Tavola Elementary

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It was a great turnout at our Camp Learn A Lot. We hope you enjoyed engaging in the science, math and reading activities. We've had a lot of students tell us how much fun they had. Our teachers are scheduling mandatory parent conferences. Please make sure you set a time to meet with your child's teacher(s). We hope you and your family enjoy this much needed October break. We have a quite a bit going on the next couple of months, so be sure to check out the upcoming dates below.

Your proud principal,

Kristie Kelley

TES Mission and Vision - English

TES Mission and Vision - Spanish

Student Creed - English

Student Creed - Spanish

Doors open: 7:45 for car riders

Bus drop off: 8:00

Breakfast: 7:45 - 8:15

First Bell: 8:20

Tardy bell: 8:30

Attendance taken: 9:40

Dismissal: 3:55

Please note: Children should not be dropped off prior to 7:45 because there will not be any staff on duty until 7:45. We appreciate your help in ensuring the safety of all our students!

A three-tier start/release time format will allow the district to move to a three-tier transportation system which will create more availability of buses, reduce time spent on buses, and reduce the number of students on buses.

Parent/Teacher conferences will be held during the month of October.

This year, the NCISD calendar does not have a reserved day for teachers to hold parent/teacher conferences.

Be on the lookout for scheduling information from your child's classroom teacher.

Our district-wide reading challenge started August 12th! Last year, New Caney ISD students read and logged FOUR MILLION minutes with Beanstack. Can we reach SIX MILLION minutes this year? The Great Escape challenge runs until May 2nd.

As students read, they log their minutes in Beanstack and earn badges along the way. You can do this at home by logging into Classlink and finding Beanstack in the Library folder! For questions, see your campus media specialist. Happy Reading!

Congrats to our TAVOLA Students!

Tavola has earned the Pathfinder status in Beanstack for over 50% campus wide participation.

We still have more badges to earn so KEEP READING TIMBERWOLVES!

We have Tavola T-Shirts for sale in the front office. $15.00 each.

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Friday, Oct. 18th student will learn all about this year's Big Kahuna Fundraiser. Fundraiser packets will go home this day.

October 28th - November 1st will be Red Ribbon Week. This week, we’re coming together to celebrate a drug-free lifestyle! Join us in spreading kindness, courage, and positive choices. Each day has a fun theme to remind us why saying “NO” to drugs is so important!

Monday: Wear red, symbolizing the importance of living a drug-free life.

Tuesday: It's the happiest place to be is drug-free. Wear anything Disney!

Wednesday: Being drug-free is no sweat! Wear sweats or athletic gear.

Friday: Say "BOO" to drugs! Wear your costume. No scary and no masks.

Ever heard of “Watch Dog Dads”?

WatchDOG dads and volunteers perform a variety of tasks during their volunteer day including monitoring the school entrance, assisting with unloading and loading of buses and cars, monitoring the lunch room, or helping in the classroom with a teacher’s guidance by working with small groups of students on homework, flashcards, or spelling.

Learn all about it at our Kick-off meeting on October 22, 2024. Time to be determined.

Learn about resources within the community for health and safety at the NISD Community Room 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Tavola 3rd Grade students will host the annual Veterans Program, November 7th, at 6:00pm.

All are welcome!

In addition, Tavola is preparing a digital Veteran's Wall of Honor. If you would like to honor a veteran, please complete this form. All submissions are due by November 5th at 3:00pm.

November

11/01 GT Nominations Window Closes

11/7 Seatbelt Safety for 3rd Grade

11/7 - 3rd Grade Music Program (Veteran's Day Program)

11/8 Big Kahuna Fundraiser Ends

11/9 NCISD Farmer's Market

11/11 - 11/15 Kindness Week

11/20 Fall Picture Retakes

11/25 - 11/29 Thanksgiving Break

Each nine weeks, student's participate in a Digital Citizenship Lessons through a Common Sense Media lesson in Nearpod. As Tavola Elementary strives to be a Common Sense Media School, our goal is to prepare your family to thrive in a digitally connected world.

Help Kids Balance Their Media Lives

From phones and tablets to streaming movies and YouTube, tech and media are everywhere. Kids love easy access to shows, games, and information. Parents and caregivers love that kids can learn on the go (and stay busy when dinner's cooking). But it's easy to overdo it when the phone never stops pinging and the next episode plays automatically. Families can keep media and tech use in check by following a few simple practices.

Click on the buttons below to learn more about how to help your child have a balance their media lives.

The safety of all in our community is our priority and we will continue to make changes to our procedures as needed. We thank you for your patience and support

Click the below button to learn all about Walkers/Bikers, Car Riders, and Bus Rider procedures.

For more transportation information, visit the NCISD Transportation site.

All parents MUST have a current year dismissal tag displayed in the window during car rider pick up. Once we've logged your child's name into our dismissal program, keep the pass displayed and DO NOT change lanes.

If you do NOT have a dismissal tag, you will be asked to park, come in to get a dismissal tag, and return to the car rider line. If you did not pick up your dismissal tag at Meet the teacher, please come pick it up in the front office before 3:00pm.

For safety, every student has a backpack tag. These tags are color coded and zip tied to each student's backpack with their name and their teacher's name. With so many students in our building, this helps us quickly identify a student and be able to get them to their correct place. Please make sure your child keeps those tags on their backpack at all times.

Applications for the NCISD Volunteer program are now open!

The purpose of the volunteer program is to enrich the quality of education for the district’s students by providing opportunities for parents and community members to become actively involved in schools. All prospective volunteers are required to submit a volunteer application and complete a criminal history/background check each year. All volunteers must submit a new application each school year.

Please visit our Volunteer page to learn about becoming a volunteer and access the application.

At Tavola Elementary, we teach the 7 mindsets! Monthly we will focus our SEL lessons on a mindset. Each month a student from each class will be selected by their teacher that showed qualities of the mindset of the month.

Click Here to learn all about 7 Mindsets in NCISD! English / Spanish

5th graders, need help with homework, assignments, or essay feedback?

Paper, the free online tutoring site for all NCISD students grades 5-12th, is a wonderful resource that can provide students with 24/7 tutoring assistance for any subject. Check out this Link for more information.

All medications must be in the perscription bottle and turned in by a guardian. If your child requires medicine such as Tyleynol or Advil, a doctor's note will now be required.

Parents, please send your child to school every day with their SMART Tag. This tag is necessary to travel on the school bus every day. The SMART Tag is also the preferred method of purchasing their lunches in the cafeteria and checking out books in the library. If your child loses their SMART Tag, you can purchase a replacement at office for $5.

Student Breakfast is FREE!

Student Lunch is $3.00

Click here to find the FREE AND REDUCED LUCH FORM.

You can view your child's lunch menu, account balance, make payments and receive low balance reminders at School Cafe.

We would love to celebrate your child's birthday! Celebrations must occur after 3:00pm. You may bring cupcakes or cookies but they must be store bought. Please do not send balloons, flowers or goodie bags. You can order cookies through Child Nutrition if you're unable to make it to the store. Use this FORM to order. If you order cookies, please order ahead of time.

Website: tes.newcaneyisd.org

Location: 18885 Winding Summit Drive, New Caney, TX, USA
Phone: 281-577-2900
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TavolaElem

Instagram: @tavolaelementary
Twitter: @Tavola_Elem