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Wednesday Folder – April 27, 2016

Hola Thunderbirds!

It’s Cinco Tres De Mayo Time!

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Come eat and drink and celebrate our awesome 2015/2016 school year with us at our 6th Annual Year End Celebration! Our theme is Cinco De Mayo but don’t let that confuse you – because it is on Tuesday May 3rd, 5:30p.m.-8:00p.m.

Head to the Live Oak Garden at Guero’s Taco Bar for live music from the THES School Choir, THES Ballet Folklórico and music by Scott George and the Other Guy.

There is a suggested donation of $5 but if this is an issue for you please don’t let it stop you from coming to celebrate with us. All are welcome!

All proceeds from this event go to funding Camp Champions trip for the 5th graders. Be sure to give generously online or at the event, if you can, even if you don’t have rising 5th graders this year – because you will have them some year and this event will help fund your class trip too!

Boy Scouts for THES Students!

The Girl Scouts have been back and active at THES for a couple years now.

A quick shout out to our intrepid Girl Scout Leaders Alicia Lyn Kasprzak, Carmelita Morales, Carmen Clavel and Susana Rodriguez! Appreciation Pump! Pump! Pump! Pump!

However, we have not been able to get a Boy Scout pack up and running yet. But weep no more my friends because Cub Scout Pack 33 at St. Ignatius has spaces for potential Thunderbird Scouts! They already have multiple fun summer adventures planned, one of which, is an overnight trip to the San Antonio Zoo – Yes, sleeping at the zoo! How awesome is that?

All 1st-5th grade boys are eligible. For more information check out the flier below.

2! 4! 6! 8! Who do we appreciate?

Teachers! Teachers! Yay!!!

Next week is Teachers Appreciation Week. As of this writing, I have no fliers (the scanner at school is broken again) and thus no information to dispense on the events of the week. However, do not let that stop you from showing how much you love and appreciate all the hard work our amazing teachers are doing for us. They have tough jobs, let’s make sure they aren’t thankless!

Hug a teacher… or maybe greet them in a more non-space-invasive-yet-thoroughly-friendly-and-appreciative-way next week and let them know you care!

[Edit: Teacher Appreciation File now added below!]

This is the last week of Prime Time

Need I say more?

Poem in your Pocket is tomorrow

Encourage your child, who may be handy with words,
To take pen to paper, and not be deterred,
to write down ideas… both real and absurd,
and, perhaps, describe a certain red thunderbird.

Ok, that was pretty bad – but you get the idea – anyone can write a poem! Don’t be afraid, share yours tomorrow!

Calling all Artists!

Artists, Musicians and Performers needed for the 3rd Annual Young Artists Workshop at Travis Heights Elementary School to be held on Wednesday, May 25, 2016.

Artists come to share their creative talent to enthusiastic students for the morning in a workshop setting. Afterwards, they are treated with a delicious catered lunch, a giant appreciation pump at assembly and feel-good nirvana that will carry for the rest of his/her life! This is a wonderful opportunity for artists to give back to the community and quite possibly inspire the birth of future artists!

Interested? Contact Soo Spaw or Renee Pinchero for more information.

Volunteer Corner

PTA Fundraising Chair
One of the PTA roles is to support the innovative educational programs at Travis Heights. The stronger our fundraising efforts are, the more support we can give. We are looking for a volunteer to lead our fundraising team. It will be an exciting year as we look for creative ways to ensure the future of our Blended Learning/Technology program.

Carnival Co-Coordinator
A THES tradition since the 1950s, Fall Carnival is a night filled with games, food, and fun, all while raising money to support our school! Help us keep this awesome tradition alive by volunteering as Carnival Co-Coordinator. Duties include supervising teams of volunteers to organize games/booths, provide publicity, recruit volunteers and arrange for logistics at the event.

To find our more, please contact volunteers@travisheightselementary.com.
Click here, to see other current needs.

Austin Emergency Center Logo

Wellness Wednesday from Austin Emergency Center

Austin Emergency Center will be providing useful heath information and tips in our efolder on most Wednesdays. Thank you Austin Emergency Center!

Today click on the link below and you can learn about the importance of washing your hands.

Wellness Wednesday from Austin Emergency Center – Handwashing

This week’s folder items:

Upcoming Events

April 25, 2016
Last Week of Prime Time

April 28, 2016
Poem in Your Pocket Day
Location: Your Pocket Day

April 29, 2016
Volunteer Appreciation
Time: 12:00 am-11:59 pm

April 29, 2016
PreK-1st Assembly
Time: 7:35 am-8:00 am

April 30, 2016
Math Pentathlon Tournament 4th & 5th

May 2, 2016
Teacher Appreciation Week

May 3, 2016
End of Year Party @ Gueros
Time: 5:00 pm-7:00 pm
Description:
Join us as we celebrate the end of the school year and raise money to send our 5th Graders to Camp Champions!

May 5, 2016
Thunderboard Meeting
Time: 4:00 pm-5:30 pm
Description:
Meetings open to all.

May 6, 2016
2nd-5th Assembly
Time: 7:35 am-8:00 am

May 6, 2016
PTA Executive Board Meeting
Time: 4:00 pm-5:30 pm

May 9, 2016
STAAR 3rd & 4th Math

May 9, 2016
STAAR 5th Math Retake

May 10, 2016
STAAR 3rd & 4th Reading

May 10, 2016
STAAR 5th Reading retake

May 11, 2016
STAAR 5th Science

May 12, 2016
STAAR Makeups

May 13, 2016
STAAR Makeups

May 13, 2016
Box Tops Due

May 13, 2016
5th Grade Field Trip

May 13, 2016
PreK-1st Assembly
Time: 7:35 am-8:00 am

May 14, 2016
Garage Sale- Sponsored by 4th Grade

Information:

Note: As I mentioned earlier the scanner is not working this morning – so I do not yet have all the fliers. As soon as I get them I will update this post. But currently… behold the two fliers I do have…

BTW if you are creating fliers to send out – you can send the digital version to me (communications @ travisheightselementary .com) to make sure I can add them to the post even if the scanner is not working on Wednesday morning!

Boy Scout Pack 33 Summer 2016

Call for Artists

[EDIT: Here are the new fliers as they come in]

Teacher Appreciation 2016

Family Fun & Fitness 2016

Register Online Reminder

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While our goal is to move most communications to digital methods some documents need to be delivered in hard copies so please continue to check your paper Wednesday Folder every week, sign and return it on Thursday.

Thank you!

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