Dec. 9 Weekly News

Please help with our traffic issues when driving to pick up your child from school.  Arriving too early and blocking the driveway makes it difficult for pick up from Charter.  When picking up from Tierra Linda - arrive after 3:05 p.m.on Monday, Tuesday and Friday and after 1:25 p.m. on Wednesday.  Students can wait at the front of school for a ride home and traffic is clear by 3:15 p.m. on most days.  Thank you for your cooperation.

At Tierra Linda, we continue to focus on behavior expectations.  This past week we held assemblies to review the behavior expectations at break and lunch and the changes that are necessary on rainy days.  Students can eat in the Wolf Den/Learning Commons or in classrooms when it is raining.  We are struggling with keeping our campus clean and continue to stress the importance of sorting trash in the appropriate bins.  Whenever possible, please try to cut down on single use plastic when packing school lunches.  Tierra Linda has an Environment Club that meets at lunch to work on ways to reduce the amount of trash we produce at TL.  

SPECIAL PTA MEETING - Join us on Friday, December 13 @ 8:35am in the TL Library for a brief meeting to discuss the upcoming parcel tax ballot measure.  We hope to see you there! Click HERE for the agenda.  

 

HOLIDAY BOOK FAIR GIFT CERTIFICATES

Not sure what to get your child, teachers and staff this holiday season? Why not give a TL/Mariposa book fair gift certificate and support the PTA at the same time!  The certificate(s) can be redeemed for books and other cool gifts at our book fair to be held this coming April. We’ll keep track of all Gift Certificates purchased and remind students and teachers of the amount they have to spend. 

To purchase gift certificates, simply print & fill out this form and return it with your check made out to “TLM PTA” before Thursday, December 19, 2019.  Please feel free to contact the TLM Book Fair team if you have any questions at [email protected].

Please note: Gift Certificates can only be redeemed at the TLM April book fair and any left over amount at the end of book fair will be donated to our library.

 

SHOP & DINE WHILE MAKING MONEY FOR OUR SCHOOLS!

With the holiday season upon us, there are many ways our schools can benefit from all your buying power!  Click HERE to get more information on eScrip & HERE to change your Amazon smile account charitable organization to Tierra Linda Middle School PTA and start making that money work for our school! 

We are looking for parents and community members that would like to serve as a judge for the ROPES (Rite of Passage Experiences) presentations in February. ROPES are challenging projects that 4th, 6th and 8th grade students have completed which allow them to learn about their world and themselves in a deeper but fun way.

There are 3 opportunities to judge:
Monday, Feb 3, 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Tuesday, Feb 4, 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Wednesday, Feb 5, 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm

We would not be able to maintain this valuable program without the support of our community. We are asking for you to join district staff and other community members by volunteering to serve as a judge on one of our judging panels. Typically, we have two to three judges per room and they judge four to six student presentations in an evening.
We hope that you will be able to join us in this worthwhile event.

If you are able to judge on any/all of those days, please contact Veronica Rickson either via email at [email protected] or by phone at 650-590-5926. Thank You!