Good Afternoon Topsail Annandale Elementary Families! This is Mrs. Wilson with your weekly update. Thank you to all of our students and families who participated and donated to our Boosterthon Fun Run! You all helped us to raise over $50,000 for our school for courtyard improvements and other school projects! We are beyond grateful for your support! Students, get ready...you exceeded your goal of $25,000, so Mrs. Wilson and Dr. Gates (and a few other surprise guests) are getting slimed! October is Pender County Month of Awareness: 10/24-10/28- Red Ribbon Week (Drug Awareness/Prevention) For over 30 years, the Community Holiday Assistance Program has served Eastern Pender County families during the Thanksgiving and Christmas Holidays. Families receive a coupon for a fully cooked Thanksgiving meal from Harris Teeter. At Christmas, families receive a gift card to a local grocery store and toys for their children through the free “Toy Shop” program. The program serves ages newborn to 18 (all school age children). If your family is in need of holiday assistance, please complete the online referral form, linked below. If you have any questions, or need assistance completing the form, please contact Dr. Lori Brown, School Counselor at TAES. Here is the link to our school’s referral form. https://forms.gle/AkGofy Important Dates: Mon. 10/24 and Tues. 10-25- Teacher Workdays! No school for students. Wed. 10/26- School Improvement Team Meeting- 3:00- Media Center. Thurs. 10/27- Report Cards go home for the 1st nine weeks! Fri. 10/28- Wear red for Drug Awareness/Prevention (Red Ribbon Week)! Fri. 10/28- Club Unify Mtg.- 2:30-3:45. Mon. 10/31- Kindergarten Book Character Parade. Tues. 11/1- NC Math Check-Ins for 3rd and 4th Graders. Please be on time and in attendance. Thurs. 11/3- NC Language Arts Check-Ins for 3rd and 4th Graders. Please be on time and in attendance. Fri. 11/4- TAES PTA Outdoor Movie Night- 6-8pm- Front Playground Area. Sat. 11/5 and Sun. 11/6- Spot Festival- Volunteer opportunity listed below. Mon. 11/7- Make-up Picture Day! Tues. 11/8- Veteran's Day Concert for 2nd and 3rd Grades- 6pm- TAES Gym. Fri. 11/11- Veteran's Day- No School for staff or students. Please find this year's school calendar here: 22-23_PCS_Traditional_Sc From Ms. Payne (Music Teacher): Music rehearsals for this month: Wednesday, October 26 - Spot Drummers Thursday, October 27 - play practice Social Media: Parents, we invite you to follow us on social media: Find us on facebook: Topsail Annandale Elementary School Find us on Instagram: topsailannandale PTA Updates: Thank you to everyone who participated in our annual Boosterthon Fun Run! Together we raised over $50,000 for our school. This year we raised money for courtyard improvements in an effort to make it a more fun and inviting space for our students. The next step is to make sure all funds are gathered for the pledges you earned. For any pledges not paid online, please turn all money into your teacher. 5% of all funds collected by this Friday go directly back into our classrooms in the form of classroom grants. Mark your calendars now for a FREE Outdoor Family Movie Night on November 4th from 6-8 PM. The kids voted and we will be showing the original Minions movie. Look for flyers to come home this week. Thank you to everyone who ordered spirit wear. We expect orders to arrive soon and be distributed upon receipt. Yearbooks are on sale now! Go to strawbridge.net and use our school code YB25833 to order. All orders must be placed online. Yearbooks are $18 through March 1 and $20 thereafter. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: Many of you are familiar with the Spot Festival that occurs annually here in Hampstead (although they took a few years off for Covid). If you're not familiar...it's food trucks, crafts, community organizations/vendors, school and local community group performances, a kids game/activity area, and spots (fish) meals being served! Some of the proceeds from the festival come back to our schools, depending on the number of volunteer hours we provide at the festival. The festival will take place on Sat and Sun 11/5 and 11/6 this year. If you have one, wear your school t-shirt and represent us well! If you want a "good volunteer spot" or want to volunteer with friends, sign up soon! Any help is appreciated and the money comes back to TAES! https://www.signupgenius.com/g Mark your calendars for our next spirit event at Matter More Coffee on November 16 from 6:30-9:30 am. Do you have pictures for the yearbook? Please upload them to the link below. Be sure to give us as much info as you can (teacher, grade, student names, etc). https://plicbooks.com/go/9BPHX Be sure to join the PTA! Join by clicking on the link below. https://tes.memberhub.com/stor Be sure to follow us on Facebook at Topsail PTA and on Instagram at @topsailannandalepta We look forward to a great week at TAES! Have a great evening! |
TAES WEEKLY MESSAGE 10/24/22
October 23, 2022