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Inside the Pride Lower School News - Volume 117

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Keeping you plugged into the exciting things happening at the Lower School

Published February 20, 2022

Volume 117

 

Sherry Randolph - Early Learning & Lower School Principal

 
 
 

The Principal’s Piece: A Note From Mrs. Randolph

I am giving a BIG shout out to ALL of our Lower School students who performed in the elementary talent show! Our students displayed such talent, courage, and creativity. We are so proud of each one of them. It was such a fun and entertaining night! 

If you have not re-enrolled for the 2022-23 school year, please be sure to save your spot. Open enrollment begins on March 1st.

Lower School Reading Challenge

The Lower School is excited to announce that our classes will be celebrating Read Across America through a friendly reading contest. As a tribute to Dr. Seuss’s birthday, the contest will begin Monday, February 28th and continue until Sunday, March 6th. On February 28th, your child will bring home a reading log in their purple folder. Students are encouraged to color in a ‘box’ for every 5 minutes they read per day. Students may read independently or with a parent. Please turn in the completed reading log on Monday, March 7th to your classroom teacher. A special prize will be given to the classes who read the most amount of minutes in their grade level! Happy Reading!

Last Week in Chapel

Pastor Kami finished up our series called “Jesus is Worth It!” This week’s lesson was about how Jesus loves us and we need to share His love with everyone. We have the choice to keep God’s love and truth to ourselves or to share it.

Main Idea: Jesus loves EVERYONE!

Bible verse: “For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16

Key Take-away Point: “Jesus loves me, this I know!"

Read Across America Week, February 28-March 4

We are excited to celebrate Read Across America the week of February 28-March 4. This will be a fun filled week in which we will celebrate reading while highlighting some of our favorite authors like Dr Seuss. We are looking forward to this fun week together! 

Monday: Crazy Hat Day (Wear your favorite/crazy hat along with a regular uniform).

Tuesday: One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish (Wear red and blue). If your child participates, they do not need to wear a regular uniform.

Wednesday: Wacky Wednesday (Wear mismatched/backwards clothes). If your child participates, they do not need to wear a regular uniform.

Thursday: Thing 1 and Thing 2 Day (Dress like Thing 1 and Thing 2 OR dress identical to a friend). If your child participates, they do not need to wear a regular uniform.

Friday: Crazy Sock Day (Wear your craziest socks along with a TCS spirit wear shirt and uniform bottoms or jeans). 

IOWA Testing Date Change

To help provide our teachers with additional instructional time and to give our students more exposure to their grade level content, we are moving our standardized testing week to May 2-6. We are exploring the option of being able to complete our testing online as well. More specific information will be provided soon.

Pre-Absence Requests

Please note that pre-absence forms must be submitted five days prior to the first date of the absence. This will allow your child's teacher adequate time to prepare assignments for the absence period. If this form is submitted less than five days from the absence, the student will receive the missing work upon return.

Elementary Clubs

Our students love participating in after school clubs! 

Signups will be available within the first few weeks of this semester.  Please watch for communications regarding specific club dates and registration links in the Fine Arts and Athletics sections of the Inside the Pride newsletter as they become available. 

If you have any questions, please email the club sponsor listed below or Lisa Railey (lisa.railey@tcslions.org) who oversees all of our elementary clubs. 

Tuesdays:

  • Art Club - 1st -5th grades

Wednesdays:

  • Drama Club - 3rd-5th grades

  • Running Club - 1st-3rd grades 

Thursdays:

  • Chess Club 1st-5th

  • Running Club - 4th-5th grades

Blackbaud: Classroom Updates & Information

To stay informed of what’s happening in your child’s classroom, please login into Blackbaud weekly. You will be able to see information such as weekly classroom announcements, upcoming events, weekly academic focus, grades, attendance, etc. This is the key to staying informed and will replace the hardcopy newsletter sent home in the past. I encourage you to login each week. We are excited for this new format! Information will be updated each Sunday at 5pm.

 Accessing your child's class information weekly:

  • Login to your Blackbaud account and select your child's name under "Children". 

  • Find your child's homeroom class under the "Progress" tab by scrolling down to where classes are listed.

  • After selecting the homeroom class, you will see the teacher's main class page where you will locate upcoming dates, class reminders and news. 

  • Select the "Topics" tab to see specific information for each individual subject. Within each subject folder, you will see a plan for the week and upcoming projects and test information. 

  • The "Topics" pages update each Sunday evening at 5pm and will remain current until the following Sunday evening.