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Sunday to Monday represents a big couple of days for kids in town.  The town will recognize Halloween on Sunday from 4:00-7:00 PM. The Parks and Rec Department will be hosting a simultaneous Trunk or Treat in front of the library. Parents of 8th graders will be fundraising there as well. Monday morning, TPS will host our annual costume parade. Kindergarteners through 3rd graders will participate in the parade that will begin around 9:00. Students in grades K-3 can wear their costumes to school that day but should bring a container to place their materials in after the parade to make sure nothing is lost.  If your student has beliefs that inhibit participation in this event, please let me know and we will plan an alternate activity for them. We will leave the parking lot for parents to park and watch the parade. Swing by and grab a cup of coffee/refreshments by the flagpole where 8th-grade parents will be raising funds for end-of-the-year activities. The parade will begin at the bus lob

It was a week of returns! We started with a personal highlight of mine, the return of the library! Thanks to Jessie Trowbridge and her small army of volunteers, I was able to watch huge smiles as students returned to the library. We started the week with the 3rd graders and it wasn't until we saw the 2nd graders that we realized they may have never used the space as a library. The space was used as a gym throughout the pandemic. Kids learned about how to find books they're interested in and every student that visited took one or two books home with them. If your child didn't get one, please don't fear. The other half of the school will be visiting next week. Moving forward, students will visit the library every other week. 7th and 8th graders will visit at their own leisure. The next step is to add to our collection. The PTA has already earmarked some funds for this very purpose.  Another return this week was our Trail Guide program. As seen in the picture, students in

As you may have figured out, our school pictures have been delayed. Because we assume people want to see the first ones before deciding if they want a retake, we have rescheduled picture retakes for November 1st.  A Call for TPS Library Books! If you've spent the pandemic reading books from the TPS Library, it's time to bring them back! We will not be collecting fines but would love to have any TPS Library books returned on your child's library day. Library visits start October 17th! You read that right. The library reopens on Monday! Mrs. Santello is still looking for volunteers to help clean up and work in the courtyard on October 22nd. If you are interested or have a spouse you'd like to get out of the house for the day, you can sign up here .  You may know that Hispanic heritage month spans from September 15th to October 15th. As we wrap up the month, the students in Spanish class made posters of important Spanish speakers and they brightened our hallways. The poste

It was such a fun week here at TPS with Spirit Week in full swing! Rather than try to describe it, I have created this short video for you to enjoy. See those smiling faces? They made our week!  I am in the process of forming a School Council for the new year and am looking for family and community members willing to join. The primary responsibility will be to provide input on the handbook, budgeting process, and the School Improvement Plan (SIP). Let me know if you are interested in joining the group.  We were fortunate to have had a visit from Roger Vaughan! Around 10 years ago, he created an endowment for TPS that has allowed our focus on STEAM, in the name of his wife Elsie. Elsie was the Administrative Assistant at TPS for 38 years. This STEAM work is one of the ways we differentiate ourselves from the rest of the district and is a wonderful opportunity for our children. You may notice our Butterfly Waystation Garden is named in Elsie's honor. The STEAM lab and our work with P