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Tyler Reads to a Million!
If all of us (370 students) read for 30 minutes 4 days a week for 33 weeks, We will read more than 1,000,000 minutes at Tyler for 2011-2012! Help Tyler reach our goal of reading more than a million minutes at home this school ear. All it takes is for you to read (or be read to) 30 minutes at home for fun every evening, Monday through Thursday. Fill out your weekly log and return your log in to the school each Friday to your…
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Become a Room Parent
SO WHAT IS A ROOM PARENT? A room parent is an adult helper – a mom, dad, grandparent, guardian, aunt, or uncle – who volunteers to provide support to your child’s teacher for class projects, special events, field trips, and so on. Room parents will also be the communication link between your child’s class and the PTA. WHAT SORT OF THINGS DO ROOM PARENTS DO? – Rally volunteers for field trips. – Share class news with the Tyler Times. – Pass on PTA and school…
Do you buy groceries? Then Earn Easy Money for Tyler!
Tyler Elementary is registered in three different grocery store fund raising programs:
* Harris Teeter’s Together In Education (TIE)
* Giant Food A+ Bonus Bucks
* eScrip (Safeway)
Tyler selected for DCPS Catalyst Program
It’s official! Tyler WAS SELECTED as an Arts Integration School under the DCPS “Catalyst” program!!! Arts Integration is an approach to teaching where the visual and performing arts are woven into the classroom as tools for teaching core subject content. Schools will incorporate movement, dance, visual arts, music, and other forms of expression into instruction for all subjects Instruction will be designed to engage students mentally, physically, and socially ‐‐ sparking their creativity and imagination. For more information, see DCPS or view the pdf