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NEISD Used Book Sale

3/31/2015

Parents,
This is the last week for book donations for the NEISD Council of PTAs Used Book Sale! We have not yet reached our participation goal of 25%. If 25% of our Tigers donate a book, Mrs. Bailey and Mrs. McCurry will dress like Thing 1 and Thing 2 for the day. Please encourage your student(s) to find a few books that they can donate to a good cause. Every donation earns a spirit stick, and the 25 students who donate the most books will receive a gift certificate to the Scholastic book fair in May.

Wednesday will be the last day to drop off your books curbside during morning arrival (7:15 to 7:45am). Thursday will be the last day for donations left in the foyer. The books will be taken to the Littleton Gym on Monday morning for the sale next weekend.

Thank you,
Stacey Light
PTA

THE's PTA Run For The Heights Survey

3/30/2015

Hello -

Before we finish out the school year and head into summer, we are reflecting on this year's event and would like your input and feedback in order to better prepare for next year and improve on the event overall.

Please complete the following 10 question survey by Monday, Apr 6. This shouldn't take more than 5-10 minutes of your time. Each family only needs to complete one if you have multiple children,

Copy & paste the survey link in your browser:

First - https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/JMZQZ7X

Our goal is to gain a general consensus of the following:

1. Interest in continuing with the event as our primary fundraiser

2. Possibility of a date change (fall vs spring) for the event

3. Level of parent interest for participation vs. other fundraiser opportunities

4. Level of volunteer interest, especially for a new core team post 2015-2016 school year

5. Increasing THE Student participation overall

Overall, this year's event brought in roughly $22K net income for THE PTA. We had a total of 851 registrations (5K, Fun Run, and Tusky donations combined). Of these registrations about 250 were an actual THE student. The 2 graphs below give you an idea of the participation and financial trends over the past 5 years.

We have also posted the photos from the event on our website. http://runfortheheights.tuscanyheightspta.org/. Check them out!!!

Thank you all for your support and hard work this year!

Kind regards,

Jennifer

Jennifer Bissen
Tuscany Heights Elementary PTA
Sponsorship, Run for the Heights
jenbissen2003@gmail.com
cell 214-529-9524

March 22nd, 2015

3/22/2015

Parents and Students,

Thank you for a great week back! Please notice the upcoming events as we will begin STAAR Testing for some of our grade levels. STAAR days are starting at the end of March this year and those days the campus will be closed to visitors in order to keep a quiet and secure testing environment for our students. We appreciate your support with these dates!

We are collecting money for March of Dimes. If you wish to send money or drop of coins, please do so by sending it to the front office. Thank you!

An updated parking lot map has been attached as well. Thank you again for always considering safe practices for our students.

Thank you,

Tara Bailey

Upcoming Events

March 23rd- Beginning of 4th Nine Weeks

March 27th- Report Cards are distributed

March 30th- 4th Grade STAAR Writing Day1- CLOSED CAMPUS

March 31st- 4th Grade STAAR Writing Day 2- CLOSED CAMPUS

5th Grade STAAR Reading- CLOSED CAMPUS

April 1st- Military Child Month

Run for the Heights 50 Yard Dash (for winning classes)

April 3rd- Good Friday Holiday

April 7th: Spring Pictures

Kinder Round-Up 8:15-9:15a.m. Library

Let your friends and neighbors know if they will have a Kindergartener starting next year. This will be an informative meeting to discuss registration, meet and greet teachers, and a chance to get to know our upcoming Kinder students.

April 10th-12th: NEISD Used Book Sale- If 25% of our school participates, Mrs. Bailey and Mrs. McCurry will dress like THING 1, THING 2. We want to help promote donations in an effort to raise money for NEISD and receive contributions back for our campus.

North East ISD is hosting Girls Inc. Science Festival at Hero’s stadium on May 2nd from 10-2. http://www.girlsincsa.com/index.php/girls-inc-rockit-into-the-future-science-festival-2015/girls-inc-rockit-into-the-future-science-festival-2015-3163/

The festival is a family-friendly event featuring hands-on science activities and workshops to encourage girls ages 6 to 18 to participate in STEM by exploring, asking questions and solving problems at festival activity booths.

Research suggests that girls are less likely to pursue a career in math, science and technology. Research also demonstrates that parents, teachers and other adults typically do not expect girls to perform as well as boys in science, math and related subjects, regardless of their true potential or demonstrated ability. However, Girls Inc. knows that girls can be the next astronaut, mathematician, medical researcher, ground breaking petroleum engineer and more than we can imagine!

We believe that girls deserve a supportive and experiential environment where they feel invited and encouraged to join the fun of discovering the world around them and where they can prove to themselves that they do like and can be good at science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM); it’s essential to girls persisting in STEM education and preparing for lucrative STEM careers that most of them would otherwise never consider. Our annual Girls Inc. RockIt Into the Future Science Festival is exactly that – it’s a positive and encouraging environment that develops girls’ enthusiasm for STEM by providing a variety of hands-on, mind-on activities and opportunities for girls and their families to interact with women and men in STEM fields.

News from Bush Middle School (attached flyer):

Dear Future Bush Bulldogs,

It's that time of year where we begin the process of selecting our Bush Middle School PTA Officers and Committee Chairs for the next school year. The nominating committee, which was elected by the PTA membership at our February meeting, is charged with presenting to the membership their recommended slate of officers at the April general PTA meeting.

If you are interested in serving in one of the Officer or Committee Chair positions, please complete the attached form and return to Vikki Koveck (Nominating Committee Chair) at vrkoveck@yahoo.com by March 27th. You may also leave it at the Front Office at Bush Middle School. Also, if you are interested in finding out more about the positions and what they entail, please don't hesitate to email me.

Sincerely,

Bush PTA

News from Tejeda Middle School: PTA Information Attached

PTA News

Chili’s Eat for a Cause

It was great seeing so many of our Tiger families enjoying dinner together at Chili’s this week. Thanks for supporting our Eat for a Cause event!

NEISD Used Book Sale Donation Drive – collecting through Thursday, April 2nd

The NEISD Used Book Sale is coming up the weekend of April 10th - 12th. Tuscany Heights PTA will be collecting books throughout the month of March (which also happens to be the month that Dr. Seuss was born back in 1904!). Every child who donates will be given a Dr. Seuss spirit stick. The top 20 donators in the school will be given a gift certificate to the Scholastic Book Fair in May. If we can reach a school-wide participation goal of 25%, Mrs. Bailey and Mrs. McCurry have agreed to spend a day dressed as Thing 1 and Thing 2. So help us reach our goals, and clean off those bookshelves! Watch for a flyer to come home with your child with the details.

5th grade students – 5th grade spirit is popping up all over campus. Don’t forget to make your mark by showing off your 5th grade spirit shirt on WILD Wednesday!

Want an extra shirt?
Don’t want to do laundry so often?

Printer’s error = THE’s gain! Buy reprints for $7.50

Winter Spirit Wear – Limited adult sizes are available in the office

Adult Long Sleeve Shirts - $20

Adult Hoodies - $27

PTA opportunities

If you’ve been waiting to settle in to the new school year before getting involved, or maybe you’re new to our campus, wait no longer! PTA could still use your help! We’re a fun, supportive group who love making a difference on our campus, and we’re looking for volunteers to fill the following chairs:

Cafeteria – Legislative Action

We’re also looking for a volunteer to help with Spring pictures in April. If you would like more information or have any questions about any of the volunteer opportunities please don’t hesitate to ask. I’d be happy to visit with you.

Alana Harris, PTA President president@tuscanyheightspta.org

Plug in with PTA and Back the Future!

THE PTA Website www.tuscanyheightspta.org

Tuscany Heights Volunteers Link http://www.volunteerspot.com/group/35885320036

A Run for the Heights Sponsor shared the following info with us: LUNG FORCE 5 K Run / Walk on April 25th at SeaWorld. It’s a free official Fiesta Event and fun for all the family.

http://action.lung.org/site/TR?fr_id=11082&pg=entry

2015 Science Festival Packet
Bush Board Interest Survey
Bush PTA Officer Interest Survey
parking overhead view
Consent to Serve THS PTA

Eat for a Cause, 2 Nights- Tonight and Tomorrow

3/17/2015

Eat for a Cause

Tuesday, March 17 and Wednesday, March 18

Let Chili’s do the cooking while we support Tuscany Heights PTA at the same time. With each flyer presented Chili’s will donate 15% of the event days’ sales back to our great organization! We look forward to our Tiger families having dinner together!

Chilis Eat for a Cause

THE's Weekly eBlast

3/15/2015

Parents and Students,

We hope that you all had a safe and relaxing Spring Break! We look forward to greeting our students tomorrow and embracing the upcoming 4th nine weeks with them.

On a safety note, just a few reminders:

Attached Find Parking Lot Overview Map

When dropping off, please do not use the parking lot. Park in a space and allow students safe access to the sidewalk or crosswalk.

Car Rider Line- Please do not pull out of line or back-up and pull out of line(This causes opportunites for pedestrians to be hit or another car to hit you when pulling out of line. Please be patient and move forward with the lines.

Dropping Off- Please pull all the way down in the car rider line so that all cars can move forward. When you stop, the cars behind you don't move. Therefore, it does create a longer line for our drop off and potentially cars in the Wilderness Oak intersection.

Walkers from Summerglenn- The gym doors will remain locked until 7:15a.m. when our staff starts duty. If you have a walker entering before 7:15a.m., they will need to go through the recess gate, down the sidewalk, and enter in the front. I have one staff member on duty at 7:00a.m. to monitor early arrivers.

We apprecaite your support in safety and not only wanted to send reminder but share the "why" behind our request. Thanks for keeping our families safe!

Upcoming Events

Tuesday a March 9th- 13th: Spring Break/ No School

March 17th & 18th: PTA Presents Eat for a Cause at Chili’s- Flyer Attached

March 19th: Heroes for Health (Guest Speakers Talking about Fitness)

Time

Location

Grades

Presenters

10:00 AM – 10:20 AM

Cafeteria

Kinder, 3rd, 4th

Lawrence Saiz (police)

1:00 PM – 1:20 PM

Cafeteria

1st, 2nd, 5th

Alton Johnson (military)

April 7th: Kinder Round-Up (More info coming); Let your friends and neighbors know if they will have a Kindergartener starting next year. We will host an informative meeting in April.

April 10th-12th: NEISD Used Book Sale- If 25% of our school participates, Mrs. Bailey and Mrs. McCurry will dress like THING 1, THING 2. We want to help promote donations in an effort to raise money for NEISD and receive contributions back for our campus.

PTA News

Save the Date – Eat for a Cause

Tuesday, March 17 and Wednesday, March 18

Let Chili’s do the cooking while we support Tuscany Heights PTA at the same time. With each flyer presented Chili’s will donate 15% of the event days’ sales back to our great organization! We look forward to our Tiger families having dinner together! Flyers will go home the week of the event!

T.H.E. PTA Presents … MAGIK THEATRE (newsletter omission)

The Magik theatre on the road team brought experience and an exciting personal touch to each of the Tuscany Heights students on February 6th. The experience started for our students when they entered the cafeteria and discovered a real theatre inside their school.

This time Magik Theatre brought two different shows, the first show called Rumpelstilskin and the second one called Dr. Krashunbang. The first show was presented for kinder, first and second graders and the second show for third, fourth and fifth graders. Introducing students to the process of creating a work of performing art, the actors gave great, fun and creative shows.

Rumpelstilskin began when the king has locked Gabby in a straw-filled room, with orders to spin gold or lose her head! When a crafty man with a secret name offers to help, Gabby makes him a promise she isn’t prepared to keep. Now Gabby has three days to guess the man’s name. What students take away from watching this wonderful performance is that you never make any promises that you are not prepare to keep.

Dr. Krashundbang is an interactive one-man show that seamlessly blends science and theatre into an exhilarating lesson through experimentation and humor. With his exciting and mostly harmless experiments Dr. Krashundbang demonstrated the scientific method and brought the physical science to Tuscany Heights. The kids had so much fun and also they could reinforce what they have been learning through the year.

Throughout the shows, the students had a great time laughing and learning at the same time. We believe that the type of shows that we have been able to bring to Tuscany Heights have been great for our kids because they have helped awaken their love for writing, drawing, performing, sculpting, dancing, composing, and creating; all integral parts of a well - rounded individual.

NEISD Used Book Sale Donation Drive

The NEISD Used Book Sale is coming up the weekend of April 10th - 12th. Tuscany Heights PTA will be collecting books throughout the month of March (which also happens to be the month that Dr. Seuss was born back in 1904!). Every child who donates will be given a Dr. Seuss spirit stick. The top 20 donators in the school will be given a gift certificate to the Scholastic Book Fair in May. If we can reach a school-wide participation goal of 25%, Mrs. Bailey and Mrs. McCurry have agreed to spend a day dressed as Thing 1 and Thing 2. So help us reach our goals, and clean off those bookshelves! Watch for a flyer to come home with your child with the details.

Driving Education to the Top Award – Kidsville News

It is that time of the year when we are looking for teacher nominations for the Driving Education To The Top Award sponsored by Alamo Toyota. The first place teacher will receive a field trip for his or her class and $1,000 for the teacher. The more creative one gets or the more we hear about a teacher from students and parents, to even nominations from Principals, the more of an impact it makes for a teacher to stand out. Kidsville News will be recognizing an additional 5 teachers who will receive a plaque, recognition in Kidsville News and some wonderful gifts. This is the third year of this great teacher recognition program. The deadline is March 31. See attached form for nominations that can be passed on. - Gina Barbera, Kidsville News

5th grade students – 5th grade spirit is popping up all over campus. Don’t forget to make your mark by showing off your 5th grade spirit shirt on WILD Wednesday!

Want an extra shirt?
Don’t want to do laundry so often?

Printer’s error = THE’s gain! Buy reprints for $7.50

Winter Spirit Wear – Limited adult sizes are available in the office

Adult Long Sleeve Shirts - $20

Adult Hoodies - $27

PTA opportunities

If you’ve been waiting to settle in to the new school year before getting involved, or maybe you’re new to our campus, wait no longer! PTA could still use your help! We’re a fun, supportive group who love making a difference on our campus, and we’re looking for volunteers to fill the following chairs:

Cafeteria – Legislative Action

We’re also looking for a volunteer to help with Spring pictures in April. An officer interest form e-blast for 2015-16 was recently sent out to our Tuscany families. If you would like more information or have any questions about any of the volunteer opportunities please don’t hesitate to ask. I’d be happy to visit with you.

Alana Harris, PTA President president@tuscanyheightspta.org

Plug in with PTA and Back the Future!

THE PTA Website www.tuscanyheightspta.org

Tuscany Heights Volunteers Link http://www.volunteerspot.com/group/35885320036

Chilis Eat for a Cause
Parking overhead View

NEISD Career Day

3/8/2015

The San Antonio Rampage and the San Antonio Spurs are offering a Career Night for NEISD students who are interested in careers in sports. The event will include:

Sunday, March 22nd
1:00-3:00 pm - public skate on the ice for families, skates provided
2:00-3:00 pm - a presentation by Spurs Sports and Entertainment executives for students only
4:00 pm - San Antonio Rampage vs. Hamilton Bulldogs game plaza level seats

Tickets are $10 for students and $14 for family members and friends. The ticket price includes a food voucher for a hot dog, chips, and a drink at the game.

If you are interested, please return the attached form or call to order by credit card:
San Antonio Rampage Attn: Carl Bennett, One AT&T Center Pkwy. SA, TX 78219
Any questions please contact Carl at 210-444-5615 or Danny at 210-444-5532

NEISD Career Day

Jump Rope for Heart Details

3/8/2015

Your students were given the following details about this!

The American Heart Association came to our school today to kick-off this year’s Jump Rope For Heart program!

The Kick-Off introduced kids to the 5 for Life curriculum including how all of our students will become Heart Heroes! How? There are three ways!

First – they learn about their hearts and how to keep them healthy. Just ask your kiddo to tell you all about each the lifesaver ducks health message or Click here to see the video!
Second – by being Heart Healthy Messengers and sharing what they are learning in PE with the grown-ups in their lives.
Third – by joining the fight against heart disease and stroke by collecting donations. Donations fund research for cures and prevention through community education. Raising donations is easier than ever online at www.heart.org/jump or by downloading the Jump/Hoops app and sending messages that include both a request for support and the warning signs for heart disease and stroke!

What is 5 For Life? Five ways kids can make healthy choices that protect their heart from disease! Eating fruits and veggies, never ever smoking, drinking lots of water, getting plenty of rest, watching for sneaky salt and, of course, staying really active! Each of the collectable Lifesaver ducks has his own message.

What’s up with the ducks? Students that begin fundraising, collect at least $5 (from the donation envelope or online) will get a lanyard and their very own Quacky Duck as soon as the next time they come to PE! If they go online or download the Jump/Hoops App and get their first online donation, they will also get the sneaky Scribbles Ninja duck! www.heart.org/jump to find our school, join the team and get started.

Thank you for helping our school support the American Heart Association!!!!! Donations are DUE March 28th!

Splatter Quacky LOVES fruits and veggies for his snack. Scribbles Ninja always stays in tip-top shape and never ever smokes!

Samantha fEWELL-nUñEZ
Youth Market Director- SWA Consultant

8415 Wurzbach Road I San Antonio, Texas 78229
samantha.nunez@heart.org I www.heart.org
C 956-778-1062 I F 210-615-3695

THE's Weekly eBlast

3/8/2015

Parents and Students,

Wow, what a fantastic SHOWCASE of our students this past week! If your child participated in the District PE Showcase, please know how proud we are of them. I was proud to be THE’s principal. Our students did a wonderful job showing off their talents and promoting fitness.

We hope that our students, staff, and families enjoy time SYNERGIZING and SHARPENING THEIR SAWS this Spring Break! We have had a busy, fun-filled, learning experience so far this year. We look forward to diving into the end of March once we return. There are still many things to learn and events to challenge us!

Upcoming Events

Tuesday a March 9th- 13th: Spring Break/ No School

March 17th & 18th: PTA Presents Eat for a Cause at Chili’s- Flyer Attached

March 19th: Heroes for Health Presentation (Guest Speakers Focusing on Fitness)

Time

Location

Grades

Presenters

10:00 AM – 10:20 AM

Cafeteria

Kinder, 3rd, 4th

Lawrence Saiz (police)

1:00 PM – 1:20 PM

Cafeteria

1st, 2nd, 5th

Alton Johnson (military)

April 7th: Kinder Round-Up (More info coming); Let your friends and neighbors know if they will have a Kindergartener starting next year. We will host an informative meeting in April.

April 10th-12th: NEISD Used Book Sale- If 25% of our school participates, Mrs. Bailey and Mrs. McCurry will dress like THING 1, THING 2. We want to help promote donations in an effort to raise money for NEISD and receive contributions back for our campus.

PTA News

Save the Date – Eat for a Cause

Tuesday, March 17 and Wednesday, March 18

Let Chili’s do the cooking while we support Tuscany Heights PTA at the same time. With each flyer presented Chili’s will donate 15% of the event days’ sales back to our great organization! We look forward to our Tiger families having dinner together! Flyers will go home the week of the event!

T.H.E. PTA Presents … MAGIK THEATRE (newsletter omission)

The Magik theatre on the road team brought experience and an exciting personal touch to each of the Tuscany Heights students on February 6th. The experience started for our students when they entered the cafeteria and discovered a real theatre inside their school.

This time Magik Theatre brought two different shows, the first show called Rumpelstilskin and the second one called Dr. Krashunbang. The first show was presented for kinder, first and second graders and the second show for third, fourth and fifth graders. Introducing students to the process of creating a work of performing art, the actors gave great, fun and creative shows.

Rumpelstilskin began when the king has locked Gabby in a straw-filled room, with orders to spin gold or lose her head! When a crafty man with a secret name offers to help, Gabby makes him a promise she isn’t prepared to keep. Now Gabby has three days to guess the man’s name. What students take away from watching this wonderful performance is that you never make any promises that you are not prepare to keep.

Dr. Krashundbang is an interactive one-man show that seamlessly blends science and theatre into an exhilarating lesson through experimentation and humor. With his exciting and mostly harmless experiments Dr. Krashundbang demonstrated the scientific method and brought the physical science to Tuscany Heights. The kids had so much fun and also they could reinforce what they have been learning through the year.

Throughout the shows, the students had a great time laughing and learning at the same time. We believe that the type of shows that we have been able to bring to Tuscany Heights have been great for our kids because they have helped awaken their love for writing, drawing, performing, sculpting, dancing, composing, and creating; all integral parts of a well - rounded individual.

NEISD Used Book Sale Donation Drive

The NEISD Used Book Sale is coming up the weekend of April 10th - 12th. Tuscany Heights PTA will be collecting books throughout the month of March (which also happens to be the month that Dr. Seuss was born back in 1904!). Every child who donates will be given a Dr. Seuss spirit stick. The top 20 donators in the school will be given a gift certificate to the Scholastic Book Fair in May. If we can reach a school-wide participation goal of 25%, Mrs. Bailey and Mrs. McCurry have agreed to spend a day dressed as Thing 1 and Thing 2. So help us reach our goals, and clean off those bookshelves! Watch for a flyer to come home with your child with the details.

Driving Education to the Top Award – Kidsville News

It is that time of the year when we are looking for teacher nominations for the Driving Education To The Top Award sponsored by Alamo Toyota. The first place teacher will receive a field trip for his or her class and $1,000 for the teacher. The more creative one gets or the more we hear about a teacher from students and parents, to even nominations from Principals, the more of an impact it makes for a teacher to stand out. Kidsville News will be recognizing an additional 5 teachers who will receive a plaque, recognition in Kidsville News and some wonderful gifts. This is the third year of this great teacher recognition program. The deadline is March 31. See attached form for nominations that can be passed on. - Gina Barbera, Kidsville News

5th grade students – 5th grade spirit is popping up all over campus. Don’t forget to make your mark by showing off your 5th grade spirit shirt on WILD Wednesday!

Want an extra shirt?
Don’t want to do laundry so often?

Printer’s error = THE’s gain! Buy reprints for $7.50

Winter Spirit Wear – Limited adult sizes are available in the office

Adult Long Sleeve Shirts - $20

Adult Hoodies - $27

PTA opportunities

If you’ve been waiting to settle in to the new school year before getting involved, or maybe you’re new to our campus, wait no longer! PTA could still use your help! We’re a fun, supportive group who love making a difference on our campus, and we’re looking for volunteers to fill the following chairs:

Cafeteria – Legislative Action

We’re also looking for a volunteer to help with Spring pictures in April. An officer interest form e-blast for 2015-16 was recently sent out to our Tuscany families. If you would like more information or have any questions about any of the volunteer opportunities please don’t hesitate to ask. I’d be happy to visit with you.

Alana Harris, PTA President president@tuscanyheightspta.org

Plug in with PTA and Back the Future!

THE PTA Website www.tuscanyheightspta.org

Tuscany Heights Volunteers Link http://www.volunteerspot.com/group/35885320036

Chilis Eat for a Cause
Parking Overhead View
History Faire Brochure

UTSA Athletics Opportunity

3/6/2015

Dear Parents of Tuscany Heights Elementary,

We are excited to host our first annual UTSA School Day on Saturday March 7th, when the UTSA Men’s Basketball team will be hosting The North Texas Mean Green in an in-state rivalry game. We are inviting all of the local schools of San Antonio to join us at the game on Saturday!

The school that purchases the most tickets will have UTSA’s mascot Rowdy appear at the winning school. Competition details:

-         UTSA Men’s Basketball Game at the Convocation Center

-         UTSA Roadrunners vs. UNT Mean Green

-         Saturday March 7th at 2 PM

-         Tickets available for friends and family at the $5 discount (no ticket limit)

-         Parents own a business? Reward employees with tickets!

-         Orders must be placed by Thursday March 5th

-         Call in to order tickets (210-458-UTSA) and give the school’s name

We are very excited for this opportunity! Any questions can be directed to our Account Executives in the UTSA Sales Office!

We look forward to having you all out to the game next weekend, and GO RUNNERS!

UTSA Athletics

Approved Flyer UTSA School Day Men's Basketball

PTA Message

3/6/2015

It’s time to begin the process of filling the Tuscany Heights PTA Officer positions for the 2015-2016 school year and we need YOU! Please see the attached interest survey for officer positions. This slate of officers will be presented for election at the April 14 General PTA meeting.

Thank you,

Alana Harris

THE PTA Officer Survey 2015-2016