We have had an incredible start to our school year with "20 Years of Limitless Possibilities at TCE"! I truly appreciate all that you have done as parents to help us begin our year!
Happy 20th Birthday TCE!!!
I decided to try something new this year with my communication to parents and our community for TCE. I will be using this blog to pass along information about our learning, our STEM initiative, as well as sharing out info for upcoming events, celebrations, etc.
This will also be a great place for you to go as we delve into the year in order to see more about lesson design and instructional strategies we use to help our learners each day!
We have already had so many amazing learning opportunities for our kiddos and have had some great opportunities for our parents and community to participate in learning and fun at TCE!
Here are a few highlights:
Curriculum Night Info
Here is a link in case you were unable to watch info from our evening event earlier in September about reminders and procedures at TCE!
Click here to watch Video
TCE Learning All Around
The following pictures will give you a glimpse into some of our learning so far this year! I will be sharing many pictures with you this year about our learning!
Some of the following include: anchor charts, journal entries, presentation of work, career awareness, QR codes, ports in learning, Thinking Maps, Essential Questions and Enduring Understandings, a parent speaking on sound engineering and formative assessments in learning. Some of these will be discussed at a deeper level throughout future blog posts!
Book Fair
We had an absolutely amazing Book Fair this year and I wanted to give a special shout out to all of our parents that helped to make it a huge success! Thank you for dedicating your time and energy to TCE and our kids!
Special Friend's Day
Our Special Friend's Day was also another wonderful event! Thank you to our PTO and all of our Room Mom's that helped to make this special day incredibly exciting for our guests and our kiddos!
TCE 20 Year Celebration Tailgate
We had a few special guests and performers at the evening event. Here are a few short videos and pics from the "TCE 20 Year Celebration Tailgate"!
Click here to hear Christopher open our event with the Star-Spangled Banner!
Click here to hear Madeline singing during our event!
And a special shout out to Ben who was our DJ that night!
Technology Showcase Night
Our educators and several learners did a fabulous job showcasing many of our technology tools and learning applications at our annual event!
We are going to work on sharing more video footage as we go through the year in order to share ways we incorporate technology into our learning!
The following were the learning experiences that were highlighted and several pics from the actual night!
Write a Check
I wanted to remind you that many of our technology tools as well as other amazing hands-on resources for learning are purchased due to donations collected each year at TCE!
Thank
you if you have already donated online this summer through the Trail
Pass or directly to Write-A-Check! You have helped us raise
$18,200 of our $25,000 goal.
Write-A-Check Ends October 17th, so please write your checks or make an on-line donation at our PTO Webstore.
Remember that all funds that are specifically used for Technology grants are matched dollar for dollar by Coppell ISD.
You may be asking:
How
do you get your check or corporate match form to us? Checks should be
made payable to TCE PTO. Checks and corporate match forms can
be dropped of at our front office. You can also make Write-A-Check donations on-line at our PTO webstore .
Corporate match forms can also be emailed to rekha_rawat2@yahoo.com
Does your employer participate in a matching gifts program for nonprofit contributions?
Here are some of the companies
donating money to CISD schools through such a program:
Does your employer participate in a matching gifts program for nonprofit contributions? Here are some of the companies
donating money to CISD schools through such a program:
- AT&T,
Merrill Lynch & Co, Bank of America, Microsoft, Exxon Mobil, Nokia,
Fluor Corp., Oracle Corp., Frito Lay, Pepsico, JP Morgan Chase, Verizon
Upcoming Events and Info
Spirit Night
Our first Spirit night is Wednesday, October 15th at Sonic, from 5-8 pm.
Just tell them at the order window that you are with Town Center
Elementary and 20% of your purchase will be donated to the PTO.
Stop by Sonic on your way to or from the Homecoming parade!
Kindergarten Shoe Drive
Our Kindergartners have begun their service learning shoe drive project for this year. They are collecting old, used, shoes from now until Friday, October 17th for their engineering unit lesson design.
Please bring in your old shoes and place them outside of A hall and they will arrange them along the wall!
Innovation Station
Please remember that we are working on creating our innovation station room for our learners this year! This will be an area where they can come to gather items as they create, innovate and make connections in their learning with engineering projects!
We definitely need more donated items, so we can get this project underway!
If you could please donate any of the following items (just drop off any supplies in the front office):
toilet paper rolls
paper towel rolls
straws
plastic silverware
toothpicks, popsicle sticks
empty water bottles
empty jugs and cartons
styrofoam popcorn and bubble wrap
yarn
string
styrofoam and paper plates, bowls, cups
sand
soil
fabric, felt
foil
Qtips, cotton balls
shoe boxes
paper and plastic sacks
paper clips
rubber bands
washers, nuts, bolts
foam boards
index cards
playdough
dowel rods
fishing line
twine
velcro
- clothes pins
National School Lunch Week
To celebrate the healthy lunch choices in Coppell, schools will celebrate National School Lunch Week: October 14-18, 2014.
The theme, “Get in the Game with School Lunch” will include events and
activities that promote the benefits of healthy school lunches. It will
also celebrate the flavors, ingredients, and culture of our region,
TEXAS!
The campaign will put a spotlight on the healthy foods and positive changes that Coppell schools
have incorporated
into their menus. In addition, students are encouraged to taste a
variety of fresh fruits and vegetables all grown in the great state of
Texas. They will be amazed how much better fresh
can taste! Each day during National School Lunch Week, elementary
schools will be offering products from Texas. Products used on our menu
include:
Oak Farm Milk
Kurz fresh, baked bread
Texas grown, fresh apples, oranges, and watermelon (including a day of Mountain Sweet Yellow Watermelon)
A
variety of freshly picked, organic vegetables from Walnut Creek Farms
in Alvarado, Texas. Produce from this farm include spinach, spring mix,
cucumbers, grape tomatoes, shredded carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, red
bell peppers,
green bell peppers, and locally sourced baby cremini mushrooms!
We will kick off our “Grain of The Month” Program with a Sweet White Corn Salsa found on the Salad Bar daily!
