Friday, January 27th

    

  

New Info: 5th Grade Valentine's Party 

Our 5th Grade Valentine’s Day party will be on Tuesday, February 14th at 2:00 in the cafeteria. We would love to have you join us for the party! The room parents are also looking for volunteers to help run stations. Please sign up here if you’d like to volunteer. Please complete a background check if you plan on volunteering and haven’t done so already.

Please see the note in your email about specifics on passing out Valentines before the party. If children receive any candy with their Valentines, they will not be able to eat any candy until they leave school. 

Reminder: TCE Skate Night 

TCE Spirit Night - Interskate in Lewisville January 27th from 6-8 p.m.

2nd Grade SOUPer Bowl Drive

Reminder: Yearbook Ads

Reminder: Free & Reduced Meals 

For the last two years, free and reduced meals were provided for all Texas public school children.  Families must complete an application to qualify for free or reduced priced meals. For more information, check out the Coppell ISD Child Nutrition website.  Complete your School Meal Application here.  Allow up to ten days to process your application. 

Reminder: iPads
TCE 5th graders should come to school each day with their iPad and charger. Please ensure your child charges his/her iPad each evening. Your child should also check periodically to ensure his/her iPad's software is up to date (settings --> general --> software update). 

Reminder: Snack
We will have a short snack time each day while we continue to work. 5th graders do not each lunch until 1:00 PM each day, so it's important that they have a healthy and nutritious snack each day to fuel their bodies. We also ask that the snack they bring is completely free of peanuts/tree nuts. This will help provide a safe environment for all learners. Thank you for your help!

You can access the Sky Ranch payment letter here. This letter has information about our overnight field trip to Sky Ranch, the payment plan, and the link to pay. 

Thank you so much to everyone that was able to come to our Parent Meeting on Thursday night. 

The video from our presentation is linked below. If you weren't able to make it to the meeting, please take a few minutes to watch the video. 

Link to the Video

If you'd like, you may also click through the presentation which is linked below.

 

Finally, if you came to the meeting, you should have received a parent packet which has valuable information and paperwork to be completed. If you did not come to the meeting, your son/daughter will come home with a packet on Friday. 

All paperwork is due April 6th. 

If you are interested in being a Chaperone for our trip, you may complete this form to share your interest. All Chaperone Interest Forms are due February 23rd. 

Our 1st two Sky Ranch Payment of $50 each were due last semester. It's not too late to pay it if you haven't yet. Our next payment of $50 is due Friday, February 3rd. 

You can access the online payment system here: https://bit.ly/SRpayment23. 

Ms. Martin, our principal, sends out a weekly parent newsletter. Please make sure you read this every week. 

As we start the second semester, we will start to have some announcements to share regarding Middle School. (You'll see a parent meeting in the Important Dates section.) We'll have more information for you as we get closer to the spring including information about which of the three CISD Middle Schools your child will attend. 

Upcoming & Important Dates

Tuesday, February 14th: 5th Grade Valentine's Party 

Friday, February 17th: No School for Students 

Monday, February 20th: Bad Weather Day 

Thursday, February 23rd: CMS East Parent Meeting 6:00-7:00

(More info to come) 

**Pictures from the Photo Booth at the Winter Party** 

As of March, Shutterfly will be deleting shared sites. Therefore, the pictures from the Winter Party have been moved over to Google Photos. You can access the links below. 

Winter Party Photo Booth 

Winter Party Activities

Students listened to our 2nd Adopt a Pilot presentation in Science. 

Friday, January 20th

   

  

New Info: 5th Grade Valentine's Party 

Our 5th Grade Valentine’s Day party will be on Tuesday, February 14th at 2:00 in the cafeteria. We would love to have you join us for the party! The room parents are also looking for volunteers to help run stations. Please sign up here if you’d like to volunteer. Please complete a background check if you plan on volunteering and haven’t done so already.

Please see the note in your email about specifics on passing out Valentines before the party. If children receive any candy with their Valentines, they will not be able to eat any candy until they leave school. 

Reminder: TCE Skate Night 

TCE Spirit Night - Interskate in Lewisville January 27th from 6-8 p.m.

Reminder: Yearbook Ads

Reminder: Free & Reduced Meals 

For the last two years, free and reduced meals were provided for all Texas public school children.  Families must complete an application to qualify for free or reduced priced meals. For more information, check out the Coppell ISD Child Nutrition website.  Complete your School Meal Application here.  Allow up to ten days to process your application. 

Reminder: iPads
TCE 5th graders should come to school each day with their iPad and charger. Please ensure your child charges his/her iPad each evening. Your child should also check periodically to ensure his/her iPad's software is up to date (settings --> general --> software update). 

Reminder: Snack
We will have a short snack time each day while we continue to work. 5th graders do not each lunch until 1:00 PM each day, so it's important that they have a healthy and nutritious snack each day to fuel their bodies. We also ask that the snack they bring is completely free of peanuts/tree nuts. This will help provide a safe environment for all learners. Thank you for your help!

You can access the Sky Ranch payment letter here. This letter has information about our overnight field trip to Sky Ranch, the payment plan, and the link to pay. 

We hope you'll be able to join us at our Sky Ranch Parent Meeting.  At this meeting, we will go through specifics of the trip including facilities at camp, sample schedules, cabins, sample meals, classes, activities, health & security measures, etc. We will also share a variety of pictures so that you and your family can familiarize yourself with what the camp experience is like. Finally, families will have a chance to ask questions. We hope it will be a really informative & helpful meeting.

Our 1st two Sky Ranch Payment of $50 each were due last semester. It's not too late to pay it if you haven't yet. Our next payment of $50 is due Friday, February 3rd. 

You can access the online payment system here: https://bit.ly/SRpayment23. 

Ms. Martin, our principal, sends out a weekly parent newsletter. Please make sure you read this every week. 

As we start the second semester, we will start to have some announcements to share regarding Middle School. (You'll see a parent meeting in the Important Dates section.) We'll have more information for you as we get closer to the spring including information about which of the three CISD Middle Schools your child will attend. 

2nd Nine Weeks Report Cards have been loaded into Home Access Center. If you're unsure how to login, let us know and we'll help you out. 

Upcoming & Important Dates

Thursday, January 26th: Sky Ranch Parent Meeting 5:30 

Tuesday, February 14th: 5th Grade Valentine's Party 

Friday, February 17th: No School for Students 

Monday, February 20th: Bad Weather Day 

Thursday, February 23rd: CMS East Parent Meeting 6:00-7:00

(More info to come) 

**Pictures from the Photo Booth at the Winter Party** 

Our Room Moms uploaded the pictures from the Winter Party to a Shutterfly album, which you can access here. The album is password protected. You'll need to reference the email you received from your child's teacher to get the password. 

Students participated in debates in reading this week. 

Students did experiments in science to learn about sedimentation and compaction of sedimentary rocks. 

Students created visual input output table patterns in math. 

Students in 5D had fun during Slow Starts this week. 

Friday, January 13

  

  

TCE Skate Night 

TCE Spirit Night - Interskate in Lewisville January 27th from 6-8 p.m.

Yearbook Ads

Student Coupons: January Cozy Day 

This year we gave the students a digital coupon book with a coupon for each month of the rest of the year. The students can redeem their January Coupon on Thursday, January 19th. 

Reminder: Free & Reduced Meals 

For the last two years, free and reduced meals were provided for all Texas public school children.  Families must complete an application to qualify for free or reduced priced meals. For more information, check out the Coppell ISD Child Nutrition website.  Complete your School Meal Application here.  Allow up to ten days to process your application. 

Reminder: iPads
TCE 5th graders should come to school each day with their iPad and charger. Please ensure your child charges his/her iPad each evening. Your child should also check periodically to ensure his/her iPad's software is up to date (settings --> general --> software update). 

Reminder: Snack
We will have a short snack time each day while we continue to work. 5th graders do not each lunch until 1:00 PM each day, so it's important that they have a healthy and nutritious snack each day to fuel their bodies. We also ask that the snack they bring is completely free of peanuts/tree nuts. This will help provide a safe environment for all learners. Thank you for your help!

You can access the Sky Ranch payment letter here. This letter has information about our overnight field trip to Sky Ranch, the payment plan, and the link to pay. 

We hope you'll be able to join us at our Sky Ranch Parent Meeting this month. Information about the meeting is above. 

Our 1st two Sky Ranch Payment of $50 each were due last semester. It's not too late to pay it if you haven't yet. Our next payment of $50 is due Friday, February 3rd. 

You can access the online payment system here: https://bit.ly/SRpayment23. 

Ms. Martin, our principal, sends out a weekly parent newsletter. Please make sure you read this every week. 

As we start the second semester, we will start to have some announcements to share regarding Middle School. (You'll see a parent meeting in the Important Dates section.) We'll have more information for you as we get closer to the spring including information about which of the three CISD Middle Schools your child will attend. 

2nd Nine Weeks Report Cards have been loaded into Home Access Center. If you're unsure how to login, let us know and we'll help you out. 

Upcoming & Important Dates

Monday, January 16th: No School!

Thursday, January 19th: Cozy Day for 5th Graders (See info above)

Thursday, January 26th: Sky Ranch Parent Meeting 5:30 

Friday, February 17th: No School for Students 

Monday, February 20th: Bad Weather Day 

Thursday, February 23rd: CMS East Parent Meeting 6:00-7:00

(More info to come) 

**Pictures from the Photo Booth at the Winter Party** 

Our Room Moms uploaded the pictures from the Winter Party to a Shutterfly album, which you can access here. The album is password protected. You'll need to reference the email you received from your child's teacher to get the password. 

Students participating in a Second Steps Lesson in 5C