TOPS Elementary School Newsletter

Be on the lookout for emails from your teachers regarding any schedule changes next week. Double check your schedule on Monday morning to check for those changes.

October 23-31: Red Ribbon Week

October 26: Virtual Outing 10am-11pm

October 26: In-Person Outing 10am-12pm

November 12: Quarter 2 Progress Reports

November 15: Catch Up Day-more info to come

November 19-23: Student/Staff Holiday

All students are invited to join an optional Action Book Club for the month of November. Please join us in for a 30 minute session on Monday, November 4th from 3-3:30, as we discuss the details and have some fun brainstorming book choices! The link is in your Class Connect session list.

Our theme for our Action Book Club this fall is Come Together. Please feel free to bring book ideas that cover the theme of generosity, giving, gratitude, and service to community. We look forward to seeing you there!

I'd love for you to share your pictures with me, so I can use them in our next newsletter! Please send your pics to bwatt@texasonlineprep.org.

Mark your calendar for the next Learning Coach University.

K12 is calling all artists to step up to the drawing board and enter our 13th Annual Art Contest! Create and submit a piece of art using the theme SUBJECT MATTERS, and show off your artistic talents! Contest ends October 31, 2018.

Share your Artwork!

K12 offers a wide variety of online clubs to help your student have fun learning with other students who share similar passions and pursuits. These clubs are offered typically two times a month, and last one hour. Browse our 2018–2019 club listings, and register for your favorite clubs today!

To have the best experience possible when using the K12 Online School (OLS), please ensure that your computer’s time and time zone settings are correct and they match the time zone settings in all OLS accounts. Click here to watch how to update the time zone.

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Elementary School Principal

Blanda Watt graduated from Wayland Baptist University with a bachelor’s degree in Spanish and religion. She completed her master’s in educational leadership with Lamar University in 2011. Blanda began her educational career at a private school in Fort Worth where she had the opportunity to teach students in PK through 12th grade and eventually served as elementary principal. In 2013, Blanda joined the K12 team as a high school English teacher and later became the ELA department chair. Blanda became the TOPS elementary school principal in September of 2017. She and her husband, Michael, live in a small town in west Texas with their four boys and two pet prairie dogs. Blanda enjoys completing jigsaw puzzles, binge watching Netflix, cooking, and dreaming on Pinterest.

Email: bwatt@texasonlineprep.org
Website: tops.k12.com/
Location: 1955 Lakeway Drive, Lewisville, TX, United States
Phone: 682.593.1514
Twitter: @TOPSMrsWatt