Background Checks
We ask that all families complete a volunteer background check at the start of the year. They do not carry over from year to year. Since the background checks take time to process, we ask that everyone complete one in case any type of volunteering opportunity (class field trip, Dad's Club, Room parent, class volunteer, field day, etc.) arises during the year that you are interested in. Please click on the link below to complete it.
Background Checks - Linked Here
Tennis Shoes for PE & Extended Specials Day (CTT)
Please help ensure your child wears appropriate shoes on PE days and Move & Groove (Fridays). Additionally, every other Thursday 3rd grade has extended specials during CTT. The dates are outlined for the remainder of the year below. Thank you for your help in making sure your child is safely dressed for the gym!
3rd Grade CTT Dates for 2025: 4/10, 4/25, 5/8
TCE Principal Newsletter
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Every other week Ms. Martin sends out her Town Center Principal Newsletter. Please make sure to check out all the important campus-wide announcements in the Principal Newsletter.
Lunches
Below are a few links regarding lunches:
- Free & Reduced Lunch Application
- Check Your Lunch Application Status
- Create Your Child's Online Lunch Account
The final week is here! We will continue reviewing all that we have learned and focusing on revisiting those targeted areas of needed growth. Not only will we focus on being prepared with the content, but we will also be working on test taking strategies and feeling comfortable with maneuvering through the app that they will be using.
The student applies mathematical process standards to manage one's financial resources effectively for lifetime financial security. The student is expected to:
(A) explain the connection between human capital/labor and income;
(B) describe the relationship between the availability or scarcity of resources and how that impacts cost (1 question on 2025 STAAR was about this TEK; this is supply and demand.)
(C) identify the costs and benefits of planned and unplanned spending decisions (D) explain that credit is used when wants or needs exceed the ability to pay and that it is the borrower's responsibility to pay it back to the lender, usually with interest
(E) list reasons to save and explain the benefit of a savings plan, including for college (1 question on 2025 STAAR was about this TEK.)
(F) identify decisions involving income, spending, saving, credit, and charitable giving.
We will also talk about elapsed time. Gone are the terrible days of having to subtract and regroup or “borrow” from hours and minutes. We’ll let 1987 keep this confusing strategy, as we’ve updated to the much better strategy of making jumps on a number line. There hasn’t been an elapsed time question on STAAR for a few years, and the last time there was one, the students only had to jump 45 minutes. A lot of children can already do elapsed time, they just don’t realize that’s what they’re doing. You can help by having them tell you how many minutes until an event (don’t make it something wild like 5 hours and 58 minutes). Thank you in advance!
