The Wave  September 21, 2018

Happy Friday! What a great week at TRCS. It was so nice to see all of our new families at conferences. Our staff truly enjoyed having the opportunity to meet with new students and their family members to celebrate successes and explore areas for growth. It is days like this that I realize how special the TRCS community is! I am really looking forward to getting the whole school together at Back to School Night this Thursday. As many of you know, our theme for the 2018-19 school year is mindsets. I believe we can accomplish so much more than we think with the right mindset. Weekly, I will be adding a “mindset thought” to the wave so that our entire community can join us on exploring and adopting this theme in our lives. The quote below sums up growth mindset. We all face challenges and how we react to those challenges will make a difference on the outcome! Hope you all have an amazing weekend. See you Monday! -Nic Chapin Team TRCS “The passion for stretching yourself and sticking to it, even (or especially) when it’s not going well, is the hallmark of the growth mindset. This is the mindset that allows people to thrive during some of the most challenging times in their lives.” ― Carol S. Dweck

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Note from the TRCS Office: We are looking for bakers to bring cookies for our Back to School Night on Thursday! If you have the time and the baking skills, please let us know ! We would love to have each baker bring 2-3 dozen cookies to be dropped off by Thursday morning. Thank you!

Order Pictures! Picture day was a success this week! Good thing we rescheduled, since Tuesday was a beautiful sunny morning. Photos are now available to order . Use your email address and code 2018 to access the photos to order. Please do not delay, as they are only available until October 1st. Please make sure you place your order this weekend through Nancy Steele Portraiture .

Attention 4th Graders! Did you know the tree chosen for the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree is coming from Willamette National Forest in Oregon? In honor of this, the governor is holding an essay contest for 4th graders in Oregon. The winning fourth-grader and guardian will win a trip to Washington D.C. and attend festivities surrounding the tree lighting, taking place throughout the U.S. Capitol. Read more!

Fall Conferences Sign-ups are now available for fall conferences for our returning students! Please sign up via the Sangha app here. This is for returning students only, as new student conferences have been completed. As a reminder, parents will sign up for a time slot, and teachers will be assigned as appropriate for your child's schedule.

Battle of the Books is Back! We sure are excited for another year of Oregon Battle of the Books (OBOB). If your student is interested in participating, encourage them to ask some classmates to form a team ! If they need assistance, have them stop by the office. We hope we get a lot of teams to battle this year - it's great fun! Learn more .

Back to School Night We hope you have marked September 27th - THIS NEXT THURSDAY - at 6:00 pm on your calendar for our Back to School Night ! We are all so excited to be back and will have much to share about the school year ahead. Please plan to have at least one parent attend, and parents only please!

Lunch Time Students are using plastic utensils faster than we can keep up with. We would love to be more green by having students bring a utensil from home and have it stored in their lunchboxes. Please remind your students when they are packing lunches to pack a utensil! Thank you!

Community Announcements WLMS DANCE TEAM, “The District Dancers” Middle School Dance Team will be starting soon, and the information and registration form are now available on our Facebook page  https://www.facebook.com/districtdancers/   or just type in District Dancers of West Linn. It will also be posted on the District Community Web Page next week. Dance Team will be open to all interested 6th, 7th, and 8th graders in WL and practices will be held on Mondays and Wednesdays from 4-6:30pm, mainly at Athey Creek MS. No auditions, everyone is welcome. After the holidays we will hold some Saturday practices too. Practice starts Monday, Oct.1, and will run until the end of February. The first week is open enrollment so you can come and check it out. Fee is $400.00 and includes 5 months of instruction, costume, competition fees, sweatshirt and t-shirt, and dancepaws/shoes.  Any questions please email Christy Bray . CCome to the parent/dancer meeting for w elcome & Registration on Wednesday, Oct. 3 at the Athey Library 6:00-7:0 0PM. Come and meet the coaches, ask questions, sign up and fill out forms, make payments, and find out what it’s all about. We look forward to seeing you. FREE PARENT EDUCATION NIGHT "What Every Parent Needs to Know About Screen Time/Device Use and Social Media's Impact on Your Child's Well-Being and Safety" will be presented on Wednesday, Oct. 17th at 7:00 PM at Rolling Hills Community Church. Read more at w ww.savethekids.us . The focus of this presentation will be balancing screen time and device use, protecting and cultivating our children's self-worth amid the damaging influence of comparisons that social media constantly feeds our youth and devising a sensible family plan for device use.