Black Bear Bits

10/7-8: TEAF registration forms go home

10/8: PTA Virtual Meeting- 7:00 p.m.

10/9: No School - Staff Inservice

10/16: Walk and Roll to School

10/17: Picture Day

10/18: TEAF registration forms due

10/23: Restaurant Night - Killer Burger

10/24-25: No School - Family Partnership Conferences

10/30: Trunk or Treat @TuES

• Note from Principal Brown
• TEAF is Returning!
• Family PJ Night Gallery
• Meet our New Staff
• PTA Virtual Meeting- meet.google.com/jnx-nhuy-eng
• Walk and Roll to School
• Picture Day is Coming!
• October Restaurant Night
• Trunk or Treat Save the Date
• OBOB Information
• Thank you from the Garden
• Save the Date for Winter Family Fun Night
• PTA Newsletter
  
• Art Lit at Tualatin Elementary
• Library Volunteer Opportunities
• Looking to Volunteer
• Too Sick for School Guidelines
• Monthly Life Skills
• Important Links

Dear Black Bear Families-

The last few weeks were full of fun and celebrations! During the week of September 22nd to 27th, our Library Specialist, Kathleen Cunnington, facilitated a successful week of book fair fun! Students and families enjoyed purchasing books and other exciting items all week long! All profits from the Book Fair go to keeping our library stocked with interesting books for the diverse range of interests and developmental levels of our students! To add to the book fair, our Literacy Specialist, Ms. Garber, hosted a PJ Family Reading Night on Wednesday, September 25th! Tualatin Elementary families and students enjoyed hearing stories at school from community members and teachers! It was a very successful night celebrating the joy of reading and community!

Last Friday, September 27th, we held our first PBIS Assembly of the year! At the assembly, Mrs. Hinkle led our Black Bears in the school song, Mrs. Edison led the school in celebrating students who earned awards for being Safe, Kind, and Responsible or a PAX leader for September! Classrooms also earned the first round of Golden Awards for this year! Classrooms earn the following awards for demonstrating PAX behavior in the halls (the Golden Shoe!), demonstrating excellent behavior during recess (the Golden Whistle), excellent behavior in PE and Wham (the Golden Ball), excellent behavior in Music (the Golden Music Note), and for excellent behavior in assemblies and demonstrating Black Bear Pride (the Golden Bear)! When you get a chance, please check in with your student about which award they are working on and what Golden Award they are hoping to receive as a class! You can see all of September recipients in this slideshow!

Finally, our fabulous PTA and Specials Teachers, Mr. Hill, Ms. Olson, and Mrs. Hinkle, collaborated to plan and host our annual Fun Run to raise money for student enrichment activities on Friday, October 4th. Not only did students accomplish plenty of running and walking during the day, but teachers, Avery, our Black Bear, and the Portland Pickle raced for the glory of winning a friendly race! I’m happy to report that the Portland Pickle won! I’m also happy to report that the PTA met their fundraising goals! To celebrate this amazing achievement, Tualatin Elementary is planning a special assembly to reminisce about the fun week and to top it off with a few select staff members receiving a pie to face!

Sincerely,

Dr. Bobbie Brown

Tualatin Elementary Arts Foundation (T.E.A.F.) is our after-school enrichment program designed to provide students with a variety of artistic, cultural, academic, and recreational classes and clubs. Prior to Covid, we had a thriving program and we are excited to bring it back to our students!

We are starting with an abbreviated Fall Term as we get things up and running. Classes will be held on Monday and Thursday for 2nd-5th grade students for the Fall term only. The session will run from November 4-December 12. (5 weeks). Classes will be held from 2:30-3:45. A snack and transportation home will be provided. Winter (Feb-March) and Spring (April-May) Terms will be open to students in 1-5 grades.

Registration forms will be going home on Monday and Tuesday, 10/7-8. Look for these in your student's backpack. Registration forms will be due on Friday, October 18 and you will be notified on Monday and Tuesday, 10/21-22 of the class assignment. Payment will be due by Friday, 10/25. If we do not receive payment, we will move to the waitlist to fill that spot. Students who qualify for free and reduced lunch (based on the family income survey) will have a reduced fee of $10. Limited scholarships are also available. Please note on your registration form if you believe you qualify for the $10 reduced rate or to request a scholarship.

To ensure equity, registration is completed via a lottery system, and not on a first-come, first-served basis. All effort is made to ensure that students will get into at least one of their choices, however, with the abbreviated term, we may not be able to get all students into a class. Once all students have been registered for one class, then we will register for additional classes if spaces are available. If your student does not get into a class of choice in the Fall Term, they will have priority in the Winter Term.

Our Recess Rangers keep our students safe at recess and in the cafeteria. In the cafeteria, they ensure the lines move quickly and smoothly, the students are eating their lunches, and help usher the students outside to recess where the recess crew greets them! The Recess Rangers are each assigned a section of the play area so they can ensure students are being safe, kind, and responsible. They treat minor injuries, navigate social interactions, and referee team games. They are a valuable part of our school community. When you see them, be sure to say "hi!" and thank them for all their hard work!

You’re invited to attend this month’s Virtual PTA Meeting on Tuesday, October 8th at 7:00pm. Hear from our PTA Board and stay up to date on the latest volunteer opportunities and upcoming events. You do not have to be a PTA Member to attend. The meeting is held on GoogleMeet.

We invite all students and families to celebrate this year's Winter Walk+Roll to School Day on Wednesday, October 16th! Walk, roll, or bus to school and win cool prizes! To celebrate the day, we will include all students in a raffle with prizes.

Look for order forms in your student's backpack this week. We are in need of volunteers! If you are available to help from 8:00-1:00, please let the office know! (503-431-4800 or tualatinoffice@ttsd.k12.or.us)

Save the date for our October Restaurant night, Wednesday, October 23rd from 5-9pm at Killer Burger in Sherwood.

Killer Burger will be donating 20% of their in-store proceeds back to the Tualatin Elementary PTA. Keep and eye out for flyers coming home with your student. Be sure to mention the Tualatin PTA fundraiser, show your flyer, or social media post to receive the donation.

Thank you Killer Burger for supporting our school!

Join us for a SPOOKTACULAR evening of family fun at our FREE Trunk-or-Treat event on Wednesday, October 30th from 5:00pm - 7:00pm in Tualatin Elementary School's rear parking lot.

The parking lot will transform into a FRIGHTFULLY cute “neighborhood” where everyone can visit each of the decorated vehicle trunks for candy and other goodies! Costumes are encouraged!

The El Mas Chignon food truck will be onsite serving up delicious Mexican food available for purchase. Check out our event’s special food menu.

This is an outdoor event and will happen rain or shine.

Reserve Your Parking Spot!

Are you interested in decorating your vehicle and handing out candy or other goodies? There is a limited number of parking spots available, so sign up now to reserve your spot!

SIGN UP NOW

Keep a look out for more Trunk or Treat details coming soon!

We had an outstanding Garden Work Party September 22nd. Everyone worked hard and had such a good time. Come see for yourself what we got accomplished.

Thank you to Kathleen & Matthew for getting us started with the pruning of the willow trees earlier in the week. Thanks also to Dave & Mrs. Soderquist for hauling all the debris away in multiple loads.

We are excited to share our first Tualatin Elementary PTA Newsletter of the new school year! Stay up to date on the latest news, upcoming events and learn about ways you can get involved! Click the link to read our September issue now!

September 2024 PTA Newsletter- English

September 2024 PTA Newsletter - Spanish

Mark your calendars for Friday, December 6th for our Winter Family Night at Tualatin Elementary. All students and their families are invited to spend a cozy evening at school celebrating the winter season. We are in the process of finalizing the details including times, food options and activities, so stay tuned for more to come!

Art education in TTSD elementary schools is 100% volunteer based. Our PTA provides all supplies and lesson plans, but we rely upon volunteers to bring art into our classrooms. Please consider helping in your student's classroom.

Volunteers do NOT need to have any artistic inclination. Each month (6 times/year), we will have a training lesson where we teach volunteers about an artist as well as how to teach the project to our students. Total time commitment is 1-3 hours, 6 times throughout the year. Our goal is to have at least 3 volunteers for each classroom so that there is double and triple coverage in case you are unable to help with every single project. In addition, there are free art classes hosted by the TTSD District where Art Lit volunteers can take classes from professional artists. For questions or further information, please email TualArtLit@gmail.com

Do you have a 3rd, 4th or 5th grader that will be a part of our fun reading program Oregon Battle of the Books? If so, we need your help. Each grade has 4 meetings per year during their lunch/recess. We also have 3 battle days and an assembly that will need volunteers. Volunteers will help with score keeping, timers, asking already prepared questions and other items as needed. The students are really excited for OBOB and to keep it going this year I will need your help. Please email Kathleen Cunnington at kcunnington@ttsd.k12.or.us if you have questions or would like to volunteer.

Thank you for your interest in volunteering at Tualatin Elementary. Please follow the steps below to go through the application process.

All volunteers must complete the checklist below to volunteer:

• Complete a background check at:https://www.helpcounterweb.com. (This needs to be renewed every three years.) You will also need to complete the Child Abuse online training.

• Please read- Abuse and Sexual Misconduct Reporting Handout

• Please read- TTSD Electronic Acceptable Use Policy

• Please follow the instructions for the Mandatory online training found in this link- Online Training. Once training has been completed please email your certificate of completion to vmadrigal@ttsd.k12.or.us and epowers@ttsd.k12.or.us

• Please read- Tualatin Elementary Training Slides

• When the above has been completed, contact me (epowers@ttsd.k12.or.us ) or 503-431-4800) and I will watch for your volunteer profile to get approved

Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns. Please note that it can take a few weeks for the background check, so plan ahead!

If your child exhibits any of the following symptoms, keep them home.

Please call the attendance line (503-431-4770) to let us know what symptoms the child has.

Students must be fever free for 24 hours without the use of fever-reducing medication. Students experiencing diarrhea and/or vomiting are required to stay home for 24 hours from the last episode of symptoms. A new cough requires 24 hours of improving symptoms (no cough or cough well-controlled). If they have any of these symptoms, please keep your child home until there is a clear observation they are getting better and meet the exclusion guidelines for returning.

• Fever or chills
• Cough
• Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
• Fatigue
• Muscle or body aches
• Headache
• New loss of taste or smell
• Sore throat
• Congestion or runny nose
• Nausea or vomiting
• Diarrhea

If your child presents with any of the following symptoms at home or at school, there are specific exclusion guidelines we will follow.

Please see full guidance in the OHA "When can my child return to school" .

Greetings Black Bear Families!

What a great start we've had to the school year! Our school Memory Book (yearbook) is already in the works and we need help from our amazing families. How can you help, you ask? Any time you are taking photos at a school event, activity or in the classroom - parent volunteers, this includes you too - please take a moment to send them our way, so they can be used in our beautiful 64-page full-color memory book.

We are currently looking for photos from:

• The 1st Day of School (or first days of school, for all grades INCLUDING Pre-K & Kinders)
• Our Fall Family Night at Lee Farms
• UPCOMING EVENT: Book Fair - Sept 24-27

Photos can be sent to: tualatinschoolphotos@gmail.com Please list the Event/Teacher, Grade & Child's Name

Memory Books Questions can be sent to: tualatinmemorybook@gmail.com Interested in joining our committee? WE want to hear from YOU!

This year, we are going to continue our SEL Life Skills focus of the month. We will be celebrating our life skills each month by presenting a Life Skills award! Your student may be picked for this award or for our Black Bear Leader award each month. If they win any Life Skill or Black Bear Leader award, they will receive a certificate and get their picture taken by Avery! This month’s PAX Life Skills are Safe, Kind and Responsible. Students will practice these skills in all areas of the school and throughout their school day.

Thank you for partnering with us in supporting these life skills at home!

The Tualatin High Packbackers need your support! Test drive Ford model vehicles brought to you by Landmark Ford Tigard to earn money for our school. Test drive any Ford vehicle and you can help us earn $20. Then, opt to test drive a Ford vehicle with their Blue Cruise self-driving technology, that earns us an additional $50!

Schedule A Drive Time OR scan the QR code on our flyer to to sign-up for your drive time today!

The TuHS Packbackers is a 501c3 Athletic Booster Club that helps fund sports and club organizations that engage our student body in all aspects of extra-curricular activities. From replacing equipment, purchasing new uniforms, and even upgrading our facilities, the Packbackers helps our students thrive!

This is not a sales event and there will be no sales people on-site. When registering to drive you can opt out of any marketing and sales communications. Ford conducts these drives as a way to gather market research and consumer reactions to their products and technologies. One household/address per drive donation.