School Zone
March 30, 2016
A monthly newsletter covering Cottage Grove-area schools
Harrison
Elementary
School
Bohemia Elementary School
Principal Heather Bridgens
Gentleman’s Playday
Three of our 3rd grade stu-
dents, who are impacted by Au-
tism, were treated to a Gentle-
man’s Playday at Bohemia with
their superstar volunteer, friend
and mentor Max Monson-Dan-
iels. Max has taken these three
young men under his wing and
is teaching them valuable social
skill lessons. The boys had su-
pervision on their President’s
Day by our highly skilled tem-
porary EA Rosalie Juhl. The
boys did art, ate lunch, read
books and talked about the
things most important to them.
Buddies
Bohemia teachers and stu-
dents are embracing the idea
of buddies. Our teachers pair
up primary and intermediate
classrooms to complete reading,
technology, art, nutrition and
P.E. lessons. Students love it!
Spirit Week
Staff and students partici-
pated in Spirit Week during the
week of February 8-12. Dress
up days included Fan Day, Pa-
jama Day, Wildcat Day, Crazy
Hair Day and Rainbow Day.
Kindness Week
February 16-19 was kindness
week at Bohemia. Staff and stu-
dents planned acts of kindness
for those around them and stu-
dents focused on acts of kind-
ness throughout their day. As a
reward, students earned “warm
and fuzzies”, little fuzzy pom-
poms to fi ll their classroom jar.
Penny Drive
During Spirit Week, students
brought in coins as a way to
fundraise for fi eld trips at Bo-
hemia. Each penny counted as
a positive point and each silver
coin contributed to the sabotage
as negative points. The winning
grade level was Kindergarten
for the 2nd year in a row. Bo-
hemia elementary brought in
nearly $1000.00.
Verizon Supply Boxes
We are so proud of our Bohe-
mia Elementary School teach-
ers, Mrs. Olsen, Mrs. Strickland,
Mrs. Stevens and Mrs. Hankins,
who won Verizon School Sup-
ply Boxes. The teachers were
surprised with their school sup-
plies last week by Verizon man-
agers. One of the Verizon man-
agers was a former student of
Mrs. Strickland! Teachers were
nominated by Verizon store cus-
tomers.
Principal Ali Nice
Verizon supply boxes show up at Bohemia
OBOB
Congratulations to the Bohe-
mia Oregon Battle of the Books
champions! The Dragon Read-
ers, Everett Heegard, Eli Wil-
liams, Carter Bengston, and
Payton Bickford, will be rep-
resenting Bohemia Elementary
School at Regionals on March
12.
Gentleman's Playday with Max Monson-Daniels
Dorena
Stu-
dents Bowl over
the Staff at the
Cottage Bowl
Principal Kim Scrima
On a February
26th fi eld trip to
Ophelia’s Place Brings the the Cottage Bowl, Dorena stu-
dents impressed the staff with
Allies Presentation to Dorena
On March 9th, Ophelia’s place their respectable behavior and
gave a presentation to our mid- good manners. The manager
dle school and fourth and fi fth reported that Dorena students
graders. The presentation, en- were the most well behaved, po-
titled Peers As Allies, helps stop lite students that have ever vis-
bullying behaviors. This presen- ited the bowling alley.
The CATCH program funded
tation defi nes the many different
types of bullying, discrimina- our Bowling Field Trip. It was
tion and harassment, and helps a celebration of the efforts of
students build skills to stand up our school students to improve
for each other. Typically pre- their nutrition and fi tness levels
sented in 2 days of 45 minutes at school and out in the com-
each, students work together to munity. It was also an incentive
defi ne peer aggression and role- for all of our students who had
play strategies for intervention.. no unexcused absences and no
Teachers will also participate in behavioral referrals. Dorena
a training that builds awareness School students showed that
making healthy decisions is
and unifying strategies.
fun. They had a great time at
Celebrating the Good Doctor the Cottage Bowl as you could
Students and Staff celebrate see from their smiles. Many of
Dr. Seuss’ Birthday by mak- the students were bowling for
ing Bartholomew’s oobleck, their fi rst time and they had a
wearing striped hats, and most splendid debut, clad in their spe-
importantly, reading Dr. Seuss cial bowling shoes and colorful
books. The middle school will bowling balls. The younger stu-
read their favorites to the K/1 dents even had the opportunity
class, and the 4/5 students will to sit in a Life Flight helicopter
pair up with our 2/3 classes. and learn more about what they
Students are adding to their list do for our community. Butch
of books that they are reading Cardoza, the owner of the Cot-
for reading competitions like tage Bowl, thanked the teachers
Sluggo’s Homerun and Books for having such polite and gra-
cious students. Thank you stu-
for Bikes.
dents for representing Dorena
Kids In Transition to School School with pride while out in
the community.
(KITS)
Preschool students at Dorena
Home Activity Journals Ar-
are signed up for the KITS sum-
mer school program. The pro- ticle
All students in second to
gram offers instruction on pre-
paring young students for full fi fth grades brought home their
day kindergarten and classes Home Activity Journals recently.
and support for parents and fam- As a part of our CATCH grant
ilies. The goal is to support our these students are recording
young preschool age students in their physical activities outside
preparing to start kindergarten. of school time. For fi ve weeks
If you have a child who will be students will be recording and
entering kindergarten next year graphing their active time after
and are interested in the pro- school. They are trying to share
gram, contact Jackie Lester at their enthusiasm for fi tness and
A Primary Connection or Kim healthy choices with others by
including others in their activi-
Scrima at Dorena.
ties and recording extra points
for their participation because
Dorena School
they all know that fi tness is
more likely to stick if you do it
with someone you enjoy spend-
ing time with. Students will
receive prizes for participation
and for best activity levels at
the end of the 5 weeks. Par-
ents and families can help them
with their “PE Homework” by
encouraging physical activity,
joining in for family fi tness and
helping guide them in their dai-
ly activity record keeping and
graphing. Join Dorena School
in doing the most we can for the
health of our kids.
March is Nutritional Aware-
ness Month
Students at Dorena continue
to work on the year’s nutrition
and fi tness. Since this month is
nutritional awareness month, we
are focusing on food awareness
at lunch. Our cafeteria manager
has displayed informational
posters and is engaging students
in discussion about nutrition.
Our Harvest of the Month sam-
pling will be on March 17; stu-
dents will be sampling Oregon
cabbage in a yummy coleslaw.
In February, students were in-
troduced to the Oregon pear and
Shrek Smoothies, a combina-
tion of spinach, kale, and fruits.
Students loved the smoothies.
Eighth Grade Parent Night
at CGHS
Cottage Grove High School
will host the Eighth Grade Par-
ent Night on Tuesday, April 12th
at 6:30 p.m. Elective teachers
will be available beforehand to
showcase their programs. The
eighth graders will also visit
the high school on April 8th.
We will meet in the cafetorium
for introductions by our Princi-
pal, Iton Udosenata. Following
this, parents/students will go
to breakout sessions (assigned
classrooms) to hear more about
electives, complete registra-
tion forms and have questions
answered. This evening will
give you an opportunity to learn
more about curriculum choices,
hear about the Link Crew Ori-
entation Program, meet admin-
istrators and explore opportu-
nities that the high school can
provide for your student. You
will be registering your students
for elective choices so it is criti-
cal to attend. If you have any
questions, please contact Vicki
Evans, CGHS Counselor
942-3391 ext. 134.
March is Music in our
Schools Month!
Dorena School is excited to
announce that, next year, we
will be adding an additional
day of music to our schedules!
Currently, every grade level at
Dorena receives 30 minutes of
music enrichment per week,
and some are able to partici-
pate in an additional 30 minute
FAD enrichment class on most
Fridays. We have an upcom-
ing performance in April and
a school-wide performance at
The Beat Goes On is planned
for June 3rd.
Dental health instruction
keeps kids smiling! First and
second grade students were
treated with a visit from Terra
Hoy, dental health educator, and
her assistants. They created fun,
interactive stations for students
to visit and learn about how to
take care of their teeth in a way
that will help them last a life-
time. Our students had a great
time learning how to keep their
“pearly whites” strong!
Fifth grade teachers and high
school counselors team up for
a fun night of Bingo to support
Outdoor School! Everyone en-
joyed a great dinner and night of
games, and funds were raised to
support our fi fth grade Outdoor
School program. Each year the
fi fth grade class must raise ap-
proximately $12,000 to provide
this 4-day experience of learn-
ing away from campus. We are
looking forward to the lifetime
memories we will be making
this year!
Dorena Students pay tribute to Dr. Seuss.
Kindergartners Celebrate the
100th Day of School!
The Middle School Thinks
Dorena is For the Birds!
Thanks to Peggy and Bruce
Cameron, the middle school is
enhancing the school garden
areas by adding bird houses.
Bruce and Peggy Cameron pro-
vided the materials, and stu-
dent built and painted the bird
houses. They are, now, working
with our custodian Barb Rohr
to display them throughout the
garden and play areas.
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