6th & 7th grade families, please check your email and Parent Square later today for a message from Mr. Parks in your email today about forecasting for classes for the 2026.27 school year.

Check out the brand-new Forest Edition of CY News, now live and ready for the whole school to explore! Our 7th and 8th-grade Digital Media students have outdone themselves with an issue packed with interesting articles, interactive surveys, fun facts, and original student art.

This special edition also features a brand-new narratives section and custom puzzles for you to solve. We invite all students and families to take a moment to peruse the stories, play the games, and see the incredible work our students have created for the Cal Young community.

Ticket requests for 8th grade promotion close at midnight tonight. An email will be sent to all 8th grade families on Wednesday, June 3rd, detailing how many tickets will be issued to their student along with ticket procedure details. For questions, please email krivchuk_a@4j.lane.edu

The Lost and Found looks less like a closet and more like a mountain. We currently have enough jackets, water bottles, and lunchboxes to open our own department store. The Clock is Ticking. We are officially 10 days away from the final deadline.

If it’s still here in two weeks, it is going to charity! Don't let your favorite sweatshirt become someone else's donation. Do yourself (and your parents/guardians) a favor, walk by the Lost and Found today during lunch and rescue your stuff!

Our diligent coordinators and management team are working hard to compile the menus for the 2026/2027 school year. We have met with more vendors to find more breakfast options for our students. Our coordinators are helping management come up with recipes for meals.

Rice is the most widely eaten food in the world. Rice is a tiny edible seed and a cereal grain. There are over 40,000 different types of rice. Black rice is sometimes called "forbidden rice" because long ago, it was so rare and special that only royalty in ancient China were allowed to eat it. Wild rice isn't actually rice at all - it's a seed from a completely different aquatic grass plant!

Question: How many different shapes of pasta exist in the world today?

Answer: Over 600!

Lemons float, but limes sink. Limes are denser than water, while lemons have air pockets that keep them buoyant.

A big THANK YOU to everyone that attended our first annual Family Fun Night! We had over 200 people come through the door meaning we earned both incentives! We had 3 food trucks, challenge games, face painting, and $1,500 worth of awesome raffle prizes (15 in total) including gift cards, snacks, spa items, pokeman cards, a leather purse, and a golf package. Winners of the raffle prizes and students drawn for the "do something to a teacher" raffle will be announced during advisory. Thank you to student leadership and all the volunteers that made this possible. We can't wait to do it again next year! 

Our last meeting is Wednesday, June 3rd at 6pm in the library. Come see what we have been up to this year and help us create a calendar of events for next year. 

Thank you for all the donations to the food pantry! We are able to send home 8-10 backpacks every week because of these generous donations. 

We were also able to secure a weekly donation from Panera to send home end of day bagels and baked goods. What a fun treat! 

Next week we could use: 

* pancake mix (just add water) - 5

* syrup (6)

* canned chicken (20) 

* mayonnaise (10) 

* cream cheese (10) 

Interested in wrestling at Sheldon? Not sure what is about? Find out more today!

Boys Head Coach: Kyle Stucky (541) 954-5739 stucky_k@4j.lane.edu

Girls Head Coach: Kim Stucky (541) 912-9795 stucky_ki@4j.lane.edu

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. And LTD passes will be $1 per trip in July and August, so anyone in the family can ride with them for a very low cost.

To get a free LTD student transit pass, available as a tap card or Umo smartphone app, middle and high school students can request their own passes from the front office. Passes are valid as long as your student is at 4J!

Registration is now open for YMCA summer camps as well as 2026-2027 Before & After School Child Care Programs.

These programs provide a safe, supportive, and enriching environment for students, and early enrollment helps families plan ahead for both summer and the upcoming school year.

Open to all incoming 6th-12th graders in Eugene/Springfield and surrounding areas.

Spend your summer on the water!

From first strokes to high-level preparation for fall racing, ERC offers structured camp experiences designed for every stage of an athlete's development. Take a look at our single-week camp offerings below! Sibling and multi-week discounts are available!

Additional information about camps will be emailed to all participants in the weeks leading up to our first week of camp!