Mrs. Buck's Classroom News
January 10, 2020
Mark Your Calendar!
January 17th - PTO Spirit Day - Wear your Colts blue or favorite team's colors
January 20th - No school in honor of Martin Luther King Jr Day
January 31st - Family STEAM Night 5:30-7:00pm
February 7th - National wear RED day and PTO movie night
February 14th- PTO classroom party
February 17th - No school in honor of Presidents' Day
February 28th- PTO Candy Bar Bingo 5:30-7:00; dress like your favorite book character day
March 5th - PTO meeting at 7pm (no childcare provided)
March 7-8th- HSE Art Show
March 27th- PTO Movie Night
April 3rd -April 12th- No school - Spring Break
April 14th-17th- Spring Book Fair
April 15th-5:30 - 7:00 PTO Pancake Dinner, book fair open, and young authors' work on display in our gym
April 17th- PTO Spirit Day - Awareness Day (wear a color to support a cause near and dear to your heart)
April 24th- PTO Movie Night
April 30th- Kindergarten Open House (for our children entering Kindergarten in August 2020 and their families)
May 7th- PTO meeting at 7pm (no childcare provided)
May 11th- 4th grade parent night at the intermediate schools from 6:30-8:00 pm
May 15th- Field Day
May 22nd - Last student day of the 2019-2020 school year
TCE Storybook Theatre Club
TCE Family STEAM Night
Mark your calendars for our TCE FAMILY STEAM NIGHT on Friday, January 31st from 5:30-7:00 pm. STEAM is an educational term to describe real-world opportunities for students to learn with science, technology, engineering, the arts, and math. At the TCE Family STEAM Night, TCE students and their family members of all ages are welcome to come and participate in a variety of unique, educational STEAM experiences. Participants will travel as a family (children with their adults) to share in the learning process! Pizza and water will be available in the cafeteria for families to purchase. We hope to see you there!
Related Arts Schedule- Week of January 13th
Tuesday, January 14- Day 2: Art
Wednesday, January 15 - Day 3: P.E.
Thursday, January 16 - Day 4: Global Studies
Friday, January 17- Day 1: Music
Cold Weather
Great Kindness Challenge
January Lunch Menu
We Are Learning...
Reading
Writing
Phonics
Math
Information from the PTO
Did you know there are lots of ways you can support the TCE PTO just by shopping where you already shop?
Check out these easy directions to get your accounts set up and help TCE PTO provide so many different programs at TCE, including extra-curricular activities, professional development for teachers, classroom parties, and so much more!
Kroger Community Rewards (on desktop)
1. Sign in to your account by clicking the person on the top right hand corner of the screen
2. Once you are signed, click “My Account” under your profile tab.
3. Click “Community Rewards” on the left hand side of the page.
4. Type in “Thorpe Creek Elementary School” or use the school code “SX876”
5. “Hamilton Southeastern Schools Foundation” will appear.
6. Click “Enroll”
7. Happy shopping!
Shoparoo (on phone)
1. Download “Shoparoo” Application
2. Click “Sign Up”
3. Enter your “Email Address”
4. Click “Get Started”
5. Search “Thorpe Creek Elementary School”
6. Click “Confirm Your School”
7. Enter your “First Name” and your “Last Name”
8. Select your child's “Grade Level”
9. Once you have completed the above steps, its time to start scanning! To get started, click “Camera” button highlighted in green at the bottom of the screen. Align the receipt and click the blue camera button. Click “Done”. Preview receipt picture and click “Looks Good”. There is a 2 step “Who went on this trip” multiple choice question that needs to be answered. Click “Done” button. Receipts need to be scanned into the application within 2 weeks of purchase date.
10. Happy Shopping!
AmazonSmile (on desktop)
1. Go to www.amazonsmile.com
2. Type in your “Email” that is attached to your Amazon Account
3. Click “Continue” button
4. Type in your “Password” that correlates with the Email you entered in Step #2
5. Click “Continue” button
6. Under the “ Select a Charity” Box, use the search bar labeled “Or pick your own charitable organization” to look up “Thorpe Creek Elementary PTO”
7. Click “Select” button next to Thorpe Creek Elementary PTO
8. Check the box labeled “Yes I understand that I must always start at smileamazon to support Thorpe Creek Elementary PTO
9. Click “ Start Shopping” button
10. Happy Shopping!
Box Tops for Education (on phone)
1. Download “ Box Tops for Education” application
2. Click the “Next” button twice and the “Got It” button
3. Click the “Sign Up for Free” button at the bottom of the page
4. Enter your “Email Address”, create a “Password”, and “Confirm Password”
5. Click the “Blue Arrow” button
6. Review the Terms and Conditions. When finished, click the “I Agree” button at the bottom of the page
7. Type in “Thorpe Creek Elementary School” in the search box
8. Click the “Blue Arrow” button
9. Fill in your “ First Name”, your “Last Name”, “Your Birth date”, and your “Zip code”
10. Click the “Blue Arrow” button at the bottom of the page
11. Click the “Let's Go” button
12. After completing the above steps to get registered, you are ready to begin scanning receipts that contain Box Top Items! To get started, click the “Scan” button highlighted in blue at the bottom of the page. Align the receipt and click the white check mark button at the bottom of the page. The application will do a scan for Box Tops.
13. Happy Shopping!
NWEA Information
Library Volunteers
Library volunteers are needed to help with shelving and checking in books in our TCE Library. Volunteering in the library is fun and the schedule is flexible! If you are interested in volunteering, please reach out to Mrs. Hopper, TCE Librarian (lhopper@hse.k12.in.us).
*A safe visitor background check is required for all school volunteers. For more information on background checks, visit https://www.hseschools.org/services/other/school-safety/visiting-and-volunteering.
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