Upcoming events!

September 27, 2024

A note from our awesome Art Teacher, Mrs. Finkler:

"Dear Families, Your talented child has been creating artwork for you that you will see in their personalized catalog coming home! Celebrate your child's artistic achievement! Money from this fundraiser goes directly back into the art room to buy more awesome supplies that are above and beyond what the district buys and the students have loved all the extras this has provided in the past. You'll be able to order timeless keepsakes to cherish for years to come. Check out www.square1art.com/shop for gift ideas!
Also, I love having family volunteers in the art room. Please let me know if you are ever interested in volunteering during your child's class. You need to have a CORI on file in the office and then we can find a time that works."

We've been getting requests for Cruiser (the Princeton Police Therapy Dog) gear. While the school does not sell these, the students have seen a good amount of staff walking around sporting t-shirts and hoodies with his likeness on them. If you or your student are interested, black hoodies can be purchased for $35 and t-shirts (pink, gray, and black) are $15. Requests can be made via email to Officer Doyle hdoyle@princetonpolice.org. All proceeds go towards Cruiser's care.

Specifically for 5th through 8th graders: We are now well into the year. If your child is considering

changing out of band/chorus/strings I'd ask they do it now so the groups can settle in and prepare for their performances. Our process has been to have the student have a conversation with the teacher first. This gives us an understanding of what may not be working for the student but also is good practice in having conversations with adults. If, following the conversation, the student still wishes to withdraw a parent should notify the teacher and me via email. I'd ask that this be completed by October 4th this year. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to reach out.

A Message from the Thomas Prince PTA

We are so excited for the 2024-25 school year at TPS. We have a wonderful school year ahead of us, and we want you to be part of the excitement. We were thrilled to kick off the school year by bringing in the “Flying High Dogs” show for all students. We heard great feedback from families and staff alike. Over the past weekend the new TPS Gaga Pit was installed by some very handy Weblos (scouts). Big thanks to Jon, Cole, and Maxwell plus their grown-up helpers Adam, Sara, Jim, and Tim. Tomorrow, Hubbard’s Farm will be delivering the playground sand for the interior ground surface of the pit. They were even gracious enough to donate the entire load and waive the delivery fee. Thank you Hubbard’s Farm! There will be some very happy students on Monday!

Our first General Membership meeting will take place on Thursday, October 3rd at 6pm in the TPS Library. You can also attend the meeting via Zoom. The link will be posted in the PTA Facebook group the morning of the meeting along with the agenda. We would love to see many faces there to help us discuss and plan for more events this year. Be sure to sign up for your PTA membership so that you can be a voting member of our group to help guide decisions! Sign up HERE. Please note that you will need to sign in to the website in order to fill out the membership form.

Next week we will have our second in-school enrichment program. Little Spark Theater will be coming in over 2 days to do improv workshops with our 5-8 grade students. They’ll get to explore the basics of improvisation and acting through high-energy games. We hope they are ready for some antics, shenanigans, and a ridiculously fun time!

In the coming weeks we will have another enrichment program for students in grades K-4. We are thrilled to announce that Theater at the Mount will be coming in to do a performance of “Ivy & Bean” for our younger learners. Did you know that studies show that watching a live performance can help enhance language and literary skills, tolerance, and empathy toward others?

Finally, we are gearing up for our big fall fundraiser, which will be kicking off in mid-October. We are going in a new direction this year and have partnered with Viking Sports to bring all students the “Viking Ultimate Challenge”. While the format will be similar to fundraisers in the past, we have found that this program will offer the PTA a significantly larger donation percentage, while also ensuring that students are being encouraged to participate without all of the plastic prizes.

Be sure to take a look in the Electronic Folder for more information about all of our programming we have scheduled so far!

Message From the Health Office:

Height/Weight, Hearing, and Vision Screenings are scheduled for 10/8 and 10/9 at TPS. Please note what screenings will be conducted for your child's grade level below:
Gr. K, 2, 3 - vision, hearing, and weight
         Grades 1 - vision, hearing, height, and weight forBMI
         Grade 4 - vision, height, and weight for BMI
         Grade 5 -  vision, weight
         Grade 7 - vision, hearing height, and weight for BMI

You have the right to opt-out of the screenings. To opt-out, please complete this opt-out form or communicate with the school nurse at karina_abbascia@wrsd.net or (978)464-5507. Thank you!