The Owl
A weekly parent newsletter
Welcome, Cristina Lupiáñez Jiménez
ISP is pleased to introduce Cristina Lupiáñez Jiménez, our new Spanish PreK teacher, to our community (Maestra Vicky is moving to 2nd Grade this year)! Cristina hails from Granada, Spain, where she also taught most recently after spending time in the UK. Here is a message from Cristina: I am looking forward to teaching at… View Article
Volunteer Hall of Fame: Priscilla Lane-Kappes
Our longtime garden volunteer, Priscilla Lane-Kappes, is taking a step back from her daily garden duties. It seemed only fitting to create a Volunteer Hall of Fame just for her! Priscilla has led the garden program for almost 15 years. She tends to the our growing plants – and children – almost every day of… View Article
Elizabeth Rusch Author
Award-winning children’s book author, ELIZABETH RUSCH, visited ISP to speak with our 3rd-5th grade students! She focused her discussion around the creation of her book, Volcano Rising, which provides profiles of 8 volcanoes around the world and how they create new land masses. Particularly appropriate for the current 4th grade Unit of Inquiry about volcanology!
1500 Meter Run 2018
The 1st-5th graders are training hard their annual timed 1500 Meter Run (formerly the Mile Run). Parents are invited to come and cheer! Please note that we will be at a TWO locations this year: Lincoln High School on the 22nd, Duniway Track on the 23rd. ***DETAILED SCHEDULE TO COME THIS WEEK!*** Tuesday, May 23rd: Lincoln… View Article
ISP Alums Sweep Japanese Speech Contest!
ISP Japanese track alumni students won 1st, 2nd & 3rd palaces at the 30th Annual Japanese Speech Contest (Division 2) last week! 1st place – Nanami Buckendahl (class 2016) 2nd place – Kate Andrews (class 2017) 3rd place – Ayush Wynkoop (class 2017) This contest, organized by the Consular Office of Japan, is for students… View Article
The Mural!
If you’ve been to campus lately, there’s no way you could have missed the big, colorful mural running along Water Street! What started as a project by a small collective quickly blossomed into 23 street artists from all different backgrounds, ethnicities, and styles. Here is more information on just a few of them: Amanda Valdes… View Article
Welcome Back, 5th Graders!
Our 5th graders recently returned from one of the most exciting and enriching experiences ISP has to offer – the Capstone Study Abroad program. Our students were wonderful ambassadors of ISP, and we could not be more proud of their accomplishments during this year’s Capstone! They personified the IB Learner Profile traits of principled, courageous, caring,… View Article
Capstone in the news!
Last week, our Capstone students in Mexico were interviewed by the Diario Yucatan in Merida. The article was published in print and online. You can read it at the link below. If you do not read Spanish, please ask a Spanish speaking colleague to assist! http://www.yucatan.com.mx/imagen/aprenden-de-la-cultura-local Want to check up on all the trips? Check… View Article
Student-Led March on Saturday
Several students from Paola’s 4th grade class recently stood in front of senior administration members with a clear and powerful message: they want to participate in the “March for Our Lives” walk and they need our support. They presented their ideas and requested permission to use recess time to create posters, paint t-shirts, and to use the school grounds to gather… View Article
Congrats, OBOB Winners!
This month, ISP participated in its first-ever Oregon Battle of the Books (OBOB). OBOB is a statewide voluntary reading motivation and comprehension program sponsored by the Oregon Association of School Libraries in conjunction with a Library Services and Technology Act grant. Fourth and Fifth Grade Teams from ISP each read a total of 16 books, and… View Article