Tulita PTA

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SCIENCE FAIR AND INVENTION CONVENTION - CALLING ALL TULITA SCIENTISTS AND INVENTORS!

- FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2025 -

SCIENCE FAIR

Science Fair is your chance to have FUN with SCIENCE and show off your results to your friends and family! From volcanoes to honey badgers, fruit batteries to leaf collections, we've had some amazing and fascinating subjects displayed at Science Fair in previous years and we'd LOVE to see where our Tidalwaves' scientific exploration takes them this year!

Conduct a science experiment, create a model, or put together a collection, then present your findings on a poster board display. All entries will be judged, and 1st-3rd place winners for each grade/ category will be recognized at Town Hall.

All Science Fair projects will be displayed at school on 2/7 so students can see them during the day, and our Tulita families can view them during that evening's Family STEM Night (more info on that event to follow).

CLICK HERE for more INFORMATION on the Science Fair including key dates, rules, and how to present your project.

CLICK HERE to register as a participant (by no later than 1/31/2025 please). Note that Science Fair projects should be brought to school on Friday, 2/7/2025 no later than 8:15am when the judging will start.

INVENTION CONVENTION

This year our school will also be participating in a special kind of science fair called the Invention Convention. Kids can participate in just Science Fair, just Invention Convention, or BOTH!

Invention Convention is a worldwide organization that helps TK-12 students develop their problem-solving and creative-thinking skills. Our school will be hosting an in-person Invention Convention on campus February 7, 2025. One winner from each grade level will advance to the CA Invention Convention (Southern Region) on Saturday, March 29, 2025 at El Camino College.

In order to participate in Invention Convention, you will need to:

Fill out this quick interest form to let us know you’re interested in participating! This is not a commitment yet.
Register for our site’s Invention Convention HERE.
Read the Invention Convention Rules and Regulations HERE.
Create an invention! Your invention needs to be a unique idea to solve a problem.
Document your invention process using an inventor's log.
Create a prototype of your invention. It does not need to work, but you should be able to explain how it would work.
Create a display board to bring to the Convention.
Participate in our Invention Convention. You will be judged using this rubric HERE.

Please visit our district Invention Convention website for all of the detailed information: https://sites.google.com/rbusd.org/invent

If you are interested in participating in Invention Convention or want to learn more, please attend our optional information session on Tuesday, January 7th at 3:30PM via Webex. You can find the link on the RBUSD Invention Convention website above or here. Both parents and students are welcome to attend. We are also looking for volunteer judges. Please reach out if you are interested.

We are excited to bring back Invention Convention to RBUSD!

Please reach out with any questions to Mrs. Miller, our Tulita Invention Convention Site Lead and PTA Science Fair Chair, at [email protected]

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PRE-ORDER YOUR 2024-25 TULITA YEARBOOK!

Yearbooks are officially on sale! If our kids are anything to go by they LOVE flicking through the pages of current and old yearbooks, so help them preserve memories by ordering a 2024-25 copy!

Purchase your 2024-2025 Tulita Yearbook now for $35.00 + tax. Last day to purchase is 4/11/2025.

With every yearbook purchase you get to create two FREE customized pages to be printed in your child's yearbook only. It's a great way to make their book even more special!

If you have any photos from any school events, or if you would like to share any photos throughout the year for yearbook consideration, please send them (in jpeg format) to [email protected]m

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RIPPLES MAKE WAVES! PLEASE JOIN PTA!

PLEASE CLICK HERE TO JOIN TULITA PTA FOR THE 2024-25 SCHOOL YEAR!

"Ripples Make Waves" and we would love every Tulita student and parent to join the PTA for 2024-25. Please support and become a part of the organization that will bring so many fun experiences to YOUR child this year! So far we have over 600 members (amazing!) and many classes have been treated to a special celebration for reaching 100% membership.

You don't need to attend any meetings, volunteer for any events, or do anything else (even though we would love it if you can!) so if you can do only one thing PTA-related please just JOIN US!

PLEASE CLICK HERE TO DONATE TO TULITA PTA!

Memberships alone don't nearly cover the costs of putting on all our Tulita PTA events so we RELY on DONATIONS from parents and families. Any amount helps and will make it more likely that we can afford to do everything we've got planned this year. We're suggesting $50 per family, but whatever you can give is appreciated. Thank you Tulita families for supporting ALL of our kids with your donation!

You can click on the link above OR if you want PTA to keep 100% of your donation without having to pay a transaction fee please drop a check (made payable to "Tulita PTA" with "Donation to PTA" in the memo) into the PTA drop box in the Tulita front office. Thank you!

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SPIRIT WEAR PURCHASES

We have some NEW Tulita Spiritwear this school year and it looks amazing!

Check out our online store at this link:

TULITA SPIRITWEAR STORE

Items will be delivered to classrooms ASAP.

Thank you to Tulita parent Lilly Crick for doing the design and printing - she has been working tirelessly to get everything made and ready!

Wear your Tidalwave gear with pride and remember that Fridays are "Tulita Blue" days.

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BATTLE OF THE BOOKS (BoB)

BoB is a free, nationwide program which motivates students to read a diverse array of books. Any students in grades 3-5 are invited to join the program at Tulita. The kids read books from a published list over the course of 6 months, and then come together in March to use their knowledge of the texts to "battle" against each other in a team format. It's great fun!

A list of the booklists can be found below and here: 3rd Grade Book List; 4th/5th Grade Book List. Third graders need to read a minimum of 8 out of 18 titles and 4^th/5^th graders need to read a minimum of 15 out of 28 titles to be eligible to participate in the battles in March.

To prepare your students for the March battles we are holding mini bookclub sessions during lunch twice a month where we will discuss books, answer questions and review the battle format. The kids can bring lunch from home or get it at school and then come to bookclub to eat it - they will not miss recess time. See the schedule below.

Any child registered to be part of the BoB program is welcome to attend these bookclubs, whether they have read the selected book or not. You can sign up 3rd graders HERE and 4th/5th graders HERE. Thank you!

NEW THIS YEAR: to encourage the kids to keep reading we will be holding a raffle for any student who reads more than the minimum # of books required to participate in the battle (any 8 books for 3rd grade, and any 15 books for 4th/5th grade). They get an entry for each extra book read, and the winners will be drawn in March. Let's keep the enthusiasm going and keep the kids reading!

Questions? Contact Cari Lesser or Courtney Blacklidge at [email protected].

Happy reading!

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TEACHERS AND STAFF "FAVORITE THINGS" LIST

We love our teachers and staff! Do you want to buy them the perfect gift to say thank you for being your teacher? Or maybe their birthday is coming up? Click HERE to find a list of their "favorite things".

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PTA EXECUTIVE BOARD 2024-2025
Holly Rebbeck - President
Annette Law - Executive VP
Kyla Burlin - VP of Programs
Fatima Domski - VP of Membership
George Bamgbose- VP of Communications
Jessica Rollins - VP of Fundraising
Allison Spies - Recording Secretary
Amanda Price - Historian
Alisa Snow - Financial Secretary
Jennifer Kahn - Treasurer
Liz Chung - Parliamentarian