The Wave

January 14, 2022
A message from Megan Elston

Happy Friday! I hope our TRCS families can find some time this weekend to celebrate the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. It has been a goal of mine to have our students participate in a day of service in Dr. King's memory, but of late we have been challenged by the pandemic to do this safely as a school. In the interim, here are two sites with opportunities that range from helping clean up area parks to making care kits for the houseless.


Next week is MAP testing for all of our students. Help your student eat a good breakfast and send them with a snack. Students will take either the reading test or the math test this week and take the remaining test the week of Jan. 31. Our teaching staff use this MAP data immediately and it allows us to see how your student is growing. We will include your student's results in the term 2 report cards that will be sent out before spring break.

Our afternoon classes (health, social studies, and science) have been going for two weeks now. Teachers are getting the first round of in-class work and assignments in the grade books. We will be reminding students next week to check grades in StudentVUE.

Enjoy the long weekend and we look forward to seeing the students on Tuesday.
Important Upcoming Events and Information
  • MLK Holiday - No School - January 17
  • Winter MAP Testing - January 18-20 (4/5 Math, 6/7/8 Reading)
  • State of the School via Zoom - January 27 at 6:00 pm
  • Winter MAP Testing - Jan. 31 - Feb. 2 (4/5 Reading, 6/7/8 Math)
Counselling Corner - Lunch Bunch - Goal Setting
It’s the beginning of a New Year, a time when many people reflect on the past year and set goals for the year ahead. Do you make New Year’s resolutions? Or do you find it more helpful to set intentions and look for opportunities of growth throughout the year?

In session 2 of our lunch bunch series, January 10 - March 4, we will focus on SMART goals, habits of wellbeing, and self-efficacy. Students groups will be mixed grade level (6/7/8 on M and 4/5 on W) and will follow safe lunch protocols (6 feet apart while eating) whether inside or outside. If you have questions, please feel free to contact me. - Ms. Layton
8th Grade baby photos
8th-grade parents - now is the time to submit your student's baby picture for the yearbook. The Yearbook Club needs a baby picture from each current 8th-grade student. Please send them to Ms. Bremont. The final day to submit baby photos will be Friday, February 4th.
Naming the New Highschool
Help Us Select a Name for the New Third High School
The district's new third high school is planned for grades 9-12, including core academic subject areas, co-curricular activities, access to OSAA athletics, performing and visual arts, clubs, and all of the opportunities that students have at the district's existing high schools.
We are set to open this school in the fall of 2023. Part of the planning process includes selecting a name for the school. The district would like input from the West Linn-Wilsonville community as part of that process by February 12, 2022.
Update from Clackamas County Public Health Dept.
We follow Clackamas County Health rules and recommendations for COVID. New guidelines were adopted on 1/6/22. You can view these guidelines in depth on the West Linn-Wilsonville School District website. To summarize, the current guideline for anyone testing positive is a 5-day quarantine returning to normal operations on the 6th day as long as the individual is symptom and fever-free for 24 hours.
  • Exposure to a COVID positive for vaccinated individuals without symptoms states that the individual does not need to quarantine and can continue normal practices.
  • Exposure to COVID positive for unvaccinated individuals states that the individual must quarantine for 5 days and return on the 6th day.

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