Hoot 17 -- December Field Trip #1: FESTIVE FELTING AND HOLIDAY SCAVENGER HUNT IN TWIRL

Hoot 16 -- Christmas Edition

Hoot 15

TISA kinder, first, second, third and staff swept away the audience at this year's NDI show, Imagine the Possibilities. Thank you all for giving your best and sharing your photos! Look out NDI, we will be back on stage in third grade!















































We are four days away from winter break!

Please check out this week's festivities and let me know if you are interested in joining us.
Monday, 11:45-1:30 Festive craft and scavenger hunt at Twirl
Monday 2:30 Student of the Month celebration on Manzanares playground
This months awards go to TESSA SCRAM and SANTIAGO SERGIO CARDENAS. Congratulations!
Tuesday, 8:30-4:00 The most fantastic gift I could think of is a full day field trip to Santa Fe. First (10:30-12:00) we will have a tour and a studio activity in the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum. Then, after lunch we will also visit the New Mexico Museum of Art before we return. Please prepare for a late pick-up (4pm) that day.
Wednesday morning: snow globe imagination station with Jen, Milo's mom!
Thursday morning from 10:30 to 12:30: Xmas Xtravaganza. Children will be in mixed age groups participating in festivities in each class room.
Thursday afternoon from 2:00 to 3:00 Kinder Christmas Party
Thursday TAOS FEEDS TAOS donations will be picked up. The children are super eager to contribute (so far we had pickles, cheese sticks and granola bars offered from various lunch boxes).

Help needed this week!
Two chaperones for Santa Fe (Tuesday)
Volunteers for Xmas Xtravaganza (Thursday morning)
Christmas Carolers/Musicians (on Thursday)
Favorite kids' movies on DVD (Thursday)

Thank you, wonderful parents, for stocking our treasure chest!

The children will be bringing home word family readers that are appropriate to their current reading level. Please encourage your children to show off their reading prowess to friends, relatives, Santa and his elves during the holidays.

See you back on January 2, 2017!

(As the Governing Council decided, TISA’s Winter Break did not change. It is from 12/16-12/30. We are returning to school on Monday, January 2^nd. Sorry for any confusion this may have caused and thank you for your continued support and patience.)

Hoot 14

Imagine the Possibilities! NATIONAL DANCE INSTITUTE PERFORMANCE THIS WEEK!

The National Dance Institute is working with Kindergarten and 3rd grade this year due to a a generous donation.  The show this year is called Imagine the Possibilities! … a celebration of reading. From mysteries to adventure the dancers will bring classic stories and books to life on stage. The TISA kindergarten, first, second, and third grade will be collaborating with the 3^rd , 4^th and 5^th graders at Enos Garcia for the school performance on Thursday December 8th. Admission to the performance is Free!

NATIONAL DANCE INSTITUTE INFORMATION FOR THIS WEEK

Wednesday: early drop-off!

8:20 Please drop off early on Wednesday at TISA.

On Wednesday and Thursday kids are asked to wear sneakers and under dressing for costume fitting, dress rehearsal and the performances. Under dressing is shorts and tank tops/t-shirts under children's regular school clothes that day. When it’s time to get their costumes on, children can change knowing that they have clothes on underneath.

Thursday: early drop off!
8:20 Early drop off at TISA please.
Dress rehearsal in the morning and school performance at 1:00pm at ENOS GARCIA ELEMENTARY GYM. If you need to get in touch with Jutka, please text her at 779-1952.

Pick up at TISA (regular time).

5:30 Drop off for community performance at ENOS GARCIA GYM.

6:00-6:45 community performance at ENOS GARCIA ELEMENTARY (in gym).

TAOS FEEDS TAOS - please bring your contributions by Dec. 15

We have been collecting for TISA Feeds Taos / Taos Feeds Taos community food drive. This is TISA's fourth year collecting for Taos Feeds Taos and we are proud of the large amounts of non-perishables our little school has gathered and shared with our community. As always we will have a contest, the classroom that collects the most wins an ice cream party. Please drop off any non-perishable items in the Taos Feeds Taos box in the kindergarten room to help us make this the best collection ever.  Please ask your child for their list of much needed food items.

GEORGIA O'KEEFFE FIELD TRIP planned for Dec 21 -- pending Governing Council's approval of winter break change

CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA planned for the last day of school before winter break.

HELP NEEDED

• recycling (please let me know if you are interested in picking up paper or plastic to recycle in the new year)
• new treasure box items
• Christmas party items (party is planned for the last week of school before Winter Break -- I will keep you informed)
  We need Christmas ribbon, solid color baubles (any size/color), Holiday movies (Prancer, Polar Express, The Grinch, Nutcracker, Penguins of Madagascar (Xmas), Paddington, etc.), Christmas treats/drinks, MUSICIANS (Christmas caroling).
• Please save wrapping paper and hand-me-down Christmas cards to pass on to kinder in the new year. I reuse them for crafts the following year. Thank you!
• Volunteers for Christmas Extravaganza (to help with crafts and activities after lunch on the last day of school before winter break).

TWIRL Steam workshops from the last few weeks: light, color and shadow