Tiger Tales

Dear Tolman Elementary Family,

As we enter the holiday season, starting with Halloween, the excitement is already building here at Tolman! We have several fun activities planned to celebrate this special time of year together.

Our Halloween Parade will take place on Friday, October 31st, beginning at 9:00 AM. We can’t wait to see the creative costumes our students come up with! Please look for costume guidelines that will be sent home soon to help ensure everyone can participate safely and appropriately.

Before that, we’ll kick off the festivities with our Trunk or Treat, that is brought to us from our wonderful PTA, this Friday, October 24th, at 5:00 PM. This is always a wonderful event for our families and community to come together, and I hope to see you all there!

Thank you for helping us make this season a fun and memorable one for our students.

Warmly,
Cameron Forbush
Principal, Tolman Elementary

***We be having our annual PTA Halloween Carnival on October 24th from 5:00 to 7:00. We need lots of help to make this event amazing! Please sign up to help below…

https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/30E0A4AAFA92CA0FB6-59535428-tolmans

***The PTA pizza party will be during lunch next Wednesday (October 29th). Students will be able to either eat the PTA provided lunch outside or get school lunch from the cafeteria.

***Literacy Week will be November 3-7 (see the schedule below).

3rd - Literacy Bingo cards can be filled out for prizes

4th - What’s your favorite book? Add it to the book board.

5th - Guess who will be reading their favorite story?

6th - Literacy Night…Book Fair, Author signing, Literacy activities, Principal story time, and Treats!

7th - Read-a-Thon

The annual Martin Luther King, Jr. speech contest is coming up. For the speech, students should learn a 1-3 minute excerpt from any single speech given by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The speech can be presented in English or another language. There are three categories: Kindergarten-2nd Grade, 3rdx4th Grade, and 5th-6th Grade. The winners for each category at the district level will receive a cash prise.

1st Place - $100

2nd Place - $75

3rd Place - $50

Please be ready to perform your speech by November 5th. Let Mrs. Davis know if your student would like to participate and she will give them the permission form to be signed.

Please refer to the map for information about the parade on Friday, October 31st starting at 9:00.

COSTUME GUIDELINES

Be Respectful: Avoid stereotypes. Be racially sensitive and culturally appropriate. Students may not dress up as an ethnic or cultural group (i.e., a Mexican, a Geisha, Native Americans, etc). Skin color must not be altered in any way.

Be Responsible: Recognize that students in a wide age range will see the costumes. Costumes should be family friendly. Masks may not be worn. Costumes may not be gory or threatening.

Be Safe: No hand-held accessories, which includes wands and weapons. Crowns or hats may be worn. EVERY STUDENT FACE MUST BE VISIBLE AND STUDENTS EASILY and QUICKLY IDENTIFIABLE.

Be Kind (and Understanding): Costumes should be fun and exciting, not political, or offensive. Students may dress up as fictional characters if they follow the above guidelines. In respect to the Native American view, please refrain from dressing up as Native Americans (i.e., Pocahontas, Sacagawea, Sitting Bull, etc.)

Oct. 24: Vision Screening and PTA Halloween Carnival @5:00pm

Oct. 27: Community Council @3:30pm

Oct. 29: PTA Pizza Lunch

Oct. 31: Halloween Parade

Nov. 3-7: Literacy Week

Nov. 5: Martin Luther King, Jr. Speech Contest

Nov. 11: Veteran’s Day Assembly