Hello Truckee El Families!

Thank you to everyone who attended Family Literacy Night last Thursday! We had an amazing turnout and a whirlwind of activity between our 2 sessions.

Dia Del Niño is coming April 30! This is a fun celebration each year put on by our ELAC team. You're invited to participate and make our children feel special. Please sign up here:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0C4EACAD28AAFA7-48710611-diadel

Friday Coffee is back this week! We will have it in the front entryway between 8:30 and 9:00 am. We would love to have families and staff connect together before spring break!

Have a great weekend!

Ryan Galles, Principal

You must be a TTUSD “cleared volunteer” to teach a class.

We also need volunteers to help in enrichment classes.

If you teach or volunteer to help in an enrichment class, your child is guaranteed a spot in the spring enrichment program.

SWEP Science Fair and Festival happening at Truckee El on 4/23-24. SWEP is in need of volunteers! You can check out the Sign Up Genius here and please share this link. It's an awesome event!

Do you have any children’s books that you have outgrown? Please consider donating them to our book drive!

Mrs. Gadsby was a longtime instructional assistant at Truckee Elementary. She taught so many children to read! In her honor, we are holding the 3rd annual book drive in hopes of giving every child at Truckee Elementary books to keep and read at home! Please consider donating to this great cause to help foster a love of reading in Mrs. Gadsby’s memory.

Book donation bins can be found in the TES Staff Room and Foyer. We are looking for gently used books for students in preschool up to 5th grade. Books in Spanish are welcome! We will be accepting donations through April 26th.

Recolecta de libros en memoria de Dorothy Gadsby

¿Tiene algunos libros infantiles que ya no necesite? Considere la posibilidad de donarlos a nuestra campaña de recolección de libros.

La Sra. Gadsby fue durante mucho tiempo asistente de instrucción de la escuela primaria de Truckee. ¡Le enseñó a leer a muchos niños! En su honor, estamos llevando a cabo la 3a recolección anual de libros con la esperanza de ¡darle a cada niño de la primaria de Truckee libros para tener y leer en casa! Por favor, considere donar a esta causa grandiosa para ayudar a fomentar el amor por la lectura en memoria de la Sra. Gadsby.

Los contenedores para la donación de libros se encuentran en el salón de maestros de TES y en el vestíbulo. Estamos buscando libros usados para los estudiantes de preescolar hasta el 5º grado.

¡Los libros en español son bienvenidos! Aceptaremos donaciones hasta el 26 de abril.

Is there a TTUSD staff member you would like to recognize for consistently going above and beyond in their job and positively impacting students?

Here is a chance to celebrate them! Nominate teachers for the Linda Brown Fellows Award and staff for the Star Award. The Fellow and Star Award programs are designed to recognize outstanding TTUSD personnel who demonstrate originality, innovation, and dedication to teaching and the educational community.

Submit nominations at https://exined.org/node/add/fellows_nomination by April 19.

Spanish:

Están abiertas las nominaciones para los premios Linda Brown Fellows y Star Awards de Excellence in Education.

¿Hay algún miembro del personal de TTUSD que le gustaría reconocer por ir constantemente más allá en su trabajo e impactar positivamente a los estudiantes?

¡Aquí está la oportunidad de celebrarlos! Nomine a los maestros para el Premio Linda Brown Fellows y al personal para el Premio Star. Los programas Fellows y Star Award están diseñados para reconocer al personal destacado de TTUSD que demuestre originalidad, innovación y dedicación a la enseñanza y a la comunidad educativa.

Envíe las nominaciones a https://exined.org/node/add/fellows_nomination antes del 19 de abril.

Thank you!

Dia Del Niño is coming April 30!

This is a fun celebration each year put on by our ELAC team. You're invited to participate and make our children feel special. Please sign up here:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0C4EACAD28AAFA7-48710611-diadel

We have open spots in our 1st through 5th grade club, the registration fee is only $250.00 for the rest of the school year. We offer scholarships and in many cases Club is actually free! Call (530) 582-3755 for more information, or email Aaron at awright@bgcnlt.org.

We want to send a reminder on safety for our drop off and pick up procedures. Please remember that when you’re dropping off your student in the morning or picking up in the afternoon to give yourself the extra time (especially in weather) that you might need to drop off or pick up your student safely. From the time you begin drop off at our line to the time you pull around it’s no more than 10 minutes. From the time you enter the line in the afternoon until you pull out of TES’s loop it’s no more than 10 minutes. Remember that we all want students, staff, and parents to have a safe and positive experience, if you need to give yourself the extra 10 minutes.

• The drop off procedures in the morning are as follows:

• Follow the directions of the pink vests adults.

• Pull as far forward as possible in the lane

• Do not double park to let your child out of the car

• Do not get out of your car–have your child on the right hand side of the car so they can exit on to the sidewalk and not on to the street side

• If for some reason you need to get out of your car, pull up as far to the second set of gates as you can

• Follow all normal traffic rules and laws

• 5 MPH in the drop off/pick up zone

• Do not use the right hand turn lane from Northwoods to cut off the line

• Remember to look out for pedestrians

• Do not be on your cellphone or texting during drop off or pick up

• A smile and a wave go a long way. Both to your pink vesters as well as to the drivers and students around you. We’re all role models for how we want our students to show up. Please help us to keep your students and our staff and parents as safe as possible.

Let’s make some memories!

Truckee Elementary is holding a Spring fundraiser. The PTO and teachers will be working with all of your kids to create One-of-a-Kind artwork that will be made available in many forms of keepsakes that can be enjoyed for years to come.

Want something for Mother’s Day? Father’s Day? Memorabilia to celebrate for years to come? This is a great opportunity. And, the earned profits will go to Truckee Elementary PTO. WIN-WIN!

Our kids and their teachers will work together to get the artwork completed and submitted to the order website. Student submissions have been completed. Once the gallery is setup, the website will open up for ordering items near the end of March. We will let everyone know the opening date and closing dates in future Cub News editions.

Watch in the coming weeks for updates and order information in the Truckee El Cub News from Principal Galles

Let’s celebrate our TES 2023/24 students!

An opportunity to expand your English Language skills! The local library offers tutoring for English skills Tuesdays from 5-6pm and Wednesdays from 10am-11am.

If you would like to be a parent volunteer driver, we would love for you to start the process as early as possible. In order to start the process, please complete the Volunteer Clearance Application online. Make sure to attach a copy of your DMV Driving record and a copy of your Liability Auto Insurance for a minimum of $100,000/$300,000.

Want to earn some cash? Truckee El has a Recess Coach position available. Parents in our Truckee Elementary community are encouraged to apply. We also have 1 recess coach position that we are looking to fill (Colleen O'Hanlan's Position). This is a hourly position from 11:00 am until 2:00 pm. It is a great way to be part of our school community and be on the same schedule as your student. Please reach out to Mr. Galles if you are interested. The positions are posted at https://tahoetruckeeusd.teamtailor.com/

and we are hoping to have this filled soon.

We are entering the cold and flu season and in an effort to keep everyone healthy at school please remember to keep your student(s) home if they are sick. We recommend that your child stay home from school if experiencing illness symptoms. To decide whether or not to send your child to school, please consider the following guidelines.

Definitely keep your child at home for treatment and observation if he/she/they has any of these symptoms:

• Fever greater than 100ºF. Your child needs to stay home until they are fever-free for 24 hours without fever-reducing medication.

• Vomiting: Your student may return to school once they’ve been 24 hours without vomiting

• Cough and Cold Symptoms: Please keep your student home if they have worsening cough and cold symptoms.

To help prevent the flu and illness, teach your child good hygiene habits:

• Wash hands, frequently, for 20 seconds with soap and water

• Do not touch the eyes, nose, or mouth (the T-zone)

• Cover mouth and nose when sneezing or coughing. Use a paper tissue, throw it away and then wash hands

• Avoid close contact with people who are sick. Keeping a sick child at home will help minimize the spread of infections and viruses in the classroom.

Remember to get your flu vaccine!

Please see the following links for symptoms and guidelines for common illnesses

TTUSD’s Updated COVID-19 Quarantining Protocol

Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease

Strep Throat

Cold vs. Flu

Thank you in advance for helping to keep our school healthy.

TTUSD Health Services

May 20-24- CAASPP Math 3rd-5th

May 22- THS Band Matinee 1:30-2:10 pm

May 28-31- CAASPP Science 5th

June 3-7- CAASSP Makeup Tests

June 4- 5th Grade to ACMS

June 5- 5th Grade Perkins to Sagehen

June 6- 5th Grade Flynn and Perez to Sagehen

June 7- Dorothy Gadsby Book Fair

June 14- Spring into Summer 4:00-8:00 pm

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While we are sharing Facebook pages, please join the Truckee Elementary Facebook Page. All of our bulletins will also be shared on Facebook as well.

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