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From the PTSA PresidentDear Winterhaven Community,Dear Winterhaven Community, 2017 has been a whirlwind so far, crazy winter weather, variety show, science fair, etc. and spring is just around the corner (scroll down, to see the latest announcements). Walking through the classrooms during science fair, I was so impressed with the work of students in all grades. I saw a lot of fun, creative and interesting inquiries. A big thanks to Jay Dyer for leading a new approach to science fair this year, a huge shout out to Jennifer Schramm for orchestrating a legion of volunteer judges and for her new judging format and system, and gratitude to all those volunteers for their time and thoughtful review of our kid’s hard work -- read-on for their recap. It was great to see all the folks at the last community meeting. For those who missed it, our dear art teacher, Sharon Hatrak, gave an amazing presentation covering her approach to art education and how she applies It as students progress through the grades, illustrated with great example of student work. She has put a lot of thought into how she guides our children in visual exploration and expression. They, and we, are fortunate to have her working with our kids, and I am grateful for the Winterhaven community for funding her position through the PTSA. We are targeting an encore performance for those who missed the meeting on Tuesday April 3 at the Coffee Chat, 8:45 in the Library. Finally, May will be here before we know it, and that is when we hold the PTSA board election. If you are interested in a leadership position with the board, please feel free to contact me, or other board members. alanscott3604@gmail.com Submitted by: Alan Scott, PTSA Board President Fundraising updateWOW! We are doing GREAT folks! What a generous and fabulous community! We met our goal for the Pledge Drive. We meet our goals at our Pastini and Por Que No? Dine Out for Winterhaven Nights (despite the weather!!). Nice work team!!! Let’s keep it up! As a reminder, we have a special Dine Out for Winterhaven at Nostrana on Tuesday, February 21st. Come and enjoy a wonderful meal, a glass of wine, a yummy dessert, and know that Winterhaven will receive 10% of all the nightly revenues. PLEASE spread the word to your friends and family! Nostrana is excited about sharing some LOVE with us, let’s make it really HUGE love. And our next BIG fundraiser is MAC Attack. This is how we pay for our AWESOME, FABULOUS, CREATIVE Art Coordinator, Sharon Hatrak. Sponsor sheets will be coming home in a few weeks with more details, but here are some dates to keep in mind now: Sponsor sheet due: April 11 Date of Run: April 14 Collection Period: April 15-26 Money due: April 27 Let’s blow this MAC Attack out of the water! Let’s raise more than we EVER have EVER before! I know we can do it! YES WE CAN! Submitted by: Nicole Cordan, PTSA Board Fundraising Chair Announcements & EventsChildren's book drive The Community Service Committee is running a book drive to donate to the Children's Book Bank. There will be boxes in the front hall of the school until February 16th. Most needed types of books: board books for small children, multicultural topics, books in Spanish, and chapter books for elementary and middle school students. Shamrock Run --- Join the Winterhaven Team for the annual Shamrock run. If we get enough participants we can raise PTSA funds while keeping our bodies moving! The event is on Sunday March 19, 2017 and register for team 8705. Contact marisha.childs@gmail.com Neighbors for Clean Air visit – Did you know that in terms of diesel emission polluters, Multnomah County is the 4th highest polluter and Oregon as a state is the 6th highest in the NATION?!?!?!? Mary from Neighbors For Clean Air visited our PTSA coffee chat this week. She was highly encouraged about the progress slated for 2017 in the Oregon Legislature, but is asking for support at their event this next week -- February 15 they are hosting and event at the state capitol which could be very educational. More details on our website here. Get InvolvedFind our volunteer sign up page at http://www.winterhavenschool.org/volunteer, or email volunteer@winterhavenschool.org for more info:
PTSA Wins Black History 101 Mobile Museum Our PTSA hosted The Black History 101 Mobile Museum in the Winterhaven auditorium on January 30th. What a moving and interactive way to provide a diversity experience. Thank you Marisha Childs for getting this to Winterhaven!! All the teachers were able to bring their classes in to view and discuss, and parents reported that it made for some lively and interesting dinner table conversations. Science Fair!The Science Fair Team wants to send a big thank you out to all the volunteers that helped make this year’s all school science fair a big success! We had more than 70 judges help us with the preliminary screening and final judging of this year’s 180 5th-8th grade posters. Every poster was reviewed three times and the five finalists at each grade level were further reviewed and interviewed by a panel of at least 5 judges. It sounds like our new digital screening process was a hit and it definitely made reviewing posters fun! Congratulations to all our winners and good luck as they move on to Intel’s Science Expo this spring. As with any big event, we have a long list of thank yous! Thanks to our middle school science teachers, Jay Dyer, Jason Giles and William Thompson for pushing our students projects to completion despite all those snow days and for assisting throughout the judging process. Special thanks to Kasey Hersey for coordinating the food logistics throughout the week of science fair and during final judging and making sure that everything ran smoothly. Thanks to the 5th-8th grade families that contributed food for our judges, and to the 7th and 8th grade students that stayed after school to assist with childcare. And finally, thanks to Nancy in the office for all her help with printing labels and certificates. As was so expertly stated by 5th grader Jennings Ehnes, “This was the best science fair yet!” and we couldn’t have done it without the help of the Winterhaven community!
Thank you again, so much, for your contribution!
Jen Schramm
Science Fair Coordinator Congratulations winners!8th Grade 1st place: Which butterfly has uber lyft byA. Pederson and V. Snyder
2nd place: Oil Spills and why they kill by L. Manwaring 3rd place: When when the wind blows the ice will melt by C. Reed 7th Grade 1st place: No electricity needed by L. Norris 2nd place: E.Coli poops out in the light by O Kane 3rd place: To grow or not to grow by E Yarris and R Bufton 6th Grade 1st place: Cones Make it Louder! by Micah Powch 2nd place: Hot vs Cold by Liam Taylor 3rd place: Classroom commotion by Lorenzo Segura 5th Grade 1st place: Cleaning Coins by Luke Schoessler 2nd place: Sunflowers and sunlight by Esme Illing 3rd place: How many seeds in a pumpkin by Diego Hernandez |
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