Elementary Schools
Keeping You Posted
March 2011
READ ACROSS AMERICA DAY
March 2, 2011
Grab your hat and read with the Cat — it’s a nationwide celebration
of Dr. Seuss’ birthday! Now in its thirteenth year, the National
Education Association’s annual event brings children from around
the country into the world of books and sharing their love of reading.
Many of our schools will be joining the celebration with special
activities. Read Across America Day is a call for every child to be
reading in the company of a caring adult on March 2.
More information about Read Across America Day may
be found at www. nea.org. You and your children can
also visit www.seussville.com for a full set of dynamic
resources, tips, and interactive games and activities,
featuring, of course, the fun-filled themes from Dr.
Seuss’ books.
Governor Kitzhaber has proposed a $5.56 billion
biennial budget for K-12 schools statewide. For the
Hillsboro School District, this translates to reducing
current budget levels by more than $23 million in the
2011-12 school year.
Have a slice of pie, eat a pizza pie, create more Pi puns,
and participate in Pi-related activities, all to celebrate
that special number π (3.14…) on 3/14. As the symbol
for the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its
diameter, π represents a number that continues
infinitely without repeating digits and has been calculated, using
supercomputers, to more than 1 trillion digits past the decimal.
From the ancient Egyptians and Greeks to modern-day
mathematicians, no other number has captured humankind’s
fascination and attention quite like π. Did you know Pi Day is also
the birthday of Albert Einstein, one of history’s most revolutionary
physicists? Pi Day has become an international holiday, with special
events held around the world. Join in the math fun by visiting the San
Francisco Exploratorium’s site at www.exploratium.edu/pi or check
with your school for any upcoming activities.
KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION FOR 2011-12 IS NOW OPEN
District elementary schools started accepting registrations on
February 22 for children who will be entering kindergarten in the
upcoming 2011-12 school year. If you have not already done so, please
register your kindergartner at your assigned school of residence as
soon as possible. This ensures that you will be notified of back-toschool information and that your child’s classroom orientation and
assessment can be scheduled before the first day of school. Do not
wait until the end of summer or the first day of school.
Even if you are considering a transfer to another school or district,
you must first register your child at your school of residence.
Transfer applications for kindergartners will be accepted August 1
through August 19, with notifications mailed by August 29.
Superintendent
Mike Scott
For more information and dates of kindergarten orientations, please
visit the District website and click on the “Kindergarten 2011-12”
link. Be sure to mark your calendars for the District Kindergarten
Fair on Thursday, April 28, 2011, 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Lincoln Street
Elementary School, 801 NE Lincoln Street, Hillsboro.
2011-12 BUDGET UPDATE
PI (π) DAY
March 14, 2011
Hillsboro School District
www.hsd.k12.or.us
503-844-1500
Per state law, children must be five years old by September 1, 2011,
in order to register for kindergarten in the 2011-12 school year.
Enrollment forms and information about registration are available
from your school, including a list of documents you will need to
provide to register your child. To confirm your school of residence,
please contact the Transportation Department at 503-844-1123.
Thousands of ideas and suggestions for tackling the budget
issue have been generated through meetings held at each
of our schools and attended by all staff members and
over 800 parents and community members. Several of
these ideas have been analyzed, evaluated and assigned dollar values;
this information was shared at the February 17 Superintendent
Listening Session at Evergreen Middle School and is summarized in
a presentation on the Budget Matters page of the District website.
Over the next several weeks, additional input will be gathered,
cost models will be further refined, and a prioritized list of tiered
reductions will be created. Look for monthly updates from
Superintendent Mike Scott and visit the Budget Matters webpage
for more information.
Mark your calendars
 March 10 — End of trimester 2, early release for trimester schools (all elementaries, South Meadows and Hilhi), no AM/PM kindergarten
 March 11 — NO SCHOOL (grade preparation, trimester schools only)
 March 15 — Board meeting, 6 p.m. work session, 7:30 p.m. regular session,
District Administration Center
 March 21-25 — NO SCHOOL (spring break, all schools)
 April 6 — Superintendent Listening Session, 6:15 p.m., at South Meadows
Middle School
 April 8 — NO SCHOOL (quarter grade preparation, semester schools
only: Brown, Evergreen, Poynter, Century, Glencoe, Liberty and MEC)
Kindergarten orientations will be taking place from late March through early
May. Please visit the District website or contact your school for orientation
dates and times.
Board of Directors
Adriana Cañas
Patti McLeod
Rebecca Lantz
Hugh O’Donnell
Carolyn Ortman
John Peterson
Janeen Sollman