• Parents will be permitted to walk students to class to begin the school year. Parents need to exit the building by 8:00 am.
• Staff will greet students and do a quick visual screen at each entrance.

DISMISSAL

• Car Pick-up: A car pick-up line will run through our West parking lot. Students line up in our gym with staff and then are released to the gazebo area once their car is seen.
• Bussers: Bus students will be released to get on the bus in front of the school.
• Parent Walk-up: Parents and caregivers can walk to the back of our building to pick up their students. New this year—Students will form a line behind their teacher under the covered area of the playground. The parent or caregiver must check-in with the student’s teacher to be released.
• Walkers: Parents who give students permission to walk home, must use designated crosswalks. We dismiss walkers out to 5th Street so they can use our crossing guard at 5th and Douglas, and 5th and Cedar.*

*Picking up your student on Cedar St. is strongly discouraged. Our dismissal processes are safe and efficient, and typically take 5-10 minutes from beginning to end. Thank you for using one of our designated dismissal processes.

I want to take a moment to share a goal we have as a school community: Attendance. Our goal is to have 95% of all of our students present every day. Further, we want 100% of our students to attend 95% of their school days. Being at school is the first step in a student engaging in their learning.

Our goal is to partner with you to do everything we can to get your students to school. Please let us know if your student will be absent and please let us know if there is anything we can do to support your student. Our teachers and staff will contact you when your child is gone to make sure they know we miss them and want them at school.

For the 2023-2024 school year, we will continue to offer an after-school child care program at two district schools: Knight Elementary and Trost Elementary. Students from Eccles and Ninety-One school will attend the program at Knight Elementary. Students from Carus and Lee Elementary will have potential busing support to attend the program at Trost Elementary. Families will need to pick up their students at either Trost or Knight Elementary.

We will offer care from 2:30-4:30 p.m. (1:30 p.m. Wednesdays) at the rate of $12 per day. Families can continue to choose full-time or part-time (M, W, F or T, TH) care.

Please complete this Google Form to register, as well as provide a $50 cash or check deposit to the Canby School District office, 1130 S Ivy St. Canby, OR 97013.

For the 2023-2024 school year, we ask families to partner with us to ensure we have school supplies for students in the Canby School District. This is an adjustment from the previous few school years. Attached, you’ll find a list of supplies by grade level, which is the same for all Canby elementary schools. We encourage families to prioritize a full-sized backpack, water bottle, and earbuds for your student. If you need assistance purchasing supplies, please contact the school.

We are excited to welcome your student to Eccles and get started on this new school year. Whether you’re a new family or not, this time of year comes with a lot of things to remember—so we are providing you with as much information as possible here in this message.

First Week

Kindergarteners’ first week of school looks a little different than other grades—Including a scheduled student assessment, staggered first-day by alphabet, and class placements finalized at the end of the week. Here’s an outline of what to expect:

• Tuesday, September 5: Kindergarten Screenings (sign-up here)
  

• Wednesday, September 6: Kindergarten first day (only students w/last name A-M attend)

• Thursday, September 7: Kindergarten first day (only students w/last name N-Z attend)
• Friday, September 8: All Kindergarteners attend class (staff will direct students to a specific classroom)
• Class placements will be finalized Friday after school and sent out via email

• Monday, September 11: All kindergarteners attend class with their assigned teacher

Kindergarten Screening

These quick beginning kindergarten skills screeners will take place on Tuesday, September 5 - They’ll be done 1:1 with a teacher to help identify students’ current knowledge and social skills. This aids our Kinder teachers in balancing classes and getting the placement process started. During the small 1:1 time, parents will have the opportunity to gather with our support staff, ask questions, and get info about beginning school. Please sign up here.

Kindergarten Registration Documents

If you still have documents to provide as part of your registration, please feel free to bring them in during any one of the school events listed above, or email them directly to our Registrar, Denise Sanchez Dominguez (denise.sanchez@canby.k12.or.us).