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| One Team, One Goal...A Community of Engaged Learners Dear Tritt Families, Thank you for a wonderful PTA fundraiser and DASH! As the year progresses your child’s teacher will let you know how your contribution is impacting the classroom and entire school. In continuation of the previous entries to this newsletter, we will expand on how Tritt is focused on our Superintendent’s Priorities. Tritt is ahead of the majority of schools in our district and state with Priority #2: Simplifying and stretching our foundation for teaching and learning in order to prepare for innovation. Five years ago Tritt recognized the need to adjust and enhance instruction in order to stretch our teaching and learning and prepare for innovation. As we worked through professional development and differentiated teacher certification to implement STEM and prepare for state certification, we followed a natural progression toward innovative teaching and learning. Tritt is one of the only elementary schools in Georgia to be STEM Certified. More importantly, we are proud of our teachers and excited for our students to be on the fore-front of developing technology and instructional strategies. Our Innovative Learning Commons (ILC) is developing into a hub where research and digital products are connected to classroom standards and lessons. The collaboration between the classroom teachers and the teachers in the ILC is ideal for providing a role model to students on how to work smarter, not harder. The skills that our students are learning in the computer lab during their specials time is also allowing for optimal use of time with technology in the classroom. Technology is not the only way Tritt is being innovative. We are stretching our foundation for teaching and learning by integrating the arts as much as possible and have plans to create “learning spaces†on walls, in the gardens, on the Nature Trail, and around the track. It is our intention to think outside of the box and stimulate all learners throughout the day. As we work in unison with our parents and community, if there is a company or professional you have connections with that is in a STEM field of work, please let us know so we can reach out to them and discover another way to be innovative! Sincerely, Dr. Tricia Patterson Principal |
 | Sun, November 1 – Daylight Saving Time ends at 2:00 am – Be sure to set your clocks BACK 1 hour
Mon-Fri, November 2-6 – Healthy Habits Week
Sat, November 7– Tritt Trot Thurs, November 19 – Papa John's Pizza Night Mon-Fri, November 23-27– Thanksgiving Break |
| The Tritt Elementary PTA would like to thank all of the staff, students, and parents for very a successful fundraiser! We collected $84,139.84! The projected amount collected, after receiving our matching donations, will be $89,000. Our Tritt community will benefit from these funds as our PTA continues to run events and support purchases necessary for our teachers and staff to enhance your student's education. The actual dash day was full of smiles, support, energy, and fun. The students, as well as the staff, did a great job on all of the obstacles. Thank you to our many volunteers who helped during the fundraiser and those who helped on Dash day. A big thank you to our partner in education, Marietta Martial Arts, for sending a volunteer to help supervise the obstacles. Most importantly, thank you to our Tritt families for donating and for making Tritt such an amazing school! We appreciate your support!
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| Thank you so much for helping the Tritt PTA make the Tritt Tiger Dash Fundraiser a huge success!! Please complete the survey below to help us make our future fundraisers even more successful! It takes 45 seconds to complete! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PKPB9RN
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| Tritt Trot 5K and One Mile Fun Run – Saturday November 7 at 7:30 am. Register Here! With paper registrations available on Tritt PTA website.  Highest % class will earn their teacher an extra planning period while Mrs. Keesling or Dr. Patterson teaches.
Every student who participates will be entered in a drawing to wear the tiger costume in car pool! There will be a winner in each grade level! One miler will start at approximately 7:30am with the 5K starting at 8:00am. Come hear Mrs. Bower’s kindergarten class sing the Nation Anthem with the t-shirt design by Tritt’s own alumni and mom, Lindsay Boseman (Lindsay Boseman Creative). All proceeds from the race will go directly back to Tritt’s fantastic PE Department! 5k awards will go three deep in 5 year age groups. Boy and Girl 1 Miler winners will have breakfast with Principal Patterson and will be featured on morning announcements the Monday following the race. Early Registration available through Friday, October 23rd. Entry fee of $20. T-shirts will be available at packet pick-up for registrations received through October 23rd. Registration available through race day. Entry fee of $25 after Oct 23rd. T-shirts not guaranteed. All remaining shirts will be available after the 5k. Packet Pick-up Thursday, November 5th and Friday, November 6th from 4-6pm in the Tritt lobby. On race day, packets may be picked up beginning at 6:45am. Thank you! Tritt Trot Race Directors 
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| Purpose of D.U.D.E.S: "Dads Using Days to Encourage Students"  To volunteer and support the Tritt students and community by being visible on campus tackling a wide variety of projects to enhance the Tritt learning environment. Please visit the PTA website for volunteer opportunities throughout the school year. Opportunities will be continually updated. Projects already underway: - Various landscaping tasks around the school grounds
- 2014 5th grade gift installation at the Outdoor Learning Gardens
- Outdoor classroom assessment (This is the classroom down by the lake)
- Tritt Trot race support
- Commemorative picket installation (Spring 2016)
Please don’t hesitate to email any comments and/or questions to dudes@trittpta.org
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|  The PTA Executive is still looking for a Vice President and a Treasurer for the 2016-2017 school year. Must be willing to work with a great group of people and wanting to make a difference in our school! Please email president1@trittpta.org for more information.
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| Tritt’s International Night is scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 28 at 6:00pm. We need you to make this event possible! Please consider creating a cultural display or volunteering in some other capacity. We particularly need performers, musicians. Please sign up here: |
| Once again this year, Tritt's Community Outreach Committee will be collecting leftover Halloween candy to donate to Operation Stars & Stripes.  There will be a collection box in the lobby beginning the week after Halloween......11/2 through the morning of 11/6.
The candy will be delivered to the office of Operation Stars & Stripes mid-day Friday, 11/6. Operation Stars & Stripes gathers donations from various organizations and ships the candy in care packages to our active duty troops. To learn more about OSS, please visit http://operationstarsandstripes.org/
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| The 2015 "Apples for All†fundraiser for the Pope High School Band is now underway! Order fresh, new-crop North Georgia Apples: 1/2 peck (approx. 5 lbs.) for $8, 1 peck (approx. 10 lbs.) for $14, Fried Apple and Peach Pies are $3 for individually-sized pies. Sales end Friday, November 6th. Pick up is Saturday, November 14th at Tritt Elementary School between 2 and 4 pm. Contact a Pope Band member or parent or go to www.popeband.com to place your order or for more information. Contact Leanne at alfrandsen@att.net with any questions. Thank you for supporting the Pope Band. |
| Performances: 11/5 @ 7 pm; 11/7 @ 2 & 7pm; 11/8 @ 2pm Tickets on sale now - online waltondrama.com ($15 Reserved, $10 General) Tickets available at the door (General Seating only) |
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