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Wildcat Families,

As we work our last couple of weeks towards Winter Break, I want to remind you of how important daily and timely attendance is, especially as we work to cement student learning. Student engagement over the next 2 weeks is crucial in helping students build and retain skills through our 2-week winter break. Learning is much more difficult when students aren’t accessing daily instruction, practice and interaction with peers. We know that many families plan family trips and vacations around the holidays and into the new year and I’m hoping to interrupt that planning if possible so that we get students here at school everyday except for unavoidable illness and family emergencies. Here are a few statistics about attendance that really blow my mind as I’m writing this:

• Being late to school just 10 minutes a day adds up to missing nearly ½ year of school over 13 years of classes.

• Being absent just 1 day every 2 weeks equates to missing 1.5 years of school over 13 years of schooling.

Being at school every day and on time not just impacts academic learning but it builds lifelong habits that are crucial now as they begin to form.

We’re here to partner with you in any way that we can to support your child’s attendance here at school. If there are barriers to attendance or factors that you’d like us to know about, please don’t hesitate to reach out to your child’s teacher as soon as possible. You may be hearing from us anyway as we work to partner with you to support student success.

I appreciate your attention to this as we reach this busy and stressful time of year.

Sincerely,

Tim, Principal

Familias Wildcat,

Mientras trabajamos en las últimas semanas hacia las vacaciones de invierno, quiero recordarles lo importante que es la asistencia diaria y puntual, especialmente mientras trabajamos para consolidar el aprendizaje de los estudiantes. La participación de los estudiantes durante las próximas 2 semanas es crucial para ayudarlos a desarrollar y retener habilidades durante nuestras vacaciones de invierno de 2 semanas. El aprendizaje es mucho más difícil cuando los estudiantes no acceden a la instrucción, la práctica y la interacción diaria con sus compañeros. Sabemos que muchas familias planifican viajes familiares y vacaciones durante los días festivos y durante el nuevo año y espero interrumpir esa planificación si es posible para que tengamos a los estudiantes aquí en la escuela todos los días, excepto en caso de enfermedades inevitables y emergencias familiares. Aquí hay algunas estadísticas sobre asistencia que realmente me sorprenden mientras escribo esto:

• Llegar tarde a la escuela sólo 10 minutos al día equivale a perder casi medio año de escuela en 13 años de clases.
• Estar ausente sólo 1 día cada 2 semanas equivale a perder 1.5 años de escuela en 13 años de enseñanza.
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Estar en la escuela todos los días y a tiempo no solo impacta el aprendizaje académico sino que también desarrolla hábitos para toda la vida que son cruciales ahora que comienzan a formarse.

Estamos aquí para colaborar con usted en todo lo que podamos para apoyar la asistencia de su hijo a la escuela. Si existen barreras para la asistencia o factores que le gustaría que conozcamos, no dude en comunicarse con el maestro de su hijo lo antes posible. Es posible que tenga noticias nuestras de todos modos mientras trabajamos para asociarnos con usted para apoyar el éxito de los estudiantes.

Agradezco su atención a esto a medida que llegamos a esta época del año ocupada y estresante.

Atentamente,

Tim, Director

School Schedule for the 2023-2024 School Year

7:45AM - Doors Open

8:00AM - School Starts

2:20PM - School Dismissal

Attendance Line: 503-431-4405*

*Even if you have told your teacher, please call the Attendance Line before 8:30AM the day of an absence. If the attendance line is not called by 8:30AM the day of the absence, the office might not be able to put the excused absence in the system before the automated phone calls go out to unexcused absent students.

* Wednesday December 11th: Family Reading Night- 5pm to 7pm

* Thursday December 12th: 3rd grade Music Performance @ 6pm

* Monday December 23rd - Friday January 3rd: Holiday Break, No School!

Teachers were greeted Wednesday morning by parents and students to support "Red for Ed"

Book Fair

The Book Fair is right around the corner! From Dec 9th to12th students can shop during their recess. They have the option to pay with cash or use their eWallet. Be sure to set up your child's eWallet with Scholastic now. Families are also invited to shop after school until 3:15 PM and during Family Reading Night.

We need volunteers to set up, run the Book Fair during recesses, afterschool, during evening events, and clean up when we are done. No experience needed! Volunteers will always have a Book Fair Chairperson around and will be trained on the spot.

Family Reading Night

Join us for a fun evening on Wednesday, December 11th, from 5 PM to 7 PM. Explore the book fair, make some fun crafts, enjoy warm cocoa, check out new spirit wear, and much more!
We would appreciate your support—consider signing up to volunteer or donating books for the swap to give every child the chance to leave with a book. You can bring books during the event or drop them off at the school's vestibule in advance.

Art Literacy

We are looking forward to our first Art Literacy Day of the school year on Friday, Dec 13th! We need volunteers to assist with our Art Literacy Takeover Day, where each class will do an art project. No art experience needed—just come and enjoy. We encourage volunteers to sign up for multiple time slots; for instance, you can sign up for the first three slots of the day and help with three different grades!

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TTSD students, their families, and staff now have access to mental health care coordination services at no cost through Care Solace.

As a central hub of care, Care Solace streamlines communication and coordination to connect individuals with the right resources and appropriate levels of care.

With a team of more than 500 dedicated Care Companions, Care Solace connects Tigard-Tualatin School District to over 560,000 licensed mental health and substance use treatment providers.

To learn more about Care Solace and its services, visit caresolace.org.

TTSD prohibits discrimination and harassment on any basis protected by law, including but not limited to, an individual’s perceived or actual race,color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national or ethnic origin, marital status, age, mental or physical disability, pregnancy, familial status, economic status, or veterans’ status, or because of the perceived or actual race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national or ethnic origin, marital status, age, mental or physical disability, pregnancy, familial status, economic status or veterans’ status of any other persons with whom the individual associates. 504, and Title IIA Coordinator: Carol Kinch; ckinch@ttsd.k12.or.us, 503-431-4137 Title IX Director: Len Reed; lreed@ttsd.k12.or.us, 503-431-4012. Mailing Address: 6960 SW Sandburg Street, Tigard, OR 97223

2024-2025 TTSD District Calendar

Food Service - Monthly Menu Page

Free & Reduced Lunch Application

Title 1 Information

Below are the community flyers that were provided to and approved by the TTSD District Office for this week. Please visit the TTSD website HERE to view past community flyers.

Website: https://www.ttsdschools.org/cft
Location: 12855 SW Grant Avenue
Phone: 503-431-4400