Superintendent of Schools

Jeff Eakins

Principal

Maryann Lippek

Volume 24 Issue 9

May - June 2016

MARK YOUR calendar

MAY

6 Kindergarten Round Up

At 8:30AM

18 Spirit Night at Chick-Fil-A

19 HCC PTA Award Luncheon

19 PTA General Assembly

19 Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety

Presentation Meeting at 5:00PM

23 Volunteer Social at 8:30AM

27 All Pro Dads

30 No School

JUNE

8 Perfect Attendance Party

9 5th Grade Banquet

10 Last day of school clap out at

11:30AM

School board

April Griffin, Chair Cindy Stuart, Vice Chair Doretha W. Edgecomb

Sally A. Harris Carol W.Kurdell Melissa Snively Susan L. Valdes

TAMPA PALMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

From your Principal, MS. Lippek

Dear Families, The end of the school year is almost here! Thank you so much for a wonderful year. Thank you so much for your support as we worked together to make the 2015-2016 school year successful and memorable for our children! We Love Our Staff! Teacher and Staff Appreciation Week is May 2-6. The teachers and staff at TPE are the best in Hillsborough County! Our teachers and staff work hard each and every day to provide the best educational experience for your child. Letting a teacher know what your child en-joyed this year is a great way to show appre-ciation. These ideas can help: 1. A younger child may draw a picture and write a short story about his/her favorite class activity. 2. An older child may write a note, card or letter to his/her teacher sharing favorite class memories or lessons. All County Music Ensembles The following students were selected into the All County Chorus and Orchestra. Chorus: Javier Canals, Sarah Craig, Kaitlyn Graulich, Kylee Harrell, Valerie Ingram, Valli Kuruganti, Ella Rivera, and Carissa Smith Orchestra: Trisha Bhathivi, Katie Chae, Jere-miah LaFayette, and Shruthi Mohanraja Orff: Kiara Orbegoso, Neel Patel, and Avaneesh Venkatesh A huge round of applause to Ms. Walsh and

Mrs. Layton for their incredible dedication to our music program. Math Bowl Teams Congratulations to the following students who will be representing Tampa Palms at the Math Bowl Competitions this May: First Grade: Jainlin Chen, Niyati Gaddi, Fred-dy Li, Kaiser Tsang and Andrew Wang Second Grade: Hasith Atluri, Nanda Don-thineni, Priyanshu Jha, Awaith Praven, and Satvik Sathish Third Grade: Arnav Jain, Hannah Kang, Dallas Milburn, Khanh Pham and Haidyn Spano We Appreciate Our Volunteers! We invite all of our wonderful volunteers to attend the Volunteer Appreciation Social on Monday, May 23rd at 8:30am. This is our opportunity to thank you for the countless contributions you make to our school! We will have special student entertainment! We look forward to seeing you there! School Supply List and Back to School Infor-mation Our Back to School 2016-2017 School Supply list will be distributed in the final report card that goes home on June 10th. We will also post it on our school website. Be sure to check our school website over the summer for additional back to school information: http://tampapalms.mysdhc.org Summer Schedule The school district will be following a four day, 40 hour work week this summer. Tampa Palms will be closed on Fridays during sum-mer months.

2 May– June 2016

SPIRIT NIGHT

Teacher appreciation week

CARNIVAL

The Carnival was a wonderful success. It was so fun to see everyone who came and enjoyed the day with us.

The carnival takes many willing hands and a great deal of effort. We are so fortunate to have wonderful parents, teachers, staff and administrators that helped make this special event possible. I would like to thank those who worked especially hard.

A big thank you to Julie Angelone, Emily Kraphol, Kara Angelone, Tina Poricolo, Jeanine Ernst, Meike Carris, Amanda Clewis, Alex-andra Castaldi, Amy Perez, Jessica Talkington, Naima Sommers, Lauren Sala, Lori Horton, Steve Channels, Ryan Knight, Ms. Bon-nie, Ms Venus, Ms. Claffe, Ms. Lippek and all of our wonderful teachers, parents and high school students that helped out the day of the carnival. We learned a lot this year and look forward to planning another great carnival next year!

Thank you to everyone that came and supported this fun filled day.

From your Principal, MS. Lippek

End of Year Gratitude Thank you again for a wonderful school year. To our fifth grade students who are getting ready to embark on their next adventure- middle school. You have worked hard and you are ready for middle school. So many op-portunities and new experiences await. I am proud of you and I am excited for you! To all of our students in K-4, have a wonderful summer and I look forward to seeing you in August. Sincerely,

Maryann Lippek

Principal

Our May Spirit Night is coming up and we hope to see you all there.

It will be held at Chick-fil-A on May 18.

Forget about cooking and come join us for a quick meal while raising money for TPE! Kids are ensured to have a fantastic time with spin the wheel, along with some of their

classmates and teachers.

Simply mention that you’re with Tampa Palms Elementary Spirit Night and you will be automatically donating to our school!

Teacher appreciation week is May 2 – 6, we encourage you to take the time to let the teachers and staff know how much you love them.

A big gift is not necessary, but a thoughtful note and kind actions are a great way to show thanks for all that our teachers and school staff do for our children.

There are many fun and inexpensive ideas online if your class has a home room repre-sentative, you can reach out to them and see if a class gift is being prepared.

Our school is amazing because of our wonderful administration, staff, and teachers, lets show them how appreciated they are.

Dear TPE Families, It’s hard to believe that the end of the school year is just a few weeks away! I would like to take a moment to thank each of you for your participation in our events this year and for all your PTA support. I would especially like to thank my incredible PTA board. You have shined, achieved great things, and made a difference in the lives of not only the students in our school, but our staff, families and commu-nity. You are all talented, giving, generous, and dedicated. It has been an honor serv-ing as your PTA President for the past two years, and a member of the PTA for the last 7 years. My term as President is quickly coming to an end. It is time for a new PTA board to take the reins and continue with our success. New ideas, new members and a motivated group of volunteers are around the corner, and with that, I would like to introduce our slate for the 2016-2017 PTA Executive Committee!

CarolAnne Knight President

Shelly Walsh VP of Membership Alexandra Castaldi

VP of Ways and Means -VACANT-

VP of Service and Hospitality Amy Perez

VP of Academics Shannon Khan

Recording Secretary Naima Sommers

Corresponding Secretary -VACANT- Treasurer

Thank you for the opportunity and trust you gave me to serve this school and your children over the last two years. I have en-joyed so many things and have made so many new friends over

the years. I would strongly encourage all of our parents to come and join our PTA and volunteer. There are many things you can do at any volunteer level. It will make such a positive impact on your life. Trust me, I speak from experience. To my executive board, congratulations on another great year. You ladies worked so hard organizing and executing all our events this year.

To all the teachers, and staff of Tampa Palms Ele-mentary, thank you for all your hard work and

dedication to our children. We all know the tremendous hours you put in to make our school the best! To our Principal, Maryann and our Assistant Principal, Kristine, thank you for your constant communication with PTA

and guiding us to obtain maximum results.

Please join us for our last General Assembly meeting of the year on Thursday, May 19th in the cafeteria as we vote in our new board and include a presentation on bicycle safety. This year’s Fundraising was a great success, raising more than $65,000!! I am happy to report that PTA just purchased $15,000 worth of new laptops for our teachers to enrich our children’s learning experiences. With summer break right around the corner, the new PTA board will start planning for next year’s events. We will kick off the new year with “Meet Your Teacher Day” which will be held on Wednesday, August 10th. We will have spirit t-shirts and PTA memberships on sale for the new school year. In the meantime, you can stay in the loop on our PTA Facebook page. Lastly a huge congratulations to our 5th grade graduates! Thank you again for allowing me to serve on the PTA. It has been a rewarding experience and created lasting memories. I hope everyone has a fun and safe summer break! Shay Edinger PTA President 2014-2016

www.tampapalmspta.com

From your PTA President

Tell me and I forget.

Teach me and I

remember.

Involve me and I

learn.

-Benjamin Franklin

We would like to thank all of our volunteers for their amazing support as part of our Volunteers in Learning program this year. Without you, our program would not be possible. Your dedication and support for our students and teachers is greatly appreciated. We hope that you have a wonderful summer and will consider donating your time and talents again next year!

Volunteers in Learning

4 May– June 2016

Kristin Osterman Artworks

New Tampa YMCA

Tampa Palms Country Club

The Collective Soles Arts Group

Glory Days Grill

Boston Market

Moe’s Southwest Grill

The Smoothie King

Tijuana Flats

Oakley’s Grill

Seasons Fresh Café

Toast Wine & Café

Steak ‘N Shake

Jersey mikes Subs

Jimmy Johns Sandwiches

Peabody’s

Westshore Pizza

Papa Johns Pizza

Cappy’s Pizzeria

Nicola Rosario Photography

The bearded Grillsman

Muvico Starlight 20/ Carmike Cinema

Life Skills Martial Arts

Bay Breeze Car Wash & Lube

Taste of New York Pizzeria

Publix

The Fresh Market, Carrollwood

HH Gregg

Chipotle Mexican Grill

Panera Bread

LaVida Massage of Tampa

McIIwain Family Dentistry & Ahrens Orthodontics

The Gift Box

A special thank you to all of the parents, family and staff who donated many items, services, money, baked goods and gift

cards to support this event. We are so lucky to have a wonderful

school community.

Thank You To Our Friends Of The Carnival

Thank you to our Spring Carnival Sponsors!

Moons Tae Kwon Do Academy

Hollowell Construction

Farina Orthodontics

New York Life

Infinite Edge Learning

Bricks 4 Kids

Mathnasium

Tampa Bay Food Truck Rally

Tent Renters Supply