Town Center Parent Newsletter

Friday, October 15th

A Note From Our Librarian, Mrs. Mancuso

Our database spotlight for October is BrainPOP Jr. and BrainPOP. BrainPOP Jr. is geared for learners in K-2 and BrainPOP is for grades 3-5. These databases have over 1,000 short, animated movies for learners covering subjects of science, social studies, English, math, engineering and technology, health, and arts and music.

October 18th - 21st is Digital Citizenship Week. Through MackinVIA, learners and families can access BrainPop and Brainpop Jr. videos geared to teaching internet safety and digital citizenship at all levels. Click on the links below to watch the videos.

BrainPOP Jr. - Internet Safety

BrainPOP - Digital Citizenship

In addition, Common Sense Media has the following tips to help kids balance their media lives.

Create screen-free times and zones
Try parental controls
Establish clear family rules
Watch and play together
Help kids identify healthy behaviors

TCE Fun Run October 21st

As our fun run gets closer, make sure to register online at mybooster.com. It's free to register your child(ren) and for them to participate in the fun run on October 21st. We've set a school goal to earn $15,000 for our school to be used for classroom grants that fund instructional materials and experiences. We shared our school-wide incentive on announcements this morning- a dunking booth for the administrators! The top three individual earners will get to dunk us, along with the teacher of the class that has the highest average earned per child (due to our varying class sizes). We'd love your help in meeting our $15,000 goal!

If you'd like to join us on Thursday to cheer on your child(ren) from the sidelines, you are welcome to attend! Please see the run times below.

Run Times:

8:30-9:30 5th & 4th grade

9:30-10:30 Kinder & 1st grade

10:30-11:30 2nd & 3rd grade

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Red Ribbon Week October 25th - 30th

We celebrate National Red Ribbon Week in honor of Enrique Camarena, a fallen DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration) Agent, who risked his own life in the battle against illegal drugs. The Red Ribbon is a symbol used to help us remember to make healthy choices for our bodies and to "say NO to drugs!" We will be celebrating Red Ribbon Week during the week of October 25th-30th with the national slogan Drug-Free Looks Like Me. Stay tuned for more details on our specific Red Ribbon days.