Read how Malabon is celebrating our teachers this week! Also, check out Malabon’s May Newsletter!
It is National Teacher Appreciation Week! 
Malabon May Newsletter:
Thank You Malabon Classified Staff!
We talk a lot about what a school needs to run smoothly each day. Of course we need dynamic teachers to educate our kids. However there are many, “behind the scenes” jobs that allow teachers to do just that. Those jobs include the people who feed our kids, who check their temperature when they aren’t feeling well, who keep our school clean and safe each day, who assist kids on the playground at recess, who help us check out books in the library, who support student academics with small group lessons…and the list goes on. Our classified staff is second to none here at Malabon. This week was classified employees week. We appreciate our classified staff every day…but this week was an opportunity to celebrate and thank these fine people for the work they do, above and beyond their assigned duties. They do the work they do because they care about kids. Today and every day, we care about you Malabon Classified Staff!! Thank you!
Mrs. Maul in the Spotlight, Bond News and February’s Newsletter
Thank You Mrs. Maul!
It is National School Counselor Week and we have the best school counselor in the Nation, let alone the whole wide world, right here at Malabon!
Mrs. Maul Teaching a Reading Group to Help Individualize Instruction!
Sonja Maul has been Malabon’s school counselor for over ten years. In this time she has built relationships with students, educators and families. She knows the systems we have in place because she has been instrumental in implementing them. She knows why we make decisions we do because she has been around to see the outcomes of decisions made in the past. Sonja stands in the background making big problems smaller, supporting students and their obstacles that get in the way of their performance and guiding parents with the objective of raising respectful and responsible children. Sonja knows that the number one focus of our school is to keep teachers teaching and keep kids learning at all times. She supports all staff members so that they are able to do their best work. She supports all students so that they are able to do their best work. She supports all parents so that they are able to do their best work. And the magic happens when she is able to make us all feel supported at the same time.
Mrs. Maul is irreplaceable and unique to her profession. Please take time this week to let her know how much we appreciate her work here at Malabon, during school counselor week…and all the other weeks in between!
Bond Decision
A decision on the proposed Bethel bond measure to make necessary repairs and upgrades to our schools is on hold for at least a few more days.
The small bond would fix roofs, increase student safety, improve heating efficiency, update textbooks and classroom technology, and more in our schools. The bond would accomplish all that without increasing the current tax rate.
But the School Board is waiting to learn if the proposed Eugene City Income Tax for Schools will be on the May ballot. If the City Council puts the income tax measure on the ballot, then the Bethel bond will wait.
Check out superintendent Colt Gill’s blog for the latest update.
Malabon’s February Newsletter
Click on this link to access this month’s newsletter: February 2011 Newsletter
The R.I.S.E. Room at Malabon
Mrs. Ericson, Mrs. Cameron, Mrs. Admire, Mrs. George, Mrs. Stock, Mrs. Thurner and Mrs. Haggerty
We became a school wide title school this year, allowing Celene and her incredible group of fine assistants the opportunity to help all children needing a reading boost.
You can visit Celene’s blog by clicking here. Information about reading support and upcoming parent workshops are just a few things you can find.
Malabon students continue to make great gains in the area of Reading, with a big thanks to our RISE Room staff. This is why Celene Admire along with Mrs. Ericson, Mrs. Cameron, Mrs. George, Mrs. Stock (substutute for Mrs. Mason) , Mrs. Thurner and Mrs. Haggerty are IN THE SPOTLIGHT!!
Try Home Access Center
It’s all available for free online: your child’s attendance, report cards, class assignments, teacher comments, discipline incidents, personal registration information, and more. Click here to reach the Home Access Center page on the Bethel website and keep up to date with your child’s progress. Call us at the school if you need help with your User Name and Password information.
Mark Your Calendars for February Happenings:
February 7th-11th — Walk and Bike to School Week
February 16— PTO Meeting 6:30pm Malabon Library
February 21— No School, President’s Day
Corrected Bethel Calendar
The Bethel wall calendar contains errors regarding the last week of the school year in June. The final day for students is June 15th. The staff “checkout” day is Thursday, June 16th. The Budget Reduction Day is Friday, June 17th. All the school’s online calendars are correct.