Weekly Update September 16 - 20 '24

Families,

Thank you for a great start to the school year! In the next few weeks we have several opportunities for your family to be further involved at Truscott. We have two different parent groups. Café con Leche is our parent group that hosts many of our family nights, raises money to support our classrooms and discusses ways to make the school better for students and families. SAC or our School Accountability Committee is our parent group that helps advise the workings of our school. In this group, we discuss student data, systems and structures of a Title I school, our state school plan (SUIP) and issues or concerns to discuss to make the school a better place for students and families.

Our first SAC Meeting will be held, in-person or virtually, on September 23, 2024, from 11:00 - 12:00 pm. During this meeting I will share our progress towards our state plan, as well as share our Title I Annual Meeting video, describing what it means to be a Title I school. We hope you can join us! Please use this link to join the meeting if you are attending virtually. We hope to see you there!

Our next Café con Leche meeting will be held on Wednesday, October 2, 2024, from 9:30 - 11:00 am. During this meeting we will hear from our Superintendent, Dr. Marc Schaffer, share our Title I Annual Meeting video, and plan for upcoming family events.

If you have any questions about either family group, please reach out to Mrs. Hanford or Marisela Posegate (formerly Varela) our full time Family Engagement Specialist. We hope to see you there!!

Enjoy your weekend,

Karen Hanford

Principal

Truscott Elementary School

Spanish Dual Language Immersion

karen.hanford@tsd.org

970-613-6902

!Buenos Dias! We are off to a great new year at Truscott!! This year, we need your help: we're aking that all our students be able to have tennis shoes for PE days in class. It helps keeping their bodies safe, and not making marks on our gym floor for the custodians to have extra work to clean off. Students have P.E. on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays. You can check with your classroom teacher exactly which day they go to P.E.

If your family is in need of a pair of tennis shoes, the District had shoes donated by soles 4 souls so please reach out to Mrs. Mueller and she can request a pair of shoes for your child.

Thanks for your cooperation on keeping your kiddos safe! Happy Labor Day Weekend!!

Mrs. B (Bridget McGuire)

PE Teacher
Truscott & Centennial Elem
"Challenging us ALL to become our best!"

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September

17-3rd grade Family Night-kickball and popsicles 4:30 - 5:30 p.m.

19-Kindergarten Family Connection 3:15 - 3:45

Each year, Americans nationally celebrate the histories, cultures and contributions of those whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America from September 15 to October 15. September 15 is significant because it is the anniversary of independence for the Latin American countries of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. Mexico and Chile celebrate their independence days on September 16 and September 18. Loveland’s heritage month is known as Latiné Heritage Month. Join us for the Loveland Celebration on Saturday, Sept. 14!

• Resources

• Hispanic Heritage Month (Library of Congress)

• Hispanic Heritage Month | National Archives

• Teachers, check out TSD’s SORA curated collections to teach about diversity, the Latina/o community and our increase our appreciation for and commitment to inclusion and belonging:

• Always Available Spanish Titles Collection

• Elementary School

• Middle School

• High School

~Submitted by Dr. María Gabriel, Director of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

1-Picture day and October count day/ Dia de fotos y

1-1st Grade Fall Family Fun Night / Noche de diversion familiar de otoño de 1er grado 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.

1-4th and 5th grade to the Career Center / 4to y 5to grado van al centro de profeciones 9:00 - 11:30 a.m.

2-Career Day / Dia de Profesiones 12;00 - 2:30 p.m.

3-2nd grade Family Night-Kickball / Noche familliar de 2do grado- Juego de kickball 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.

7-5th grade field trip to Viestenz-Smith Park / Excursion de 5to grado a Viestenz-Smith Park 8:30 to 2:30 p.m.

9,10,15 and 16 Family conferences/ Conferencias familiares 3:30 - 7:30 p.m.

10-Cafe con leche 8:30 - 9:30 a.m.

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

14-17 Book fair/ Fería de libros

16-3rd Grade to the Opera @ the Rialto/ 3er Grado al show de Opera en el Rialto 1:00 p.m.

17-No school-Family conferences/No hay escuela- conferencias de padres/maestros

18-No school-Teacher exchange day/No hay escuel

Please add 970-613-6907 to your contacts in your phone. This is our attendance line. Please call the attendance line anytime your student will be late, is home sick, has a doctor appointment or will be out of school. You may also email her at stephanie.mcnutt@tsd.org. Please email or drop doctors, dentist or orthodontist notes to Stephanie so she can mark these absences medically excused. Please communicate with the teachers also if the student is going to be out for an extended period of time.

Please read about the District's new chromebook insurance option! Details can be found on our Tech 4 All website.

~Submitted by the ITS Team

Are you an adult family, staff, or student member of the TSD Community who is interested in learning about how TSD addresses equity, diversity, and inclusion? If so, sign-up to join the TSD Educational Equity Council (TEEC)! We will host quarterly meetings this school year to increase knowledge of the equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) work throughout TSD.

We are seeking broad and diverse community participation to help us move our work forward in alignment with the TSD Strategic Plan and TSD Board Policies related to Educational Equity (Policy ADB), Equal Educational Opportunities (Policy JB), and Non-Discrimination/Equal Opportunity (Policy AC).

The first meeting of the Thompson Educational Equity Council (TEEC) will be held on October 24, 4:30-5:30 p.m. If you or your TSD student are interested in attending, please complete the sign-up form. We will have pizza!

~Submitted by Dr. Maria Gabriel, Director of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

Are you an adult family, staff, or student member of the TSD Community who is interested in learning about how TSD addresses equity, diversity, and inclusion? If so, sign-up to join the TSD Educational Equity Council (TEEC)! We will host quarterly meetings this school year to increase knowledge of the equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) work throughout TSD.

We are seeking broad and diverse community participation to help us move our work forward in alignment with the TSD Strategic Plan and TSD Board Policies related to Educational Equity (Policy ADB), Equal Educational Opportunities (Policy JB), and Non-Discrimination/Equal Opportunity (Policy AC).

The first meeting of the Thompson Educational Equity Council (TEEC) will be held on October 24, 4:30-5:30 p.m. If you or your TSD student are interested in attending, please complete the sign-up form. We will have pizza!

~Submitted by Dr. Maria Gabriel, Director of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

Are you in need of a winter coat and boots for your child? L.C. Real Estate sponsors this incredible opportunity for our school.

If so please fill out the google form below. This is limited to the first 60 students and the form is due back by September 19th and we may not be able to take any late orders. Please use the sizing chart below. This is so important as the sizing can run differently.

October 1st is picture day, October count, hearing and vision testing day. Please refrain from making dentist, orthodontist, or well checks on this day as it is going to be a busy day here at school.

For our new familes, October count is the day we take student attendance and our funding for the next school year is based on attendance from this day, so please plan on sending your child to school.

Here are flyers in multiple languages for our free English course for adults beginning September 24. We have a beginner and intermediate class, and free childcare will be provided. The link and QR code for registration are on the flyers. Please share this opportunity with your school communities!

~Submitted by Dr. Megan Edmiston, ELD Coordinator

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 webiste 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 michelle.mueller@tsd.org

Email: michelle.mueller@tsd.org
Website: https://www.thompsonschools.org/truscott
Location: 211 West 6th Street, Loveland, CO, USA
Phone: 970-613-6900
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