TCE 5th Grade: Friday, September 16th

A Note From the Fifth Grade Teachers

Free & Reduced Meals
For the last two years, free and reduced meals were provided for all Texas public school children. Beginning September 29th, 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.
*NEW INFO* COPPELL CARES - WEEKEND BACKPACK PROGRAM
Coppell Cares will provide the Weekend Backpack Program (WBPK) again this school year. Families may sign up for this program at any time during the school year. Siblings living in the same household, are also eligible to participate. If your family would benefit from a weekly Friday snack bag delivery, please complete the following form to sign up:

English Application:
https://forms.gle/NDV8iAJbCUwcEUuu5

Spanish Application:
https://forms.gle/xEQi6c2Ghsa7Hye48

WBPK deliveries will begin Friday, 9/8/2022. Deliveries will be suspended for Thanksgiving Week, Winter Break, and Spring Break. If you have any questions, please reach out to TCE's counselor, Kelly Matlock, at kmatlock@coppellisd.com.

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).

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!

Parent Newsletter

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

**Please see the note in the Principal Newsletter about the Homecoming Parade.**

Coppell ISD Homecoming Week

Homecoming Week is this next week. Please see the note in Ms. Martin's blog about the parade. In addition, please feel free to have your child help celebrate Homecoming Week by dressing up for each day's theme. Please do not wear costume masks.

Next week our campus will be introducing "Start With Hello" to our classes through our morning announcements. You can learn more about this program in Ms. Matlock's Counselor Newsletter.

Upcoming Dates

Thursday, October 6th - Early Release

Thursday, October 6th - End of the 1st Nine Weeks

Thursday, October 6th - 1st Sky Ranch Payment ($50) Due

Friday, October 7th - No School for Students & Parent Teacher Conferences (More info to come)

Monday, October 11th - No School

Wednesday, October 12th - Picture Retakes

Friday, October 14th - Report Cards Posted to HAC

Friday, October 14th - TCE Color Run (More info to come)

Progress Reports

Any student that had an average of 74 or lower in any class received a progress report. This would have been emailed from the teacher. If you did not receive a progress report, then your child's average is above a 74. As a reminder, you can access your child's grades in Home Access Center.

Curriculum Night

Thank you so much to those of you that came to Curriculum Night last week. We loved seeing so many of our families in person.

Our presentation is linked here in case you missed it or want to review it further.

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.