Lincoln Youth Baseball: Grand Opening Hitting Class on Saturday 2/1

Lincoln Youth Baseball invites you to our Grand Opening Hitting Classic on Saturday February 1st, anytime between 9 AM – 3 PM. Everyone is welcome to stop by. Even if you don’t plan on having your player hit, you can still stop by to check out the hitting facility.

What: 
Three round hitting tournament. Players will hit a total of 60 scored pitches in a row with only machine adjustments between rounds. Tournament results will be available for families to check online. Participants will have the opportunity to warm-up in 6 divided batting cage lanes. Only registered participants may be in the hitting lanes.

Cost: 
Free! We want families to come and see our new indoor facility! Athletes can enjoy some friendly winter baseball competition.

Who:
For kids ages 8-14, who play or are thinking about playing for Lincoln Youth Baseball. There will be a check-in for legal and insurance purposes. Please bring signed waivers with you. They are downloadable from our website. Hitting Classic Waiver 

When & Where: 
February 1, 2020 | 9 AM – 3 PM | 3121 SW Moody Avenue, Portland OR 97239

Parking will be provided on the north side of the barge building. Show up any time between 9 AM and 3 PM. Come by and enjoy some friendly competition! Players will be organized by age and given a time to hit. Families should expect to spend between 1/2 to 1 hour in the facility.

Scoring Details:
Points

• 1 point for line drives that hit top of cage
• 2 points for line drives that hit behind and above pitching machine
• 3 points for line drives that hit the top of the cage and then behind and above the pitching machine

Rounds/Brackets
Players will be scored by round and will have to score in the top groups to advance from a scoring perspective to the next round.  However, they will hit all 60 pitches and not know what that means for their bracket.  Again, we just want to make it fun for the kids to see where they finished after they leave the facility.  Brackets will make it confusing enough for them not to know until after they’re done.

www.LincolnYouthBaseball.com

Lincoln Girls Youth Lacrosse: Early Bird registration ends Saturday 2/1, US Lacrosse Clinic on 2/22

Registration for Lincoln Girls Youth Lacrosse (Grades 3-8) is now OPEN! The Early Bird discount ends Saturday, 2/1. Spring registration ends on 2/18. Sign up at https://www.lincolnlaxgirls.com/youth.

The season starts 3/9 and runs through May ending with a local tournament 5/30 – 5/31.

Practice schedules are as follows:

• 3/4 Team: Tues/Thurs, 4:00-5:30 PM at Albert Kelly Field
• 5/6 Team: Tues/Thurs, 4:00-5:30 PM at Albert Kelly Field
• 7/8 Team: Mon/Wed/Fri, 4:30-6:00 PM at Chapman Elementary School

Sign up here

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New to lacrosse? Want to see what all the fuss is about? Check out this US Lacrosse Clinic for new players on 2/22:

Girls on the Run: Sign up now for 3rd – 5th grade

TUE & THU | 4:15 – 5:45 PM | MARCH 2 – MAY 18

Girls on the Run is coming to Chapman this spring! Register your 3rd – 5th grade girl for this 10-week program that combines training for a 5k (3.1 miles) with lessons that inspire girls to become independent thinkers, enhance their problem-solving skills, and make healthy choices.

Practice is 90 minutes twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4:15 – 5:45. Practice starts the week of March 2nd and ends the week of May 18th.

Registration opens January 15, 2020. Registration is open on a first come first serve basis. Sign up now.

Please reach out to Marie Markham (email mariejmarkham@gmail.com) if you have any questions!

Register now for Girls on the run

2020 Auction: Early Bird Tickets on Sale Today!

Auction tickets are on sale starting Wednesday January 22nd. Take advantage of early bird pricing ($70 / person) before prices go up! One ticket includes entry, dinner, dessert, and drinks.

Volunteer the night of the auction and your ticket is free! Sign up to volunteer.

Email Emily at ecarter85@gmail.com for questions and more info.

www.chapmanschoolauction.com
MARCH 7 | 6 PM | VACASA | 850 NW 13TH AVE, PORTLAND

Playground Bricks: Purchase by March 31st for the next round of engraving

If you would like to support Chapman and leave a little legacy on the playground, the brick engraver will be coming to Chapman this spring once the weather has been dry enough days in a row to engrave bricks! This is the first engraving since the installation of the playground. 

Donations for each engraved brick start at $250 and can be made here.

If you would like for your brick to be engraved in this spring’s engraving, it MUST be purchased by March 31st. Any brick purchased after March 31st will have to wait at least another year to be engraved. We need a cut off date to approve the inscriptions before the engraving. 

Please remember that inscriptions must be no more than 18 characters (spaces, periods, dashes, etc all count as a character) and no more than 3 lines.

Thank you to all who have purchased bricks so far, and we appreciate your patience as we work to get the next round engraved! 

1/21 Portland Council PTA General Meeting: Focus on Diversity and Inclusion

Please join us for an informative meeting including Q&A session with Scott School PTA about implementing successful strategies for increasing family engagement in a diverse community. This is a great opportunity to hear first-hand from a PTA who is doing great work! Read more here (page 36) about Scott PTA, who was featured in PDX Parent Magazine in October.
 
Portland Council PTA General Meeting with Scott PTA
Tuesday, January 21, 2020
6:30 – 8:00 pm
Scott School
6700 NE Prescott
Portland OR 97218

Appetizers and beverages will be provided. Childcare will be available free of charge for children ages 4-12. Children under 4 are welcome to attend and sit with you.

We look forward to seeing you at the meeting! 

Scott Overton  
Interim Portland Council PTA President

2020 Auction: More Info, Help Needed

Saturday, March 7
Vacasa at 850 NW 13th Ave, Portland, OR 97209
Doors open at 6 PM

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Theme: Olympics! Winter or summer, your choice. This year the costumes are a real choose-your-own-adventure: windbreakers, leggings, figure skater dresses, team blazers, Nancy/Tanya duo, speedskater, gymnastics team, so many ideas!

Tickets: This year ticket prices will include entry, dinner and a Chapman glass for drinks. Tickets will be available in the coming weeks, stay tuned! 

Food: Dinner will be an “All Around the World” sampler from SporkBytes catering; vegetarian and meat options available. Dessert will be cakes and bonus international-themed treats in the “Dessert Dash”.

Fun: Take some pics in the photo booth, pay to play rounds of ping-pong and other fun games, and dance to some truly epic jock jams (“Eye of the Tiger” anyone?).

Silent Auction: Once again the silent auction catalog will be available online. Stay tuned for more details.

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AUCTION TEAM NEEDS YOUR HELP!

• Do you have a vacation home to donate?
• Would your business want to sponsor the auction? Sponsorships are available at the $1500, $500 and $250 levels. 
• Volunteer to work during the event. We love volunteers!
• Email Emily at ecarter85@gmail.com if you can help with any of the above!
• Visit www.chapmanschoolauction.com to buy sponsorships or donate a good/service.

Dining for Dollar$ – January

January 22 | NW 23rd & Savier

New Year. New restaurants. We are kicking off 2020’s Dining for Dollar$ with Mexican cuisine. XICA CANTINA will be hosting January’s Dining for Dollar$ on Wednesday, January 22.

Portland Mexican favorite, the upscale XICO (chee-ko) on SE Division, featured in the Oregonian’s top 40 restaurants every year since its opening in 2012, opened XICA (chee-ka) Cantina, a more casual second location, at the corner of NW 23rd and Savier in July 2019, serving local, organic and handmade Mexican cuisine, fine wine, and artisanal Mezcal as well as a small kids menu! Reservations are accepted and recommended. You can make reservations online directly from their website. They also accept take out orders by calling 971-339-9041. Their capacity is 74 to give you an idea of the size of space. They are open for lunch and dinner from 11 AM to 9 PM.

Check out this great write up from the Oregonian – XICA CANTINA.

A personal and incredibly timely testimonial from XICO’s owner Liz:

With a daughter turning 5 in January, who is about to enter kindergarten at Buckman Elementary, I’m concerned about kindergarten class sizes. I believe that kids thrive in environments where the highest standards are set and maintained. I’m happy to support Chapman and hope together we can make sure our students are nurtured. Xico/Xica co-owner and Hammer & Hand founder Daniel Thomas is a supporter of Chapman Elementary, recently making a $500 donation to the 80’s Prom Fundraiser. At Hammer & Hand, every donation made to a relatively well supported public school is matched for one of the neediest schools, spreading the resources around the city. Both our businesses, Hammer & Hand and Xico/Xica, are invested in the community, employing and providing health insurance to more than 100 Portlanders, and supporting and promoting local producers like our dear farmers and wine makers. We’re so excited to be in your neighborhood and look forward to meeting you all at Cantina Xica on January 22nd!

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Talent Show – Sign up by Wednesday 1/8

Chapman’s annual Talent Show is coming up quick on Thursday, January 16th at 6 PM! This event is open to all Chapman students but we have a limited number of performance slots that will be filled on a first-come, first-serve basis. Please be sure to get your forms turned in no later than this week’s deadline, Wednesday, January 8th. Forms can be emailed to chapmantalentshow@gmail.com or turned into the PTA box in the Chapman main office. Forms came home in children’s backpacks or you can download a form here.

Lorien Steele (a 2nd grade parent) is coordinating the show for the students but she needs your help! We are looking for:

• 1 parent volunteer to help usher our performers on and off stage
• 2 parents to help with setting up the children’s equipment backstage

Please contact Lorien at chapmantalentshow@gmail.com if you are able to help.

Everyone is invited to attend and cheer on our students as they hit the stage. We hope to see you there!