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February 13, 2020
News and Reminders!
2/13: 5th Grade Memory Book Tributes submission deadline
- 2/14: No School--Teacher Training Day
- 2/17: No School--President's Day
- 2/17-28: Ambassador Food Drive
- 2/20: Site Council Meeting 2:45 p.m.
- 2/21: OBOB Final Battle Assembly 1:30 p.m.
- 2/22: TTSD All School OBOB Jamboree 9:00-10:30 a.m. Fowler Middle School
- 2/24-2/26: Read-a-thon Packets due
- 2/26: Art Lit Meeting 6:00-8:00 p.m.
- 2/27: Art Lit Meeting 1:00-2:30 p.m.
- 2/27: 5th Grade Music Performance 6:30-7:30 p.m.
- 2/28: 3rd Grade Field Trip
- 2/28: Memory Book Order Deadline
Read-a-thon Begins This Week
Help your child find an assortment of genres, choose a topic as a family to read about, create a cozy reading corner in your house, take a family trip to the library – so many ways to make reading fun!
Students set a reading goal, track the minutes read in the reading log, get pledges from sponsors (if they wish) and return them to the teachers on Feb.24th to receive prizes! Every single student that participates in this event receives a prize irrespective of whether they raise money or not. Mark your calendars and check out the flyer for additional information.
Important Dates:
Feb.12--Read-A-Thon packets sent home
Feb.13--Get family and friends to sponsor you
Feb.14 - Feb.21--Read and log your minutes
Feb.22 - Feb.23--Collect the donations
Feb.24- Feb.26--Turn in Read-A-Thon packets to teacher
Mar.2--Prizes delivered to classroom
Food Drive Contest February 17-28
There will be a grade level competition. The teams are:
Kindergarten and 5th grade
4th and 1st grade
2nd and 3rd grade
The winning team earns a popcorn and popsicle recess! We hope you will join us in donating to the Tualatin Schoolhouse Pantry!
Kindergarten Registration Continues!
Walk-in Kindergarten registration is happening – come in now!
A child must be 5 years old on or before Sept. 1, 2020 to enter kindergarten this fall.
For our records, parents should bring their child’s BIRTH CERTIFICATE, IMMUNIZATION RECORDS and PROOF OF ADDRESS. Also, please provide EMERGENCY CONTACTS.
Preschool Registration
Memory Books on Sale Now!
Now is the time to pre-order your Tualatin Elementary Memory Book for $20! We are collecting pre-orders during the month of February. You must pre-order to reserve a copy of the book for your child. Supplies are limited and we do sell out each year! Please make checks payable to the Tualatin Elementary PTA.
Fifth Grade Tributes were due today. If you missed the submission deadline, please email Amber Nickle at tualatinmemorybook@gmail.com to see if your late submission can still be accepted.
Teacher Experiences and PTA Auction
Teacher experiences are on sale now! Students have the opportunity to participate in grade-level and all-school activities with teachers and staff through the PTA auction fundraiser. You can purchase a spot in the experiences and purchase tickets to the auction through the link below. To purchase auction tickets, click on "Catalog". To purchase tickets to the auction, click on "Buy tickets". http://tualatinelementarypta.schoolauction.net/auction2020/
The auction will be held on Saturday, April 18th, from 6:00-9:00 p.m. at the Juanita Pohl Center.
Parents: Donations are needed! Do you or your business have items for our silent auction? Individual items or a basket is welcome. Do you have a boat, vacation home, chef aspirations, awesome contacts? Donate an experience for our live auction!
Contact Kim Andress (tualatinpta@gmail.com) with any donations!
Tualatin Elementary School
Email: jkingery@ttsd.k12.or.us
Website: https://www.ttsdschools.org/tualatin
Location: 20405 SW 95th Ave
Phone: 503-431-4800
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TualatinElementaryGarden/
Twitter: @TuES_BlackBears