Saturday November 2, 2013 from 9am – 11:30am
Kids, parents, and friends,
Bring your rakes, leaf blowers, tarps and pruners! Come for as little or long as you’d like, but come help keep Tuscan beautiful.

We’ll supply the coffee, cocoa and snacks!

Organized by your PTA TLC
Please contact Lisa Schnorr lschnorr@verizon.net or Karen Rutberg klrutberg@aol.com if you have any questions 

Find the District Calendar updated September 2013 here, last updated in September 2013.

Looking to plan for next year?  Find the District Calendar for 2014-2015 here and check the district web site as the calendar is periodically amended.

Find PTA events on the Google Calendar here

Key November Dates:  School Open, Closed and 4 Hour days
4th - School is open
5th - School is closed for students, open for staff
6th - School is open
7th - School is closed for NJ Teacher's Convention
8th - School is closed for NJ Teacher's Convention
14th - 4 Hour Day for Elementary Schools, evening conferences
15th - 4 Hour Day for Elementary Schools, afternoon conferences
18th - 4 Hour Day for Elementary Schools, afternoon conferences
27th - 4 Hour Day for Thanksgiving
28th - School is closed for Thanksgiving
29th - School is closed for Thanksgiving

Many thanks to all who sent in box tops in the second half of last year and the beginning of this year. The Box Tops Committee just submitted 3,097 box tops on behalf of Tuscan! The next submission deadline is March 1, so keep those box tops coming. For more information on how you can earn cash for our great school through the Box Tops for Education program, please see the following flyer. 
Questions? Contact Alicia Duran at duran.alicia@verizon.net.

NO SCHOOL next Tuesday morning November 5th - looking for something to do? 

Come to our first Tuscan Movie Day this year at SOPAC's Bow Tie Cinemas. 

We're showing MONSTERS UNIVERSITY at 10:00 am. 

$10 per ticket includes popcorn and drink. Join your friends! Everyone welcome! 

On October 17th the PTA President's Council and the League of Women Voters hosted a candidates forum for the Board of Education candidates.
You can find the footage of the forum here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ScH_dEjEi4

The election for Board of Education members is Tuesday November 5th - plaase vote!

Through a partnership with the SOM Adult School and the school district, Suzuki Violin lessons for students in grades 1 thorugh 5 will start in November.

This October all of our kids (grades k through 5!) will enjoy the first PTA funded student assembly of the year! Ginga Brasileira, a group of Brazilian dancers, will have them ready to move, clap and sing throughout the whole performance. Students will be invited to try one of the dances within the performance. Not only will they watch the dancers but will also experience for themselves how easy it is to learn about other people’s cultures through dancing, singing and speaking another language. This will give them an amazing feeling of accomplishment that will have them smiling for the rest of the day, cherishing Brazil and the Brazilian culture forever. Do not forget to ask them what they enjoyed most about it!

~ Stefania Berretta, Programs Chair

GOT JUNK??? Give it to our 5th Graders! They are working with your Tuscan School PTA to help earn their way this year. 5th Grade is a great year at Tuscan - field trips, shows, parties, ceremonies, cultural events - and our students want to help pay their own way. So, we're having a
GIGANTIC TUSCAN 5th GRADE YARD SALE & BAKE SALE 
in the school playground 
on Saturday, October 26 
from 9:30 to 2:30pm. 
The kids will be setting up, working and cleaning up the sale. All leftovers donated to charity. Great lessons for our kids! Many have also volunteered to make Tuscan Rainbow Loom bracelets to sell on site! How you can help: - DONATE sale items or baked goods - HELP with the event - set up, sales, clean up - COME TO THE SALE and SHOP TIL YOU DROP! See flyer for all details.....see you on the blacktop! http://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080C4FA5AE238-tuscan

The deadline for the fall issue of the Tuscan Tiger Times, the student newspaper, is October 28. You can email submissions to tuscantigertimes@yahoo.com. Be sure to include your child’s name and grade. Wondering what to submit? See the "ideas for stories" post at http://www.tuscanpta.org/tuscan-tiger-times-blog.html. Please note that due to space and budget constraints, we may not be able to publish all submissions.
~ Allan Hoffman, TTT Parent Advisor

Calling all 4th and 5th grade boys and girls interested in auditioning for "Host" parts in the Tuscan Show 2014!  Auditions are next Wednesday evening, October 23rd.
RSVPs for auditions will be open until Tuesday - find the detail and the signup form here.  The deadline has been corrected on the RSVP form, apologies for any confusion!
Singups online for all skits and crew will begin in November - look for information in the weekly emails.   No auditions necessary for any other parts!