Patrick Lynch Elementary Booster Club

06/16/2022

Today, Thursday, June 16, 2022, is the last official day of school for grades K-6, 7, 9-11, and our Centennial Transition Center students. Summer break is officially in session! Here’s to an enjoyable, relaxing, and well-earned summer break.

06/07/2022

Centennial School District is once again participating in the Summer Food Service Program this summer! Meals, including breakfast and lunch, are available at no cost to any child 18 years of age or younger. Meals must be consumed on-site.

Find a full list of Summer Food Service Program dates, times, and locations at www.csd28j.org/summermeals.

03/12/2022

Yay for Kathy and all her hard work.

It’s Classified Employee Appreciation Week! Today, we’re recognizing Kathy Nalum, Head Custodian at Patrick Lynch Elementary School.

Kathy has been with Centennial for 29 years. A typical day for Kathy is a busy one; she keeps the school clean to provide a great learning environment for students. She is also the first female Head Custodian for the district, and we are so lucky to have someone like her as part of our Centennial family.

Thank you, Kathy, for all you do!

02/19/2022

01/13/2022

This is an important message from the Centennial School District.

As you may know, COVID-19 cases are at all-time highs and continue to spread rapidly in the community. Since returning from winter break, responding to COVID-19 challenges has become increasingly difficult due to higher than average student and staff absences. Every one of our schools and departments have been impacted.

Based on current numbers and forecasts, it’s anticipated that we will have a high number of staff absent on Friday, January 14, 2022, which will create a significant staffing challenge to safely operate our schools. As a result, the Board took action to convert Friday, January 14, 2022, from a student contact day into a staff in-service day. This means that on Friday, January 14, 2022, there will be no school for students.

Grab & Go meals will be available at all schools on Friday, January 14, 2022, from 11am to noon.

At the January 12, 2022, Board meeting, the Centennial School Board was provided a status update about COVID-19 data in our community, staff and student absence data, staff and student positive COVID-19 and close contact numbers, and the challenges with keeping up with contact tracing. This informed their decision to cancel school on Friday, January 14, 2022.

The decision to cancel a school day is not taken lightly. Multiple factors are considered, and in this case, safety was the primary concern as adequate staffing is needed to safely operate our schools.

As a reminder, there will be no school on Monday, January 17, 2022 in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. School will resume for in-person instruction on Tuesday, January 18, 2022.

Centennial School District leadership continues to track public health and monitor the surge in COVID-19 cases in our community and state.

We are working hard to keep our schools open for in-person instruction while practicing layered mitigation measures. Please help do your part to prevent the spread of COVID-19: stay home if sick, wear a face covering, maintain social distancing, and wash hands frequently. Also, vaccination remains the best protection against serious illness from COVID-19 and reduces the spread of COVID-19.

We know this is a particularly difficult time for our students, staff, families, and community. We appreciate your flexibility and understanding as we navigate through another challenging time of operating school during a pandemic.

01/11/2022

Mark Your Calendars for Boundary Review Open House #2 (Please read below for a change to option 2.)

Our second and final Boundary Review Open House is coming up! We are offering two options for our parents, staff and residents of our community to participate:

Option 1: January 9-16, 2022
Watch a video and fill out a feedback form. The video will provide an overview of the boundary review process and present a boundary map scenario. After watching the video, a feedback form will need to be submitted. We’ll post the video and feedback form on Sunday, January 9, 2022, at 4 p.m. at www.csd28j.org/boundaryreview.

Option 2: January 11, 2022
We are making a change to the second option. The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) and Oregon Department of Education (ODE) recently issued a School Health Advisory for Continuity of Instruction. The Advisory recommends holding events online, rather than in-person.

Therefore, we are cancelling the in-person Open House and in its place we are offering two virtual Zoom sessions on Tuesday, January 11, 2022. Session times are 6:00-6:45 p.m. and 7:00-7:45 p.m.

If you are interested in attending one of these sessions, please complete a registration form: https://bit.ly/3mWXw6H. Once registered, you’ll receive the Zoom meeting link.

At the virtual open house, attendees will receive information about the boundary review process, review Committee Consensus Scenario #2, and ask any questions. Attendees will complete a feedback form to provide input. A Spanish interpreter will be available.

For more information about the boundary review process and timeline, visit www.csd28j.org/boundaryreview. If you have questions, email [email protected] or call 503-760-7990.

11/15/2021

Our first Boundary Review Open House is coming up! To broaden participation, we are offering two options for our parents, staff and residents of our community to participate:

Option 1: November 14-21, 2021 Watch a video and fill out a feedback form. The video will provide an overview of the boundary review process and present a boundary map scenario. After watching the video, a feedback form will need to be submitted. We’ll post the video and feedback form on November 14 at www.csd28j.org/boundaryreview.

OR

Option 2: An in-person Open House on Tuesday, November 16, 2021 from 6-8 p.m. at Centennial Middle School, 17650 SE Brooklyn St, Portland, OR 97236.

Masks and social distancing are required at all times on site.

To gain a sense of attendance, we ask those who plan to attend in person to complete a registration form: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GJZTKW9.

At the open house, attendees can drop in to receive information about the boundary review process and review a boundary map scenario and offer input through a feedback form. Attendees will complete a feedback form to provide input. A Spanish and Russian interpreter will be available. Parents may bring their children and stay together as a group.

For more information about the boundary review process and timeline, visit www.csd28j.org/boundaryreview. If you have questions, email [email protected].

12/07/2020

The Centennial School District continues to distribute food on Mondays from 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Food distributions will continue throughout the time students are in Comprehensive Distance Learning. We will provide five breakfasts and five lunches.

Patrick Lynch Elementary – 1546 SE 169th Pl. – by kitchen door.

12/07/2020

El Distrito Escolar Centennial continúa distribuyendo alimentos los lunes de 11:30 a.m. a 1:30 p.m. Las distribuciones de alimentos continuarán durante el tiempo que los estudiantes estén en Aprendizaje a Distancia Integral. Proporcionaremos cinco desayunos y cinco almuerzos.

Primaria Patrick Lynch - 1546 SE 169th Pl. - por puerta de cocina.