Attendance matters, and we know it isn't easy! Balancing early mornings, busy routines, and everyday life takes real effort from our entire community. That is why we are so proud to celebrate East Tate Elementary for reaching our district goal with 95% attendance rate during the month of October! Thank you to our dedicated students, parents, teachers, and staff for showing up and prioritizing learning every day. Can East Tate do it again next month?
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🌳 2nd Grade Learning in Action! 🌳

This week, our 2nd graders are wrapping up our unit on Nature’s Wonders! Today’s hands-on lesson called for making tree bark rubbings. After modeling the process, students got to explore and feel the unique textures of different tree barks up close before creating their artwork.

We love seeing their curiosity and creativity blossom! 🎨🍂✨

📢 Attention 3rd–5th Grade Families! 📢

Mark your calendars for Math Night on Tuesday, November 17th from 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM! Come out for a fun hour of math games and interactive learning tailored for our 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders.

We look forward to seeing everyone there! 🔢💡

🧀 Cheesy Math Fun in 3rd Grade! 📐

Our 3rd graders in Ms. Krista's and Ms. Lentz's classes recently dove into a fun, hands-on math lesson to explore area! Using Cheez-Its as unit squares, students built different shapes and calculated their total area—and, of course, enjoyed a tasty snack afterward! 🧀✨ They also got creative with an "Area Friends" project, where they colored custom characters and calculated the area of each section. Learning math is always sweeter (and crunchier) when it's hands-on! Great job, Wildcats! 🐾

Over the last two weeks, Ms. Hicks’ 4th graders have been busy exploring the exciting worlds of energy and electricity! 💡🔋

To wrap up the unit, our students jumped into hands-on learning to test how thermal insulators and conductors work. They also had a blast experimenting with the Energy Stick—it was definitely a huge crowd favorite! 🧪✨

Hands-on science makes learning so much fun! Keep shining bright, Wildcats! 🐾

🎉 Lunch with Parents Fun at East Tate Elementary! 🍕🍎

Our kindergarteners in Mrs. Faulkner’s and Mrs. Thomas’ classes had such a special time enjoying Lunch with Parents last Friday! We loved seeing so many of our Wildcat families join us for lunchtime and spend time with their little ones. 🐾

🗓️ Looking Ahead: This Friday, we are excited to welcome the families of Mrs. McCain’s and Mrs. Ali’s classes for their turn at Lunch with Parents! We can't wait to see you there! Then on Friday, November 20th we will host Ms. Natalie and Ms. White's Lunch with Parent📸✨

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We want to send a huge thank you to our PTO for providing delicious donuts and juice to celebrate our hard-working Honor Roll students! 🍩🧃

At East Tate Elementary, we are proud of each and every one of our students. Keep up the phenomenal work, Wildcats! 🐾✨

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Did you know you can nominate a teacher to receive a brand new Kia? This holiday season, Southaven Kia is launching Keys to Christmas, a special giveaway designed to recognize and celebrate the teachers who give so much to our local communities throughout the year. Southaven Kia will give one deserving full-time teacher from DeSoto, Marshall, or Tate County the keys to a brand-new Kia Seltos in early December.

https://www.southavenkia.com/keys-to-christmas-giveaway/

Voting is open now through the first week of December. Voting will close after December 6th and the winner will be awarded shortly after. The announcement of the winner, date to be awarded is still TBD but it will be no later than 12/18.

On October 23, our 3rd graders at East Tate Elementary had a very special visitor! Author N’Kosi King, a Tate County -Coldwater High School graduate and former classmate of Mrs. Heather Lentz, came to speak to Mrs. Lentz’s and Mrs. Harris’ classes. He read his inspirational book, You Can Be Whatever You Desire, brought fun prizes for the students, and left everyone feeling empowered to reach for their dreams! Thank you, Mr. King, for investing in our students and showing them that anything is possible! 📖✨❤️ #EastTateElementary #GuestSpeaker #Inspiration #ColdwaterGraduate #YouCanBeWhateverYouDesire #TateCountySchools

Special visitors at East Tate Elementary! 🏐 Thank you to the IHS Volleyball team for stopping by on October 30th to greet our students and wish them a wonderful day. We love our high school role models! 🩷

🦃❤️ 25 FAMILIES. 25 THANKSGIVING MEALS. ONE COMMUNITY COMING TOGETHER! ❤️🦃 TATE COUNTY, WE NEED YOUR HELP! This Thanksgiving, 25 local families in Tate County may not have a holiday meal on their table. We want to change that by providing each family with a Thanksgiving Blessing Box filled with everything needed to prepare a delicious meal at home. ❤️ 🍁 HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO BLESS A FAMILY? 🦃 $35–$45 provides Thanksgiving sides, vegetables, stuffing, potatoes, gravy, dessert, and other essentials. 🦃 $55–$75 provides a COMPLETE Thanksgiving meal, including a turkey! ❤️ WAYS TO DONATE: 🛒 AMAZON WISH LIST: https://www.amazon.com/registries/gl/guest-view/375SFYO3WPPUX 💙 VENMO: https://venmo.com/u/Crystal-Romero-62 💚 CASH APP: https://cash.app/$clromero0711 🎁 Grocery store gift cards are also welcome! Monetary donations and gift cards will help purchase turkeys, butter, refrigerated items, and other perishable essentials needed to complete each box. 📝 Please include “Thanksgiving Blessing Boxes” in your Venmo or Cash App payment notes. 📅 DONATION DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 18th 🦃 BOX DISTRIBUTION: NOVEMBER 20th 🙏 This is about more than a meal. It’s about showing families in our community that they are loved, supported, and not forgotten. ❤️ Whether you donate $5, sponsor an entire family, purchase from our Amazon list, or simply SHARE this post, you can help make a difference! 25 FAMILIES. 25 TABLES. COUNTLESS BLESSINGS. 🦃❤️ Let’s be the hands and feet of Jesus and make Thanksgiving special for our Tate County neighbors! #TateCountyStrong #ThanksgivingBlessingBoxes #NeighborsHelpingNeighbors #GiveThanksGiveBack

🎃🧡 A HUGE THANK YOU! 🧡🎃 East Tate Elementary would like to send a big thank-you to our amazing PTO for hosting our 2nd Annual Trunk-or-Treat! We are also incredibly grateful to all of the businesses, churches, organizations, families, and community members who came out, decorated their trunks, handed out treats, and helped make this event such a wonderful success for our students! A special shout-out to everyone who helped make the night possible: 1. Tate County Sheriff’s Department 2. TCSD Central Office (Alicia Busby) 3. Donna Thompson 4. Wyatte Baptist Church 5. PRIME Manufacturing 6. Final Touch Solutions 7. Save Our Youth 8. Germantown Smiles 9. Woods Family 10. Local Fit and Tan 11. Malone Lawn Service 12. Mike’s Food and Gas 13. Mimi’s Awesome Creations 14. First Regional Library 15. Independence VFD 16. Climate Guard 17. Tate County School Board 18. Clinic 221 19. Zeta Alpha Gamma Zeta 20. Independence Methodist Church 21. Independence Methodist PreK 22. Mt. Zion Baptist Church 23. The Grove Baptist Church 24. Tate County Farm Bureau We appreciate each and every one of you for helping create such a fun and memorable night for our students. We couldn’t do it without you! We can't wait until next year… Happy Halloween, Wildcats! 🎃👻🍬

Attention 3rd grade parents:

East Tate Elementary is hiring an Inclusion Teacher to join our team. We are looking for a dedicated individual ready to support our students' diverse learning needs. Please contact Haley Griffin with any questions regarding this position. Apply at https://activeapplicant.tcsdms.org/.

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Send in that candy 🍭

Red Ribbon Week 10/26-10/30

❤️ Happy Custodian Appreciation Day to some of the absolute best! ❤️ Today, we want to take a moment to recognize some very special people who mean so much to our ETE family. The work you do each day goes far beyond keeping our school clean and beautiful. You take care of our building, our students, our staff, and all the little things that often go unnoticed—but never unappreciated. Mr. Darius, Ms. Tina, Mr. Ricky, Ms. Katrina, and Ms. Sonya, ETE simply wouldn’t be the same without you. Your hard work, kindness, dedication, and willingness to always lend a helping hand make our school a better place every single day. We hope you know just how valued and loved you are. Thank you for the early mornings, the long days, and everything you do behind the scenes to take care of all of us. We appreciate you more than words can say, and we are so blessed to have you as part of our ETE family! ❤️ Happy Custodian Appreciation Day! We love our people at ETE! 🥰❤️

🐾 Car Rider Fast Pass Raffle ends Friday, 10/2! Winning tickets will be allowed to skip the car rider line daily and pick their student up from the front office lot beginning at 2:55pm! Tickets are $5 each or 5/$20. Three winners will be drawn. Find online links in the comments. ⬇️

📣 Our PTO Membership Drive is in FULL SWING! ❤️🖤 Tomorrow, Wednesday, September 30th, is the LAST DAY to get your PTO memberships turned in and have them count toward our Homeroom Membership Contest! 🏆 Which homeroom will come out on top?! 👀🎉 Check out the charts below to see which homerooms are currently leading, and don’t forget to get those memberships in before the deadline!

A BIG shoutout to Mr. and Mrs. Woods for treating our ETE staff last Friday! ❤️🐾 They provided everyone with the perfect sweet & salty snack along with a refreshing drink! 🍫🥨🥤 We are so thankful for the people who think of our staff and go out of their way to make them feel appreciated. It truly means more than you know! ❤️🖤 Thank you, Mr. and Mrs. Woods, for thinking of our ETE family! 🐾