Forest Park SchoolWhat's Happening
Families invited to evening with author Jon Agee
The magnificent author, illustrator and master of wordplay, Jon Agee will be visiting Forest Park Elementary classes and hosting a workshop called, "What's The Story? A Family Writing And Illustrating Workshop" on Thurs., May 24th. The event is from 6:30-8 pm at Forest Park Elementary School.
In addition to Jon leading our workshop, the fifth-grade classes will be bringing three of Jon Agee's books to life. Jon also will join us at school assemblies on Friday where he will work with each grade. You can check out Jon Agee's work at http://jonagee.com/
If you have questions regarding the events, contact Mirka Jablonski at mjablons@pps.net or 503-704-5821.
Be there or be square.
A few words from Jon..
How do you write a palindrome?
One way is to look at the words around you – in your house, in a shop, in a park, or on the side of the road. Maybe you’re stuck in traffic, behind a Subaru. You try spelling it backwards….Urabus. You add a D in the middle to get Subaru Durabus. Sure, it doesn’t make much sense so you draw a picture.
You might be in the kitchen and pull out a box of frozen Lasagna. Suddenly, you see that backwards, it spells Angasal, which for a palindromist is very promising. So you fiddle with the backward spelling, separating it into possible words so you can build off it. Angasal….Ang A Sal…Ang A Salami….Hang a Salami!! Wow!
Now you check to see what the backward spelling spells going forward: Hang a Salami the other way around is I’m A Lasagna H!! You’re ecstatic! But you calm down, pull yourself together and eventually add the perfect letters to the front and back to complete the phrase: Go Hang A Salami! I’m A Lasagna Hog! An excellent palindrome. But a picture always helps.
Fourth-graders win 2nd place at Lego tourney
Forest Park Elementary School’s Bacteria Busters recently teamed with a Canadian student team to win 2nd place at the First Lego League World Invitational Tournament in Orlando, Florida. The eight fourth-graders were part of the Alliance Challenge Competition where they raced their Lego robots without colliding.They were paired with the Safety Shrinkers of Ontario, Canada.
In addition, two Forest Park fifth-graders, Hannah and Susan, will compete in the National Robotics Tournament at Legoland in San Diego this weekend. Good luck, girls!!
Daily Schedule
| 7:55 a.m. | First Bell |
| 8:00 a.m. | Tardy Bell - Class Begins |
| 10:45 a.m. | Half Day Kindergarten Dismissal |
| 10:50 a.m. - 12:25 p.m. | K-5 Lunch/Recess is on a rotation |
| 2:15 p.m. | Dismissal (K-5) |
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Bridlemile principal to replace Dr. Matier at Forest Park
Portland Public School officials recently announced that Tanya Ghattas, the principal of Bridlemile Elementary School in Hillsdale, will become the new principal of Forest Park Elementary on July 1. She replaces Kimberly Matier, who will become the director of instruction, curriculum and assessment for Portland Public Schools. Tanya said she is looking forward to meeting and working with students, staff, and parents at Forest Park. She comes to Forest Park with more than 25 years experience in education: including teaching a 5th/6th grade blended classroom; Salem-Keizer School District Math Specialist; and principal of Bridlemile. Besides a new school, she has another project coming up: becoming a grandmother.
