PTC Blast

• February 14 - Valentine's Day Classroom Parties
• February 17 - SCHOOL CLOSED for President's Day
• February 17 – Dining Donuts For Dollars @ Donuts Plus
• February 18 - NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS - Staff Development Day
• February 21 - Passport Club
• February 25 - Principal's Chat, 8:35am
• February 27 - 8:30 K-2 Assembly; 9:30 3-5 Assembly

The Middle School Boundary Adjustment Advisory Committee will meet this Thursday, February 13, 2020 at 6:30 p.m. doors will open at 6:00 p.m. at Five Oaks Middle School, 1600 NW. 173rd Ave., Beaverton, 97006. Please visit the Middle School Boundary Adjustments webpage for information and meeting materials.

This decision will affect where your children attend middle school, so make your voice heard!

The committee wishes to take into account a variety of factors including school demographics, free-reduced meals, transportation costs, feeder patterns, etc. and is carefully reading all the comments that are being submitted. You are able to submit comments and view all the comments by visiting this page: Link.

Please visit the Middle School Boundary Adjustments webpage for information and meeting materials.

We are looking for volunteers! Know any great public speakers that would be interested in being an emcee or auctioneer for the event? Please contact Kelly Olson at: TerraLindaFundraising@gmail.com

We are looking for donations! Do you have a business that would like to donate? Can you provide services? Own a vacation home? Complete the form on the website: TerraLindaPTC.org/library or Here

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 5:30AM-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. Please present a hard copy of this flyer at time of purchase, which will also be coming home with your students this week!

Oregon Battle Of The Books

• We had 8 teams participate this year.
  
• Official Battles will be next Wednesday, February 19 after school. Second graders can attend if they want to see what the event looks like for next year. The battles will be held in the library after school and will end around 4:45.
  
• Half of the 2021 list has been released.
  

Running Club has surpassed 2,000 miles this school year! We have 2,049 miles complete and can't wait to set a new record this school year.

We had a great Scholastic Book Fair last month. Thank you to all those that shopped and to those that purchased books for the classrooms! Thank you to all the volunteers that helped make the fair a success!

We took the profit from the fair in Scholastic Dollars and were able to get $358.67 in books for the library and $1,906.20 in books for the classrooms.

Our next book fair will be an Usborne Fair, April 14-17. Our next Scholastic Fair will be in late May or early June and will be a BOGO fair (buy one get one free)!

Please contact Rick Collett at bookfair@terralindaptc.org with book fair any questions.

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.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 HERE on the PTC website.

Your input matters!

The Beaverton School District is working on a common comprehensive middle school experience, which would include middle school course offerings and schedules that are standardized across the District. Currently, period lengths vary and the number of elective courses students can access are not consistent.

Your input matters, please take a few moments to complete the survey located on the Common Middle School Experience webpage. On the page you can also view the presentation that was given at the community meeting held at all District comprehensive middle schools on February 6.

As we have entered into the second month of 2020 it's time to advertise our open positions for the Terra Linda PTC Board for the 2020-21 school year. President, VP of Fundraising and Communications Coordinator will all be open for next school year. If these positions are not filled, PTC activities and events will be significantly limited during the next school year.

Details on the position duties can be found in our Bylaws on the Terra Linda PTC web page.

If you have any questions, please contact Jamie McCarl at volunteers@terralindaptc.org.

You made it the end of the Blast. Be proud! Because you're good enough. You're smart enough. And doggone it, people like you.

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