Quick snippets on what’s ahead at Terra Linda!
- January 28-31 – Scholastic Book Fair (ends this Friday!)
- January 30th – Middle School Boundary Meeting
- January 31 – PTC Sponsored Sock Hop, 6:00-8:00 pm
- February 4 – Multilingual Family Night, 6:30-8:00 pm
- February 11 – PTC Meeting, 6:30pm
- February 14 – Valentine’s Day Classroom Parties
- February 17 –
DiningDonuts For Dollars @ Donuts Plus!
Middle School Boundary Meeting TONIGHT
Reminder that the middle school boundary advisory committee is meeting TONIGHT, January 30th, to discuss the two current maps (maps 8 and 9 in this list) put forward from the last meeting.Sock Hop Dance! Tomorrow!
Get your poodle skirts and saddle shoes ready. The 1950’s Sock Hop for all Terra Linda families will be on THIS Friday, January 31st from 6-8 pm.Makerspace
Since the beginning of the school year, the volunteers in the Makerspace room have enjoyed witnessing and supporting the joy we see when the students have an idea for a project and they successfully create it. Much of their creations have been with cardboard. The photo above is evidence of that as their cardboard projects are kept on the side to improve on when they visit back. With its popularity as the top choice of material use, our stock of cardboard is running low. We request donations for cardboard at any size and quantity to continue the fun through to the end of the school year. Along with that, any supporting items that compliment with cardboard-building will be well-appreciated:
- cardboard cutters
- mini glue sticks
- hot glue guns
- marbles
- tape
Our Terra Linda Makerspace Wishlist items are now updated, so please consider reviewing the list. Please drop items off at the Terra Linda office and mention they are for the Makerspace room. A big thanks to the recent donors of craft supplies for the Makerspace room. On this current Makerspace activity of building squishy circuits, we want to thank a surge of parents/ community members who donated their time either by making homemade conductive playdough or participating in the classroom. Interested in helping the kids make their creations with Terra Linda Technology Educator, Rishika Batheja? Or have ideas to share for future activities? Please contact Maria Schaeffer at makerspace@terralindaptc.org
Dining For Dollar$
Presidents’ Day this year is also “PJ Donut Day” for Terra Linda students at our local donut shop, Donuts Plus! They have been serving our community for almost 40 years! On Monday, February 17th, from 5:00AM-1:00PM, head to Donuts Plus in your pajamas to get some yummy treats, and they will donate a portion of sales to Terra Linda. (A flyer will need to be presented at time of purchase; it will be attached in the next blast, and will also be sent home with students.)OBOB
OBOB teams are reading like crazy to get ready for battles on February 19. Did you know that each OBOB team will read a total of 646,685 words and 4,048 pages??Scholastic Book Fair
- Before School 8:10 am – 8:28 am
- Lunch Recess Time 10:45 am – 12:30 pm
- After School 3:05 pm – 3:30 pm
- and Friday, January 31st from 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm (during the Sock Hop Dance)
- Scholastic Book Fair’s new digital payment option is a great alternative to sending students to school with cash. Parents can easily create a Book Fair eWallet with a credit card and set a spending limit for their student. After the fair, any unused funds are released back to the cardholder. It’s so easy! You can set up an eWallet for your student now using information found on our Terra Linda Book Fair page.
- Terra Linda will receive 50% of sales in Scholastic Dollars to buy books for the school!
- Parents/Guardians: If visiting the fair during the day, a visitor badge, is required. Please check in at the office.
- Teachers will set aside books you can purchase and donate to classrooms, if you wish. When purchasing your own books at the fair, you can also choose to contribute additional money, in any amount, that will be used to buy books for the school.
- If you cannot make it to the Book Fair, you can also purchase books online: 1/22 – 2/4 and 25% of your purchase will go to the school. Look for details on our Terra Linda Book Fair page.
STEAM Night
Our annual STEAM Night is coming up on April 17th. ALL students K – 5 will be encouraged to do a Science Project and/or an Art project. Regardless of student participation, All Terra Linda families are invited to come celebrate and discover the disciplines of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics (STEAM) together. The evening will include student Science Fair project displays, OMSI presentations, an Usborne Books & More Book Fair, and hands-on inquiry stations.
OUR FEBRUARY CHECK DAY IS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21st.
Great job in January! We hope your world traveler will see their name on our Passport bulletin board as a “Frequent Flyer” (all 5 levels complete) or “First Class” (all 5 levels AND Special Itinerary), but most of all, we’d love for all kids to know the five countries in level 1! Please help us accomplish this goal!
Need a map? Study maps can be found online at https://passportclubonline.
Password (case sensitive): HelloWorld. Extras hard copies can be picked up in the office.
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 **If you would like your student to learn U.S. states and capitals, this is your chance!**
5th grade- Rivers and Lakes of the World
Links to special itinerary study guides can be found on the PTC website.
January 30th…
- 1848 – 1st gold nugget found in Coloma, CA launching the California Gold Rush
- 1968 – Beginning of the Tet Offensive in Vietnam
- 1969 – The Beatles give their last public performance
- 1951 – Phil Collins is born.
- 2020 – This BLAST is published
What does it all mean? A nonsensical collection of random events put together after 10 minutes of googling “January 30th”? Perhaps. Or perhaps this is the key to finally unlocking the secret to [REDACTED].
Shocking, right? But it’s better to know the truth.
Would you like to get more out of the blast? Do you have suggestions? Please contact Nicholas at communication@terralindaptc.org with any feedback.
Our beloved Terra Linda Elementary School has been an integral part of the community for more than 40 years. This year we’ve launched a capital improvement project to benefit our students and school community. This summer, we plan to renovate our library to make it a future-ready, creative, and flexible space. We will be hosting an auction to complete our fundraising efforts for the Terra Linda Library. This event will include cocktails, dinner, a fabulous silent and live auction, and entertainment. We hope to see you there!
Get your poodle skirts and saddle shoes ready. The 1950’s Sock Hop for all Terra Linda families will be on Friday, January 31st from 6-8 pm.
Happy New Year from the volunteers of the Makerspace room! Students continue to utilize a variety of materials in the room and they have made recent requests to replenish our stock items. Many of these items are everyday items and we highly encourage donations from the community first so that we can apply our limited budget of funds towards new or added STEM-related equipment for future projects. Our 
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