Friday, October 15

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This year, our TCE Fundraiser will be a Fun Run on October 21st! As our Fun Run gets closer, make sure to register online at mybooster.com. It's free to register your child(ren) and for them to participate in the fun run. We've set a school goal to earn $15,000 for our school to be used for classroom grants that fund instructional materials and experiences. We shared our school-wide incentive on announcements this morning- a dunking booth for the administrators! The top three individual earners will get to dunk us, along with the teacher of the class that has the highest average earned per child (due to our varying class sizes). We'd love your help in meeting our $15,000 goal! Click here to see a video for how to get started!

Book Character Pumpkin Extravaganza   It's that time of year!  Fall leaves, cool air, and PUMPKINS!  The TCE Library presents 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 22nd and will be sent home October 29th.  If you have any questions, please email Mrs. Mancuso at kmancuso@coppellisd.com Thanks! Kate Mancuso TCE Librarian A reminder from the 5th grade teachers Every year St. Ann’s Catholic Church in Coppell provides Thanksgiving baskets with supplies to cook a turkey a dinner to those in need. If you could benefit from this assistance, please click on the link below and fill out the Google form as accurately as possible. By completing this form you understand this information will be shared with St. Ann’s Catholic Church for distribution of your basket. Please fill out this form no later than October 25th, 2021. Thank you! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfcP9w3nEK-m80vIAv4Vdgq-s6_k9DggmIT7WeP3TESWu7Wrg/viewform?usp=sf_link

Parent Newsletter

Ms. Martin, our principal, sends out a weekly parent newsletter. Please make sure you read this every week. You can click the image above for easy access.  

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). 

Headphones

In addition to having a charged iPad every day, we also need the students to have their headphones for class every day. Our supply list included four pairs of headphones. Please help remind your son/daughter to keep their headphones in their pencil bags. 

Snack

We 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!

Water Bottles

The water fountains at school are not currently open, so the students only have access to the bottle filling stations. As you know, it's very hot outside, so the kids are very thirsty when they come back from recess. Please help us by ensuring that you son/daughter brings a water bottle to school each day. 

Breakfast

Lots of our 5th Graders have been enjoying eating breakfast at school in the mornings. If your son/daughter wants to eat breakfast here at school, please help them get to school by 7:30 so they have enough time to eat before school starts. As a reminder, TCE doors open at 7:20, and students are expected in class by 7:40. 

Report Cards & Accessing Grades Online

Report card grades are available in Home Access Center. If you need directions for how to access Home Access Center please click here.

We want to encourage each parent to take this opportunity to login to Home Access Center. Once you are logged in, you can see your son/daughter's grades for individual assignments as well as class averages. It's important to note that the 5th graders turn everything in through Schoology. Therefore, there are more grades and assignments in Schoology than what we actually take for a grade on report cards. The assignments and grades you see in Home Access Center are the ones that contribute to your son/daughter's report card grades. 

October 21: Boostherthon Run

Nov. 22-26: Thanksgiving Break