This is potentially the last update that will be posted on this site.
We have had ongoing problems and limited participation using this format and are switching to something more user friendly and interactive through Parent Square.
You have been invited to join Parent Square and we would appreciate it if you would create your account and get started. That way we can be assured that updates are getting out.
Parent Square has already proven to be better in many ways- updates go out in real time (this blog update won't get to you until tomorrow), there is a calendar embedded in the site that makes it simple to see what's coming up, and people have been commenting!
If you have questions please check with Marianne or Susie.
Halloween carnival updates and November's busy calendar are already up on the site so please check it out. Thanks.
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Wednesday, September 24, 2014
September 2014
We are just about to complete our 5th week of school!
Here are some fall updates:
9/25-9/26: Dr. Hudson will substitute for Aly
9/29-10/1: 3-5 Graders to Wolf Creek Outdoor Education Center- leave Trillium at 10:30
10/3: K-5 to Center Arts Show Zoppe Family Circus at 11:00- parent drivers needed!
This show will be in the Creamery District- not at HSU.
10/4 & 10/5: Medieval Festival of Courage- please sign for a shift at the Trillium Bounce House
This is our first fundraiser of the year.
10/7: Steering Committee 6:00PM
10/15: K-5 to the Pumpkin Patch at 1:15- parent drivers needed!
10/31: Halloween Carnival 1:00-3:00
We are looking into using a new communication system called Parent Square. This is a secure website that is similar to other social media sites but it is only for our school.
You will be able to get updates by text or email (or both), join groups that you are involved in- such as fundraising, steering committee, your child's classroom, etc. You will also be able to view a current calendar of events and other school related information, post photos, make comments and other interactive . If you get an email invitation- please check it out.
We are hoping that this will make it easy for everyone to stay connected to the school community in the easiest possible format.
Let us know what you think! Thanks.
Here are some fall updates:
9/25-9/26: Dr. Hudson will substitute for Aly
9/29-10/1: 3-5 Graders to Wolf Creek Outdoor Education Center- leave Trillium at 10:30
10/3: K-5 to Center Arts Show Zoppe Family Circus at 11:00- parent drivers needed!
This show will be in the Creamery District- not at HSU.
10/4 & 10/5: Medieval Festival of Courage- please sign for a shift at the Trillium Bounce House
This is our first fundraiser of the year.
10/7: Steering Committee 6:00PM
10/15: K-5 to the Pumpkin Patch at 1:15- parent drivers needed!
10/31: Halloween Carnival 1:00-3:00
We are looking into using a new communication system called Parent Square. This is a secure website that is similar to other social media sites but it is only for our school.
You will be able to get updates by text or email (or both), join groups that you are involved in- such as fundraising, steering committee, your child's classroom, etc. You will also be able to view a current calendar of events and other school related information, post photos, make comments and other interactive . If you get an email invitation- please check it out.
We are hoping that this will make it easy for everyone to stay connected to the school community in the easiest possible format.
Let us know what you think! Thanks.
Saturday, August 9, 2014
Hi everyone.
I am posting this because we really need some help at the school ASAP.
Aly's classroom is ready to be painted- which means it is taken apart- and we need a few more people to help get this done so she can get ready for school to start.
Even just a few hours on Monday or Tuesday will make a big difference.
Please email us if you can help at trilliumcs@gmail so we can coordinate a time.
Thank you in advance!
Friday, August 1, 2014
August 2014
Hi Trillium families.
We wanted to let everyone know that Wesley is putting together a crew to do painting in the school next week. He is painting the bathrooms, Aly's classroom and hopefully the kitchen too. The more help we can round up the more painting can be done before school starts.
If you can help out even one day, we certainly appreciate it.
The first day of school is Monday August 25th at 9:00 am.
There will be aftercare until 5:30.
We will have our annual potluck lunch at 12:45 on the first day of school- please join us for a meet & greet for new & returning staff & families. Aftercare paperwork with new rates, free & reduced lunch applications, emergency contact updates, and parent handbooks will all be given out on the first day.
If you have an outstanding Aftercare bill over $100 please make a payment on the first day in order to continue using the program.
Trillium's fall enrollment is currently full for all grades, but we have a few families who are still hoping for a spot. If you are not sending your child this fall please let us know ASAP so we can offer the opening to another student before the first day of school. Thank you.
Enjoy the rest of your summer.
We wanted to let everyone know that Wesley is putting together a crew to do painting in the school next week. He is painting the bathrooms, Aly's classroom and hopefully the kitchen too. The more help we can round up the more painting can be done before school starts.
If you can help out even one day, we certainly appreciate it.
The first day of school is Monday August 25th at 9:00 am.
There will be aftercare until 5:30.
We will have our annual potluck lunch at 12:45 on the first day of school- please join us for a meet & greet for new & returning staff & families. Aftercare paperwork with new rates, free & reduced lunch applications, emergency contact updates, and parent handbooks will all be given out on the first day.
If you have an outstanding Aftercare bill over $100 please make a payment on the first day in order to continue using the program.
Trillium's fall enrollment is currently full for all grades, but we have a few families who are still hoping for a spot. If you are not sending your child this fall please let us know ASAP so we can offer the opening to another student before the first day of school. Thank you.
Enjoy the rest of your summer.
Sunday, July 27, 2014
Dear Trillium Parents,
Katie is moving classrooms! We are very excited for this change as it will give more room for the second and third graders to learn and grow.
Please join us for a moving day this Friday, August 1st, from 10-12. We will be posting on Facebook too if you want to RSVP.
As you can imagine, the rooms are looking pretty torn up. You are welcome to bring children, but we will not be providing childcare.
See you soon,
Katie
Katie is moving classrooms! We are very excited for this change as it will give more room for the second and third graders to learn and grow.
Please join us for a moving day this Friday, August 1st, from 10-12. We will be posting on Facebook too if you want to RSVP.
As you can imagine, the rooms are looking pretty torn up. You are welcome to bring children, but we will not be providing childcare.
See you soon,
Katie
Thursday, April 24, 2014
This Saturday- Volunteer Day and pizza at Trillium
11:00-5:00
From the facebook event page:
Clean up and Garden day at Trillium Charter school
Sprinkles or Sunshine, Meet us at Trillium Charter School this Saturday at 11 AM
The School needs help with some spring cleaning and garden chores
Planting flowers and perennials,
Repairing and cleaning up their greenhouse, clearing out the berry vine overgrowth.
Mowing and weed whacking both yards
Clearing around garden beds,
Moving empty beds and making them into drought resistant wicking beds
Fixing play equipment (rope/wood ladder)
Raking and trimming up front yard, around front raised beds, and planting flower beds around the property.
Bring tools if you can, wheel barrows hammers and shovels needed!!
Donations of tools, potted vegetables, potted flowers and and your time are welcome. EMAIL Kelley at Kelley95521@yahoo.com for more information.
11:00-5:00
From the facebook event page:
Clean up and Garden day at Trillium Charter school
Sprinkles or Sunshine, Meet us at Trillium Charter School this Saturday at 11 AM
The School needs help with some spring cleaning and garden chores
Planting flowers and perennials,
Repairing and cleaning up their greenhouse, clearing out the berry vine overgrowth.
Mowing and weed whacking both yards
Clearing around garden beds,
Moving empty beds and making them into drought resistant wicking beds
Fixing play equipment (rope/wood ladder)
Raking and trimming up front yard, around front raised beds, and planting flower beds around the property.
Bring tools if you can, wheel barrows hammers and shovels needed!!
Donations of tools, potted vegetables, potted flowers and and your time are welcome. EMAIL Kelley at Kelley95521@yahoo.com for more information.
Monday, April 7, 2014
April 2014
Here is the busy April update:
Starting the week of April 7th, 3-5 graders will take turns participating in the test-run
of the new Smarter Balance test that will replace STAR testing in future years.
A letter went home about this with a link to the practice test.
Please let your children visit this site at home so they will be familiar with the format.
Although the scores will not count, we will participate in this test run to help
work out any glitches with the new format.
This school year has been especially busy for a number of reasons, not the least of which is all the changes we have had to integrate in one school year- Common Core & it's spending plan, Smarter Balance Field Testing, the new Local Control Funding Formula and it's spending plan, and Prop. 39 funds. If none of this sounds familiar you can visit the CDE website for details.
The point is- there is a lot more to do with the same number of staff members and we need your help to get through the school year.
Here are some areas that parent volunteers are needed:
1) organizing Trillium shirt sales
2) working on the yearbook
3) washing the kitchen towels each week
4) garden & greenhouse care
5) planning for graduation & End of the Year camp out
6) Help with the playhouse- either a remodel or a demolition
7) donations of extra clothes- especially pants
Please let us know if you can help. Thanks in advance.
Also- thanks to everyone who attended a parent conference and filled out a parent survey.
Your feedback is essential to our ongoing success.
Coming right up:
Monday April 7-May 16: Smarter Balance Field Testing
Tuesday April 8th: Steering Committee 6:00
M-F April 14-18: Lisa will sub. for Sarah
Friday April 18: minimum day
M-F April 21-25: Spring Break
Monday April 28: Teacher Duty Day
Wednesday April 30: 1st day of swimming
We are pleased to announce that we have swim lessons planned again this year and we are taking the bus to and from the pool- yay! We still need at least one male chaperone to help out in the boys locker room. The dates for swimming are: 4/30, 5/2, 5/5, 5/7, 5/9, 5/12, & 5/14.
All students will be swimming unless there a doctor provides a medical exclusion.
Please send your kids with: a suit, towel, goggles, hair ties for long hair & a bag for wet stuff.
Wearing your suit to school under your clothes is always smart option but not required.
The End of the Year Family Camp-out is coming right up.
Please put it on your calendar for June 10-12 at Pamplin Grove.
Look for itinerary details in your parent boxes mid-May.
Families are always welcome to attend any part of the trip that fits in their schedule
if you cannot get all 3 days off.
If your family cannot attend the trip at all please talk to your child's teacher about independent study for those days. There will not be anyone at the school.
One last reminder: when the weather is wet and muddy please send you kids with some extra dry clothes, pants and socks would be the most helpful. Thanks.
Monday, March 3, 2014
It is March already- which means we are more than half-way through the year
and it's feeling like Spring.
First, I wanted to mention how proud we are of all our students after another successful Science Night!
Thank you to all the parents who helped their students with projects, who came and judged, asked questions and supported the student science explorations.
And extra congratulations to Acacia Hunt Arnold for her 3rd grade winning project- Insulation Station
and to Henry Stem-Faulk for his first place project Pykrete- Super Ice.
All of our 4th and 5th graders will now be sending projects on to the Humboldt County Science Fair.
We will visit the projects later in the month- date TBA.
March Happenings:
Tuesday March 4th: Steering Committee 6:00
Monday March 10th: Teacher Duty Day
Wednesday March 12th: K-5 field trip to Pal Camp in Freshwater
We have a school bus rented for this outing that will leave at 9:15 sharp!
Tuesday March 18th-Friday March 21st: Minimum Days and Parent Conferences
This is our second and final round of conferences for the year.
Thursday March 20th: K-5 field trip to HSU Center Arts for Imago Theater
We are scheduled for the 9:30 show. Parent drivers are needed!
Friday March 28th: K-5 field trip to the Eureka Jazz festival. We have seats at the Eureka Municipal
Theater for the 10:30 show. Parent drivers needed.
PLease return signed trip slips and sign up to drive in the kitchen.
Please remember car seats for all K-2 students. Thank you.
and it's feeling like Spring.
First, I wanted to mention how proud we are of all our students after another successful Science Night!
Thank you to all the parents who helped their students with projects, who came and judged, asked questions and supported the student science explorations.
And extra congratulations to Acacia Hunt Arnold for her 3rd grade winning project- Insulation Station
and to Henry Stem-Faulk for his first place project Pykrete- Super Ice.
All of our 4th and 5th graders will now be sending projects on to the Humboldt County Science Fair.
We will visit the projects later in the month- date TBA.
March Happenings:
Tuesday March 4th: Steering Committee 6:00
Monday March 10th: Teacher Duty Day
Wednesday March 12th: K-5 field trip to Pal Camp in Freshwater
We have a school bus rented for this outing that will leave at 9:15 sharp!
Tuesday March 18th-Friday March 21st: Minimum Days and Parent Conferences
This is our second and final round of conferences for the year.
Thursday March 20th: K-5 field trip to HSU Center Arts for Imago Theater
We are scheduled for the 9:30 show. Parent drivers are needed!
Friday March 28th: K-5 field trip to the Eureka Jazz festival. We have seats at the Eureka Municipal
Theater for the 10:30 show. Parent drivers needed.
PLease return signed trip slips and sign up to drive in the kitchen.
Please remember car seats for all K-2 students. Thank you.
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
January 2014
Here are some updates for the month:
January is returning enrollment month for returning students and their siblings.
Forms went into your parent boxes last week and are being collected in the kitchen through Jan. 31.
Please be sure to get yours in if you want to secure a spot for next year- it looks like we may have very few spots so enrollment will be more competitive than in the last few years.
Monday, January 20th: Martin Luther King Day- School is closed
Tuesday, January 21st: Teacher Duty Day- no school for students
* Please note that this is also the 1st day of HSU.*
Thursday, January 23rd: All school field trip to Center Arts' Peking Acrobats at HSU
* We are attending the 9:30 show, which means we will leave school right at 9:00!
Please be here on time so we are not late.
Bring car seats for all K-2 students.
Sign up to drive & return signed trip slips in the kitchen.
Friday, January 24th: 3-5 field trip to the weather station on Woodley Island
This will include sack lunch after the tour.
Kids can order a school sack lunch or bring one from home.
Please sign up to drive and return signed trip slips on the kitchen.
Tuesday, January 28th: Steering Committee meeting at 6:00
Wednesday, January 29th: 2-5 graders to the Arcata Marsh
Please sign up to drive and return signed trip slips on the kitchen.
Friday, January 31st: Returning Enrollment forms are due
It's Science Fair Time
All students are currently involved in projects and activities that lead up to our annual
Science Night on Thursday February 27th.
K-2 students are doing in-class projects, experiments and observations each week with Katie & Sarah.
3-5 graders are beginning science fair projects either independently or with a partner.
* Each student will come up with a scientific question they can answer.
They will then use the scientific method as follows:
Researching their topic, designing an experiment that can answer their question, making an educated guess as to the outcome of their experiment (hypothesis), recording data from their experiment, comparing their data to their hypothesis and drawing conclusions.
This year we are encouraging students to incorporate water into their experiment in some way- which allows for many options since water is so versatile.
Some examples of questions they could answer are:
Why do some things float and others sink?
If I add ingredients to water will it still freeze at the same temperature?
Why is the ocean salty?
What is the best way to filter water for drinking?
Can I make a rainbow under water?
Does one pound of snow melt into one pound of water?
What changes happen if I water plants with different kinds of water?
And there are many, many more questions that fall into almost every category of interest.
Please talk to your child about their projects to help them find a topic for them. All projects will need to be approved by your child's science fair advisor- Aly, Marianne or Katie. Once their topic is approved, the experiment may change but the topic will not. If you are planning an experiment at home please talk to your child's teacher about procedures, materials and data collecting. If you have questions- please ask! We are here to help.
January is returning enrollment month for returning students and their siblings.
Forms went into your parent boxes last week and are being collected in the kitchen through Jan. 31.
Please be sure to get yours in if you want to secure a spot for next year- it looks like we may have very few spots so enrollment will be more competitive than in the last few years.
Monday, January 20th: Martin Luther King Day- School is closed
Tuesday, January 21st: Teacher Duty Day- no school for students
* Please note that this is also the 1st day of HSU.*
Thursday, January 23rd: All school field trip to Center Arts' Peking Acrobats at HSU
* We are attending the 9:30 show, which means we will leave school right at 9:00!
Please be here on time so we are not late.
Bring car seats for all K-2 students.
Sign up to drive & return signed trip slips in the kitchen.
Friday, January 24th: 3-5 field trip to the weather station on Woodley Island
This will include sack lunch after the tour.
Kids can order a school sack lunch or bring one from home.
Please sign up to drive and return signed trip slips on the kitchen.
Tuesday, January 28th: Steering Committee meeting at 6:00
Wednesday, January 29th: 2-5 graders to the Arcata Marsh
Please sign up to drive and return signed trip slips on the kitchen.
Friday, January 31st: Returning Enrollment forms are due
It's Science Fair Time
All students are currently involved in projects and activities that lead up to our annual
Science Night on Thursday February 27th.
K-2 students are doing in-class projects, experiments and observations each week with Katie & Sarah.
3-5 graders are beginning science fair projects either independently or with a partner.
* Each student will come up with a scientific question they can answer.
They will then use the scientific method as follows:
Researching their topic, designing an experiment that can answer their question, making an educated guess as to the outcome of their experiment (hypothesis), recording data from their experiment, comparing their data to their hypothesis and drawing conclusions.
This year we are encouraging students to incorporate water into their experiment in some way- which allows for many options since water is so versatile.
Some examples of questions they could answer are:
Why do some things float and others sink?
If I add ingredients to water will it still freeze at the same temperature?
Why is the ocean salty?
What is the best way to filter water for drinking?
Can I make a rainbow under water?
Does one pound of snow melt into one pound of water?
What changes happen if I water plants with different kinds of water?
And there are many, many more questions that fall into almost every category of interest.
Please talk to your child about their projects to help them find a topic for them. All projects will need to be approved by your child's science fair advisor- Aly, Marianne or Katie. Once their topic is approved, the experiment may change but the topic will not. If you are planning an experiment at home please talk to your child's teacher about procedures, materials and data collecting. If you have questions- please ask! We are here to help.
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