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Art Rutkin Elementary Announcements
August 25, 2023
IMPORTANT DATES
8/28: Back to School Night 4:30-6:30pm
9/5: First day of school for Grades 1-5
9/5-9/8: Kinder Connect Meetings
9/11: First day of school for Kindergarten
9/12: PSO Meeting 6:00-7:00pm
IN THIS EDITION
- Message from Mr. Kingery
- Back to School Night
- Teacher information
- School info and bus routes
- Nutrition Services Information
- School Supply List Information
- Volunteer Information
- Link to Club K 3/20 Virtual Parent meeting recording
- Registration Information
- Website & Communication Meetings Links
Dear Art Rutkin Elementary Families,
We are looking forward to seeing everyone who can attend our very first Back-To-School-Night on Monday, Aug. 28th, from 4:30-6:30 PM. It will be a fun evening for everyone to connect with staff, soon-to-be classmates and neighborhood friends. We know summer schedules are still busy so we appreciate your time to come to school on Monday if your family is available. A huge thank you to our PSO executive board for helping support Monday’s Back-To-School-Night. They are helping welcome everyone in for a fun school visit and family picnic time. Please help us take care of our new artificial turf field. Keep all food and drinks over blankets. Food and sugary beverages are a challenge to clean up, and can damage the turf or create a staph infection risk.
Student Arrival and Dismissal Information
The upper parking lot will be for buses only during student arrival and dismissal times. Please use the lower parking lot if you are driving your child to school. Follow the signs so you are able to drop your child off at the curb by the black fencing and steps to the main entrance. Student pick up during dismissal time will work the same way in the lower parking lot. We will share a parking lot map with drop off/pick up details and procedures next week for all our families to see.
PSO Meeting Reminder
Our first PSO meeting will be on Sept. 12th at 6:00 PM in the school library. PSO information will be available during our Back-To-School-Night on Monday, Aug. 28th. Look for the PSO table when you arrive in the commons.
See you all soon and Go Rams!
Mr. Jamie Kingery
Principal
BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT = AUGUST 28TH
Please join us for our first Back to School Night
August 28th 4:30-6:30pm
Schedule of Events:
4:30-6:30 Family Picnic -- Please bring a blanket & your family's picnic. PSO will be sponsoring Lawn Games and snacks. Kona Ice will be onsite as a PSO Fundraiser
4:30-5:15 Classrooms open for visits
5:15-5:45 Teacher break time
5:45-6:30 Classrooms open for visits
Representatives from PSO, Art Literacy, Scouts, Tigard Public Library and Club K will be onsite with information and to answer questions about their programs.
Who is your teacher?
Kindergarten: Mrs. Deuth - Room CR104
1st Grade: Mrs. Maarefi - Room CR103
2nd Grade: Mrs. Barnes - Room CR201
3rd Grade: Mrs. Rough - Room CR203
4th Grade: Mrs. Van Winkle - Room CR205
5th Grade: Mr. Middleton - Room CR207
Teachers's contact information can be found on our school's webpage.
School Bell Schedule & Attendance Line
School hours for students:
8:00am - 2:20pm
Doors open at 7:45am
Attendance Line: 503-431-3505 Please call the attendance line before 8:30 am if your child will be absent or late to school. At any time during the message, you can press # to directly leave your message. An automated system will call you if the absence/tardy has not been reported.
Message regarding Bus Routes
🚌🚌. Bus Routes found here 🚌🚌
You can find all the details regarding district transportation on the transportation web page. Generally, elementary students who live more than one mile from school are not eligible for transportation services.
However, when the walking route is deemed unsafe, transportation will be provided or temporarily provided. In our case, the construction of surrounding homes makes our walking zone a temporary bus zone.
DID YOU KNOW?
- School Newsletter: The Art Rutkin Elementary newsletters are sent to families regularly. The newsletters contain timely information on events, updates to policies and procedures, and all the happenings at Art Rutkin Elementary. We also post a link on our school's website, under the parents section. Be sure to check out the attachments in the newsletters as they can contain community and school flyers, applications and resources important to your family.
- Office Info: You can reach our front office at artrutkinoffice@ttsd.k12.or.us or you can find our individual emails on the school website. The office number is 503-431-3500.
- Fridays are spirit days! Wear our school colors of purple, silver (gray), black and white!
- PSO: The first meeting is on September 12th. Check out their webpage. Make sure to bookmark it for future reference.
- Emergency Info: If the school is experiencing an unexpected closure due to weather, power outage, natural disaster, or other emergency; information will be sent out through Flash Alert. Sign up to receive these push notifications to your phone and via email. ** Each year go back into your account and refresh. ** Please also review emergency information for the district found here.
Paying for school meals, menus, prices & applying for F&R meals
All school nutrition information can be found on the District's Nutrition website.
Meal prices:
- Elementary Breakfast $2.50
- Elementary Lunch $4.00
- Milk a la carte $.75
If your student attended a TTSD school last year, their funds follow them. Titan (the old system) merged with LINQ. You might need to create a LINQ account. Give it a try and let us know if you need help.
To set up your student's meal account:
- Access the LINQ Program Website
To apply for free meals
- Access the LINQ Program Website
School Supply Lists
Volunteer Information
Do you want to be a volunteer or be a field trip chaperone? Have you gone through TTSD's volunteer process? If not, please make sure to do so. Once cleared, you are good for 3 years. If there is even a slight chance your answer is yes, then please complete the steps. It's better to have clearance than not! Here is the link!
*If you have been cleared at your previous school and haven't let me know already, please email me @ artrutkinoffice@ttsd.k12.or.us I'll get you added to our volunteer computer. 🤗