HOOT#25

HOWEWORK:
Tuesday: We are working with the letter Z this week. Please make a letter z or cut out words that have the letter in them and create a collage.
Wednesday: We are working on subtraction this week. Please write or draw a subtraction story problem (with numbers below 10) and bring it to school.
Please continue to read with your child every day and encourage a response piece (writing or drawing) or a reading log.

THIS WEEK
Monday -- Fabulous Bubbles with Explora! -- Playtime at Filemon Sanchez Park (1:30-2:30 on Mondays)
Tuesday -- Pizza money due

Please give your money to your teacher instead of the front office. 
On your envelope don't forget to include:
Name -- Grade -- # of Slices
Cheese or Pepperoni -- Amount Enclosed ($2/slice)

Wednesday: The children are rehearsing for their flamenco performance with Julia. Please join us for their exciting dance on Wednesday, April 20 from 2:30 to 2:45 in the kinder room.

DUES
Readathon money (goes towards field trip transport)
Yearbook orders due ($25 each)

PTA NEWS with a bunch of updates
Dear TISA Families - We had our monthly meeting this week and have some exciting news and updates to share with you.  

2016/2017 Committees - We are already planning for next school year and we need your help!  Next year we have plans to form a committee for each PTA event or activity.  The purpose of this is to help spread the workload and to get parents involved.  Attached you will find committee info and ideas for next year.   We appreciate any and all help! 

Pizza Day - Our next pizza day will be Thursday, March 31st.  Reminder: If your child is absent on pizza day and you prepaid, we do not offer refunds.  All sales are final and please keep in mind that this is a fundraiser.  Pizza day is organized and ran by one person with the help of teachers, and it's a very time consuming process.  We do not have time to check and see who was absent that day and then offer refunds.  Thank you for understanding. 

TISA Dragons Basketball Team - Exciting news!  Next year we are planning to form a basketball team.  The team will be open to boys and girls in 3rd-5th grade and we will compete against other Taos elementary schools.  We don't have any other details yet, but Mr. Greywolf is going to work on getting us signed up and ready for next year.  Coaches are already in place and we are going to need lots of help from parents in order to make this happen! More details to come next school year, but in the meantime...go shoot some hoops and get ready for basketball season!

Spring Yard Sale - April 9th is our yard sale and we are asking parents to sign up for time slots. Thank you to those who have already done so!  Please see the email sent out yesterday for additional details, or click on the following link to get started:  http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0944aaad2ca1ff2-tisa1

We know you are excited to get rid of your stuff, but please do not drop off your donations earlier than our first donation session on Wednesday April 6th.  While we greatly appreciate your donations, we simply do not have the space to store your items.  We do not want our teachers and staff to have to deal with extra boxes and bags in their classrooms, and they will get ruined sitting outside...so again, please do not drop off any donations prior to April 6th.  

Contact Mel Scully with any questions! mel@melscully.com

Growing Green Fundraiser - Next week your child be coming home with a small catalog from Growing Green.  Make sure to check backpacks and check out the catalog.  An email with more details and ordering instructions will be sent out next week.  We are very excited about trying this new fundraiser! 

Makey Makey - This month TISA PTA is purchasing a Makey Makey for our Science Club!  What is a Makey Makey?  Check out this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0WbdwWcFQw

Summer Reading Program - Another thing to get excited about! PTA Vice President, Mel Scully, is working hard on planning a summer reading program for TISA students. The PTA is going to be giving away awesome prizes at the very beginning of the school year to our top readers of the summer!  Our goal is to help TISA become an "A" school, and we hope this will be a great way to encourage our young readers and to help reach our goal eventually.   We will be sending out a reading list before the end of the school year, so stay tuned!  

Final PTA Meeting of the Year - Our very last PTA meeting of the school year will be on Tuesday, April 19th at 4:30pm.  We will be needing a Treasurer and Secretary for next year.  The secretary will need to be available to come to every PTA meeting, the treasurer is not required attend every meeting, though it would be helpful. If you can help us with either position, please come to our final meeting or respond to this email.  This year we ran our PTA with just 2 officers, so when we say that we need and appreciate your help, we really mean it! 

One More Thank You - This month we received a $100 donation from a TISA parent.  This was such a nice surprise and we thank you! 

Have a wonderful weekend!

Sadie Acedo - TISA PTA President

sadiebrie@msn.com