September 2018 Cedar Reader: PTC Edition

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Cedar Park Communication in 2018-19

This school year, Cedar Park families will receive two newsletters a month.  The Cedar Reader will come out around the first week of each month and is created by the Cedar Park admins and staff.  The Cedar Reader will include a principal's message, MYP information, district updates, and other pertinent Cedar Park info.

The Cedar Reader: PTC Edition is created by your PTC Board and will be sent every third week of the month.  The Cedar Reader: PTC Edition will focus on and celebrate PTC events, programs, and volunteering opportunities for the upcoming month.

Together, these two newsletters will work collaboratively to provide pertinent, relevant, and exciting info to our Cedar Park community. Our goal is to work together to improve communication and parent awareness of all things Cedar Park.

And so, without further ado....

September Cedar Reader:  PTC Edition

In this month's issue, you will find valuable info regarding the 5K, Staff Appreciation, Book Fair, AVID needs, Cedar Park volunteering opportunities, plus much more program and school news.

Click HERE to explore September's Cedar Reader:  PTC Edition.

Timbers Drawing Winners Announced, Sponsors Add Needed Boost

Our Cedar Park 5K is less than a week away and momentum is building!

Congrats Lily S!

Congrats Lily S!

Final Drawing Winners

Our final and largest prize haul has arrived!  Look at this amazing list of winners:

Two Timbers tickets go to 7th grader Lily S.

Nike backpacks going home with: Alison H. (6), Molly D. (7), Merry R. (6), Aaralynn F. (6), Amelia W. (7), Kincaid M. (6), Sophie H. (7), Ben B. (7), Jake S. (8), and Caden J. (7).

Students winning an awesome Orthopedic and Fracture Specialists hydroflask:  Dexter C. (7), Maxima D. (6), Demi S. (6), Matthew C. (7).

The following students have won a Noodles & Company gift card:  Ella F. (8), Quinn N. (6), Charlotte M. (7), Daphne Z. (6), and Kylie B. (6).

These students now own a MOD pizza gift certificate:  Amy R. (6), Summer W. (6), Grace G. (6), Drew N. (7), and Samantha P. (7).

Finally, Eliana S. (7) has just won a Baskin Robins ice cream party for her advisory!


Corporate Sponsors Add Boost

Less than a week before Cedar Park's 5K on Thursday, 10/4.  Our corporate sponsors have been very generous and together added $10,000 to our fundraising efforts!  That brings us our current gross total over $27,800.  Keep it up Cedar Park!!

When you patronize the following businesses, please thank them for supporting excellence in education in our community.

PLATINUM SPONSORS: Noyes Development & Willamette HVAC

GOLD SPONSOR: Catalyst Financial

SILVER SPONSORS: Cedar Mill Chiropractic, Raleigh Hills Orthodontics, Decarli, Parker Furniture, Wet Kat Pool Service and Vista Capital Partners

BRONZE SPONSORS: Buick GMC of Beaverton, Sunset Science Park Credit Union, Walker Garbage and World of Smiles

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Other Useful 5K Info

VOLUNTEER: Come cheer, help and share in the community that is Cedar Park.  If you would like an official volunteer shift, sign up here:  Volunteer shifts are live for the 5K on Thursday, 10/4. 

OFFLINE DONOR RECEIPTS: Find them right here.

MATCHING FUNDS INFO: Head to www.cedarparkptc.org/matching for an employer search engine to see if your company will match your generous donation. We also have Nike, Intel, and Columbia instructions that take you step by step through the process. Let's work smarter, not harder, Cedar Park!

MORE QUESTIONS:  Check out www.cedarparkptc.org/fundraising or chat with Karen (cedarpark5K@gmail.com).

Third Round of 5K Drawing Winners Announced, Timbers Tickets Awarded Next Week

We are counting down to our only fundraiser this year– the Cedar Park 5K, scheduled for Thursday, 10/4.

Congrats to 6th grader Hannah H!

Congrats to 6th grader Hannah H!

Another Friday, another round of 5K raffle winners!  Congrats to 6th grader Hannah H, the winner of two Trail Blazer tickets!  Have fun, Hannah!

8th grader Reagan C. will be taking home a blue Columbia backpack and the following students have each won a $20 gift card to Pizzicato Pizza:  Jillian M. (6th), Sam H. (6th), Dominic H. (7th), Molly D. (7th) and Brendan P. (7th).

Finally, these three students have just won a platter of Jimmy John's sub sandwiches for their entire advisory class: Amy R. (6th), Caden J. (7th), and Aaralynn F (6th).

Final Drawings Next Week

Next week's prizes are the biggest haul yet!  The 5K team will be giving away two Timbers tickets (home game on 10/21), 10 Nike backpacks, four Orthopedic and Fracture Specialists hydroflasks, five Noodles & Company Gift Cards, five Mod Pizza Gift Cards, and one Baskin & Robbins ice-cream party for advisory!

Every $50 donated on your fundraising page earns you an entry into this massive prize drawing.  This is our FINAL drawing, so big or go home, Cedar Park!  Let's reach our fundraising goal so we can all enjoy some awesome all-school events.

Still have questions?  Check out our fundraising page or chat with Karen (cedarpark5K@gmail.com)

Cedar Park Art Literacy to Explore Kandinsky and Art Deco

Our Art Literacy program at Cedar Park is off to a fantastic start! This year students will learn about the artist Wassiliy Kandinsky and the style of Art Deco.

The students then do an art project during their Humanities class, based on the art lesson which requires no artistic skills in order to participate. 

While we like art for art's sake, we also believe Art Literacy -

  • Teaches students to think creatively and problem solve, both which will help prepare them for the future.

  • Helps students form mental images - an ability chemists, engineers, architects, designers, inventors and others use to think up new ideas.

  • Celebrate many perspectives. Students learn there are many ways to see and interpret the world.

We would love for you to join us! This is a great opportunity to see your student in action at school with only a two hour time commitment. No art experience is needed and it is seriously fun. We hope to schedule our first lessons for the end of October/beginning of November, so be on the lookout for a signup soon.

For more information please contact us at cpms.art.lit@gmail.com.

Wassily Kandinsky, “Yellow-Red-Blue” (1925), oil on canvas (Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, via WikiArt)

Wassily Kandinsky, “Yellow-Red-Blue” (1925), oil on canvas (Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, via WikiArt)

Join the Student Trip to Peru and Machu Picchu this Spring Break 2019

A group of Cedar Park parents and students will be traveling to Peru and Machu Picchu this Spring Break 2019 (3/22/2019 - 3/30/2019). All Cedar Park families are invited to join.

The group will be visiting Lima, Cusco, and the Amazon on the nine day tour.

In Lima, students will sightsee the Government Palace, San Francisco Convent, Plaza de Armas, Cathedral of Lima, and Museo Larco, then fly to Cuzco and visit the Koricancha Temple, the Sacsayhuaman Fortress, and Cusco Cathedral.

Afterwards, the group will go to the Sacred Valley and visit Pisac and Ollantayambo. It is here that they will also have a Peruvian school visit and the LEAP activity will be Pago al la tierra. The following day, they ride a train to Machu Picchu where they will explore this breathtaking world wonder.

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During the final part of the trip, the group will fly to Puerto Maldonado on the border of Brazil and Perú and travel by motorized canoe into the Amazon jungle on the Amazon river! Here they will also have an interpretive jungle walk and visit the Ox Bow lake sanctuary.

This is not a BSD-organized trip. Arrangements are being made through World Strides, the nation's largest accredited travel organization. To sign-up, head to www2.educationaltravel.com/Catherall-9233 .

Questions can be answered by Tammie Catherall- Program Leader (tbcatherall@yahoo.com)

Student Store and PACK Store Now Open for Business

Two long-standing traditions live on at Cedar Park Middle School this fall. The Student Store and PACK store are now up and running, ready for business.

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Student Store Offers Supplies

The Student Store has been an early morning tradition for many years at Cedar Park.  Located smack dab in the front lobby, students are able to purchase a wide array of school-supplies, instrument reeds, limited snacks, and PE t-shirts between 8:50-9:15am, Monday through Friday.  

This valuable addition to CPMS is entirely run by PTC volunteers and is a great way to interact with the CPMS student body.  Click here to see open shifts. Student Store lead, Carrie Fox, is happy to train any new parents who are curious about this unique opportunity to witness the CPMS student experience.

PACK Store key Part of Incentive Program

Cedar Park's PACK store (formerly the PBIS store) is open for business every first and third Thursday during students' lunch periods, allowing students to turn in their PACK tokens (earned from teachers) and choose from a variety of prizes, including tic tacs, pens, socks, games, and other novelty items.

This PTC-sponsored store is a part of CPMS's Positive Behavior Intervention System.  Students earn tickets from teachers and staff by demonstrating behaviors that represent the CPMS pillars:  Perseverance, Acceptance, Courage, Knowledge.

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Students can save these tickets for larger prizes, spend as they earn them, or add them to the PACK raffle, which offers fun drawings for gift cards and school swag.

Parent volunteers are needed to help man the store. This is also an awesome way to interact with CPMS students in a fun, informal setting. Sign-up shifts are available here.

Future Apollo Night this Friday, 9/21

This Friday, 9/21, is the annual “Future Apollo Night” at Sunset High School. Come be a part of the Sunset community as their football team takes on Tualatin.

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The night will include:

  • Free admission for all students 8th grade and under with a paid adult.

  • Free string backpack for the first 300 future Apollos!

Enjoy the award winning sunset marching band and color guard, join in with the cheer squad, be entertained by the Sunflares Dance Team, and enjoy a great football game. Get all the latest Apollo gear and great food at the PTO concessions stand.

Gates open at 6pm. Game starts at 7pm.

See also: Metro Principals Outline New Expectations for Middle Schoolers at Football Games