Help Hallinan At Palisades Market Place!

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School Recycling Can & Bottle Donation Program

How it works:

Parents, students, faculty, teachers, neighbors, and friends bring empty Oregon Beverage Recycling cans and bottles with $.05 deposit.

Please do not bring items that do not have a deposit value.

Locate your local school’s bin – they are all inside, individually labeled, near the restrooms.

Place your empty cans and bottles in your school’s appropriate bin.

Shop at Palisades Marketplace ☺

Store employees then sort, count, and document amounts per school.

Store Director notifies schools quarterly of total amount donated and issues checks!

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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”

We will celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday next Monday with a day off from school.  You may have heard about the classroom activities going on to help students understand the purpose of this day off.  Here are some facts you can share with your children about MLK!

  • Martin Luther King Jr. was an important leader and activist in the Civil Rights Movement.
  • He was born Michael King Jr. on January 15th 1929 in Atlanta Georgia.
  • His father Michael King was a pastor of Ebenezer Baptist church.
  • Later Michael King and Michael King Jr. changed their names to Martin Luther after German Protestant leader Martin Luther.
  • Martin Luther King Jr. skipped 9th and 12th grade and entered college at the age of 15.
  • Martin Luther King Jr. first attended Morehouse College and received a Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology. He then went to Crozer Theological Seminary and received a degree in Divinity (religious studies), later he received a doctrine at Boston University.
  • Martin Luther King Jr. married Coretta Scott in 1953.
  • Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King had four children: Yolanda, Martin Luther King III, Dexter and Bernice.
  • He became a pastor at Dexter Ave Baptist Church in Montgomery Alabama.
  • Martin Luther King Jr. was a member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
  • In 1955 he took leadership of the Montgomery Bus Boycott where Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving up her seat and moving to the back of the bus for a white man.
  • The Montgomery Bus Boycott lasted a year and on November 13th 1956 the supreme court declared segregation on busses was unconstitutional.
  • In 1957 along with other civil rights activists Martin Luther King Jr. founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to organize and conduct non-violent protests for civil rights.
  • Martin Luther King Jr. with other civil rights activists will go on to lead many non-violent protests for civil rights around the country.
  • In February 1959 Martin Luther King Jr. traveled to India to study Mahatma Gandhi’s principles of non-violence.
  • Gandhi’s principles of peaceful resistance had a lasting impression on Martin Luther King Jr., he used them in his fight against racial discrimination.
  • On June 23rd 1963 Martin Luther King Jr. lead a Freedom Walk in Detroit Michigan, 125,000 took part in the walk.
  • On August 28th 1963 at a historic march in Washington DC for jobs, freedom, racial equality and the end of discrimination Martin Luther King delivered his “I have a dream” speech.
  • On October 14th 1964 Martin Luther King Jr. became the youngest man (age 35) to receive a Nobel Peace Prize for combating racial inequality through non-violence.
  • Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested many times during his protests for civil rights.
  • November 27 1967 Martin Luther King announces the Poor People Campaign focusing on jobs and freedom for the poor of all races.
  • Martin Luther King Jr. also protested against the Vietnam war.
  • Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4th 1968 on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis Tennessee.
  • On November 2nd 1983 President Ronald Reagan signed a bill to declare Martin Luther King Jr. Day in remembrance of all the great things he did to fight for civil rights.
  • He was the first African American to be granted a national holiday.
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Day is celebrated the third Monday on January.
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Day is celebrated in January because his birthday is in January.
  • Martin Luther King Day was celebrated for the first time on January 20th 1986.
  • All 50 states did not recognize Martin Luther King Jr. Day at a paid day off holiday until 2000.
  • Utah was the last state to declare Martin Luther King Jr. a holiday.
  • Over 1,000 streets are named after Martin Luther King Jr.

Free the Trees in Freepons Park

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Friends of Hallinan Heights Woods & the City of Lake Oswego invite you to help!

 

Free the Trees in Freepons Park Woods

Sunday, January 24, 1 – 3 pm

Bring the family, join with friends & neighbors to help save & restore this valuable natural area by removing invasive ivy from the many beautiful trees.  Wear sturdy shoes.  Bring gloves, a shovel, clippers & loppers if you have them.  The city will also provide tools.  Free one tree or several.  Every tree freed will help.  Rain or Shine!

 

Questions:  Contact Jim & Barbara Fisher 503-636-3153

 

Destination Imagination Team Fundraiser

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You don’t have to have an animal to help an animal!
Hallinan Elementary School Coin Drive
MondayFriday (January 11-15)
Prizes for the 3 classes who raise the most money
Golden Retriever award for the Teacher of the winning class
Coins, Cash and Checks accepted
(Please make checks payable to the Oregon Humane Society)
Help us exceed our goal of $250.
All funds raised will go directly to the Oregon Humane Society.

Pacer Youth Baseball

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Pacer Youth Baseball spring registration is now open!  Please register your players at www.paceryouthbaseball.org.  Registration closes2/7/16 for 3rd-8th grade and 3/13/16 for K-2nd. Coaches registration is also open for those interested in being a head or assistant coach.  For information about confidential player scholarships and other details, please visit http://www.paceryouthbaseball.org/rates-information
Questions?  Contact info@paceryouthbaseball.org.  It’s going to be a great season!

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Save the Date!

On February 17th , the LOS Foundation will officially launch its campaign at the Oregon Golf Club for our Annual Luncheon from 11:00am to 1:00pm. We are excited to have Rob Franek, Senior Vice President and Publisher at The Princeton Review as our keynote speaker. He is the company’s chief expert on education and college issues. Tickets to this event will go on sale in early January and will be $40 each. All volunteers, current supporters and future supporters please mark your calendars! More details to follow soon! For more information or to donate today please visit us at www.losfoundation.org or call 503-534-2106.