Parents,

Thank you for coming out to Chick-fil-a this past week to support our Eat for a Cause! We had a successful night thanks to our staff, students, and parents.

We are one week away from our annual Run for the Heights Event. We look forward to having fun with our THE Community! We hope you will join us if you haven't already signed up for the event. It will be fun!

Have a great week!

Thank you,

Tara Bailey

Principal

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Jump Rope for Heart Information

Did you know that February is Heart Month? We have been working to make our hearts healthy at Tuscany! We have spent the entire month jump roping to learn jump rope skills and to help us stay healthy. We are kicking off our Jump Rope for Heart campaign to help the American Heart Association raise money. We have been sending home information this week and we already have several students who have gone online and registered and collected money. If you have any questions, please feel free to call or e-mail us at school. An important note: our campus does NOT work towards the prizes on the back of your collection envelope. We ONLY work towards collecting the Zoo Crew animals with lanyards that are shown on the bottom of your collection packet. Thank you for all your help!

Yours in fitness,

Mrs. Burges & Ms. Kaufman

February 20th- Student Holiday/Staff Professional Development

February 21st- Stoneridge Chick-fila Eat for A Cause, Many staff members will be present to help make this event exciting (5:30-8:30)

February 27th- March 8th- Snack Drive for Olmos Elementary

February 28th- RFTH 28 Day Challenge

March 2nd- Read Across School

March 4th- Run for the Heights Event

Please see the attached schedule for all Kindergarteners. They will be celebrating Dr. Deuss' birthday this week with lots of Dr. Seuss books, fun activities, and a wacky dress code.

Eat for a Cause – Thank you, Tigers for a successful spirit night at the Stoneridge Chick-Fil-A! $384 will be donated to THE PTA. It was a fun to see all of you there. Way to go!

NEISD Used Book Sale Collection - Clean out your bookshelves for a great event! We will be collecting gently used books, CDs, and DVDs from March 1-31. A collection box will be available in the inside foyer of the school. Please remember to fill out the tags from the flyer (available on the PTA website) that was sent home and tape it to each of your bags/boxes of books.

Each child who donates 10 books to the Used Book Sale will receive a spirit stick and the top 20 students with the largest donations will receive a gift card to the next Scholastic Book Fair!

Our school receives a portion of the sales so please consider supporting the sale and our school! The Used Book Sale will be held April 7-9 at the Blossom Athletic Center gym. More info is available on the PTA website. It’s a great way to stock your shelves with your favorite books. Please contact our Used Book Sale chair at booksale@tuscanyheightspta.org with any questions.

Snack Drive- We are collecting snacks to make snack packs for food insecure kids at Olmos Elementary. We will be collecting individually packaged portions of items from the list below from Monday, February 27th through Wednesday, March 8th. Collection bins will be in the front entrance and you are welcome to drop off items when you come Run For The Heights on Saturday, March 4th!

Let's synergize to get all the items we need!

Kinder: Single serve portions of ravioli (with pull top lids so no can opener is required)

1st grade: Snack size bags of Cheez-It type crackers

2nd grade: Snack size bags of pretzels

3rd grade: Fruit snacks

4th grade: Small bottles of water

5th grade: Single serve portions of ravioli (with pull top lids so no can opener is required)

We will have a service opportunity after school on Thursday, March 9th to assemble the snack packs. Stay tuned for more details!

Run For The Heights – Thank you to everyone who has registered for the 7th annual Run For The Heights. It’s not too late to sign up!!! Visit our website at runfortheheights.tuscanyheightspta.org.

As of Feb 11, here is where we are with registrations -

· 635 5K registrations towards our goal of 875

· We have 342 Fun Run registrations

So far we have 330 Tuscany students that have registered. The class contests are over but All T.H.E. students who register for either the 5K or Fun Run will still earn a FREE HW pass, so register today if you have not done so already!!

RFTH volunteer opportunities-

As we approach our event, we are asking all that are able, to consider volunteering. We have many opportunities available outside of the actual 5K, if you still want to run.

Community Cleanup :

Sunday, February 26: 1:45 pm – 4 pm

Swag bag stuffing:

Monday, February 27: 8 am to 1 pm

Packet pickup:

Tuesday, February 28: at Tuscany Heights 7:30 am to 3pm and 5 pm-7 pm

Wednesday, March 1: at iRun 10 am - 2 pm and 4 pm - 7 pm

Thursday, March 2: at iRun 10 am – 7 pm

Friday, March 3: at Tuscany Heights 3 – 6:30 pm

28 Day Activity Challenge - Due February 28th

Don't forget to keep doing the 28 day Activity Challenge! Any THE student who is registered and completes 21/28 of the daily challenges will gain exclusive access to the VIP Tiger tent! All forms need to be turned in by February 28th.

PTA Elections - It's time to begin the process of filling the Tuscany Heights PTA Officer positions for the 2017-2018 school year, and we need YOU! Descriptions of each position are detailed in the survey on tuscanyheightspta.org. Email the completed survey to Rachel Crites at rfcrites@gmail.com or return it to the front office in a sealed envelope labeled "PTA Officer Nomination" on or before Monday, March 20th.

Plug in with PTA and Back the Future!

THE PTA Website www.tuscanyheightspta.org

Run for the Heights Website www.runfortheheights.tuscanyheightspta.org

Tuscany Heights Volunteers Link http://www.signup.com/group/35885320036