The Tyler Times
🦖 Our Dino-Mite Fall Book Fair Has Arrived!
We dino believe it, our Fall Book Fair is here and it’s sure to be triceratop-notch. Reading is dino-mite! Starting this evening, we are ready for a week full of fossil-bilities as the students dig up new books that are perfect for their personal book collections.
Students and families will have lots of opportunities to explore stories that are T-Rexcellent from Friday, October 23rd -Friday, October 30th in the library.
Tonight, Friday, October 23rd from 4:00-6:00 bring the family for a cookie treat and some shopping at our opening night event. On Tuesday, October 27th, from 5:00-8:00 PM join us in the library for snacks, games, prizes, raffles, and best of all shopping for new books. Check out our schedule below.
Friday, October 23, 2026 – 4:00 PM -6:00 PM
*Stomp Into Books, Chomp into Cookies*
Monday, October 26, 2026 – 8:30 AM-5:00 PM
Tuesday, October 27, 2026 – 8:30 AM-8:00 PM
*Show Your Dino Pride- School Spirit Day
Dress in dinosaur related themed wear or outfits.
*Family Night – 5:00 PM- 8:00 PM
Wednesday, October 28, 2026 – 8:30 AM- 3:00 PM
Thursday, October 29, 2026 – 8:30 AM-5:00 PM
Friday, October 30, 2026 – 8:30 AM-Noon
Ready to set up an ewallet or shop online? Visit our online page for more information. https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/tylerelementaryschool3
All purchases help benefit the library to provide new books, supplies, and events for our students. We can't wait to see you and your families!
Fall Food Drive 2026
📅 October 26 - November 13, 2026
📍 Tyler Elementary School
Join Tyler Elementary in supporting the NVFS Fall Food Drive! Help stock the shelves of the Northern Virginia Family Services Hunger Resource Center, which provides food assistance to more than 450 families each month. Donations collected through this drive support families in Prince William County, Manassas, and Manassas Park.
Requested Items:
- Canned chicken
- Canned tuna
- Canned fruit (in natural juice, not syrup)
- Low-sodium canned soups and stews
- Cooking oil
- Dried beans
- Pasta
- Pasta sauce
- Peanut butter
- Low-sugar cereal and oatmeal
Most Needed: Grocery store gift cards are especially appreciated.
Donation Deadline: Please send donations to school by November 13, 2026. Families may also make virtual donations at NVFS.
Together, we can make a difference for local families this fall! 🍂❤️🏆
Friendly Competition: The grade level with the most food donations will win extra recess time!
Parent-Teacher Conferences – November 2, 2026
Tyler Elementary families, we look forward to seeing you at Parent-Teacher Conferences on Monday, November 2, 2026!
Parent-teacher conferences are a great opportunity to connect with your child’s teacher and discuss their progress.
Teachers have shared class-specific conference sign-up information. Please refer to your child’s teacher’s communication for details.
🍧 Family Attendance Challenge: The class with the highest conference attendance will earn a Popsicle Party!
Every family counts. We hope to see you there! 🐾💙
Q-Bitz: Second Graders learn a new game with Mrs. Krause
All students in second grade learned the game Q-Bitz with Mrs. Krause! Q-bitz keeps every game fresh while building spatial reasoning, memory, symmetry recognition and critical thinking skills. Practice your symmetry, visual dexterity, quick thinking, and competitive nature. Q-bitz stimulates the brain to use spatial reasoning and memory skill making it perfect for both the classroom and at home. It is a great family game as well! You can check it out on Amazon! With Q-bitz, it's not the same game over and over again. You get 80 different puzzle cards that you can compete to complete in 3 different ways. That's over 200 different ways to play. Combine that with different friends and you have a new experience every time.
In PWCS, all students in kindergarten through second grade participate in enrichment lessons taught by gifted resource teachers. The lessons focus on nurturing critical and creative thinking skills and expose all students to challenging opportunities.
October 2026 Family Engagement Series
The October Family Engagement Series (FES) programming is now available on the FES website.
Upcoming Sessions:
Focus: Specialty Programs Information Session for High School Students
6:00-7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, October 27, 2026 – Live Zoom Webinar
Target Audience: All PWCS students and families in grades 8-11
Focus: Navigating Digital Citizenship for Families
6:30-7:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 29, 2026 – Live Zoom Webinar
Target Audience: All PWCS students and families
Navigating the Digital World
For digital safety resources to set parental controls on phone and gaming devices as well as learn more about apps to help monitor your child's online activity, please visit our Digital Safety Resources for Parents webpage. Please note that PWCS has purchased BARK for all families. Learn more by visiting the PWCS BARK webpage.