TCE 5th Grade: 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.