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YG Family Newsletter- February 24, 2022

YG Family Newsletter- February 24, 2022

Dear friends and families of Yujin Gakuen,

We are wrapping up a short week and the last week in February with about a month to go before spring break. COVID cases are on the decline compared with last month. We have had cold temperatures lately and rain in the forecast for next week. Please remind your child to dress for cold and wet weather.

Have a safe and healthy end of the week.

Sincerely,

Kocho Sensei

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Oregon Ducks Spring Game Volunteers

Hello YG families!
The PTO has been requested to man our usual beverage booth for the Duck’s Spring Game!  It will be SaturdayApril 23rd.  Please sign up here if you are able to help out:
Thank you so much for all of your support!
YG PTO

Electronics Recycling Competition 

Our school will be participating in an electronics recycling competition!

Recycling Competition

 

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AEI Home Stay Program

Do you enjoy meeting young people from Japan? Do you live near UO or a bus stop ? Do you have an extra seat at the dinner table and a spare room?

If you said “yes” to each of these questions, you might be interested in hosting an American English Institute student coming to the US to study for two or more terms.

The UO’s AEI Intensive English Program is welcoming a large group of Japanese undergraduate students for spring term, and, due to Oregon22, summer term also (week of March 21 to the end of July, August, or December). Students pay the host family a $700 stipend per month, or $25 per day for prorated months. If  you are interested, please keep reading!

Students begin arriving the week of March 21 and staying through end of July, August or December. If you are interested but only available for spring term and not summer, a large group of students will be leaving in mid-June meaning I could assign a second family to the students.

Our program is a homestay program, not a rental or room and board situation.

  • You provide snacks, food the student can prepare for breakfast and a home-cooked dinner six nights per week. You also provide food the student can prepare for lunch on weekends, but not during the week. They are responsible for their own lunches during the week. Students need a private bedroom with bed, desk, lamp and linens (towels, sheets, etc.). They can share a bathroom.  They provide their own personal items.
  • Utilities are part of the stipend. Having internet service to your home is necessary.  Our students turn in their work in online and will want to be able to have access to the internet in your home.
  • You need to be in the Eugene/Springfield area and be willing to include your student in family activities. The students who come to the AEI are here to study English and choose homestay to practice with native speakers and also learn about our culture and family life.
  • You need to be close to a bus stop and close enough to the University so that the student is within about 45 minutes from your home to the University by bus.  The bus needs to provide service until at least 10:00 p.m.  These are young adults, and they will want to be able to study in the library, take advantage of the Rec Center, and socialize with their friends.
  • You meet the student at the airport when they arrive and deliver them to the airport at the end of their program, if they are still living with you.
  • You include the student in family gatherings, on sightseeing adventures, and in community events.

If you are interested, or you know someone who might be, please have them contact Cheryl Ernst (cheryle@uoregon.edu) or https://aei.uoregon.edu/hostfamily  for more information.

Our families are a true sample of US demographics. These programs build incredible relationships and provide students with a snapshot of American life and create memories that do last a lifetime. Hosting is truly soft diplomacy in action.

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Mt Pisgah Arboretum Spring After-School Program

Explore Mt. Pisgah Tuesday afternoons with hikes, games, stories and journaling activities!
Two 7 week sessions:
-Session 1 runs March 1April 19 (no program Spring Break week)
-Session 2 runs April 26June 7.
Rolling drop off between 3:15 and 3:30. $85 per session for Members, $105 Non-Members. Scholarships available!
For youth 5-11, 15 students max. Masks required for Session 1.

Keep Schools Safe, Stay Home When Sick

Check for wellness each day before coming to school

To help everyone at school stay healthy, students and staff need to be healthy when they come to school. If your student is feeling unwell, or if they or anyone in their home has symptoms of COVID-19 or other communicable diseases, they need to stay at home.

Symptoms that should keep a student home include:

  • Fever of 100.4º or higher
  • Chills
  • Cough
  • Headache
  • Shortness of breath
  • Difficulty breathing
  • New loss of taste or smell
  • Diarrhea
  • Vomiting – home for 48 hours after or release by healthcare provider

If your student has any of these symptoms, please keep them at home and call your school’s attendance line.

If your student has been diagnosed or exposed to COVID-19, or is waiting for test results to check on COVID symptoms, please keep them home and notify our office.

If your student has a chronic health condition that could look like COVID symptoms—including conditions that cause a cough or shortness of breath, such as asthma or allergies—please talk to our nurse and document it in their health history, or they may be sent home from school if they are showing these symptoms.

Thank you for helping students and staff stay healthy in our school buildings. More Information: Health & Safety Protocols

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School Hours

YG’s school hours are as follows:

Monday-Thursday: 8:30 AM – 3:00 PM

Friday: 8:30 AM – 1:45 PM

YG staff appreciate your help with bringing your student to school on time.

Note to the families who drop off at the south entrance

We are going to be making some changes in the way we take attendance in the mornings. This year, because we were all new to the building, and the drop off process takes longer at the south entrance, we were not marking students tardy if they arrived after 8:30. Now that families have become more familiar with dropping off and the process is much quicker than it was early in the year, most students are able to get to school by 8:30.

Because the back gate was still open after 8:30, some families had been driving into the back even though it was after 8:30. This made it more challenging for us to take accurate attendance. Starting tomorrow, we will be making note of those students who arrive after 8:30 and marking them tardy. We will also be closing the back gates earlier (as close to 8:30 as we can).

Upcoming Events

March 13 (S) – Daylight Savings Begins – Spring Forward

March 18 (F) – NO SCHOOL

March 21-25 – Spring Break

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