Town Center Principal Newsletter

Please plan on joining us for our TCE Curriculum Night. Your child's teacher will share highlights from the year ahead including grade level skills they will be working on, learning experiences they will have, and ways you can partner in your child's education. We look forward to seeing you all there!

For the last two years, free and reduced meals were provided for all Texas public school children. This year, families must complete an application to qualify for free or reduced-priced meals. For more information, check out the Coppell ISD Child Nutrition website. Complete your School Meal Application here. Allow up to ten days to process your application.

Coppell Cares will provide the Weekend Backpack Program (WBPK) again this school year. Families may sign up for this program at any time during the school year. Siblings living in the same household, are also eligible to participate. If your family would benefit from a weekly Friday snack bag delivery, please complete the following form to sign up:

English Application:

https://forms.gle/NDV8iAJbCUwcEUuu5

Spanish Application:

https://forms.gle/xEQi6c2Ghsa7Hye48

WBPK deliveries will begin Friday, 9/8/2022. Deliveries will be suspended for Thanksgiving Week, Winter Break, and Spring Break. If you have any questions, please reach out to TCE's counselor, Kelly Matlock, at kmatlock@coppellisd.com.

Please plan on joining us Friday, September 9th for a fun-filled day at Town Center! We have designated times throughout the day for "Special Friends" (family & family friends) to visit our learners' classrooms in order to see some of the great things they are learning and doing. Our campus book fair will also be open during this time. Please see below for grade-level specific visiting times and sign-up.

Our fall picture day is Wednesday, August 31st. All learners will have their picture taken since this photo will be used in our Town Center Yearbook, and parents also have the option of ordering a picture package. A flyer will go home with all TCE learners today with additional information including the website and school code to order online.

Below is the link to my Counseling Newsletter. I've included various parent resources including access to our Family Social Emotional Literacy Library, Parent book recommendations, and sample guidance lessons that are done with our learners.

Click Here for Newsletter

We are selling personalized Town Center water bottles this year. Each 20 oz. water bottle comes with our Town Center logo and is personalized with your child's name or any other family member's name. We are only selling them during the month of August, so make sure to get your order in. Click here to order.

If you haven't had a chance to read over this year's Back to School Guide that was sent out in previous school communications, we encourage you to do so. It contains a variety of information about our school policies, routines, and procedures.

Our Scholastic Book Fair will run Friday, Sept 2nd through Friday, Sept 9th, with a short sale the evening of Thursday, Sept 1st from 6-7:15 pm directly following Curriculum Night.

We hope you will stop by the school library before school, after school, or during lunch to see our newest selection of books, posters, and trinkets. Proceeds from the book fair will help our school purchase additional library books, author visits, and other needed library supplies.

As usual, we will need several volunteers to help run the cash registers. It is not complicated, and you can sign up below. Thank you to the many volunteers who have already signed up to help at the Book Fair. We still have a few slots left if you are able to help out. Especially on Friday, September 9th which will be extra busy as many of our Special Friends might like to stop in and shop while they visit the school. Thank you!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0f4ca5af22a4f49-tcefall

**A completed background check from this current school year is required to volunteer. We strongly encourage you to fill out one today using the large green link button below in the newsletter.

Families are welcome to join us at the book fair to shop, just be sure to stop in at the front office to print out a visitor's badge. Credit cards, cash, and checks are accepted, or you can go cashless by setting up a Scholastic eWallet account. The e-wallet allows you to deposit money online for your child(ren) to spend at school. After the fair, the remaining funds become a gift card balance that can be used online with Scholastic or to fund an eWallet for a future book fair.

When an adult makes a purchase they will be given the option to "round up their change." This extra amount is used to purchase books for students at our school who are unable to purchase books on their own, so the more we receive the more students we can help.

Also, be on the lookout for our Teacher Baskets. We've asked the teachers (and staff where applicable) to select their favorite books and put them into their labeled baskets. If you'd like to purchase one of these books for them, simply take it out of their basket, purchase it at a register, and have your child deliver it as a gift. They are always so appreciative of a growing classroom library.

Kate Mancuso (Librarian) and the Book Fair Committee

Please remember that the front and side car-loop areas are for our families that are dropping off and picking up their child(ren). In order to help keep our lines moving, we ask that parents do not exit their vehicles in the car-loop lines. If your child requires additional assistance to get out of the car, please park in one of our parking spaces.

We also ask that all families use the designated crosswalks on both the front and side loop when walking across the parking lot. We have staff members at both arrival and dismissal in our crosswalk areas to support our kids in getting across the loop area safely.

If you are parking in one of our parking lots, please be mindful not to use the handicap spaces for parking or for pulling in to drop off learners unless you have a handicap vehicle designation. This allows these spots to be open for our families and learners that do require the use of the handicap locations to park.

If parking spots in our main two lots are full, please find another location. Parking along the back curbs of the lots is not an option, as it blocks in vehicles and makes it hard for people to get in and out of the area. You are welcome to utilize the Cozby library parking lot for overflow parking. Many of our parents choose to do this and then use the connecting sidewalk to walk over to our entrance.

Thank you for your help in keeping our kids safe!

Tuesday, August 30th

Lariette's greet in loop AM

Wednesday, August 31st

School Picture Day

Thursday, September 1st

Curriculum Night 5:30 PM at TCE

Monday, September 5th

Labor Day - No School

Friday, September 9th

Special Friends Day

Email: jmartin@coppellisd.com
Website: coppellisd.com/tce
Location: 185 North Heartz Road, Coppell, TX, USA
Phone: 214-496-7800
Facebook: www.facebook.com/towncentercisd
Twitter: @tcetexans