Summer Newsletter 8/23

Athletics are in full swing, and our teams are looking good!  Check out their game schedule on OSAA's website. Come out and support our student athletes when you can!

GO HIGHLANDERS!
HAPPY SUMMER

IMPORTANT INFO
Monday, September 2		Labor Day Holiday - No School
Wednesday, September 4		9th Grade Orientation Day
Thursday, September 5		First Day of School 10-12th Grades
Friday, September 6		Hello Assembly

NEHS HIGHLANDER STUDENT NEWS  

Updates to Parent Canvas Login

Dear Parents and Guardians,

We’re excited to announce that you’re a few steps away from activating your Canvas Observer account for your middle or high school student. Canvas Observer enhances engagement with your student’s academic journey, allowing you to read announcements and view grades and assignment due dates, among other features.

All new and returning users must activate their account before you can start using Canvas Observer. To activate your account, complete the following steps:

1. Visit 4J’s Canvas for Families webpage and click on “Forgot Password?”

2. Enter the email you provided your child’s school and then click the “Request Password” box

3. Enter a password after clicking the reset link you receive in your email

4. Return to the Canvas for Families webpage to log in with your username and new password

Canvas Observer will not allow you to activate more than one account if parents/guardians have the same email address on file for their student. In this case, contact your school and provide a unique email address for each parent or guardian associated with your student. 

Please contact your school if you have any questions or run into any problems.

Thank you for your assistance,

Nicholas Hadley

Digital Learning Platform Manager
Eugene School District 4J

Front Office is Hiring!

Robotics Competition Needs Support

Our school’s robotics team (#9044 N.E.R.D.)  is hosting our league's competitions throughout the school year, and we will need volunteers! 

Every year, we compete in the FIRST Tech Challenge.  FIRST is an organization that designs a robotics challenge each year for school-based teams to compete with robots built from a small kit of parts. Our challenge this year is titled Into the Deep. Our students would love to see some of their own teachers' faces on competition days!

The dates of these events are:

• September 7th - Kickoff (7:45 - noon)

• October 19th - League Meet 0 (8am - 1pm)

• November 16th - League Meet 1 (8am - 1pm)

• January 11th - League Meets 2 & 3 (8am - 5pm)

• February 8th - League Championship (8am - 5pm)

If you are able to volunteer, please fill out this form. If you know anyone else who would like to volunteer, please forward the form to them!

We truly hope you can join us! Thank you so much for your time and your 🎉Gracious Professionalism! 🎉

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to wilson_a@4j.lane.edu.

Regards, 

9044 N.E.R.D.
Coach - Alpha Wilson
Student Business Lead - Devon

Optional Student Accident Insurance now Available

Dear Parent/Legal Guardian:

 

The safety of our students is of critical importance to all of us and we want to protect them from injury. Even so, accidents do happen (at school and elsewhere) and required medical care can be expensive. Please know that your school does not assume responsibility for such costs but does offer you access to several student accident insurance plans for voluntary purchase. Details can be found in the attached brochure/enrollment form. 

 

Options are available to cover your child 24/7, anywhere in the world or you can limit coverage to school-related injuries only. The plans do not restrict your choice of doctors or hospitals. However, you’ll also have access to an extensive network of providers with discounted fees. Seeking care through contracted providers may further reduce your out-of-pocket costs, particularly if your child needs surgery or hospitalization. 

 

Also offered is the pay-as-you-go Student Accident & Sickness Plan which covers sickness as well as injury, in and out of school. The Dental Accident plan can be of particular value with younger students as final treatment to injured teeth often needs to be deferred until after they mature.

 

Common emergency benefits – Regardless of the benefit level selected, all of the accident medical plans and the Student Accident & Sickness Plan will cover eligible charges for Ambulance, Emergency Room and Emergency Room Physician at 100% of Usual, Customary and Reasonable charges (UCR) up to plan limits.

 

Enhanced benefits for qualified concussions – If an insured student suffers a concussion while participating in any covered activity and is consequently removed from play from his/her interscholastic sport per the school’s formal concussion protocols, then any deductible or inside limit features of the plan are waived and eligible charges for the evaluation and treatment of the concussion are paid at 100% of UCR subject to remaining policy terms and conditions.

 

Interscholastic Sports – Please know that all plans offered (other than the Dental Accident Plan) may be used to comply with applicable state and local insurance requirements for participation in interscholastic sports (coverage for high school tackle football is offered on a stand-alone basis).

 

You are strongly encouraged to carefully review the information provided. If your child already has health coverage, the student insurance plans offered can also be used to expand your choice of providers and help cover the high deductibles and 30% to 40% cost sharing obligations imposed by many health plans today. 

 

To enroll, please visit www.myers-stevens.com; instructions for enrollment are available on the website.  While your child is eligible to enroll at any time, one-time-pay rates for the accident medical plans and Dental Accident Plan are the same regardless of enrollment date. As such, you are encouraged to consider enrollment now in order to include coverage for this summer and the full 2024-2025 School Year. Once processing is completed, an ID card verifying coverage will be mailed home to you.

 

 If you have any questions concerning the coverages available or need help with enrollment, please call Myers-Stevens & Toohey at (800) 827-4695. Bilingual representatives are available for parents who need assistance in Spanish.

 

 Sincerely,

  

Lane County School District 4J

  

4J COMMUNITY NEWS

Volunteer at YG
Hi all, 
 We hope you're enjoying the summer! We have 2 upcoming events for volunteers. Please see the details below. 

Volunteer Opportunity #1
Volunteer with YG PTO at the children's area at Obon and Taiko Festival this Saturday, August 24th at the Lane Events Center (fairgrounds) from 12:00-8:00pm in the Performance Hall. Come volunteer then stay for the performances!  

Feel free to sign up for multiple shifts if you can! If you cannot commit to a whole time slot, please sign up anyway and let us know. Student volunteer shifts are open to any middle and high school students with community service hours available upon request. 

Sign Up Here: https://volunteersignup.org/FR893 

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Volunteer Opportunity #2
With the start of school right around the corner, the YG PTO is calling for volunteers for the UO Football Season. The YG PTO still needs 20 volunteers for YG's beverage booth at the UO season opener against Idaho! 

Game Day: Saturday, August 31st  
Volunteer Arrival Time: 1:30-2:00pm
Kickoff: 4:30pm
Please sign-up here: https://volunteersignup.org/PQWTA


Thanks for your time and consideration! 
 - YG PTO Board

Free LTD Transit Pass! All students in 4J schools can get a student pass to ride Lane Transit District (LTD) buses for free. Student transit passes can be used to travel anywhere within the LTD service area. Student passes can be used at any time—after school, on weekends and during school breaks, as well as to get to and from school each day. To get a free LTD student transit pass, available as a tap card or Umo smartphone app, guardians/parents can make the request for elementary students; middle and high school students can request their own passes at the front office or at high school registration events. Passes are valid from September 1 of the current school year to October 15th of the following year and can be renewed by the school each year for ongoing free service.  Message from Safe Routes to Schools Welcome Back! We look forward to seeing you again this school year and have some tips to help you get to school safely. For students walking, biking, riding a skateboard, scooter or other device to get to school or a bus stop: Choose streets with low traffic volumes, slow speeds, few intersections, bicycle lanes and sidewalks with no roadway construction. Be aware of your surroundings. If you have a cell phone, put away your phone and ear buds, especially while crossing the street. If there are no sidewalks, walk facing traffic so you can see approaching cars.  Be predictable and visible. If riding a bike, scooter or other device, ride in a straight line and wear light or reflective clothing. If you ride a bike, skateboard or scooter, always wear a helmet.  Lock bikes with a U-lock when you arrive at school (ask the office if you don’t have one) and lock scooters and skateboards in the rack outside the front entrance  with a padlock. Contact your Safe Routes to School Coordinator with any questions and for support with route planning at saferoutes@4j.lane.edu or 541-790-7539. For new drivers, learn and follow the rules so you can build habits that may save your life, or the life of your passengers or others on the road.  Drive sober. Buckle up and make sure your passengers do too. Keep your eyes on the road, hands on the wheel and mind on the task of driving. Follow the posted speed limit. Limit passengers. Consider riding the bus instead of driving. Get your free LTD pass from the office to save money on gas; get some extra time to do what you want while you’re riding; cut down your risk of crashes; and help the planet!

Learn to Ride Event