Updates to Recess Times and Sign Up!

Hello Thurston Families,

We would like to share some updates about recess times and offer another opportunity to sign up to help out at the school during recess! Thank you so much to those who have already signed up, I transfered your info to the new sign up sheet.  If you would like to sign up, please use the top of the sheet to sign up for a recurring day through 11/24, or scroll down to sign up for a single date.  

There was a last minute time change for recess at Thurston, with recess starting earlier than last year.  Young 5s starts recess at 11:12 and the last recess (3rd grade) goes until 12:48.  We are hoping to sign volunteers up with 3 shift options:

Shift 0: The whole recess period from approx. 11:00-1:00

Shift 1: 11:00-12:30

Shift 2: 11:20-1:00

We will be going back to the sign up sheet that we utilized last year.  Please click here to see our volunteer sign up GoogleSheet and please indicate in the same grid box as your name if you are available for Shift 0, Shift 1, or Shift 2.  If you would still like to sign up but need more flexibilty with the time commitment, please indicate next to your name the time you are available!  

When you arrive for your scheduled volunteer shift, please check in at the school office with your ID.  Thank you so much for helping out at the school and have a great day!

Dear Thurston Parents,

Last call!  As a follow up to our email from last week, our PTO is implementing a new program this year that will allow us to shower our Thurston teachers & staff with a little encouragement each month.  It's called our Adopt-a-Teacher Program!  Interested Thurston families will volunteer to adopt a randomly assigned (or specifically requested!) teacher/staff at our school.  Teachers & staff will fill out a small "my favorite things" form that will be given to their assigned Thurston family that they can use as a reference if they wish when planning a gift each month.  Gifts can be left with the front office staff to be placed in staff mailboxes.  This could be as simple as leaving a Diet Coke or pack of gum, writing an encouraging note, or larger ideas like providing lunch, etc.  It is totally up to each family as to what they would like to do to appreciate each staff member.  No teacher will have more than one family adopt them, but we hope to have every teacher/staff member adopted!

Working in the schools can be difficult, and our hope is to help encourage our AMAZING Thurston teachers & staff each month with small reminders of how much we appreciate them and their efforts in educating our children.  If you would like to participate in this program, please fill out the link below.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeqvoznmSbiuA8gsL0D_o6AveKjKmNZ9bibdTIHfUKXQxwR2g/viewform?usp=sf_link