Wilson Spotlight Issue 354 October 8, 2012 http://www.pps.k12.or.us/schools/wilson/ FOOTBALL TEAM GOES PINK ON OCTOBER 11 To help shine a light on Cancer Awareness month, the Wilson football teams will be sporting pink for our last regular-season home game, Thursday, Oct 11th. All of our three teams will have pink socks and pink wrap... and look for the pink ribbon painted on the field. “We just want to show support for a great cause,” adds Coach Ken Duilio. “Cancer Awareness month hopefully brings more attention to a disease that affects all of us. We will wear pink with pride!” WILSON STUDENTS KEEP BLOCK PRINTING ART ALIVE THANKS TO CHARLES F SURENDORF II ART FOUNDATION Marie Pearson, Wilson Art Teacher is thrilled to announce that Cindy Surendorf is doing a two-week block printing workshop in the Draw-Paint-Print classes at Wilson. Cindy is the Executive Director of the Charles F Surendorf II Art Foundation. Her father is Charles Surendorf, a WPA artist during the Great Depression and was among the top block print artists of the 20th century. Cindy uses her father's work to discuss societal issues (such as racism, poverty, and heath) that were present during the Great Depression and how many of these problems are still present today. Students choose a contemporary problem and create a block print that presents a solution. Her foundation provides all of the supplies for the workshop. There is no cost to the school. The workshop is scheduled for October 1 through October15 for the four sections of Draw-Paint-Print. Here is a link to the Charles F Surendorf II Art Foundation website: http://www.surendorf2artfoundation.org/. Thank you Ms. Surendorf! WILSON GRAD HAILED AS ONE OF WORLDʼS BEST According to Rob Cullivan of the Portland Tribune, Joe Powers ʼ96, harmonica player is hailed as one of world's best. Joe specializes in blending jazz, tango, blues, and chamber music. He received formal training at the University of Oregonʼs School of Music. In high school Joe sang in the Wilson choir and "Ensemble” and got a leading role in his first play in Ten Little Indians by Agatha Christie and performed in Rumors by Neil Simon. Joe also started a pop/rock cover band with friends called Red Point. They played at the 1995 Wilson Prom and other school functions and won a Rose Festival talent contest. He formed another band called Seizure Salad and they won the first annual Portland high-school Battle of the Bands at PCC. Click here to read Rob Cullivanʼs article: http://www.wilsonalumni.com/newsletter/2012/JoePowers.pdf. 1 ** WILSON 2ND ANNUAL HOUSE PARTIES THIS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13 Join Wilson staff, Wilson parents, and other Wilson supporters on Saturday, October 13th! The common denominator? WILSON!!! The 2nd Annual House Parties are expecting some very special guests this year. Make sure that youʼre one of them! RSVP to [email protected] – we need to know (asap) whoʼs joining in the fun so our wonderful hosts are able to prepare a special evening. See you there! All of the parties are fundraisers – no cost to join the party, but bring your checkbook to make a donation. CANʼT MAKE IT TO THE FOUNDATIONʼS HOUSE PARTIES? Bummer; youʼll be missed. Even though you wonʼt be able to mingle THIS time, your financial support is extremely important to Wilsonʼs success. Please show your support of Wilson by donating to Foundation. Foundation is the only way to pay for additional staff, thus increasing course offerings while decreasing class sizes. Mail a check to Wilson designated for Foundation, or donate online at www.allhandsraised.org; be sure to designate Wilson as the recipient. And please be sure to check with your employer, as many match employee donations - thus doubling your money. Because of last yearʼs contributions, this yearʼs students are enjoying smaller core classes and have the opportunity to take wood/metal shop, architecture/drafting, and graphic media design. Thank you for your support! DESPERATELY SEEKING INSTRUMENTALISTS! Wilson Drama is already hard at work on this seasonʼs musical offering, Leonard Bernsteinʼs On The Town. Weʼve got the cast, weʼve got the crew, what we donʼt have are the talented instrumentalists to bring it home. Do you play? If so, we want you! Weʼre looking for people to fill the following roles in our orchestra: Oboe (1) Clarinets (3) French Horns (2) Trumpets (3) Violins (2) Viola (1) Cello (1) Upright Bass (1) Contact WHS Band Director Nick Caldwell, [email protected] for more information. LIFE SKILLS PROGRAM SENDS OUT A BIG THANK YOU The Life Skills program would like to thank our many benefactors who contributed to a variety of projects at our donation site: www.donorschoose.org/lefave. Contributions over the summer and this Fall have funded some fantastic new equipment for our student-run café, The Green Scene, bought a tremendous amount of math and language arts books to help fully differentiate our curriculum, bought materials for food service and hygiene education, and bought software that helps create specialized supports for students with disabilities. Without your support our program with not be successful. All our donors, big contributors as well as small, have made this initiative successful. Please check out our site to see the full details of where your contributions went. 2 EXCHANGE STUDENT NEEDS HOST FAMILY Outstanding Wilson student Genting Sya is in need of a new family to host him this fall. He is here on a U.S. State Dept. Scholarship which provides his health insurance and spending money. He is an 'A' student and the president of his class in Indonesia. He loves soccer, science, photography, guitar, and math. He hopes to become an astronaut. His currrent host parent has to leave town for an unexpected job opportunity. If you would like more information about hosting this outstanding student this fall or for the school year, please call Mimi Sanders, Program of Academic Exchange 503-293- 6195, [email protected]. WILSON WOMEN'S BASKETBALL THANKSGIVING PIE SALE! Please help support Wilson Women's Basketball while helping yourself to a delicious handmade pumpkin pie from Willamette Valley Fruit Company. Pre sales start now and will run through Monday, Oct 29th. You will be able to pick your pies up at the arena teacher conferences on Monday, Nov 19th or Tuesday Nov 20th from 5-8 in the WHS cafeteria. Please click on the link below for further details. We want to help make this Thanksgiving "easy as pie"! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QpA7ewLFKl52BxWMl9p8bD-16S1wrDUbek4IN-wunyM/edit WILSON MERCHANDISE STILL AVAILABLE Did you see the new Wilson merchandise at Homecoming? If you missed it check it out at the Bookkeepers office during school hours or at all home game concessions! LOOK FOR GRAD NIGHT BOOK SALE AND RUMMAGE SALE Coming up in November and February Grad Night will hold it's annual fundraisers to help pay for scholarships to Grad Night. Please start saving those books and garage sale items you no longer need and tell us what you've got at: [email protected] or [email protected] 503-246- 1474. We will be able to store some things soon, so if you just have to get them out of your home now, let us know. CONCESSIONS/ WILSON MERCHANDISE AVAILABLE NOW Concessions and Wilson Merchandise available at all levels of Football, Volleyball and Soccer games (those games played on the main field)! Come check out our new gear and show your Wilson spirit! WILSON BATTLE OF THE BOOKS CLUB If you enjoy reading, then here are two opportunities for you to get involved in activities: Sign-ups are occurring for the Wilson Battle of the Books Club, which will begin soon. Meeting times to be determined, but it usually meets twice a month. The Club involves reading books from a select list and then competing in a competition at Wilson then at the Regionals in Canby in February and hopefully the state in April. Come to the Library to find out more. 3 IS YOUR SCHOOL UP TO THE CHALLENGE? The City of Portlandʼs Future Connect Challenge is raising the stakes with a prize for school that has the highest participation rate. Beginning October 5, Portland high school students will have a chance to get a head start on planning for college – and show off their school spirit at the same time. By participating in the Future Connect Challenge, students help their school win. The school with the highest participation rate will win an after school Movie and Pizza Party! All students who participated in the Challenge will watch a movie and be treated to pizza, courtesy of Dominos Pizza on NE Glisan and 69th Ave. Teachers and staff can help by encouraging students to complete each step, announcing the Challenge in assemblies and in class, or offering incentives like extra credit–whatever you know works to get your students motivated! The high school with the highest Future Connect Challenge participation rate will be awarded a pizza/movie party provided by the City of Portlandʼs Future Connect Initiative. Contest Rules and Details: (a) The winning school will be decided by averaging the participation rate from each week. (b) The participation rate is determined by dividing the amount of students who participate in each weekʼs steps by the total number of students who are enrolled into the school. (c) The average will be calculated by adding each weekly participation rate and dividing the total by the number of weeks the competition occurred. (d) Schools will have until winter break to redeem their party.