Issue: #2
September 28, 2015

This Week:

Wednesday, 9/30: Student Picture Day

 

From the Principal
Thornton Creek Families
by John Miner - jminer@seattleschools.org Thornton Creek Principal
  
It is wonderful to have our school filled with your children's smiles, laughter and curiosity. This will be another great school year! Consider how you will be part of it.
 
Calendar Reminders
The following makeup days for a revised school calendar have now been finalized with SPS and SEA, pending approval by the Board of Directors on October 7. The additional school days are:
  • Friday, October 9
  • Friday, January 29
  • Wednesday, February 17, Thursday, February 18, and Friday, February 19.  This is a shortened mid-winter break.
  • Friday, June 24
September 30th - Regional meeting at Ingraham High School  or  Oct. 2nd - Regional meeting at Washington Middle School:
SPS staff will be at Ingraham to discuss recommendations for changes to the start of school times for the 2016-17 school year. The meeting will begin at 6:30pm
           
October 1st - Regional meeting at Thornton Creek:  
SPS staff will be here to discuss proposals for enrollment policy boundary changes in northeast Seattle.  The meeting will begin at 6:30pm in the school lunchroom. 
From the Office
Updates from the Thornton Creek Office
by Jenny Evans - jevans@seattleschools.org
 
First Day Packet!
We are at 25% returned!  Keep them coming!  They are also on the TC website, and the best news is they autofill!  Start filling one in and they all fill in!  Just print, sign and return!  Every new family was given a paper packet.  We'll start sending reminders pretty soon.  Parents should not volunteer until their paperwork is in. 

Advanced Learning Applications are an online item this year! 
October 8th deadline
Instructions are on the Seattle Public School Website.  Go to: http://www.seattleschools.org/
Click on Departments/Advanced Learning/scroll down to/
Follow the directions from there. 

Reporting your child out sick or needing a bus green card
Please email Cindy Spencer and your classroom teacher when your child is ill, late or leaving early.  Cindy also creates the green cards for buses (they are now yellow cards!)  You can call Cindy at 252-5304 or email her 24/7 at cgspencer@seattleschools.org
Please do not cc Jenny Evans with attendance related emails - Cindy has it covered now! 
From Site Council
From Site Council
by Stacy Earlywine - stacy.earlywine@gmail.com
Site Council President

It was great to see so many faces at Back to School Night! I am truly excited for the year in front of us. Together, we can do great things!

I'd like to highlight a few volunteer needs this week. There are many, many more but these are a few of our top priorities.  

1.  Site Council Secretary: this is a modest time commitment but a crucial role. The secretary attends meetings, takes minutes, submits them for review and publishes approved minutes to our website.

2.  Auction Co-Chair: I'd like to express tremendous gratitude to Lissa Armato for volunteering to Chair our auction again this year. With her at the helm the Co-Chair job will be a manageable task. Please consider this very important role.

3. Enrichment: A team of parents loosely formed over the summer to explore ways to make our Enrichment program a more viable, independent program. We need more voices.  If Enrichment is important to you, please consider participating in the process that will be ongoing this fall.  
  
5. Communications Committee: We could use additional assistance on the web editor team, as well as more back-up help with the newsletter team. This is work that can be done from home, mostly on your schedule.

4.  We need a parent to arrange for usage permits for all activities taking place on school property outside of the school day. This is a simple process that can be done from home. This is another crucial task with a minimal time commitment.

Please contact me with any questions about these volunteer roles and I will connect you to the appropriate person.

I'd also like to offer a friendly reminder to please enter your family information for the student directory / classroom lists. We currently have about a 70% return. These will be valuable communication tools as we move forward into the school year.

Thank you!
Stacy Mercier Earlywine
Site Council Chair
From the Library
Article Headline
  
by Ginny Allemann - vaallemann@seattleschools.org

Please join me in the library on Tuesday, September 29 from 3:00 to 3:35 for an informal library introduction! I'll be setting up borrowing privileges for parents, providing a brief tour of our collection, and informing you about volunteer opportunities! Please RSVP to vaallemann@seattleschools.org. Hope to see you!
 
Spencer Shaw Lecture at UW iSchool.
This year's Spencer Shaw lecturer will be Kadir Nelson  (We are the Ship, Henry's Freedom Box, I Have a Dream,among others)! The event is Thursday, October 22 at Kane Hall. Hope to see you there!
 
Thank you library volunteers!
I have super volunteers in the library. The mornings are covered, but I am still searching for a couple of people who could come in every couple of weeks (preferably on Tuesday afternoons, but any day after school is fine) to wash tables and dust computers and shelf tops. I am also looking for a couple of people to head up the fall book fair at University Book Store. It's a four day event and we need someone to work with UBS and plan a variety of in-store events and activities. Please let me know if you are interested or if you'd like to be on the "on call" volunteer list for simple projects.
Parent Group Fundraising
2010 Walkathon Banner
Walk-A-Thon Update

Due to the construction we will be unable to put on our traditional walk-a-thon this year. Stay tuned however as our walk-a-thon chairs are putting together something creative and fun. More info coming soon...
Box Tops 4 Education
by Karen Selboe - kselboe@gmail.com

Thornton Creek is a BoxTops 4 Education collection school. Each pink coupon is worth 10 cents for Thornton Creek Elementary, which brings in between $300 - $500 every year that we participate. The dollars depend on you! 

Do you have a BoxTop coupon(s) on food, food storage, office supply, or other participating products? Simply clip or tear off the coupon and drop it in the marked basket near the front of the school. Questions about the BoxTop coupon? Go to www.boxtops4education.com or email kselboe@gmail.com.
From the Parents
LAST CALL FOR STUDENT AND FAMILY DIRECTORY!!
by Amanda Thornewell - thornewell@hotmail.com

If you haven't already done so, now is your chance to take just 30 seconds to fill out the online form. 3 easy options:
The gathered data will be used to create classroom lists and contact information for Thornton Creek family-to-family communication. Seattle School District does not provide student/family contact information to other students and their families.  There is an option within the form to have information only sent to the teacher, and not given to the directory. 

This is a Thornton Creek Parent Group project.
Thank you!

Amanda Thornewell, Lyndee Belina and Karen Selboe, Parent Volunteers
Bike Friday is Back
by Amanda Thornewell - thornewell@hotmail.com

Join the bike trains for our popular Bike Fridays. Bike trains run regularly on Fridays, weather permitting, until Oct 24. Parents riders are always welcome.  

A map for Thornton Creek bike train route can be found here.
  
North bound route leaves 39th and 65th at 8:55 am on Fridays. Please contact Tracy Fuentes (
  tracyfuentes) if you want to coordinate or just show up on the route.
@gmail.comSouth bound route leaves 89th and 38th (behind Our Lady of the Lake) at 9 am on Fridays. Contact Amanda (thornewell@hotmail.com) if you have questions or just show up on the route.  All major hills are gone at this starting point. 
Community Bulletin Board
Please Note: Events in the Community Bulletin Board listing in the Thornton Creek Newsletter are not specifically endorsed by the school, nor have they been vetted by school staff.
Advertising Review/Approval Process

Per Seattle Public School Board Policy, outside materials must be approved before being distributed. The materials must meet district criteria, be approved by the Office of Public Affairs, and must be pre-printed and delivered to the school with the approval form attached.

 

You can find details regarding the review/approval process here.

 

All requests to include information in the Thornton Creek Newsletter should be submitted via this process. 

Roosevelt High School Jazz Band Performance - 10/29

On Thursday, October 29th, 2015, the top Roosevelt High School Jazz Band has the honor to play with the Seattle Symphony as part of the Earshot Jazz Festival. Tickets can be purchased and more information can be found at seattlesymphony.org.
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In This Issue
From the Principal
From the Office
From Site Council
From the Library
Parent-Group Fundraising
Family Directory
Bike Fridays
Community Bulletin Board
Newsletter Submissions
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CALENDAR 

The 2014-15 Seattle Schools Calendar (in PDF format) can be found here.   
 
Thornton Creek calendar can be found here

September 30
Student Picture Day

October 13
Site Council Meeting (7-9pm)

October 28
2-Hour Early Dismissal

Quick Links

 
  
  
  
The Source Children's
Library accounts
Thornton Creek is a Box Tops for Education School

 

Thornton Creek Elementary is a Box Tops for Education school! Look for pink Box Top coupons on products you have at home (e.g. Cascadian Farm cereal), then just clip and drop them in the collection basket just inside the front door of the school. For coupon information, go to:  

www.boxtops4education.com 

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