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March 1, 2018

Quick snippets on what’s ahead at Terra Linda!

Upcoming Events:

Bingo Night: Mar. 2
NO SCHOOL (Conferences): Mar. 8-9
PTC Meeting: Mar. 14
Coding Club: Mar. 16
Passport Club: Mar. 22
NO SCHOOL (Spring Break): Mar. 26-30
Running Club: Every Tues. & Thur. during lunch recess
STEAM Night: Apr. 20

Current Volunteer Needs:

Please see the current volunteer opportunities below and visit our Volunteer Page for the current needs and information on how to become a volunteer.

Clothes Closet
It is Terra Linda’s responsibility to provide volunteers from 9am-4pm on Wednesday March 21 at the Beaverton School District Clothes Closet. 16550 SW Merlo Road, Beaverton, OR 97006. Having volunteers who are bilingual is not necessary, but very helpful. There are 3 slots available per each shift. Please click on the Clothes Closet link above to see the shifts and sign up. For information on the Clothes Closet, click here.

Read to Me: Kindergarten
Monday – Friday, ongoing, multiple shift times.
Volunteers will have time to read to two students. Link above will take you to Opportunities, scroll down to Read to Me: Kindergarten to sign up. Brief training required. Please contact Kristy Edmunds (Kristine_Edmunds@beaverton.k12.or.us) to setup a training session.

Read with Me: 1st Grade
Marlia – Schrader – Schroeder
Monday – Friday, ongoing, multiple shift times.
Volunteers will have time to read to two students. The links above will take you the shifts for each teacher where you can sign up. Brief training required. Please contact Kristy Edmunds (Kristine_Edmunds@beaverton.k12.or.us) to setup a training session.

Read with Me: 2nd Grade
Monday – Friday, ongoing, 8:30 – 9:00
Volunteers will have time to listen to/help two students read. Brief training required. Please contact Kristy Edmunds (Kristine_Edmunds@beaverton.k12.or.us) to setup a training session.

PTC Club and Event Happenings:

OBOB

Congratulations to 3rd Grade Team, Girl Power, for winning the Terra Linda OBOB competition.

Katelin, Mia, Zoe, and Maddie will represent our school at the Regional competition in March.

To get a head start on reading 2018-2019 OBOB list, check out our OBOB page.

PTC Meeting

Calling all 5th grade parents! Please come with questions on Wed. Mar. 14 @ 7:00.

Dr. Shannon Anderson, principal at Cedar Park, would like to introduce herself and talk about Cedar Park Middle School.

Passport Club

Thanks to snow, everyone had an extra week to study February countries! The kids did great today- thank you to all who helped! Hopefully if you watched the Olympics, your kids recognized many or all of the countries!

In March, we’ll have the luck of the Irish with us as we locate where the wildebeest migrate, where Perito Moreno Glacier caves, and figure out which is the largest landlocked country (and also believed to be the origination of the beloved apple).

Online study maps: Password (case sensitive): HelloWorld.

Links to special itinerary study guides for 3rd-5th can be found here.

Remaining Passport Club check days:

March 22 April 26

May 24 June 7 (2nd chance day)

Scholastic Book Fair

The Book Fair will be open during Bingo Night, Mar. 2, 6:00 – 8:00

Bingo Night

Mar. 2 @ 6:30

Lots of prizes to win! You don’t want miss out on this FAMILY FUN night for the whole family!

Bingo cards and concessions will be available for purchase.

The next Coding Club will be Friday, Mar. 16 after school in the Computer Lab. Pick up will be 4:00 in the lobby.

U.S World Class Taekwondo Association, Character Kids program

When you sign up your child for this 3-week class, 100% of the proceeds go to Terra Linda.

It’s really a win-win for everyone!

The three week class includes:
1. Focus and Confidence
2. Discipline and Respect
3. Bully Prevention

For more information or to sign up: click here.

REGISTRATION IS DUE ON MAR. 30

Plant Sale

New Leaf Greenhouse donates 30% of the sales to our school, so this is a great way to improve your yard and help Terra Linda!

Plant sale order forms will come home on Thursday, March 15th! Orders will arrive May 10th, just in time for Mother’s Day.

STEAM Night

Do you have a budding scientist?

The Science Fair will be apart of our STEAM Night coming up on Apr. 20.

Look for submission forms to come home this month.

Did you know?

You can now access Terra Linda Elementary’s student directory. This is password protected. All parents/guardians received an email on 2/23 with this school wide password.

February 15, 2018

Quick snippets on what’s ahead at Terra Linda!

Upcoming Events:

NO SCHOOL: Feb. 19
Passport Club: Feb. 22
OBOB Meeting: Feb.23
Scholastic Book Fair: Feb.27 – Mar.2
Bingo Night: Mar. 2
Running Club: Every Tues. & Thur. during lunch recess

Current Volunteer Needs:

Please see the current volunteer opportunities below and visit our Volunteer Page for the current needs and information on how to become a volunteer.

Scholastic Book Fair
Volunteers are needed to help ring up sales and/or helping student select books. The link above will take you to Opportunities, scroll down to Book Fair to sign up.

Art Literature is in need of classroom helpers. It is a once a month commitment, helping students put together art projects. Interested, Contact: Lizz Ostley

PTC Club and Event Happenings:

Clothes Closet: Donations Needed

Thank you to everyone for their recent donations! We received 2 large boxes that will go straight to the BSD Clothes Closet.

Terra Linda’s Clothes Closet is running low on boys sweats, size 4-7. Please bring new or gently used donations to the school office.

Scholastic Book Fair

This year’s spring book fair is Feb. 27 – Mar. 2

Open hours:

Before School 8:10 – 8:30

Lunch Time 10:45 – 12:45

After School 3:05 – 3:30, 1:35 – 2:00 on early release Wednesday

The Book Fair will also be open during Bingo Night, Mar. 2, 6:00 – 8:00

Bingo Night

Mar. 2 @ 6:30

Lots of prizes will be given away as well as Krispy Kreme donut holes. You don’t want miss out on this FAMILY FUN night for the whole family! Let’s be honest, we had you at Krispy Kreme, didn’t we??

2018/2019 Parent Teacher Club Board & Committee Chair Vacancies

We have many committee chair veterans whose students are moving on to middle school. The following committee chair vacancies need to be filled by May 2018, in order to be considered for next year’s PTC Budget.

Committee Chair Vacancies:

Clothes Closet
Back to School Picnic
Walk and Bike to School Day
Green Team
Coding Club
Fall Dance
Movie Night
Science Fair
OBOB Co-Chair

For a description of each of these opportunities, please visit our Volunteer Page, under Volunteer Opportunities.

PTC Board Vacancies:

Vice President of Fundraising
Communication Coordinator

If you are interested or have any questions, please contact: Rick Collett

Passport Club

Do the Olympics have you searching maps to see where athletes are from? Have your own family geography Olympics and compete with your children to find countries! Chile, North Korea, Botswana and Denmark are among some of the countries kids will be quizzed on next week. Please help them get ready!

Online study maps: Password (case sensitive): HelloWorld.

Links to special itinerary study guides for 3rd-5th can be found here.

Remaining Passport Club check days:

February 22 March 22 April 26

May 24 June 7 (2nd chance day)

Cast your VOTE

The Beaverton School Board on Monday, Jan. 22, 2018 unanimously adopted a resolution to place a five-year Local Option Levy Renewal on the May 15, 2018 ballot. This is a vote-by-mail election.

If approved, the Local Option Levy Renewal would allow Beaverton schools to preserve 300 teaching positions, maintain class sizes, and help ensure students are prepared for post-high school success. The levy renewal costs $1.25 per $1,000 assessed property value. Homes with the median assessed value of $238,000 would continue to pay less than $25 per month. The levy could raise approximately $31-$35 million a year.

In 2013, voters approved a five-year local option levy to restore teaching positions that had been cut due to repeated state funding shortfalls. The levy has raised $128 million, and 100% has remained in Beaverton schools to fund approximately 300 teaching positions and reduce class sizes. In the 2017-2018 school year, 158 of these positions were allocated to Beaverton’s elementary schools, 53 to middle schools, 70 to high schools, and 18 to options schools. The current levy pays for five full time teachers at Terra Linda.

Did you know?

Thanks to parent volunteer, Gavin Redshaw, you can now access Terra Linda Elementary’s student directory. This is password protected. All parents/guardians will receive an email with this school wide password.

December 7, 2017

Quick snippets on what’s ahead at Terra Linda!

Upcoming Events:

Running Club: Every Tues. & Thur. during lunch recess
OBOB Meeting: Dec. 8
Passport Club: Dec. 19
PTC Meeting: Jan. 10
Coding Club: Jan.12
Movie Night: Jan. 19
Dining for Dollars @ Subway: Jan. 25

Middle School Open Houses: December

Cedar Park: TODAY, Dec. 7
HS2: Dec. 12
ACMA: Dec. 13

For more information for each of these events: click here.

Current Needs:

Teachers are looking for more volunteers to help in the classroom. If you are already an approved volunteer, please check out the opportunities in the Volunteer System.

If you are not an approved volunteer yet, please submit an application. See more information on our volunteer page to learn more.

PTC Club and Event Happenings:

A special thanks to:

Kristine Baker for serving as the PTC Secretary for the past 6 months. She has volunteered in many different roles at Terra Linda and we are grateful for her time. She is passing the baton on to Emily Struthers who is our new PTC Secretary.
Mrs. Piper for sharing her love and understanding of Common Core with Terra Linda Parents at last night’s PTC meeting. She is full of ideas on how to support your child from home! We will be posting some of these ideas on social media in the days to come. Stay tuned!

Wish List

Tis’ the season for giving! Treat your student’s classroom to an item from their teacher’s Wish List.

Don’t forget our specialist teachers too!

Jog-A-Thon Update

With corporate sponsorship commitments still rolling in, we are projecting that you raised $24,000.

A huge THANK YOU, to each and everyone of you who have supported these efforts. You make all these programs possible!

Oregon Battle of the Books

The next OBOB meeting will be held on Friday, December 8 after school in the library. The meeting will end at 4:00 and pick up will be in the library.

ALL STUDENTS MUST HAVE A NOTE FROM A PARENT WITH PERMISSION TO STAY FOR THE OBOB MEETING.

The focus book for the December meeting will be The Case of the Case of the Mistaken Identity.

We will be registering teams at the December meeting. Registration can be completed on paper or electronically. Please send a $5 donation to offset expenses.

Please fill out this: Registration Form

Questions: OBOB@terralindaptc.org

Running Club

Congratulations to our second half marathoner of the year, Dylan W. from fourth grade!

Running Club has completed 595.75 miles this year. We recently had our annual Turkey Trot on Tuesday and are looking forward to a Evergreen Tree run in December. On special runs every runner receives a commemorative token to add to their necklace or key chain.

Running Club also wanted to thank all of our new volunteers who have come out to cheer on the kids.

Questions: RunningClub@terralindaptc.org

Coding Club

Coding Club will be returning to Terra Linda for a second year. This after school program is taught by volunteer IT professionals and aims to introduce computer science skills to students.

This program will take place one Friday a month after school until 4:15. The program is limited to twenty 4th and 5th students. Students that are interested in joining this program must commit to attending every session and completing assigned homework. There is a suggested $5 donation to offset the cost of materials.

Coding Club Dates for 2018
January 12
February 9
March 16
April 20
May 11
June 8

Coding Club will focus on having each student build a website that showcases their technical skills.

Please submit this application before Friday, December 15. Students will be notified via email if they have been selected for the class on Wednesday, December 20. Selections will be based on computer skills/interest and on a first come first served basis.

Questions: CodingClub@terralindaptc.org

Passport Club

December’s check date has been changed to Tuesday, December 19th due to a scheduling conflict.***

Online study maps can be found: here Password (case sensitive): HelloWorld.

We would love to have any interested parents join us in the lobby on the 19th anytime between 8:30-12:30 to see how Passport Club works and help quiz students.

Links to special itinerary study guides for 3rd-5th can be found here

After School Fine Arts Class with Veronica Lake

Fine Art Classes are returning again on January 17th and scheduled for Wednesdays from 2 – 5 pm.

That is RIGHT…. three FULL hours of instruction! Space is limited. For more information on how to sign up, click here.

Girls on the Run

We inspire girls to be joyful, healthy and confident using a fun, experience-based curriculum which creatively integrates running. We envision a world where every girl knows and activates her limitless potential and is free to boldly pursue her dreams.

Does this sound like a program you’d like to bring to Terra Linda? We are looking for Committee Chair to head up this initiative. If you are interested in learning more about Girls on the Run or would like to head this up, please contact: kellyaolson@gmail.com

Did you know?

You can now find the Terra Linda PTC on Instagram: @terralindaptc
Our Pizzicato fundraiser was a success. Congrats to Cate Collette who was ‘budding chef’ winner!! Thank you to Pizzicato for their generous donation $450.00!

Quick snippets on what’s ahead at Terra Linda!

Upcoming Events:

Running Club: Every Tues. & Thur. during lunch recess
Scholastic Book Fair: Oct. 26-31
Dance & Glow: Oct. 27
PTC Meeting: Nov. 1 (6:30pm)
Canned Food Drive: Nov. 13-17
Dining for Dollars, Pizzicato: Nov. 14
Passport Club: Nov. 16
OBOB Meeting: Nov. 17

Current Needs:

Volunteers are needed for Book Fair, Read to Me, Running Club, and Passport Club. For more information on other opportunities, click here.

PTC Club and Event Happenings:

Jog-A-Thon

Our 3rd Annual Jog-A-Thon was a success!

Thank you to the many volunteers, parents, grandparents, community members, and Sunset High School students who came out to cheer on the students. We had a blast!

Please help us finish this fundraising campaign strong, just like the kids did on the track this week. Every donation, no matter the size, helps our Terra Linda community.

All donation envelopes, with all money included, need to be turned into teachers by Friday, Oct. 27.

Please make sure your student’s name and teacher is written on the envelope. The final day to collect pledges through PledgeStar is also Oct. 27.

If your employer matches donations, please use the tax receipts that come home with students this week to apply for matching funds. Additional 2017 Jogathon Tax Receipts can also be printed. If you are a Nike employee, please make your donation directly through the Nike giving website to get the match.

PTC Meeting

Mark your calendar for our next PTC meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 1 from 6:30-8:00pm.

ATTN: 4th & 5th Grade families:

We will review the BSD Option Schools for middle school and have a panel discussion with representatives from each school.

Canned Food Drive

Our annual canned food drive is coming soon!

Please bring non-perishable food items to the Terra Linda lobby Nov. 13-17. All food collected will be distributed to Terra Linda families in need, along with a PTC-funded gift card to round out a Thanksgiving meal.

Sturdy, medium-sized boxes are also needed to package the food. Please drop off boxes in the office.

Here are the most needed items:

Rice
Peanut Butter and Almond Butter
Canned tuna or chicken
Canned fruits and vegetables
Beans (canned or dried)
Pasta
Whole Grain Cereal
Shelf-stable Milk
Cooking Oil
Canned Tomatoes
Other nutritious foods

This year, the fifth-graders are managing this project with the leadership of Mrs. McAndie.

If you would like to apply for this, or other food benefits available at Terra Linda, please contact the office.

Dining for Dollars

We are partnering with the Cornell Pizzicato for our next Dining for Dollars event on Tuesday, Nov. 14.

They will be donating 20% of their entire day’s sales to Terra Linda (including gift cards)!

The restaurant has very limited seating, so it’s recommended that you call in advance for take out orders, or have it delivered to you! If you are unable to participate that day, you are able to order gift cards by emailing Becky Seppala at diningfordollars@terralindaptc.org

Also, students may submit this Budding Chef form to Becky Seppala or bring it to the school office if they would like their own pizza recipe to be entered into a contest to be the featured pizza special for the day of our event!

Gift card orders and recipe forms need to be submitted by 11/9

Running Club

Halloween will be a special event for Running Club! Every participant will receive a pumpkin token to add to their award chain!

Questions: runningclub@terralindaptc.org

OBOB

OBOB will meet on Nov. 17 in the library after school until 4:00pm. The focus book for November will be Dash.

Students may still join OBOB. Registration will remain open until January.

Please see the attached October OBOB Agenda if you were unable to attend the meeting.

Questions: OBOB@terralindaptc.org

Coding Club

Coding Club has decided to delay meeting until January. This should allow for additional time to recruit more volunteers, distribute applications, and develop the new curriculum.

Questions: TerraLindaCodingClub@gmail.com

Scholastic Book Fair

Fall Book Fair opens TODAY!

Thursday, Oct. 26 – Tuesday, Oct. 31, the Fair will be in the school library:

Before school 8:10am – 8:30am
Lunch time 10:45am – 12:30pm
After school 3:05pm – 3:30pm (not open on Friday after school)

It is also open during Fall Dance on Friday, Oct. 27 from 6:00 – 8:00pm and Wednesday morning, Nov. 1 from 8:10 – 8:30am.

Teachers have chosen books they would like to have in their classroom and set them aside behind the cashier.

Passport Club

Thank you to all who participated in check day TODAY. We had a great time with the kids and the bell was ringing!

Study next month’s passport countries with hardcopy maps coming home today or online study maps found here. Password (case sensitive): HelloWorld.

Links to special itinerary study guides for Grades 3rd-5th can be found here.

We will see you again on Nov. 16!

***Please note that December’s check date has been changed to Tuesday, Dec. 19 due to a scheduling conflict.***

Here are the remaining check days:

Nov 16 Dec 19 Jan 25

Feb 22 Mar 22 April 26

May 24 June 7 (2nd chance day)

Dance and Glow

Get ready to GLOW!!!

Dance and Glow, on Oct. 27 from 6:30-8:00pm at Terra Linda.

Wear your whites or glow in the dark clothes and come ready to rock out with your friends to our awesome DJ!

It’s gonna be GLOWTASTIC!

U.S World Class Taekwondo Association, Character Kids program

When you sign up your child for this 3-week class, 100% of the proceeds go to Terra Linda.

It’s really a win-win for everyone!

The three week class includes:
1. Focus and Confidence
2. Discipline and Respect
3. Bully Prevention

For more information, check out this: US World Class flyer. You may also sign up here. REGISTRATION IS DUE ON OCT. 28.

Did you know?

Last day to turn Jog-A-Thon pledges is Friday, Oct. 27
PTC is short for Parent Teacher Club
You can find us on Facebook for the latest updates too. Please invite other Terra Linda parents who don’t already follow this page.