WELCOME TO ARLETA'S WEEKLY NEWSLETTER!
We’re so glad to have you as part of our school community!
This weekly newsletter is developed and sent in partnership between school administration and the PTA. If you have information you'd like shared in the newsletter, please email it to ArletaSchoolPTA@gmail.com. Keep scrolling for the latest.
INDIGENOUS LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
We acknowledge Portland rests on traditional village sites of the Multnomah, Kathlamet, Clackamas, Chinook, Tualatin Kalapuya, Molalla and many other Tribes who made their homes along the Columbia River. #HonorNativeLand https://youtu.be/ETOhNzBsiKA
UPDATED! SEASON OF GIVING IS UPON US
**UPDATE: From now until Giving Tuesday (Dec. 3), one Arleta family will match donations up to $500! So let's give! If your family is also in a position to match donations, please email ArletaSchoolPTA@gmail.com so we can increase our matching potential.
Every year our Arleta Counselors, SUN Program and PTA Inclusion Committee team up to rally our community to raise funds in support of Arleta families. Gift cards will be purchased to directly support families for holiday meals, gifts or fulfill whatever their needs are. Our fundraising goal is $2,700 so that each family receives $150. So far we've raised $400.
Donations can be made via venmo to @Audrienne-Manansala (school counselor), or bring cash, check or unused gift cards to the office for Ms. Aud by Friday, December 13th at 3pm. Please give generously!
SHARE-A-TOY DRIVE THROUGH DEC 13
SUN in partnership with the PTA Inclusion Committee is hosting the 3rd annual toy drive to provide families an opportunity to come select holiday gifts before the winter break. We are seeking donations of new or excellent condition toys to include in the toy drive.
Check your kid's room for those forgotten or unused toys, or purchase something from one of our local shops like Hammer + Jacks or Red Castle Games, then bring it to the office by December 13th. Email melissasircy@gmail.com with any questions. Thanks for your support!
If you would like to shop the Toy Drive for your family Dec 16-20, set up an appointment with Raina Bilbrew at rbilbrew@pps.net.
View translated flyers/Folletos traducidos aquí/tờ rơi được dịch ở đây/
ARLETA'S WINTER BAZAAR NEED'S PARENT HELP!
Arleta's Winter Bazaar on Dec 7th is a highlight of the year, bringing everyone together to showcase our kids' creativity and enjoy a little magic of the season. But we need parent participation in a couple of ways:
We need your help to make the raffle extra special! We’re looking for fun and unique items to raffle off—think spa or beauty services, vacation rentals, local craft goodies, and tasty food and beverage treats. If you or someone you know can contribute, we’d love to hear from you! All donation offers should be made by emailing Arley Laman, clicking the button below.
We need parent volunteers to help make the event happen. This includes setting up, selling baked goods and concessions, and helping put everything away at the end.
We also need help making delicious things for the bake sale. Have a recipe you're proud of? Sign up by clicking the button below!
Let’s come together to make this event one to remember. Thanks for supporting Arleta Elementary!
MATCHING DONATIONS FOR BOTTLE DROP FUNDRAISER
Perhaps you find yourself drinking more sparkling water this time of year? Or maybe you are planning on hosting for Thanksgiving? This holiday season BottleDrop is contributing a 20% match on funds raised from November 15th – December 2nd.
Blue Bags for Bottle Drop donations are available in the office or you can email arletabottledrop@gmail.com to have some delivered to your door or to ask any questions about the program!
Full bags can be dropped at any bottle drop location or local grocery store including the Safeway on Woodstock.
THERE'S STILL TIME TO SIGN UP FOR OBOB THROUGH DEC 15TH
Hello 3rd - 5th Grade Families,
Since the pandemic, we've struggled to continue past traditions with our Oregon Battle of the Books (OBOB) program, so we've decided it's time to meet the moment and make some changes. The after school sessions have become more complicated with many students struggling to attend. With that in mind, we have decided to hold seeding matches (pool play) during the school day on Thursdays during the OBOB season instead of after school. By doing so, we hope this allows many more students the flexibility to participate.
If your child is interested in joining this free competitive book trivia tournament, you can sign them up with this link. If you are unsure or have questions about OBOB, there will be an information session on December 12th at 2:45PM that you are welcome to attend. Or, you can send questions to areltaobob@gmail.com. Registration will be extended to December 15th and a new schedule will be sent out afterwards.
By doing so, we hope this allows many more students the flexibility to participate. Books are available at the school library but you can click here to see the books on the Multnomah County Library website, including audiobooks. To go to the Arleta OBOB website, click here!
SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR DEC 2 - DEC 7
Arleta's Scholastic Bookfair opens this Monday, December 2nd, and runs through Saturday, December 7th. The book fair will be open 8am-3:30pm, in the library, Monday-Friday (provided we have parent volunteers on the days that Ms. Street is at Llwellyn) and will be open from 11am-2pm on Saturday Dec 7th during the Arleta Winter Bazaar. Help your kids develop a life-long love of reading as they excitedly browse the book fair. Get a sneak peak at some of the most popular books featured at the fair here and get to know a book better!
Kids and adults may bring cash, credit cards, checks made out to Arleta Elementary School, or your child can use a Scholastic eWallet. You can set up an eWallet for your child to use when their class is taken to the book fair, by clicking here! New to eWallets? View this video explaining how they work! A portion of sales will go back to the school to help fund our own scholastic, literary pursuits. And 25% of online sales during the book fair period will be given back to the school, which is a great double whammy for your holiday shopping. Click here to go to the Arleta Scholastic Bookfair page to learn more.
Click here for the Scholastic Bookfair flyer in English.
Dale clic para el folleto de Faria del Libro en español.
Want to volunteer to help at the fair? Click here to sign up to help!
BIPOC FAMILY GATHERING - DEC 3
Our bimonthly Arleta BIPOC* family gathering meets this Tuesday, December 3rd from 5:30-7 pm in the SUN Community Room, Room 4. Dinner will be provided. Kids are welcome to play in the gym and supervision will be provided.
RSVP & questions to Raina Bilbrew at raina.bilbrew@portlandoregon.gov. The following BIPOC Family Gathering will be February 4th, 2025.
*BIPOC are individuals who identify as Black, Indigenous, and People of Color
Volante traducido de reunión familiar de personas de color.
Tờ rơi dịch về buổi họp mặt gia đình của người da màu
ប្រជាជននៃគ្រួសារពណ៌ប្រមូលផ្តុំខិត្តប័ណ្ណដែលបានបកប្រែ
የቀለም ቤተሰብ ስብስብ ሰዎች በራሪ ወረቀት ተተርጉመዋል
بروشور ترجمه شده جمع آوری افراد رنگین پوست
有色人種聚會翻譯傳單
Folletos traducidos aquí/tờ rơi được dịch ở đây/ እዚህ የተተረጎሙ በራሪ ወረቀቶች/ 翻译后的传单在这里
ARLETA WINTER BAZAAR - DEC 7
Please join us for the Arleta Winter Bazaar, on Saturday December 7th from 11am-2pm in the Arleta Annex. Enjoy crafts made and sold by students, warm drinks, and our bake sale. Browse our Scholastic Book Fair. Buy a raffle ticket for the chance to win cool gifts. Enjoy the holidays with our school community. We look forward to seeing you!
¿POR QUE NO? DINE-IN - DEC 11
WINTER CONCERT - DEC 12
Third graders performing in the concert must arrive by 5:15pm.
Fourth graders performing in the concert must arrive by 5:45 pm.
Fifth graders performing in the concern must arrive by 6:15 pm.
Students may wear normal clothes or dress up.
VOLUNTEER FOR THE ARLETA WEBSITE
Arleta PTA's website helps parents connect to programs and keeps us all updated on events and resources at the school. But did you know it's run by parent volunteers? We need a new volunteer to upload flyers and information to our GoDaddy website. Knowledge of html or other web languages is not necessary but some familiarity with website building software is a plus (though not a requirement) and the tasks take about 30-45 minutes once a week. This is a way to help Arleta from the comfort of your home! Our outgoing volunteer Sheryl Moren will train you.
To volunteer please email the PTA by clicking the button below.
NOVEMBER IS NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH!
Each week the Dolphin Digest highlights different topics of interest and provide different resources for you to celebrate Native American Heritage Month. Week 1's newsletter explored stories and books. Week 2 we celebrated famous people past and present. Last week we looked at crafts you can do with your kids during the long weekend. This week, we're looking at historical records and events!
This year's bulletin board for Native American Heritage Month in the cafeteria includes a timeline of Native American history. New archeological finds and better technologies change and deepen our view of ancient history so that revisions happen from time to time, but the depth and breadth of the history of our land cannot be doubted. Helping your children understand this history can give us all a better sense of connection to the past and a deeper understanding of the present. Consider sharing the timeline with your kids, or choosing events or parts of the timeline to explore together as a family.
An Abbreviated Timeline of Indigenous North American History
21,000 BCE Paleolithic humans live in New Mexico
12,250 BCE Humans settle Oregon (Rimrock Draw)
13,000-14,000 BCE Humans settle Idaho (Known as Nipéhe in Nez Perce, Cooper’s Ferry in English)
12,400-10,800 BCE Clovis tribes settle widely in North America
9,000-7,000 BCE Mastadon, giant sloth, giant beavers, North American camels, and mammoth begin to go extinct. Humans start to live in larger groups, building seasonal residences around waterways, hunting smaller animals like elk and increasing reliance on foraging. Folsom tribes settle North America.
9,000-5,000 BCE Old Cordilleron Cultures, possibly ancestors of the Chinook, Klamath, and Cayuse tribes, settle Oregon and Washington.
8,500 BCE Paleolithic Period ends and Archaic Period begins. Food source diversification increases.
6,000 BCE Squash domesticated in North America.
2,500 BCE Arctic tribes develop bow and arrow technology (possibly earlier).
2,100 BCE Domesticated maize reaches North America.
2,000 BCE Early Agricultural Period begins in the American Southwest.
1800 BCE Massive settlement at Poverty Point in Louisiana begins.
1000 BCE Woodland Culture begins, involving massive funeral mounds and pottery.
750 BCE č̕ ixʷícən or Tse- WHIT-zen (pronounced chWHEET-son) is founded in Washington, at present day Port Angeles and flourishes for 2,700 years.
700 BCE Mississippi Culture forms. Large villages are built around central plazas, surrounded by satellite smaller villages. There is a heavy reliance on agriculture. Artisans use copper, shell, stone, wood, and clay.
500 BCE Adena culture forms in Ohio. Stone hoes, axes and pipes are used. Copper, mica, and seashells are used for long-range trade with other cultures. Southwestern Culture begins growing beans.
200 BCE Work begins on the Great Serpent Mound. Anasazi tradition emerges in SW
0 Common Era Begins
100 Adena culture disappears and Hopewell Culture begins in Ohio and spreads through Midwest.
300 Hohokam Culture emerges, using irrigation, building ball courts and other public works.
400 Work ends on the Great Serpent Mound. Hopewell Culture declines.
700 Southwestern tribes begin building in adobe.
800 The city of Cahokia founded by Mississippi Culture.
900 Chaco Phenomenon begins in the San Juan Basin. Large buildings constructed and roads built.
1000 Norse begin trading with Indigenous Americans. Etowah Village founded by Mississippi Culture.
1100-1200 Anasazi begin construction of the cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde.
1400 Hiawatha and the Peacemaker found the Iroquois Confederacy.
1450 Hohokam Culture disappears.
1450 The Navajo (Diné) and Apache arrive in the Southwest.
1492 Columbus lands in Guanahani (present day San Salvador)
1776 American Revolutionary War begins.
1783 American Revolutionary War officially ends.
1786 The United States establishes the first Native American Reservation
1788 US Constitution Ratified.
1819 Indian Civilization Act Fund starts to create boarding schools for Native American children.
1830 President Andrew Jackson signs the Indian Removal Act.
1831 First wave of Trail of Tears removes 2,000 Cherokee over the next few years.
1832 Cherokee Land Lottery redistributes Cherokee land to colonists. In Worcester v. Georgia, the Supreme Court holds that the Cherokee Nation is a sovereign nation.
1835 Cherokee nation signs Treaty of Echota which became the legal basis for the Trail of Tears.
1838 Main Trail of Tears event in which 1,700 soldiers forcibly remove Cherokee from their land in Georgia to Oklahoma.
1848 Mexican-American War results in more indigenous tribes coming under US federal law.
1863 Kit Carson leads Union Army to attack the Navajos.
1864 Navajo surrender to Union Army. Resulting Long Walk places Navajo Nation in Fort Sumner prison camp for four years.
1870s Ghost Dance, a spiritual protest lead by Paiute medicine men, sweeps the Plains.
1874 Oregon opens its first government-funded Native American boarding school on the Klamath Reservation.
1876 Battle of Little Big Horn results in victory for Sitting Bull.
1890 US. Government bans Ghost Dance ceremonies. Battle at Wounded Knee results in massacre of at least 300 men, women and children.
1918 Nineteen Choctaw infantry members of the US Army use their language as code during WWI, becoming the first Native American code talkers.
1926 Nearly 83% of all Native American Children live in residential boarding schools.
1927 Klamath Agency Boarding School is set on fire by students and closes.
1940 US Army recruits Navajo and other Native Americans to create unbreakable codes
essential to winning WWII.
1968 American Indian Movement founded.
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Additionally, for resources provided by National Geographic, to talk to children about colonialism, click here.
The bulletin board also includes vocabular words in Chinook Wawa, a language still taught by the Grand Ronde tribes today. For their Chinook Wawa language learning app, click here.
ARLETA FOOD PANTRY, CLOTHES CLOSET, & FAMILY TOILETRIES
Arleta has a small food pantry, clothes closet, and a variety of toiletries available for the use of any Arleta family. To set up an appointment to use the pantry or the closet, please email our SUN School Coordinator, Raina Bilbrew at rbilbrew@pps.net or raina.bilbrew@portlandoregon.gov or call or text her at 971-803-8986.
VACCINE RESOURCES FOR YOUR CHILD'S HEALTH FROM THE DISTRICT
Vaccines play a crucial role in protecting our students from serious illnesses and help keep our community safe. Parents/ Guardians of students who are due to receive vaccines should receive a letter in the mail. Please check if your child’s vaccinations are current, including their recommended flu shot, and contact your medical provider or any of the resources listed below.
Multnomah County Student Health Centers
Multnomah County Vaccination Clinic (English)
LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD IN THE SUCCESSFUL SCHOOLS SURVEY
The Successful Schools Survey is an opportunity for students, staff, and families to provide important feedback on their school environments, learning experiences, and sense of well-being and safety at school.
The survey is conducted once every school year to provide timely information to schools, district leadership, and the community, allowing us to make informed decisions about school climate and culture. This year, the survey window is open November 1 to December 6.
You can complete the Successful Schools Survey online using the link provided below. Please complete one survey per household. If you have more than one student at PPS, we ask that you complete the survey considering the experiences of your eldest child. The survey will take approximately 15-30 minutes to complete and is available in English, Spanish, Russian, Somali, Vietnamese and Chinese.
https://surveys.panoramaed.com/portlandor/fall24family
For more information about the Successful Schools Survey, please go to pps.net/sss2024."
MISS. ANGIE IN A CHRISTMAS CAROL
If you enjoy the musical talents of Ms. Angie every morning why not come and see her in a holiday musical? Scrooge the musical is a fun, musical version of Charles Dicksons, "A Christmas Carol"
This play does have a ghost scene that may be scary for very young children. Click here for tickets.
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