Week of: Nov. 28th-Dec. 2nd, 2016
Monday- Jeans Day - Welcome Back! Happy Monday!
Tuesday - Angie Out (AM) - Principal Meeting
Wednesday - GYEP(Growing Young Educators Program) - Kristan's Room - 3:15
Thursday - Jeans Day
STEM Planning Day Kinder and 1st - Kristan's Room
Day 1: Daniel Dancer - Art for the Sky Program - Gym (AM) - more info to come for specific times. I am going to try to do an 8:30am program with a Texan Town Schedule.
Winter Concert (K-5) - North MS - 10:00am - Gym
Day 2: Daniel Dancer - Art for the Sky Program - 1:00ish - location outside area by track (more details to come)
Important Reminders
Book Study - Innovator's Mindset
Scroll down to last week's blog post to see the reminder about using padlet to record your ideas/resources by December 14th. Also, remember to have the last part of the book read by the following: Read pages 122-229 by our January TLC meeting - January 25th.
RTI Meetings
Just a reminder that Brett is going to be rescheduling our RTI meetings for December due to us having many activities on Fridays. Please make sure that you have been collecting your data for progress monitoring and entering it into Aware. This is crucial for us to continue supporting our learners and moving ahead with any additional evaluations as needed throughout the year. If you need any support with collecting/analyzing your data, please let us know and we can help you with making sure we are getting everything that is needed.
3rd-5th grade teachers: Please share with the core RTI committee (me, Brett and Kelly) your beginning of the year scores from the STAAR pre-assessments in an excel or Google spreadsheet. If you would please highlight any learners who are 50 or below in red. (5th grade I know you will be taking your science in December) We will discuss the scores more with your teams on our upcoming STEM planning days, but this will help to give us data to see how all of our learners are sitting at the beginning of the year. (and yes, we do realize it is the first go round, so do not worry if you have several learners who are lower than what you would like to see). If you could have it to us, by the end of our first week back, Friday, December 2nd.
3rd-5th grade teachers: Please share with the core RTI committee (me, Brett and Kelly) your beginning of the year scores from the STAAR pre-assessments in an excel or Google spreadsheet. If you would please highlight any learners who are 50 or below in red. (5th grade I know you will be taking your science in December) We will discuss the scores more with your teams on our upcoming STEM planning days, but this will help to give us data to see how all of our learners are sitting at the beginning of the year. (and yes, we do realize it is the first go round, so do not worry if you have several learners who are lower than what you would like to see). If you could have it to us, by the end of our first week back, Friday, December 2nd.
Holiday From the Heart Supplies
I know many of you have already turned in to Laura any needs for our Holiday from the Heart activities. Please make sure and get these to her by the end of the day Tuesday, November 29th, in order for us to get them ordered! Thank you!
TCE Christmas Party
TCE Sing Along
I am working on getting songs this week, so will have them sent out to you by the end of the holiday break! Sorry, I wanted to go ahead and send the blog first!
From the Desk of BS…
From the Desk of BS…Volume 12
We All Play a Part of the TCE Family
The
Dallas Cowboys now have the best record in the NFL at 8-1. If you did not get a
chance to hear it this week, Tony Romo, the injured starting quarterback is
healthy and ready to play. Despite the
fact that he has been the Cowboys quarterback over 10 years, he conducted a
press conference on Tuesday, explaining his feelings about the current season,
see the following link:
You may be asking, how does this impact us and our
school? As we have the opportunity to
spend time away from the hustle and bustle of the school year and spend time
with our family and loved ones, I just wanted to say that you all play such
unique roles in our school. There are
things that you do behind the scenes that do not go unnoticed, and contribute
to the success we see day in and day out.
THANK YOU for all you do each and every day, you are more than just
educators, you are a team, and a family.
Thanks again, enjoy your break.
BS
Shout Outs!
Ashley and Beth, thank you for covering my
Kinder and 1st grade classes so I could hold auditions for the 5th grade
Christmas program. I love you both!
Leigh Ann, thank you so much for helping
me with my Google site even though you did give me a homework assignment ( ; You are patient and kind. Thank you! -
Becky
Ashley and Beth, thank you for all of your
wonderful help with the 3rd graders and their Veterans Day performance. You are
always willing to help in any way I ask. We make a great team! Thank you –
Becky
3rd Grade teachers, thank you for all you
did to help with the 3rd graders in preparation for the Veterans Day ceremony.
The kiddos looked good and did a great job with their singing. I appreciate
your help with "crowd control", too!
Brett - Thank you for coordinating our
Veterans Day ceremony. It is always a meaningful time for our school. We love
you and appreciate you!
Candace, thank you for sharing your
abilities by writing a grant for the fine arts department. I am impressed with
your talent for writing! You are one of Town Center's greatest assets! - Becky
Lauren, Thank you for lending me your
adorable sweater during canned food drive collection. It was the perfect cure
to an extra chilly morning! –Ashlin
TCE Staff, Thank you to everyone who
donated cans to our service learning project! We really appreciate all you did
with your kids to help promote the canned food drive. We couldn't have done it
without all of you.
Love, Heather, Catherine, Ashlin, &
Megan
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November Birthdays
Katie Tonemah- 3rd
Marie Sork - 7th
Marina Chicas - 8th
Beth Dilley - 11th
Laura Fairchild - 24th
Kristan Hruby - 24th
Renee Rohani - 25th
Renee Rohani - 25th
Final Quotes for the Week
As we go through this wonderful week with our family and friends, take time to reflect on your life and the importance of giving thanks each day for your many blessings. . .
As we go through this wonderful week with our family and friends, take time to reflect on your life and the importance of giving thanks each day for your many blessings. . .
