Students and families are invited to our garden "Hoe Down" Saturday, October 22, from 9-11:00 a.m. We are honoring our summer/fall garden volunteers, cleaning up the garden, doing some final harvesting and noshing on Aggi's refreshments!

Los estudiantes y las familias están invitados a nuestro jardín "Hoe Down" sábado, 22 de octubre, de 9:00 a 11 am. ¡Estamos honrando a nuestros voluntarios del jardín de verano/otoño, limpiando el jardín, haciendo la cosecha final y comiendo los refrigerios de Aggi!

It's Fall, Y'all! Come out to the Fall Harvest Dance on October 28th, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Costumes allowed (at the dance, not during the school day!) but NO weapons or full face masks. Please be mindful of our smallest friends when choosing your costume. Blood and gore are not appropriate at a school function.

Pizza ($1 slice), treat bags, free pumpkins, and so much fun!

We will have an awesome photo booth and photographer with prints of the photos for $5.

Exciting news! The highly-anticipated Fun Run is coming up on November 4th. Our Fun Run Fundraiser kicks off October 24th! You can register now - and start raising money to support our school and win cool prizes - at mybooster.com Watch for exciting information on all the festivities leading up to the Fun Run, including Spirit Week and Wristbands sales starting the week of Oct 31st!

See the flyers in the attachments or below for more information!

Also, please take the time to subscribe to Flash Alert, the system that is used to send text messages when there is a school closure or delay. This is especially important to do before Winter weather sets in!

We are hiring a TEAF Coordinator to run the program for the 2022-2023 school year and into the future!

Tualatin Elementary Arts Foundation (TEAF) is a school enrichment program with emphasis on the arts, STEM, academics, and physical fitness. It is designed to provide our students with a variety of artistic, academic, recreational classes and clubs. This year there are 2 terms of classes during the school year (Winter and Spring) that in the past have included classes like chess club, hip hop, soccer, experiential science classes, ukulele, choir, Make a Music Video, Tae Kwon Do, gardening, ceramics, yoga, crafts.

If you think you might be interested in this rare opportunity, apply by using the job posting. If you have questions, feel free to email TEAFprogram@gmail.com.

What is a Memory Book you ask!?!? Our Memory Book is our school's yearbook that is put together by our amazing parent volunteers. It gives a full color snapshot of all the school happenings from the first day of school through April. This year, like the last two years, we invite all parents, staff and volunteers to submit photos to potentially be used in the memory book.

We are now accepting the following photos:

First Day of School - deadline is October 28th

NEW Walk & Roll to School - deadline is also October 28th

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.

Parents, crosswalk staff arrive at the crosswalk at 7:45. Please consider waiting until they are in position before crossing, if possible.

Thank you for recommitting yourself to student safety and following all safety laws in the school zone.

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.