Tustin Connect News

This week was filled with lots of great stuff. We had a Rotary Scholarship winner, lots of state testing completed, and a great presentation by OCDE on Drug Awareness. In addition, our 3-8 grade students were loving their popsicles, thank you parents. This week, we are finishig off State Testing for our students, as well as Maverick Hangout this Wednesday at the K-8 campus! Super fun.

This week's background features our little buddies celebrating Earth Day with some poetry with their big buddies, a picture from the Drug Prevention Workshop, and congrats to senior Emily S. for her well deserved Scholarship from Rotary Club!

As always, if you have any questions, concerns, or compliments, please reach out to Mr. Fineberg, our principal, at efineberg@tustin.k12.ca.us.

I want to do a little bragging here! A huge congratulations to Senior Emily S. who won a big scholarship from the Rotary Club of Santa Ana/Tustin. It was an extremely competitive process this year with multiple applicants with only a limited number of recipients. The application included multiple essays along with an interview component. After all of that, Emily was chosen! We couldn't be more proud of her. As our Seniors begin to hear from their college acceptances, we are so excited to find out all of the wonderful colleges they will be attending. Just to give you an idea of the great schools are students have been accepted to, look at this list of just some of the many schools our seniors were accepted to:

Virginia Tech, IU Bloomington, UConn, SDSU, SJSU, UC Davis, UCLA, UCSD, UC Irvine, UC Riverside, UC Merced, Cal Poly Pomona, University of Denver, Penn State, University of Utah, Cal State Fullerton, Cal State San Marcos, Grand Canyon University, Chico State, Cal Poly Pomona, Cal State Sonoma, Northern Arizona, Boise State, Grand Canyon, University of Oregon, Willamette University, University of Puget Sound, Oregon State University, Washington State, University of Hawaii, Concordia, University of Arizona. Arizona State, University of Colorado Boulder, Loyola Chicago, San Francisco State, Chapman University, Cal State Long Beach.

That's just the early list of schools. We are so proud of our seniors and can't wait to hear all of the great things they accomplish.

As always, if you have any questions, compliments, ideas, and/or concerns, please don't hesitate to reach out at (714) 430-2052 ext. 52103 or efineberg@tustin.k12.ca.us. Have a great Spring Break.

We will see you on Tuesday, March 26th for the home stretch.

Mr. Fineberg

Hello Maverick Families,

If you haven't done so already, please consider joining our planning committees as they prepare for promotion and graduation. PTA supports with a financial contribution, but your time and creativity are invaluable to making those dollars come alive.

TC Spirit Wear is on sale! Visit the website https://www.tustinconnectpta.com/spirit-wear to get yours today! We have them in stock just purchase them and pick them up! You can order online via our website and show your receipt to the office, or you can bring cash or check to the office made out to PTA.

• T-shirt $10
• Dri-fit $15
• Jammie Pants $30

If you are interested in getting involved, we'd love the help! Please contact the office and we can connect you to our PTA. You can also reach out to our PTA President, Ziggy McBride via email at ziggy.mcbride@gmail.com.

No word on a new member of the Wijnhamer family. As a reminder, while Mrs. W is out, Mrs. Harding will be supporting our students and families. Mrs. Harding is a well respected and talented counselor in TUSD for many years. We are so lucky to have her support and knowledge. She's great. Her email is bharding@tustin.k12.ca.us.

Also, you still have access to the recording of our last Principal/Counselor Coffee. We covered student credits and high school graduation requirements as well as a Q and A opportunity for families as well. You can view the meeting in case you missed it using this link.

Check out Mrs. Wijnhamer's Monthly Counselor Newsletter.

Our Counselor and Mental Health team have a great website with lots of resources to check out.

Brainfuse HelpNow is an on demand, anytime, anywhere eLearning platform available for all ages and levels. Last week, it was announced that every Californian can now access free online tutoring available 24/7 through a new initiative offering homework help in every K-12 subject and skill-building resources for K-12 and adult learners.

Real-time homework assistance can now be accessed 24/7 here and on the websites of any of the 1,130 local public libraries around the state – click on the “HelpNow” link to reach a one-on-one tutor. The pilot program led by the State Library offers assistance in Math, Language Arts, and other core K-12 subjects in English, Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese, Vietnamese, and Tagalog. There’s no age limit to who can use the service. Adult learners can also access writing assistance, citizenship resources and other tools.

TUSD Resource Sora Summer Read

Sora Sweet Reads in an annual summer reading program designed for schools to encourage students to keep reading all year long. "Check out" the free collection of simultaneous use juvenile and young adult ebooks (and select audiobooks).

Login to Sora to access these and many any other great ebooks and audiobooks all summer long through Clever, TUSD Student Portal or soraapp.com using your TUSD Google login and password.

Student Request - SORA books – Here is a link to a Google Doc to send suggestions and recommendations for new books for our collections!!

If you have any technology questions or needs, please take a moment to visit the Resources section on our TC website and which has helpful hints and answers many of your questions. It also has a link to our TUSD helpdesk where you can get help for a wide range of issues from iPads to Schoology, apps and more. Check it out!

School Website Calendar Link

April 29-May 2: CAASP Testing 3-8 grades

May 1: Maverick Hangout

May 6-9: Hope Week at TC High School

• Monday: Paint Rocks with Positive Messages
• Tuesday: TLC Workshop on Communicating 11am-12pm (limit 25 students)
• Wednesday: Pie Fineberg! (and any other staff that would like to participate)
• Thursday: Donuts/Bracelet making

May 8: Senior Breakfast and a Movie

May 15: K-3 Field Trip to Tanaka Farms

May 22: Kindergarten Graduation and Awards Ceremony, 5th Grade Promotion (Time TBA)

May 22: HS Pizza Day for Finals

May 23: 8th Grade Promotion 6 pm at the K-8 campus

May 30: High School Graduation 3 pm at the Tustin HS Stadium

To provide students a flexible, yet rigorous, alternative education solution within a caring community that cultivates success, resilience, and advocacy for themselves and others

Email: efineberg@tustin.k12.ca.us
Website: www.tustinconnect.org
Location: (K-8) 14741 North B Street; (9-12) 1151 San Juan Street
Phone: (714) 430-2052
Twitter: @tustinconnect