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We're so excited for the new school year!
Fairview Elementary is getting a new mural! Under the direction of artist Alex Chiu, students are producing art that represents their "Daring Goal."
During the week of August 24, families came to help out and joined in on the painting. We love to see our Fairview community engaging in this great project!
Check back for new photos as work on the mural progresses.
Monday Hive Happenings Video: Enjoy the weekly announcements by students - sent to parents/guardians on Monday mornings via Parent Square.
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The Summer Meals Program is available in hundreds of communities throughout Oregon, offering free meals and snacks to kids during summer break. Community summer meal programs are open to all families without paperwork or signing up – kids can just drop in.
Reynolds School District offers programs at numerous locations around the community, including at 9 of our schools. Programs start toward the end of June and continue through early August. Check the flyer below to see the locations, dates, and times at which programs are available.
We hope to see you this summer!
Oregon law requires students to maintain certain levels of immunizations throughout their K-12 experience. Parents must present proof of immunizations when a child enrolls in school. We require immunizations prior to entering preschool, kindergarten, grades 1-6, and grades 8-12, with updates before grade 7.
Students wanting portrait retakes should bring the original photo packet to exchange.
Dear Volunteers,
On November 13 students who have not had a first portrait sitting and who have either placed an order on line or will order can have their picture taken.
Students who are not satisfied with their first picture may also have their pictures retaken taken if they bring in the original packet to exchange.
Attention Walt Morey Parents,
The Student Store will be opening on Monday, October 7th, during lunch! We have all kinds of fun things - fancy pens, crazy pencils, stress balls, slime, and all kinds of stuff! Prices start at 25 cents. Don't have the cash? We also accept Morey Bucks! They are worth ten cents each and you can use up to 10 at a time. Come by and see what we have!
Please click here to see a list of family support services compiled by Reynolds School District.
We have weekly or monthly food bags available!!! There are a number of ways to pick up food bags---- just give us a call or email us to find out more information.
Construction of the new Fairview, Troutdale and Wilkes elementary buildings is well underway. To allow work to begin on the playgrounds, fields, parking lots and other outdoor spaces, the old buildings must first be removed.
Demolition and abatement work on all three schools is expected to begin June 21, providing contractors the maximum time possible to work while students are on summer break. The process will start with abatement work and once that is complete the actual demolition work will begin.
You can watch demolition work happen in real-time via our live video feeds of the elementary schools:
On May 30th WMMS Art students Anita Bondarchuk, Sierah Brown, Brooklyn Green, Brooklyn Stearns, and Sage Vu took IT to the streets! By "IT", I mean painting a beautiful "mural" for the City of Gresham. In just under six hours, these artists put their artistic skills to work to produce a public artwork that reminds people how connected we are to our rivers.
Please congratulate these amazing artists! They truly represented the great qualities that make Walt Morey students so incredible.
~Carson Abbert, Art Teacher
Update on Fairview Construction
April 20, 2018
A construction fence has been installed to the west of the school that will remain up for the remainder of the project. Through Apirl 30, the removal of modular classrooms will require changes including teacher parking and entry. There will be no change to school drop off and pick up. There is no impact to emergency routes.
Update from Bremik Construction
April 10, 2018
Hooray, it’s finally Spring! We hope you enjoyed your time off for Spring Break. Our team has been very busy at your new school! Staircases have been installed in the entry corridor, in the breezeway, and in area 3 classrooms. Fun Fact: Did you know that each of these steel staircases weighs around 12,000 pounds?! Roof top curbs have been set and the passive air shaft units have been installed. The curbs are for the HVAC equipment that supply the air and heat into the building.
Click here to see the full update (including a construction puzzle) from Bremik Construction.
News Release from Reynolds Sch. Dist.
Posted on FlashAlert: March 20th, 2018 3:24 PM
At approximately 2:20 pm today, March 20, 2018, there was the report of a fire on the rooftop of the new construction at Fairview Elementary in Fairview, OR. A small fire from roofing installation materials broke out on the roof of the newly constructed building. All students had been released from the existing building at 2:10 pm during regular release. Students were leaving the school in buses when the rooftop fire on the new construction was reported and staff remaining in the existing school were evacuated for safety. There were no after-school activities today, so all students had left the area. Portland Fire and Gresham Fire responded and put it out quickly. There was minor damage to one area of the new construction. There are no reports of injury and all students and staff are safe. Reynolds School District is extremely grateful for the quick action of our local fire response. If you have any questions, please contact Stephanie Field, Communications Coordinator, at Reynolds School District (503) 491-3428 or sfield@rsd7.net.
By Teresa Carson, The Gresham Outlook
May 2, 2018
Students at Troutdale Elementary School got a peek at their new digs Friday and liked what they saw.
Exclamations of "whoa" and "amazing" accompanied their entrance into the building.
"It was awesome," said third-grader Eleanor after the tour.
Peyton, another third-grader, said, "I thought it was really nice and big."
The students, decked out in pint-sized Day-Glo construction vests, had to use their imaginations because the new school is framed on the inside, but does not yet have walls.
A big THANK YOU goes out to our classified employees during Classified Employee Appreciation Week!
Press Release from Reynolds School District (Read full press release)
March 2, 2018
The Reynolds School District is leading the way in using green building design to create healthier, more sustainable schools and save money in the process. The District has been working with sustainability specialists EcoREAL Solutions and Hodaie Engineering, project architects BLRB Architects, and owners representative Day CPM, to design and construct schools that require less energy and provide healthy environments that encourage better learning.
Update from Reynolds Bond Project
April 10, 2018
Aerial construction photos of the three elementary replacements are ready to view. These powerpoints will be updated on each school’s webpage as construction progresses. Scroll through the slideshows below or click the links to download larger PDF versions.
By Teresa Carson, The Gresham Outlook (Read full article on The Outlook's site.)
January 26, 2018
Despite the cold weather and rain, workers are making good progress on the three new elementary schools and high school remodel in the Reynolds School District.
"We are going to be finished on time for the opening of school in the fall," Reynolds Superintendent Linda Florence told The Outlook on a tour of Wilkes Elementary, one of the three new schools.