2 ❚ SIUSLAW NEWS SCHOOL NEWSLETTER ❚ NOVEMBER 2016
Mapleton
Students sell
wreaths, swag
F
or the past couple of years,
Mapleton High School’s Student
Council has collaborated with
Granstrom Evergreens to sell the student
body and the surrounding community
Christmas wreaths and swags.
The Leadership class takes this on as a
fundraiser for annual conference with the
Oregon Association of Student Councils
in Seaside, Ore.
The council’s advisor, Mr. Longo,
said, “It’s a really straightforward
fundraiser for the student council to do
because there’s very little involved. It’s
also different — it’s not candy bars, it’s
not a jog-a-thon. It’s not your typical
fundraiser and that’s cool.”
MacKenzie Cleary, Mapleton High
School’s student body vice president,
said, “We spread positivity by selling
wreaths for an upcoming holiday, and
then use what we got from that to go to a
really interesting conference. ... It’s a
win-win situation.”
If anyone is interested in buying a
Christmas wreath or swag, contact
Mapleton High School office at 541-268-
4322. — Submitted by MacKenzie
Cleary.
E
ach month the Farm to
Table class at Mapleton
High School goes to
Mapleton Food Share to volun-
teer. If the weather permits,
they are out in the garden. In
September, the class
helped harvest vegetables.
In October it was rainy, so
they stocked the shelves.
In one week in November,
class contributed a total of
21.5 hours of community
service to Food Share. Farm to Table is an elective at
Mapleton High School. It is a combination of gar-
dening, cooking and crafts. So far this year, the stu-
dents have made goodies for Watershed Council, as
well as kale chips and microwave potato chips. They
also held a “Battle of the Fudges” to compare differ-
ent techniques for making fudge. They made masks
and created a fall craft of their choosing.
— Submitted by Elisa Gray
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Mapleton 4-H Focuses: at work on Arts and Crafts Project Club
n the early winter months, the
Mapleton 4-H Club has been
focused on its Arts and Crafts
Project.
Activities began with the crafty
creation of a Bug House to help
some of our biome friends in rainy
Mapleton make it through the mon-
soon-like rains.
Next, the group took a field trip to
Alissa Clark’s clay ctudio in
Florence for the first lessons in clay.
Part of their work was as a service
project to create bowls for the annu-
al Empty Bowls Food Share
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fundraiser taking place in
December. Then they dove
into their imaginations to
create a plate to take home.
In November, the group
will learn creative and pat-
terned doodling from
Zentangle
Certified
Teacher Rosie Hill. After a
basic lesson, they will have
a second session to create
Renaissance Leaves, a way
to integrate appreciation
COURTESY PHOTO
for the environment and Mapleton 4-H visit Alissa Clark Claywork as part of
perhaps have a holiday winter activities focusing on arts and crafts.
Mapleton 4-H Club voted Sarah
Emerson in as the 2016-17
President, Ariana Galvan-Mendez
as the Activities Chair and Katelyn
Beecher as the club Treasurer.
Mapleton 4-H wishes to thank
Bonnie Schwertfeger and Theryn
Schwertfeger for participating with
us as new volunteers this year. And,
we share gratitude and great appre-
ciations for the Florence Ladies of
the Elks whose support makes our
activities, learning and projects pos-
sible this year. — Submitted by
Lauren Hesse
card for a family member.
Then in December, the
group will head down to
Bandon for a tour and par-
ticipation in the Washed
Ashore recycled ocean
debris arts project, www.
washedashore.org.
That afternoon again
brings the environment
and the arts together as
students learn about the
history of Shore Acres
State Park and enjoy the
creative holiday lights.
Florence Community PTA
LOOKS FORWARD TO WINTER PROGRAMS
Kid Scoop runs every Wednesday during the school
year in the Siuslaw News and features educational sto-
ries and fun activities for families.
The activity page is part of the Siuslaw News’
Newspapers In Education program, in which teachers
from Siuslaw and Mapleton school districts may
request copies of the local paper to use as curriculum
in their classroom. Call 541-997-3441 for more info.
Coordinator.
UPC codes from the fol-
lowing products are sent in
for points: Bic, Campbell’s,
Pace, Pepperidge Farm,
Spaghetti-Os, Swanson’s
and V8.
From now on, only UPC
codes with the Labels for
Education logo attached
will be accepted.
There are collection
boxes in the Siuslaw
Elementary School Office,
2221 Oak St., and the
Siuslaw Public Library,
1460 Ninth St. in Florence.
— Submitted by Natalie
Lyda
And last, but not least, be
sure to check the expiration
dates on your Box Tops for
Education. If you have any
expiring soon, please drop
them off to the Elementary
School Office, attn: Diane.
Every Box Top helps raise
funds for the PTA’s pro-
grams.
“We can still earn money
for our schools by turning in
UPCs with the Labels for
Education Logo next to
them. Newer packaging no
longer has the logo with the
UPC and cannot be count-
ed,” said Button Watkins,
PTA Labels for Education
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family and friends.
In addition to prepping
for the holidays, PTA is
also looking for anyone
interested in being on a
committee or wanting to
participate in a multi-cul-
tural event in February. It
will be boasting food,
entertainment and activities
from various cultures
around the world.
For more information, call
Diane McCalmont at 541-
999-9692 or send an email to
dmccalmont@siuslaw.k12.
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Look for ... KID SCOOP
Coat Drive
PTA’s coat drive, in coor-
dination with Three Rivers
Casino Resort, is also wrap-
ping up, with the casino and
its patrons generously
donating over 10 boxes of
new coats and sweatshirts
that will be distributed to
children in need in Siuslaw
schools. There’s no doubt
these donations will warm
bodies and hearts alike.
What’s Next
Next up on the PTA cal-
endar is the Holiday
Shoppe Dec. 5 to 9, from 4
to 6 p.m. in the elementary
library. All items are $2 and
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Crystal Osburn, and her
team of parent and PTA
helpers.
Fall Fitness Fair
The Fall Fitness Fair also
took place on Nov. 5, offer-
ing a fun atmosphere for
folks to warm up after the
Color-A-Thon, with an
inflatable obstacle course,
healthy snacks and fun free-
bies while folks moved and
grooved to the music of
Zumba.
PTA offers its gratitude to
event sponsors and partici-
pants, including: Florence
Police Department, Hunt
Dental, SAPPSA, Peach
Health, Coastal Fitness,
Sandmaster Park, CROW,
U.S. Coast Guard, Masonic
Lodge, Indian Ed., Western
Lane Ambulance, Siuslaw
Soccer Youth Association,
Siuslaw
High
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Cheerleaders and Zumba
Girls.
A hearty thanks to Alice
Burns, PTA member and
Fitness Fair chair.
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Congratulations, Class of 2017
Florence
Community
PTA is gearing up for winter
and looking back on an epic
fall. Here is what we’ve
been up to:
Color-A-Thon
The first Color-A-Thon
5K brought out the bright on
a rainy Saturday in Florence
on Nov. 5. Even with soggy
race conditions, over 100
participants came out to run
through clouds of color on
the course.
Through race registration
and student fundraising
efforts, the Color-A-Thon
brought in $9,400 to support
PTA projects.
A big thank you goes out
to our Color-A-Thon spon-
sors: Evergreen Concrete,
John’s Construction and
Paint, The Shippin’ Shack,
Gary and Cyndie with Okie
Dokie Photography, Siuslaw
Valley Fire and Rescue and
Florence
Police
Department.
PTA also extends a giant
thank you to the event chair,
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