Vote on a resolution to support the 4J Bond Measure tomorrow night at PTA meeting

The Edgewood PTA meets tomorrow, Tuesday, Oct. 16, at 6:30 p.m. in the Edgewood Library. On the agenda is a vote on a resolution to support the 4J Bond Measure. Childcare is available for free in the cafeteria. Not a member? No problem! Anyone can come to a meeting. But this year we have many free memberships available, so just let us know you want to become a member!

FUN RUN envelopes due Friday

Please continue to collect money from friends and family who pledged (HINT: it’s not too late to obtain new pledges!) As a reminder, the funds go to the PTA to support resources such as school field trips, special school equipment and extra classroom projects. Our goal is to collect $20,000.

Please bring your pledge money to school (in envelope that was sent home). There are extra envelopes in the office. The envelopes have Edgewood’s TAX ID on them to provide to your donors for tax deduction purposes. All money should be turned in by Friday, Oct. 19.

There is also an option to pay pledges with a credit card!  There is a field to enter the student name you are pledging.  Please follow this link:  https://www.schoolpay.com/pay/for/Edgewood-Fun-Run-/IdLgT

Walk to school on Wednesday!

It’s bike, walk, ride and roll to school this month! For the next two Wednesdays in October—Oct. 17& 24—try creating a new habit.

Think about how you get to school, could you make other choices for a healthier environment and life?, could you interact with the school community while coming or going to school?, do you live close enough to walk?, would carpooling with neighbors save gasoline?

On the final Wednesday, October 24, we’ll tally school participation and distribute small prizes. Thank you for considering other ways of getting to school!

Interested in volunteering for Bike&Walk events at Edgewood? Contact Tanya Andrews at  tanyacandoit@gmail.com.

POPCORN is back!

Popcorn FRIDAY starts up this week, but we need your help to make sure it happens every Friday!  We need parent volunteers to help pop popcorn each week.  Please let the office know if you are interested in helping or in learning more.  Show up around 1:00 for a popcorn popping lesson.  Thank you Edgewood PTA for buying a new, more efficient popcorn machine for the school.  We look forward to a lot of popcorn Fridays! 

OBOB meeting Friday, Oct. 19

We love reading and OBOB at Edgewood! Almost 80 students attended our first OBOB meeting last month, breaking our previous school record. Our second OBOB meeting is this Friday, Oct. 19 in the Music Room from 1:45-2:45pm. Open to 3-5th graders. Please encourage good behavior as OBOB is run by parent volunteers. Permission slips are available on the OBOB library shelf. Team formation will occur at the November meeting.  Questions: edgewoodobob@gmail.com.

Edgewood Shirt Orders

The attached order form should have come home for Edgewood shirts and hoodies.  If interested, please be sure and include payment as well as size and color information by October 26. 

Payments with credit cards can also be made at schoolpay.com.

Lost and Found items will be donated at the end of October!

Lost a jacket or a lunchbox? Please come find it in our overflowing Lost and Found!  We will be bagging up and donating all unclaimed items at the end of this month.

Bike Rodeo! Tuesday, Oct 16th 3:15-4:45pm, Outside or in Gym/Cafeteria

Let’s celebrating biking! Edgewood, 4J Safe Routes to School and the YMCA are coming together to provide a fun way for our students to improve their biking skills and get excited about riding! Kids of all ages are welcome to ride through a bike skills course, blend smoothies with pedal power and play fun games to help them learn traffic safety. Bring your own bike or ride ours. Free!

To volunteer, contact Sarah Mazze at mazze_s@4j.lane.edu or 541-516-0887.

TRBO Basketball

Attention 4th and 5th grade girls: TRBO will be holding a free basketball clinic Wednesday October 24th from 6:30-7:30 (parent info meeting 7:00-7:30) at South Eugene HS!  An opportunity to work with the High School Girls Basketball team and coaches!

Meet Don Brown, girls Varsity coach, and the South Girls Basketball team. We will be providing Information on winter teams and the South Girls program. Come with questions and hear about the program!

www.trbobasketball.org

Play in the Rain Day: Saturday, November 10, 10 am-3 pm

Mount Pisgah Arboretum. Free outdoor activities for families including hayrides, nature crafts, hikes, campfire cookery, archery, and much more! Rain or shine! Sponsored by the Youth in Nature Partnership. Questions?  Call (541) 222-9241 or visit www.youthinnature.org.

We made it through the rain…

Great job to all our student (and parent and teacher) runners! And THANK YOU to all the cheering fans. What a great morning!!

Please collect money from friends and family who pledged (HINT: it’s not too late to obtain new pledges!). As a reminder, the funds go to the PTA to support resources such as school field trips, special school equipment and extra classroom projects as well as our storyteller and Artists in Residence. Our goal is to collect $20,000.

Please bring your pledge money to school (in envelope that was sent home). There are extra envelopes in the office. The envelopes have Edgewood’s TAX ID on them to provide to your donors for tax deduction purposes. All money should be turned in by Friday, Oct. 19.

There is also an option to pay pledges with a credit card!  There is a field to enter the student name you are pledging.  Please follow this link:  https://www.schoolpay.com/pay/for/Edgewood-Fun-Run-/IdLgT 

MONEY COUNTING VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: Do you have an extra hour in your morning over the next two weeks?

Each day between Oct. 9 and Oct 22, we need some additional hands to help collect Fun Run money from classrooms each morning (8:30-9:30). Please sign-up at http://signup.com/go/gAhPjSX and then meet up in the office.

The Eugene Family YMCA hosts Bullying event Wednesday

Since October is Bullying Prevention Month, the Eugene YMCA hosts the movie Wonder in the gym with a discussion to follow. The free event is from 6:30 to 9 p.m. on Wednesday, October 10.   Bring your dinner, lawn chairs, friends and family.

October is Bike, Walk, Ride and Roll Month!

It’s bike, walk, ride and roll to school this month! For the next three Wednesdays in October—Oct. 10, 17& 24—try creating a new habit.

Think about how you get to school, could you make other choices for a healthier environment and life? Could you interact with the school community while coming or going to school? Do you live close enough to walk? Would carpooling with neighbors save gasoline?

On the final Wednesday, October 24, we’ll tally school participation and distribute small prizes. Thank you for considering other ways of getting to school!

Interested in volunteering for Bike&Walk events at Edgewood? Contact Tanya Andrews at  tanyacandoit@gmail.com.

Reminder to dress for the weather! 

It is that time of year ago when recess might be wet.  We strive to have the students outside as often as possible for recess, which means sometimes they will have recess in the rain.  Please make sure that students dress accordingly and have a change of clothes in the event they get wet.

No school Thursday and Friday

Just a friendly reminder that there is no school this Thursday and Friday, Oct. 11 and 12. Thursday is a professional development day and Friday is an inservice day.

Free Breakfast served every day!

Edgewood serves a free breakfast for any student that is interested.  This applies to  all Edgewood students!  The cafeteria starts serving breakfast each morning at 8:00.

The Edgewood Village Snack Pack program needs your donations!

These single-serve food items help to ensure that no child goes hungry over the weekends.

We are in need of healthy snacks like:

– fruit cups

– granola bars

– cereal bars

– applesauce pouches

– packs of nuts

– packets of instant oatmeal

– easy canned food items (Spaghettios, etc.)

– shelf-stable milks

– pudding cups

– fruit snacks or strips

Please bring your Snack Pack donations to the front office by Wednesday, Oct. 24! Thank you!!

First Edgewood OBOB Meeting is this Friday

Calling all 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders who love to read! The first OBOB meeting is this Friday (Sept. 28th) from 1:45-2:45pm in the Edgewood Music Room. Please note the new day and location this year! 

Come find out more about OBOB, meet the Edgewood coaches, and mock battle The Wild Robot and Wish (you do not need to have read these books to attend). At Edgewood, OBOB is a parent-run program open to all 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students, thanks to funding by the Edgewood PTA. Questions: edgewoodobob@gmail.com

Learn about gun safety and storage this Thursday

The Edgewood PTA’s first Parent Education Night is Thursday, Sept. 27^th in the Edgewood Library. It is free and childcare is provided by the YMCA in the cafeteria for a $3 suggested donation per child. The topic is Be Smart—a campaign to bring together responsible adults to reduce the number of unintentional shootings that occur when children get ahold of an unsecured firearm. Owning a gun is a personal decision, but responsible storage is a public safety issue. Kids and unsecured guns are a potentially lethal combination. We hope you can make it and learn more!

School Bond Measure on November Ballot

A measure that would provide local funding for Eugene public schools is on the November 6 election ballot.

The bond measure, Measure 20-297, would allow Eugene School District 4J to:

• Make improvements at every school

• Improve student safety, security and equity across the district

• Provide better learning environments and materials for students

• Boost career technical education at all 4J high schools

• Repair and update schools that are more than 50 years old

• Replace three aging buildings that are worn and have high energy and maintenance costs

By law, bond money can only be spent on capital improvements such as facilities, equipment, curriculum and technology. It cannot be used to pay for teachers, school days or school programs.

If the measure is approved, property tax rates for Eugene School District 4J bond debt would increase by about $0.66 per $1,000 assessed value. Property taxes would increase by about $135 a year for the median homeowner in the district, with an assessed property value of $204,000.

Voters must be registered by October 16 to vote in this election. Ballots will be mailed to registered voters beginning October 17 and must be returned to the county elections office or an official ballot drop box by November 6, 8 p.m.

For more information, please see www.4j.lane.edu/bond.

Edgewood parents have generously donated enough money for 25 more people to become Edgewood PTA members! You don’t have to come to PTA meetings to be a PTA member. Interested? Contact Daphne at daphne_neville@hotmail.com with your full name, address, phone number and email address. Thank you for supporting the Edgewood PTA!

Help out with Popcorn Wednesdays!

We hope to resume our Popcorn tradition soon, but we need parent volunteers! Please contact the office if you are interested in helping out or in learning more about what that entails. We will probably be needing popcorn volunteers on Fridays.

Signed up to volunteer? You will get a SafeSchools email

If you want to volunteer in the Eugene School District, you need to get a background check and follow some basic training. Once you sign up, you will get an email that says this, “Eugene School District 4J is using SafeSchools.com to offer training courses online for your convenience. Follow these easy steps to complete your Eugene School District 4J safety training requirements…” The email will have a username so you can go through the training.

Still need to do your background check? Go to: https://www.helpcounterweb.com/welcome/apply.php?district=eugene

In an effort to support our earth and our community and in conjunction with Lane County Waste Management’s 1-day Plastics Round-up event, the girls of Girl Scout Troop 11527 are collecting plastics to recycle. ONLY clearly marked #2, #4 & #5 tubs, jugs, bottles, lids and beverage handles that have had any labels removed can be accepted. A marked bin will be at school from Monday 9/17 through the end of the school day on Thursday 9/28. Thank you for helping us to keep plastics out of the landfill!

If you’d like more specific information on the event, visit: http://www.lanecounty.org and click on the Quick Link for the Lane County Plastics Round-up, 1 day event.

Picture envelopes have already gone home.  We have extras in the office, if you still need another one. Thank you to everyone who has offered to volunteer!

MONDAY, September 24

Ms. Kaley 8:45-9:40

Mrs. Stiegeler 9:40-10:25

Mr. Sumner 10:25-11:15

Adam 12:30-1:45

Mrs. Krueger 1:45-2:30

TUESDAY, September 25

Ms. Dena  8:45-9:40

Mitzi 12:20-1:45

Tina  1:45-2:45

WEDNESDAY, September 26

Ms. Becky  8:45-9:40

Rhian  9:40-10:20

Mr. Vanderbilt  10:20-11:15

Janet – 12:30-1:30

Courtney – 1:30-2:45

THURSDAY, September 27

Ms. Sofie  8:45-9:40

Toni – 12:25-1:20

Mr. Wines 1:20-2:30