Parents,

I apologize for the separate eBlasts tonight, but I
want to make sure that you are informed of a few things that are happening at
T.H.E. This particular eBlast is to inform you that our KINS Program will have a
firetruck here to visit our students after school, Nov. 21st. I didn't want
anyone to see or hear the firetruck and be alarmed. It is a routine visit for
our students!

Thank you,
Tara Bailey

Don't forget to order your Winter Tiger Spirit Gear by this Friday, November 22nd! 

Order forms were sent home in backpacks last Friday or you can go to www.tuscanyheightspta.org to order online. This year, in addition to a super cute long sleeve t-shirt, we also got in on the sock craze! We now have custom Tuscany Heights socks for boys and girls!

Please note that t-shirts are pre-order only. Since we will not be ordering extra shirts, please check the sample shirts available in the front office to make sure you order the correct size for your student. Extra order forms are also available in the front office. If you have any questions, please email Stacy Shults, PTA Spirit Chair, at StacyLShults@yahoo.com We will deliver orders before the Winter Break. 
  
Support Tuscany Heights and Eat for a Cause tonight and tomorrow night at Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers on Stone Oak Parkway from 5-8 PM!
 
Thank you,
Tuscany Heights PTA

Tuscany Heights Elementary School
November 17, 2013

Parents,

We had a fabulous celebration this past week for our Veterans!!  Thank you to our veterans, families, PTA, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Staff, and Students for making this an honorable time!  Thank you!

On another note, we have a GO PUBLIC FLAG flying high with our American and Texas Flags.NEISD along with 14 other area school districts will be taking part in the "Go Public campaign to generate better awareness of the facts about Bexar County's independent public school districts and the wonderful, life-changing things that happen in our schools ever day".  They want the community to know more about the amazing things our schools do for the community.  For more information, visit the WeGoPublic.com.

Thank you, 
Tara Bailey

Upcoming Events

Nov. 20th and 21st       Eat for a Cause “Raising Cane’s Chicken” 5:00-8:00pm

Nov. 22nd                    Kinder Pow Wow 9:15-10:15a.m.

Nov. 25th- 29th            Thanksgiving Break 

Dec. 2nd- 13th              Sister School Collection

Dec. 2nd                      PTA Meeting/ 5th Grade Performance

Dec. 14th                     Tuscany choir (Tiger Beat) Stone Oak Winter Celebration Performance 2-3pm

Dec. 20th                     Winter Parties

Dec. 23rd- Jan. 3rd      Winter Break

Helpful Information

Middle School Boundary Information

 “We have received so much helpful feedback from our two boundary meetings and our first two meetings with the PTA. We appreciate your attendance and comments at those meetings and we also thank many of you who have communicated your thoughts via email. We continue to welcome any additional comments atboundaries@neisd.net. We appreciate so many of you taking the time to weigh in on the options presented. As the district continues to review your suggestions, we have determined a third boundary meeting that was set for November 19th, 2013 will not be necessary. Staff is working to prepare a recommendation to be presented to the Board of Trustees in December. Please continue to monitor this website for further updates.” - NEISD

Car Rider Line

Please be aware that speeding and texting in a school zone is a fine. We’ve had several reports and obviously, I think about the safety of our children. They are irreplaceable!!!!

Book Drive (Exchange) for Sister School

We collected books last year through the winter break that some of our students delivered to our sister school. The staff and students would like to make this a tradition rather than exchanging with classmates. The spirit of giving! We will begin this after the Thanksgiving Break! More details to come.

PTA News 

Get your Winter Tiger Fan Gear! Spirit orders now-Nov. 22nd: Stay warm with our new long-sleeved spirit shirts and socks.  [www.tuscanyheightspta.org]CLICK HERE TO VIEW NEW SPIRIT ITEMS AND ORDER ONLINE. One free Tiger patch to the first 100 online orders! Order forms will also be sent home in backpacks this week. Spirit gear will be sent home with your oldest student before Winter Break. Go Team Tuscany!

Hey Tuscany Tigers! We need YOU!…..Let’s Help our Sister School in a Grand Way! Please donate can goods or non-perishable food all next week, November 18th-22nd. You may place all food items in the gray tub labeled "Sister School" as you walk into the school!  Also, our annual Sister School Toy Drive starts Dec. 2nd, so get ready to donate toys to kids at Terrell Hills. Thanks for making a difference!

Eat for a Cause at Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers, Nov. 20th & Nov. 21st: Raising Cane's is helping Tuscany RAISE funds for our school! Join other Tuscany families from 5-8 PM at Cane's on 19110 Stone Oak Parkway and support Tuscany Heights. Cane's will donate 15% of proceeds to our school. 

Lost & Found items are located on the stage in the cafeteria: If you are missing a jacket, lunchbox, or another item, please check the stage area to claim your item. Don't forget to put your child's name on all items-items with names are shown on announcements each morning for students to retrieve. All items not claimed by Dec. 20th at 3 PM will be donated to Sister School! Any questions, please contact Jazmin Phelps, lostandfound@tuscanyheightspta.org

Tigers Synergize-Community Service and PVSA (Presidential Volunteer Service Award): We want all of our students to have opportunities to volunteer and earn a President's Volunteer Service Award at the PVSA  Awards Reception, May 21st. Also, all Tigers who volunteer 10 hours will receive a special spirit stick in May. Be looking for opportunities at Tuscany for kids to volunteer and give back to our community. For information on PVSA and a Leader in Me Community Service log sheet CLICK HERE. Start tracking your volunteer hours! Any questions, contact Juli Campbell, communityservice@tuscanyheightspta.org

"Dear Tuscany Parents,

Today at Tuscany heights we were rockin' and readin' with children's author Diane Z. Shore! We had a massive number of book orders, in fact more books were ordered than actually came in from the publisher.  If your child ordered a book (s) and didn't get it today, your child will get it next week before the Thanksgiving Break.  Thank you for understanding. "

Diane Z. Shore

Parents, Thank you for your understanding and my apologies for the late arrival of some of our books. - Thank you, Tara Bailey

Parents and Students,

If you would like an autographed book from Mrs. Shore, please submit an order form to the library by Wednesday morning. The forms are located in the library behind the circulation desk!

Thank you,
Tara Bailey

Tuscany Heights Elementary School 
November 10, 2013

Parents, 

Camouflage Day, Nov. 11th!!!
 
We are celebrating 75 Veterans tomorrow morning! Please be aware that this is an RSVP event for our Veterans as well as a celebration that our students are taking part in honoring our special service men and women. We will have limited seating for all other guests hoping to attend. My apologies in advance for this as I would love to have all families present to take part in this honorable celebration. 

Beginning at 8:15 a.m., we will serve coffee and cards to all Veterans. Then, following the cafeteria ceremony, we will serve breakfast to the Veterans and their students that will introduce them at the ceremony. 
Thank you to all that serve our country! You are HEROES!!!!

 ** Also, attached you will find a race registration from one of our cluster high schools, Reagan HS.
Thank you,
Tara Bailey 
 
Upcoming Events 
 
Nov. 11th  Veteran’s Day Celebration: Hash browns for Heroes
RSVP by Nov. 6th- With all students and Veterans, there will be limited seating at the event.

Nov. 25th- 29th    Thanksgiving Break

Helpful Information
Parents,  Please be aware that speeding and texting in a school zone is a fine. We’ve had several reports and obviously, I think about the safety of our children. They are irreplaceable!!!! 

PTA  News  

2013-2014  PTA Student Directories: If you purchased a directory, your copy is on the way!  Directories will be sent home in backpacks early next week.  If you are concerned your copy may not reach the right household, please contact Caroline Cain  at directory@tuscanyheightspta.org make arrangements to pick up in the front office. Thank you for your patience with this project and please forgive any typos :-)
 
Tigers Synergize-Community Service and PVSA (Presidential Volunteer Service Award):
We want all of our students to have opportunities to volunteer and earn a President's Volunteer Service Award at the PVSA  Awards Reception, May 21st. Also, all Tigers who volunteer 10 hours will receive a special spirit stick in May. Be looking for opportunities at Tuscany for kids to volunteer and give back to our community. For information on PVSA and a Leader in Me Community Service log sheet CLICK HERE. Start tracking your volunteer hours!
 
Eat for a Cause at Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers, Nov. 20th & Nov.  21st:
Join other Tuscany families from 5-8 PM at Cane's on 19110 Stone Oak Parkway and support Tuscany Heights. Cane's will donate 15% of proceeds to our school. 
 
For the most updated PTA Info and backpack flyers-CLICK HERE or go to www.tuscanyheightspta.org.
   
Reagan Band 5k Run/Walk

Parents,

All students are asked to wear CAMOUFLAGE in honor of our Heroes!!!!

We are pleased to announce that we are honoring about 75 Veterans on Monday, November 11th, 8:30 a.m. Since we have a large list and about 885 students (plus staff), we will have a packed cafeteria come Monday morning. I wish we had space to hold all of our families, but please know that this is impossible. We plan to do our best to recognize those that have RSVPed at this point while including all Tuscany Heights Students in the celebration. We want them to understand the sacrifice that our Veterans have given. If you are attending along with a Veteran, we will have limited seating around the perimeter of the cafeteria walls. You will need to check in for a RAPTOR Badge and will be sent back around 8:20 for seating. Again, it is limited and I apologize ahead of time if there are no seats available.

We also have T.H.E. & our T.H.E.'s PTA providing breakfast for Veterans and their students only! This will immediately follow the ceremony in the library.

We are grateful that this is turning out to be a very inspiring celebration!

The following will be the agenda for that morning (Time may vary):

• CHOIR Sings
• Coffee & Veterans Assemble for Celebration, Library 8:15-8:30a.m.
• Student CIC Group Escorts Veterans to Cafeteria, Cafeteria 8:30 a.m.
• Veterans Enter Cafeteria, Seated on Stage 8:35 a.m.
• Opening Remarks, Mrs. Bailey 8:40 a.m. (Students introducing our Vets will be seated on the stage steps.)
• Student Introductions of their Guests (Kinder- 5th) 8:45a.m.- 9:00a.m.
• Mr. Rafajko Introduces Grade Level Student Leaders (Kinder- 5th): What a Veteran means to me… 9:10-9:25a.m.
• Guest Speaker Introduced 9:30-9:45
• Closing Remarks, Mrs. Bailey 9:45 a.m.
• Veterans & Their Students Dismissed, Hash browns for Heroes Breakfast, Library 9:35a.m.
• CHOIR Sings

 
Thank you,
Tara Bailey

Parents,

Tomorrow is the character parade for Tuscany Heights' staff and students. If you do not wish for your students to
participate, please send back the letter or a hand written note to your child's teacher. We will find a location for them to be seated during the festivities. Otherwise, all students will walk in the parade route dressed like a character or not. Ensure that students have their book along with an appropriate costume (Meeting NEISD's dress code policy). No weapons, please.

The office will close periodically until after the parade route is finished. All parents wanting to view the parade can be stationed outdoors along the sidewalk. All students will exit the building by the 2nd grade area and walk along the front of the building and re-enter the building around the gym area.

We look forward to seeing all of the characters tomorrow to kick off our READ AROUND THE SCHOOL rotations!

Thank you,
Tara Bailey

Parents,
Please find the PTA Newsletter Attached.
PTA Newsletter Volume 4 Issue 1