February 7, 2022
Upcoming Events
FEBRUARY
  • Tues. 2/8 - 6:30pm-8:30pm Site Council Meeting Join us!
  • Tues. 2/8 - 7pm-9pm: Special Education PTSA General Meeting (link)
  • Thurs. 2/10 - Virtual Open House for Prospective Families via zoom - 6:30pm - 7:30pm (link)
  • Sun. 2/13 - Landscaping Work Party (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
From the Fundraising Committee
We appreciate our community of support! Contributions to our school come in many forms and we are grateful for the variety of ways people participate. Thank you to those of you who were able to join us this year with a gift to the Annual Appeal. We have raised more than $60,000 -- funds that go a long way in supporting our teachers, students and vibrant school. We know many have expressed interest in giving in the spring due to matching gift/corporate drives -- donations are accepted and appreciated all year!
From Thornton Creek Site Council
Hi friends! 

Just a quick note to remind you that our next Site Council meeting is tomorrow, February 8, 6:30-8:30pm on Zoom. Check out the draft agenda here, and come ready to listen, share, and grow together. Look forward to seeing you!
Also, tomorrow is the last day to get your levy ballots in! Learn more about how the levies help schools here

Wishing you all a wonderful week—let’s do this! 


In partnership and community,

Chelsea Lin (she/her)
Chair of Site Council and TCPG 

From the Health and Safety Committee
Health and Safety Info and Reminders for the School Community

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 Tests
Have you ordered your FREE COVID-19 at-home test kits from the federal government? Order here. When administering these over-the-counter/rapid antigen tests, read the instructions to double check the ages for which the tests can be used. Different testing kits have different age requirements, and some are not approved for young children.

Covid positive Students
All people with Covid (with or without symptoms) need to isolate for at least 5 days from a positive test. Follow here for the latest (updated on January 12) quarantine requirements if your student has tested positive for Covid.

Seattle Public School Links
Safety during the 2021-2022 school year

Seattle and King County Public Health Community Links
King County COVID-19 Dashboard
King County COVID-19 outcomes by vaccination status
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?
Thank You
Thank you to Haena and Heeseo's families (parents of TC Kindergarteners) who were so kind enough to help us celebrate lunar New Year by singing a Seolnal song (a Korean lunar new year song), playing Jegi-chagi (a Korean outdoor game), and doing sebae (bowing) in traditional Korean outfits called 'hanbok'. These are just a few of the many activities that take place on this special holiday. Thank you for sharing a part of your cultural traditions with the TC community!
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!
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!
From the Community
Archery Update
Due to the uncertainty with Covid, the archery coaches, Josh Colwell and Veronika Maass, have decided to not have a TC archery team this season. We are truly sorry about this loss and understand the disappointment it may cause for the kids who were eager to compete on the legendary TC archery team. We intend to continue teaching archery in our PE curriculum and hope we can reboot the archery team next year.
 
Here is a message from our outgoing certified archery coach and TC parent, Veronika Maass.
 
"Reflecting on the past I had a great honor of working as a coach on the TC archery team for three years with Sue Doty, our long term PE teacher of serving TC for 32 years, who retired last year. She volunteered to start coaching the TC archery program in 2006 with at team of dedicated parents becoming the first elementary school in Washington State to attend the NASP state tournament. When Josh, our current PE teacher, Sue's previous student joined TC, he became part of the archery coaching team.
 
Archery, taught in schools as part of the physical education curriculum through the National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP), has proven to captivate students with reporting to be better connected to their school, being coed and not favoring tall or fast or strong like too many other activities or sports. It levels a playfield and allow socialization with reaching students they were previously deems unreachable. Since its inception in 2002, NASP has put a bow and arrow in the hands of over 18 million students grades 4-12 nationwide.
 
School teams can compete in NASP state, national and international competitions. Thornton Creek received its starting equipment as part of the participation, and over the years it has build a solid foundation for success with students winning top three places as a team or individuals on state and national level. Three years ago we had a TC student qualified for the international competition! All the hard work is represented in the trophy collection you can visit in the office on display. I was able to capture a symbolic picture on Sue's last day at school with representing the kids and coaches surrounded by the trophies.
 
As an outgoing parent of a 5th grader I would like to encourage the TC community to continue the archery legacy with keeping engaging interested parents for training and assisting as coaches. There has to be two certified coaches at any practice due to safety, so it is crucial to have trained parent coaches. Feel free to reach out to Josh if you are interested to help out next year in 4th and 5th grade."
Quick Links and Information
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.
Our Office Depot School ID# is: 70107343. Purchases of school and office supplies at Office Depot will return a 5% credit to Thornton Creek. www.officedepot.com/a/content/back-to-school/5percent/
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Site Council Officers:
Chelsea Lin, Chair
(unfilled), Vice-Chair
Roddy Theobald, Treasurer
Jessica Prince, Secretary




Text THORNTONCREEK to 22828

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
Call 206-252-5304, or e-mail the office.