Thursday, April 18, 2024

April 22 - 26

Calendar

April 22 - 26 - Teacher Appreciation Week

April 26 - Sun Run during specials (12:30 - 1:20)

April 30 - Dallas Zoo Field Trip

May 1 - Author Visit

May 2 - Kindergarten Round-Up 5:30 PM

             Spring Family Picnic 6:00 PM

May 4 - CISD Run to Fund

May 14 - Mrs. Vincenzo's birthday

May 20 - Field Day

May 21 - Yearbook Signing Day (We will make an autograph book for those children that did not purchase a yearbook.)

May 24 - Last day of school - early release at 12:30



Author and Illustrator James Burks will visit TCE on May 1st! Feel free to purchase a copy of any of wonderful titles on Amazon or at a local book store. Students can bring their copy to school by April 29th and they will be signed when he visits! 

 


Sign Up for the Run to Fund

CEF will also give $2 from every Run to Fund race entry to the Physical Education Department at the CISD school of your choice.


**Each year CISD has a contest to see which school has the most participants, and we'd love for Town Center to have their first win! Join Ms. Martin and other TCE staff for a fun morning. If our school wins, each class will win an extra recess time!


What will we be learning next week?

Language Arts

  • Reading - We are talking about characters in books.  We are using our inferencing skills to be able to tell us what they think and feel.
  • Writing - We are working hard on our first realistic fiction story.  We have been brainstorming ideas by creating a thinking map of the setting, characters, problem, and solution.  Next week we will continue creating our story using the writing and editing process. 
  • Phonics/Grammar -  We are using what we know to review synonyms, homophones, and antonyms.  We will also review nouns, verbs, and adjectives.

Math 

Learners will tell time to the half hour using analog and digital clocks.

Science 

Learners will see how different characteristics help it move, eat, and/or survive in its environment.

 Social Studies   

We will finish up learning about landforms and move into mapping skills.  

Weekly Announcements

  • Don't forget to mark your calendar for our Zoo Field Trip on April 30th.  
  • Please sign and return the new iPad rules paper.  If you have any questions, contact your child's homeroom teacher. 
Parent Panorama Survey Deadline Extended - We'd love for you to participate! 
We would love parent feedback from our TCE families. The district Panorama Survey window has been extended, and we hope to have more families participate. Click below to access the survey. We do ask that you fill out one specific to Town Center if you have learners at multiple schools for us to receive feedback on your Town Center experience.

surveys.panoramaed.com/coppellisd/FamilySpring2024/surveys



TCE Hosts Virtual District Budget Chat for Parents - May 7th 9:00 PM

We invite all Town Center Families to join us Tuesday, May 7th at 6:00 p.m. via Zoom to hear from our CISD Superintendent Dr. Hunt, Chief Financial Officer Diana Sircar, and Chief Communications Officer Angela Brown. They will share more about our district budget and answer any questions you may have. We'd love for you all to join us!


Zoom Link to Join the Meeting:

https://coppellisd.zoom.us/j/91019056081?pwd=ZHRiQ1NEY0VMeVRGL2wrVGh3RjBqUT09

Meeting ID: 910 1905 6081
Passcode: 597204



Great Information To Know

    • Please make sure to look at your child's daily behavior calendar.  Our goal is for the children to color in the day with the appropriate behavior.  Many times, the children forget.  If it is not colored, please assume it is a great day.  If you see a teacher comment, we would love for you to have a conversation with your child about what happened to receive the comment.  Please know many warnings were given before a comment was written. :-) 
    • Please review and take out all papers from their take-home folder each day.

    Teacher Emails

    The best way to get in touch with your teacher is by email.  Please email the teacher that can best answer the subject of your question. If it is a general question, please email your homeroom teacher.

    1A Mrs. Vincenzo (1A and 1B language arts/social studies teacher)                     lvincenzo@coppellisd.com

    1B Mrs. Harle (1A and 1B math/science teacher)                                      kharle@coppellisd.com

    1C Mrs. Brown (1C and 1D language arts/social studies teacher)           ebrown@coppellisd.com

    1D Mrs. Sork (1C and 1D math/science teacher)                                        msork@coppellisd.com

    School Lunches 

    Every Friday families are allowed to eat lunch in the cafeteria

    District guidelines limit lunchroom visitors at the elementary level to parents, immediate family members with written permission from a parent, and campus mentors. Immediate family members are defined as the student’s parents/step-parents, siblings, grandparents, or any person residing in the home. A parent can list the person(s) who have permission to have lunch for the entire school year.  If anyone other than the parent(s) listed as guardians in our district e-school system is eating with the child, we will need written documentation of your approval.


    Dismissal

    If you change the way your child goes home at the end of the day, please email your teacher.  Children will be sent home their "usual" way unless we hear directly from a parent.  Also, please make sure that the teacher has responded to your email to ensure that we got the message.  If you don't hear back from your teacher, please call the office to let them know about dismissal changes. 


    Birthday Treats

    We will celebrate your child’s birthday with a spotlight on our daily school-wide announcements and a goody bag from the school that contains several items, including a coupon for a free treat in the cafeteria.  

    If you choose to send birthday food treats to school, they will need to be in their original packaging that lists the ingredients.  Please send the treats to our school nurse.  She will look over the ingredients and then deliver them to your child's homeroom class.  These treats will be sent home with the learners at the end of the day for them to enjoy at home. 


    Volunteering

    If you think you would like to volunteer at TCE this year, please fill out the volunteer background check.  The sooner the better!  You can find information about how to fill out the form and the actual form on our TCE webpage. This needs to be done each. year.  You will need a background check to help in the classroom, field trips, field day, etc. 


    Photos From The Week 

    building contraction towers 




    Happy Friday!  



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