Volume 4 Issue 9
It's Finals Week for our High School students and end of quarter 1 for all Middle and High School students. This week's newsletter has a recap of the week, some great resources from our Principal Coffee: Coping With Anxiety presentation, upcoming events and more.
This week's background features our awesome Mental Health Professional, Ms. Skomsvold, who shared with parents the signs and strategies along with some of the research related to coping with anxiety for our students.
As always, if you have any questions, concerns, or compliments, please reach out to Mr. Fineberg, our principal, at efineberg@tustin.k12.ca.us.
Principal's Message...
Thank you to all of the families who attended this month's Coffee with the Principal/Counselor. This month's topic was about Coping with Anxiety. Our mental health professional, Ms. Skomsvold, shared her insight and experience with parents on how to support your children through anxiety, strategies to alleviate, and some of the research on the brain. It was awesome! She also recorded the session for you as well. Use this link to download and view the recording. We have also kicked off our Mental Health Matters website with a ton of resources on anxiety, mindfulness and so much more!
In case you missed it, Tustin Connect was featured in last week's weekly TUSD update in your inbox every Saturday morning. If you missed it, check it out. Also, there are some big events coming soon. Picture Make ups are October 20th for TK-8: 8-9:30 am, and for 9-12: 10:30 am-12 pm. Also, Trunk or Treat October 27th with free food, crafts, photo booth, trunk or treating, costume contest, and more. Come join us and consider hosting a trunk too.
Dino Dash is coming November 6th. There are 2K, 5K, 10K walk/run options alonge with 3 options for the bike tour as well. Tustin Connect gets $10 for every entry directly back to our classrooms. The yearly event, sponsored by the Tustin Public Schools Foundation is fun filled day for students and parents alike. We will also be having a booth at the event as well sponsored by our PTA. We hope to see you all there. Details and a link to sign up can be found here. https://www.tpsf.net/dinodash
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.
Mr. Fineberg
Dino Dash 2022
🦖 Dino Dash: TPSF Annual fundraiser will be on November 6th. The Dino Dash is a wonderful way for students and families to come together and raise money for TUSD schools. Many of the staff and students participate every year and we'd love to get a group of TC Mavericks together on race day.
- Register at https://www.tpsf.net/dinodash
- For each registration, $10 goes straight to your teacher's classroom for supplies.
- There's a virtual run available for families who can't make it or want to avoid the crowd.
- If you can't run, you can purchase a runnership to sponsor another runner in TUSD and $10 still goes to the classroom!
- We always need volunteers to run the event. If you are interested, please let me know.
PTA Roundup
Hello Maverick Families,
PTA sponsored our 2nd Principal's Coffee and am looking forward to helping out with snacks and treats to keep our high schoolers going through Finals Week. Go Mavericks!
If you haven't heard yet, be sure to join us for Trunk or Treat - on Thursday, October 27th from 5-7 pm at the K-8 campus for FREE! food, games, crafts, photo booth, costume parade, and contest, trunk or treating, and more. See linked Flyer and click the Link to RSVP. If you have not done so already, please sign up to decorate your car and be a stop for our Trunk or Treaters!
So be sure to wear your costume, decorate your trunk and join us for dinner, games, food, contests and lots of fun with family and friends.
PTA is in need of Volunteers - Please click the link below if you would like to volunteer. Not much time is required.
https://forms.gle/kGz4qijqxu238oDPA
Again, THANK YOU!!! Go Mavericks
Tustin Connect PTA
Elementary Information
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Sick Days: Flu season appears to be coming our way. As a reminder, please be sure to keep your student home if they don't feel well and email your teacher so they know. Remember, students can still attend virtually if they are not able to come in.
Additional Math Support: Ms. Paulson is now offering additional math support for our elementary students. Please be on the lookout for dates and times she'll be avaialbe to your students or reach out to your teacher if you would like to get some additional support.
Middle School Information
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Quarter Ends Friday: Be sure to get all of your work in prior to Friday as the quarter ends.
Virtual Sleep Hygiene Presentation: Hewes middle school is hosting a virtual workshop from neurologists, Dr. Galion and Dr. Min, on pediatric sleep November 2nd . All middle school parents are invited to attend! See flyer for more details including a Zoom link .
Caregiver Workshop: Our Mental Health Professionals Mrs. Bullock and Ms. Skomsvold are working with OCDE on some Parenting Workshops to address challenges facing students. There are 5 workshops starting on 10/12 at 12:30 pm and occurring every Wednesday. Check them out. They should be AWESOME and include relevant topics like Bullying, Screentime and Mental Health, positve support and stress management. Here's a link to the flyers: English and Spanish.
High School Information
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College Application Workshop: On Friday, October 14th from 10:00AM-12:00PM, Mr. David and Mrs. W will be hosting another college application workshop. This is a dedicated time for you to work on your various applications with support from Mrs. W and Mr. David. We will hold the workshop in room 31. Check out the flyer for more information.
Finals Week: It's finals week! Please be sure to spend time on campus, check your grades, and ask for help. Finishing strong is key!!!
SENIOR Pictures: Senior picture day will be taking place on February 9, 2023 from 11AM to 1PM. Each student will be taking 6-8 pictures. The proof of the pictures will be emailed to parents and students for purchase.
Mental Health Matters: Resources and link to our recent workshop on Anxiety and more!!!
NEW!! Free Online Tutoring Available for K-12 Students
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.
SORA Virtual Texts Collections
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!!
Important Upcoming Dates - Please check our school Website Calendar for all the latest!
October 14: College Application Workshop at TCHS 10-12 noon
October 14: End of 1st Quarter 6-12
October 14: GATE Testing Grades 3-8 all day @ K-8 campus
October 15: PSAT for 11th graders (registration closed 9/2/22)
October 20: Picture Make up Day TK-8: 8-9:30 am, 9-12: 10:30 am-12 pm
October 20: Maverick Hangout TK-5 studetns 12:30-1:15 pm
October 23-31: Red Ribbon Week
October 27: Trunk or Treat @ K-8 campus 5-7 pm
November 6: Dino Dash @ Tustin Marketplace
Technology Questions/Needs - There's Help Available!
Our Mission
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