The Wave 
October 20, 2017 
A wet and wonderful week! We are in the midst of the one & only fundraiser of our year.  We are planning a great showing for the October 27th Fun Run. The forecast is for 63 degrees and sunshine. We invite everyone (parents, grandparents, etc) to stop by and watch. We will have pacers and lap counters. The pledges can be flat pledges or lap pledges - your choice. This money will fund 2 field trips and a picnic area for your kids. We won't be asking for any additional money - so this is the time to include yourself to help everyone out.  The field trip on Tuesday for the 7/8th Grade kick off to leadership, is funded in advance of our fun run. Please help us make up that money!!!!! Thanks for all your care and support - we are off to such a great start of the year. See you at the FUN RUN on FRIDAY. 

~ Katherine 
Leadership this week: 
Committee prep work on the Harvest Party on October 30th
Committee Prep work on the Corn Maze on October 30th. 
Tree to Tree 7/8th grade Kick off to 17/18 Leadership event!    
Community Service Events this week: 
Northwest Children's Outreach - Wednesday October 25th 
   We will be in contact with you via email if your kids will be on this trip. 
Important Upcoming Events

October 23:  Online Book Fair Ends! ORDER NOW!!!

October 24: 7th & 8th Grade Field Trip - Tree to Tree - more info below!

October 25: Community Service Outing - Northwest Children's Outreach

October 25: Yearbook Meeting, 3-4 pm - more info below!

October 27: Fun Run, 1:30-2:45 pm - more info below! 

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 6: Poetry Contest Entries Due - more info below! 

November 16: TRCS Friendsgiving, 6-8 pm - more info below! 
Block Schedule for Next Week October 23-27
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 
A Day B Day C Day A Day D Day 
8th Grade PE
6th Grade PE
7th PE
Rugby (rain or shine)
8th PE
4th & 5th PE  
FUN RUN

Parents - Please Join Us!

Friday, October 27th*
 
Fun Run 1:30-2:30 pm
Awards 2:30-2:45 pm
 
*Make up day is Nov. 3rd if it's raining!
* This is our ONE & ONLY fundraiser for the school year!!!

* Talk to your friends, neighbors, and family to support our amazing school!

* TRCS Staff are collecting pledges, too! Contact the office with your pledge support!

* Check with your employer to see if they will match your pledge! We have several parents making this happen!

So far, $3,300 has come in - we are a quarter of the way to the goal!
Chalk.com Update!
The access codes have been mailed to your home and the invite link has been emailed to all parents. If you are missing either one of these, please email Elizabeth in the office. She will be able to get you any of the missing pieces so that you can set up your own Chalk account to be connected to your students' Chalk account. We sure appreciate everyone's patience while we learned this program and launched it only when everything was ready! 
7th & 8th Graders
We have had this plan in the works for some time now, and are excited to announce that our 7th & 8th graders will be heading to Tree to Tree on Tuesday afternoon to do some team building while going through their obstacle courses. Students MUST have a signed waiver at school by Monday in order to participate. We are providing bus transportation and students will bring their lunches with them on the bus. Should be loads of fun and the forecast looks dry!
Last Weekend! 
JUST THREE MORE DAYS - the fair ends October 23, 2017. It's easy to participate! Just visit the online fair. TRCS will earn 30% of every book purchase! Please forward this information along to friends and family anywhere in the U.S.
See top books for each grade level here.
There are some great gift ideas at great prices here.
If you arrive at the website through a page other than our book fair page, please enter our unique code at checkout: threeriverscharterschool
Happy Reading!


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. 

Volunteer Needed   
We are looking for one parent volunteer who would be willing to commit in helping lead our Library Club this year. This would involve regular visits to the school library to make sure the books and shelves are being maintained. You would also need to check in regularly with a small group of students and provide some guidance to help keep them on track with library maintenance. If this interests you, please contact Katherine. 
 
Scrip Tip! 
This week, we want to share the gift cards you can purchase that give you the best bang for your buck! Thinking of holiday gifts for employees, friends, neighbors? Consider these high percentage retailers: 
  *Eco Car Wash: 26%
  *Kaady Car Wash: 22%
  *Krispy Kreme: 41%
  *Chinook Book: 50%
  *McMenamins: 12%
  *Roundtable Pizza: 12%
  *Godfather's Pizza: 27%
  *Family Fun Center: 15%
  *Nike or Adidas: 12% 

5th Annual Portrait Food Raiser
This annual event benefits the West Linn Food Pantry and created by Nancy Steele Portraiture. Nancy offers complimentary portrait sessions in exchange for a bag of food brought to the event. Schedule your session time online. You are also gifted a set of holiday cards & additional products and prints are available to purchase at the viewing appointment. November 4th and 5th from 9 am-3pm, Location: Local park TBA. She has raised over 1600 lbs of food in four years! Nancy has been in business 18 years in West Linn and is a CPP (certified professional photographer).
Yearbook
We had a record number of students apply to be a part of the yearbook team for this school year! Here are the members: 
Jack Cunningham
Corinna Thomas
Emme McCord
Summer Tan
Payton Gault
Andrew Ng
Kyra Jeffery
Mabel Knapick
Adelia Myers
Sydney MacGlashan
Lia Workman
Evan Delanty
Anna King
Gavin DeVincenzi
Ethan Yip
Maya Bollinger
Avery DeVincenzi
Grace Friedman
Sneha Amudhan
Liam Hill
Jeffery Russell
Alyssa Chang

Leadership
Leadership is one of the cornerstones of our program here at TRCS and we have another fantastic year planned with some amazing opportunities for students. We wanted to share with all of you some of these activities. Click here and you will see the plan for the months ahead, including community service outings and in school opportunities. Our staff works very hard along with the students to make these learning experiences positive and successful. Thank you, Ms. H for guiding this program for so many successful years! 

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.  
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