Upcoming Dates
Location: TCE Library
Parents are invited to line the parade route outside of our school and cheer us on!
Terrific Texans
Congratulations to this week's winners!
Color Run
Our Color Run is just a couple of weeks away! Our Color Run is our biggest fundraiser of the year. Funds raised will pay for the classroom grants we fund in November, field trip buses, Field Day, and Teacher Appreciation Week. Here are the details:
The fundraiser runs through October 20th. Every TCE student will receive a free Color Run shirt and be able to participate in the run on October 20th at no cost. Any parents and/or non-TCE kids that would like to participate can register to run for $20 by clicking here.
Each class has created a goal/rewards chart for donations that come in under their name/class. The more the class raises, the more rewards the class enjoys together! You can donate online at www.towncenterpto.org or send cash or check (payable to TCE PTO) in an envelope with your child's grade and teacher. Registering family members counts towards the class donation. Make sure to send out the donation link to grandparents and anyone that would like to donate.
The classes will earn their rewards together, as a team, but the top two earners in each grade will be recognized and get to start their grade's run first.
Pizza can be preordered here. Drinks and frozen treats can be purchased at the run.
If you have any questions, you can email Heather Thurgood at president@towncenterpto.org.
3rd Grade Class Reward Chart
Red Ribbon Week
The 2023 Red Ribbon Week Theme is "Be Kind to your Mind. Live Drug Free.™" This theme was submitted by Danielle Helm of Kentucky and is a reminder that everyday Americans across the country make significant daily contributions to their communities by being the best they can be because they live Drug-Free!
“I chose this theme because drugs alter our current brain development and hinders further growth. Drugs decrease levels of neurotransmitters in the reward system of our brain, such as Dopamine, Oxytocin, Serotonin, and Endorphins. This can block our brain from naturally experiencing happiness,” said Danielle. “Be Kind to Your Mind. Live Drug Free. ™” is about making positive choices to be happy and healthy - that is being kind to our mind.” -www.redribbon.org
THEME DAYS
Monday 10/23 - Make Healthy Choices to Accomplish Your Dreams (PJs/Sweats)
Tuesday 10/24 - Healthy Choices are the Key to a Bright Future (Neon/Tie Dye)
Wednesday 10/25 - The Future "Me" Lives Mindfully (Future Profession)
Thursday 10/26 - Let's Team Up to be Healthy (Sports Attire)
Friday 10/27 - Be Kind to Your Mind & Live Drug Free (Red with Celebration Items)
Book Character Pumpkin Extravaganza
A Note from Mrs. Mancuso
It's that time of year! Fall leaves, cool air (I hope), and PUMPKINS! The TCE Library presents the Book Character Pumpkin Extravaganza! Your child or family can decorate a pumpkin as a book character. Please NO CARVED pumpkins. You may decorate, paint, glue, etc a real or fake pumpkin to look like a character from a book. Please include a paper or index card with your child's name, class, character's name and book title. Pumpkins may be dropped off in the library anytime through October 27th and will be sent home October 30th. If you have any questions, please email Mrs. Mancuso at kmancuso@coppellisd.com
Thanksgiving Baskets
St. Ann’s Catholic Parish is once again sponsoring Thanksgiving basket deliveries (or a pickup option at St Ann’s Church if you prefer). This program provides families in need with a complete Thanksgiving dinner for the entire family. The baskets will be delivered to your home the weekend before Thanksgiving, so it is important that an adult representing the family be at the home between the hours of Noon and 4PM on Sunday November 19th, 2023. The deadline to sign up for a basket is October 20th, 2023.
Please completely fill out the following form by clicking this link: 2023 St. Ann's Thanksgiving Baskets. You may contact Nurse Crenshaw with any questions at kcrenshaw@coppellisd.com or 214-496-7816.
Lunches
Below are a few links regarding lunches:
- Free & Reduced Lunch Application
- Check Your Lunch Application Status
- Create Your Child's Online Lunch Account
TCE Principal Newsletter
Each 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.
What we are learning
Math - Here we go yo, here we go yo, so what, so what’s the scenario? Well, here it is: we will finish representing multiplication by working on skip counting and number lines. Because Mrs. Shelby and Mrs. Naughton perform Broadway-quality multiplication songs on the daily, the kiddos will be able to skip count by 3, 4, 6, 7, and 8 by the time this unit is over, and they can already count by 2s, 5s, and 10s. Using a number line to multiply is not an efficient strategy (no one pulls out a number line and starts multiplying, ya know?), but it is important to recognize all the representations of multiplication. Keep it fresh, 3rd grade!!
Science - We will finish up our dive into forms of Energy. Up next will be Force and Motion. We will begin by reviewing what a force is and the different types of forces in our everyday lives.
ELAR - In both reading and writing, we are working in the nonfiction genre. Our reading skills will facilitate the start of a fun “All About Me” project. In writing we will begin to study the development of paragraphs through stating main ideas and providing supporting details.
