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Category: Announcement
November 7, 2019
Quick snippets on what’s ahead at Terra Linda!
- November 11 – SCHOOL CLOSED FOR VETERAN’S DAY
- November 11 – SCHOOL CLOSED FOR VETERAN’S DAY
- November 15 – Passport
- November 18-22 – Holiday Food Drive
School Boundaries
Just a quick reminder about the middle school boundary meetings coming up this fall. Find a link with all the dates and locations HERE.
Scholastic Fall Book Fair
We’ll get over half of the total sales in Scholastic Dollars to spend on more Scholastic books for the school. Already we purchased 41 books for the library 212 books for the classrooms.
Mark your calendars! Our next Scholastic Book Fair will be January 28-31.
Green Team Update
Not sure where to take your hard to recycle plastic items? One option is the Maker Studio at the Portland Children’s Museum. You don’t have to be a member to drop items off, they will accept them at the front desk. Here is a full list of what they accept: https://www.portlandcm.org/exhibits/maker-studio
Makerspace
In the traditional sense, November is a time of thankfulness on a good autumn harvest. These two words – Thankful and Harvest – will be this month’s inspiring theme to the craft creations in the Makerspace room. Starting mid-month during your child’s next Technology Special, please inquire on what they created and if they enjoyed the free use of the materials stocked up in the room!
To help replenish our stock of items, please see a list on the Terra Linda Makerspace Wishlist. Items that will be helpful for this month are googly eyes, feathers, pom poms, small autumn leaves and glitter paint. 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.
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
Buy Local. Support Terra Linda.
Piccolo Mondo Toys in Bethany Village is partnering with Terra Linda November 11th-17th. During that week, anytime you shop there, just mention Terra Linda, and they will donate 15% of your total purchase to our school! The holidays will be sneaking up on us soon–maybe get a jump start on shopping, all while supporting Terra Linda! (For more details, please see the flyer that was sent home with your student this week.)
Running Club
Students have the opportunity to participate in Running Club on Tuesday and Thursday during lunch recess.
OBOB Update
What is OBOB?
The Oregon Battle of the Books (OBOB) is a statewide voluntary reading motivation and comprehension program sponsored by the Oregon Association of School Libraries in conjunction with a Library Services and Technology Act grant. Students in 3rd-5th grade, regardless of ability, are exposed to quality literature representing a variety of literary styles and viewpoints.
October 2
November 13
December 4
January 8
February 5
Official Battles: TBD
What are kids reading this year?
- The Ark Plan by Laura Martin
- Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi
- Clayton Byrd Goes Underground by Rita Williams-Garcia
- Fablehaven by Brandon Mull
- Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
- Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key by Jack Gantos
- Just Dance by Patricia MacLachlan
- Malala: My Story of Standing Up for Girls’ Rights by Malala Yousafzai
- Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
- Out of Left Field by Ellen Klages
- Paper Wishes by Lois Sepahban
- Ramona the Pest by Beverly Cleary
- Riding Freedom by Pam Muñoz Ryan
- Stef Soto, Taco Queen by Jennifer Torres
- Wishtree by Katherine Applegate
- The Wizards of Once by Cressida Cowell
Passport Club
PASSPORT CLUB- OUR NEXT CHECK DAY IS COMING SOON!! FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15th!
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: https://www.terralindaptc.org/about-the-ptc/what-we-do/passport-club
Wishlists
As the holidays are coming up, please check out the recently updated Wishlist page HERE. You will find lists for every grade, school wide needs, and a special list for the Makerspace.
Volunteer Opportunities
Classroom Volunteer Opportunities
Read to Me – Kindergarten (Doughty)
Monday – Friday 8:35 a.m. – 8:55 a.m., throughout the school year.
Volunteers will have time to read to two students.
Read to Me – Kindergarten (Kohl)
Monday – Friday 8:35 a.m. – 8:55 a.m., throughout the school year.
Volunteers will have time to read to two students.
Read to Me – Kindergarten (Meinhart)
Monday – Friday 8:35 a.m. – 8:55 a.m., throughout the school year.
Volunteers will have time to read to two students.
Literacy Skills – First Grade (Clark)
Monday – Friday 1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. throughout the school year.
Read with Me – First Grade (Clark)
Monday – Friday 12:00p.m. – 12:30 p.m. throughout the school year.
Writing Helper – First Grade (Clark)
Monday – Friday 10:25 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. throughout the school year.
Read with Me – First Grade (Schrader)
Monday – Friday 11:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., throughout the school year.
Classroom Volunteer – Fifth Grade (Rafanan)
Classroom volunteering throughout the school year.
Other Volunteer Opportunities
Five times per year students learn general biographical information about a featured artist, learn about his/her work, and experience a hands-on art project. All materials are supplied and both lesson plans and PowerPoint presentations for each project/artist are provided. You do NOT need to be an artist or have any art history background to be an Art Lit presenter!
Clothes Closet – Lost and Found Support
Help sort through lost and found, launder clothes and deliver to Clothes Closet.
Help to plan the 5th grade end of year party!
Library/Media Center Volunteer
Assist with checking out books to students and reshelving books
Help with organizing and refilling supplies in Makerspace
Encourages students who enjoy reading, with goals to broaden reading interests, to increase reading comprehension, promote academic excellence, and to promote cooperative learning and teamwork among students.
Help students learn geography by helping quiz them (maps and training provided). Typically, the third Friday of every month!
Running Club – Kinder & 1st Grade
Tuesdays and Thursdays 10:45 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Help keep track of laps the students run and encourage students. Meet at the track after signing in to the Volunteer Computer and grabbing your name badge.
Running Club – 2nd & 3rd Grade
Tuesdays and Thursdays 11:20 a.m. – 11:50 a.m. Help keep track of laps the students run and encourage students. Meet at the track after signing in to the Volunteer Computer and grabbing your name badge.
Running Club – 4th & 5th Grade
Tuesdays and Thursdays 12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. Help keep track of laps the students run and encourage students. Meet at the track after signing in to the Volunteer Computer and grabbing your name badge.
As always, if you have any questions, comments or concerns, please reach out to me!
Thank you for volunteering!
If you have any questions, please contact Jamie McCarl at volunteers@terralindaptc.org.
Well, well, well. Here we are again. The end of The Blast. The end of the road. The end of the line. The fairy tale ending. The beginning and end of the end. All’s well that ends well. What’s that? I should stop now? Good point. The End.
Would you like to get more out of the blast? Do you have suggestions? Please contact Nicholas at communication@terralindaptc.org with any feedback.
August 30th, 2018
The Back to School Packet is available online!
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.
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.
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.
PTC Meeting
Guest Speaker, Mrs. McAndie, fifth grade teacher, will be sharing how teachers use the 90-minute reading block each day to strengthen our readers. You will see an example of a mini lesson, learn about reading goals, and learn more about the Lucy Calkins Units of Study in Reading.
Wednesday, Feb. 7 @ 7pm in the school library.
Jog-A-Thon: DATE CHANGE
Jog-A-Thon will now be held on Tuesday, 10/24.
Because of forecasted thunderstorms we need to change the date of Jog-A-Thon to ensure student safety.
The running times remain unchanged.
Jog-A-Thon Schedule:
9:00-9:40 4th Grade
9:40-10:20 3rd Grade & SRC (Mrs. Eckrode)
10:20-11:00 1st Grade & SRC (Mrs. Hefty)
11:00-11:40 5th Grade
12:00-12:40 Kindergarten
12:40-1:20 2nd Grade
Questions? Please contact Charity Dart at charitydart@gmail.com or Jennifer Collett at vpfundraising@terralindaptc.org with any Jog-A-Thon questions.
Please join us for our next PTC Meeting this Wednesday, 10/4, at 7:00pm in the Terra Linda Library!
We’re changing the format of the PTC meetings a little bit. We’d like to send out the agenda and updates ahead of time, so everyone can see the topics. The updates will not be discussed, in the meeting, unless parents/staff have questions. We’re hoping this will help streamline the meetings and keep them to an hour. It should also free up some time to have guest speakers.
You can check out the PTC Meeting Agenda here:
Terra Linda PTC Meeting Agenda October 4 2017
At this month’s meeting, we’re excited to have Kristy Edmunds and Christy Batsell as our guest speakers…
Growing Our Readers
Last spring, Reading Specialist Kristy Edmunds trained volunteers how to read with first graders by explaining what skills and strategies students needed at each reading level. All the parents said, “I wish I would have known this sooner for our own children!”
Kristy Edmunds and Christy Batsell will share this same information, but expanded to all grade levels. Learn how students move up in reading levels from Kindergarten “Read to Me” through 5th grade “Orange” and beyond. Hear how our teachers support students in this progression and take home some strategies to use with your own children.
2017-18 PTC Board
Tamara Peters - President
Jenn Collett - VP of Fundraising
Rick Collett - Volunteer Coordinator
Brain Baldwin - Treasurer
Michele Fordice - Communications Coordinator
Kristine Baker - Secretary