Ewing Young Elementary

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010 is the first annual Ewing Young Day.  Thank you to the Oregon state legislature for passing Senate Bill 625, designating February 9th as Ewing Young Day.  Please join us for an assembly on Tuesday at 2pm.

We had our annual Ewing Young Holiday Sing-A-Long this afternoon.  

Santa says to have a wonderful winter break!  See you on January 4th!

The Annual Ewing Young Fun Run was Thursday, October 15th.  The kids raised over $13,000!  Great job!

The staff at Ewing Young is getting ready for all of the students to return.  We will see you on Tuesday, September 8th!  We'll meet in the gym at 8:20am.

Here is this year's EY Video. Enjoy! View videos from previous years, too,  by clicking on the link under the School News heading on this page.

EY Video 2008-09 from EY Pioneers on Vimeo.

While this is probably the furthest thing from your mind at the moment, school supply lists for 2009-10 are now posted. Just find the link on this page under the Parent Resources section.

On June 9th, students in grades 4 and 5 went on one hour jet boat trips on the Willamette River with Willamette Jet Boats Excusions in Portland. Earlier in the year, the intermediate students participated in a bridge building unit and learned about many types of structural bridge designs. This trip offered first hand looks at many different types of bridges as well as a thorough explanation of Portland bridge history. Oregon geography is also emphasized at the intermediate level, so this trip reinforced several geographical features and locations learned during the year. After the Jet Boat trip, students and staff had lunch and some fun at Cook Park in Tigard as well as some exploration along the banks of the Tualatin River.

Jet Boat Trip Photos

For the past six weeks, Ewing Young 4th and 5th graders have been learning about gears, pulleys, wheels and axles, and applying their skills in LEGO robotics programming. Students formed teams of two or three people and learned how to program LEGO robots to follow commands such as going forward and backward, turning, sensing dark or white lines, playing music, and continuously repeating commands. After several weeks of training, our students participated in the Can Do Competitions. First Year students competed in the Can Do tournament. The object is to knock five cans out of a circle in less than 3 minutes. Second Year students competed in the Can Do 2. The objective is to knock six full cans out of a rounded rectangular area in less than 3 minutes. There were many exciting moments in this year's competition and everyone gave it their best effort. This year's winning teams and robots were:

CAN DO

1st place- "Coca Cola" (Rachael, Kiley, Kelli)

2nd place- "Spartan" (Arnesh, Cameron, Rayce)

3rd place- "Horton" (Cassady, Riley)

CAN DO 2

1st place- "Buggy" (Angela, Mikalya, Emily S.)

2nd place- "Beetlejuice" (Branko, Gage, Jacob G.)

3rd place- "Draddle" (Anna, Alisha, Haley)

Robotics Photos Slideshow

Robotics Video

More Robotics Videos! (Thanks Linda S. !)

June
June 2 ~ EYST Mtg, 7pm in the library
June 5 ~ 2/3 field trip to Enchanted Forest
June 8 ~ K-3 field trip to NHS play
June 9 ~ 4/5 field trip to Jet Boat Excursions
June 11 ~ Field day and bbq, 11:15-3pm
June 11 ~ Last day of school for Kindergarten
June 12 ~ Last day of school 1st-5th, ½ day

As usual, EY 5th graders gave it their best effort and displayed excellent behavior and sportsmanship at the 5th Grade Track Meet held at Newberg High School. This is an annual event that is a highlight for soon-to-be departing 5th grade students. Take a moment to view pictures from today's events.

5th Grade Track Meet Photos