Marjorie Bettencourt, Assistant Superintendent of Finance and Accountability
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Student Support Clinicians
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Having you been hearing about mindfulness? Maybe practicing a bit, taking time to notice and focus on being present? In the hustle and bustle of work, home life, and commitments, it can be challenging to develop new habits or explore opportunities for growth. We hope to make it easier by providing one mindfulness resource or practice idea each week, in a feature called “Mindful Moment.” Please join us in trying some of the different ways of bringing mindfulness into our daily lives.
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"When we practice mindfulness, we’re practicing the art of creating space for ourselves—space to think, space to breathe, space between ourselves and our reactions." ~Mindful Staff
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Laura Brem, Coordinator of Applied Horticulture and Environmental Science
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Winter Vegetable Gardening Winter crops thrive in our mild California climate. There are numerous crops that actually prefer the cooler days of late fall and winter, and some vegetables actually become sweeter after a cold snap: carrots, Brussel sprouts, cabbage, turnips and kale – to just name a few!
There are several benefits to gardening in the fall/winter, aside from the obvious of harvesting produce year round: less watering, fewer bugs and weeds, and getting outside (wearing a jacket, of course!).
Many of our school gardens sit vacant during the winter months, but what about creating a stir fry garden?
Themed gardens are a fun way for students to learn about seasonal growing and try unique foods!
Root crops: carrots, potatoes, beets, radish, onions & garlic
Nuts: almonds, walnuts, pistachios and pecans
Citrus: lemons, oranges, cuties, tangerines and grapefruit
Veggies: arugula, lettuce, Swiss chard, kale, broccoli, cabbage, Brussel sprouts, spinach and peas.
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Meet Joaquin Peral, a senior at Pitman High School. Joaquin has been involved in agriculture and showing swine for most of his life. He showed pigs with his 4-H group and all four years with Pitman FFA. Two years ago Joaquin decided to start his own swine based-breeding business called Central Valley Show Pigs. Joaquin purchased his first sow, Big Mama, which he raised, showed, bred, and farrowed. One of those piglets from his first litter was a gilt he named Princess. He kept Princess as the next pig in his herd and repeated the process; raised, showed, bred, and farrowed. Unfortunately, Big Mama passed away from complications giving birth this year. However, Princess just delivered six piglets at the farm. One of the piglets was born with a neurological shaking head issue and Joaquin has spent most of his days and nights caring for it and the rest of the sows.
According to his FFA advisor Luke Gocke, Joaquin demonstrates all the qualities that a business owner should possess including hard work, dedication, kindness, and tact. Joaquin shared that someday he’d like to be a vet specializing in swine. Shout out to Luke, Turlock FFA Advisor Chad Booth, CTE Director Tami Truax, & Farm Coordinator Laura Brem on helping make this process/project a success!
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Sitara Ali, Ed Tech Coach
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Did you know that our Chromebooks allow users to type accents in any language they set up? It is easy to set up and turn off and on too! You can add the language of your choice to the list, select International keyboard, and then the keyboard will allow you to type those accents.
Click the video below to see a short tutorial to learn how to add the international keyboard to your chromebook device, to be able to type using accents.
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Gil Ogden, Director of Student Services
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The root cause of bullying is bias which is an unconscious tendency to automatically think that some people are better others. This belief system is often based on race, religion, disability, appearance, socioeconomic status, appearance or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity. Students targeted for bullying are more likely to miss school, struggle academically and have low self-esteem.
All school staff have a responsibility to address bullying. Just follow the No Bully intervention stops when bullying occurs in classrooms or schools.
Step 1: Tell them to STOP. It’s important to actually use the word “STOP.” Say something like, “This needs to stop.”
Step 2: Speak to the INTENTION. For example, “It sounds like you are trying to hurtful with those words.”
Step 3: State the School Vision Statement: “We Treat All Students with Respect.”
Make sure you know your schools Social Vision Statement and check with your school’s No Bully coach for more suggestions on supporting students.
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Athletic Director Sports Update
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Dave Walls, Pitman High School AD
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Mike Brown, Turlock High School AD
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Boys Basketball:
Boys started the season off right with a win against Downey knights 61–15. They played Modesto high Friday night at the Bulldog arena and won 55–38.
Girls Basketball:
Started the season with Downey High and got a big win 37-34. They played Modesto High on Thursday night and beat them 47–15.
Boys Soccer:
They also played Enochs to start the season and beat them 9–1. Then they played a tough Gregori team and beat them 5–0.
Girls Soccer:
Turlock kicked off the CCAL season with a win against Enochs 4–1. They also beat Gregori with a score of 4–0. Great start to the season!
Wrestling:
Wrestling started the 2019-20 season off with our first quad meet and got two wins. One against Downey and one against Modesto High.
Coming Up This Week for the Bulldogs:
Tues:
Girls Basketball is @ Enochs 4:15, 5:45, 7:00. Wrestling is at Gregori going against Gregori and Enochs 4:00 start.
Wed:
Boys Basketball is home against Enochs 4:15, 5:45, 7:00. Girls soccer is also home against crosstown rival Pitman high. 3:00, 5:00. Boys soccer is over at Pitman starting at 3:00.
Thurs:
Girls basketball is home against Gregori 4:15, 5:45, 7:00.
Fri:
Boys Basketball is @ Gregori 4:15, 5:45, 7:00. Boys Soccer is home against Downey and Girls Soccer will be @ Downey. Saturday JV Wrestling will be at Gregori at 9:00 am.
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How long have you worked in TUSD? 5 months
Where did you work prior to TUSD? Stanislaus County Behavioral Health
Any info you would like to share about your job? Meet with students and parents for assessments, develop treatment plans, provide treatment interventions through direct counseling, provide referrals to other supportive services, and provide crisis intervention, consultation and education on mental health topics.
Things you are most proud of? My commitment and passion for the work I do!
Challenges? Over thinker!
Favorite memory/story? My favorite childhood memories come from our family gatherings, our traditions and values that bring us together and that I now carry on for my children.
What are you reading?
The Happiness Trap by Russ Harris
Any favorite shows you’re watching on TV?
Limetown
Fave movies? Too many to list but I love comedy, romance, suspense and some sci-fi movies.
Anything surprising we may not know about you? I am married to my high school sweetheart! And I have not watched a single Star Wars movie (on my to-do list!)
Anything about your personal life you’d like to share? I have been married for 10 years. We have two very loving, sweet and wonderful boys. As a family, we love going the beach, camping, “hiking,” visiting theme parks and new places. Other hobbies for me include photography and dance.
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TUSD Schools Rock: Dutcher
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Congrats to Nathaly Dagio on winning the Dutcher Middle School
Frozen
poster contest.
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2020-2021 TK/K Registration
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"I'm Kinder Ready" Campaign
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We need your help! TUSD has launched our 2020 TK/K Kinder Registration campaign with the slogan "I'm Kinder Ready!" Please help us get the word out to your friends and family. If you know a location that would be perfect for a campaign poster reach out to Marie Russell!
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Share Your Awesome!
Marie Russell
Chief Communication Coordinator
mrussell@turlock.k12.ca.us
209.648.0968
@tusd_mrussell
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We would love to have ALL staff help share our TUSD story to the world, but if that is not really your thing, just email Marie Russell for an opt-out form.
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