Lincoln Youth Football
FLAG FOOTBALL: Grades K-4th
ROOKIE TACKLE: Grades 3rd-4th
TACKLE: Grades 5th-8th
For more details and to sign up early & receive a discount on registration
($25 discount for Flag, $30 for Tackle) go to our website:
https://www.lincolnyouthfootball.info
Join the Flock & GO CARDS!!!
Kids Like Languages needs two more students for the after school ASL class on Thursdays or they will need to cancel due to low enrollment.
More info on ASL and the enrollment link is here:
https://kids-like-languages.myshopify.com/products/spanish-after-school-program-at-chapman
Mark your calendars! We’ll be partnering with our friends at Forest Park Elementary to hold the National PTA and Facebook Digital Communities Night at a new location on Wednesday, May 22.
If you have ever worried or wondered about your family’s screen time usage, social media health or privacy – this is the night for you! In this highly interactive event, families will learn how to create a safe password, discuss what is safe and appropriate to share online, and talk about their current online habits and usage as a family.
Those who complete all three stations of the event (10-15 minutes each) will be entered in a drawing for our grand prize – $100 to spend on a family time activity of your choice! We’ll also have a number of door prizes, including gift certificates to MudPuddles Toy Store, Powells and More!
WHERE/WHEN: This FREE event will be held at Forest Park Elementary,
9935 NW Durrett St . Dinner available 5:30 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. Program starts promptly at 6:30 p.m.
WHO’S INVITED? Any Chapman or Forest Park student and their older siblings (from any school) are welcome to participate. The content we will cover is most appropriate for ages 8-13.
REGISTRATION AND OTHER DETAILS ARE COMING SOON!
Lincoln Youth Baseball is looking for more Kids to play AA Baseball!
This is for 2nd graders OR 3rd graders who haven’t played before.
In AA ball there is a mixture of pitching machines, coach pitch, and player pitch. As always, the emphasis is on fundamental skills, including pitching, and the players begin to develop the ability to hit competitive pitching from an opposing player. Typically the season begins with machine pitch with a transition to player pitch as the season progresses. The season starts in April and goes through mid-June. AA Teams usually start with 2 practices per week and then as games get into full swing, practices may be just once per week. Games are typically played 2x per week.
Register now! www.LincolnYouthBaseball.com
Questions? email: LincolnYouthBaseballSoftball@gmail.com
Dear Chapman Families,
It is truly a critical time in Oregon’s public schools, as the state faces major funding shortfalls. Portland Public Schools (PPS) anticipates over $17 million shortfall which means a reduction in services and staff. Portland schools will see bigger class sizes, fewer support staff (counselors, ELL teachers, learning resource teachers, Assistant Principals, and more). At Chapman next year, we may have many as 31 students in first grade classrooms and 36 in fifth grade. The funding crisis starts at the state level, and unless something changes while the Oregon legislature is in session now, our schools will continue to be chronically underfunded.
The lack of state funding is not an issue that will go away if we fundraise more for our school this year or next year, or the year after. If our leaders do not make policy changes, our schools will continue to be underfunded and the shortfall will get greater and greater, making it impossible for parents to fundraise their way out of it.
NOW is the time to let our state leaders know education matters to us and force them to make bold changes to Oregon’s education funding.
WHAT CAN YOU DO?
Start with a quick push-button letter to our legislators:
Invest in students. Invest in success. Email your legislator today.
Attend the budget hearing in Portland this Thursday March 21st:
STATE BUDGET COMMUNITY HEARING – PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Time: 5:30 p.m.
Date: March 21st, 2019
Where: Portland Community College – Cascade
MAHB 104 Auditorium
5514 N. Albina Ave.
PORTLAND, OR 97217
ATTEND PTA COFFEE:
This Friday March 22nd after Round Up!
LEARN MORE:
OSBA News
Oregon Legislator Recommendations
Money for schools, or for PERS?
Oregon Business Plan Revenue Report
Oregon Revenue Roundtable Proposal
Ready to write a letter?
2019 Talking Points
WHO CAN YOU WRITE TO?
Senator Elizabeth Steiner Hayward
Party: Democratic Party
District: 17
Phone: 503-986-1717
Address: 900 Court St. NE, S-213, Salem, OR 97301
Sen.ElizabethSteinerHayward@oregonlegislature.gov
http://www.oregonlegislature.gov/steinerhayward
Representative Mitch Greenlick
Party: Democratic Party
District: 33
Phone: 503-986-1433
Address: 900 Court St NE, H-493, Salem, OR, 97301
Rep.MitchGreenlick@oregonlegislature.gov
http://www.oregonlegislature.gov/greenlick
Suzanne Bonamici
Party: Democratic Party
District: Congressional District 1
Phone: 503-469-6010
Address: 12725 SW Millikan Way, Suite 220 Beaverton, OR 97005
Click to email
http://bonamici.house.gov
If you live adjacent to Chapman, check here to confirm who represents your district.
If you do write a letter, please share it with our community – share it on Friends of Chapman Facebook page, share it with other parents or send it to me.
Got other ideas, questions or comments? Please email them to me and let’s support public education in Oregon together.
Morgan Nystrom
Chapman PTA President
moko_77@yahoo.com
Do you own your own business, freelance, or have a little something going on the side? Do you ever wish you had a community-based directory of businesses and services to call on or refer others to?
Parent Lissa Manion has stepped up to help us create a community business directory. If you provide a service or own a business that may be of interest to the Chapman community, we encourage you to fill out this form! All listings are free through an introductory period that will run through end of the school year. This fall, we may offer free listings to Chapman PTA members and charge a small fee for community members at large. Access to the listings themselves will be always be public.
For now, we are keeping things simple, by including this directory in spreadsheet format on our parent resources page. Depending on the level of interest, we may make some snazzier improvements this summer.
Lissa also hosts a regular networking event for women business owners and would be open to hosting one for the Chapman community if there is interest. Please contact Lissa at lissa.manion@gmail.com if you are interested in either of these opportunities or have questions, feedback or ideas on the directory.
We need to re-schedule the PTA digital families night originally set for next Tuesday, March 12. Keep an eye out for more information about a new date (and possible location!) for this event!
Next Tuesday, March 12 we’ll have a regular PTA meeting featuring an internet safety talk by our media specialist Gwen Sullivan. An email from Friends of Chapman is on the way with more information about the talk and agenda for the meeting.
HOW IT WORKS | Head to www.chapmanschoolauction.com Click on the catalog to browse and create an account to participate in the online auction.
Silent auction closes and bidding ends at 9.30 p.m. during the auction event Friday, 3/8.
Mark your calendars because new categories will roll out EVERY DAY
Monday 3/4 – Community Parties, Kids, Apparel & Shopping
Tuesday 3/5 – Health & Beauty, Sports & Fitness
Wednesday 3/6 – Home & Garden, Entertainment
Thursday 3/7 – Wine & Dine
Friday 3/8 – Staycations & Chapman Specials (starting at 6 pm)
LOOK FOR | Restaurant bundles, fitness passes, family experiences, distillery tours, Nike sneakers, Chapman Specials (teacher-led parties, school traditions) and more, including a PING-PONG table! Check the FOC and ChapmanAuction Facebook pages for daily details and be on the lookout for emails from grade level reps.
Questions? Ask away!
Emily Price, ecarter85@gmail.com
Sarah Groom, groomy73@gmail.com
