JANUARY
FEBRUARY
- Sun. 2/13 - Landscaping Work Party (link)
- Tues. 2/8 - 6:30-8:30pm Site Council Meeting Join us!
- Tues. 2/8 - 7pm-9pm: Special Education PTSA General Meeting (link)
- Mon. 2/14 Valentines Day
- Mon. 2/21 - Fri. 2/25 - No school, Mid Winter Break
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From Thornton Creek Parent Group |
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From the Thornton Creek Library |
A HUGE thank you to everyone who contributed to our Fall Book Fair! We had a great turnout to University Bookstore and raised nearly $1,000 for the library! This fundraising is crucial for our library to continue to update our collection with current literature and to reflect our student body. We also received big stacks of book donations that are being excitedly gobbled up by our book-loving students. Thank you to the volunteers who helped coordinate the details, and to our community for always being so supportive. |
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From Thornton Creek Site Council |
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Hello TC families, and happy new year!
Welcome back from break, where I hope you were able to decompress, enjoy some snow days with your kids, and generally mentally regroup after a trying 2021. Of course, this year has started with a bang already—I want to personally thank all of you for waiting in long lines to get tested, monitoring kid symptoms, upgrading your mask collection, and everything else being done to mitigate further Covid spread in our community. The constant risk assessment is exhausting. Thankfully, we’re here in community, able to help one another out.
Please join Thornton Creek Parent Group, teachers, and administration for the next Site Council meeting on Zoom, Tuesday, Jan. 11, at 6:30pm. You can view the agenda for that meeting here… I know I’m late to get this out because of the break, but know there will be time for a Q&A with Principal Kischner and bringing up any other thoughts with parents in attendance. There are a lot of important conversations to be had and ways your voice, and your participation, are actively needed and appreciated. We hope you’ll join us!
In partnership and community,
Chelsea Lin (she/her)
Chair of Site Council and Thornton Creek Parent Group
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Family Civic Engagement Night
Learn about the SPS levies - Thursday, Jan. 20, 6:30pm
Seattle Public Schools will be asking voters to renew two critical levies on the February 8, 2022 ballot. Gather with TC PTA, TCPG and View Ridge PTA for an evening of family engagement to learn about how school funding works and what these levies mean for our students, families, staff, and schools. We will start the night with a family read-aloud, followed by a presentation and Q&A with SPS Assistant Superintendent of Business & Finance Jolynn Berge. The presentation will provide an overview of the Educational Programs & Operations Levy and the Building, Technology, Academics/Athletics Levy.
Join Zoom Meeting:
Meeting ID: 890 0344 4827
Passcode: 312104
Links below:
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From the Health and Safety Committee |
Health and Safety Info and Reminders for the School Community |
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Happy New Year!
Masks
With the rise of Omicron in King County, our school community is recommending staff and students wear KF94 and KN95 masks. High quality masks are in high demand! The following is a helpful mask resource of verified kid’s masks. Thank you to Jessica Knaster Wasse for keeping our community up on these helpful links! Because masks are not one size fits all, it is recommended to buy adjusters and some bobby pins (to put the adjusters on) as most models need adjusting to get a snug fit. Double masking with a disposable mask under a cloth mask is another option to increase protection if your child is unable to wear a KF94 or KN95. CDC has this guidance. If your child needs a better quality mask, reach out to your child’s teacher.
Thank you for helping to keep our community safe!
Attendance and Illness
If your student is displaying any new symptoms (not caused by another condition) please keep your student home. Take a look at the symptoms guidelines. Email Nurse Twinkle and notify the office. Check out all of the updated SPS protocols for Covid exposure and what to do if your child has symptom(s) of Covid.
Covid Testing
Rapid antigen tests are available to students until supplies are depleted. To register your student for a Rapid Test please sign up here. PCR tests are currently available for students who are experiencing symptoms. Please register here.
Covid positive Students
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If your child tests positive for COVID-19 (or has tested positive recently), Washington State Department of Health is still requiring a 10-day quarantine for all school staff and students (contrary to the CDC recommendation recently revised to five days). Please note that the day of the first positive is considered to be Day 0, so if a student tests positive on Monday, January 3rd, they may return to school on Friday, January 14th (Day 11). Also, if a member of your household, or other close contact, has tested positive, please review the SPS protocols (scroll down to “Close Contact with Someone with COVID-19”).
Seattle Public School Links
Safety during the 2021-2022 school year
Seattle and King County Public Health Community Links
King County Schools COVID-19 Response Toolkit
King County COVID-19 free testing locations link
Vaccine finder - Boosters have now been approved for 12+, 5 months after second dose
Here’s to a Happy and Healthy 2022!
Erica Seddig and Courtney Bell
Safety and Health Committee
Co-Chairs
Questions? Concerns?
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Thank You TC Staff
Thank you to administrators, teaching staff and non-teaching staff for all the intensive work you do to make sure the school is a safe, comfortable and inclusive learning space, where kids can find and exercise their strengths. You are appreciated!
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Thank You TC Families
Thank you for your patience and encouragement! In times like these, we really need each other, and every little thing we do for each other, and for the school, counts big!
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We have a tradition at our school of saying "thank you." If you would like to submit a thank-you note, send an email to submit-news@thorntoncreek.org. Thank you! |
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Wedgwood Coop Preschool will soon open enrollment for the 2022-23 school year! Join us on January 22, 10am-11am to meet our teachers and tour our classroom. Wedgwood uses play-based learning for ages 1-5 and includes ongoing parent education from experts who can help destress your parenting. We really are a community with our cooperative approach. Many of our families have found lifelong friends at Wedgwood. We are located at 8208 18th Ave NE in Seattle, and you can find more info at wedgwoodcoop.org. Hope to see you soon!
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A committed group of adults is pulling together the details for TC 3rd, 4th and 5th grade Ultimate Frisbee teams this Spring. We plan to hold practices once per week at the Thornton Creek field; games will be on Saturdays. Ultimate is a wonderful sport that has an incredible spirit of the game creating a welcoming and inclusive opportunity for all.
Please express your child’s interest in playing with this survey by January 13th. We hope to accommodate all, but please recognize that if interest is high enough we’ll need additional coaching support and may run into field space issues. Elementary teams are composed of a mixed-gender team of five players on the field with minimum two girls playing at all times. If you are willing to help coach, please indicate in the Google Form.
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Quick Links and Information |
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Thornton Creek Is a Box Tops for Education School. Look for new BLUE Box Top coupons on products (e.g. Cascadian Farm cereal), and then just scan your receipt. Get the app at BTFE.com.
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Site Council Officers:
Chelsea Lin, Chair
(unfilled), Vice-Chair
Roddy Theobald, Treasurer
Jessica Prince, Secretary
Text THORNTONCREEK to 22828
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Tel.: 206-252-5300
Fax: 206-252-5301
Principal: Gerrit Kischner
Asst. Principal: Laurie Miller
Bell Times:
Mon-Tue-Thu-Fri
7:55am to 2:25pm
Wednesday
7:55am to 1:10pm
Attendance
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