2/1/26 TNT Family Newsletter

Dear North Terrace Families,

We are excited to share that North Terrace School is embarking on a significant modernization project to provide our students with a brand-new, state-of-the-art campus. We invite you to attend a community meeting on one of the following dates to learn more about this upcoming project.

Meeting Details:

• Thursday, February 5 at 8:30 AM in the MPR

• Thursday, February 5 at 5:00 PM in the MPR

• Wednesday, February 11 at 5:00 PM - Virtual Only. The meeting link to attend this virtual meeting will be provided in next week’s Family Newsletter.

If you have a student in the BASE after school program and enter campus from the base side for pick up, please enter through the black push gate next to the front office. The side rolling gate will now be locked after dismissal.

As always, if you are coming on campus to meet with a teacher or staff member before or after school, please stop by the front office first to check in. Thank you for helping us keep a safe and secure campus for everyone!

Our Lost & Found is very full! Mrs. Colton and our student leaders will help organize items so jackets are hung and easier to identify, and they’ll do their best to return any labeled items to their owners.

Families, please remind students to take responsibility for their belongings by stopping by to check for missing jackets, lunch boxes, and water bottles.

Any unclaimed items will be donated on Friday, February 13.

• Families of new students have four weeks after enrollment to purchase the plan.

• Register in the MySchoolBucks app.

• Contact the OUSD IT Department at 760-966-4098 to confirm the student(s) start date. Once confirmed, we can provide an invoice to pay via credit card.

• If paying with cash or check, go to the OUSD Fiscal Department at 2111 Mission Avenue between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. to purchase the protection plan. You will need your student’s name, school ID#, and $20 cash or check per device.

• Cost of the Protection Plan:

• $20 per year for up to two (2) incidents per device.

• $60 per year family cap, for up to two (2) incidents per device.

For Continuing Students, please visit the OUSD ITS website for more details: https://www.oside.us/departments/information-technology-services-its

Since coming back from Winter Break, we’ve noticed lots of Tigers rolling in with new wheels. We love seeing students start their day with some great exercise by biking, skating, or scootering to school!

Here are 4 things for families to know:

1. Helmets Required! A buckled helmet is required every time. No helmet = no riding. It’s the law and protects growing brains!

2. E-Bikes: 12+, Permit, Rear Light/Reflector Needed! Students must be 12 years or older AND have a valid OUSD e-bike permit to bring an e-bike on campus. New Requirement: All E-bikes are now required to have a red reflector or red rear light (solid or flashing) visible from 500 feet at all times.

3. Walk it on Campus! Bikes, scooters, and skateboards must be walked on campus (and when leaving). It's time to hop off and start walking when you get to the A-frame signs posted along the sidewalks.

4. Park it in the Racks! Bikes & scooters must be parked in designated bike racks. Propping against the fence not only looks tacky, but bikes and scooters do tip over and become a tripping hazard.

Thank you for partnering with us to keep our campus a safe and welcoming place for all!

Arrival and dismissal can be a busy and exciting time for students, especially on Wednesdays when all of our students dismiss at the same time. To help keep everyone safe, we ask families to please talk with their children about safe street-crossing habits.

Please remind your student to use crosswalks, walk their bikes or scooters when crossing, look both ways, and avoid darting between parked cars. These simple reminders at home reinforce our school expectations and make a big difference in keeping dismissal safe for all of our students, pedestrians, and drivers.

Additionally, to help keep pick-up and drop-off safe and smooth, please remember that families are to use the designated loading zone in front of the school. For safety reasons, students should not be dropped off or picked up in the parking lot.

Thank you for partnering with us to support a safe and smooth dismissal for everyone!

Now that report cards are out, this is a great time to check in with your child and see where a little extra help might be useful. Did you know that all of our 3rd–8th grade students have access to FREE live, online tutoring?

Tutor.com connects students with real tutors for one-on-one support in literacy, math, science, and more! Check out this fantastic way to build confidence and keep learning moving forward.

We’re so proud! North Terrace has recently been named a 2025 Educational Results Partnership Honor Roll school which recognizes high-performing, achievement gap-closing schools across the nation.

The Educational Results Partnership Honor Roll, sponsored by the Campaign for Business and Education Excellence, is the only school award given in collaboration with state and local business leaders.

Way to go, Tigers! For more info on the ERP Honor Roll program, visit: www.edresults.org.

We'd love to have more photos for our yearbook. If you have taken pictures of school events, please consider sharing them with our student yearbook committee.

Just use the link below and enter the password Yearbook2026!

📸 Upload Your Photos Here

Parents can access one-on-one coaching, on-demand courses (in English and Spanish), and even submit questions directly to licensed therapists.

These resources are available anytime, anywhere, at no cost to our families.

Please take a few moments to read through our North Terrace Handbook.

It is a companion to our OUSD Parent Handbook and includes more specific information about North Terrace policies and procedures, and available supports for your student.

Reach out to our office if you have any questions!

Our OUSD policy is: “During the Day, Off and Away!” This means all personal devices — including phones and smartwatches — must be turned off and kept in backpacks from arrival until dismissal.

Please help us reinforce this expectation at home. When we work together, we create a focused learning environment that helps all our Tigers stay present, connected, and ready to learn!

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