Hurray for Intensives!

A note from Polly:

Hello Everyone, I am writing inform everyone that all school intensives are coming up in December, from

Dec 14-17 From 9:00 to 12:00. As many of you may know intensives are week long classes that are offered to our student in a mixed age grouping taught both by our staff and volunteer parent and community member based on there interest and talents . The goal of these classes are to provide students the opportunity to work in small groups of about five to ten students per class and have the time to explore a subject deeply. In order for this exciting opportunity to work we need you to volunteer.
There are many ways to get involved.
- You can volunteer to teach a class for all four days.
-You can volunteer as a helper for as many day that can work with your schedule.
-You can volunteer as a driver as many days as you can.
-You can volunteer to help with logistics and set up and clean up , mostly done Dec11-13 and Dec18.
If you are available in any of these ways or have additional question please respond to this email.
Thank you in advance,
Polly

Polly Christopher
Service Learning Coordinator
Kindergarten Advisor
Trillium Charter School

Teaching About Thanksgiving

Happy Day all,

Here is a wonderful resource for understanding the complicated, and oft overlooked history of this day. A great story to share with family and friends.

Blessings,
Ken

Middle School Social Studies Sharing Photos

Hi all,

Thank you to the students and visiting parents and staff for making our project sharing in middle school social studies a success. I particularly appreciate the hard work that students put into their independent projects, and am thankful that parents could take time out of the middle of their day to stop in and share with us. We are sure to to do it again.
Here are a few of the photos from the event.

Best,
Ken

The Winter Time Wish List

Project Wish-List for our classroom

If you might be interested in contributing to the classroom, here is our latest list of items that would help make the day better (and the projects richer) for your student.

We would be thrilled to have:
* Black Sharpie fine point pens
* Colored construction paper.
* Art paper- Big sketch books, watercolor, charcoal, etc....
* Tape: scotch tape, blue masking tape, duct tape.
* Needles and thread.
* A few yards of some fun fabric.
* An hour or so of time from a confident sewer (I need some pillow covers).
* Poster board and large paper.
* Acrylic paints in all colors and brushes- artist quality (oil and watercolor paints are good, but not used as often)
* High quality colored pencils.
* Tissues.

On going:
* Natural peanut butter
* Whole grain bread.
* Honey
* Herbal Tea
* And if you might be willing to help buy books for the classroom, a Powell's gift card is always a delightful contribution.

Middle School Social Studies Sharing

Hi all,

My Middle School Social Studies class will be sharing their projects tomorrow, Thursday, November 19th, during class from 11 to 11:30. Parents, friends, and family, are warmly invited. It will be upstairs in my room. Feel free to call with questions. 503-348-9849.

Best,
Ken

money SENIOR money MEETING money TOMORROW

Hi seniors,

If you want $ for the next round of your projects, come to class tomorrow, Monday the 16th! Catherine Murphy will be there from the TFT to talk about process, and hand out grant applications.

Tell your friends. Show up. Get some money.

Best,

Ken

Great Gardening Depends on You

Hi all,

We are thrilled to have a great new gardening connection, and we need your help to get there. The next two Fridays, November 13th and 20th, we have set up a service learning time with some radical gardeners on the West side. Please contact Polly (Polly@trilliumcharterschool.org) if you might be able to help drive. We would take TriMet, but it simply takes up too much of the day to get there and back. We need help! Please lend a hand if you can.

The 'meat' of this experience is this: we will be put to work composting, working with the rabbits, chickens, and goats. It is a small community with great reverence for the land and animals, and an incredible knowledge of sustainable living.

I am so looking forward to it. We have been working in a small community garden area in NE Portland - this well be another whole universe for the students (and for me). Hurray!

On other fronts, don't forget to sign up for Parent Teacher Student conferences. There is a link on the right side of this page to do so.

Best,
Ken

Open House Follow Up

Thank you to all of you who came for our Open House/Parent Night last night. I sincerely appreciate the openness of the group, and feel excited to be part of our next parent gatherings.

Best,
Ken

Fall Conferences

Hi all,

It is time to sign up for Parent-Student-Teacher conferences. Folks in my advising can sign up by clicking here.

I am hosting our half-hour meetings all day on Veteran's Day, Wednesday November 11th, and in the afternoons on Thursday and Friday, November 19th and 20th.

Best,
Ken

Open House Tonight at 6:30

Hi Parents,

Looking forward to seeing many of you this evening. Thanks for the positive feedback and my apologies for our calendar mix-ups.

Best,
Ken

Senior Project Grant Applications

Attention seniors: please note a new link on the right which should take you to the grant application materials for your projects. The deadline for this month's application is this Friday, the 6th (a day on which students do not have school, so you may want to turn them in Thursday). There will be other rounds in January and February, as indicated on the syllabus.

You may also want to (or maybe not want to) note that you have now passed the quarter way point for senior projects.

Peace,
Ken

High School News

Hello all, below are images of the latest high school newsletter. Click below to make it bigger, or you can find a PDF of the newsletter here.

Unfortunately, there are some errors in the 'Happenings' part. Please note:
o Service Day always the third Friday, it should be Nov 20,
o Winter Break is December 21st through January 1st.


Best,
Ken