Quick snippets on what’s ahead at Terra Linda!
Upcoming Events:
- One School, One Book: Jan. 14- Feb. 1
- Passport Club: Jan. 24
- Scholastic Book Fair: Jan.29 – Feb. 1
- Sock Hop Dance: Feb. 1
- PTC Meeting: Feb. 8
Current Volunteer Opportunities:
Look for all current volunteer opportunities on the PTC webpage under Volunteer.
One School, One Book
Trivia Helpers
Help students write and/or enter their trivia answer. We need volunteers each of these mornings from 8:05 – 8:30 am. Two in the library and two in the lobby. Dates 1/22, 1/24, 1/29, 1/31.
Tooth Taxi Help
1/22 – Two Volunteers needed
1/23 – 1/25 – One Volunteer needed
The Tooth Taxi is a 38′ state-of-the-art dental office on wheels with two dental chairs and a full-time dentist and staff. It visits schools throughout Oregon to provide free dental care and oral health education to uninsured and underserved children.
Two volunteers are needed on the first day and one on the other days.
Volunteers will escort students to and from class and to and from the Tooth Taxi.
Please sign up for as many shifts as you wish. Thank you.
Scholastic Book Fair
The Book Fair needs a lot of volunteers to be successful. Below are the days and times help is needed. Click on the links to sign up on My Volunteer Page and for more details.
Setup Winter 2019 – 1/28, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Cashier / Helper Winter 2019 – 1/29 – 2/1 Multiple times, including Friday evening
Pack Up Winter 2019 – 2/1 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM (after the Dance ends)
Sock Hop Dance
Help is needed at the upcoming winter dance to help sell snacks and to clean up after the dance.
Sell Snacks – 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Clean Up – 8:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Questions?
Please contact Volunteer Coordinator, Rick Collett, at volunteers@terralindaptc.org
PTC Club and Event Happenings:
ONE SCHOOL, ONE BOOK
We hope this has been a fun opportunity for your family to read together!
Here is a link to the reading schedule and the audio version.
Trivia will be in the library and lobby on Tuesday and Thursday mornings.
Happy reading!
Scholastic Book Fair
The Winter Book Fair is coming soon! This year’s winter fair theme is Dino-mite!
Stomp, Chomp and Read!
The fair will be open Tuesday, January 29th – Friday, February 1st in the school library at the times below:
Before school 8:10am – 8:30am
- Recess/Lunch time 10:45am – 12:30pm
- After school Tue, Thur, Fri 3:05pm – 3:30pm, Wed, 1:35pm – 2:00pm
- It is also open during the Sock Hop Dance on Friday, February 1st from 5:45pm – 8:00pm
When visiting the book fair in the morning, parents and guardians must sign in and get a visitor badge from the office.
Look for the book fair flyer in Thursday folders on 1/24.
The Book Fair is a wonderful opportunity to share your love of reading with your whole class by donating a book to your student’s classroom. Teachers will have chosen books they would like to have in their classroom and set them aside behind the cashier. When purchasing your own books at the fair, you can also chose to contribute additional money, in any amount, that will be used to buy books for the school.
Please contact Book Fair Chair, Rick Collett at bookfair@terralindaptc.org with questions.
Sock Hop Dance
Get your poodle skirts and saddle shoes ready. The 1950’s Sock Hop for all Terra Linda families will be on Friday, February 1st from 6-8 pm.
Please join us for this fun filled event where you can doo wop and dance with your family and friends. 50’s style clothing is encouraged but not required. Admission is free and there will be snacks for purchase. Questions? Please contact Penny Galvin at penny.galvin@gmail.com
This is a PTC sponsored event.
Passport Club
Our next Passport Club check day will be: Next Thursday, 1/24
We hope your world traveler will see their name on our bulletin board as a “Frequent Flyer” (all 5 levels complete) or “First Class” (all 5 levels and Special Itinerary).
Lost your map? Online study maps can be found at www.passportclubonline.com/maps.html
Password (case sensitive): HelloWorld
Can’t get enough geography? Add Special Itinerary! Same check day/time, just have your child tell us they’d like us to check S.I. also.
3rd grade- Landmarks and Monuments
4th grade- U.S. States and Capitals/ North American Neighbors
5th grade- Rivers and Lakes of the World
Links to special itinerary study guides can be found on the PTC website
Our next Passport Club check day will be: Thursday, 1/24
School Directory
COMING SOON!
You will have access to the School Directory this Friday. An email will be coming soon with a link for easy access.
Makerspace: UPDATE
WANTED: Your Lego bricks, Technic style pieces and Duplos too!
The Terra Linda Makerspace would love to take your no longer needed Legos and use it for building and robotics projects. Please drop your donations off at the office.
Dining for Dollars
Thanks to all who participated at Pizzicato–we raised $526!
See you at McMenamins on May 21st for our next and last event for the year!
Fine Arts Class
This is an opportunity your child will NOT want to miss as they learn from a seasoned art teacher of 15 years and professional artist of 22 years.
Your child will learn about color mixing, shading, perspective and composition while working with a good number of mediums from acrylic, watercolor, handpainted photography, collage and charcoal.
Pricing is affordable and a payment plan is available! Classes are conveniently located RIGHT in the Terra Linda neighborhood at Christ United Methodist Church. For more information, check out this Fine Art Class Flyer. This class is taught by a Terra Linda community member, Veronica Lake.
Did you know?
The PTC is completely volunteer run!
Each PTC Board Position commitment is for one year. A person may serve in the same position for a maximum of two consecutive years.
The following board positions will be open for next school year (2019-2020)
- President
- Secretary
- Treasurer
- Volunteer Coordinator (can be shared by two volunteers)
Board positions are crucial to the PTC and the school to provide support for our successful PTC programs.
If you are interested in becoming a board member, please see the position description/duties in our Bylaws and contact the current Volunteer Coordinator to share you interest.
Ideally, those interested should reach out now so they can shadow existing board members to learn more about the position during the current school year.