Thursday Thunderword 03/31/2022

HAPPY THURSDAY, THUNDERBIRDS! 03/31/2022

Have an announcement or other great news to share? Please submit your info to the school the week prior to when you’d like to see it in this newsletter.

Family Engagement Listening Sessions

The Family Engagement Support Office has partnered with MAYA Consulting to host a listening session to reimagine and redesign what authentic family partnership looks like at Austin ISD. Your voice, experience, and perspective as caretakers and parents are critical to informing this process.

MAYA Consulting is offering $75 per individual to participate, but hurry, space is limited!

We want to hear from you!

Use this link to RSVP! https://forms.gle/7zHf733VXYfCduzj7

Family Sessions:
April 5th, 5:30-6:30pm- English
April 6th, 5:30-6:30pm- Spanish

Download Flyers here in English and Spanish.

Book Fair

The Scholastic Book Fair is next week! This event is an opportunity for students of all ages to purchase books for their home libraries and further their love of reading. As always, all purchases benefit our school.

It will take place from April 4-8 in the library. Families will be allowed to shop in-person before/after school (7:10-7:40, 3:10-4:00). Cash or credit is welcome.

To make things easier, you can set up an eWallet here https://bit.ly/thesbookfair and you/your child can start shopping online or in-person April 4!

Volunteers wanted! If you’d like to volunteer at the book fair, please e-mail our librarian Debby Harris at debbyharris@austinisd.org. All volunteers also get a FREE book!

You can also donate to students in need at https://bit.ly/bookfair_donations. Thank you for your generosity and support!

Upcoming Parent Workshops at THES

We are excited to host parent workshops in English and Spanish on the topics of Internet Safety and Effective Discipline presented by the Center for Child Protection.These topics were selected because they are relevant to the times we are living in. Our students are using the internet as part of their daily lives, and it is important we know how to keep them safe, as well as how to discipline and set limits for our children’s wellbeing. Come join us!

Register online: https://forms.gle/zUew5t4EgSvQj9rd7
Workshops will take place in the THES library.
April 6 – English & April 13 – Spanish

4:00 – 5:00 pm – Effective Discipline
5:00 – 6:00pm – Internet Safety

You can download flyers in English and Spanish.

Family Climate Surveys

Our district values your feedback! We are currently surveying Austin ISD families in order to gain insight into your perception of our school and district effectiveness. To ensure we continue to provide high-quality, rigorous learning experiences that meet the needs of our learners and prepare them for college and career, we need your feedback. We want to know what you think.

To administer these surveys, we have partnered with Panorama Education to conduct our 2022 Family Survey. Panorama safeguards your privacy, keeping your responses
confidential. The survey shouldn’t take more than a few minutes to complete and will be a valuable source of information for us as we work to make our schools and district as
good as they can be.

You may complete the survey online between March 21, 2022 and April 8, 2022 using a
computer, tablet, or smartphone by visiting the website
surveys.panoramaed.com/austinisd/family

We thank you in advance for your thoughtful responses!

Picture Day Rescheduled
Class Picture Day Rescheduled – April 19, 2022

What is better than picture day in elementary school? Looking at your pictures 20 years later!! Picture day is coming fast and this year individual and class pictures will be taken on the same day! Be sure to have your best look on that day.

Pre-K and Kindergarten Early Learning Day – April 6

Do you know a family with children ages 3-6 (PK-K) who would like to join the Travis Heights family? Let them know about this great opportunity!

We will be having special tours for families of prospective PK-K Thunderbirds on April 6.

Tour times:
8:00-10:00 am and 4:30-6:30 pm

Flyer in English and Flyer in Spanish

Access To Healthy Food

With many AISD students living in food-insecure households, access to healthy food may be challenging when the district is closed. Families can use the community resources below to find free meals in their area while AISD offices and schools are closed for Spring Break:

• Central Texas Food Bank
• United Way for Greater Austin – ConnectATX
• Texas Health and Human Services – Call 2-1-1 or (877) 541-7905 to speak to a live operator.

We Love Our Volunteers!

Interested in volunteering to be a lunch monitor? Or would you rather help with making copies or decorating bulletin boards? If you want to help, we have plenty that needs to be done!

If interested, please follow the process for becoming a Travis Heights Elementary Volunteer by following this link https://www.travisheightselementary.com/volunteering/.
Our new volunteer coordinators Anna Roth, anna.m.roth@gmail.com, and Sura Jasim (Parent Support Specialist), sura.jasim@austinisd.org, will be in touch with you.

Reminders

To condense the length of our E-folder, some important news has been moved to a page of its own.

Registration Information for all students.
You can find out about meals and snacks at THES Meals
Follow the school on FB: https://www.facebook.com/TravisHeightsES
Follow the PTA on FB: https://www.facebook.com/TravisHeightsElem