April 8th - 12th

Calendar

April 5th - LAST DAY to order a Yearbook!

April 8th - Total Solar Eclipse

April 11th  - Reading STAAR test (3rd-5th grade)
No visitors are allowed on campus

April 12 & 15 - NO School
Bad Weather Day/Professional Development Day

April 17th - Science STAAR Test (5th grade)

No visitors are allowed on campus. 

April 25th  - Math STAAR test (3rd-5th grade)
No visitors are allowed on campus

Announcements

Terrific Texans
Throughout the week our learners at TCE work hard at going above and beyond! When any teacher catches them standing out in a positive way they are awarded a Terrific Texan. At the end of the week, there is a school-wide drawing and 3 winners are chosen from each grade level.

Congratulations to our Terrific Texans this week:

Solar Eclipse Viewing Information

Please see the following message from Ms. Martin:

Hello Town Center Families, 
Coming up on Monday, April 8, 2024, between the hours of 12:30 pm and 3 p.m., the DFW area will be in the path of a total solar eclipse. This phenomenon presents an incredible science educational opportunity for all students in our district. Residents in the path of this solar eclipse will not be able to see another one in their lifetimes without significant travel.

 
Our educators in Coppell ISD will be taking a few minutes of their day to allow students to safely witness the eclipse. Many of those educators have amazing activities and lessons planned to support learning for students in all grade levels. Safely viewing this eclipse is a priority for Coppell ISD. All students and educators will be using certified eclipse viewing glasses provided by TCE or projection techniques that don’t involve looking toward the sun. 

iPad Expectations - NEW iPads

Tennis Shoes for PE & Extended Specials Day (CTT)

Second-grade specials are split into color houses. Red folders have a schedule of your child's color house specials rotation. Please help ensure your child wears appropriate shoes on PE days and Move & Groove (Fridays). Additionally, every other Tuesday second grade has extended specials during CTT. The dates are outlined for the remainder of the year below. Thank you for your help in making sure your child is safely dressed for the gym! 

2nd Grade CTT Dates for 2024: January 30th, February 13th, February 27th, March 19th, April 2nd, April 16th, April 30th, May14th.

Smart Watches

We have noticed that more and more of our students have begun wearing smartwatches to school, so we want to take a minute to be clear about expectations for those devices. 

Students are not permitted to communicate on their personal devices during the school day. (The same rule applies to their iPads.) This includes parents. Additionally, smartwatches are only to be used to tell time during the day. Please help us in reinforcing this expectation.  If you need to contact your son/daughter during the day, please email your child's teacher or call the front office. 

We have talked about these expectations with the students. We've let them know that if they are using their smart watch, cell phone, or other personal devices to communicate (or use any additional feature beyond telling time), they will receive one warning. After that one warning, we will ask for those devices to stay at home.

Yearbooks for Sale

Our yearbook sale is now open! Each year we have a Town Center Yearbook that highlights photos from every class, school events, and staff. It is a great item to have to look back on memories from the year, and we even have a yearbook signing party in May. If you are interested in purchasing a yearbook, please see the graphic below for thee different purchasing options. As a reminder, the TCE Yearbook cost WAS NOT included in the TCE Trail Pass. If you would like a yearbook for your child(ren), you will need to purchase using the website link below.

Our yearbook committee would also love your help in submitting photos for the yearbook. As you attend campus events, if you have any photos you would like to share, see below for information on uploading them to our committee.

Lunches

Below are a few links regarding lunches:

- Breakfast & Lunch Menu

- Free & Reduced Lunch Application

- Check Your Lunch Application Status

- Create Your Child's Online Lunch Account

-Lunch Menus can be found here

TCE Principal Newsletter

Each week Ms. Martin sends out her Town Center Principal Newsletter. Please make sure to check out all the important campus-wide announcements in the Principal Newsletter. 

April 5th

What are we learning?

Math Workshop - In Math, learners will identify examples and non-examples of halves, fourths, and eighths. Learners will explain how I know a fractional part of a whole represents halves, fourths, or eighths.

Reading Workshop - In Reading, learners will begin a new book club using the mentor text Sable and respond to questions using evidence from the text.

Each Thursday we go to the library to read. Make sure to bring your books back so you can return and check out new books each week! 

Writing Workshop- In writing, learners will raise the quality of their writing by adding details, editing, and revising their writing.

Social Studies- In Social Studies, learners will trace the development of a product from a natural resource to a finished product.

Science - In Science, learners will view and learn about a solar eclipse.