Thank you to everyone who joined us this past Friday for our meaningful Ruby Bridges Walk. Your participation made the event a resounding success and visibly demonstrated to our students the power of collective action in celebrating the courage of people who make a difference.

Beyond this commemorative event, we want to reiterate our profound and ongoing commitment to building and maintaining an equitable and inclusive learning community for ALL of our students. As public school stewards, fostering an environment where every child feels safe, seen, and supported to reach their full potential is the core of our daily work.

Thank you for partnering with us in this vital mission.

Bon weekend!

Poppy

P.S. This week's newsletter is chock full of important information...read to the end.

Turn your student's holiday reading into an opportunity to raise money for our school during the fall Read-a-Thon.

Packets went home on Friday and will be collected when students return back to school from Thanksgiving break, December 1st -5th.

Book Fair! - Our Scholastic English book fair will be open after school and during conferences November 17th through 24th. The fair is in room 7 at the end of the K/3 hallway. Come by and find books for your child and their teacher. All proceeds will support our library.

We have created a new group for some Charlemagne students. The group is The Sunflower and Dandelion Crew. The group will begin meeting the third Tuesday of every month, starting November 18th. 

The Sunflower and Dandelion Crew is a safe and welcoming space for students with disabilities and those who identify as neurodivergent to come together, build friendships, and celebrate their unique abilities. Through games, crafts, and conversations, students connect with one another and are reminded that families are made in many wonderful ways.

Our time together focuses on belonging, confidence, and connection. Students explore themes like identity, friendship, and pride in who they are—all while having fun and supporting one another.

If your child has a disability or identifies as neurodivergent and would like to join The Sunflower and Dandelion Crew, please fill out the permission form linked here or more information you can reach out to Mme Lillian at groff_l@4j.lane.edu. We’d love to have them join our circle of connection and celebration!

Lillian Groff, D.Ed. 

Special Education Teacher/Case Manager

Building TAG Coordinator

Charlemagne French Immersion Elementary School

On Friday, November 21 and Monday, November 24 at 6:30 p.m, we will have a volunteer orientation.

If you have not attended this year and want to be a volunteer in your student's classroom, on field trips, in the Library, please attend.

The training lasts about 40 minutes and can be accessed here:

Friday: Video call link: https://meet.google.com/bua-xyxa-ypk

Or dial: ‪(US) +1 929-299-4020‬ PIN: ‪120 194 151‬#

Monday: Video call link: https://meet.google.com/ogs-babk-jzf

Or dial: ‪(US) +1 413-350-0148‬ PIN: ‪826 782 452‬#

Wednesday, December 3rd, is Charlemagne annual school Health Screening Day.

The Oregon Lions will perform vision SPOT checks for all students. If your student wears glasses or contacts, please have them bring those to school and wear them for the vision screen.

In addition, Lane County Dental Prevention Program will do a dental hygiene visual exam.

OPTING OUT: If you are not interested in having your student screened for dental, vision, or both, please fill out this Google Form. Complete a response for each of your students separately. Opt-out responses must be received by Friday, December .1.

The Health Screen Results Sheet will come home in their homework folder in early January. If you have any other questions or concerns, please reach out. Thanks.

We have learned that some parents are finding it challenging to subscribe to our calendar.

Thank you to the parent who figure out how to do it!

Go to this link. On the page you will find instructions on how to subscribe to the calendar. Both our Charlemagne website calendar and our ParentSquare calendar draw information from the same source.

...and for being part of what makes Charlemagne a great place to learn and grow. Let’s make it a fantastic year! Joie de vivre!

Warmly,

Madame Poppy

campbell_s@4j.lane.edu | 541-790-7080