Hope to Home Learning – Visual Art Literacy by Janet Manuta, Art Teacher Our students have created so many amazing works of art this year. We hope you were able to enjoy the continually changing exhibits still adorning our hallways! My focus this year has been to introduce the concept of “Visual Literacy” to… Read more »
Hi all! Welcome back from Spring Break! Here are the Facebook Live Posts for this week! April 6, 2020 April 7, 2020
Day 7 – Hope to Home Learning – Scheduling by Kristen Okabayashi, Principal Thank you to the many of you who filled out the survey we sent home last Friday. Overall, it seems that most of you are coping reasonably well with the change in learning structure. The most common challenge reported by families was… Read more »
Hello Hope Families, This is Mrs. Heit. I’m doing Facebook Live posts every day to help start the day off with a bang! If you don’t have Facebook, you can check out my posts for the week here. Enjoy! March 23, 2020 March 24, 2020 March 25, 2020 March 26, 2020
Hello Hope Families, This is Mrs. Heit. I’m doing Facebook Live posts every day to help start the day off with a bang! If you don’t have Facebook, you can check out my posts for the week here. Enjoy! March 13: March 16: March 17: March 18 March 19, 2020 March… Read more »
Hope families, During what can be a challenging and confusing time, I am reaching out to provide a status update on new developments related to coronavirus (COVID-19), and share some additional details about the actions we are taking and planning to protect our school community. The health and safety of our students, staff, and families… Read more »
The New Kid by Erika Alba, First Grade Teacher She had barely slept the night before, restlessly tossing and turning and exhausted by excitement. She met her family with enthusiasm at breakfast but felt the silent aching pain of uncertainty, as her mind wandered, thinking of what was to come. When she arrived, her… Read more »
LEST 2020 Final Thoughts by Kristen Okabayashi, Hope Principal The news of Concordia University-Portland closing at the end of the school year added to the emotions we always feel during LEST. The joy of competing and doing your best, the sadness when an event doesn’t go quite as you planned, and the laughter and connection… Read more »
by Kristen Okabayashi, Hope Principal We shared earlier today (Tuesday) about the loss of our dear Hope Parent, Jana Layman (Ablin). I am personally feeling some of the same emotions that you might be feeling also: sadness, anger, grief, and disbelief. As we talk with the students at school, I thought it might be helpful… Read more »
by Christina Figgins, Preschool Teacher and Director As we get closer to Thanksgiving, we’ve been talking a lot in preschool class about what we are thankful for as we go through the day. Our Sea Stars class has shared the following: When Mom or Dad say goodbye, we are thankful for 1, 2, 3 or… Read more »
