Friday, March 28th - LAST DAY to turn in permission slips and money for Second Grade RoughRiders Field Trip! - Details below; Handouts and permission forms sent home on Monday, March 10th.
Wednesday, April 9th - PTO Meeting @ 6:00 - TCE Library
Friday, April 11th - TCE 30th Anniversary Spring Picnic 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, April 15th, 22nd, & 29th - STAAR Testing in 3rd-5th - NO visitors on campus!
Friday, April 18th & Monday, April 21st - No School
Thursday, April 24th - Sonic Night 5:00-8:00 p.m.
Friday, April 25th - Sun Run during Specials (9:15-10:05)
Terrific Texans
Throughout the week our learners at TCE work hard at going above and beyond! When any teacher catches them standing out for exhibiting our character trait of the week 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.
Grade Level Baskets Raffle!
Dear Town Center Families,
We are thrilled to invite you to our 30-Year Celebration Picnic! Join us as we celebrate three decades of community, growth, and Texan pride.
Event Details:
📅 Date: Friday, April 11th
⏰ Time: 5:30PM - 7:30PM
📍 Location: Town Center Elementary
🎉 Activities: Food trucks, games, entertainment, memorabilia and more!
One of the exciting features of this event is our Annual Grade Level Baskets Raffle! Each grade's amazing room parents put together an incredible themed basket to raffle off! Every student will receive one FREE ticket to enter the raffle. Students will also have the chance to purchase ADDITIONAL raffle tickets for just $1 each during lunch starting this Friday, April 4th through next Friday, April 11th. Parents and visitors can also buy tickets during Family Friday Lunches—so don’t forget to bring your dollars!
Here are the amazing basket themes by grade:
Kinder: BBQ Bonanza
1st Grade: Family Game Night
2nd Grade: All Things Sports
3rd Grade: A Night Under the Stars
4th Grade: Movie Night
5th Grade: Claw-some Surprises
You don’t want to miss out on the chance to win one of these awesome baskets while supporting TCE!
Your continued support makes events like this possible, and we are so grateful to our community. Bring your family, friends, and picnic blankets, and get ready for an unforgettable evening celebrating Town Center! We are still looking for a few more parents to help sell tickets during lunches. You will need to make sure you have your background check completed. Click here to volunteer! We can’t wait to see you there! Please reach out with any questions!
Thank you,
Amanda Nevels
Town Center PTO President
2nd Grade RoughRiders Baseball Game Field Trip
Second grade will go on a field trip to RoughRiders Education Day at the ballpark on Tuesday, May 13th. Second graders will spend time leading up to our field trip exploring grade-level topics with a baseball lens. We'll then go out to the ballgame to help us connect our learning to the real-world experience of watching a baseball game. Additionally, during the RoughRider's Education Day, they will have hans on, immersive stations sponsored by the Perot Museum, YMCA, Heritage Museum, and more.
We will be leaving school around 9:00 AM and won't arrive back to school until around 2:00 PM. Lunch will be provided at the ballgame as part of your ticket purchase and will consist of a combo meal with a hot dog and soda or water for each child. The RoughRiders have a veggie burger or gluten-free hot dog bun if your child has a dietary restriction. If your child has dietary restrictions that cannot be met by the substitutions, please reach out to your homeroom teacher.
The cost of the filed trip is $16.00 including admission to the Education Day ballgame and lunch. Your child brought home a permission slip on Monday, March 10th that needs to be signed and returned with cash only by Friday, March 28th. All parts of the permission slip need to be filled out for your child to participate in our field trip. We ask that you send in exactly $16.00, as change will not be given. We will be taking chaperones with us on our field trip to the RoughRiders game. Chaperones will be responsible for a small group of learners while at the ballpark. The cost of a chaperone ticket is $16.00 (lunch included) and chaperones will need to provide their own transportation to the ballpark. Chaperones can turn in their chaperone cost in the envelope with their child and check that they would like to chaperone our field trip. All chaperones must have a CISD background check (done online) completed at least 10 days before the date of the field trip.
Coppell Cares
Coppell Cares offers the Weekend Backpack Program for families who have financial need. Each Friday, learners receive a bag of snacks for the weekend. The goal of the program is to help eliminate food insecurity for children. They provide nutritious breakfast, lunch, and snack items to eligible CISD children (and siblings). This weekly food program helps feed children over the weekend during the school year when they are not receiving meals at school.
If you would like your child(ren) to participate in this program, please complete the online application below. If you would prefer a paper copy to be sent home with your child, please email TCE's counselor, Kelly Matlock at kmatlock@coppellisd.com. Families may sign up for this program at any time during the school year. Deliveries will begin Friday, September 6th. Deliveries will be suspended for Thanksgiving week, Winter Break, and Spring Break.
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We are excited to have so many of our learners that have been out sick back at school. We'd love to meet our campus attendance goal of 97%, and we will keep you all updated weekly on our progress. As a reminder, if your child is sick, we want them to stay home and rest. Our district attendance policy states, "Students must be free of fever, vomiting, and/or diarrhea for 24 hours without the use of medication before returning to school.” Otherwise, we'd love to have them at school in order to maximize their instructional time with teachers and make the most of their school days. If your child does need to miss school due to being sick, please reach out to your child's teacher to find out what work they need to make up.
Math Workshop - In math workshop, learners will read and write time to the nearest one-minute increment by using an analog clock and a digital clock. They will distinguish between a.m. and p.m.
Reading Workshop - This week, we will focus on the comprehension skill of inferencing while reading nonfiction texts. What conclusions can we make from what we read?
Writing Workshop - In Writing, we will research about our animal's habitat and food. In grammar we will be learning about homographs.
Social Studies - In Social Studies, learners will explain the choices people make about earning, saving, and spending money.
Science - In Science, learners will describe, explain, and compare structures and behaviors of animals and how they help them survive.
- Ask your child to find examples of 2D and 3D shapes around your house. How many sides does it have? Is it regular or irregular? How many faces, edges, and vertices?
- What are the parts of a plant? What are some ways seeds are spread?
- Ask your child what animal they picked for their writing projects.
- How is an income like an allowance?
- Working on reading high frequency words fluently is a great way to build reading skills! Check out the lists we work with and challenge your learner to practice them using these activities!
