It's Fall, Y'all! Come out to the Fall Harvest Dance TONIGHT October 28th, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Costumes allowed (at the dance, not during the school day!) but NO weapons or full face masks. Please be mindful of our smallest friends when choosing your costume. Blood and gore are not appropriate at a school function.

Pizza ($1 slice), treat bags, free pumpkins, and so much fun!

We will have an awesome photo booth and photographer with prints of the photos for $5.

Exciting news! The highly-anticipated Fun Run is coming up on November 4th. Our Fun Run Fundraiser kicked off on October 24th but you can still register and start raising money to support our school and win cool prizes - at mybooster.com. Our goal is to raise $10,000 for Tualatin Elementary!

See the flyers in the attachments or below for more information! Keep reading below for more Fun Run fun!

Who do you think will win the race? Support our guest runners by buying wristbands for .50! Wristbands on sale Oct 31st - Nov 4th from 7:45-8:00 a.m. in the rotunda.

The memory book is accepting photos for the following activities. Please help make this year's memory book a success!

First Day of School - deadline is October 28th

Walk & Roll to School - deadline is also October 28th

NEW! We are now accepting the following photos:

Fall Harvest Dance - deadline is November 14th

Classroom Field Trips

Art Lit

Garden

Coming Soon: Spirit Week/Days

Coming Soon: Fun Run

Are you volunteering...document your time in the school and send us your pictures.

Please send your photo submissions to tualatinschoolphotos@gmail.com AND label with the following information: student's grade, teacher's name, student's first and last name and the name of the activity, i.e. 2nd grade, Fossati, John Smith, First Day of School.

Have other memory book questions, please reach out to Ashley Young at tualatinememorybook@gmail.com. Sales won't begin until after the New Year.

Also, please take the time to subscribe to Flash Alert, the system that is used to send text messages when there is a school closure or delay. This is especially important to do before Winter weather sets in!

Parents, crosswalk staff arrive at the crosswalk at 7:45. Please consider waiting until they are in position before crossing, if possible.

Thank you for recommitting yourself to student safety and following all safety laws in the school zone.

We love our volunteers and are excited to welcome you back into the building this year! To volunteer at Tualatin, please follow the steps below. When your application is completed, you'll receive an email from the front office and you'll be able to schedule volunteer time at the school.

All volunteers must complete the checklist below to volunteer

• Complete a background check at: www.helpcounter.net/ttsd. (This needs to be renewed every three years.)
• Be vaccinated for COVID-19. Please provide vaccine documentation using the following link-TTSD Volunteer Vaccination Documentation or send a copy/photo of your card to the school office (athorderson@ttsd.k12.or.us)
• OR If you have a vaccination exception, please fill out the form that applies to you- Religious or Medical and submit to the following link- TTSD Volunteer Exception Documentation

• When the above has been completed, contact me (athorderson@ttsd.k12.or.us or 503-431-4800) and I will send you links to the training materials.

Masks will be optional in the building for volunteers that are vaccinated. We ask that if you are sick or have any symptoms, that you postpone your volunteering until you are well.

Volunteers with a vaccine exception on file will be required to:

• Wear a mask while on TTSD property OR;

• Be given a rapid test at the time and location of their volunteer assignment.

Please contact Amanda Thorderson (athorderson@ttsd.k12.or.us or 503-431-4800) with any questions.