The Wave - September 17, 2021

A message from Megan Elston

Hello,

We have made it through week two! Your student began afternoon classes on Tuesday, which includes Health, Social Studies, and Science. All TRCS students have done a great job adapting to a full academic schedule! You shouldn't see a lot of homework coming home just yet, but expect that to pick up in the coming weeks. Homework is generally in Language Arts and Math. If your student begins to feel frustrated by the amount of homework, or by the amount of time it's taking to complete, drop us a note! We are all working on re-calibrating after a year of CDL and hybrid learning.

Congrats to all of our Olympic participants and our medal winners. The Metallic Martians managed to win the most medals as a combined family. Way to go! We hope your student had fun in our opening unit of PE while also getting to know some new people and the customs of TRCS.

Next Thursday is Back to School Night and we hope you will join us virtually as we all work to limit large gatherings. We will provide a Zoom Webinar link that day and will send it via email.

We are ready for week three and look forward to seeing your student on Monday! Have a great (rainy) weekend!

Important Upcoming Events and Information

Virtual Back to School Night, Sept. 23rd

MAP Testing, Sept. 21 & 22

PE Unit, Soccer, Sept. 27 - Oct. 1

New Student Conference, October 8th

Back to School Night

via Zoom

We hope you have marked your calendar for September 23rd, 5:30 - 6:30 pm 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. Zoom link

Emergency Drills

Student safety is of the utmost importance to all of us at TRCS. We had our first fire drill this week and the students did an excellent job exiting the building quickly and quietly. We will continue to have drills (earthquake, lockdown/out, fire) each month so that we are all prepared for any emergency situation.

Handle with Care

If your family is experiencing difficulties at home, I would like to provide additional support at school. I understand that you are not always able to share details and that is okay. If your child is coming to school after a difficult night, morning or weekend, please email me “Handle with Care”. Nothing else will be said or asked. This will let me know that your child may need extra time, patience or help during the day.

~ Laura Layton

Conferences

October 8 is a no-school day, and we will be having fall conferences for all of our new (this year) students. These will take place via Zoom, links to be provided at a later date. Parents, please have your student attend with you. These conferences are for new students only.

Conferences for returning students will be on October 22 via Zoom and sign-ups will be released soon.

Synergy and ParentVue

Synergy is where you will be able to check your students' grades this year. So logging in and getting familiar with Synergy will be key to finding out how they are doing in school.

Also, if you haven't already, please log in and update your students' information as well.

PE Unit: Soccer

The last week of September we will have a PE Unit focusing on soccer skills. Students will be playing in grade level cohorts.

Please make sure kids come in comfortable clothing, have closed-toe shoes and no cleats.