Totem Falls Raven Review
Friday, October 14, 2022
ATTENDANCE EMAIL
We have a new attendance email. You can still call 360-563-4751 to report an absence OR use the new email: tf-attendance@sno.wednet.edu
IMPORTANT DATES
OCTOBER
17: The IDEA Project School-wide event, volunteers still needed, click this link
20-26: Fall Bookfair
24: Conference Week
25-28: 1/2 day 11:45 am release time
31: Storybook Dressup day
NOVEMBER
10: Veterans Day Assembly at 8:45am & concert at 6:30pm
CONFERENCE SIGN-UP
An email will be going out to all K-6th grade families about how to sign up for your child's conference. We will do this through Skyward so please be sure you know how to log into your Skyward account. If you don't know your password you can just click on forgot password and reset it.
Preschool families will recieve communication from their student's teacher about how to sign up for the fall conferences. In the spring they will also move to Skyard for conference sign-up.
LIBRARY NEWS
We still need some AMAZING Book Fair volunteers to help with cashiering for the LAST TWO DAYS of Book Fair: October 25 and 26. If you are interested in volunteering, please SIGN UP HERE to help during the day or after school on October 25 or 26. All volunteers will receive a coupon towards books at the fair. Thank you for helping us make our Book Fair the best ever!
EVERYONE is invited: IN PERSON & ONLINE
We are excited to invite STUDENTS & THEIR FAMILIES to shop our FALL BOOK FAIR both IN PERSON (October 20-26) and ONLINE (October 20-Nov. 1st)! STUDENTS will be able to shop the fair during their assigned library class time or after school with their FAMILIES.
FAMILIES can send cash with their students or set up a Scholastic eWALLET account on our TF Book Fair homepage to shop the fair.
***Want to help a TF student who can’t afford books at the fair? Donate to our Totem Falls library’s ALL FOR BOOKS eWallet account. GIVE THE GIFT OF READING!
***Book Fair Flyers went home on Monday this week!
VETERANS PHOTOS
In anticipation of Veteran’s Day in November, Ms. Thurston is collecting digital pictures of family members who are veterans or current service members. These pictures will be used in a video presentation shared during our Veterans Day celebrations.
Photos do not need to be of service people in uniform, or in color but should be at least 800 x 600 resolution and in .jpg format if possible. You must include the veteran’s name, student’s name, veteran’s relationship to student, and branch of service.
ALL PHOTOS MUST BE SUBMTTED BY MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 26TH
If you submitted a photo in previous years, you do not need to resubmit.
Please send all photos and questions to: stephanie.thurston@sno.wednet.edu
Stephanie Thurston
She/her
Totem Falls Elementary
General Music
Band & Choir Director
360-563-4802
WALK-A-THON FUNDRAISING CONTINUES
Thank you to everyone who who supported the walk-a-thon event yesterday. From all of the organizers & volunteers to eveyrone who donated. Fundraising continues through midnight on Sunday, October 16.
Students can still earn prizes. We are so close to the $30,000 goal.
Click on the link to set up your child's fundraising page.
ANNUAL SNOHOMISH GREAT PUMPKIN RACE - 2022
- Who: All elementary-aged children in the Snohomish School District
- What: Children will run the following distances based on grade level:
- Grades 1 & 2 - 800m
- Grades 3 & 4 - 1200m
- Grades 5 & 6 - 1600m
- When: The race will be held on Wednesday, October 19. The times below are approximate.
- 1st Grade – 4 p.m.
- 2nd Grade – 4:20 p.m.
- 3rd Grade – 4:40 p.m.
- 4th Grade – 5 p.m.
- 5th Grade – 5:20 p.m.
- 6th Grade – 5:40 p.m.
- Where: The races will be at Veterans Memorial Stadium at Snohomish High School.
- Cost: Minimum of two cans of food to benefit the Snohomish Food Bank.
- Registration: https://sites.google.com/view/pumpkin-race/home
- Prizes: A "pumpkin trophy" will be awarded to the top three finishers, male and female, in each grade. All participants will get to keep their commemorative race number.
- Sponsored by the Glacier Peak High School and Snohomish High School cross country teams. Special thanks to Bailey Family Farm for its support!
K-3 HIGHLY CAPABLE PROGRAM INFORMATION
If your student is currently in grades K-3 and you are interested in your student receiving highly capable services to include learning opportunities with more depth, complexity, and acceleration in the classroom please be aware of the following information. Students currently identified for highly capable K-3 services do not need to go through the K-3 referral process.
Referral packets for the K-3 highly capable program are available in all elementary schools, and on the Snohomish School District websites in English, Spanish and Russian. The completed referral packet is due Wednesday, October 19, and can be turned in at your home school or the Snohomish School District office (drop box located by the main entrance) located at 1601 Avenue D, Snohomish, WA 98290. Click here to learn more.
If you have questions, you may contact Linda Varner at 360-563-7296 or email linda.varner@sno.wednet.edu and Julie Francois at 360-563-7258.
DISTRICT-APPROVED COMMUNITY FLYERS
- Affordable Connectivity Program
- Allergy & Asthma Network - Do you have peanut allergy? Do you care for a child who has peanut allergy? The Allergy & Asthma Network is looking for parents/guardians and families of children who have peanut allergies for a paid research study. Learn more at https://allergyasthmanetwork.org/news/do-you-have-peanut-allergy/.
- BridgeWhiz Grades 4-12
- Camp Fire - Discover Club Program
- Civil Air Patrol
- Climb the Mountain Free Online Speech and Debate Programs
- Cub Scouts Pack 193 and Calendar
- Everett Philharmonic Orchestra Young Artists Concerto Competition
- Free Girls Lacrosse Clinic Snolax - October 22
- Girl Scouts of Western Washington - Investing Insights Session - October 18
- Grizzlies Select Basketball Association 2022-23 Tryout Schedule 5th through 8th Grade Boys and Girls
- Join Girl Scouts at Dutch Hill
- Let Me Run Registration - Boys
- Let Me Run Registration - Boys Seattle Hill Elementary
- Links & Alliances You Matter and Belong Conference - November 5
- Little Taste of Italy - Senior Citizen Dinner November 16
- Pumpkin Run 2022
- Reflections School of Dance Fall Programming 2022
- Seattle Children's Chorus Registration
- SJAA Youth Basketball Registration
- Snohomish Basketball Association Tryout Schedule 5th through 8th Grade Boys and Girls
- Snohomish for Equity Youth Committee Application
- STEMTree
- Strategic Kids Chess at Totem Falls Elementary
- Strategic Kids LEGO at Totem Falls Elementary
- Student Advisory Council - Application
- Taekwondo for Kids - October 2022
- TOP Soccer - Fall Volunteer Opportunities
FALL PANORAMA SURVEY
With the school year well underway, we are asking our 3rd through 12th grade students to again participate in the Panorama survey for social-emotional learning. For elementary, the questions center on their current knowledge, how they feel about the school environment, and whether they have access to staff and resources to feel safe and successful. For secondary, the questions center on the same areas and further explore whether students feel they have the skills, opportunity, or ability for personal and academic growth along with social awareness and positive relationships. The survey window will be open for two weeks from October 17-31. Survey results will be available approximately two weeks after the survey window closes, which places us around November 14. If you have any questions, please reach out to your child's principal.
Our goal as a district and community is to ensure that each student feels safe, welcomed, and supported in our schools and while attending school activities. The information provided through this survey is one tool we can use to hear student voice and perspective. Other considerations will continue to include conversations with students, families, and staff and monitoring of academic progress and social-emotional awareness. It is ok to not feel ok, but please know that there is help and support so that it does not have to remain that way.
Click here for a link to more information about the Panorama survey.
IMPORTANT DATES
2022-2023 School Year
- Week of October 24 - Fall conference week (schedule and details TBD)
- Friday, November 11- No school/Veterans Day
- Wednesday, November 23 - Half-day early release
- Thursday, November 24-Friday, November 25 - No school/Thanksgiving Break
- Tuesday, December 20 - Half-day early release
- Wednesday, December 21-Tuesday, January 3 - No school/Winter Break
- Wednesday, January 4 - Classes resume after Winter Break
- Monday, January 16 - No school/MLK Jr. Day
- Monday, January 30 - No school/Beginning of second semester and non-student day
- Friday, February 17-Monday, February 20 - No school/Mid-Winter Break
- Week of March 27 - Spring conference week (schedule and details TBD)
- Monday, April 3-Friday, April 7 - No school/Spring Break
- Monday, May 29 - No school/Memorial Day
- Friday, June 16 - Last day of school
- Monday, June 19 - No school/Juneteenth
- Tuesday, June 20-Friday, June 23 - Potential snow/inclement weather make-up days
- Monday, June 19 - No school/Juneteenth
- Tuesday, June 20-Friday, June 23 - Potential snow/inclement weather make-up days
TOTEM FALLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Craig Church, Principal
Wendy Stegall, Assistant Principal TF & CV
Tiffany Bidne, Administrative Assistant
Jennifer Jordan, Main Office Secretary
Email: tiffany.bidne@sno.wednet.edu
Website: https://www.sno.wednet.edu/Domain/21
Location: 14211 Snohomish Cascade Drive, Snohomish, WA, USA
Phone: 3605634750
Non-Discrimination Notice
The Snohomish School District does not discriminate in any programs or activities on the basis of sex, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, veteran or military status, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, disability, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. The following employees have been designated to handle questions and complaints of alleged discrimination: Civil Rights Coordinator, Title IX Coordinator and ADA – Darryl Pernat, 1601 Avenue D, Snohomish, WA 98290, 360-563-7285, darryl.pernat@sno.wednet.edu; Section 504 Coordinator and Harassment, Intimidation and Bullying – Shawn Stevenson, 1601 Avenue D, Snohomish, WA 98290, 360-563-7282, shawn.stevenson@sno.wednet.edu.