District Goal (2010-2015): 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.

Dining for Dollars~

We have two Dining for Dollars events set for May. MANGO TANGO has invited our school back on May 24th for another Special Dining for Dollars Sweet Treat event. This will be an ALL DAY event. Flyers will be available soon. Watch for more details still to come for our May 29th Dining for Dollars event scheduled for Chevy's located at 1951 NW 185th Avenue, Hillsboro.

Art Literacy

Art Literacy

Artist of the month May

2013

The Pueblos

Our last art study is of the Pueblos. The Pueblos are a group of Native Americans who live in a high desert region of the South Western United States. They have lived there for hundreds of years. Today, many of the Pueblos still live in terraced, flat –roofed houses much like the ones of their ancestors. The Pueblos are famous for these villages and that is where they got their name; their villages are also called Pueblos, which is Spanish for “town”.

One group of the Pueblos is called the Zunis (zoo’-nees). Although Zunis belong to the Pueblo family, they speak their own language and have customs and beliefs that make them unique. We will study and discuss Pueblo form and design in pottery and produce pottery- -inspired pictographs. Kids will use oil

pastels to draw symbols on crushed paper and glaze it with water colors.

Our last training meeting of this year

will be on Tuesday, May 7th, at 9:30 am

and Wednesday, May 8th, at 2:00 pm.

UPCOMING EVENTS

May 1: Walk + Bike May 2: Apparel Order Due May 6: Principal Chat;

8:45am Scrip Order Due

May 6-10: Staff Appreciation Week May 24: D4$; Mango Tango Staff Development; NO SCHOOL May 27: Memorial Day NO SCHOOL May 28: PTO Meeting;7 pm May 29: D4$; Chevys May 31: Spirit Gear Day June 3: Principal Chat;

8:45am June 5: Walk + Bike June 10: 5th Grade

Performance

Cub Scouts

The Cooper Mountain PTO has proudly chartered Cub Scouts Pack 383 for many years. Cub Scout Pack 383 is a group of wonderful boys and dedicated families, working together to have fun for the pack! Anyone interested in Cub Scouts is invited to attend the upcoming Pack

School Office: 503.259.3830

Attendance Hotline: 503.259.6820

PTO Web Site: http://www.bigtent.com/group/buzz

meeting, Thursday, May 2nd at 6:45 PM. Please note the attached Flier.

Annual

Student Art Show & Science Fair 2013

We hope you were able to join us for the Science Fair and Art Walk. During the week, volunteers worked diligently to review K-3 Science projects and set up the event, while other volunteers mounted student art work on the school walls. The night of the event, additional volunteers reviewed 4th and 5th grade science projects and managed the tear down and clean up. THANK YOU to all the people that made this event such a wonderful success. A special thank you goes to the Science Fair Chair, Danielle Krakowiecki who worked with school staff to organize all the moving parts, printed and organized table labels & awards, and provided the wonderful Paw Medals for the students. Another round of applause goes to Nadia Pasha and Christie Emerson for their brilliant art display in the hallways. If you were at the school last week, you undoubtedly saw one or both of these wonderful ladies hanging the student art. For those of you that are not familiar with their work, they facilitate the art program for our students. This is a great time to introduce yourself and find a way to help continue their amazing efforts to infuse art into the curriculum.

Sponsor Spotlight

Cornerstone Builders, Inc. is a family-owned company desiring to help local families improve their overall health and wellness by creating clean, healthy homes. Renovating and remodeling since 2003. Cornerstone is a Design/Build remodeler specializing in Kitchen and Bath, Home Additions, Aging in Place, Guest Houses and Vacation Homes. We’re proud to provide custom design services, exceptional quality and craftsmanship and impeccable client support throughout Beaverton and the Portland Metro area. We offer complete project management, design, building, and renovation services for any size projects. Remodeling and Renovations done correctly; we provide digital 3-D rendering for lifelike design of your new kitchen or complete interior. Our business is built by word-of-mouth because you can count on us to do the job right, from start to finish. At Cornerstone Builders we make every effort to reach out to our community, whether it be sponsoring or volunteering. Currently, we support the Oregon Remodelers Association and Remodeling for Independence Together (ReFit). ReFit is a local, nonprofit organization who helps people struggling with illness, injury, disability or the aging process to live independent lives…at home. Allen Tankersley sits on both the ORA and ReFit’s Board of Directors and 2 sub-committees. Cornerstone Builders has sponsored Cooper Mountain Elementary Cougar Run since 2011. Allen has 2 children currently attending Cooper Mountain; Malachi is in Mrs. Runberg’s 2nd grade class and Mai is in Ms. Hagstrom’s kindergarten class. Kirsten Tankersley, volunteers in the class rooms several times every month, helping the teachers and students with more one-on-one time. It has been our privilege to be able to participate in events at Cooper Mountain and sponsor the Cougar Fun Run.

Spring Cougar Apparel

The deadline for turning in the orders for Cougar Apparel has arrived! If you haven't turned an order in and still want something, please get your order in by 3 p.m. on Thursday, May 2. An order form can be found on Big Tent (in color) or we have included one at

the end of the newsletter. If you have any questions, please contact Krissa Ferguson at MattKrissa@comcast.net. She is happy to help you figure out what size might be the right one for your child (or yourself!). Don't forget, we are offering tie dye this spring!!

Scrip

The last Scrip order brought in

$23.84 in profit for our school. Scrip gift cards are perfect for gift giving (think Teacher Appreciation, Mother’s Day, Graduation, Father’s Day) as well as for your own personal shopping needs (groceries, gas, sporting goods, home and garden improvement) so please consider supporting our Scrip program. The next Scrip order date is Monday, May 6 with just a few more order dates left this school year. If you wanted to purchase Teacher Appreciation Scrip dollars for your favorite teacher or staff member, late orders are still welcome... we just don’t guarantee disbursement in time for Teacher Appreciation week spending.

Staff Appreciation

Teacher Appreciation week is coming up; the first week in May from the 6th to the 10th. At Cooper Mountain Elementary, we embrace this opportunity to celebrate all teachers and staff at Cooper Mountain Elm. This year we will be carrying on with some favorite traditions of student gifted flowers planted out front for the teachers, a catered lunch, scrip gift opportunity, parent-provided potluck, and a school gift from the PTO. If you have a special talent or service you would like to volunteer in appreciation for Cooper Mountain's teachers and staff we would love to hear about it. Please email Christie Emerson at clemerson@comcast.net.

Box Tops

We began our final BOX TOPS contest for this school year on May 5th. Please continue to collect and turn in your BOX TOPS through Jun 7th to earn a Sweet Treat for your Class. Ask your neighbors, Grandparents, Aunts and Uncles to save them for you. You can turn in your BOX TOPS to the main collection box located at the front of the school. Please be sure to write your teacher’s name on the envelope and/or bag you when you turn in your BOX TOPS, otherwise your class will not get credit for your submission.

Volunteer Appreciation Lunch

The Volunteer Appreciation Lunch on April 17 was a wonderful opportunity to partake in great food (prepared by the staff) and enjoy the company of the Cooper Mountain Staff. The gym was colorfully decorated with posters, prepared by the students, and facilitated by the teachers.

Great things happen when we all come together. It’s clear that every minute you give to enhance our students’ learning experience is genuinely appreciated!

Sponsors & Donations Needed!

For our fall Cougar Fun Run!

Sponsors are needed to make this a memorable event!

We would like to raise $2150 (two generous sponsors so far) to

purchase T-Shirts for our Fun Run Participants.

All sponsors will be listed on the Fun Run T-Shirt as a great big thank

you!

Donations needed:

9X12 envelopes

Raffle Grand Prize (last year a Wii was donated)

Color & Black Copying

Poster & Promotional Printing (or cash donation)

Cash donations to our Scrip program to purchase gift cards/prizes

4 oz Cups (we need 2000)

Contact the Fun Run Chair, Vicky Rolph at: vrolph@hotmail.com to let the Fun

Run Committee know you want to be a sponsor or can give a donation!

Want to be a part of the Fun Run event?

Join our team by contacting Vicky.