Our blue bag bottle collection is today in front of the school from 3:00-5:00 p.m. Drop off your bags of bottles and cans! This doesn't mean the fundraiser is over, though! You can drop your blue bags of bottles off at any BottleDrop location anytime from here on and the funds will go straight to the Tualatin Elementary PTA! Additional bags can be picked up at the school.

Feel free to take a bag to work and collect those cans in your offices and lunchrooms! Save the environment and support Tualatin Elementary at the same time!

Hey friends, Tualatin Elementary PTA has the sweetest offer for you. By ordering a dozen (or two) original glazed doughnuts, you can treat your family to the freshest doughnuts in town and 50% of the order will be donated back to Tualatin Elementary PTA!

From now until January 16, you can get your dozens using our fundraising sales page below.

Krispy Kreme Doughnuts for Tualatin Elementary PTA

How it works: purchase your dozens online, visit your nearest Krispy Kreme store & redeem using your code. You can also purchase doughnuts and gift them to friends and family, or perhaps some well deserving colleagues! Dozens are redeemable nationwide, so feel free to share this page with other doughnut lovers!

Thank you in advance for your support, we hope you enjoy this sweet offer.

Looking for a part-time job while your children are in school, working with great people and making a difference in children's lives? Come work at Tualatin Elementary! We are hiring a Recess Ranger, Food Service Assistant, and Title One Assistant! Recess Rangers spend 2.75 hours supervising students at lunch recess, keeping students safe and enjoying the fresh air! Our food service assistant works 3.5 hours a day assisting Aggi in the cafeteria, preparing and serving nutritious food to our students. Our Title One assistants work 3.5 hours a day, providing literacy support to our students in small groups and one-on-one.

If you are interested in either of these positions, reach out to the office for more information (503-431-4800) or apply directly here.

Students riding bus #37 are seeing a new face in the driver's seat! Bo has completed her training and onboarding and is excited to get your students safely to school each day! Remind your students to be safe, kind, and responsible on the bus.

The next Read-a-thon Committee meeting to help plan our spring Read-a-thon is Thursday January 12th at 7:30pm. This is a virtual meeting and the link is: https://meet.google.com/umu-vvyp-kby

Then, join the PTA on Tuesday, January 17th at 7:00 p.m. for their monthly meeting in the school library. Everyone is invited!

Did you sort through clothes over Winter Break? Do you have gently-used clothing that you are planning to donate? Please keep the health room in mind. We are especially short on small (sizes 5-8) elastic-waist pants and underwear, although we are happy to accept all sizes! (And remember--for tax purposes, this may be an "in-kind" donation to the school!)

Our fourth-graders have been hard at work preparing for their annual Oregon Trail Concert! In fourth grade, students learn Oregon history, participate in an Oregon Trail re-creation, and present a fabulous musical extravaganza! Join them on Thursday, January 19th at 6:30 p.m.

Mark your calendars for upcoming musical performances this year.

5th grade music concert Feb 9, 2023

2nd grade music concert March 2, 2023

All concerts will be from 6:30-7:00 p.m.

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

We are now accepting the following photos:

Spirit Week/Days (Hat Day, PJ Day, etc)

Classroom Field Trips

Art Lit

Garden

Winter Holiday

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.

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.