The Wave - October 27, 2017

The Wave

October 27, 2017

With a heart full of memories, I want to thank the TRCS Community for your kind thoughts, as well as your care and help loving my dear friend Merilee J. Bales. She was one of the very, very good ones! You don't often find them in this lifetime, but when you do, you hang on and go for the ride of your life. We both knew that the end of her life was going to happen sooner than either of us would have hoped. We had the time to say our good byes and know that each of us shared a unique and special history together. Here is a few pictures of my dear friend.

Godspeed Mer - we will meet again and take up just where we left off! I will watch after our little project TRCS in your absence. Much love to you!

~ Katherine

Leadership this week:

Committee prep work on the Harvest Party on October 30th

Committee Prep work on the Corn Maze on October 30th.

FUN RUN WINNERS!

~*~ Top Family Pledges ~*~ 

Banana Brains
Andrei Bell
Ava Young
Raynah Cheng
Myles Golden
Alyssa Chang
Logan Alvstad
Samuel McCarty
Tenzin Wangpo
Nyamma Nelson
Francisca Brevis
Kaden Digby

~*~ Top Individual Pledges ~*~ 

1st: Bryce Ritter $500
2nd: Alyssa Chang $370
3rd: Kyra Jeffrey $350

Together, our TRCS community pledged 

$13,573.00!

Thank you for your support!

Important Upcoming Events

October 30: 6/7/8 Student and Parent Cell Phone Meeting - more info below!

October 30: Harvest Party & Fiala Farms Corn Maze Outing

October 31: No School - Term 2 Planning Day

November 1: No School - Term 2 Planning Day

November 3: Winning Fun Run Family Pizza Lunch & Movie!

November 6: Poetry Contest Entries Due - more info below!

November 7: Community Service Outing - Oregon Food Bank

November 7: TRCS Board Meeting, 4:00 pm

November 8: Yearbook Meeting, 3:00-4:00 pm

November 10: No School - Veteran's Day Holiday

November 16: TRCS Friendsgiving, 6-8 pm - more info below!

Block Schedule for Next Week October 30 - November 3

Please make sure students are prepared for their PE days, as listed below. All students are required to have weather appropriate clothing and footwear.

*** If student unable to participate in PE, they will need to make up this time outside of class with note to Ms. Elston.

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
F Day	No School	No School	B Day	D Day
Corn Maze Outing!	Staff Planning Term 2	Staff Planning Term 2	6th PE 4th & 5th PE	Perspectives & School Meeting

TRCS Friendsgiving!

The parent involvement group has been working on planning a fun Friends Thanksgiving! Be on the lookout for an electronic invite and potluck sign up coming next week. Learn More about what's in store for this really fun, family friendly event and save the date: November 16th! Our 3 leadership students will be leading a food drive for this event: Summer T. Gavin D. and Lia W.

Cell Phone/Tech Meeting

As announced earlier in the year, we have scheduled a parent and student meeting for our 6th, 7th and 8th graders to discuss cell phone usage and school policies. Parents of 4/5th, you are invited to join but 4/5th grade students will not be able to partake in using their cell phones during the year. In order to earn a license to have their cell phone out at school, students AND parents are required to attend the meeting on October 30th at either 3:15 or 6:45 pm. Students will be given their phone usage manual to study. There will be an online test given at school to earn a license to apply to the back of their student body card.


Harvest Party - Oct 30 We truly love fall! The weather, the leaves - its all incredible. We will be having some fun on Monday October 30th. There are some school games in store, planned by our leadership students. We then will have lunch at school and head to Fiala farms. We will go through the corn maze as school families. It will be a great way to celebrate the fall and move into the coming 2 days away from school. October 31 and November 1 are days away. Our staff will be here planning term 2 curriculum. Please have a safe and fun Halloween with your family and friends!	Missoula Children's Theatre MCT is coming to West Linn! Get registration info here. The international travelling theatre company will be here 11/27th -12/2 to present "Treasure Island." Participants from Bolton, Cedaroak, Rosemont, Three Rivers and Trillium will audition, rehearse, and then perform the Treasure Island play (complete with stage make-up and costumes) all within 6 days! Students from K-8th grade are invited to register. No experience is needed. Space is limited and registrations are accepted on a first-come-first-served basis. (Only registered students will receive an invitation to the audition).	Scrip Tip! We know everyone out there goes grocery shopping! Check out these gift card retailers to see how you can earn money towards Outdoor School while you pick up the groceries for the week! Fred Meyer New Seasons Safeway Whole Foods Better yet, consider purchasing your gift cards now for all of the Thanksgiving groceries you need to pick up in the next few weeks! Learn more.


Poetry Contest We are participating in the Scholastic Student Poetry Contest this year! Students must submit their poetry by November 6th in order to meet the mailing deadline. Each student may submit only one original poem on any subject, no less than 2 lines and no more than 20 lines. Winners can earn $25-100 for entering, with a grand prize of $500. Learn more.	4th & 5th Grade Art In art, students will begin a mask making unit next week! 4th and 5th grade parents, please make sure your student brings an old shirt to wear for mask making next Thursday, November 2nd. If possible, a shower cap or head band would be really helpful to hold bangs/hair back.	Leadership We took a group of 4th and 5th grade students to NW Children's Outreach this week for our community service outing. The students did such an amazing job representing TRCS and got several compliments from other volunteers! The group helped sort children's shoes, socks, pajamas, toys, and coats so that they can be distributed to kids in need throughout our community. You can read more about this organization here.

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