TCE 5th Grade: Friday, September 2nd

The fifth grade teachers will update our blog each week and send it out to families as part of our communication this year. Please take time to read through the blog each week, as we will include important updates, reminders, upcoming events, pictures, and more!

Family Photos

Please make sure that your child finishes their family photo collage! We have started sharing our pictures in class and would love every child to share. Your child will submit it to the Homeroom Hub on Schoology. We greatly appreciate it!

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.

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!

*NEW INFO* First LEGO League Robotics Club

4th and 5th graders are invited to apply for the TCE LEGO Robotics club. We will be able to take 15-20 learners. Some learners already took an application but here is the link to the information and application. You can contact Ms. Burks at kburks@coppellisd.com if you have any questions.

Parent Newsletter

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

*NEW INFO* Curriculum Night

Thank you so much to those of you that came to Curriculum Night yesterday. 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.

Special Friends Day

Please plan on joining us Friday, September 9th for a fun-filled day at Town Center! This is a day for "Special Friends" (family & family friends) to visit our learners' classrooms in order to see some of the great things they are learning and doing. Our campus book fair will also be open during this time. Our specific time for 5th grade is 11:30-12:30.

If you plan to come, it would be so helpful to our front office if you would fill out this form ahead of time. This will help shorten the time it takes for everyone to sign in.

Finally, please see the note below from PTO:

Dear Town Center Families -

We are looking forward to Special Friends Day on Friday, September 9th! This is a day where a grandparent, parent, neighbor or friend joins your child to see their new classroom, walk around to get to know the school and look at the book fair, if they'd like. Each grade has an assigned time of the day for their visitor to come. The kids put a lot of time into creating things to show their special friend. In order to help make this a Special Day we would like to serve simple refreshments that are "school friendly".

As many of you know, our budget numbers have been down since Covid so in order to pull this off we are looking for donations. If you are willing to buy popcorn or serving cups, sign up below. You can leave them with Laura Fairchild in the front office by Wednesday, September 7th.

http://tinyurl.com/tcepopcorn

***The best price on these products is at Costco, but you can also find them at other stores. Popcorn amounts were decided using the Costco size bags. Please buy two bags if you buy them from another store.***

Thank you!
Jackie Kincade
TCE PTO Room Parent Communications Coordinator
tceroomp@gmail.com