As we start this school year, we are excited to introduce a new leadership program. Our Den Leaders will be 5th grade students who are interested in volunteering and helping around our school. We are looking for students who are excited about helping, want to learn more about leadership, and love being a part of the Black Bear family! Events and activities will include helping both during the school day and at before or after school events!

Forms have been handed out by teachers and are in the newsletter attachments. Extras can also be picked up in the office. Complete this form and return it to your teacher before October 1st.

Please contact Mrs. Fetherston if you have any questions.

Lisa Fetherston

Dean of Students

lfetherston@ttsd.k12.or.us

503.431.4771

We also need volunteers to weed, mow, water and harvest over the next few months. Sign up for a week: Monday - Sunday. Share the week with another family!

If you haven't already, join the PTA and PALA Facebook groups for timely information!

Facebook Tualatin Elementary PTA: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TualatinElementaryPTA

Facebook Tualatin Elementary Parents Page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/526699244410248

Facebook Tualatin Elementary PALA (Grupo de Padres Latinos): https://www.facebook.com/groups/1481609748808658

September 26th - 29th, 2022

Book Fair Hours for Everyone:

Monday 2:30pm to 8:00pm (Snack & Shop)

Thursday 2:30pm to 8:00pm (Back to School Night)

Students may visit the book fair during school hours with

their class on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday

All money raised from this book fair will go towards buying books for the library!

The library is holding a coin drive September 26th-29th. Bring in your change and the class that raises the most money will get $50 in Scholastic dollars for their teacher.

Hello Black Bear Families! Welcome back! Another amazing school year is upon us and we are excited to see all this year will bring. With the new school year comes the preparations and assembly of another fabulous memory book and our volunteers are eager to get started.

Now that the first weeks of school have come and gone, we would like to start accepting photo submissions from families and staff from the first days of school. Please send your photo submissions to tualatinschoolphotos@gmail.com by October 28th.

We have an amazing committee of three parent volunteers working on the memory book this year and will introduce you to them soon, so you can be familiar with their names and faces. However, we welcome anyone else who may be interested in joining the memory book committee. If you want to learn more and/or are interested in joining this committee, please reach out to Ashley Young at tualatinmemorybook@gmail.com.

Tualatin Elementary is committed to working in partnership with families to create a positive and successful learning experience for every child. As a Title I school, each year we are required to gather staff and parent feedback regarding our school Parent Involvement Plan and our School-Home Compact. Please review the draft for this year and provide your feedback by 4 pm on Friday 9/23/2021. Responses will be confidential unless you choose to complete the last question.

Thank you for your help and if you have any questions, please reach out to Karen Houtz

(503) 431-4794 khoutz_ext@ttsd.k12.or.us

Click links below to access resources:

• Current Proposed 2022-2023 DRAFT Parent Involvement Plan
• Previous 2021-2022 Parent Involvement Plan for reference (if desired)
• Feedback Form

• Current Proposed 2022-2023 DRAFT School-Home Compact
• Feedback Form

• Helmet fittings and bike checkups
• Free helmets
• Free bike rentals
• Bike activities for all ages

See the flyer in the attachments for more information and additional dates and locations.

New permission forms are required each year.

To minimize classroom interruptions, please make sure your child knows how they are getting home before they come to school. If your plans change during the school day, please contact the office before to 2:00 with those changes so we can get the message to your student prior to dismissal. The office number is 503-431-4800. Thank you for your assistance.

Our attendance line is 503-431-4770. Please remember to call the attendance line before 8:30 if you child is going to be absent or tardy (after 8:00). If your student is out sick, please inform us of any symptoms your child is experiencing so we can share any exclusion information with you. An automated system will call you if the absence/tardy has not been reported.

Please set up your student's meal account or apply for free meals through the Titan Program Website. You can also view the school menu in Titan or the TTSD website (subject to supply chain disruptions). If your student has food allergies, please be sure to update that information in ParentVu.

Elementary Lunch: $3.75

Want to help our school library? We need a Book fair chairperson for our book fair that is coming up at the end of September. We also will need lots of volunteers to make it successful. All proceeds from the book fair buy new books for our school library.

The library also needs book pickup & shelving volunteers for Monday and Thursdays 8:00am to 9:30am and for Wednesday afternoon library. This volunteer position is every week and requires a lot of lifting and bending and organizing shelves. Different people can volunteer for different days.

The library could also use some volunteers to help with OBOB (Oregon Battle of the Books). This volunteer would help a couple times a month during lunch and recess.

If you are interested in volunteering for any of these positions please email Kathleen Cunnington at kcunnington@ttsd.k12.or.us.

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.) You will also need to complete the Child Abuse online training.
• 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 the school office (athorderson@ttsd.k12.or.us or 503-431-4800) and we will give you documents for the Volunteer COVID training through Tualatin Elementary.

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.