Thank you to everyone that was able to come to our curriculum night last week and a shout out to all of our amazing educators who shared out information in their presentations! Our educators will have their presentations available for you on their websites and blogs, in case you need to refer back to information or if you missed Curriculum Night!
Here is the video connection I sent out last week from our front office giving you a few extra reminders for this year in case you didn't get the chance to view yet!
TCE Individual Pictures - Tomorrow!
We will be having our individual picture day for kiddos on the morning of Thursday, September 7th. A form should
have gone home with your child and if you need another form, please check with
your teacher or the front office. This
is a great way to capture your child's elementary school years and keep as a memory for years to come! Also, we use these pictures in our TCE Yearbook!
Find Your Happy Family Photos
Last year we had such a great display of our families on our front board in the main hallway. This year, we would love for you to send in pictures again of your family doing something that makes everyone happy! This might be a picture of you together on a trip, cooking together, exercising together, etc. Truly, whatever makes you happy! We will be sending home a flyer this week for you to attach the photo to and you will turn these in to your teacher or the front office. Can't wait for us to display all of our TCE happy family pics!
Last year we had such a great display of our families on our front board in the main hallway. This year, we would love for you to send in pictures again of your family doing something that makes everyone happy! This might be a picture of you together on a trip, cooking together, exercising together, etc. Truly, whatever makes you happy! We will be sending home a flyer this week for you to attach the photo to and you will turn these in to your teacher or the front office. Can't wait for us to display all of our TCE happy family pics!
Write-A Check
We have kicked off our TCE Write-A-Check campaign in order
to collect donations to help support our campus this year with resources,
technology tools, professional learning for educators, and items to help make
our school environment absolutely amazing for our learners! Please consider donating to our campus this
year! The campaign will run from
September 1st-September 29th for this year and you can drop donations off to
the front office.
PTO Meeting - Tomorrow!
We will have our first Parent Teacher Organization meeting this Thursday, September 7th at 8:15am. This is a great time for you to come and learn more about how the PTO supports Town Center as well as get updates on events, volunteer opportunities and specific learning that is happening at the campus. We would love for you to join us! Also, if you haven't already joined PTO, here it the link to do so!
This year we are going to focus on implementing our Walk to School Wednesdays! We have done this in the past in order to promote physical fitness and health and want to bring it back! This is a great time of year to start this as our morning weather is finally getting a little cooler! So, feel free to join us in walking, biking or riding scooters to school any day, but most definitely on Wednesdays!
Also, we will continue with our fun runs this year in which parents can come up and run/walk or watch their kiddos during specials times as compete for laps on our track. Our first family fun run will be October 27th: Jack O' Lantern Jog. We will send more info out as we get closer to that date with times and reminders.
TCBY Spirit Event
We will have our first TCE spirit event on Friday, September 15th at the TCBY in Coppell off of Denton Tap. You can go in and purchase frozen yogurt from 3:30pm-close and part of the proceeds will go back to Town Center! Hope you can swing by to grab a little treat and visit with some of our TCE Texans!
Book Fair
Our fall book fair will be going on the entire week of September 18th-22nd. This is a great way for your family to purchase some wonderful reading materials for enjoyment as your kiddos get even more excited about reading and learning!
Special Friend's Day - Schedule
As many of you know, our Special Friend's Day will be here before you know it! Please mark you calendars for Friday, September 22nd as this is a fun day in which you or a special friend/relative may come up to see the campus as well as get a chance to see some of the learning happening at TCE. You may also visit the book fair on this day. Please see the following times for this event:
8:30-9:30 3rd
9:30-10:30 5th
10:30-11:30 2nd
11:15-12:15 Kinder
12:30-1:30 4th
1:30-2:30 1st
Fall Family Picnic and TCE Raffle
Also, mark your calendar for our annual TCE Fall Family Picnic. It will be taking place on Friday, September 22nd from 5:30pm-7:30pm. This is a fun time to come out with your family and
celebrate with one another! There will
be food trucks so bring cash or feel free to bring your own food!
We will have a dj again this year and our annual fall
raffle! You will be able to bid on teacher party
auction items at the event as well. So,
be looking for those events at a special table at the picnic!
Make sure and bring your own blanket or lawn chairs if you
would like to have chill out on the grassy area! This all happens behind Town Hall right next
to TCE! Here are a list of prizes for this year's raffle. More info coming home soon about how to purchase tickets!
Prizes Available
$500.00 - Visa Gift Card
$230.00 - Echo Dot and Show
$150.00 - Family Fort Worth Zoo Year Pass
$150.00 - Movie, Dinner and Bowling Gift Cards
$85.00 - 3 Month CORE membership
Happy Shout Outs!
We are continuing to find ways for our educators and parents to
celebrate all of our parents, community members and staff who go the extra
mile to help out with our classrooms, in the office, for events, etc. this
year!
Please help me in giving shout outs to others throughout the
year for all they do to help our campus!
I will be publishing the shout outs I receive throughout the year in the Principal News Blog!
TCE Staff
I thought it might be nice to share a few pics of our TCE staff as we start out this year. While some of you may know many of our staff, this is a great way to put a name with a face for our new families and share those new staff members who have come on board this year! Here are all the people who will be working to help your kiddos have an amazing school year!
I thought it might be nice to share a few pics of our TCE staff as we start out this year. While some of you may know many of our staff, this is a great way to put a name with a face for our new families and share those new staff members who have come on board this year! Here are all the people who will be working to help your kiddos have an amazing school year!
Office Team from Left to Right:
Sherri Kingsley (Office Aide), Sue Kane (Nurse), Angie Applegate (Principal), Kelly Spears (Counselor), Annelise Ford (Assistant Principal), Laura Fairchild (Secretary)
Kindergarten Team: From Left to Right
Marie Sork, Lori Vincenzo, Julie McCullough and Kelly Burks
First Grade Team: From Left to Right
Courtney Rice, Lorri Brehm, Kim Becker, Lauren Torti
Second Grade Team: From Left to Right
Logan Heath, Erica Shelby, Beth Parker, Erin Naughton and Katie Tonemah
Third Grade Team: From Left to Right
Catherine Kim, Heather Judd, Ashlin Bowman, Megan McGraw and Tracy Gipson
Fourth Grade Team: From Left to Right
Heather Bass, Marly Natherson, Morgan Peccarelli, Jenna Taylor and Kate Seifert
Fifth Grade Team: From Left to Right
Meredith Schaaf, Casey Wagner, Rachel Lim, Renee Foroodi, and Kasey Kemp
Specials Team: From Left to Right
Mike Erickson (Physical Education), Julie Fidler (PE Aide), Beth Dilley (Art), Patrick Miller (Music)
Specialists Team: From Left to Right
Kristan Hruby (Instructional Specialist), Erin Cameron (Library Aide), Lisa Hansen (English as a Second Language Specialist), Tina Berumen (Library Media Specialist), Candace Coffee (Gifted and Talented Specialist), Not pictured: Brooke Sims (Digital Learning Coach)
Interventionist Team: From Left to Right
Dianne Johnston (Special Education), Anne Lawler (Practical Academics), Mary Kennington (Dyslexia Specialist), Not Pictured: Elliott Pitchford (Speech Language Pathologist), Kathy Carter (Educational Diagnostician)
Intervention Team: From Left to Right
Patti Radcliffe (Practical Academics Aide) and Lisa Laughlin (Practical Academics Aide)
Cafeteria Team: From Left to Right
Nebeyet Girmai, Martha Cruz, Rosa Quinonez & Estrella Primera (Star)
Custodial Team: From Left to Right
Rosa Rodriguez, Sara Cruz and Marina Chicas
I will be sending out more info soon sharing some of the learning happening at TCE and any updates! Remember to save this link to the blog, or you can also access under the Principal's Message area on our Town Center Elementary homepage.
