Friday 11th

 Remind your folks to sign up to join us for a field study at Sign Up Genius site -link-

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0d49acaf22a57-field

Monday September 14^th-

Narrative organizers filled out and in class

Typed rough draft of the beginning and middle of  your nature narrative

Bring a picture of a forest that you have a connection to

Bloom’s taxonomy handout

Read your choice novel for at least 20 min.-fill

 in the story map

Tuesday September 15^th  –

Current event presentations-Yellow-Pallas, Harry, Torsten,

 Harper, Lila, Ramona Make up-Emery

PICTURE DAY for our class!!

Read your choice novel for at least 20 min.-fill

 in the story map for your book (as far as you have read)

Bring your book to class

Wednesday September 16^th-

Late opening! School starts at 10:45

Thursday September 17^th-

Field study to Mt. Tabor

Late work- If you didn’t do already!

Spend 3 days and 2 nights in the woods by the Sandy River with your child.

There will be some hiking, learning about forest and river ecology, campfire and community building for students and adults alike. Come be a part of the fun!

We are in need of chaperones to make this trip successful.

• Dates: Wednesday, September 30 through Friday, October 2
  Depart school at 9am on Wednesday and return to school at 3pm on Friday

Please go to http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0a4babab2aa3fc1-sescamp to sign up to be a chaperone.

The students and teachers thank you in advance for donating your valuable time! We are going to have a blast! Any questions, please contact Marie Petrasy at sunnysidefieldstudies@gmail.com.

Community: Belmont Street Fair 

The PTSA is hosting a kids' area at the Belmont Street Fair on Saturday, September 12 to raise money for the Go Fund. Middle schoolers can earn services hours by helping collect tickets and otherwise making the area fun. We'll need a few adults throughout the day, as well. If you have a safe and fun yard game that we can use for the day, please contact Mike.Bray.pdx@gmail.com. Use this sign-up to volunteer for shifts.

Community: Salmon Headwaters Cleanup

This Saturday, September 12 at Timberline Lodge’s Salmon River parking lot is the 4th annual Salmon Headwaters Cleanup. Sign-in begins at 9:00am and cleanup of The Salmon River Headwaters begins promptly at 10:00am (and goes until about 1pm). The following weekend, Saturday, September 19 we will convene at 10am at Lewis & Clark State Park to give the lower Sandy a scrubbing. Ben Jacklet at the Shred Hood blog gave us a welcome writeup recently. Thanks Ben!  All participants except the Portland Mountain Rescue crew will head either down canyon to Timberline's drainfield  or up to the Silcox Hut. Please pack gloves, water, snacks, warm layers, rain gear and sunscreen. Be prepared for alpine weather contingencies. We will provide coffee, doughnuts, trash bags, trash hauling and some cool free tchotchke's from Resource Revival for the first 20 participants to arrive.  Thank you in advance to our partners Portland Mountain Rescue, The US Forest Service, Timberline Lodge, Voodoo Doughnut, Resource Revival, The Sandy River Watershed Council, Stout Creek Outfitters, SOLVE, Oregon State Parks and participants. (Contact snowriderproject@gmail.com for more info or with questions)

Gardening at SES

Our annual Fall Garden Day (The Big One!) is on Saturday, Sept 19, from 9am-1pm. There is mulch to spread, compost piles to move, pruning, weeding, painting and plenty more to be done. Snacks will be provided. It is helpful to bring your own gloves and even a wheelbarrow, if possible. Please do your best to join us for part or all of the time. Come to work together, make new friends and grow healthy kids. Questions? Please contact Steph.