Reminders for Next Week

First of all, thank you so much for the support you showed TSA through the making of class projects, yummy treats baked, tuition raffle tickets bought, and attendance at the auction. It was very successful and we owe it to you, our parents!

Today, Friday, March 9, is the last day of the third quarter. Monday begins our last quarter with your children. It has really flown by fast!!

It's almost time for ITBS. In preparation for testing, we will be bubbling in identifying information on the answer folder. In order to do that, your child will need to bring three sharpened #2 pencils to school by Thursday, March 15. 

There is a Language Test Alert in today's signed paper folder. The test is Wednesday, March 14.

Pictures of our week...

Dress Down for

30 Hours of Famine  

Friday Folders

Please look through your child's Friday Folder thoroughly.  There is important information about Thursday's Dress Down Day, Earth Day t-shirts, and Jump Rope for Heart! 

Our last Open House of the season is this Sunday, March 4, and 2:00. Please invite your friends and family to check out TSA! 

ITBS testing is scheduled for the week of March 19-23.

Our St. Patrick's Day celebration will be Friday afternoon, March 16, at the end of the day.

Mrs. Crumbley and Mrs. Ford will plan the Easter Eggstravaganza for the morning of March 30. It will be here at school. If we need you to send in anything, we'll let you know. This is one event we really enjoy planning for the students! 

Jump Rope for Heart will be the afternoon of March 30th.

Aquarium Order Form

Just a reminder... Order forms and money for the Aquarium trip are due next Friday, March 2. If you have lost your order form, you can click the link below and the order form will open. To print a copy, right click, scroll down, and click on "print."

Aquarium form

Reminders

Reminders for the week of February 20-24:

• There is no school on Monday and Tuesday.
• We will not have a Wordly Wise/Spelling lesson or a reading story.
• Language test over Ch. 31-32 on Friday. See test alert in Friday folder.
• Friday: Hat Day (send $1.00 to be donated to the Macon Animal Rescue)

Also, we would like to ask you to please remember to send a note or an email if your child will be leaving school for an appointment and whether or not your child will be returning to school after the appointment. It is MUCH easier for us to get work together first thing in the morning than it is in the middle of a lesson. We appreciate your help with this!

Service opportunity

     Daybreak Shelter on Walnut Street near downtown Macon will have a reading area open to local homeless people for one day a week starting on Monday, February 20th. Below are some of the supplies needed. A donation box will be located in the TSA Cafe.If you would like to send something, please have your student take it to the lunchroom in the morning before coming to class. You may also email Sister Elizabeth Greim at daybreak.macon@gmail.com, and she will coordinate with you where you can drop off larger items.

Supplies needed:  Rugs, Book Cases, Floor Lamps, Coffee Tables, Comfortable Chairs, Magazines, Board Games, Art Supplies (sketch paper, pencil, pens, and markers), Coffee Mugs, Toilet Paper, Paper Towels, Hand Sanitizer, Coffee, filters, stirrers, cream, sugar, Lemonade, Snack items (like chips, fresh fruits, but no pastries or cupcakes), Napkins, Small Plates


     Sister Elizabeth Greim, director of Daybreak, said the shelter's reading area will be much like a living room area, where homeless people can grab a cup of coffee, read a magazine or play games for a couple of hours during the afternoon.
     This is just one part of the services that they plan to provide. They are going to be renovating the entire building on Walnut Street where they will have job-hunting, medical and mental health services for homeless people. While many of the services are not yet in place, they wanted to start helping people right away.