chapmanswift Uncategorized

Chapman Wednesday Bike Train

Join the Chapman Bike Train every Wednesday this spring, starting this week!  We will have a slightly shorter train route for our weekly rides, see this website post for more info.  

We will ride on April 26th, May 3rd, May 10th, May 17th, May 24th, May31th, and June 7th.

What is a bike train?  It is a group of students, parents and teachers that all bike or roll their way to school together. With one big train going every week we hope to promote active commuting for the students, teach them bike safety, get them awake and ready for school and we also hope to create a huge presence in the streets of NW Portland.  Can we get 30 students to ride together this first week! or more?! How many students can we get by the end of the school year?

If you are up for biking or rolling, check out the attached map, find a stop that is close to where you live or just wait along the route until we come through.  Or, if you don’t live close to the route, think about parking close to the train route and joining in.  A great place to join is at the corner of 24th & Johnson (downhill ride to school). 

And watch this page and the Chimney Flyer for more information on the after school Bike Carnival on May 17th!

A few items to note:  Helmets are required.  Each student should have a responsible adult riding along.  I ask that we try to have a 1 to 4 adult to student ratio to help with train safety.  Have questions? Need help finding a bike or helmet? Your student wants to ride but you can’t join them? feel free to email me at anniedusher@gmail.com

chapmanswift Uncategorized

STEAM Night is Thursday April 27th!

The PTA is inviting all Chapman students and their grown up(s) to STEAM Night, April 27th from 5-8pm. What is STEAM? Well, it stands for Science Technology Engineering Arts and Math. Here is the line up for the evening:

  • Learn about and see some real live animals with the Oregon Reptile Man (shows start at 5:30pm & 6:30pm)
  • Try your hand and some brain teasers, puzzles and interactive hands-on activities from OMSI
  • Check out a real Robot and learn about engineering from the Lincoln Robotics team
  • Discuss and learn about weather science with Meteorologist Chris McGinness from the KGW Weather team
  • Try out some medical equipment and talk to real healthcare workers from Metro Pediatrics (and some of our own Chapman moms!)
  • Come do some Science activities with STEM Like a Girl
  • Spice up your creative juices with an Art activity

It’s going to be out of the world Scientastic!
* Due to the nature of this event, guardians MUST accompany their student(s) at ALL TIMES. Teachers will NOT be at the school during this event, so parental supervision is mandatory.

More info at https://friendsofchapmanorg.wordpress.com/steam-night/

chapmanswift Uncategorized

International Bike to School day & Bike Carnival – Wednesday May 17th

Celebrate International Bike to School Day by joining our Bike Train in the morning (see map for special international bike to school day route) and then check out our Bike Carnival after school! Spread the word – can we get 100 students and family members to join?!! 

Wondering what a bike train looks like? Check out this video of our 2022 Fall Bike to School day!

chapmanswift Uncategorized

Special Spring Calendar

There are a LOT of events happening at Chapman in the next few months… the PTA doesn’t want you to miss any of them, so we’ve created a special printed calendar to help everyone stay in the know with all of the fun community happenings for the rest of the school year. Please check your kiddo’s backpacks for your own copy… and if you didn’t get one, you can still check it out here.

chapmanswift Uncategorized

Dining for Dollar$ @ Laughing Planet

Chapman’s next Dining for Dollars event will be at Laughing Planet on Monday May 15th. Visit their NW location (909 NW 21st Ave) from 11am-8pm, and they will donate a portion of their earnings to Chapman for the entire day!

The Laughing Planet approach to food looks like this: get the food from the farm to your plate as quickly as possible in the least complicated way. Their menu has an abundance of whole foods, fresh veggies, and global flavors that create dishes packed with nutrition while still offering maximum flexibility, so you can get exactly what you want every time.

chapmanswift After school/enrichment/summer camp

Watercolor Workshop Thursday April 6th

Oregon Society of Artists is sponsoring a one-day watercolor workshop at Chapman next week, Thursday April 6th afterschool.

The class will be taught by a professional watercolor artist and will be for grades 3rd-5th. This is not your usual “kids” art class, but will cover actual painting techniques.

You can sign up here: https://canvas.osartists.org/classes/982

We are trying to bring back more afterschool programs and this is an amazing opportunity for students to try out something new. If there is enough interest, we will make this a regular class, so sign up TODAY… there is limited space!