Panther Pride Newsletter

To foster a collaborative and inclusive learning environment that empowers each student to reach their full academic and social and emotional potential.

Our school will be a place where students are valued, supported, and inspired as they develop confidence, compassion, citizenship, and the critical thinking skills to thrive in a rapidly advancing world.

Early Release @ 12 noon on December 19

AND

No School, December 20 - Student Holiday / Staff Planning and Preparation Day

December

7 - National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day

10 - International Human Right Day

12 - Multicultural Celebration & 2nd- 3rd grade musical performance from 4:30 to 6:00 at TES (Evening event, families invited.)

12 - 2nd -3rd grade musical performance at 4:30 PM

19 - Classroom Holiday Parties - Parents and Guardians invited to attend

19 - Early Release @12:00 noon

20 - No School - Student Holiday / Staff PD

12/20 through 1/6 Winter Break (Back in school on 1/7)

24 - Christmas Eve

25 - Christmas, Hanukkah Begins

26 - Kwanzaa Begins

31 - New Years Eve

Dear Timmerman Family,

Happy Thanksgiving! It's been a busy year so far at Timmerman Elementary. With the latest family events such as our PTO-sponsored Storybook Night and Dance, which included 4th and 5th grade musical performances, to our WatchDOGS night, Veteran's Day Celebration, and our 9-Weeks Awards Ceremonies, our Panthers and families have been busy celebrating and giving thanks. Thank you to our PTO Board, Timmerman staff, and families that have volunteered so many hours to help provide these opportunities for our students. Special thanks to Didi Hernandez and Martin Martinez, our PTO board co-presidents, for all of the support with our events. We appreciate your decorative eye and planning expertise!

Our next school event will be our Multicultural Celebration on December 12 at 4:30 to 6:00 at Timmerman Elementary. This event will include musical performances by our 2nd and 3rd grade students, free pizza, a potluck, and cultural display tables.

Optional: Please consider bringing a dish that represents a culture you would like to celebrate. Kids love to cook, and this is a great opportunity to share a culture with your child. My family and I will be bringing posole rojo, which is a pork and chile stew very popular in Mexico. Again, bringing dishes for the potluck is optional. If you have the time to prepare a dish great! We want to see you regardless.

Also Optional: Please consider working with your student(s) to create a cultural display of a culture or country that you would like to celebrate that may include a poster board or trifold. We will have a table available for you to use for your cultural display. The cultural display is really up to your imagination. Feel free to use the examples of cultural displays on the flyer below if it helps. Again, this is optional. If you have time to create a display, great! if not, great! We will be happy to see you regardless. Looking forward to a fun and informative Cultural Celebration with my Timmerman Family.

Finally, thank you to all of our teachers and staff for all of their dedication to the growth and development of our Panthers. I am so thankful for your caring spirit every day! I hope you all have a Happy Thanksgiving, and find this week a time of rest and joy.

For kids,

Chris Lockamy
Principal
Timmerman Elementary School

Our Superintendent, Dr. Shepherd, stopped by with district nutrition staff to provide breakfast tacos, coffee, and juice to all of our staff. They went door-to-door delivering these treats to our staff, and it was a tasty surprise. Thank you to Dr. Shepherd and our district staff for all of your support!

• Please arrive to school early enough to give your child time to enter the building and get to class before 7:35 to avoid crowding and interruptions to student learning.
• If your child is bringing a lunch, remind them of what comes back home and what gets thrown away. Please remind your child to avoid sharing food of any kind for the safety of all of our Panthers.
• Please ensure your child has a filled water bottle to bring with them daily. They will be able to refill these throughout the day.
• Please make sure your information is correct in Skyward. All emergency contacts, etc. have current phone numbers. Family dynamics often change and this is what our office will use should a situation arise where we need to contact you. Our office will follow any court/legal documentation we have on file.
• Label ALL of your child's belongings. Often many articles of clothing are never claimed in the lost and found. This will help ensure your child keeps all of their belongings throughout the year.
• Please contact the school nurse with any medical/allergy information. Contact our nurse at
• cheryl.chambless@pfisd.net for questions. This is very important if there are any changes in medications from previous years.
• Please share any concerns that you have with classroom teachers as soon as possible. They should always be your first point of contact. Our teachers LOVE what they do and communication is key in maintaining a successful partnership throughout the year
• Your child's safety is our top priority. Please be patient with us as we work with you to try and create a smooth transition to and from school each day. Please call (512) 594-4200 for questions.
• Question: How do I change how my child gets home?
• Answer:
• To allow our teachers to concentrate on your little ones, any changes to transportation home must be made through the office before 1:00 pm. Please do not call or text teachers to change transportation. This can only be done through the front office at (512) 594-4200.

• Please be aware and cautious when driving as we have staff and students that may be crossing in the front driveway. Please reduce your speed when driving on campus and especially after dropping off students.
• Please avoid dropping off students prior to 7:05 am. Please have them wait in your car until arrivals begin at 7:05 am. As a reminder, our doors open at 7:05 am, and we do not have staff supervising students before we open.
• Please follow the traffic patterns, respect traffic cones, and speed limits.
• Please reduce your speed in the parking lot especially after you drop off your students. This is a safety issue for everyone.
• Please do not drop your students off in the parking lot. This is a safety issue.
• Please walk students into the school if you are parking including when arriving after the tardy bell.
• Please come into the office to sign-in your child when arriving after the tardy bell. This is for your child's safety.
• Please do not use the handicap space if you do not have a handicap tag or license plate even for short period of time as this makes it difficult for families with students with special needs. We have many families that need them and are having to park an walk further than they should.
• Don't forget to add money to lunch accounts if you would like your students to purchase additional items such as frozen fruit snacks etc.
• Please drive slow and carefully in the neighborhoods around our schools. We have a lot of students walking to school, so please be alert when driving and keep your speed low.

September

2 - Student and Staff Holiday

11 - Patriot Day

16 - Book Fair

17 - Book Fair

18 - Book Fair

19 - Open House

19 - Book Fair

19 - GT Booth

20 - Last day of Book Fair

October

7 - National Diversity Day

11 - Student Holiday / Teacher Planning Day (Parent-Teacher Academic Conferences)

14 - Student Holiday / Teacher PD and Planning Day

21- Red Ribbon Week

22 - Red Ribbon Week

23 - Red Ribbon Week

24 - Red Ribbon Week

25 - Red Ribbon Week

25 - Report Card Published

30 - 4th and 5th Grade Musical Performance

30 - Storybook Night and Dance - Sponsored by our Timmerman PTO
30 - Title 1 Meeting and Public CAAC @ 3:

31 - Early Release @ 12 noon

31 - Pajama Day

31 - Staff PD

31 - Halloween Day

November

1 - Student and Staff Holiday

3 - Daylight Saving Time Ends

5 - Election Day

11 - Daytime Performance: Veterans Day, All grades attend during the day

14 - Watchdog pizza Party

19 - Nine-Weeks Awards Ceremonies - (Daytime event open to families)

25-29 Thanksgiving Break

December

7 - National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day

10 - International Human Right Day

12 - Evening Event: Multy-Cultural Celebration & 2-3 grade musical performance from 4:30 to 6:00 at TES

12 - 2-3rd grade musical performance at 4:30

19 - Classroom Holiday Parties - Parents and Guardians invited to attend

19 - Early Release @12:00 noon

20 - No School - Student Holiday / Staff PD

12/20 through 1/6 Winter Break (Back in school on 1/7)

24 - Christmas Eve

25 - Christmas, Hanukkah Begins

26 - Kwanzaa Begins

31 - New Years Eve

January

6 - Student Holiday / Staff PD Day

7 - School is open

1 - Kwanzaa Ends

2 - Hanukkah Ends

14 - Report Card Published

20 - Holiday (No School)

22 - Nine-Weeks Awards Ceremonies - Open to Parents and Guardians

February

2 - Groundhog Day

10 - Book Fair

11 - Book Fair

12 - Book Fair

13 - SLAM Night (Science, Language Arts, and Math)

13 - K-1 grades musical performance

13 - Book Fair

14 - Valentines Day

14 - Last day of Book Fair

17 - Student Holiday / Staff Professional Development and Planning

March

2 - Texas Independence Day

9 - Daylight Saving Time Day

17 - St Patrick’s Day

20 - Spring Begins

17-21 - Spring Break

31 - Report Card Published

April

1- April Fools Day

2 - National Autism Awareness Day

2 - National Walking Day

12 - Passover Begins

13 - Palm Sunday

15 - Tax Day

18 - Good Friday, Student and Staff Holiday

20 - Easter, Eastern Orthodox Easter

21 - Easter Monday

22 - Earth Day

23 - Administrative Professionals Day

24 - Holocaust Remembrance Day

25 - Arbor Day

28 - National SuperHero day

May

1 - Talent Show, - GT Showcase (Evening public event)

1 - GT Showcase

5 - Cinco de May

5 - Teacher Appreciation Week

6 - National Nurse Day

9 - Field Day - Parents and Families invited

13 - Awards Ceremony 1st - 4th (Parents and families invited)

14 - Kinder Awards graduation (Parents and families invited)

15 - 5th grade - (Parents and families invited)

22 - Early Release

26 - Staff Holiday, Memorial Day

30 - Report Card Published