East Tate Elementary School

📅✨ PTO Calendar Fundraiser Is Underway! ✨📅

It’s time to pick a day and pay! Our PTO Calendar Fundraiser has officially begun, and we’d love your support. 💛

🗓️ How it works:
Choose any open date on the calendar and donate the dollar amount that matches that day!

📲 Each class has its own QR code to make donating quick and easy.
🎯 Check the calendar to see what are end goals are and help them reach it!

Thank you for supporting our school—every dollar helps make a difference! ❤️🐾

🎅✨ PTO Sponsored Santa & Mrs. Claus Visit! ✨🤶

Get ready for some Christmas magic! Santa AND Mrs. Claus will be visiting classrooms on Tuesday, December 9th! 🎄❤️

📸 Pictures are $5.00
You can pay cash or simply scan the QR code to pay digitally—whichever is easiest for you!

Flyers were sent home, but if you need another one, just let us know and we’ll be happy to send one your way! 🎁✨

We can’t wait to spread some holiday cheer with Santa & Mrs. Claus! 🎅🤶🎄

🎉✨ Congratulations to Our 2025–2026 Honorees! ✨🎉

We are so excited to announce this year’s outstanding honorees who go above and beyond for our school every single day! ❤️📚

👩‍🏫 Teacher of the Year: Mrs. Mary Foret
Your dedication, heart, and passion for students shine in everything you do. We are so lucky to have you!

🌟 Staff Member of the Year: Mrs. Taylor Shelby
Thank you for your hard work, positivity, and the many ways you help make our school run smoothly. You make a difference daily!

👨‍👩‍👧 Parent of the Year: Mrs. Kassie Isbell
Your support, involvement, and commitment to our school community do not go unnoticed. We appreciate you so much!

Please help us celebrate these incredible individuals! 🎊👏
We are grateful for all they do to make our school a wonderful place to learn and grow. 💛🏫

💛✨ Help Us Support the Ronald McDonald House! ✨💛

We are collecting **pull tabs** to donate to the Ronald McDonald House, and we’d love your help! These tiny tabs make a BIG difference for families staying close to their children during medical care. 🏥❤️

Save your tabs, send them in tomorrow with your student they will be collected on Wednesday December 3rd. Let’s see how many we can collect together!
Thank you for helping us spread kindness—one pull tab at a time. 💛

🎄✨ Get ready, Wildcats! ✨🎄

Our *12 Days of Christmas Countdown* dress-up days start **Thursday, December 4th**! Each day will have a fun, festive theme to help us celebrate the season together. 🎅🧦🎁

We can’t wait to see all the holiday spirit fill our halls—let the countdown begin! ❤️💚

🎶✨ Holiday Music Performance! ✨🎶

Get ready to be filled with holiday cheer! ❤️💚
Ms. Luckett will lead our 1st–3rd grade students as they perform their Holiday Music Program on Friday, December 12th at 2:00 PM in the gym. 🎄🎵

Come join us as our Wildcats spread some festive spirit through song — it’s sure to be a performance you don’t want to miss! 🎤⭐

#ETEMusic #HolidaySpirit #WildcatPride

📬 PTO News Alert! 📬

Be on the lookout this week for our PTO Newsletter coming home with students! 📨 It’s packed with updates, upcoming events, and ways to get involved.

🩵 Please take note of the information about the Clothes Closet for Nurse Mindy — your support makes a big difference for our students in need! 👕👟

And don’t forget — our next PTO meeting is Monday, November 10th at 6:00 PM in Room A11. 🗓️
We’d love to see you there! 💛

#ETEPTO #WildcatPride #ParentPower

📚✨ Last Chance to Shop the Book Fair! ✨📚 Tomorrow is the final day of our Book Fair! Don’t miss out on all the amazing books, fun gifts, and great reads for every age. We’re excited to welcome parents and grandparents to stop by, browse, and shop with your students. It’s the perfect time to pick up some new stories to enjoy together at home! ❤️ There will not be another one until the spring.

🎃 A huge THANK YOU to all our amazing parents who donated candy for our PTO sponsored school-wide trick-or-treat! 🍬 Your generosity helps make our celebration extra sweet! 💛

The winner of the contest is 2nd grade. However, we threw a trick in and every teacher that volunteered will be pied tomorrow.

👻 Reminder: Students may wear their school appropriate costumes tomorrow — just no masks, please! We can’t wait to see all the fun and creative outfits! 🐾✨

🌟🎉 Double the Cheers, Wildcats! 🎉🌟

We’re excited to celebrate another amazing September Staff Member of the Month — Mrs. Lyndsey Galbreath! 🐾❤️

Her kindness, hard work, and Wildcat spirit shine bright every single day! 💫
Thank you for going above and beyond to make our school a fun, welcoming place for everyone. 🍎🖤

Keep being the superstar you are! 🌟

The staff had amazing things to say:
-She is always kind, ready to help and smiling. The students love her!
-She’s always smiling, always willing to fill in wherever is needed, and is just an awesome person.
-Always helpful and patient

#WildcatPride #StaffOfTheMonth #WildcatStrong #YouMakeADifference

🎉🐾 Wildcat Shoutout Time! 🐾🎉

Let’s give a HUGE round of applause to our September Staff Member of the Month — Mrs. Amy Patrick! 🌟👏

From bright smiles to helping hands, she helps keep our school running strong and our spirits high! ❤️🖤
We’re so lucky to have you on our Wildcat team — you make every day a little brighter! ☀️🍎

The staff said awesome things:
-She is always staying on top of attendance. She always brightens my day when I walk into the office in the mornings.
-Always does more than just what’s in her job description
-Always looking out for us. (Especially when we forget to take attendance )

#WildcatPride #StaffStar #YouRock #TeamWildcat

🍎✨ September Teacher of the Month! ✨🍎

Join us in celebrating our September Teacher of the Month — Mrs. Ashely Jones! 🎉👏

Their hard work, dedication, and passion for helping our Wildcats grow make a huge difference every single day. ❤️🖤

Thank you for all that you do to inspire, encourage, and lead with heart! 🌟

Our staff members had wonderful things to say:
-Mrs. Jones makes reading fun! She is always willing to help out and the students love her library.
-She works hard to help our students live learning and keeps them engaged and excited about school
-Her caught reading award makes kids want to read
-The kids love her. She is always smiling and greeting kids in the morning.
-Mrs.Jones has such wonderful enthusiasm about the kids and the library. The kids love her "Caught Reading" tickets and always love when it is their day to go to the library.


#WildcatPride #TeacherOfTheMonth #ThankATeacher

📚✨ 3rd Grade Literacy Night! ✨📚

Join us Tuesday, November 4th from 5:30–6:30 PM for a fun and engaging evening all about reading! 🐾

Families are invited to come explore literacy activities, enjoy some quality time together, and learn ways to support reading at home.

🎉 Bonus: Students who attend will receive extra credit!

Don’t miss out on this exciting night of learning and fun — we can’t wait to see our 3rd grade Wildcats there! ❤️🖤

🚴‍♂️💨 Wildcats, Start Your Engines… or Should We Say Pedals?! 🚴‍♀️🔥

The East Tate Elementary Bike-A-Thon is zooming in October 27–31! 🗓️🐾

Come join your students during activity time for a week of fun, fitness, and Wildcat pride! ❤️🖤

🎉 Ride for Fun 🎉
💪 Ride for Fitness 💪
🏆 Ride for East Tate 🏆

Let’s make it a REALLY AWESOME week as our Wildcats pedal, spin, and zoom their way to victory! 🚲💥

💨💨 Are you ready to ROLL? 💨💨

Flyers will be sent home to be filled out to let us know if you will join us or not.

#BikeAThon2025 #WildcatStrong #LetsRide #ETESpirit #PedalPower

🏀🔥 IT’S WILDCAT TIME! 🔥🏀

Grab your gear, your spirit, and your loudest cheer because it’s time to MEET THE WILDCATS! 🐾❤️🖤

Come out and meet our basketball teams and cheer squad as they get ready to light up the court this season! 🎉📣

Let’s pack the gym, make some noise, and show everyone what Wildcat Pride is all about! 💪🐾

📅 When: Tonight October 16
📍 Where: IHS Gym
⏰ Time: 6:00 PM

Get ready for high energy, big smiles, and Wildcat spirit from start to finish! ❤️🖤
Let’s gooooo WILDCATS!!! 🏀🎉📣

🎃👻 Calling All Candy Heroes! 👻🎃

Our school-wide PTO sponsored Trick-or-Treat is creeping up soon, and we need your help to make it spook-tacular! 🍬🕸️

We’re collecting individually wrapped candy to fill the buckets of all our little ghosts, goblins, and superheroes! 🦸‍♀️🧙‍♂️🦇

If you’d like to help, please send in your candy donations by October 29th. Every sweet treat helps make our event a frightfully fun success! 🍭💜

Thank you for being un-BOO-lievable! 👏🎃🧡

🎀❤️ Red Ribbon Week is almost here! ❤️🎀

Next week we’re celebrating making smart choices and living drug-free! 💪✨
Our Wildcats will be showing their school spirit, spreading kindness, and celebrating the importance of making healthy, positive decisions every day! 🖤❤️🐾

Let’s join together to take the pledge to be drug-free and proud of it! 🙌
Stay tuned for all the fun and excitement happening throughout the week — it’s going to be a WILD one! 😺🎉

#RedRibbonWeek #DrugFreeLooksLikeMe #WildcatPride

📚✨ It’s BOOK FAIR TIME at East Tate Elementary! ✨📚

Get ready to dive into a world of stories, adventures, and imagination! From dragons 🐉 to detectives 🕵️‍♀️, superheroes 🦸‍♂️ to silly tales 🤪 — there’s a book waiting for EVERY Wildcat!

📅 When: October 24th- October 31st
📍 Where: The Library — aka the Book Fair Headquarters!
🕓 Time: During school hours- Students Activity Time

Every book you buy helps our school library grow 📖❤️ — so come shop, explore, and fall in love with reading all over again!

Let’s make this an awesome week for our Wildcat readers! 🐾💫

And since the Book Fair is almost here, and you can make shopping easier than ever by setting up an e-wallet! 🎉

✨ What’s an E-Wallet?
It’s a safe, cash-free way for your student to shop at the Book Fair. You load money online, and they can spend it in person — no need to send cash to school! 🙌

💡 Why You’ll Love It:
✅ Super convenient
✅ Safe and secure
✅ Automatically tracks balance

Click the link below to set up your child’s e-wallet before the fair begins! Let’s get ready for a week full of books, smiles, and fun finds! 📖❤️
https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/easttateelementaryschool1
#WildcatsLoveReading #BookFairMagic #ReadersAreLeaders ❤️🖤

Meet Branndie Moore, a sixth-grader at East Tate Elementary! A natural leader, Branndie makes outstanding decisions on the court, in the classroom, and as part of the Superintendent Student Advisory Council. She sets the Wildcat example by staying positive, proactive, and helping keep peace in every situation. We are so proud of Branndie and can’t wait to see all the amazing things she will continue to achieve! #TogetherAchievingTeamExcellence

Today we celebrated our amazing school custodians! We’re so thankful for the chance to show them a little extra love for all they do to keep our schools shining. #WildcatPride