Congrats to all of this year’s Room 15 kids for a splendid year! Here are a few classroom and school awards of note:

Excellent Attendance: Sydney R., Adan C., and Masen O.

Room 15 Artist of the Year: Piper F.

Room 15 Theater Performers of the Year: Jaidah P. and Lexi W.

Room 15 Citizenship Award: Caroline M. and Klaire H.

SOU Academy Attendees from Room 15: Noah H., Klaire H., Piper F., and Jaidah P.

Presidential Scholar Awards from Room 15: Klaire H., Noah H., and Sydney R.

Fitness Champion: Valentin R.

Fact Car Rally (math facts) Champions: Valentin R. and Masen O.

Due to a technical malfunction, our play is split into two parts with a small scene missing in the middle. Volume is poor, so you’ll have to crank up the volume.  Here’s Part 1. Part 2 appears below.

Part 2

Families—this is a big week! 
Monday (tomorrow!): Kids get a packing demonstration for Thursday’s trip.  They need to assemble their supplies right away. (Two bags: a bus bag for stuff they need on Thursday; an overnight bag for stuff they need for sleeping and for Friday).
Tuesday: Kids go to Scenic for their tour. Even if your child won’t be attending Scenic, it’s a good preview of middle school in general.
Wednesday: Kids go to Jacksonville Cemetery for some preliminary outdoor ed activities.
Thursday: Coast trip!  Kids need to arrive by 7:30.  
Email me if you have questions!  Thanks!

Congratulations to all our former CPE kids who finished in the Top 5% of Crater’s 2023 graduating class. Of the 35 honorees, ten of them were from CPE–an impressive percentage! Kudos to Dex Dumore, J.J. Elias, Zoie Emata, Abigail Foster, Rayden Grant, Ryder Hvall, Alyssa Kilbane, Adam Quackenbush, Lilli Reid, and Amareni Sanchez for all your hard work and dedication. All of us at CPE are proud of you!

Congratulations to our April students-of-the-month, Page Morehead and Brody Walker. Page and Brody were nominated by their peers. They’ve shown excellent growth, having matured into strong, positive students. They also both have classroom jobs in our “Checkbook Project” and have both proven themselves to be reliable employees.  For these reasons, Page and Brody are well-deserving of the Spotlight Award. 

Families – April 28^th is our parent-teacher conference day. In 5^th grade, we use this day for students to exhibit their portfolios boards. Parents have the opportunity to view examples of each student’s work, which allows them to compare and contrast their own child with other “typical fifth graders” in the class. We’ve found this to be a powerful way for parents to assess their child’s performance.  The portfolios will be on display in the classroom from 10 am to 4 pm on Friday, April 28th. Bring your kids! If after viewing you wish to discuss your child’s progress, I will be available from 11 to 3:45 for informal conferences on a drop-in basis. If you have questions, please let me know.  Thanks!      

Roxy Ann Peak run/hike (tentative–date to be announced. We’re having a tough time getting in scheduled)

Apr. 28 — Spring Conference Day

May 5 — Spring bicycle trip

May 9 — Table Rock hike with 1st Grade Book Buddies

May 19 — Crater Lake snowshoe and sledding

May. 25 — DARE Graduation

June 2 — DARE Day

June 7 — Outdoor Ed preview/JVille trip

June 8 & 9 — Outdoor Ed Coast Trip