We Are Grateful

A huge thank you to our incredible community for making our Fall Festival a huge success!

It was a wonderful evening filled with delicious food, exciting games, and endless fun. We loved seeing all our families come together to celebrate!

To our amazing parents, thank you for your ongoing support and dedication. You help make TDS a special place for both teaching and learning. We couldn’t do it without you!

This month, we're excited to join forces with other schools in the Hanks area to provide a Thanksgiving meal for members of our community.

To help make this possible, we're kindly asking for donations of rice or cream of chicken soup. If you're able to contribute more than one item, it would be greatly appreciated and will go a long way in making this event a success!

Thank you for your generosity and support as we come together to share the holiday spirit!

Thank you for all that you do!

Monica Triplett - Principal mtriplett@yisd.com

Alma Rivera- Assistant Principal arivera@yisd.net

11/1 Field Trip- Corn Maze Pre-School-1st grade

11/5 Election Day- Tutoring is cancelled. Please pick up students by 2:45.

11/6 Reading STAAR Interim gr. 3-5-No early pullouts for these grades

11/6 CLUBS CANCELLED

11/7 Math STAAR Interim- gr. 3-5- No early pullouts.

11/7 Tutoring gr. k-2 only

11/8 Veteran's Day Program- 9:00 Cafetorium

11/8 Popcorn Sales

11/11- No School Veteran's Day

11/12 Tutoring

11/13 LAST DAY CLUBS- 1st semester

11/13 Chick Fil-A Fundraiser- Zaragoza Location

11/14 Santa Pictures-

11/14 Stem Night 3:00-4:30

11/15 Hanksgiving Dance- Charge- bag of rice or cream of chicken soup. Concessions not sold

11/19 Thanksgiving Luncheon pre-school-2nd grade

11/19 Tutoring

11/20 Thanks giving Luncheon- 3rd-5th

11/21 Tutoring

11/22 PJ Day $2 - Sponsored by PTO

11/25- 11/29 Thanksgiving Break

Parents, please join us this year as we celebrate Thanksgiving. This year we will celebrate Thanksgiving with all students and their parents. Parents, if you have a child in pre-school and first grade, or other combinations, it is not necessary for you to purchase 2 tickets. You can remain in the cafeteria until your child comes to lunch. There will be no sibling pullouts.

All tickets must be purchased online. Please use the QR code that is on the flyer as proof of purchase. On the day of the luncheon, tickets will not be sold. ID's will be required to enter the cafetorium.

If you have any questions, please reach out to the office. Questions about ticket sales, please reach out to Mr. Johnson in the cafeteria.

Parents please notify your child's classroom teacher is a family member that is a Veteran will be attending our Veteran's Day ceremony. Not all students will be released to go to program. Identification will be needed to enter the cafetorium.

All after school activities are cancelled on Tuesday, November 5, Election Day. The Y after school program will be open. Parents please pick up your child in the cafetorium.

Parents, please join us as we celebrate math, and literacy. The event will take place immediately after school.

Counselor’s Corner

November Focus

Character Traits: Kindness and Gratefulness

Social Emotional Lessons: Conflict Resolution and Problem Solving

This month’s SEL lessons will focus on teaching students skills for conflict resolution and problem solving.

Students who can solve interpersonal conflicts with peers are less likely to engage in impulsive or aggressive behavior.

• Creating a neutral problem statement
• Generating safe and respectful solutions
• Evaluating the consequences of these solutions
• Choosing a prosocial solution

We also continue to promote and celebrate kindness! In order to understand what kindness looks like to students at Tierra Del Sol and to provide specific examples of kindness, we recently asked students to respond to the following prompts: “Kindness looks like…” “Kindness sounds like…” and “Kindness feels…”.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.

Ismelda Mata Imata7@yisd.net

Parent Connection

10 Parenting Tips for Inspiring an Attitude of Gratitude

1. Make the practice of gratitude a habit.
2. Emphasize the use of “thank you” as an example of how to demonstrate gratitude.
3. Try to find ways to expose your children to diverse cultures and life experiences.
4. Acknowledge our veterans and other people who have given their lives and committed their service for the greater good.
5. Give to others who have less on a regular basis.
6. Whenever possible offer to help those in need around you.
7. Tell your children that you are grateful for their own acts of kindness.
8. Tell your spouse often and in vocal ways that you appreciate and are grateful for what they do and for their presence.
9. Offer to help friends, relatives and other family members who are in need.
10. Try not to expect that your children are going to be able to independently demonstrate gratitude and appreciation for what you give them any time soon.