January 15, 2020

Quick snippets on what’s ahead at Terra Linda!

  • January 20 – SCHOOL CLOSED for MLK Jr. Holiday
  • January 24 – Passport
  • January 27 – NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS – Grading Day
  • January 28-31 – Scholastic Book Fair
  • January 31 – PTC-Sponsored Dance, 6:00-8:00 pm
  • February 4 – Multilingual Family Night, 6:30-8:00 pm
  • February 11 – PTC Meeting, 6:30

Terra Linda Library Auction

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!

To learn more and get involved, please contact Kelly Olson at TerraLindaFundraising@gmail.com

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, January 31st 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. 

Makerspace

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 Terra Linda Makerspace Wishlist items have been updated, so please consider reviewing the list. Donations of any size or quantity will be appreciated.  Please drop items off at the Terra Linda office and mention they are for the Makerspace room. In our upcoming Makerspace activity, science and art will be creatively intermingled with an electric playdough project!  With the use of conductive playdough, molding clay, LED lights, wires, and batteries, Terra Linda students will not only have fun sculpting but also learn terms such as open, closed, short circuit, and polarity!  Items for this activity are in the Wishlist link above. 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

Terra Linda Running Club

Running ClubTerra Linda students have run 1,840 miles this school year!  This includes seven students who have completed a marathon!

OBOB

OBOBOBOB 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??
 
Parents and students can submit feedback regarding potential books for the 2020-2021 3rd-5th grade book list.
 
Click HERE to go to the feedback form.

Scholastic Book Fair

Our Winter Scholastic Book Fair will be held in the school library from Tuesday, January 28th – Friday, January 31st at the times below:
 
  • 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
  • Friday, January 31st rom 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm (during the Dance)
New This Fair – eWallet
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.
Parent/Guardian Information
  • 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.
Volunteers
  •  We are still in need of volunteers to help make the Book Fair a success.  We especially need help from 8:00 – 8:30.  No past experience is needed. If you are a current approved volunteer you can sign up to help here – Book Fair Help.
Questions
  •  If you have any questions about the Book Fair, please contact our Book Fair Chair, Rick Collett, at bookfair@terralindaptc.org

STEAM Night

Our annual STEAM Night is coming up on April 17th. All 1st – 5th graders 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.

Passport Club

PASSPORT CLUB- OUR NEXT CHECK DAY IS ONE WEEK AWAY!! FRIDAY, JANUARY 24th!

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.com/online-student-study-maps

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.

Volunteer Opportunities

We are in need of volunteers for the Winter Book Fair from 1/28/20 – 1/31/20 and the PTC Dance on 1/31/20! Click here to sign up or see below for book fair opportunities!

Scholastic Book Fair Our Scholastic Book Fairs depend on volunteers to be successful. We need help with setting up the fair, packing up the fair and help to ring up book sales and/or help students select books. There are multiple shifts from 8:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. on 1/28 – 1/31 as well as shifts during the PTC Winter Dance! See links below!

Tuesday – Friday 1/28 – 1/31 at the times below
8:00 – 8:30, 10:45 – 11:45, 11:45 – 12:30, 3:00 – 3:30.
Also, Friday 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm and 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm (during the Winter Dance)
 
Monday, 1/27, 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Spend an hour or so helping to set-up the fair in the library
 
Friday, 1/31, 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Help to pack-up the fair

As always, if you have any questions, comments or concerns, please contact Jamie McCarl at volunteers@terralindaptc.org. Thank you for volunteering!

Food for thought: If the Blast is perfectly executed, but no one is around to read it, does it even really exist at all? What’s that? Oh, I see. You weren’t paying attention because you were focused on listening to that tree falling in the forest.

Would you like to get more out of the blast? Do you have suggestions? Please contact Nicholas at communication@terralindaptc.org with any feedback.