May 8th-12th

CALENDAR

May 8th- 3rd Grade Math STAAR

May 9th- 3rd Grade Reading STAAR

May 12th- Yellow Enrollment forms for 2017-2018 School Year due back to front office

May 17th- CISD Night at the Ball  Park

May 19th- Field Day

May 29th- Memorial Day ( no school)

June 1st- Last day of School (Half-Day-Dismissal time TBA)

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Well, it’s almost that time! STAAR is upon us, and your sweet kids have been working hard!!  We  wanted to share a few tidbits that we told the kids about this afternoon in class about our upcoming testing days:

1. Our rooms gets chilly at times, so please have them bring a light sweater or jacket. We have very little control over how the temperature is in the room at any given time.
2. Snacks and water will be provided both days by our wonderful PTO. Please do not bring any additional snacks or water bottles to school that day. Our snacks have been selected for both allergies, and for not being too messy around the STAAR test! :)
3. Please leave all binders and backpacks home Monday and Tuesday. We will not be needing them.
4. If your child has a cell phone that they bring to school, please leave it at home on testing days. Otherwise, they will be collected during the test and returned at the end of the day.
5. PLEASE have your child bring (at least) 2 books to school for our testing days for them to read after their test is complete. If they finish early, there is nothing else to do but read, so make sure it’s a good one with a lot of pages!
6. As a reminder, no parents/visitors are allowed up at school to volunteer or have lunch on testing days.
7. Please make sure that your child gets a good night’s sleep and eats a good breakfast on testing days.

Also, we sent home a note of encouragement to all of the kids. Please open this with them on Sunday night.

TCE Garden Design Challenge:

We are going to have a Garden Design Challenge in which all learners can turn in drawings, models, paintings, etc. in order to show what they would like for our garden area to look like for TCE. We currently have several beds and have been working with a company, Real School Gardens, in order to find even more ways to incorporate real-world, hands-on applications within our garden to enrich our academic learning.

We are going to have our TCE Student Council work with a committee at the campus for choosing final selections for the overall design. Until then, any ideas are welcome! We are going to work with our Dad's Club/Green Team Volunteers in order to get going, but would love more helpers for when we get to our build!

Our goal is to build and get the designs in place for additional areas of the garden the week of May 15th.

If you would like to be a part of this planning process or building, please fill out the following Google form: Click here for the link!

The Auction Chair has received a lot of requests for a digital copy of the class pictures. She has placed the digital copies on the Auction website in the "For Sale" category, starting with item number 1501. Link to the Auction website: https://www.handbid.com/auctions/2017-hoedown/

Cafeteria expectations: It is a school-wide expectation that when the lights are off, our voices are off. Please help us with following these when you are eating with your child in the cafeteria

Background Check: Please take a minute to fill out a background check. It only takes a few minutes and the link is below. You will need to have completed a background check to volunteer at school and attend special events and field trips.http://www.coppellisd.com/Page/22

CHARACTER AT TCE

Citizenship Quality: Patience

Life Principal: Service

Town Center Common Courtesy:  Take responsibility for cleaning a space before you leave.