Parents,

October is packed full of many campus and national events that we want to recognize!

From anti-bulllying to book fair, we do our due diligence to get the kids involved. Please see events throughout to support all of the October happenings!

MORE Early Release Days coming....Wednesday, October 17th and Thursday, October 18th, we will release at 12:55pm for dismissal. The dates are listed below in the Tuscany Happenings section. Please make arrangements for your children.

Join us on Twitter and Tuscany Heights Elementary's Facebook page if you haven't already. We are posting classroom activities and sharing all the happenings here with our community. With the STEAM Initiative, you can see fun, interactive activities your kids are involved in throughout the day, week, and/or month. Links are at the top of the page. Thanks for joining us!

We also hope that you will give permission to have your child(ren) photographed. We have a new student leadership job called Tiger Paparazzi. These student leaders are 3rd-5th grade students that have been assigned to a classroom. There job is to take photos of the great things happening in your child's class so that we can share with our community. We want you to be involved whether on campus or off campus! Join our social media and see your child LEAD! Instagram....coming soon!

Happy fall to all!

Proud Principal,

Tara Bailey

Mrs. Staples and Ms. Sensat have been making the rounds through the various grade levels conducting guidance lessons that support being an UPSTANDER and how to handle situations with a bully or deal with "bully like" behaviors. Mrs. Staples has visited with 3rd and 4th grade students. The first lesson was on strategies to help students by practicing calm down breathing and using the peace path. The second lesson was on the different types of bullying and how to prevent bullying using the STOP, WALK, and TALK strategy. Upcoming lessons this week and next will have our 3rd and 4th graders signing the UpStander pledges. The pledges will be displayed in each classroom. In Kinder, Mrs. Staples has used her guidance lessons to talk about personal space and ways to control our anger. Ms. Sensat has been working with our 1st and 2nd grade classes. They started off with lessons around "filling someone's bucket" and "Charlie the Caterpillar", lessons that helps the students focus on being nice to one another- not mean. They have discussed the difference between "mean" and "bully" types of behavior. 5th grade will receive guidance lessons from Ms. Sensat this month and in the coming months. She will be working with them on becoming UPSTANDERS too.

We have plans to build a PEACE PATH on the playground.

Red Ribbon Week

Red Ribbon Week is October 22 – 26. Our daily themes are:

Monday – Wear Red, Tuesday – Camouflage Day, Wednesday – Neon Day, Thursday – Crazy Sock Day, Friday – School Spirit Day. We will also be collecting donations of food items for our Partner in PTA school Olmos Elementary during Red Ribbon Week. We are looking for individual size bags/packs of cheese crackers, pretzels, and animal crackers, granola bars, applesauce cups or pouches, fruit cups, pop top meals (soups, ravioli, etc.) and small 8 ounce water bottles. Flyers will be coming home soon!

PTA Reflections Art Contest

Keep an eye out for details on the PTA Reflections Art Contest. This year’s theme is “Heroes Around Me.” Students of all ages/grade levels can submit an original work of art inspired by “Heroes Around Me” in the category of visual arts, literature, musical composition, photography, dance choreography or film production. The deadline for entries is 10/23. Contest rules and guidelines, and entry forms have gone home, you can also find them on tuscanyheightspta.org under “Communication” and “PTA Backpack Flyers”.

Honorary Texas PTA Life Membership Award

An Honorary Texas Life Membership is the highest honor bestowed upon an individual by the Texas PTA for outstanding contributions to the well-being of children and youth. If you know someone who has gone the “extra mile” for our children, then please consider nominating this individual for this very special award. Please complete a nomination form (link to form included in eblast) and return it to the Tuscany Heights PTA in a sealed envelope labeled “Life Membership, ” all nominations due 10/26.

5th Grade Musical Program…”The Grumps of Ring A Ding Town”

For any parents who would like to be creative and help out with our 5th grade musical program, Mrs. Rivera will hold a parent volunteer meeting on October 22nd at 8:30am in the PTA room (room 206) to talk about stage decorations, props and more! Please join us, the more the merrier!

5th Grade Parents

Calling all 5th grade parents and families!! We need YOU to volunteer for our 5th Grade Activities Committee! We need your help with: 5th grade party decorations/entertainment, party food/drink, party volunteers, party student permission forms/packets, PTA gift for students, 5th grade class gift to school, graduation ceremony. If you would like to help but were unable to attend the committee meeting on 10/4 please email Beth DeStefano at Beth.destefano@gmail.com or Angie Songster at thesongster5@gmail.com for more information.

Run For The Heights with Boosterthon – Nov 6-16

Run For The Heights with Boosterthon is right around the corner! Our schoolwide fundraiser with Boosterthon will take place November 6 -16th this year! Our Boosterthon Kickoff Dance Party will be held on November 6th at 6:00pm, please mark this on your calendars! We will have a DJ to lead the dance party, lots of fun items to give away in our student raffle, yummy treats, and our THE sponsors will be there to show their support and tell you all about their businesses. We hope to see you all there as we get excited about our fundraiser and fun run with Boosterthon!

T.H.E. PTA ONLINE STORE IS STILL OPEN!

You can still go online and order your THE Spirit Gear, donate to Greenbacks and join PTA. Go to www.TuscanyHeightsPTA.org and click on the WELCOME BACK AND SPIRIT STORE section! Some quantities are limited, but we still have plenty of spirit shirts, shorts and ladies shirts so place your order today. Our Greenbacks goal for this year is $5,000 and we are currently over half way there. If we meet our goal, the students get to send Mrs. Bailey and Mrs. Leon through a student constructed car wash! Our donation levels are:

$200 and up-Tiger, $150-Platinum, $100-Gold, $50-Silver, $25-Bronze

Lost and Found!

Be Proactive for the 2018-19 school year! Please label your child's belongings (lunch boxes, water bottles, sweaters and backpacks). That way if they happen to end up in the LOST and FOUND, we can return them to their owner.

Calling all Student Volunteers!

Does your student volunteer at Tuscany Heights through patrols, broadcasting, library lifesavers or any other leadership position? Does your student do community service through scouts or your church? Does your student volunteer at any organizations such as a food bank or animal shelter? If you answered "yes" to any of those questions, we want to know so we can acknowledge your child! If you already have an account at the Presidential Volunteer Service Award (PVSA) website then don't forget to log your child's hours. If you are new to logging hours, please create a PVSA account for your Tiger so you can start logging. Full instructions can be found on the Tuscany Heights PTA website: http://www.tuscanyheightspta.org/presidential-volunteer-service-award.html Check the weekly eBlasts for information on community service activities offered at Tuscany Heights during the school year. Please contact Kelly Cardenas at communityservice@tuscanyheightspta.org with any questions.

Plug in with PTA and Back the Future!

THE PTA Website www.tuscanyheightspta.org