Kids Heart Challenge at Town Center Elementary is nearing its end, but it's not too late to donate. We've raised over $23,500 in donations, and we hope all students will join the team! So far, 241 students have already joined, and 58 students have completed Finn’s Mission, entering them into the NFL Sweepstakes for Super Bowl 2025 tickets! You can register online.

Don't Forget:

Every student who raises $200 gets to SLIME Coach Hayes!

Every student who raises $100 is invited to a pizza party with Coach Hayes!

Matching Donations:

You can double your gift by checking to see if your employer will match your donation. Follow the steps and forward the confirmation to matchinggifts@heart.org to have this added to the student’s fundraising page.

Mark your calendars and lace up your running shoes! The Coppell ISD Education Foundation will be hosting its Annual Run to Fund at Andy Brown East Park on Saturday, May 4, 2024.

This year’s Run will include a one-mile Fun Run perfect for adults and children of all ages followed by a 5K, timed and untimed. Be on the lookout for more information to come. Coppell Education Foundation can't wait to see you and the CISD community at this fun event that benefits the teachers and students of CISD.

**Each year CISD has a contest to see which school has the most participants, and we'd love for Town Center to have their first win! Join Ms. Martin and other TCE staff for a fun morning!

The Coppell ISD Education Foundation would like to recognize CISD educators and staff for doing great things! CISD is full of dedicated and hardworking teachers, administrators, and support staff who often go above and beyond. CEF would like to give you the chance to shine a spotlight on these CISD employees by nominating them to be a Super Star. Any CISD staff member can nominate a fellow employee. To nominate a CISD employee, visit www.coppellisdef.org/superstar/.

As we continue to work on the school yearbook, we'd love your help in providing candid photos from school events. Click here to get quick instructions on setting up your account to upload pictures.

**If you have any photos from our recent Valentine's Dance, we'd love for you to send them our way. If you have any issues with submitting your photos via the upload site, you are welcome to email to me instead.

We invite all of our TCE families to join us at our STEAM Night Monday, February 26th from 5:00-7:00 p.m. The Perot Museum is partnering with our STEAM teacher, Ms. Lane, to host stations that focus on science, technology, engineering, art, and math skills. We will have activities in the Town Center gym and cafeteria. See additional details below:

5:00-7:00 p.m. Cafeteria and hallway area:

We will offer come and go STEAM stations with a superhero theme.

6:00-6:45 p.m. Gym

Science Demo facilitated by Perot Museum Staff:

Learners will discover the science behind our favorite superheroes and their amazing powers. They will explore topics such as matter & energy, magnetism, and electricity as well as properties of light. This will be an optional demonstration/program that families can attend. The stations will also be open at this time if you prefer to stay in the cafeteria and continue those.

Registration is now open for the 21 Day Snack Challenge. Families can register through February 29th which is also the start date of the Challenge. Kiddos participating in 21-Day Snack challenge will make a commitment to eat 1 healthy snack for 21 straight days. The CISD school with the most kiddos registered and completed surveys at the end of the challenge will receive additional resources for the PE department. Register at https://kids-teaching-kids.com/. Any class with 100% registration will receive extra PE time playing 9-Square in the Air.

During Town Center's Open House on March 7th, please stop by the gym to visit our school-wide art show! During the show, students and their families are encouraged to take a look at the beautiful art created by our own Town Center Texans.

Each artwork piece will be available for purchase. This can be done by pre-purchasing on the Artome website beginning February 29th, or artwork can be purchased in person the night of the show. All proceeds will benefit the TCE art department directly! Stay tuned for more information!

Thank you to the dads that have taken time at TCE on Fridays to volunteer. For clarification, any amount of time you can give would be great. If you only have time to be there at drop-off or for a specific time frame, we would still love for you to sign-up.

As a reminder, we are having "Dads Club on Campus Day" at TCE. This is currently scheduled for Fridays, and they are able to sign-up to spend time at TCE supporting the campus and classrooms in different ways. This may include:

• Welcoming students to school during morning arrival
• Helping in classrooms, the office, or PE as requested by teachers
• Joining staff for lunchroom duty
• Re-shelving books in the library
• Car line dismissal and high fives to end the day

**In order for the campus to coordinate scheduling, please sign-up at least a week in advance.

Click Here to Participate in a Friday Dads Club on Campus Day.

If you would like to sign up to receive Dads Club Communications, you can email your contact information to Nick Walther at tceptodadsclub@gmail.com.

Our yearbook sale is now open! Each year we have a Town Center Yearbook that highlights photos from every class, school events, and staff. It is a great item to have to look back on memories from the year, and we even have a yearbook signing party in May. If you are interested in purchasing a yearbook, please see the graphic below for the different purchasing options. As a reminder, the TCE Yearbook cost WAS NOT included in the TCE Trail Pass. If you would like a yearbook for your child(ren), you will need to purchase using the website link below.

Our yearbook committee would also love your help in submitting photos for the yearbook. As you attend campus events, if you have any photos you would like to share, see below for information on uploading them to our committee.

We ask that all families complete a volunteer background check. They do not carry over from year to year. Since the background checks take time to process, we ask that everyone complete one in case any type of volunteering opportunity (class field trip, Dads Club, Room parent, class volunteer, field day, etc.) arises during the year that you are interested in. Please click on the link below to complete.

Monday, February 26th

STEAM Night at Town Center - 5:00-7:00 p.m. (gym and cafeteria) - Join us for a fun night of STEAM activities and demonstrations. We are partnering with the Perot Museum, and we hope to have you all join us.

CISD Board Meeting 6:00 p.m. at the Admin. Bldg. or via CISD Website Livestream

Thursday, February 29th

Lifetouch Spring Pictures

Thursday, March 7th

Open House 5:30-6:30 p.m.

Friday, May 8th

Spirit Rally 8:00 a.m.

Early Release 12:30 p.m.