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A great piece by Charles Eisenstien:

Lessons from the Real World

Hello everyone,

During the spring of 2010 documentary filmmaker Bob Gliner spent time at Trillium, as well as other schools around Portland, to document what schools were doing to combat the powerful push of No Child Left Behind. He was interested to see how kids were involved in meaningful, real world, projects. The results of his work can be seen in the film "Lessons From The Real World". Several Trillium teachers are highlighted in the film.

Check it out on Sunday, October 30 at 8 pm on OPB Plus.

Here is the link.

http://www.opb.org/television/programs/lessons-from-the-real-world/

Last minute driver for Friday's Evergreen College trip?

Hi all,

I am writing in hopes that one among you might be interested in an adventure this Friday: our college tour to Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington is overflowing with students desirous of going. Currently a parent, Tom Geha, and I are both driving mini-vans full of students and have enough interest for another full car load! We need another driver. We would leave Trillium at 8:30 this Friday and return by 3:00. Please let me know if you might be willing and able to chaperon the trip!

Peace,
Ken

Hi All,

Off-campus lunch has begun for majority of high school students. If you wish your student to stay on campus during lunch, please contact your student's advisor directly.

Also beginning for the year is Community Resources Away From Trillium (CRAFT). If your student has your permission to leave during normal school hours outside of lunch times, you will need to read and sign CRAFT form. Advisors must also consent for students to have CRAFT privileges. For instance, a student taking Internship and will be leaving early to their placement will need to have this form on file. Or senior students who wants to visit the library during a free period would need to have this form on file. There is a procedure for signing out and checking in with staff that each student must do in order to keep this privilege. Advisors will be covering this procedure in Advising.

If you have had previous permission to leave campus during the day Advisors will still ask students and parents to sign this new form. Please let your Advisor know if you have any questions.

Thanks,
High School Advisors

Evergreen trip this week!

High school students will have the opportunity to visit Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington this Friday, October 21st on a group trip. Evergreen is a public university with an alternative education model similar in many regards to that of Trillium. The campus is beautiful, and the resources are outstanding. High school students of all grade levels are encouraged to go. We leave Friday morning at 8:30 and will return by 3:00. We will be given a guided tour and information session while on the Evergreen campus. The cost for the trip is $10. See Ken for more details.

PSAT this week!

Attention Sophomores & Juniors!
On Wednesday, October 12th, 10th will be taking the PSAT (Preliminary SAT) and 11th graders have the opportunity to take the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. Both of these measure reading, math and writing skills developed over many years. Results give feedback about critical academic skills, provide preparation for SAT, start kids in getting ready for college and (for juniors) may qualify students to
enter scholarship opportunities. This is free for sophomores; $14 for juniors (unless eligible for free/reduced lunch). There is no need to study for this! However, if you want to learn more about the skills tested, for to www.collegeboard.org/psatskills. For sample questions and practice test answer explanations, go to www.collegeboard.org/psat.