A Mid-Summer's Night Dream...

Just before our Spring Break we held three performances of our production of “A Mid Summer’s Night Dream. Our director Tori Padellford closed our final performance by addressing the audience with something that really resonated with me. She talked about the whole  production has a gift. A gift from our staff and families to our students and a gift from our students to our community. It was the product of all of our efforts to provided our students with experiences that will stay with them and ground them as they grow up. It was a very memorable performance and something I am proud that we were able to provide for our students. 

Our students, cast, orchestra, and crew, did an a phenomenal job. Current and former staff members Mr. Colvin, Mr. Jamesbarry, and Ms Tori did an outstanding job leading our effort. A big thank you to them, and to all the volunteers that helped to make our production such a memorable event. 

Mr. Colvin has a great collection of photos from the performances and from rehearsals. Please follow the link below to share them with your students: 
http://www.paulcolvinphotography.com/dream2016-lo-res

Educate/Engage 2016

"A big thank you to @actionhero and our facilitators for a great event today #educateengage16"

On Saturday, Lewis Elementary hosted Educate Engage 2016. The event was organized by Melissa Lim (@actionhero) of Portland Public Schools, and sponsored by Portland Public School and Concordia University, and was inspired by a similar event,  ENGAGE 2015 Parent Tech Conferenceput on last fall by several suburban Chicago school districts.  

Educate/Engage 2016  was described as

“an opportunity to hear from teachers about the roles and implications of technology both in and out of today's modern classroom.”

It was a great event and the parents that attended indicated they appreciated the opportunity to learn and discuss with educators, the opportunities and challenges that technology can present in a school setting.

It was also nice to see so many of our regional education leaders lend their time and expertise to the event. A big thank you to all that took part. 

"A big thank you to our facilitators and participants today... #educateengage16 #twitter #lewis"