Totem Falls Raven Review
Thursday, December 1, 2022
ATTENDANCE EMAIL
We have a new attendance email. You can still call 360-563-4751 to report an absence OR use the new email: tf-attendance@sno.wednet.edu
IMPORTANT DATES
DECEMBER
2: Neon Dance, 6:30-8:30pm, see flyer below
8: 3/4 grade concert-6:30 pm (doors open at 6:15pm)
9: Yearbook design cover deadline (see flyer below)
20: 1/2 day 11:45 am release time, no developmental preschool
21: *Winter Break Begins* return to school Wednesday, January 4, 2023
A NOTE FROM DR. CHURCH
Dear Totem Falls Families,
It has been a crazy week with the snow, school interruptions, and the Dance Man! Tomorrow night, starting at 6:30pm, is the Neon Dance where students get to practice all the moves they have learned over the course of the week! We are hoping the weather cooperates and we’ll have a clear day and evening for this culminating event.
We have had the Dance Man scheduled for a couple years, and it's great to finally have him here. Thanks to PTO for keeping this family event on the radar. There is a $10 charge for families at the door. Hoping you’re all planning to come show off your moves!
Craig
A NOTE FROM THE STUDENT COUNCIL
Make a young person in our community smile this holiday season by providing hats, gloves, socks, candy and gift cards to places like Amazon, Fred Meyer and Target to the students of AIM High School. There are two ways to give, in person or you can shop our Amazon Wish List.
All items due by Dec. 15th.
Sponsored by your TF Student Council.
You can also search for our Public Amazon Wish List: TF AIM STOCKINGS 2022
PTO FLOCK BULLETIN
Highlights:
* Pie Fundraiser, click here for more information
*20% discount with Minted,
use code FUNDRAISETOTEM at this site + they give 15% back to TF
*Help us keep our Teachers and Staff warmed up and powered up through the day by bringing in an item to keep the Staff Lounge stocked.
Click this link to sign up.
Please bring items to the Totem Falls front Office.
This will be an ongoing list that is updated, but we are asking for this first ask to please bring items by Friday, December 9th.
SCHOOL CLOSURE INFORMATION
As we head into winter, a reminder regarding school closures, delayed starts and limited transportation (snow) routes and schedules. If inclement weather conditions occur, the district office will decide whether to:
- Hold school (regular hours)
- Hold school (delayed start) - All schools will start two hours late
- Close school
Important links:
- District weather info - www.sno.wednet.edu/weather
- Limited transportation (snow) bus routes & schedules - www.sno.wednet.edu/snowroutes
- FlashAlert - http://www.flashalertseattle.net/closures-cats.html
- Puget Sound Energy outage map - https://pse.com/accoun.../servicealert/pages/outage-map.aspx
- Snohomish County PUD outage map - https://outagemap.snopud.com/
- Snohomish County road closure information - https://snohomishcountywa.gov/518/Road-Closures
- Snohomish County snow and ice response - https://snohomishcountywa.gov/2113/Snow-and-Ice-Response
PARTNER WITH US FOR HEALTHY SCHOOLS
In the last several weeks we have had several students coming to school with symptoms of respiratory and other illness. Because these illnesses spread quickly through the classroom, we are asking you to observe the following guidelines when deciding whether to send your child to school.
Please keep your child home if they have:
- A fever (>100.4 F) or chills. Your child should stay home for 24 hours after the fever is gone, without taking fever-reducing medication (ie.Tylenol/Advil);
- A cough, muscle or body aches, difficulty breathing, loss of taste or smell;
- Significant congestion or runny nose, sore throat, reddened eyes, green or yellow drainage from the nose;
- Fatigue or headache;
- Nausea, vomiting or diarrhea (24 hours free - before returning to school).
If your child has any of the above symptoms, please reach out to your health care provider. It is encouraged that those with symptoms be tested for COVID-19. If testing positive, please reach out to your school nurse/health room for further guidance.
One of the most effective ways to control the spread of illness in school is to keep your child home when symptoms first appear. Frequent hand washing, covering mouth/nose when coughing or sneezing, wearing masks, socially distancing, and receiving preventable vaccines, help prevent the spread of germs, viruses and illness.
DISTRICT-APPROVED COMMUNITY FLYERS
- Affordable Connectivity Program
- Allergy & Asthma Network - Do you have peanut allergy? Do you care for a child who has peanut allergy? The Allergy & Asthma Network is looking for parents/guardians and families of children who have peanut allergies for a paid research study. Learn more at https://allergyasthmanetwork.org/news/do-you-have-peanut-allergy/.
- Basketball Cheer Clinic - SHS December 9
- Camp Fire - Discover Club Program
- Civil Air Patrol
- Climb the Mountain Free Online Speech and Debate Programs
- COVID-19 Study Conducted by UW and the Center for Health Research at Kaiser Permanente Northwest - You and your family are invited to join a research study to help understand more about COVID-19. You do not need to be vaccinated to participate. You will receive free weekly COVID-19 PCR tests delivered to and picked up from the convenience of your home. Learn more at cascadiastudy.org.
- Cub Scouts Pack 193 and Calendar
- Fall Migrant Parent Resource Night - November 22
- Girl Scouts Daisy Troop 41623 - Cathcart Elementary
- Girls Snolax Lacrosse Try if for Free! - January 7
- Girls Lacrosse - Try Us Out
- GPHS Swing Dance - January 21
- JK Martial Arts - November 2022
- Join Girl Scouts at Dutch Hill
- Native American and First Nations Night - UW Volleyball vs. Utah
- Reflections School of Dance Fall Programming 2022
- Santa Slam (Youth Basketball) - December 20 and 21
- Seattle Children's Chorus Registration
- Sno-Isle Libraries - November and December 2022
- Snohomish Community Food Bank
- Snohomish for Equity Youth Committee Application
- STEMTree
- Strategic Kids Chess at Totem Falls Elementary
- Strategic Kids LEGO at Totem Falls Elementary
Fliers are typically posted on Tuesdays during the months of August through June. For additional flier program details and/or to complete a request for distribution, please click here.
IMPORTANT DATES
2022-2023 School Year
- Tuesday, December 20 - Half-day early release
- Wednesday, December 21-Tuesday, January 3 - No school/Winter Break
- Wednesday, January 4 - Classes resume after Winter Break
- Monday, January 16 - No school/MLK Jr. Day
- Monday, January 30 - No school/Beginning of second semester and non-student day
- Friday, February 17-Monday, February 20 - No school/Mid-Winter Break
- Week of March 27 - Spring conference week (schedule and details TBD)
- Monday, April 3-Friday, April 7 - No school/Spring Break
- Monday, May 29 - No school/Memorial Day
- Friday, June 16 - Last day of school
- Monday, June 19 - No school/Juneteenth
- Tuesday, June 20-Friday, June 23 - Potential snow/inclement weather make-up days
- Monday, June 19 - No school/Juneteenth
- Tuesday, June 20-Friday, June 23 - Potential snow/inclement weather make-up days
TOTEM FALLS ELEMENTARY
Craig Church, Principal
Wendy Stegall, Assistant Principal TF & CV
Tiffany Bidne, Administrative Assistant
Jennifer Jordan, Main Office Secretary
Email: tiffany.bidne@sno.wednet.edu
Website: https://www.sno.wednet.edu/Domain/21
Location: 14211 Snohomish Cascade Drive, Snohomish, WA, USA
Phone: 3605634750
NON-DISCRIMINATION NOTICE
The Snohomish School District does not discriminate in any programs or activities on the basis of sex, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, veteran or military status, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, disability, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. The following employees have been designated to handle questions and complaints of alleged discrimination: Civil Rights Coordinator, Title IX Coordinator and ADA – Darryl Pernat, 1601 Avenue D, Snohomish, WA 98290, 360-563-7285, darryl.pernat@sno.wednet.edu; Section 504 Coordinator and Harassment, Intimidation and Bullying – Shawn Stevenson, 1601 Avenue D, Snohomish, WA 98290, 360-563-7282, shawn.stevenson@sno.wednet.edu.