Thanksgiving Elementary School

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Good evening parents and students! This is Mr. Jewett, principal of Thanksgiving Elementary School, with some important information. I wanted to remind everyone that the students do not have school on Monday, October 30th- it is a teacher workday. Saturday, November 4th is our Fall Festival from noon to 4pm at our school. Pre-Sale admission for our 2023 Fall Festival is available. You can purchase tickets by visiting the TES PTA Facebook page or going online to linktr.ee/thanksgivingelem General Admission will $5 VIP Unlimited wristband with admission included is $25 Cut off for presale purchases will be November 1st at midnight. Prices will increase to General Admission $10 and $30 for Unlimited Wristband the day of event This will be a cash only event. Adults accompanying a child with be free admission Children 3 and younger have free admission with the option to purchase individual tickets for desired activities OR if you would like to purchase them an Unlimited wristband, you may do so. Children of extended family and friends are welcome and will require admission or unlimited wristband (if 4 years and older). We are also in need of volunteers to help run this event. Volunteer slots are in 2 hour increments. If you are able and willing to come out and help, it would be much appreciated! Volunteers must be Level 1. You can find the volunteer sign up on TES PTA Linktree website as well as TES PTA Facebook Page.

Good evening parents and students! This is Mr. Jewett, principal of Thanksgiving Elementary School, with some important information. We have our next Caps/Pajama Bottoms for a Cause tomorrow, Friday, October 27th. Students can wear a school appropriate hat or pajama bottoms for a dollar. The dollar donation will go towards one of our families in need. I also wanted to remind all of our families that students do not have school on Monday, October 30th; it is a teacher workday. Students will return to school on Tuesday, October 31st. And finally, I wanted to remind all of you that our Fall Festival is quickly approaching. Our Fall Festival will take place on Saturday, November 4th from noon to 4pm at our school. We will have games, bounce house, obstacle course, basketball, a mechanical buffalo, a vendor fair, and food. Details on prices can be found on the Thanksgiving Elementary School PTA Facebook Page. We are in need of volunteers for this event, so please sign up and help us make this a wonderful event. The sign up is also on the PTA Facebook page. Thank you for your time and I hope you have a great evening!

Good morning TES parents! I wanted to send a quick reminder that we have our annual Curriculum Night meeting with parents this evening from 5pm to 6pm. This is an opportunity for your child's teacher to explain the curriculum, grading, and assessments that will be used this year to help your child meet their academic goals. Our enhancement team will provide free child care for elementary aged children for this meeting in the gym if you need this service this evening. I look forward to seeing you later today!

Students are getting ready for Red Ribbon Week® 2023, Oct. 23-27! This year’s theme is "Be Kind To Your Mind. Live Drug Free." JCPS believes in a drug free future for all of it students! Here are some fun activities the celebration going all week long, as we encourage everyone to pledge to live drug free! https://bit.ly/3tKyRc8 #BeKindToYourMindLiveDrugFree #RedRibbonWeek

Good evening parents and students! This is Mr. Jewett, principal of Thanksgiving Elementary School, with some important information. I wanted to remind you that we have our annual Curriculum Night next Tuesday, October 24th from 5pm to 6pm. This is where your teachers will review the curriculum and testing that will be conducted throughout the school year. We will also have child care provided by our enhancement team for elementary school aged children for you free of charge if it is needed. Our lost and found buckets are now full of items. We donate unclaimed lost and found items throughout the year to organizations that help meet the needs of the families in need in our community. Any lost and found items not claimed by Friday, October 27th will be donated. And finally, I wanted to remind you that our Fall Festival will be on Saturday, November 4th from noon to 4pm on our campus. Please come out for a great time. Tickets will go on sale this weekend and we are in need of volunteers to help us make this a wonderful event for our school community. Please visit the Thanksgiving Elementary School PTA Facebook Page for details. Thank you for your time and I hope you have a wonderful evening!

Our final principal recognition for the week is Chad Jewett, principal at Thanksgiving Elementary. Mr. Jewett loves his students and staff, but we think they may love him more! His inspirational and motivational leadership style impacts every person he comes in contact with. The Buffalo community is so fortunate to have him, and we are too. Thank you for your leadership Mr. Jewett! #NationalPrincipalsMonth

Good evening parents and students! This is Mr. Jewett, principal of Thanksgiving Elementary School, with some important information. We have a TES Spirit Night tomorrow night, Tuesday, October 10th, from 4pm to 8pm at La Cucina Italian Restaurant by the Harris Teeter in Flower's Plantation. Please come out and join us. We would love to give our teachers a duty-free lunch on Friday, October 20th. We are in need of volunteers from 10:30am to 1:45pm. This a wonderful treat for the teachers and a great way of showing them how much we appreciate all they do. If you are able to volunteer please sign up on the PTA Facebook page. We are also wanting all of our families to join our PTA. Our PTA is doing a membership drive this month. The proceeds from our PTA membership go to supporting our students and teachers throughout the year. The classrooms with the most PTA memberships by October 20th will win an ice cream party. Please visit our PTA Facebook page for details. And finally, I wanted to let you know that our Fall Picture Make-up/Re-take Day is this Friday, October 13th. If you were not here for our Fall Picture Day on September 15th or need a retake of your picture, please come ready for pictures this Friday. Thank you for your time and I hope you have a wonderful evening!

Llamando a todos los héroes: ¡En NSLW celebramos el poder del almuerzo escolar! En la búsqueda del éxito académico, las investigaciones muestran que los almuerzos escolares saludables brindan a los niños la ayuda que necesitan para sobresalir. #NSLW23 #SubedeNivelconelAlmuerzoEscolar

Today is the first day of National School Lunch Week! This year the School Nutrition Association and JCPS are celebrating the power of school lunch! In the quest for academic success, research shows that healthy school lunches give kids the stats they need to come out on top. 🥗🍞 #NSLW23 #LevelUpWithSchoolLunch

Let's make some noise for our teachers on #NationalTeachersDay!!! Teachers don't just teach the students of JCPS, they inspire, motivate, mentor, and coach them. Our teachers pour their hearts and souls into their students each and every day. Teaching is a calling, and we are forever grateful to those who have answered that call, and have chosen JCPS to fulfill their purpose! THANK YOU TEACHERS!!!💝👏

Good evening parents and students! This is Mr. Jewett, principal of Thanksgiving Elementary School, with some important information. I wanted to remind everyone that we will be hosting a "State of TES" and our first general PTA meeting this Thursday, October 5th from 6:30pm to 7:30pm. Please come out and hear some great information about our school's academic growth and goals for the 2023-2024 school year. This Friday, October 6th is our next Thanksgiving Elementary School spirit day. Please wear your TES gear or colors (orange and maroon) to show your school pride. Our PTA will also be selling spirit sticks and stickers for students during arrival between 8:30am and 8:55am. Our fall picture make-up day is October 13th. If your child missed our first picture day in September or would like to have their picture retaken please mark your calendars for Friday, October 13th. Tuesday, October 10th is a Thanksgiving Elementary Spirit Night at La Cucina Italian restaurant by Harris Teeter in Flower's Plantation from 4pm to 8pm. Please come out and join us. Mark your calendars for Saturday, November 4th. This will be our second annual Fall Festival and this festival will take place at our school this year. More information will be coming soon in regards to this event for the whole family. Thank you for your time and I hope you have a great evening!

Good evening parents and students! This is Mr. Jewett, principal of Thanksgiving Elementary School, with some important information. Tomorrow, Friday, September 29th, is our caps/pajama bottoms for a cause day. Students can wear a school appropriate hats or pajama bottoms to school with a donation of $1. The funds for tomorrow's caps for a cause will go to help one of our Thanksgiving Elementary School students who is facing a serious health issue. I wanted to thank all of you for your support for our Fall Fundraiser with Apex Leadership Company. As of today we have raised $18,530 and tomorrow is the last day to contribute. Our goal is $30,000 for enhancements to our playground areas, concrete for underneath our shade structures, and more books for our classrooms. Tomorrow is also the culminating event for students. They will have a Dance Remix in the gym tomorrow during their enhancement time. I also wanted to let you know that progress reports will be coming home tomorrow, Friday, September 29th. Along with progress reports, you will receive the beginning of the year MAP and mClass reports for your child. Kindergarten students will just be getting MAP and mClass reports for this first progress report. Mark you calendars for next Thursday, October 5th. I will be share the "State of TES" and our PTA will be having their first general meeting to share details for upcoming events and how they will be supporting TES this year. I will sharing how we have grown academically over the past two years and our goals for this upcoming year and how our school community can help. This meeting will start at 6:30pm in the cafeteria. And finally, we will have our annual Curriculum Night on Tuesday, October 24th from 5pm to 6pm. This is where you will be able to meet with your child's teacher to learn about the curriculum we use, assessments your child will be taking this year, and how your child will be graded. It is a lot of great information, so please come out and join us. Thank you for your time and I hope you have a great evening!

There is no school for students on the JCPS traditional calendar on Friday, September 22, 2023. This is a teacher workday.

There is no school for students on the JCPS traditional calendar on Friday, September 22, 2023. This is a teacher workday.

Good afternoon parents! I wanted to let you know that the local Boy Scout organization will be at school tomorrow (Wednesday, September 20th) talking with students during their lunch times. We will be hosting a Boy Scout information night for parents of students who are interested in Boy Scouts on Thursday, September 21st from 5:30pm to 6:15pm at Thanksgiving Elementary School. I hope all of you have a wonderful Tuesday evening!

Good evening parents and students! This is Mr. Jewett, principal of Thanksgiving Elementary School, with some important information. We will be kicking off our annual fall fundraiser this week. We are partnering with Apex Leadership Company this year. Students will have information for you this week and our teachers will be sending you an email with details as well. This is very similar to our fundraisers in the past for our students. Our fundraiser lasts from September 20th through September 28th, and the students' culminating event will take place on Friday, September 29th. Proceeds from our fall fundraiser will go to adding more equipment on our playgrounds for students to play on and adding more books and text in our classrooms. I have one quick update with carpool. We seem to be pretty steady at finishing carpool around 4:17. Our students are getting into a good routine and that will allow us to alternate our car lines better. Starting this week we will still pull up one line to free up space in our carpool lane, but instead of doing two lines in a row of the same line, we are now able to go back to alternating lines. Thankfully we have not been backing up to Lynch Rd. And finally, I wanted to make sure that all of our families know that students do not have school this Friday, September 22nd. This Friday is a teacher workday for our staff. Thank you all for your time and I hope you have a great evening!

Good evening parents and students! This is Mr. Jewett, principal of Thanksgiving Elementary School, with some important information. I wanted to remind all of our families that we have our Fall Picture Day this Friday, September 15th. We have sent home flyers from Lifetouch with how to order your pictures if you choose. These pictures will be the pictures we will use for our school's yearbook, so every student will have their picture taken. I also wanted to remind you that Friday, September 22nd is a teacher workday; students do not have school that day. And finally, I wanted to let you know that we are about to begin our school's fall fundraiser. We are partnering with Apex Leadership Company for our fall fundraiser and we will be sending more information home to you very soon. Proceeds from this fundraiser will help us increase the number of books in our classrooms and make some improvements to our playground spaces. I hope each of you have a great evening!

Good evening parents and students! This is Mr. Jewett, principal of Thanksgiving Elementary School, with some important information. We had a wonderful first day with all of our kindergarten students today. I would also like to praise all of our students, staff, volunteers and parents- we were loading our last cars for carpool at 4:25pm. That is about 10 minutes faster than last year's 1st day with all of kindergarten. That being said, we do have about 70 more students than this time last year and more cars at carpool. Parents if you are coming through carpool, please make sure you move up as close as possible and still be safe to the car in front of you. We had 13 cars still out on Lynch Rd even before our dismissal. If we even out the two lane road and move up just a little closer, I think we can have everyone off of Lynch Rd to make it safe for all of you as well. I also wanted to remind our kindergarten parents that tomorrow is the last day that we are allowing parents to walk their kindergarten students to the classroom. Starting Monday, September 11th, we need for only students to enter the building unless you have a meeting, delivering items to the office, or volunteering at our school. Thank you for your time and I hope you have a great evening!

Good evening parents and students! This is Mr. Jewett, principal of Thanksgiving Elementary School, with some important information. I wanted to clarify our process for breakfast. As a reminder we have free breakfast and lunch for students for the 2023-2024 school year. Students can pick up their breakfast in the cafeteria when they arrive to school via carpool or buses, and then they will take their breakfast to the classrooms to eat. I wanted to thank all of you for your patience with carpool. We were able to finish at 4:10 by the end of last week. However, we have all of our kindergarten students starting tomorrow, so please be prepared for carpool taking a little bit longer tomorrow and Friday. Also, please make sure you have your school-issued carpool tag with your child's 4-digit number. That number is what we type into our system to display their name in the classroom to come to carpool. Our kids have done very well with this change so far, and our staff have said it has made the process inside our building so much calmer and safer. So again, thank you for your patience and understanding. Aside from making sure your students get a quality education, my two main goals is that each student is safe at school and they feel loved at school. Kindergarten parents, please remember we have a Boo-Hoo/Yahoo breakfast for you in our cafeteria provided by our PTA tomorrow morning at 9am. You can join us in the cafeteria after you walk your kindergarten student to their classroom. I thank you for your time and I hope you have a wonderful evening!