The Terrapin Times #9

Dear Families,

We are starting to work on Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind. This goal focuses on visualizing your future dreams and life goals. "When you picture your life in 10 years, where do you hope to be?" We teach the kids that in order to achieve our life-long dreams, it is important to work towards them every day. This is why we create a vision for where we want to be! Parents can support this habit, by setting family goals and modeling taking incremental steps to achieving them.

Food and Nutrition Reminders:

• School breakfast and school lunch are FREE for all enrolled students, every school day. Meals must still be entered into the cafeteria computer by individual student account.

• Even though meals are free, families are highly encouraged to complete the application for free and reduced-price meal eligibility. School site funding depends in part on the number of students eligible for free/reduced-price meals. Families that qualify for free/reduced-price meals may qualify for other benefits, as well. The meal application is available online at MySchoolApps.com.

• Printer-friendly PDF menus are available on the PUSD Food and Nutrition webpage. At the top of the page, click or hover over School Menus + and then Printable PDF Menus.

Interactive, web-based menus containing nutrient and allergen details are available at MySchoolMenus.com, as well as via links from the F&N webpage.

Important Upcoming Dates:

• Monday, September 30: Professional Growth Day - non student day
  
• Tuesday, October 1st: First full day of Kindergarten, dismiss at 1:45
• Wednesday, October 2nd: PADRES DAY! Let's cheer on the home team by wearing Padres gear or Padres colors!
• October 4th: Friday Flag and Awards! Please join us for our 2nd student-led Friday Flag ceremony of the year! We will email you if your child is getting an award. Join us before school in the MPR and then stay for our Friday Flag.
• October 7th: Foundation Meeting
• October 10th: Panda Express Restaurant Night (12330 Carmel Mountain Road) from 9am-10pm. 20% of all sales come back to TBK. For in person orders, please show the attached flyer. For PandaExpress.com or the app, Enter 374023 in the fundraiser code box.

Thanks for a fantastic week at Turtleback! We have a professional growth day on Monday, so we will see everyone back to school on Tuesday, October 1st.

Lisa Maguire

lmaguire@powayusd.com

Turtleback student art at Starbucks! Thank you TBK Foundation and Mrs. Fivaz for giving our students the precious gift of art classes.

Early Bird Special: Turtleback 2024 - 2025 Yearbooks are starting at $30 right now. If you make your purchase by September 30th, you will also save 10% off of your order :)

https://www.treering.com/purchase?PassCode=1016216047141715

The following parent volunteers with the Turtleback Education Foundation manage, compile, and create the annual yearbook -- Glenna Leshen Ascano, Melizza Welton and Archana Balasubramanian. For any yearbook related questions, please email tbkyearbook@gmail.com. A parent volunteer on the yearbook team will respond to your email.

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The Poway Unified School District (PUSD) is an equal opportunity employer/program and is committed to an active Nondiscrimination Program. PUSD prohibits discrimination, harassment, intimidation, and bullying based on actual or perceived race, color, ancestry, national origin, nationality, immigration status, ethnicity, ethnic group identification, age, religion, marital or parental status, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, or gender expression or association with a person or a group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics. For more information, please contact: Title IX/Equity Compliance Officer, James Jimenez, Associate Superintendent of Personnel support Services, Poway Unified School District, 15250 Avenue of Science, San Diego, CA 92128, 1-858-521-2800, extension 2121, jjimenez@powayusd.com. For students, you may contact Title IX Coordinator/504 Coordinator Jamie Dayhoff, Director of Attendance and Discipline, Poway Unified School District, 1-858-521-2840, jdayhoff@powayusd.com.

Turtleback Mission: We empower each other to create, communicate, collaborate, and think critically in a community where character counts.

Email: lmaguire@powayusd.com
Website: https://turtleback.powayusd.com/
Location: 15855 Turtleback Road, San Diego, CA 92127
Phone: 858-673-5514