Vision Screening
We are also looking for volunteers to assist! If you can help with this--training is given--please contact Amanda (503-431-4801). Volunteers are needed from 8:00-10:00.
Winter Rock + Roll to School
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BottleDrop Ongoing Fundraiser 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! | ArtLit Volunteer Training Art Literacy Volunteer Training: Monday, January 23rd, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Join Irene DeGiovanni as she introduces Jacob Lawrence as the featured artist for February. Read more about him here. | Read-a-thon Committee MeetingsWe have only had three committee members active so far, and the more help we have the easier it will be for us to throw a successful fundraiser - so please sign up, and invite your friends! Next Read-a-thon Committee Meeting: Thursday, February 9 · 7:30 – 8:30pm |
BottleDrop Ongoing Fundraiser
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!
ArtLit Volunteer Training
Join Irene DeGiovanni as she introduces Jacob Lawrence as the featured artist for February. Read more about him here.
Read-a-thon Committee Meetings
We have only had three committee members active so far, and the more help we have the easier it will be for us to throw a successful fundraiser - so please sign up, and invite your friends!
Next Read-a-thon Committee Meeting:
Thursday, February 9 · 7:30 – 8:30pm
Google Meet link: https://meet.google.com/amn-swtr-yen
Fifth Grade Music Performance
Our fifth-graders have been hard at work preparing for their annual Jazz Concert, to celebrate Black History Month! This is always a wonderful, inspiring performance. Join them on Thursday, February 9th at 6:30 p.m.
Looking ahead: 2nd grade music concert March 2, 2023 from 6:30-7:00 p.m.
Verify Your Information in ParentVue
We have opened up the opportunity for parents to update their information we have in our system (Synergy) via ParentVUE.
It will remain open through the end of the school year. We ask that all parents review the student health information, email, phone, student cell phone, etc. that we have on file to ensure we have the best method for school to home communication.
Parents will have 5 opportunities to dismiss this reminder in ParentVUE before they are forced to review and update this information.
Health Room Clothing Needed
Memory Book Photo Submissions - Deadline March 5th, 2023
Happy 2023 Staff and Families! We hope you all enjoyed the holidays and time with your loved ones. With the New Year here and the printing date for our Memory Book nearing, it is time to start wrapping up our photo submissions. Please see below for specifics on the photo submissions we are now accepting and note our submission deadline date of March 5th, 2023. Your contributions will help make this year's Memory Book extra special!
Order forms for Memory Book purchases will be distributed at the end of January/beginning of February, so please keep your eyes peeled for those in the upcoming weeks, along with the opportunity to purchase a 5th Grade Tribute for your 5th grader. More details coming soon.
We are now accepting the following photos:
Spirit Week/Days (Hat Day, PJ Day, etc.)
1st Grade Music Informances*
Classroom Field Trips
Art Lit*
Winter Holiday Family Night
Garden
Are you volunteering in the school?...what a wonderful opportunity for you to document school happenings while our memory book volunteers can't be there. Please snap some pics and send them our way.
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.
Lutheran Community Services is offering a FREE online Citizenship Day to eligible green card holders on Thursday, February 23!
This event is best for:
- People who don't need a citizenship class
- High intermediate or advanced English speakers
- Have had their green card for almost 5 years or 3 years if they're married to a U.S. citizen.
See the latest class schedule.
See the class website.
Free NAMI Mental Health Classes
Do you want to learn more about youth mental health, and how to support the children in your life? The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) of Washington County is offering a free class starting on January 25th. NAMI Basics is a 6-session education program for parents, caregivers and other family members who provide care for youth (ages 22 and younger) who are experiencing mental health symptoms. It's taught by a trained team with lived experience raising a child with a mental health condition. They know what you’re going through because they've been there too.
When: Wednesday evenings from 7-8:30pm, January 25th - March 1st
Where: Countryside Community Church in Sherwood. 18810 SW Kruger Rd, Sherwood, OR 97140
Link to register: https://bit.ly/BasicsSherwood
Volunteering at Tualatin Elementary
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.
Tualatin Elementary School