We're ramping up for the Lighthouse Festival and so much more! Lots of important info in this week's newsletter Spirit DAY at Altitude Trampoline Park TODAY, February 19th! Need something to do with the kiddos while they have the day off? Take advantage of this fun activity and support our school at the same time! General Meeting Tuesday, February 27th All members are welcome! Join us for a Round Table Discussion and get all your questions answered. We want to tailor this meeting to YOU, our members. Help us decide what we should talk about! Have another idea for a topic? Email communications@teravistapta.com with your suggestion and we'll add it to our list! The TVE Yearbook is almost completely sold out! Order before February 22nd to guarantee your book. Can't remember if you've ordered? Email yearbook@teravistapta.com with your child's full name and we can check for you. Plus, check out a Sneak Peek of the cover! Some minor adjustments will still be made, but we think it's looking fantastic! Our Annual Lighthouse Festival is March 22, 2024 Pre-Order Your Wristbands and Sign Up to Volunteer! Pre-sales for wristbands K-12th Grade Wristbands: $15 Ages 2 - Pre-K Wristbands: $10 Wristbands are not required for adults or children under 2. Our biggest event of the year will be here before you know it. We need YOUR help to make it a success! We are looking for volunteers to help run the event. Have a middle school or high school aged kid that needs volunteer hours? They can help too! If you can help in any way, please reach out to our Lighthouse Chair, Kari Weller at lighthouse@teravistapta.com. Stay up to date with all things Lighthouse Festival at teravistapta.com/lighthouse Save the Date! Our "Reading is Sweet" Spring Book Fair will be 3/18-3/22 The library will need help with set-up, book sales, and clean-up. This is a fun and wonderful event for the kids! If you are interested and available to help, use the button below to sign up for a time slot. Show some love for your school and join us today! Our goal is to have a voice for every child-we're halfway there so let's make it happen!! RRISD Clothes Closet is "hiring" and they are still need of donations! They are "hiring" extra managers and, in a new role, assistant managers. Both are volunteer roles, with the top criteria being consistent availability for 2-3 shifts per month (2 hour shifts), and a welcoming, supportive attitude - especially with folks whose primary language isn't English (fluent Spanish is a big plus!). Managers have a key and the potential for duties outside regular hours (e.g., assisting with large donation deliveries), and assistant managers will only serve on-site during regular hours. Please reach out to Monica Welch (clothescloset@rrisdpta.org), if you'd like to join their fantastic team! The items needed most are: 🩳 Boxer Briefs in all MS/HS sizes, especially Mens Large 🧦 Girls Socks in size Medium 🩳👖Little Boys Shorts/Pants in sizes 4T-7 🩳👖Shorts/Pants for HS boys, especially Mens 32-34 waist 👚👕👖🩳👗🧦 Plus, they will always take gently used school clothes for every child and size… they have room on their racks! Don't have any of the items listed above? They have also developed an Amazon Wishlist that meets many of their on-going needs. Here's the wishlist link: https://bit.ly/SocksUndies Helpful Tip: Selecting "Monica Welch's gift registry address" at checkout will send the items directly to the Clothes Closet chair, and will save you a delivery trip! For more information about clothes closet, visit roundrockisd.org/clothes-closet On-going Volunteer Opportunities Teravista Library 📚📖📘 We are always looking for volunteers to help out in the Library. Whether you can help an hour a month to a couple of hours a week, we'd love to have you! Reach out to our Library Chair, Novina Sreenivasan if you're interested. Clothes Closet 👕👚👖👟 The Clothes Closet helps Round Rock district families in need and is located at Voigt Elementary School. While there, you will help sort donations, hang clothes, and assist in filling electronic vouchers. Teravista is scheduled to have a representative from our school there to help once a month on Thursdays from 9:30am-11:30am. Sign up for a slot if you are able!

We hope you'll join us for our upcoming General Meeting! Details about our meeting, plus other exciting upcoming events below. There are still a few slots left to help Fill the Fridge! Help us spoil our teachers and staff We are looking for drinks and individually packaged snacks and treats that our fabulous teachers and staff can quickly grab as a pick me up. Sign up to donate an item or two! Save the Date! Spirit DAY at Altitude Trampoline Park on February 19th Need something to do with the kiddos while they have the day off? Take advantage of this fun activity and support our school at the same time! General Meeting Tuesday, February 27th All members are welcome! Join us for a Round Table Discussion and get all your questions answered. We want to tailor this meeting to YOU, our members. Help us decide what we should talk about! Have another idea for a topic? Email communications@teravistapta.com with your suggestion and we'll add it to our list! The TVE Yearbook is almost completely sold out! Order before February 22nd to guarantee your book. Can't remember if you've ordered? Email yearbook@teravistapta.com with your child's full name and we can check for you. Plus, check out a Sneak Peek of the cover! Some minor adjustments will still be made, but we think it's looking fantastic! Your memberships are helping us do great things!! What exactly might you ask? The annual Lighthouse Festival and the school dance. Funded various staff grants which included an audiometer, ukulele stands, staff lounge improvements, scholastic newsletter and learning apps for our students just to name a few. YOU can help us do more by joining today! Our Annual Lighthouse Festival is March 22, 2024 Volunteers, Sponsors & Donations Are Needed Our biggest event of the year will be here before you know it. We need YOUR help to make it a success! We are looking for volunteers to help plan the event, donation items for our silent auction, and sponsors. If you can help in any way, please reach out to our Lighthouse Chair, Kari Weller at lighthouse@teravistapta.com. Stay up to date with all things Lighthouse Festival at teravistapta.com/lighthouse Thank You!! We received a generous donation from Dylan Fugate and his company VMware. Did you know that most big companies have a donation matching program? It can't hurt to reach out to HR to find out if your company can help our PTA, too! RRISD Clothes Closet is "hiring" and they are still need of donations! They are "hiring" extra managers and, in a new role, assistant managers. Both are volunteer roles, with the top criteria being consistent availability for 2-3 shifts per month (2 hour shifts), and a welcoming, supportive attitude - especially with folks whose primary language isn't English (fluent Spanish is a big plus!). Managers have a key and the potential for duties outside regular hours (e.g., assisting with large donation deliveries), and assistant managers will only serve on-site during regular hours. Please reach out to Monica Welch (clothescloset@rrisdpta.org), if you'd like to join their fantastic team! The items needed most are: 🩳 Boxer Briefs in all MS/HS sizes, especially Mens Large 🧦 Girls Socks in size Medium 🩳👖Little Boys Shorts/Pants in sizes 4T-7 🩳👖Shorts/Pants for HS boys, especially Mens 32-34 waist 👚👕👖🩳👗🧦 Plus, they will always take gently used school clothes for every child and size… they have room on their racks! Don't have any of the items listed above? They have also developed an Amazon Wishlist that meets many of their on-going needs. Here's the wishlist link: https://bit.ly/SocksUndies Helpful Tip: Selecting "Monica Welch's gift registry address" at checkout will send the items directly to the Clothes Closet chair, and will save you a delivery trip! For more information about clothes closet, visit roundrockisd.org/clothes-closet On-going Volunteer Opportunities Teravista Library 📚📖📘 We are always looking for volunteers to help out in the Library. Whether you can help an hour a month to a couple of hours a week, we'd love to have you! Reach out to our Library Chair, Novina Sreenivasan if you're interested. Clothes Closet 👕👚👖👟 The Clothes Closet helps Round Rock district families in need and is located at Voigt Elementary School. While there, you will help sort donations, hang clothes, and assist in filling electronic vouchers. Teravista is scheduled to have a representative from our school there to help once a month on Thursdays from 9:30am-11:30am. Sign up for a slot if you are able!

We hope y'all are staying warm out there! Check out what's happening with our PTA, and ways you can help! The next Fill The Fridge will be February 8th! Help us spoil our teachers and staff We are looking for drinks and individually packaged snacks and treats that our fabulous teachers and staff can quickly grab as a pick me up. Sign up to donate an item or two! Our Annual Lighthouse Festival is March 22, 2024 Volunteers, Sponsors & Donations Are Needed Our biggest event of the year will be here before you know it. We need YOUR help to make it a success! We are looking for volunteers to help plan the event, donation items for our silent auction, and sponsors. If you can help in any way, please reach out to our Lighthouse Chair, Kari Weller at lighthouse@teravistapta.com. Stay up to date with all things Lighthouse Festival at teravistapta.com/lighthouse Yearbook Personalization Options End THIS FRIDAY January 26th! Add your child's name and icons to make their yearbook uniquely theirs. Can't remember if you've ordered? Email yearbook@teravistapta.com with your child's full name and we can check for you. General Meeting Tuesday, February 27th All members are welcome! Join us for a Round Table Discussion and get all your questions answered. We want to tailor this meeting to YOU, our members. Help us decide what we should talk about! Have another idea for a topic? Email communications@teravistapta.com with your suggestion and we'll add it to our list! Did you know? We have approved several Staff Grants already this year. Our PTA approved and funded a new audiometer for Nurse Mo, partially funded improvements to the Staff Lounge, and provided Ukulele Stands for Mrs. Caffey and the music team! Spirit Wear Are you waiting on a refund? Our Spirit Wear chair has issued several refunds, but we want to make sure we haven't missed anyone! If you are still waiting on a refund, please reach out to spiritwear@teravistapta.com and she will help you out. RRISD Clothes Closet is "hiring" and they are still need of donations! They are "hiring" extra managers and, in a new role, assistant managers. Both are volunteer roles, with the top criteria being consistent availability for 2-3 shifts per month (2 hour shifts), and a welcoming, supportive attitude - especially with folks whose primary language isn't English (fluent Spanish is a big plus!). Managers have a key and the potential for duties outside regular hours (e.g., assisting with large donation deliveries), and assistant managers will only serve on-site during regular hours. Please reach out to Monica Welch (clothescloset@rrisdpta.org), if you'd like to join their fantastic team! The items needed most are: 🩳 Boxer Briefs in all MS/HS sizes, especially Mens Large 🧦 Girls Socks in size Medium 🩳👖Little Boys Shorts/Pants in sizes 4T-7 🩳👖Shorts/Pants for HS boys, especially Mens 32-34 waist 👚👕👖🩳👗🧦 Plus, they will always take gently used school clothes for every child and size… they have room on their racks! Don't have any of the items listed above? They have also developed an Amazon Wishlist that meets many of their on-going needs. Here's the wishlist link: https://bit.ly/SocksUndies Helpful Tip: Selecting "Monica Welch's gift registry address" at checkout will send the items directly to the Clothes Closet chair, and will save you a delivery trip! For more information about clothes closet, visit roundrockisd.org/clothes-closet On-going Volunteer Opportunities Teravista Library 📚📖📘 We are always looking for volunteers to help out in the Library. Whether you can help an hour a month to a couple of hours a week, we'd love to have you! Reach out to our Library Chair, Novina Sreenivasan if you're interested. Clothes Closet 👕👚👖👟 The Clothes Closet helps Round Rock district families in need and is located at Voigt Elementary School. While there, you will help sort donations, hang clothes, and assist in filling electronic vouchers. Teravista is scheduled to have a representative from our school there to help once a month on Thursdays from 9:30am-11:30am. Sign up for a slot if you are able!

Welcome Back, Tigers! We hope you are getting back into the swing of things after a great winter break. Our Annual Lighthouse Festival is March 22, 2024 Volunteers, Sponsors & Donations Are Needed Our biggest event of the year will be here before you know it. We need YOUR help to make it a success! We are looking for volunteers to help plan the event, donation items for our silent auction, and sponsors. If you can help in any way, please reach out to our Lighthouse Chair, Kari Weller at lighthouse@teravistapta.com. More details to come! Yearbook Personalization Options End January 26th! Add your child's name and icons to make their yearbook uniquely theirs. Can't remember if you've ordered? Email yearbook@teravistapta.com with your child's full name and we can check for you. Don't have a lot of time but want to help our school? Join the PTA! There's no commitment! Your membership helps to fund learning materials for the students and put on fun events like the school dance. We also have many volunteer opportunities available throughout the year, but only if you're interested. If you're really feeling adventurous, come join our executive board and work with a wonderful group of parents and educators to help plan out a great school year. Reflections Council Results Hello and congrats to all our student winners at all levels, and to every parent that made Reflections possible for all our students. A warm congratulations to all the Teravista students participating in this year's PTA Reflections program! Council Awards Ceremony is scheduled on March 4th, 2024 (Monday), and details and invitations will be sent to parents' email as soon as we can. Of the top 20% of students that advanced, here are the scores and results: Jaden Lee INT FP Save the Ocean - Award of Merit (Silver Medal) Caleb Cavinder INT LIT Hope on Ice - Award of Excellence (Gold Medal) Avery Cavinder PRI LIT The sun Gorgeous - Award of Excellence (Gold Medal) Ruth den Harder SPA MC The one and only God - Award of Merit (Silver Medal) Jimin Choi INT MC Hope - Award of Merit (Silver Medal) Clayton Nelms INT PH The Helpful Tree - Honorable Mention (Bronze Medal) Marley Bowman PRI VA Friends Need Friends - Honorable Mention (Bronze Medal) Paloma Torres-Knight PRI VA Peace Brings Hope - Award of Excellence (Gold Medal) Pranjel Sharma INT VA I believe everything comes with it's own beauty - Honorable Mention (Bronze Medal) Lost and Found Reminder Please remember to check the Lost and Found for items your child may have misplaced. Every month or so, we post a message with pictures to our social channels to show you items that have been left. If the items are unclaimed, they are taken to the RRISD Clothes Closet and given to families in need. Read more about the Clothes Closet below. RRISD Clothes Closet is "hiring" and they are still need of donations! They are "hiring" extra managers and, in a new role, assistant managers. Both are volunteer roles, with the top criteria being consistent availability for 2-3 shifts per month (2 hour shifts), and a welcoming, supportive attitude - especially with folks whose primary language isn't English (fluent Spanish is a big plus!). Managers have a key and the potential for duties outside regular hours (e.g., assisting with large donation deliveries), and assistant managers will only serve on-site during regular hours. Please reach out to Monica Welch (clothescloset@rrisdpta.org), if you'd like to join their fantastic team! The items needed most are: 🩳 Boxer Briefs in all MS/HS sizes, especially Mens Large 🧦 Girls Socks in size Medium 🩳👖Little Boys Shorts/Pants in sizes 4T-7 🩳👖Shorts/Pants for HS boys, especially Mens 32-34 waist 👚👕👖🩳👗🧦 Plus, they will always take gently used school clothes for every child and size… they have room on their racks! Don't have any of the items listed above? They have also developed an Amazon Wishlist that meets many of their on-going needs. Here's the wishlist link: https://bit.ly/SocksUndies Helpful Tip: Selecting "Monica Welch's gift registry address" at checkout will send the items directly to the Clothes Closet chair, and will save you a delivery trip! For more information about clothes closet, visit roundrockisd.org/clothes-closet On-going Volunteer Opportunities Teravista Library 📚📖📘 We are always looking for volunteers to help out in the Library. Whether you can help an hour a month to a couple of hours a week, we'd love to have you! Reach out to our Library Chair, Novina Sreenivasan if you're interested. Clothes Closet 👕👚👖👟 The Clothes Closet helps Round Rock district families in need and is located at Voigt Elementary School. While there, you will help sort donations, hang clothes, and assist in filling electronic vouchers. Teravista is scheduled to have a representative from our school there to help once a month on Thursdays from 9:30am-11:30am. Sign up for a slot if you are able!

Our PTA Treasurer is an officer of our board and the authorized custodian of the funds of the association and receives and disburses all money in accordance with our budget, as it was approved by the association membership. Email president@teravistapta.com if you are interested in this position.

We are always looking for volunteers to help out in the Library. Whether you can help a couple of hours a month, or a couple of hours a week, we'd love to have you! Reach out to our Library Chair, Novina Sreenivasan if you're interested.

Teravista Elementary was recently named a 2021-2023 National PTA School of Excellence! National PTA’s School of Excellence program supports and celebrates partnerships between PTAs and schools that work to improve the educational experience and school environment for every child. As a National PTA School of Excellence, at Teravista Elementary, families feel welcomed and empowered to support student success, and PTA is a key partner for continuous school improvement. The School of Excellence program provided guidance to assist our school in engaging families in school decision-making, and help our school build inclusive policies related to education, health, safety or the arts. Becoming a National PTA School of Excellence began with the joint commitment of PTA and our phenomenal administrative team to work together to welcome all families, communicate effectively, support student success, speak up for every child, share power and collaborate with the community. Our school has successfully mastered these commitments and we applaud everyone for doing so. The path to excellence is a journey, not a destination, and we encourage your continued participation toward our goals, as this distinction places our PTA in the running to become a Phoebe Apperson Hearst Award recipient, which recognizes success in integrating family-school partnerships. We are extremely proud of the work that we have done to enrich the educational experience and overall well-being of all students. Thank you for your commitment to our school community. Thank you for helping us reach this noteworthy milestone.