THORNEBROOKE PTO POST

THANK YOU BARRACUDAS!

The Carnival and Auction Committees would like to sincerely thank the

Thornebrooke Community for a fantastic Spring Fundraiser!

With your support, we raised over $36,000 to support our students and

school. Special thanks goes out to our generous sponsors, auction

donors, and wonderful volunteers that made the Carnival and Silent

Auction possible.

In addition, a big thanks to all the Thornebrooke Faculty and Staff who

volunteered at the event and provided unique Teacher Auction

opportunities for our students.

Thank you to all the Teachers and Students for participating in the

dance party and hula hoop contest

MARCH 2020

UPCOMINGDATES

Feb. 27th- March 4th ~

Spring Book Fair

March 4th ~ No Early Release

March 12th ~ Field Day

March 13th ~ Teacher

Workday/Student Holiday

March 16th - 20th ~ Spring

Break

March 24th ~ Down

Syndrome Awareness Day at

TES

March 27th ~ PTO Board

Meeting, all are welcome

See more dates on page 4

Class Baskets

Thank You! Thank you to the many families who donated to the amazing variety of

Class Baskets for the Basket Raffle. Class Baskets are always a highlight of Carnival

night! We especially want to thank the Room Parents who collected, contributed, and

created these unique Baskets. Over $6,300 in donations were generated by your

efforts. Ms. Davis's class basket earned the most tickets - CONGRATULATIONS!

Escape into the wilds of reading with Thornebrooke's Spring BookFair Jungle: Elephants, Tigers, and Books, OH MY!

The whole school community will love exploring the newest books,engaging in Fair contests, and shopping together amidst an exotic

jungle theme. It’s the next great reading adventure!

Volunteers are needed, please click HERE

Did you miss shopping at the book fair during the carnival? You canstill shop using the New Online Shopping Experience Feb. 21 – Mar. 5

You now have access to shop The Scholastic Store and earnrewards for your school with every purchase when you click 'Shop

Now' from this page! Explore thousands of best-selling books,collections, new releases, educational toys, games, and more.

Go to Scholastic.com/fair to find Thornebrooke's fair.

PARTNERS INEDUCATION

Baptiste Orthodontics

Burger FI (Windermere)

Cade Orthodontics

Chick-f i l-a

Culver 's

Dr . Fravel

Ell ie Lou 's

First Watch

Camp Sweet Dreams

Growing Together

Pediatrics

Jeremiah 's Italian Ice

Kona Ice

Nothing Bundt Cakes

NYC Dance Company

NYPD Pizza

Ogden Orthodontics

Ready , Set , Dance

Shared Commissions

Smiles & Co .

The Event Specialist , Inc .

Traditional Martial Arts

Victory Martial Arts

West Orange 5

West Orange Creamery

Winter Garden Art

Association

GGS Soccer Academy

When: Thursday, March 12, 2020

Time: 9:30 – 11:30 (K-2nd) and/or 12:30 – 2:30 (3rd-5th)

Volunteers will help to run an activity station that classes will rotate

through every 7-10 minutes.

You can choose to help during the morning, afternoon, or both time

slots.

Volunteers must be an approved Additions Volunteer.

For information contact Heidi PowersEmail heidi.powers@ocps.net

phone: 407-9091301 ext. 3962228

Spring Book FairFebruary 27th-

March 4th

FSA TESTING DATES

April 1 ~ Grades 4 & 5 - FSA Writing (120

minutes)

April 1-2 ~ Grade 3 - FSA ELA (80 minutes each

day)

May 4-5 ~ Grades 4 & 5 - FSA ELA (80 minutes

each day)

May 7-8 ~ Grades 3, 4 & 5 - FSA Math (80

minutes each day)

May 11-12 ~ Grade 5 FCAT Science (80 minutes

each day)

Accommodation Group (IEP, 504) will be tested

on the same day unless notified of a schedule

change.

FUNDRAISINGPROGRAMS

COLLECT YOUR BOX TOPS!

Box Tops are a great way for

TES to earn extra cash & this

year it is easier than ever!

Instead of clipping &

checking expiration dates, all

Box Tops will be earned

digitally by scanning your

receipt using a user-friendly

Box Tops mobile app. If you

still have traditional Box Tops

at home, make sure to send

them to school since we can

still earn cash! Click HERE to

learn more!

WHAT IS AMAZONSMILE?

AmazonSmile is a simple and

automatic way for you to

support Thornebrooke every

time you shop, at no cost

to you.

At smile.amazon.com you’ll fi

nd the same low prices, vast

selection and convenient

shopping experience

as Amazon.com, with

the added bonus that

Amazon will donate a portion

of the purchase price to TES.

TES School Survey by OCPS

It is time for our Thornebrooke families

to share your experience in the annual

OCPS school survey.  

Please click the following link and select

Thornebrooke Elementary School:Click

here to access the survey.

Your time and participation is greatly

appreciated! The survey closes on March

13th!

April 1st ~ No Early Release

April 2nd ~ Autism Awareness Day

at TES

April 1st ~ FSA - Writing - 4th &

5th

April 1st & 2nd ~ FSA - ELA - 3rd

April 9th ~ AR Store

April 18th ~ Family Dance

April 27th ~ PTO Board Meeting,

all are welcome

May 4th & 5th ~ FSA - ELA - 4th &

5th

May 6th ~ No Early Release

May 7th & 8th ~ FSA - Math - 3rd,

4th & 5th

May 4th - 8th ~ Teacher

Appreciation Week

May 11th & 12th ~ FSA - Science -

5th

May 25th ~ Memorial Day, No

School

May 26th ~ 5th Grade Celebration

May 27th ~ Last Day of School

Thornebrooke PTO is on

Facebook !  Check us

out  and don 't forget to

"Like us . "

Thornebrooke will observe Down Syndrome

Awareness Day on March 24, 2020 & Autism

Awareness Day on April 2, 2020

Kindness Shirts will be on sale in March!

Boot Scootin' Boogie your way to

Thornebrooke's Annual Family Dance

April 18, 2020, 6-8 PM at Gotha Middle School

There will be a DJ with dancing and games, a

photo booth and snacks. It’s perfect for

whole families, father/daughter,

mother/son, grandparent/child, or TES

student plus his/her special adult. Stay

tuned for more information!

Boot Scootin' Round Up

OCPSPROGRAMS

SchoolPay makes it easy to

add funds to your child's

lunch account, pay classroom

activity fees and pay for class

trips!  Click HERE to get

started.

Wondering what's for school

lunch?  Thornebrooke's

monthly lunch menu can be

found HERE Before school

breakfast is also available.

HELP TES &  SAVE MONEY

WITH GREENBACK!

Greenback is a nationwide

savings network that gives

members access to over

350,000 merchant offers and

product discounts on their

mobile and web devices

while contributing to a great

cause. Make a $25 donation

to The Foundation for Orange

County Public Schools and

get

your greenback membership

today! Learn more or get

started HERE.

Support from the PTO provides students in 1st - 5th grades with

access to Renaissance Place Accelerated Reader as well as

monthly goals and prizes. AR is a computerized program that tests

reading comprehension. AR is a site based license, so

students may only take quizzes at school!

Students may take AR tests in their classrooms or in the Media

Center from 8:15 to 8:35 daily. Only students may come into the

Media Center beginning at 8:15am for AR testing.  There will be

helpers available to assist younger children.  Parents are welcome

to join their students in the Media Center on Friday mornings from

8:15 – 8:35.

Visit arbookfind.com to find a book level, point value & quiz

number! It is faster and easier for students to locate quizzes by

simply entering the quiz number instead of the entire book

title! To check your child's progress from home click HERE & log in

with your child’s 10 digit OCPS number and their first name in

CAPS as the password.

Accelerated Reader

The Thornebrooke Barracuda 100 Mile Challenge began on Monday, August 26, 2019and will end on May 22, 2020. The goal is for each individual student to reach 100 miles by the end of the schoolyear. Students add miles during their scheduled “Healthy Heart PE Day”. Studentswill earn a sneaker charm for every 5 miles and a “100” charm once they havecompleted the 100 miles. All students in grades K-5 are encouraged to log miles outside of school to add totheir in school miles. Miles can only be added from outside of school time if it iswalking or running. Outside sports practice does not count and bike riding is alsonot included. The point of logging extra miles is to have students strive to becomeeven more active or add activity where there may not be any. For example, taking thedog for a walk, walking around one of the area theme parks, walking or jogging whilea sibling has their baseball or soccer practice. Outside of school miles can be sentin by note or email and I will add it to their total mileage. Remember, we have allschool year to reach 100 miles and each child can and will be able to attain this goal. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me at heidi.powers@ocps.net.

Visit Thornebrookepto.org anytime for

Membership and Spirit Wear!

Attention Volunteers!

In order to volunteer, chaperone field trips and attend events during theschool day (including the Barracuda Fun Run) you MUST be ADDitions

approved.

There are many opportunities for families to share their time & talents at

Thornebrooke. Any person, who wishes to serve as a field trip chaperone, in class

volunteer, room parent, or special area (Drama, PE, Art, Media) volunteer must

register with Orange County Public Schools by completing an ADDitions School

Volunteer Online Application. ADDitions is the OCPS volunteer management

system. This application must be renewed every year!  On-line registration is

quick & easy, but approval may take a while, so please start NOW! Click here to

connect to the OCPS Additions page.

** If your profile status is “active, approved or passed” and you cannot log on

at the Thornebrooke computers, it is because you have not selected an

opportunity at Thornebrooke.  Please log in and select volunteer

opportunities at Thornebrooke.

Thank you

Thank you to

Nothing Bundt

Cakes for the 5th

grade celebration

fundraiser!

Thank you to all

who came out to

enjoy the Carnival

and Silent Auction

with family and

friends!