Sunnyside Environmental School

3421 SE Salmon St., Portland, OR 97214 | Phone: 503-916-6226 | Fax: 503.916.2676 | Email
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Welcome

Territorial Seed and Spring Bulbs Sale

Do sunny days have you thinking of your spring and summer garden? Brighten your garden with spring-planted bulbs and save money by growing your own vegetable starts and flowers.

Kindergarten enrollment

If you have or know of a kindergartner planning to come next year please let the office know (neighborhood and sibling). The open house is February 9th. Families of all incoming kindergartners must attend. Neighborhood families must provide proof of address at this time and again in the fall. At this time, because of overcrowding, PPS has committed to confirming the addresses of all neighborhood families through the use of a specially hired investigator.

We do not expect any openings besides siblings so it is essential that sibling k's let the office know so the slots are assigned properly.

Thank you,
Sarah

Talent Show

The Talent Show this year is March 5th. Students, parents and alumni are all invited to join in. The sheets to sign up are in the office. It will be a gala night with dinner and a show. We are dividing it by k-2. 3-4-5, and middle so families can stay for any part they wish.

Please help your students think of an idea. Sign up is by February 15th. We will have a dress rehearsal.

Any parents wanting to get involved, please contact Sarah.

Wizard of Oz Information:

For those of you who have children participating in the Spring Musical this year we are requesting a small participation fee of $20.00 to help make possible the Wizard of Oz production.

We'd like to provide more information about this fee. In keeping with a fee we began last year in the Middle School Band program, we are asking for a direct financial contribution from students participating in programs that occur outside of school hours, which are supported by the PTSA. This type of participant support helps us make sure we can provide programs outside of school hours that enhance our students' learning experience. However, because these programs do not have the participation of all our students (unlike the work with our Sustainability Coordinators which all students participate in during the school year) we are asking for those participating in activities outside of regular school hours to bear a small part of the costs. We are, however, committed to every student who wants to participate in the Spring Musical, so while we ask for your contribution of this fee, it will be waived for students unable to pay. Thank you for your understanding and payment of $20.00.

Checks and cash will be collected at the beginning of rehearsals. A PTSA representative will be in the auditorium to gather the monies. Please write your checks to SES PTSA. Alternatively, you can deliver or mail and envelope to the office marked "PTSA: play participation" and asked that it be dropped in the safe.

You may also use PayPal

Thank you,

Ericka Grogan, SES PTSA President

SES Grateful Request

Donations help cover the costs of our outstanding programs, and enrich our students’ experiences. Please contribute as you can.
2009-10 Grateful Request for Support

Support the SES PTSA

Members need to renew their membership each year in order to vote during general meetings. The first general meeting is Wednesday, Sept. 30 at 6:30pm.

Back-To-School Documents

Attention: New SES families

Please download the form below to add your contact information to our school directory. Then either print it out and leave completed form in the PTSA box in the office, or send your responses in the body of an email to sesmessenger@comcast.net. Families who were in the directory last year need not complete this form unless any contact information has changed.

Service Projects Recap

Last year, Sunnyside Environmental School students...

  • Raised $171.00 to help alleviate world hunger at The Martin Luther King, Jr., Day of Service Hunger Banquet.
  • Raised $1,800.00 to buy a latrine for a village in Nicaragua.
  • Hosted a dinner and dance, which raised $2,400.00 to buy an identity making machine for the Day Labor Site.
  • Made 2,400 lunches for the homeless.
  • Spent 12,000 hours pulling non-native invasive plants from local parks
  • Collected 200 pairs of socks, gloves, and mittens for those in need
  • Collected $540.00 to help build schools in Afghanistan through Pennies for Peace.
  • Helped save Oregon frogs at Oaks Bottom
  • Took bookmarks that tell how to save Pacific Forest frogs to pet shops
  • Helped save Laurelhurst Pond
  • Sent $600.00 to UNICEF for immunizations
  • Brought food boxes to four refugee families (based on foods that were familiar to them)
  • Worked at the Oregon Food Bank
  • Served 160 meals at Blanchet House
  • Taught 800 third graders about local habitat through Wildlife Tours
  • Recycled hundreds of pounds of clothes through the Useful Goods Exchange, clothing exchange and fashion show
  • Mentored younger buddies for 4000 hours throughout the school year
  • Collected hundreds of pounds of food for the Oregon Food Bank
  • Devoted 120 hours to planting native plants for wetland restoration
  • Performed 1,020 acts of kindness throughout the year, including delivering flowers, cleaning and picking up litter
  • Distributed hundreds of brochures to help increase pollinators on our school grounds
  • Bought a family a llama through Project Heifer
  • Collected 2 bins of pet supplies for the animals at the Humane Society
  • Washed 141 trays each day in the cafeteria to stop Styrofoam from being put into landfills
  • Educated city hall about accessibility in schools
  • Created a neighborhood Quest to be posted on the neighborhood association web page
  • Designed and built a new colonial garden with a fence painted by students
  • Helped lessen the urban-rural divide in Oregon through the 4-H rural exchange
  • Turned 10 pounds of cafeteria food waste into compost each day (that's 1,910 pounds for the year!)