A message from Ms. Majeed:

On Tuesday evening, Tuscan’s Physical Education Teacher, Mrs. Noelle Sullivan’s home was significantly damaged in a terrible house fire. Although Mrs. Sullivan and her family are devastated, by the significant damage to their home, we are deeply thankful that they were not physically harmed. 

The thoughts and concerns of the Tuscan School faculty and staff are with Mrs. Sullivan and her family as they begin to emotionally heal and rebuild their home life.

We share this sad news with you, as the Tuscan School community is a family who cares deeply for one another. Should you wish, contributions to the Sullivan Family can be made through the Tuscan PTA.

Thank you for joining our faculty and staff, in pulling together to support Mrs. Sullivan and her family during their time of great need.

Online signups for the Tuscan Show 2019 are open through December 12th.  This year's theme is "Tuscan Presents: The American Soundtrack!". Skit details and signup form are now online. 
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The Tuscan Show is a unique annual tradition - a PTA sponsored, all-volunteer led show for students in grades 1-5.  Skit directors assemble creative skits involving movement, music and costume and rehearse with students over 10 weeks. Crew directors provide student powered, adult led set design and crew support.

Show Tuscan's specials teachers (Art, Music Library, PE, Academic Specialists) and staff (Nurse, Lunch Aides, Custodians, Crossing Guards) your appreciation in your holiday giving! The PTA will be collecting contributions to give to all these wonderful people that make Tuscan a special place for our children.

You can contribute by through our PayPal account or by giving cash or check (via backpack in an envelope marked "PTA Specials Teachers & Staff). All contributions need to be submitted by December 14th.

Thank you for your generous contribution and showing these amazing people how much we appreciate them.
or PayPal. 

When you find yourself shopping online, please remember that every time you make a purchase on SOMaGeneralStore.com, the PTA gets some money. SOMa General Store is a shop-local cooperative of over 100 local indie stores and makers. So you can buy products and gift cards from some of your favorite local stores like Lotus Petals, Perch Home, Kimaya Kama, Toy Division, and more, and the PTA gets some money. ​

It's not too early to think about hosting a party in March for the Achieve Foundation's largest annual fundraiser, Nights of 100 Dinners. You create the guest list, and Achieve sends invitations on your behalf. Instead of bringing a hostess gift or bottle of wine, guests make a donation to the organization. 
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Since its inception in 2005, the Nights of 100 Dinners has raised more than $500,000 to fund Achieve’s programs and benefit all ten schools in the district.
​Register as a host or email100dinners@achievefoundation.org to learn more!

Tuscan's annual collection of Thanksgiving food items (including turkeys!) is about to begin! Please bring in your non-perishable food items to benefit families in the Tuscan community. Look for the collection box in the front hallway, starting Monday, Nov. 12. Fresh turkeys will be accepted on Wednesday morning, the day before Thanksgiving.

Thank you for your generosity, Tuscan!
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​As you look forward to your Thanksgiving Holiday, please join our staff and Tuscan PTA to help thirteen Tuscan families who need a little extra support. 

We are asking students to bring in ONE or TWO dollars that will help the Tuscan PTA purchase grocery store gift cards so that our thirteen families can prepare Thanksgiving feasts according to their own tastes and cultural traditions. 

The deadline for donations is Monday, November 19.

Also,we continue to appreciate donations to the Holiday Food Drive, (advertised in the Tuscan newsletter), which will support the food bank and vulnerable families throughout the winter season.

Tuscan Show Host Auditions - Wed, November 14th - 6-9 PM.
Open to any 4th or 5th grader who has not previously been a host! If your student is interested, sign up using this online form.
Questions? Email tuscanshow@gmail.com. 

Come join us for our October PTA Meeting! 

Monday October 29th @ 9:15am 
Tuscan Auditorium

Topics on the Agenda:
October Events
Read-A-Thon
PTA Budget
Thanksgiving Food Drive
& much more

On Wednesday, October 17, Tuscan students can donate what they'd normally spend on lunch to Table to Table, a NJ-based organization that rescues food that would otherwise go to waste and delivers it to hungry kids and families.

Look for more information (and lunch bags) in your child's backpack!

​Our first information and interest meeting for returning and new directors will be:
Wednesday, October 10
7:30-8:30pm
25 Tuscan Road
Home of Tuscan Show Directors - Natalie Moore & Bard Goodrich

The theme for this year is...

Tuscan Presents:
The American Soundtrack
An exploration of American musical genres in the recorded era

The Parenting Center offers a free lecture series to everyone in the district.

​Check out the calendar below for the 2018-19 school year.  

Thank you to all those that attended our first PTA Meeting of the year.
We had a great turnout. If you didn't make it you can download our meeting minutes (pdf) or view them below.

​Our next meeting is Monday, October 29th @ 9:15am. Hope to see you there.
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Tuscan Elementary will be running a 2018 Reading Raiser from Oct 2 to Nov 2, 2018.

A Reading-Raiser is like a jog-a-thon, except your child will be reading books instead of running laps, and earning pledges based on how much they read. Everything is tracked online, which makes inviting sponsors and logging reading much easier!

Here are two videos that explain how to participate in the Reading-Raiser:
- How to authorize your child's Reading-Raiser account
- How to become a sponsor and invite more sponsors

Your child will receive a private online account at https://fund.whooosreading.org/ where he/she will log reading. Parent and student instructions on how to use the website have been sent home. Your child will not be able to invite any sponsors without your authorization. View instructions on how to use your parent account online.

IMPORTANT: Whooo's Reading works best if you use Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox or Safari.

Unlike other fundraisers where we keep only 40-60% of each donation, our school keeps 85% of each donation using this program. We are really excited to promote reading and help our school raise the necessary money for our ongoing needs.

Thank you so much for your support!

​It is once again time to sign up for TV Turnoff! 

Last year, over 400 Tuscan students successfully completed the TV Turnoff challenge! Students from kindergarten to fifth grade challenged themselves to explore their interests such as reading, learning a musical instrument, keeping a journal, participating in sports, writing, or drawing instead of watching TV.Studies have shown that students who watch ten hours or less of television a week perform better in school.
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TV Turnoff will officially start on Monday, October 1, 2018.   The deadline to sign up for TV Turnoff is Friday, October 12th.

Sign up for TV Turnoff online.  Please complete one form per child. 
Please note that TV Turnoff sign up is online only.