Timberwolf Times

April Vonderharr, Principal | Salina Machida, Assistant Principal

Teri Buck, Head Secretary | Sabrina Manseau, Assistant Secretary

Dear Tukes Valley Primary Families,

We are looking forward to having each of you back here in a few short days. We hope you all had a restorative holiday break and enjoyed time with your loved ones. Our first week back will be pretty busy with reconnecting with our school community, going over school-wide expectations, and starting our winter assessments. We look forward to more learning, fun, and shared experiences in the new year!

Mrs. Vonderharr and Mrs. Machida

Please join us on Tuesday, January 7th, 2025, from 5pm-6pm in the library. Travis Drake and Luke LeCount will present key information about the levy and answer questions.

All presentations are open to the public. Childcare and light refreshments will be provided. Please bring your ID if you need to access childcare.

In the event of a weather-related school closure, the presentation will be canceled. However, anyone may attend a different presentation at another school or find information on the district website. We hope to see you there!

If you require ASL interpretation services, please email communication@battlegroundps.org at least five days before the presentation.

Si necesita servicios de interpretación en español, envíe un correo electrónico a spanish.support@battlegroundps.org al menos cinco días antes de la presentación.

Если вам требуются услуги устного перевода на русский или украинский язык, отправьте электронное письмо по адресу russian.support@battlegroundps.org не позднее, чем за пять дней до презентации.

• School starts at 9:05 a.m. and dismisses at 3:40 p.m.

  
  

  A student is considered tardy at 9:10 a.m. Please come into the office to sign in your student.
  

  
  

  Late start Wednesdays school starts at 10:05 a.m.

  
  

  Please look at the school calendar for more information on specifics.

• Spring break: Monday, March 31, through Friday, April 4
  

• No school Jan 20th.

• In-service dates (no student attendance): Jan. 29

• Last day of school: Tuesday, June 10 (assuming no added days for weather-related closures)

There is no school on January 20th and 29th, 2025

School dismisses at 12:40 pm

A heartfelt thank you to our amazing PTO, dedicated parents, generous vendors, and hardworking staff for making our Candy Cane Bazaar a resounding success! Your support and contributions to our school are truly appreciated.

Battle Ground Public Schools’ board of directors has placed a replacement education and operations levy on the special election ballot for Feb. 11, 2025. This local levy makes up approximately 13% of the district’s budget and fills the gap between funding received from the state and the actual cost of educating students. The replacement levy would fund things like student safety, instructional/support staff, class sizes, curriculum adoption, nursing and mental health support, special education, busing, sports, the arts and more. It would provide funding that impacts students in every BGPS school.

Voters approved the expiring education and operations levy in 2021 at an estimated rate of $1.99 per $1,000 of assessed property value. The actual rate in the first year was $1.97. The estimated rate for this replacement levy would be $1.95 per $1,000 of assessed value each year. More information about the replacement levy is available on the district website.

This committee ensures that new teaching and learning materials were selected following the proper process and evaluates library books that are being reconsidered. The deadline to apply is January 26, 2025. Apply now.

Dear Families,

Kids Heart Challenge starts after winter break, and we are proud to support the American Heart Association through this service-learning program. Students will learn how to have happy and healthy hearts and brains, while raising lifesaving donations to help others with special hearts. Plus, your family can learn the lifesaving skill of Hands-Only CPR through Finn’s Mission! Sign Up TODAY at www.heart.org/schools or by downloading the FREE AHA Schools App for Apple or Android.

It may be hard to believe, but the potential for wintry weather will soon be in the forecast. Please visit the district’s weather and emergency information page to make sure you are ready in the event of a school closure or delay. Please remember we never have an early release and a late start.

How we notify families

• Automated phone calls, emails and texts: Please keep your contact information updated in Skyward (Family Access) or contact your school office. On weather days, calls may begin going out as early as 5:30 a.m. to families who have not opted out.

• Information line: 360-885-5343 (updated by 6 a.m. on weather impacted days).

• District website

• BGPS Facebook page

• Flash Alert: Sign up for email alerts or download the mobile app for updates about emergency and non-emergency issues. You must re-subscribe every year.

• TV and radio stations, local newspapers may share information at their discretion.

Please download and print our weather guide for quick access to weather-related information and make sure you know if your child’s school is in the north or south part of the district.

Expect your bus to be at the at the delayed time. As an example if there is a two hour late start and the bus is normally at the stop at 8:30 then it will be 10:30. Please pay attention to the delay time communicated by the district.

If snow routes are in effect in the morning, those same buses will be on snow routes in the afternoon, too, regardless of the weather by that time. For snow routes, if your bus stop is different from your regular stop, then a guardian must meet their child at the snow route stop at the end of the day or the student will be transported back to school.

If snow routes are in effect in the morning, those same buses will be on snow routes in the afternoon, too, regardless of the weather by that time. For snow routes, if your bus stop is different from your regular stop, then a guardian must meet their child at the snow route stop at the end of the day or the student will be transported back to school.

Please make sure your child eats breakfast before coming to school when we have a weather related late start - there is no breakfast provided as lunches start shortly after school starts.

Please slow down while on the Tukes Valley Campus. We ask that you follow the directions given by our staff either at drop off or pick up.

Keep at home any ill child or child with the following:

• Fever - over 100.4 F, especially if other symptoms are apparent. Your child should be free of fever for 24 hours (without the aid of Tylenol/Ibuprofen or other fever reducers) before returning to school.

• Nausea, vomiting, and/or diarrhea – Students should not return to school until 24 hours after the last time they vomited or had diarrhea.

• Rash – –DO NOT send a child with a rash to school until approval by your licensed healthcare provider (provide documentation to school) or the rash has been resolved – especially with additional symptoms like itching, fever or appearing ill. Rashes may cover the entire body or be in only one area, and are most contagious in the early stages.

• Known communicable disease - should not be sent to school without the specific approval of your doctor. Chickenpox (exclude students from school until all lesions have crusted). Impetigo (exclude until under treatment or unless a licensed health care provider suggests it). Strep (exclude until under treatment for 24 hours). Ringworm (exclude until treatment has been started).

• Eye drainage – may indicate conjunctivitis (a common infectious disease of the eyes) caused by several types of bacteria and viruses. Keep students home from school and see a licensed health care provider if there is white or yellow drainage from the eye(s), altered vision, and/or redness of the eyelid or skin surrounding the eye.

If a child becomes ill or seriously injured at school, the parent/guardian is notified to pick up the child. If a parent/guardian cannot be reached, an emergency contact will be called. Therefore, please make sure that throughout the school year you provide the school with current work, home, and emergency telephone numbers. If your student goes home sick, please remember to call or email to excuse your student's absence.

If you have any questions/concerns about your child’s health, please contact your licensed health care provider.

Here are some tips to keep you and your child healthy to prevent illness:

• Wash hands frequently (before eating/after using the bathroom/after sneezing/coughing into your hands) with soap & warm water for 20 seconds

• Cover your mouth/nose with a tissue when you cough/sneeze OR sneeze into your upper sleeve

• If soap & water are not available, use an alcohol based hand cleaner

• Keep your bodies clean as well as brush your teeth

• Get plenty of rest each night

• Eat a variety of healthy foods including fruits and vegetables

• Drink water (instead of sugary or carbonated choices)

• Get daily exercise; Get routine health check-ups

• Stay away from second-hand smoke exposure

If you are interested in before or after school care - sign up now! You can use the Parent sign up form to begin the process today.

Join our meetings in the library at 4 pm:

Jan 7, 2025

Feb 4th, 2025

March 4th, 2025

April 8th, 2025

May 6th, 2025

June 3, 2025

Have ideas and can't make the meeting, or want more information on the Tukes Valley PTO? We're an open book. Contact us at info@tukesvalleypto.org.

1. Please complete the online form.
2. Bring your valid photo identification to any school or the district office for verification. The license must be turned in BEFORE your application can be processed. Once it has been turned in, it takes 7-10 business days for clearance.
3. Washington residents* must present a valid Washington driver’s license or state ID card. By law, after you move to Washington state, you have 30 days to obtain your Washington driver’s license.

• Please either send a note with your student or email the office @ tvpoffice@battlegroundps.org no later than 2:30 p.m. if there is a change in your child''s going home plan.
• Call the office to excuse an absence within 72 hours
  
• Come into the office to sign your student in when they are tardy
• Late start on Jan 8th, 15th, 22nd
  
• No school on Jan 20th, 2025
• No school on Jan 29th, 2024 due to Teacher In-service Day
• Early release Jan 23rd and 24th. School releases at 12:40 p.m.

Email: tvpoffice@battlegroundps.org
Website: https://tvp.battlegroundps.org/
Location: 20601 Northeast 167th Avenue, Battle Ground, WA, USA
Phone: 360-885-6200

Office Hours: 8:30am - 4:30pm

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The Battle Ground Public Schools is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination

in any programs or activities on the basis of sex, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age,

honorably discharged veteran or military status, sexual orientation, gender expression or

identity, the presence of any sensory, mental or physical disability or the use of a trained dog

guide or service animal by a person with a disability and provides equal access to the Boy

Scouts and other designated youth groups. Information about the district’s nondiscrimination

and sex-based discrimination policies and grievance procedures are located on the District’s

website at: https://www.battlegroundps.org/notice-of-nondiscrimination/ . The following

employees have been designated to receive and respond to questions and complaints of

alleged discrimination:

Title IX Coordinator: Tom Adams, Director of Student Services, Battle Ground Public Schools,

PO Box 200, Battle Ground, WA 98604, adams.tom@battlegroundps.org, 360.885.5415

and/or U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights (OCR). Title IX inquiries may also

be referred to the U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights (OCR)

https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/index.html

Civil Rights Compliance Coordinator/Section 504/ADA Coordinator: Michelle Reinhardt,

Executive Director of Human Resources, Battle Ground Public Schools, PO Box 200, Battle

Ground, WA 98604, reinhardt.michelle@battlegroundps.org. 360.885.548