CSS Community Newsletter
June 2nd, 2023
Upcoming Calendar
June 2nd - All Library Books and Textbooks are Due! Dropbox at the front of the building.
June 2nd - 4th - All School Campout
June 5th - 8th Grade Bullwinkle's Field Trip
June 7th - Field Day!
June 7th - End of the Era CSS Community Potluck, 6 pm
June 8th - Safety Patrol Team Celebration Field Trip
June 9th - MidLevel End of Year Field Trip
June 12th - 8th Grade Promotion, 6 pm in the cafeteria
June 13th - 5th Grade Promotion, 2:30 pm in the cafeteria
June 14th - Last Day of School!
Principal's Message
For the 23-24 school year class lists will be available in August. We will send a postcard out with your child's teacher and room. We are sending this information out in August because of the move and we have to be out of the office on June 16th. If you have any questions let me know.
Once again thanks for all your support this year. Have a great weekend and enjoy the warm weather. Go to the Rose Festival. As always if you have any questions please reach out.
GeneKathy is Retiring!
Final Student Store!
Bridger CSS PTA Information Sharing!
We look forward to connecting with you as our communities join together over the summer.
To get updates in your inbox from the CSS PTA about summer playdates and meet-ups, summer volunteer opportunities, and/or indicate your interest in volunteering on the PTA Board, please fill out this short survey.
The Creative Science School PTA uses a communications platform called Konstella to connect our community. This platform allows us to share information about school happenings, publish sign-ups for volunteer opportunities, create opportunities for community engagement groups, and connect families with each other (learn more about it here). Over the summer, as we prep for next year, you will receive an invite to join.
In the meantime, we have created a Facebook page that you can follow to stay updated on happenings this summer: https://www.facebook.com/CreativeScienceSchoolPTA
Warmly,
The CSS PTA Board
We are celebrating Teacher Brandi teaching at CSS for 20 years! ♥
Lost & Found - Don't Let It Disappear!
Bring Back the Books! Due June 2nd
Students & Families!
As we near the end of the school year, we are reminding families to return library and textbook materials before students leave for the summer. We want to move our favorites to our new library!! Please check your shelves, under the bed, behind the couch, and everywhere for books to return to the library. Contact Laura in the Library at laxon@pps.net if you have any questions. Help us keep our library and textbook materials available for all to use and enjoy.
CSS Field Day! June 7th
Hello CSS Community,
We are having our Field Day on June 7th! K-2 students are going in the morning from 10:00 - 11:15 and the 3-5 students are in the afternoon from 1:30 to 2:45. Midlevel students are running our games but we could always use extra adults to help out and do the best part, the popsicles. If you are interested in coming to our Field Day please sign up here.
If you are thinking to yourself, I only want to play these games with Teenagers!! I have a time slot for you too. They will be having a free time with the field day games from 11:30-12:10
I hope you can join us and fingers crossed for a beautiful day.
Allison
Garden Time!
5th Grade Promotion June 13th at 2:30pm
End of the Era CSS Community Potluck
Let's gather for one last CSS community potluck for CSS families and staff on the CSS playground!
Fun for the whole family!
Bring your a dish to share & dishes, and drinks for your family.
We'll pull some of the cafeteria tables out for seating. Feel free to bring picnic blankets and chairs as well! We look forward to seeing you there!
Wednesday, Jun 7, 2023, 06:00 PM
Creative Science School at Clark, Southeast 92nd Avenue, Portland, OR, USA
All Age Summer Get-Togethers
Summer's just around the corner!
We are modifying a much-loved Creative Science School tradition to this year host Summer Get-Togethers as a way for students and families to socialize and continue building community with Bridger families.
Summer Get-Togethers continue to offer an opportunity for:
- Incoming students to meet others that might be in their class next year and to begin building connections and fostering a sense of community.
- Families to get to know one another and celebrate our changing, growing community.
- Families to ask questions about our school: the culture, storyline, constructivism, the PTA, what the food in the cafeteria is like…. You know, all the random questions you wondered about but weren’t sure who to ask before your child started school, (especially if your student is just beginning school).
Linked HERE you will find a spreadsheet with the dates, times, locations and details of the Summer Get-Togethers. Two will be focused on younger students, and one will have a mid-level focus, but all CSS and Bridger students and families are welcome and encouraged to attend any and all. Our kick-off Summer Get-Together will be at the Bridger playground as an evening BYO Picnic!
We are looking for two volunteer hosts for each Summer Get-Together. Ideally, we’d have one host coming from CSS and one host coming from Bridger for each date. Your role as a host is simply to welcome families, informally facilitate introductions and answer any questions that may come up about our upcoming school year. Anyone can sign-up to host! Get-Togethers generally run about 1.5 hours. To host one of the Summer Get-Togethers, just enter your name and contact information onto the spreadsheet, show up on your date to the park you selected, and have fun!
Even if you can’t host a get-together, please mark your calendars and plan to attend as your summer schedule allows. These are always a fun way to stay connected and will build new memories with our growing, changing Bridger CSS community.
MCL Summer Reading!
We ❤️ Creative Science School!
Email: lmckinney1@pps.net
Website: www.pps.net/creativescience
Location: 1231 Southeast 92nd Avenue, Portland, OR, USA
Phone: 503-916-6431