Westview HS takes first place at BPA Regional Science Bowl

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District Goal
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All students will
show continuous
progress toward
their personal
learning goals,
developed in
collaboration
with teachers
and parents,
and will be
prepared for
post-secondary
education and
career success.
March 2014
Westview HS takes first place at BPA Regional Science Bowl
Westview High School Team 1, coached
by Bradley Helsel, Chemistry teacher,
took first place in the Bonneville Power
Administration (BPA) Regional Science
Bowl, the nation’s largest regional science
bowl last month.
Westview’s Team 1 emerged to take the
top spot in the 17th round. The team
has won an all-expense-paid trip to
From left to right: Coach Bradley Helsel, Abhijit Mudigonda,
Eddie Wang, Vincent Zhuang, Chris Younkins, David
Washington, D.C., in April to compete
Wang
in the Department of Energy National
Science Bowl, as well as $85,000 in scholarships to colleges and universities throughout the
Northwest.
For 23 straight years, BPA has hosted the Regional Science Bowl as part of its commitment
to encouraging young minds to engage in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
Mountain View MS technology students support Outdoor School
WE want every
student to
graduate with
many options and
be prepared to:
THINK:
Creatively &
Critically
KNOW:
Master Content
ACT:
Self Direct &
Collaborate
GO:
Navigate Locally
& Globally.
Students in Mrs. Peterson-Terjeson’s 7th
and 8th grade second semester technology
classes at Mountain View Middle School
put their economics and technology skills
into an authentic learning project.
The students used vinyl cutters from a
2013 BEF Classroom Innovation Grant:
Digital Fabrication, to cut out hearts
which they made into valentines which
were sold during lunch and at parent
teacher conferences. The profits from the project were donated to the 6th grade Outdoor
School fund. The students earned $68.53 which is enough to assist one camper attend the
educational camp.
Recognitions and Accomplishments of staff doing great things in the Beaverton School District
Springville K-8 students show character
Springville K-8 staff have been working on fostering character this school year, using
best practices and integrating with the Beaverton School District behavior targets that are
on the K-8 report cards.
First graders are also working on
character at home. Parents have
been invited to send a photo of
their child showing character, in
this activity called: “I got caught
showing character!”
Last spring, a staff committee began working on a plan to implement best practices
of character development. The team drew upon research completed by the Expeditionary
Learning Network and behavior targets designed by District teams, and developed five
character targets, three performance character traits and two relational character traits
that are aligned with District targets. The performance character traits are responsibility,
perseverance, and collaboration. The relational traits are compassion and integrity. All
five traits can be explicitly fostered in school, and evidence can be gathered regarding
student progress. The five traits are accompanied by supporting learning targets, modeled
after the 6th-8th grade targets and interpreted developmentally for each grade level.
Research demonstrates that embedding character trait work in academic instruction is effective and enhances
academic achievement. At Springville, strategies include making the five traits visible around the school, all staff
using common language to recognize the traits in student behavior, teaching about traits during morning meetings,
celebrating the traits at assemblies, supporting students in working on these characteristics and evaluating their
own personal progress, using rubrics and indicator lists.
McKay ES reads “Because of Winn-Dixie”
McKay Elementary School students, parents, and staff members spent the month of
January reading Because of Winn-Dixie, by Kate DiCamillo together for their One
School, One Book event.
Students and families brought in books ahead of time for the Herman W. Block
memorial book swap and photo stand, had a picnic celebration in Gloria Dump’s yard,
played Winn-Dixie Trivia Bingo, spent time thinking and writing like a dog, and even
created their own Worry Tree (pictured left). Each bottle was decorated by a child and
parent, they decided what their worries were, then put them in the bottles to hang from
the tree.
One School, One Book is a program designed to create a shared reading experience within a single elementary
school community. A chapter book is chosen, every family in the elementary school receives a copy, and every
family reads that book at home over the course of a single month. Activities at school coordinate, promote and
enrich the shared reading experience.
Mountain View MS, Five Oaks MS and AHS team up to play the day away!
The Mountain View Middle School, Five Oaks Middle School and Aloha
High School bands teamed up for a fundraiser play-a-thon last month.
Students from all bands gathered pledges then played music all day long
on a Saturday. High school students helped to teach, guide and have fun
with the middle school students while mastering their skills as well.
Great way to collaborate!
Andrew Beckham - artist, teacher, vigneron
Beaverton High School ceramics teacher, Andrew Beckham brings new meaning to
love what you do and do what you love.
Beckham, an artist with a passion for history merged his three passions: history, pottery
and education, into a fulfilling career as a teacher by day and a fermentor of Pinot noir
wine by night, and early morning.
For the two months it takes to harvest and crush his grapes, Beckham works at the
vineyard from 3:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m., teaches from 7:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., and returns
to the field from 4:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. He only sleeps for three to four hours, but the
opportunity to unite his passions makes it all worthwhile.
Read more...
BHS parents organize career day for seniors
A trio of parents at Beaverton High School organized
career presentations for seniors to learn about a
multitude of career opportunities and what it
takes to get to those careers.
The speakers included an author, a lawyer,
a pediatric nurse, a mortgage finance broker, a
television anchor, an engineer, a website designer,
a chef, a medical scientist and a civil and structural engineer.
What an excellent example of collaboration and community engagement!
Together WE are stronger!
Shark day at Kinnaman ES
Second grade classes at Kinnaman Elementary School participated in an
interactive shark presentation by the sister and brother duo Laura
and Robert Sams of Sisbro Studios. The presentation, The Riddle Of
The Shark, included a video and a one hour presentation about
more than 20 shark species.
As part of the Sisbro program, founded in 2001 by the sister/brother
creative team of Laura Sams and Robert Sams, whose dream was to
create science-based films, books, music, educational media and curriculum that help people discover the natural
world, students had the opportunity to blow up a scale replica of a basking shark.
Sisbro are well know for their books as well as videos. Their work has been honored with over 50 international
awards, including a Wildscreen Panda Award (which is often called the “Green Oscars”), a KIDS FIRST! Best
of the Year Award, a National Parenting Publications (NAPPA) Gold Award, Parents’ Choice GOLD and many
more.
This presentation was made possible by Instructional Assistant Janette Gill.
Five Oaks MS 6th graders recreate maps from The Phantom Tollbooth
In preparation for reading the novel The Phantom Tollbooth, Ann Ezell’s Five Oaks Middle School 6th grade
Humanities classes re-created the maps pictured in the book.
Each student took two or three of the 80 squares from the map grid
(about a half inch in size) and enlarged them to 9 x 9 inches. Using
extensive collaboration, the students chose colors, directions, and
styles, and worked together to create beautiful maps (one for each
Humanities class).
First, the squares were sketched out and colored, and then stapled
to the walls. The road and coast land were then outlined in black. By
working together, the students created glorious maps of the Land of
Wisdom!
BSD teachers, counselors and admin share best practices at PBIS conference
(PBIS) conference last month.
Beaverton School District teachers, counselors, and
administrators shared their practices around promoting
positive and culturally inclusive environments to support
social and academic success of all students at the annual
Northwest Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports
More than 1,500 educators from across the Pacific Northwest attended the conference, and Beaverton staff ’s
presentations dominated the Culturally Responsive PBIS strand. The following are the educators who
represented the Beaverton School District and their session titles:
• Bonnie Heaton (Beaverton HS) & Danica Jensen (Westview HS): “Race is Not Neutral: Developing
Racially Explicit Intervention Systems in Comprehensive High Schools”
• Claudia Ruf (Mountain View MS), David Nieslanik (Highland Park MS), Ken Struckmeier (Cedar Park MS):
“The Power of Collective: Middle School Principals Working Together to Eliminate Racial Disparities in
Student Discipline”
• Carol Droz,Gillian Dyall (McKay ES): “Training Teachers for culturally Responsive PBIS: One School’s
Journey of Awareness”
• Selina Semon (Cedar Park MS), Wendy Bernard (William Walker ES): “Inclusive School, Intentional Efforts”
• Laurie Huntwork (Teaching & Learning): “PBIS & the ASCA National School Counseling Framework”
• Sho Shigeoka (Teaching & Learning): “What Does Culture Have to Do With PBIS? Eliminating Racial
Disproportionality Through Culturally Responsive PBIS Framework,” “What’s Race Got to Do With It?
PBIS Districts & Schools’ Efforts to Eliminate Racial Disproportionality,” and “What We Know And
What We Need to Learn About Discipline Disparities”
Mountain View MS 6th graders ecstatic
Students in Joan Park’s Mountain View Middle School science classes learned about
static electricity using a Van De Graaff generator.
The students were excited to see principal Claudia Ruf be
the first to demonstrate how our bodies gain positive charges
with the generator. Our hair stands up because like charges
repel.
They also learned how opposite charges attract. Shocking!
Cedar Park MS student art on display at Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
Six student artists in Katie Gillard’s Cedar Park Middle School art class have been selected to display their
artwork at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art (JSMA) K-12 art show at the University of Oregon in Eugene.
The NewArt Northwest Kids: Food for Thought will be on view until June 8, 2014.
The following student works were selected to be showcased:
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Food is on the Brain by McKenna Finley
Sugar Coated by Colby Goodrich
The Queen’s Discovery by Erin Horton
Persephone’s Pomegranate by Elena Humphrey
Dance of the Fruit by Samantha Stark
Your Choice by Sabrina Suminski
The Queen’s Discovery
Persephone’s Pomegranate
Food is on the Brain
Dance of the Fruit
Sugar Coated
Your Choice
The students will be honored at a public reception celebrating student artists on Saturday, May 3, 2014 from
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. at the museum, on the University of Oregon campus.
Congratulations, McKenna, Colby, Erin, Elena, Samantha and Sabrina!
The Beaverton School District recognizes the diversity and worth of all individuals and groups. It is the policy of the Beaverton School District that there will
be no discrimination or harassment of individuals or groups based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national
origin, marital status, age, veterans’ status, genetic information or disability in any educational programs, activities or employment.

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