2024
Summer
Newsletter
Happy Summer to all of our CWA families! The 2023 - 24 school year was an exciting one, filled with engaging learning experiences, fun field trips, new friendships, classroom communities and strong relationships. We thoroughly enjoyed working with your students this year, watching them gain confidence in both their academic and social skills. We are so proud of each and every one of our students and are thankful you entrusted us with their education. Enjoy this last newsletter of the year highlighting many of the exciting learning opportunities our students participated in, we look forward to welcoming everyone back in the fall!
Take care,
Brad Linn and Zoe Booth 😊
Goodbye Trisha and Esther
Our beloved Trisha Papenfuss, who has been at CWA since the very beginning in 2004, will be enjoying retirement in her new home in Boring, Oregon next year. She plans to spend her extra time with her family (including 11 grandchildren) doing the things she loves with the people she loves. Trisha’s genuine appreciation and enthusiasm for teaching is contagious and we are all better for having worked alongside her. Trisha will be missed beyond measure and we wish her all the best!
Esther Verbruggen, who has been an administrative assistant at CWA since 2019 is also on to a new adventure next year in Alaska. She plans to try some new hobbies such as winter camping, snowshoeing, and cross-country skiing. While we will miss her very much next, we wish her all the best and know she is going to have so much fun!!
Best wishes to both of you from your CWA family ❤️
High School Graduation
Congratulations to our largest ever graduating class of 102 students!! We are so proud of all you accomplished and the wonderful young people you have become. CWA’s Class of 2024 donated 4080 hours to community service projects in our area and collectively earned 2216 college credits, you guys are amazing! We want to thank you for all your hard work during your time at CWA and we wish you all the best in your future! Take care!
Senior Luncheon
It was fun once again to celebrate the accomplishments of our seniors at our Annual Senior Luncheon. Students were provided a delicious lunch in a festive atmosphere where they were able to enjoy each other’s company and celebrate their High School journey together. Our seniors were very supportive of each other as they received honor cords for department awards, Oregon State Assessments, college credit, Youth Take Actions, Outdoor School, and more.
Outdoor School
Our 6th grade students enjoyed a fun-filled week at Outdoor School this year at Camp Magruder in Rockaway Beach, OR. While there, they enjoyed beautiful weather, engaged in science activities in the wondrous ecosystems unique to our awesome Oregon Coast, wrote and performed skits, learned and sang new songs, and most of all gained confidence and independence and a strong sense of community with their peers.
Roller Skating
Our Elementary students earned a Friday Fun at Oaks Park because of all their hard work reaching benchmarks in Math, Reading, and Writing this Spring. We are so proud of all their hard hard work and enjoyed spending the day with them at one of the most historic roller rinks in the United States.
High School Prom
Our HIgh School students enjoyed the return of our annual Prom at the Historic Carver Event Center in May. Students had fun line dancing, playing games and making smores by the fire pit. Thank you Ms. Seibel and the Leadership Team for hosting this fantastic event, and thank you Ms. Lentz for the dance lessons so everyone could participate, so much fun was had by all who attended!
Fun Run
Our Elementary and Middle School students participated in our 2nd Annual Fun Run raising over $2000 for our school , thank you SO much to those of you that participated and to our Leadership Team for setting this event up! Javi Carlson brought in the most donations for the second year in a row, an extra special shout out to Javi and his family for their support of our school! The money raised in this event helps pay for field trips, science supplies, community building activities, Kona Ice and more. We hope to see everyone again at our Fun Run next year, so start training now 😊
Kindy Promotion
Way to go Kindergartners on completing your very first year of school successfully! It was fun to watch you learn so many new skills this year and become such good friends. It was a joy for us to teach you each week in PE, your energy and enthusiasm is contagious, have a wonderful summer! ☀️
5th Grade Promotion and End of Year Elementary Celebration
CWA’s 5th Grade students reached a milestone this year as they completed Elementary School and are moving on to Middle School. We are very proud of all of their accomplishments and especially the kind, polite, caring students they are. Thank you to all who attended our Elementary Celebration at North Clackamas Park, it was a very fun day and the Kona Ice truck was a hit!!
8th Grade promotion and End of Year Middle School Celebration
Congratulations to our 8th Grade students as they move on to High School! Our 8th Grade students are thoughtful, considerate, and respectful and worked hard to earn 49 High School credits as a group! We wish them all the best in High School and know they’ll do great things! Please enjoy this video of our 8th grade students. A huge thank you to Kristin Allaert for creating this for students and families.
K-5 Celebration of Learning
CWA’s Elementary students participated in our first Celebration of Learning event this spring. Students were eager to share their learning with their peers, families and teachers and were so proud of their work. It was fun to visit students’ exhibits and hear them share their knowledge with such confidence and expertise. Thank you to all who came to support our students, we are very proud of them!
K-1 Visits the Land Lab
North Clackamas’ Land Lab invited our K-1 students for a fun farm animal field trip this spring. Students were able to see pigs, goats, chickens, cows, and more. Watching the High School FFA students lead our students in groups and share their knowledge was very special, thank you to all who came to the farm!
Golf Class
Our Middle and High school students had the opportunity to learn the game of golf this spring with Mr. Grant at The Campbell Course in Gladstone. They had a lot of fun and perfect weather, it was a real hole in one! ⛳
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OSAS Celebrations
Our students worked very hard this spring and tried their very best while taking the Oregon State Assessments in Math, Science, and Language Arts. We know this can be stressful and takes extra time and we want you to know how much we appreciate each of you and the effort you put forth, thank you!! A couple highlights from the results we want to share are 1.) Our 3rd grade students outperformed the district and state in both Math and Language Arts, they did an absolutely amazing job! And 2.) Our entire Middle School, grades 6, 7, and 8 outperformed both the district and state in Language Arts and Science, awesome job!!
Elementary Students of the Month
Our Elementary students have worked hard on persevering at school and at home to finish the school year strong!. Our May Students of the Month were chosen for showing determination, for never giving up and for encouraging others to do the same. We are so very proud of these students, way to go!
Science at CWA
