Ribbit Report
Turner Creek Elementary School
March 1, 2019
Frogapalooza is Friday, March 8th 5-8 pm
Frogapalooza is NEXT WEEK and is Turner Creek Elementary's only community event of the year and a vital fundraiser. 100% of the monies raised will help TCE-PTA's continuing commitment to enrich the curriculum and offer needed aid and vital resources to our students. This year Frogapalooza will feature a Silent Auction, Raffle Items and Class Baskets, Teacher Time Raffle, Cake Walk, Student Performances, Food Truck Rodeo, Interactive Art, and SO MUCH MORE!! For more information about Frogapalooza, please visit
SILENT AUCTION IS LIVE!!!
NEW this year! The silent auction will be run entirely online. Bidding is open and closes at Frogapalooza on March 8th at 7:30 pm. Visit https://www.32auctions.com/frogapalooza2019 to place your bids on some great items! Don't want to let someone else STEAL the items from under you! BUY THEM NOW at a steep discount!
Teacher Time Raffle
The wonderful teachers and staff at Turner Creek have donated their time and some really great activities! The Turner Creek PTA is raffling these opportunities as part of our Frogapalooza fundraising efforts.
You should have received flyers in your students folder last week. If you didn't, no worries! You can review Teacher Time options and purchase raffle entries online.
http://www.tce-pta.org/teacher-time.html
The more you buy, the better your chance of winning! Thank you for all your efforts in making Frogapalooza a success! We hope to see you there, but it is not necessary to be present to win.
Class Baskets
Thanks to the generous contributions from TCE parents, we have some wonderful class baskets to raffle off - Harry Potter, Hot Wheels, Pokemon, Crayola, Track out fun, Family Game Night Gift Cards Galore and more!!! These are just some of the awesome class baskets that we will be raffling off this year at Frogapalooza! Browse the baskets on the website and pick the ones you want to try and win! Save time and pre-plan your Raffle strategy by purchasing Raffle tickets online! The more you buy, the greater the chance to win!!
Frogapalooza Art Supplies Needed!
We are going to be making a community 3D sculpture at Frogapalooza! We need materials that are light weight and paintable such as:
paper egg cartons
paper towel rolls
heavy cardboard pieces
paper or cardboard packaging material
Donations may be delivered to the Art Room by Monday, March 4. Thank you!
Battle of the Books Coming Soon
The TCE Battle of the Books will be held Friday, March 8th. Parents of team members are welcome to attend. The Fifth Grade Battle will begin at 9:30 am in the Multi-Purpose room, and then break out into 3 rooms for the preliminary battles. The Finals round (top 3 teams) will take place back in the Multi-Purpose Room. The Fourth Grade Battle will start right after - please arrive by 11:15. This round will also start in the Multi-Purpose room. It should end by 12:30.
Parents - please encourage your children to finish reading their assigned books. Copies are available at the public library if they are not available from us. Track 2 parents should have received an information sheet/permission slip to let us know how your children will arrive at school that day. If you have any questions about the Battle please contact: kathompson@wcpss.net, spowell2@wcpss.net or mlaster@wcpss.net.
Calling all TCE students to perform at our Frogapoolza Celebration!
Parents please refer to the performance schedule below for your child’s performance time. Each time slot includes the arrival time to meet in the multi-purpose room and the performance time. Please be prompt in arriving in the multi - purpose room so that we may be prepared to begin our performance on time. I am requesting that each child wear their Turner Creek Elementary T Shirt. If you do not have one that is ok, any colorful t shirt is wonderful! I am looking forward in sharing their beautiful voices with you!
Chorus Performance: (Chorus please wear your Chorus T-Shirt)
Arrival Time: 5:20 pm
Performance Time: 5:30 pm – 5:40 pm
K-2nd Graders Performance:
Arrival Time: 5:40 pm
Performance Time: 5:45 pm – 6:00 pm
3rd – 5th Graders Performance:
Arrival Time: 6:40 pm
Performance Time: 6:45 pm – 7:00 pmReflections Program Recognition
Congratulations to the following students that participated in the Reflections Program this school year, who made it to the Wake County level of judging for the Reflections Program:
Julia Goff (Visual Arts category); Kaitlyn Frederick (Literature category); Madelyn Frederick (Literature category); Maya Maran (Literature category); and Saaranga Prapin (Visual Arts category).
In addition, Kaitlyn Frederick was awarded 2nd place at the Wake County Level for the Literature, Intermediate Elementary School Division, and she will be honored at the upcoming Wake County Reflections Award Ceremony next month!
All students who participated in the school Reflections Program will also be honored at a school ceremony later this year, with more details to come soon.
Congratulations again to all of our students and their hard work they put into their Reflections artwork and literature entries this year!!
Free Publicity
Do you own your own business? Would you like free advertising? Then, please consider making an in-kind donation to the raffle/auction portion of Frogapalooza. Contact Maggie Demicco at fundraising@tce-pta.org for more information.
Lost and Found
Reading help
If your child needs help with reading, we have added a helpful link to the Turner Creek website. Follow the following link to explore Mclass Homeconnect:
TCE PTA Face Book
Box Tops and Tyson A+ Labels
Help Us Raise Money for TCE!
The next Box Tops submission date is November 1, 2019. Please make sure they have valid dates (dated 11/1/2019 and beyond). If the Box Top is labeled between 3/1/2019-10/30/2019, we have to throw them away! The Box Tops collection bin is in the TCE lobby across from the main office.
Clipping Box Tops is an easy way for you to help our school buy what it needs. Box Tops are each worth 10¢ and they quickly add up to real cash for our school. Here is a link showing participating Box Tops products.
Clip Tyson Project A+ labels from participating Tyson® product packages and send them to school with your child. We’ll collect the labels and send them to Tyson Foods, and Tyson Foods will send our school a check. Each label is worth 24¢!
Please drop your Tyson Project A+ labels in the Box Tops collection bin in the TCE lobby. Here is a link for a list of participating products.
Questions? Heather Holt, hnaholt@gmail.com
Earning Money for Turner Creek while you Shop
Please visit the TCE PTA website to learn how to raise money for our school when you shop.
Get Connected and Stay Informed!
2. Turner Creek:www.wcpss.net/turnercreekes
3. Facebook Page:www.facebook.com/turnercreekpta
4. Twitter:@Turner CreekES
Upcoming Events
March 8: Early Release @ 1:15
March 8: Frogapalooza @ 5:00-8:00
March 15: Spring Pictures Tracks 2 & 4
March 31: Spirit Night @ Triangle Rock Climbing
Turner Creek Elementary School
Email: rlumpkin@wcpss.net
Website: www.wcpss.net/turnercreekes
Location: 6801 Turner Creek Road, Cary, NC 27519
Phone: 919-363-1391
Facebook: www.facebook.com/turnercreekpta
Twitter: @TurnerCreekES