LOTS of pictures!

Grateful Hearts Grow Servant's Hands: A Chance to Give to Our Brothers and Sisters in Need

For the month of November, Elementary Student Council will be collecting the following items for the Macon Rescue Mission Dove Center. Collection boxes will be located outside Mrs. Foxworth’s room, outside Mrs. Cheek’s office, and in the elementary office.

 

Laundry detergent

Clorox wipes

Liquid bleach

Anti-bacterial soap

Hand Sanitizer

Boxes of tissues

TESTS!

Wednesday, 11/06/13 ~ Math, Chapter 3
Thursday, 11/07/13 ~ Book test over The Magician's Nephew
Monday-Friday, 11/4-8 ~ AR test must be taken over The Magician's Nephew (by Friday)

Cereal Box Book Reports!

Spirit Dress Day Added for this Friday

Friday will be a Spirit Dress Day in honor of our cross country, softball and football teams as well as our cheerleaders. 

Order a DVD of last Friday's program...

Grandparents' Day Hoedown!

 

DVD Order Form

If you would like to purchase a DVD of the   Grandparents’ Day Hoedown, please indicate the number of videos and attach a check for the total amount made out to TSA.   Please write TNN on the memo line.  Don’t miss this opportunity to own a priceless video your family will always cherish!! 

Please return check and form to Mrs. Cheek or your student’s homeroom teacher ASAP.

Name______________________________

 

Phone #____________________________

 

Address_____________________________

 

Student's name and homeroom teacher  

 ___________________________________

DVD ($20 each) ______   (#)

 

Total $ amount _________

News and Reminders

• We have a Trojan Legion Meeting tonight in Trojan Hall at 6:30. We look forward to seeing you there. As an added bonus our band will be having a concert after the meeting. The Book Fair will be open for browsing and buying tonight prior to the meeting tonight.
• Feel free to visit the Book Fair with your child before or after school now until Friday.The Book Fair will remain open for Grandparents Day, so Grandparents can shop with your children!
• Please complete the Technology Survey that the front office sent out to all of our families. Each teacher has also sent a link to the survey as well. We want to be able to keep up with the fast paced technological world that our kids are facing.
• We love the new signage around the school and parking lot areas. Please pay close attention to the signs as some of them designate no parking zones that are restricted for emergency vehicles only.
• We post grades to Edline every Friday, and want for you to be informed about your child's progress this school year. If you are not able to sign on to Edline to access your child's grades please contact our registrar, Paula Douthit, and she will help you get linked in!
• Please let us know via email if you will be attending our Oct. 25th field trip to the Museum of Arts and Sciences.
• A permission form for your child to leave with you or a grandparent on Friday after Grandparent's Day came home in Friday folders. We still have a few outstanding forms and would like to have them asap.
• Be on the lookout for sign up information concerning Elementary World Cup Soccer.
• Information about our 1st book report came home with your child last week in homework folders. Please ask your 4th grader about this if you have not seen it as of yet!

HOMECOMING FUN!

More pictures to come...

4th Grade in Action

News and Reminders

We're sure you've heard, but we wanted to be sure you knew that we have a new student! Heer Kapadia has been warmly welcomed into Mrs. Hinson's homeroom. We welcome Heer, her brother, Prit, and their whole family to TSA!

 

As the Key Club did last year, the Student Council will be charging an admission fee of 1 dollar OR 1 canned good item for the Powder Puff Football Game on Wednesday evening. All money and canned goods will be donated to the Mid-State Baptist Association's Food Bank, so please remind your students to Bring One! Feed One! We will have a collection box at the front gate, and one at the back gate. 

 

The first Trojan Legion meeting of this school year is Tuesday, October 8 at 6:30 p.m. in Trojan Hall following the Band concert. As an incentive, all families that attend will receive a free Student/Business Directory. After the meeting, directories will be available in the Business office for $3.00 each.

 

PICTURE ENVELOPES ARE DUE NOW ~ if you haven't returned them, please do so ASAP even if you aren't ordering pictures.

 

Our first field trip will be Friday, October 25 to the Museum of Arts and Sciences. We will depart around 10:00 and return by 2:00 for the Elementary Pep Rally. Be on the lookout for more information in Friday folders this week.

 

News and Reminders from 4th Grade!

• Pictures come home today and are due back by Monday, September 30. Please return the envelope whether you plan to purchase the pictuers or not.
• Just a reminder to everyone to link your Kroger cards to the school by going online to www.krogercommunityrewards.com. Thank you to everyone who has already done so. It takes everyone doing their part to help us reach the potential $8,000 per quarter. 
• Also, don't forget about the Publix cards. They do not have to be linked. They are located in all Publix stores or can be picked up at the front office.
• Our science test on Chapter 2 will be given this Thursday, September 26th instead of Wednesday as we had originally planned. 
• Homecoming week is next week!  We encourage everyone to dress up and would love to have 100% participation each day. Go Trojans! MONDAY- Cowboys and Indians; TUESDAY Hunters and Hillbillies; WEDNESDAY- Class Color Day- Purple; THURSDAY- Character Day; FRIDAY- Blue and Gold Day
• The Tattnall Square Academy Band of Gold is hosting a huge Yard Sale* at the school to raise money for an educational trip to New York on Saturday October 5th, 2013from 8 am - 12 pm
  at school.*The Band will also be washing cars for donations that day. So get your car cleaned while you shop!

 

News and Reminders

• Trojan Legion is sponsoring an all-school assembly Monday, Sept. 23 as the culmination of the magazine sale. A band will play for all students from 8:30-9:15 in the Athletic Complex.
• Orders for Homecoming t-shirts are due Friday. Shirts are $15 each.
• Parent information about Reflexmath.com will come home in Signed Paper Folders Friday.
• Return information for Grandparents' Day as soon as possible. We need to get a head count and start working on gifts.

Homecoming Schedule for 2013

**All students must adhere to “Spirit Day” dress code during Homecoming Week. Additionally, students may wear hats (within the daily theme) and flip flops during Homecoming Week. Students not participating in dress up days must be in uniform. Face paint and colored hair are not allowed except where designated. NO WEAPONS are permitted any day.

Monday - Cowboys & Indians

          (face paint/colored hair is acceptable)

Tuesday - Hunters & Hillbillies 

          (face paint/colored hair is acceptable)

Wednesday - Crazy Class Color Day

            4th Grade color: PURPLE!
            Uniform Bottoms (skirts, shorts, or pants)
            Regular Chapel Program
Powder puff game Jr. vs. Sr. @ 6:30- followed by Bonfire for TSA students & families
Thursday - Character Day
            1:30-2:00- School Wide 

            “Rock the Cats” Parade on the track

            Crowning of the Homecoming King
Friday – Tattnall Day- (Blue, Gold, or 

            Homecoming t-shirts)

            All School Pep Rally Begins at 

            2:00 p.m. in the Athletic Complex

Projected Schedule (subject to change):

2:00 Band Chants

2:05 JV Cheerleaders Perform

2:10 JV Dance Team Performs

2:20 Varsity Cheerleaders Perform

2:24 Varsity Dance Team Performs

2:27 Recognize Homecoming King

2:28 Recognize Best Dressed for each day

2:31 Callin' All the Trojans on the Floor

2:32 Elementary Spirit Stick Awarded

2:33 Elementary School Staggered Dismissal times begin, younger children first

News and Reminders

A few things to share ~

• The Wordly Wise quizzes are 5-6 pages long. In an effort to save paper, we've run one set to be used year after year with 4th grade students. As you saw from last week's papers, the students just record their answers on a sheet of notebook paper. We realize that makes it difficult for you to go over their mistakes with them. After the quiz grade comes home in signed papers, if you would like to come by before or after school and see which words your child missed, just let us know and we would be happy to let you look over it.
• The Wordly Wise quiz for Lesson 3 words will be Wednesday, September 4, instead of Tuesday. We will not introduce Lesson 4 words until Wednesday, September 11. The quiz for that list of words will be the following Tuesday and we will be back on schedule.
• Spelling Test over Lesson 2 words will be this Friday, August 30. There will be no Spelling next week since it is a short week. Lesson 3 words will be introduced on Monday, September 9.
• Last week, all the parents received an email about a math facts practice website. That program is available for use outside the school from September through June. Information on how to login will be sent home soon after Labor Day, along with weekly requirements for use.
• FUN INFO ~ On this Friday, August 30th, the cheerleaders will be selling "Cheek Cheers" for $1 at morning drop-off. Let's fill the 4th grade with Trojan Cheer!
• Don't forget to vote for TSA in Give With Target ! Our school could receive $10,000!!!

Spirit Days

The following is a list of Spirit Days ~ dates when students may wear TSA t-shirts with jeans or regular uniform bottoms to support fall sports events. All of these dates are Fridays with the exception of October 10th, a Thursday.

August 23-Spirit Day-First home football game
September 13-Spirit Day-Cross Country runs on Sept 14
September 26-Spirit Day-C-team/B-team football games and B-team/Varsity softball games
October 4-Spirit Day- All-school Pep Rally-Homecoming
October 10-Spirit Day-C-team/B-team football final game and possible 2nd round playoff for softball
October 25-Elementary Pep Rally-Elementary Football Night
November 1-Spirit Day-Senior Night

Student Council will approve additional Spirit Days for individuals or organizations.

Here we are the first day of 4th grade

School Year 2013-2014, Here We Come!

• It has been a tremendously fun and busy first week at school. We hope your children have been full of things to tell you each afternoon when they are picked up. Thank you for the prompt return of all paperwork, and for consistently being on time for carpool. We appreciate it very much! 
• Several parents have mentioned that they are having difficulty finding clear contact paper. It has been available at Walmart, Target, and Staples. You may also want to contact Tiffany Herndon to see if she has some in the Spirit Shop. 
• We look forward to continuing this trend next week. The children's homework amount will increase as the year progresses to accommodate all of their learning experiences!
•  Our first Wordly Wise quiz will be on Tuesday. This will be a vocabulary quiz only. Please try again to signup for blog updates. If you are unable to subscribe, please let your child's homeroom teacher know. 
• Your child has homework tonight in Math and Science.

It's the End of the Year!!

Math with Ms. Moore and FIELD DAY

Spotlight the Arts

It’s that time of year! Tattnall’s annual Spotlight on the Arts is right around the corner, Thursday May 9^th.  Please come out and join us for a night of visual arts, music, literary, and culinary fun. 

The children have worked all year to reveal their art at this exhibit. They are very excited to show you their art work and to view their awards.

Elementary Music will be performing fun dances in The Athletic Complex. The High School One Act Team will be in character to create a festive atmosphere. The 5^th and 6^th grade band, as well as the 7^th- 12^th grade band, will entertain throughout the evening in Trojan Hall.

We are also excited to see and taste the various Picasso inspired cakes that will be brought in for the fourth annual cake contest.

Spotlight on the Arts is such an anticipated event each year. Please join us for this fabulous night!

 

Here is the evening's schedule:

5:30 Gallery Opens in P.E. Gym

5:30 5^th and 6^th Grade Band in Trojan Hall

6:00 1st – 3rd Grade Music in Athletic Complex

6:30 7^th- 12^th Grade Band in Trojan Hall

6:45 Picasso Cake Cutting in P.E. Gym

7:15 4th – 6th Grade Music in Athletic Complex

8:00 Doors Close

COMING SOON ~ FIELD DAY PICTURES!!

Spring Fun...more pictures

Easter Party, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Line Relationships...

News and Reminders

Community service: 
   Do not forget that all students are required to complete community service hours.  Fourth graders should do five hours. Forms for this are on the school's website under forms and publications. With less than six weeks left, we know you want to complete this and get it turned in to us.  This is another way our Tattnall family can show a servant's heart! Thank you!


On Monday and Friday next week your child will need a picnic lunch and drink.

Field Day is Friday, April 26. Please plan to send at least one water bottle with your child's name on it to school that morning. We will have a cooler available for students to put their bottles. Festivities begin at 9:00. We hope to see you there.

News and Reminders

• Students must be finished reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Monday, April 8. The AR test must be completed by Friday, April 12.
• ITBS testing is next week. Your child needs 2 pencils for this test. They MUST have "#2" stamped on them. Please encourage your child to take this test seriously~While it does not count as a grade, this test is used in our planning for curriculum. Testing will begin promptly after the morning announcements. A good night's sleep and a nourishing breakfast are important each day. We will provide a snack mid-way through each morning's scheduled tests. Your child may bring a bottle of water to have during the snack time.
• Field Day is Friday, April 26. If you printed out a lunch menu, you may have noticed that it is listed on the menu on the wrong day. A form concerning field day is in your child's folder. It is both a permission slip and an order form for a t-shirts. Please note that next Friday, April 12, is the deadline for turning in the form and the money. 
• Re-enrollment forms are due by Monday, April 15. Please get these in ASAP. It is $100 per student until that date and then $150 per student after that date. 

News and Reminders

In Friday Folders you will find:

• Your child's report card if you did not attend a conference. It is yours to keep; it does not need to be signed and returned. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.
• A letter about receiving emails concerning your child's AR quiz scores. 
• Re-enrollment forms...please send back one completed form for your family as soon as possible

Mrs. Cheek has collected all items turned in as lost from the various locations around the school. They are in her office. If your child has lost anything this school year, please check with her before Friday, March 22. That afternoon, all remaining unclaimed items will be donated to charity.

Ocmulgee Indian Mounds Field Trip

News and Reminders

Re-enrollment forms and fees for the 2013-2014 school year are due by April 15. After April 15, the re-enrollment fee per child will increase.

TESTS: 

Language ~ Ch. 31 and 32 ~ Tuesday, March 12

Social Studies ~ Ch. 2 ~ Thursday, March 14 

 

On Tuesday, March 12^th, Trojan Legion will host the Elementary Spring Musical with a special presentation to begin promptly at 6 p.m. Students should be here at 6, dressed and ready to go on stage.

Friday, March 15^th is a Spirit Dress Down Day to benefit various Mission Trips. Andie Hamlin will be traveling to Haiti and Sarah Oxford will travel to Honduras. Students, faculty, and staff may dress down for a $1.00 donation.

The Red Cross Blood Drive is Friday, March 15 from 8:30 – 2:00 in the Multi-Purpose Room. Anyone interested in donating blood may sign up in Ms. Neufeld’s room, 202.

Trojan Legion is continuing the school wide challenge to collect Box Tops for Education. This campaign has raised $1,032.70 to date, and we still have 2 weeks left to collect! The homeroom with the most Box Tops collected between now and March 15 will win a free pizza party for the students and a $50 gift card for the teacher! Winners will be announced before we leave for Spring Break. Sheets to paste Box Tops on can be found at http://www.boxtopsforeducation.com/. Games are also available on this website. When a family registers online, Tattnall automatically receives free points.

Tattnall will host a community wide (All Grades) Open House Sunday, March 10^th at 2 p.m. Be sure to check your child's Friday Folder for information to share about Open House. As an added incentive to help promote TSA and our Open House, students and parents who make contact with an Open House attendee will receive the following:

• Students who make contact with an Open House attendee will receive a free dessert coupon from the TSA Cafe. *One coupon per Open House.
• Parents who make contact with an Open House attendee will be entered (one entry per family attending) to win a gift certificate to the Spirit Shop. 

Calendar changes for next year: 
Homecoming Week will be the week of September 30-October 4.
Grandparents' Day will be October 11. 

Compliment Party!!

Spring Musical Information

 

Spring Musical "On the Radio" - Tuesday, March 12th at 6:00 p.m.

What to wear: blue jeans with plain, bright colored shirt

News and Reminders

• No school Monday or Tuesday, February 18 and 19
• Thursday, February 21 is Dress Down Day for MDA in memory of former students Scott Webb '94 and Phelps Wade '97. Students who purchase a Shamrock may dress down for the day. Gold Shamrocks are $5 and Green Shamrocks are $1.
• Thursday, February 28 is our field trip to the Ocmulgee Mounds. Students are required to wear their royal blue uniform shirt (per handbook). We plan to take their art shirts for them to wear during the pottery activity. 
• Scholastic Book Fair begins March 8.
• Open House for prospective families is March 10.
• Spring Break is March 25-April 1. Students return on Tuesday, April 2.
• Field Day will be Friday, April 26.
• Another field trip will be Thursday, May 2 to the Georgia Aquarium. Information will come home soon about this trip.   

 

100th Day of School

 

Bee #2: Spelling

We are so proud of our Spelling Bee Participants! They did a fantastic job this morning. Congratulations to Logan Childs, Logan Winget, and Camden Ford.

Penny War!!

Penny War for the Orphans of Our Own Home in Africa

In chapel today, Mrs. Foxworth, along with our Lower School Student council, shared an idea of how Tattnall students could help the children of Our Own Home orphange in Uganda. Starting Monday, Jan. 14 through Friday, Jan. 18, our elementary classes will have an all out PENNY WAR! Each class will have a jar to fill full of pennies in competition with the other homerooms. There is a catch....you bring pennies to count points for your homeroom, BUT you can bring anything higher than a penny to place in another homeroom's jar and it will be DEDUCTED from that class' total! Sounds fun, huh? So let's shake our piggy banks and bring in our change so we can make a change in the lives of these orphans!

Bee #1: Geography

Emily Strange and Baylor Scott made us proud!

News and Reminders

Report cards are in Friday's signed paper folder. There are no graded papers in the folder this week. The report cards do not have to be signed, but the folder should be returned on Monday.

Please be sure to send in items for the classroom that were requested before Christmas by Monday, January 7. Thank you.

Beginning this quarter, students will only have one excused homework. The last 2 quarters they had two "excused" before a zero was given. This adjustment is made to better prepare students for 5th grade expectations.

This year’s talent show, Rock of Ages, is February 10^th and 11^th. Wednesday January 9^th is the deadline to sign up for an audition time. Auditions are after school Thursday, January 17^th and Friday, January 18^th. Registration forms are available in Mrs. Cheek’s office. Students in K4-6^th grade may turn their registration form in to Mrs. Howd.

Tattnall will host community wide (All Grades) Open Houses January 13th, February 10th, and March 10^th. As an added incentive to help promote TSA and our Open House dates, students and parents who make contact with an Open House attendee will receive the following:

• Students who make contact with an Open House attendee will receive a free dessert coupon from the TSA Cafe. *One coupon per Open House.
• Parents who make contact with an Open House attendee will be entered (one entry per family attending) to win a gift certificate to the Spirit Shop.