News From the Ranch

Dear TRE Family,

This week brought some beautiful sunny days on the ranch. Lots of laughs, running around, and games on the field and blacktop during recess and lunch. In the classrooms, we talked about kindness, the impact, and how we can display acts of kindness to all those around. Students and staff celebrated 100 days of school with costumes and t-shirts that were absolutely adorable. We have accomplished a lot of new learning in the short 100 days of this 2025-2026 school year. We had an awesome PTA sponsored Family BINGO Night. We said goodbye to our amazing librarian, Mrs. Kathy Pasmore, with a Clap Out through the library. Lots of hugs, tears, and smiles as we danced, waved, and cheered through the library! We also had Tustin PD Police Services Officers join us at TRE to engage each grade level in a "Think About It" or "Officer Friendly" assembly. It was a great week at TRE!

Looking ahead, mark your calendars, we celebrate 30 years of Tustin Ranch Elementary at our Learning Celebration (Open House) on the evening of March 18th. We invite all current and past families to join us on March 18th to honor and celebrate 30 years of TRE, and have an opportunity to experience and celebrate the learning in each of our classrooms. More info to come.

Highlights in this week's newsletter...

• Important Dates / Events
• Weekly Picture Highlights
• TRE Spirit Wear
• PTA Updates
• TUSD Community Updates

In partnership,

Mrs. Ciecek

Monday, Feb 2: Motivational, Mindful Monday

Meet the Masters Classroom Lessons

Tuesday, Feb 3: Fit PE Wear

SNAP Benefits Enrollment at TRE (10 AM -1 PM)

Meet the Masters Classroom Lessons

Wednesday, Feb 4: Early Dismissal

Meet the Masters Classroom Lessons

ELAC Meeting, 1:00-2:00 PM, Library

Thursday, Feb 5: Thoughtful Thursday

Music (Grades 2-5)

Friday, Feb 6: Wear TRE Spirit Wear

Meet the Masters Classroom Lessons

Cool Coyote Store @Lunch (volunteers needed)

Feb 2-Feb 5: Counselor's Week

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Upcoming Events

Feb 9: NO SCHOOL - Lincoln's Birthday

Feb 10: School Site Council (SSC) Meeting #3, 3:00-4:00, TRE Lab

Feb 11: Lunch with Loved Ones @LUNCH

Feb. 12: Meet the Masters Classroom Lessons

Monday, Feb 16: NO SCHOOL - President's Day & Washington's Birthday

If you have interacted with our school counselor, Ms. Bianca Contreras-Garcia, or our school Psychologists, Marco Corona or Samantha Pastoriza, we would love your help to thank them for all they do to support our TRE community. While we recognize that not all families and students have interacted with them, we wanted to provide an opportunity to hear from those who have been positively impacted by their support. We will use this information to craft a meaningful gift that we will present to them this week.

If interested, please click HERE for a very brief survey to capture your gratitude. All submissions should be done by Tuesday, 2/3. The survey will be closed at that time.

Tustin PD Police Services Officers joined us at TRE this week and held different assemblies geared towards each grade level. Below are some of the topics they discussed with our students. We are grateful for our partnership with Tustin PD and this positive experience for our TRE Cool Coyotes!

(TK/K): Officer Friendly

• read Let’s Meet Officer Frank
• introduce 9-1-1
• show the class the lights and sirens on a patrol unit

1st Grade: 9-1-1

• re-introduce 9-1-1

2nd Grade (Lesson 1): Safety on Wheels and Bullying

• discuss the importance of helmet safety and pedestrian safety
• discuss what bullying is and what to do if you or someone you know is being bullied

3rd Grade: Internet Safety

• discuss the World Wide Web and how people utilize it for different things (good and bad)

4th Grade: Choices & Consequences

• discuss what a “consequence” is and how the choices you make can impact your future

5th Grade: Peer Pressure

• discuss what peer pressure is and what it looks like

This year TRE spirit wear will be available all year long on our BSN Sports webstore. Click HERE to explore all the awesome TRE spirit wear options with lots of customization available.

Click HERE to view the newsletter.

Support our 5th Graders End of Year Celebration

A copy of the Valentine's Gram page below was placed in Friday Folders last week. Extra copies can be found in the front office. Turn in your money and Valentine's Grams to your teacher or the front office.

Join us for PTA sponsored Lunch With Loved Ones on Wednesday, Feb 11th. Parents, grandparents, and/or loved ones welcome. We will host on both the TK/K playground, as well as our main 1st-5th grade playground at our usual lunch hour (see the schedule below). We encourage you to bring a picnic blanket to ensure we have space for our students and loved ones to eat. More info to come in next week's News From the Ranch newsletter. If you know your child will not have a loved one at the event, please reach out to their teacher so they can buddy them up for a positive, fun lunch experience. School lunch will be available for students if needed.

Lunch Schedule:

TK/K: 11:40 AM - 12:25 PM

1-2: 11:55 AM - 12:40 PM

3-5: 12:20 PM - 1:05 PM

The class with the most Earn & Learn receipts submitted by 2/23/26 will win a class PIZZA PARTY at lunch! Let's turn those receipts in. TRE is still currently in 2nd Place. Let's get us to 1st Place for an even bigger donation prize to TRE PTA!

New Year, New price! Support our PTA by ordering your child a Yearbook!

Every book purchase includes 2 FREE custom personalized pages -- create your child's, today!

Click the link to purchase: https://www.treering.com/purchase?PassCode=1017595149583332

Don't forget to upload your school event pictures, for the Yearbook Committee to use in the book! Upload School Photos" under your Yearbook To Do's in the App!

https://www.tpsf.net/summer

Class registration opens March 2, 2026 7:00 AM

TPSF Summer Academy offers two to four-week half-day sessions for Kindergarten through High School. After-class care is available directly through the school's site. Busing is offered from several school sites for a nominal fee. TPSF will be at Pioneer Middle School this summer.

TPSF Summer Academy Promo Video.

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Summer Academy 2026:

June 8-18 (Monday - Thursday)

June 22 - July 2 (Monday - Thursday)

8:30 AM - 12:30 PM

TPSF is sponsoring the Dino Dash 2026 logo contest for middle and high school students in TUSD. Students have an opportunity to design a logo for the 2026 Dino Dash. The winning logo will be selected by the Dino Dash Steering Committee. View all guidelines and rules at dinosaurdash.net.

• The winning artist will receive a $500 prize!
• The winning artist’s teacher/department will receive a $500 prize!
• The design is due to TPSF by February 28, 2026!

All submissions are due to TPSF online by February 28, 2026. Please make sure everyone gets this information. Thank you and good luck!

Click HERE to access an archive of all 2025-2026 News From the Ranch Weekly Newsletters

Principal: Michelle Ciecek, dciecek@tustin.k12.ca.us

Secretary: Sumitra Vittal, svittal@tustin.k12.ca.us

Office Assistant: Karen Dillon, kdillon@tustin.k12.ca.us

Community Liason: Lupe Inutan, ginutan@tustin.k12.ca.us

Community Specialist: Maura Vaughn, mvaughn@tustin.k12.ca.us

Health Clerk: Victoria Lawrence, vlawrence@tustin.k12.ca.us

Website: https://www.tustin.k12.ca.us/tustin-ranch
Location: 12950 Robinson Drive, Tustin, CA, USA
Phone: (714)730-7580
Twitter: @trecoolcoyotes

The Tustin Unified School District prohibits discrimination, intimidation, harassment (including sexual harassment) or bullying based on a person’s actual or perceived ancestry, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, immigration status, national origin, religion, race or ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, or association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics. For questions or complaints, please contact Equity Compliance Officer: Stephanie Yang, Director Educational Service TK-12, 300 S. C Street Tustin, CA 92780, 714-730-7301 ext. 51318 | Title IX Coordinator: Stephanie Yang, Director Educational Service TK-12, 300 S. C Street Tustin, CA 92780, syang@tustin.k12.ca.us, 714-730-7301 ext. 51318 and Section 504 Coordinator: Michelle Everitt, Coordinator of Student Services, 1151 San Juan St. Tustin, CA 92780, 714-730-7301 ext. 51326.