Weekly Update

Dear Families,

Wow! This year's Pozole dinner was a tremendous success! We are still totaling up the donations, however we believe over $1000.00 was raised to support the students and teachers of Truscott. Thank you so much to our Café con Leche group for all of your hard work to make this night happen and for cooking the delicious Pozole. Thank you to all the families that donated food items, helped set up and clean up. A huge thank you to First United Methodist Church for their continued generosity by allowing us to use their kitchen and community space. Thank you to Taste Local for the use of their refrigerators to keep the Pozole cold overnight. Thank you to the Truscott Dance Team, for their amazing performance, as well as Leticia Calzado for her accompaniment. Last night was a testament to the incredible community we have here at Truscott!

Once again we are going to need to postpone Grandparent's Lunch. We are still on the county watch list for the Norovirus, which is still in our physical building. The recommendation is especially for more vulnerable populations, including most grandparents. We are really hoping to be released from the county list after we are out of the building and the virus has a chance of clearing out over winter break. We will send an update once we have been released. Thank you for your understanding and we hope to have our grandparent's visit very soon!

We are wishing you and your family a very happy holiday season! Enjoy you break and we look forward to seeing your children on January 8th!

All the best,

Karen Hanford

Principal

Truscott Elementary School

Spanish Dual Language Immersion

karen.hanford@tsd.org

970-613-6902

1 No school-Holiday/No hay escuela- Día festivo

2-3 No school-Winter break/No hay escuela- Vacaciones de invierno

6 No school-Teacher work day/No hay escuela-Día de trabajo de maestros

7 No school-Professional day/No hay escuela-Jornada profesional del personal

9 Kindergarten Family Connection 3:30 - 4:30 pm

13 Kid's Heart Challenge Starts Today

13 Dance Club 3:15 - 4:15 pm

14 Lego Robotics3:15 - 4:15 pm

14 Student Leadership3:30 - 4:30 pm

20 No school-Martin Luther King Day/No hay escuela Día de Martin Luther King

21 Lego Robotics3:15 - 4:15 pm

27 Dance Club 3:15 - 4:15 pm

28 Lego Robotics3:15 - 4:15 pm

We had a very successful Book Blast! I am thrilled to announce that EVERY SINGLE student, regardless of participation in the program, will be receiving FREE books from the event!

Join us on Thursday, December 19 from 5pm-6pm for Seasons Readings Literacy Night in the gym and library to pick up your students' books and any prizes not received yet. We will enjoy hot chocolate and bookmark making. If you are unable to attend, your student will receive their free books on Friday, December 20th.

Kate Penley

Library/Media

Truscott Elementary School

"I do believe something very magical can happen when you read a book."

-JK Rowling

Please join our community at the Unified Basketball games this coming January!

• Loveland HS vs Thompson Valley HS is on Saturday, January 11th, 2025 (at Loveland HS). The games are at 11:30am (Girls), 1:00pm (Unified), and 2:15pm (Boys).

• Berthoud HS vs Mountain View HS is on Saturday, January 31st, 2025 (at Berthoud HS). The games are at 5:00pm (Girls), 6:30pm (Unified), and 7:00pm (Boys).

• Here is a PDF version of the flyer as well.

~Submitted by Dr. María Gabriel, Director of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. Questions? edi-team@tsd.org

Are you interested in your child being ready for kindergarten? The Thompson School District's Integrated Early Childhood Program provides quality preschool experiences for three and four year olds at 15 different sites around the Loveland and Berthoud area.

If your child will be 3 or 4 years old by October 1, 2025, your child may be eligible to participate in the Thompson School District's Early Childhood Program. We ask all interested families to complete our Preschool Interest Form available on our preschool website. If you have any questions about our program, please call 970-613-5052.

Sheri Fender

Program Secretary

Thompson Integrated Early Childhood

407 E. 42nd St.

Loveland, CO 80538

Phone: (970) 613-5761

Fax: (970) 613-5766

Hi families,

Since the weather is colder and we start to see more moisture and precipitation, please be aware that playground equipment may be wet, which means your child's clothing may become wet. We have a limited supply of clothing in the health office to support toileting accidents, so it would be helpful if your child had a set of dry pants and socks in their backpack just in case. Please also remember to send your students with appropriate clothing including coats, jackets, hats and snow boots as the temperatures continue to drop. We have a few spares here, but not many.

Please also remember that cough drops and throat lozenges, while helpful during cold and flu season, are not allowed to be brought to school. Any medicines, including cough drops and lozenges, must have a doctor's permission for administration and have to be kept in the health office.

Thank you for your understanding.

Stephanie McNutt

Truscott Elementary School SHOA

If volunteers and chaperones can go on a field trip, do you want to be one? If so, you need to go to the Thompson School District website and fill out a volunteer form. You must be an approved volunteer to go on the field trip. If you are not sure if you are an approved volunteer please call me and I can look you up in the system.

Here is the website you need to go to and this needs to be done at least two weeks prior to the field trip.

We are here to help you! If you are in need of support, please contact your classroom teachers, Mrs. Mueller, Mr. Bessey or Mrs. Hanford. As a team, we will work to find the answers to your questions and help the best that we can. Please email us at

todd.bessey@tsd.org, karen.hanford@tsd.org, or

Email: michelle.mueller@tsd.org
Website:https://tes.tsd.org
Location: 211 West 6th Street, Loveland, CO, USA
Phone: 970-613-6900
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/truscottelementaryschool/
Twitter: @ourschool