Hello Families,
These final swim photos are from the last day in which kiddos tested their courage and skills with dives & jumps. They did great!
After receiving over 10 applications and interviewing 5 candidates, BBS has hired a new Upper Grade teacher to take over for Ms. Steele next year! Killian Sump of Unity, Oregon will be joining BBS staff for the 2025/26 school year. Read more about Killian below.
Read on for news & updates.
All School News
Important Dates & Reminders
- Apr 26th: Last day to drop off blue Bottle Drop bags!
- Fri Apr 25: NO SCHOOL – Teacher Work Day
- Wed Apr 30: 6pm – San Francisco Final Parent Meeting (required attendance)
- Thurs May 1: Yearbook orders due (and custom pages too). See flyer below for details and TreeRing purchase link
- Mon May 12th: State Testing begins for 3rd-8th grade and attendance is extremely important during this week!
- Free Community Event: Good Grief Speaker Series at the Camp Sherman Community Hall. Four sessions throughout May, see flyer below.
- Save the Date – June 5th: BBS Open House
Update from Ms. Steele
Administrators (5th-8th)
In their quest to understand that reading often means going below the surface, the Administrators are going to look at print advertising in the media. A surface reading of an ad will tell us what the ad is selling, who is in the ad and what is the setting. But a “below the surface” reading of the same ad will look for messages about society in general and what roles we play in particular. In groups the Administrators will have an opportunity to look at both levels as they read through some ads.
In math everyone continues to work at different grade levels. If you have specific questions about where your student is at, please reach out to me and we can talk about it.
Update from Ms. Kassie
K-1 Literacy & Math
In literacy we have been learning about vowel teams that say the long e sound (ee like in feet and ea like in beach) or the long a sound (ai like in rain or ay like in play). This is some BIG work and we have started to read big 2 syllable words with these spelling patterns. Look for some work coming home in the purple folders tomorrow with past weeks’ work.
In math we have started to regroup when adding 2 digit numbers. We are learning different strategies to do this. We talked today about that, in math it is not about having the right answer, but understanding what is going on with the numbers. This is why we practice so many ways to solve problems.
- K-1 Literacy and Math Work and Play to try at home
- ⇒ Literacy– Work on finding the ee,ea, and ai, ay spellings around you. What do they say?
- ⇒ Math– Get out a deck of cards. Pull 3. Make the biggest 2 digit number you can. Add the third card using pictures or grouping the 10s and ones to do the addition.
K-2 Science
In science we are now studying the day sky after learning about the moon and stars. Ask students what they have been learning about shadows. Can a statue’s shadow move? How?
Update from Mr. B
BeBop Literacy & Math (2nd-4th)
Beboppers are continuing to practice telling time to the minute, finding the difference between three-digit money amounts, comparing data, digging into the new /oo/ “other” vowel phoneme and getting a plethora of practice via Super Ruth and writing words from Unit 15. They are also listening to variations of the same trickster tales.
Art Literacy
In Art Literacy, both classes are dabbling in a Georgia O’Keeffe composition to inform their study of color and value.
Update from Mr. Sharp
Field Studies (3rd-8th)
We wrapped up a very successful swim program last Friday. Students enjoyed some free time in the pool and we got to see some very acrobatic jumps off the high dive. This week we spent our first afternoon working on the yearbook. Our deadline is coming up to complete it so the kids are working hard this month on page design and final touches.
Health Class
We are back to doing P.E. on Tuesday and Thursday going forward. I introduced the students to frisbees and discs on Tuesday. We set up a disc golf course in the forest and will be playing some disc golf the next couple weeks. We will try playing ultimate frisbee as well once we get a little better with our throwing and catching.
Meet the new Upper Grade Teacher, Killian Sump
Killian Sump is a fifth generation Oregonian. He earned his Bachelor of Arts from Alaska Pacific University and his Masters in Teaching from Eastern Oregon University. His education background ranges from teaching mixed grade classrooms, to over 10 years instructing in the outdoor and experiential setting. Other professional avenues of his include guiding, snow/avalanche science, and first responder medical certifications. In his free time, you can find him out in the mountains: Backcountry skiing, climbing, or paragliding. He also enjoys quiet time at home pursuing tasks like building, gardening, meditation, and music.
This will be his first year at Black Butte School and in Central Oregon. He is looking forward to helping the upper grade students challenge themselves, grow academically and personally, and is excited to share his love for the outdoors with the students of BBS. Key values he brings with him are the benefits of an active lifestyle, community, sustainability, and environmental stewardship.
