Merry Christmas To All

 We would like to wish all of our families a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.  We hope all of your wishes come true, and you return in 2014 ready to begin the second half of this amazing school year! 

Thank you for hosting a most festive Christmas Breakfast for our classes.  A wonderful time was had by all!  Enjoy some of the pictures from this holiday event!
Our 5th Grade Christmas Party

Christmas Program Odds and Ends

 
BAND 

• The band will begin their performance at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday.  Meet in band room at 5:45.

• Dress: Khaki pants (skirts are an option for the girls) Christmas colored shirt (Red, Green, White) preferably with a collar.

CHORUS

• Students not in band need to be in the lunch room by 6:00 p.m., dressed and ready to go. 

This is always a wonderful way to start the Christmas season!  You won't want to miss it!

 

Take a Sneak Peak!

 Peak into our 5th grade classes as they learn through the use of technology!
 
Having Fun with Technology II

Give $1 to the TSA Annual Fund!

Woohoo!  Fifth grade is at 29% in our giving to the Annual Fund.  It is not the amount you give, but that you give.  When applying for grants, the school must be able to show that our faculty, alumni, and parents support the goals financially.  We would love for 5th grade to be at 100% showing complete support, just as our faculty and staff have done.  Won't you please join us in the quest to obtain grants for our school?

5th Grade Classmate Biographies

 

We are finishing up our Classmate Biographies.  Please send a recent picture of your child so that we may match biography and child for display.  As we complete these projects, please come visit our "Wall of Fame!"

Discount Cards From the Athletic Department

Today, your child may have come home with an envelope containing five TSA Discount cards. These cards sell for $10 and pay for themselves many times over when you frequent these businesses. Our athletic department sponsors these cards each year.  If you would like to purchase one or sell to your friends, please return the money to your homeroom teacher.  Please understand you are under no obligation to purchase or sell these cards.  If you decline, please send all 5 cards back to your child's homeroom teacher.  Thank you for supporting TSA!

Giving With A Thankful Heart

For the month of November, Elementary Student Council will be collecting the following items for the Macon Rescue Mission Dove Center.  Many clients of the Dove Center leave their homes with nothing.  These items help to make this transition more comfortable.

Collection boxes will be located outside Mrs. Foxworth’s room, outside Mrs. Cheek’s office, and in the elementary office.

Laundry detergent

Clorox wipes

Liquid bleach

Anti-bacterial soap

Hand Sanitizer

Boxes of tissues

Kids Yule Love - Save the Date!

Who:    3K-12th
When:  Monday, December 9th, 8:15-10:00 A.M.
Where: Tattnall Square Academy Athletic Complex

Student Council and Key Club are busy working on our 26^th annual Kids Yule Love Christmas program.  As always, we seek the cooperation and support of our Tattnall student body to make this event a success. Each student is encouraged to bring at least one unwrapped toy to the assembly that morning.  These toys will be given to Kids Yule Love for distribution to needy children in our community.  Thanks to you, Tattnall has always been one of the biggest donors to this worthy organization, and we desire to continue this tradition.  Any parents, siblings, grandparents, or Tattnall friends, who are free that morning, are welcome to attend the program.  Save the date and join us.  You’ll be glad you did!  If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Mrs. Shirley Kitchings  (Shirley.Kitchings@tattnall.org).

Great Fun At Medieval Times

What a great way to finish up the 5th grade's study of The Whipping Boy!  We had a wonderful time at Medieval Times Dinner and Theater, eating with our hands and cheering on the Black and White Knight!  Thank you to all of the parents who drove on this trip!  We look forward to our next outing with you.

Bits and Pieces

• The technology committee is asking that all faculty, staff, and parents fill out the technology survey found at the website address below.  This information will help us to evaluate our technology needs.

     http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/H5JGZ9M

• The Safety Committee would like to remind parents and visitors of our "No Parking" signs in front of the main office, and the "Handicap Parking Only" sign next to the ramp at the Athletic Complex.  If you are parking in any of these spaces, we ask you to be mindful of the signs as well.  The athletic complex sign is particularly being ignored,  and we need your help.  Leaving space provides easy access for emergency vehicles when needed. 

•  Trojan Legion is tomorrow!  Come hear our Band of Gold, as well as our 5th grade band students!  You can also pick up a 2013-2014 school directory.  After tomorrow night, they will cost you $3.00.

 

• We hope you are familiar with Edline!  You should have received a code for easy access to see your child's grades.  Please contact the registrar if you are having any difficulty at all.

Upcoming Grandparents' Day

Hooray!  It's Grandparents' Day!  Friday, October 11, 2013, is Grandparents' Day at TSA.  This is always an exciting time for our students and their families.  Mrs. Howd, Mr. Tyner, the band, and chorus members have been working really hard on the "Hillbilly Hoedown" program.  Our VIPs will be able to have refreshments, visit the book fair in the library, and take a tour of the classrooms, if they desire.  The students will be able to leave with their grandparents, but a permission form is needed.  Look for this form in signed papers on Monday.  Return this form ASAP to your child's homeroom teacher.

Use That QR Code Technology!

Just a reminder to everyone to link your Kroger cards to the school by going online!  Use your QR Reader app to immediately go to Kroger's website.  It's a painless way to help Tattnall Square Academy to earn funds that support our program!

Thank you!

Support the Band of Gold

Saturday October 5th, 2013
8 am - 12 pm
111 Trojan Trail
Macon, GA

The Tattnall Square Academy Band of Gold is hosting a huge Yard Sale* at the school to raise money for an educational trip to New York.

*The Band will also be washing cars for donations that day.  So get your car cleaned while you shop!

Homecoming Happenings

 
Homecoming week is September 30 through October 4.  This is always an exciting time at TSA!  Many fun activities have been planned, and once again, the uniforms will be put to rest during that week.  A calendar of spirit dress options follows:

**All students must adhere to “Spirit Day” dress code during Homecoming Week.  Additionally, students may wear hats (within the daily theme) and flip flops during Homecoming Week.  Students not participating in dress up days must be in uniform.  Face paint and colored hair are not allowed except where designated.

•   Monday, September 30- Cowboys & Indians (No weapons!)
• Tuesday, October 1- Hunters & Hillbillies (No weapons!)                           
• Wednesday, October 2- Crazy Class Color Day.  Our color is YELLOW!  Uniform Bottoms, please.
• Thursday, October 3- Character Day         

                  1:30-2:00- School Wide “Rock the Cats” Parade on the track
                                    Crowning of the Homecoming King

•  Friday, October 4 – Tattnall Day- (Blue, Gold, or Homecoming t-shirts)                  

                  Pep Rally

                  Crowning of Homecoming Queen

                  Football Game

                  Homecoming Dance

Hats For Hope Day/Spirit Day

Parents!  September is National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Tattnall has been asked to support Jay's Hope Organization and honor tenth grade student, Abby Wilson, by wearing hats.  Students will be allowed to wear a hat by donating $1.00 on Friday.  This will also be a Spirit Day.  Students are encouraged to wear Tattnall t-shirts, jerseys, or colors to support our fall athletic teams.  Show your true colors!

TSA Is Now Wireless!

We are so excited Tattnall has entered the 21st century!  Knowledge is everywhere!  Due to the efforts of Trojan Legion and a school-obtained grant, we have been able to incorporate wifi into the classroom.  As with any new tool, finding the best way to utilize this technology will be a work in progress.  Right now, the students are allowed to BYOT (bring your own technology).  Fifth grade has had fun searching the web using Nooks, I-phones, I-Pads, I-Pods, and other tablets to find prefix and suffix roots.  Students turn their devices into their teacher until required.  The possibilities are endless!

 

Grandparents' Day Update from Mrs. Howd

Grandparents' Day is on Friday, October 11th.  Practice has already begun, and plans have been made for this exciting day.  The theme this year is Western; therefore, Mrs. Howd is asking for the students to dress accordingly.  See the following instructions:

Blue jeans (not skirts, as students will be sitting on the floor and risers.)

White shirt (no words or designs)

      Bandana around their neck (any color is fine)

2^nd, 3^rd & 5^th graders in music class (not band) will need a cowboy hat – any color is fine. The hat will be used as a prop during a song.

Cowboy boots are permitted – but not required. 

If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Howd.

Parent Conference Day - September 11, 2013

Wednesday, September 11th, is a half day for students.  We will dismiss at 11:45 a.m. Beginning at 1:00, we will be available to meet with parents who would like to have a conference.  We meet together as a team because we both teach your child.  If you would like to schedule a conference, please send us an email stating the time you would be available.  Your email will be answered confirming your time.  Our year has started wonderfully well, and this gives us an opportunity to share the progress your child has made.

**If we do not hear from you, we will assume that you do not wish to have a conference at this time.