Tavares Elementary

🎉🧩 Tavares Elementary Family Game Night! 🎲🎉

Get ready for an evening of laughter, connection, and good old-fashioned FUN!

Join us for our very first Family Game Night at Tavares Elementary! This special evening is all about unplugging, spending time together, and enjoying classic board games with family and friends.

🗓 Date: Tuesday, March 3rd
⏰ Time: 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
📍 Location: TES Cafeteria
💲 Cost: FREE!

We’ll have favorite games like:
♟ Checkers, 💰 Monopoly, 🎲 Sorry, 🎯 Yahtzee, 🤪 Headbandz, 🦛 Hungry Hungry Hippos, 🥄 Spoons, 🍝 Yeti in My Spaghetti, 🐜 Cootie, 🪵 Jenga, 🧀 Mouse Trap, 🔴 Connect 4, 🍭 Candy Land,
🧩 Puzzles and more.

🍽 Dinner will be provided at no cost by our generous friends at LifePoint Church — we are so thankful for their support of our TES families!

📚 BONUS! Our Book Fair will also be open in the Media Center from 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM, so families can shop before, during, or after Game Night!

👉Flyers will be distributed to students on Monday, Feb. 23rd so be on the lookout. Please RSVP by February 27th so we can plan accordingly for dinner.

We cannot wait to see our families laughing, playing, and making memories together. This is going to be a GREAT night at Tavares Elementary! 💙💛

📚❤️ Read Across America at Tavares Elementary! ❤️📚 Today we celebrated Read Across America with a morning full of stories, smiles, and special guests! Our classrooms were filled with wonderful guest readers who took time out of their day to share their love of reading with our students. There is nothing more powerful than seeing our community come together to grow readers! A big thank you to the Tavares High School Teaching Academy for visiting our Kindergarten–2nd grade classrooms and leading a fun, engaging literacy activity. Our younger Bullpups loved learning alongside these future educators! Days like today remind us that reading connects us, inspires us, and opens doors to endless possibilities. 📖✨ Thank you to everyone who helped make today such a special celebration of literacy!

We need your feedback. Please complete the Parent Stakeholder survey today. Find the survey here: https://eprovesurveys.advanc-ed.org/surveys/#/action/299325/p2577

We are incredibly proud of our students who participated in Saturday’s Robotics Competition! 🤖🎉 Our team worked hard to showcase their skills, problem-solving, and teamwork during the VEX IQ Mix & Match game. Students collaborated with other teams to form alliances, strategize, and score points — demonstrating not only technical ability but also communication, perseverance, and sportsmanship. Competitions like this are powerful learning experiences, and we are excited to watch our students continue to grow, build their skills, and reach new heights. Thank you to our students, coach, and families for supporting this amazing journey!

📣 Your Voice Matters!

Lake County Schools’ 2026 Stakeholder Surveys are now open, and we want to hear from YOU! Families are invited to share their feedback to help us continue improving and supporting our students and school community.

✅ The survey takes about 10 minutes
✅ Responses are anonymous
✅ Your feedback helps guide school and district decisions

Take the Parent Stakeholder Survey here:
https://eprovesurveys.advanc-ed.org/surveys/#/action/299325/p2577

Thank you for partnering with us and helping make our school the best it can be!

📣 Your Voice Matters, Tavares Elementary Families! 📣

We’re inviting YOU to help shape the 2026–2027 school year at our Parent Input Night! This is your opportunity to share ideas, ask questions, and have a real say in decisions that impact our students and school community.

🗓 Thursday, February 26th
⏰ 5:30 PM
📍 Media Center – Tavares Elementary School

During this meeting, families will provide input on:
✅ The Family Engagement Plan
✅ The Title I Budget
✅ The Parent–School Compact

✨ Why attend?
Your feedback helps guide how we support students, families, and learning at Tavares Elementary. We truly value your perspective and want to hear from you!

🍽 Dinner from Chick-fil-A provided
👶 Childcare available
📝 Please RSVP so we can plan accordingly

We hope you’ll join us for an evening of collaboration, conversation, and community. Let’s work together to make next school year the best one yet!

👉 RSVP today — we can’t wait to see you there! 💙🏫

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Huge congratulations to our incredible elementary students who showcased their science fair projects at the Lake County Schools Science and Engineering Fair today! Their curiosity, creativity, and hard work were on full display, and we are so proud of the innovation they brought to this year’s competition. A big thank‑you to the judges, teachers, and families who supported these young scientists along the way. 👉 Next up: Middle and high school projects on Friday. We can’t wait to see what our older students have in store!

What happens when science gets hands-on and dinner is taken care of? 👀

👉 Science Night!

The Orlando Science Center is bringing interactive science stations, our teachers will be ready to engage families, and Chick-fil-A will be provided.

📅 Thursday, February 19
⏰ 5:30–7:30 PM

Don’t forget to RSVP by February 13 so we can make sure everyone is fed and ready to explore!

📚🎶 Thank you, Chris Kastle! 🎶📚 We loved having storyteller and musician Chris Kastle with us today for Literacy Week! She truly brought songs and stories to life, capturing our students’ attention and sparking their imaginations. It was a joyful and engaging experience for everyone! Learn more about Chris and her work here: 👉 https://chriskastle.com Thank you for making our Literacy Week even more special! ❤️🐾

🎡✨ Calling all creatives! ✨🎡
Entries are now open for the 2026 Lake County Fair, happening April 10–19! Show off your talents in Fine Arts, Food Arts & Sciences, Confectionery Arts, Home & Hobby, and Horticulture.

🗓️ Important deadlines:
• Most categories must be registered by 5:00 PM on March 13
• Plein Aire and Photography entries are due by 5:00 PM on April 3

👉 For registration details and guidelines, visit “Creative Living” on the fair’s website.
📞 Questions? Contact Leah Fischer at 352-551-7407 or cfcreativeliving@gmail.com
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We can’t wait to see Lake County’s creativity shine! 🌟

🎉📣 Calling All Families & Community Partners! 📣🎉
Join us for our next School Advisory Council (SAC) Meeting on Wednesday, January 22 from 4:30–5:30 PM!

This is your chance to have a voice, share ideas, and help shape the future of our school. 💡✨

👶 Childcare provided so you can fully participate—stress free!

We can’t do this work without YOU. Come be part of the conversation and make an impact! 💙🐾

📣 Join us for our January PTO Meeting! 🗓 Thursday, January 22, 2026 ⏰ 5:30 PM 📍 Media Center We’d love your input as we share how PTO supports our school and how you can make a difference. Whether you’re a parent, guardian, teacher, or staff member—you are welcome! 👶 Childcare will be provided. Come learn, share ideas, and help us continue to support our Bullpups! 🐾❤️

Where will you be next Tuesday, Jan. 27th? Come read across America's National Parks with us from 5:30–7:00 PM for a fun, family-friendly Literacy Night with our Read, White & Blue theme, celebrating 250 chapters of America!

This camping-themed evening 🏕️ will include engaging reading activities and practical strategies families can use together to strengthen literacy skills.

Wear your red, white, and blue, bring the whole family, and enjoy an evening of learning, connection, and fun. Sonny's BBQ will help us provide dinner as we sit around a "campfire" and enjoy pulled pork sandwiches, macaroni and cheese, and a bottle of water.

🐾 January Bullpup Bark is Here! 🐾

Bullpup parents and families — we invite you to take a moment to read our January Bullpup Bark! Inside, you’ll find important updates, activities, and highlights from around our school community.

📖 Click the link below to read the latest edition:
👉 https://www.canva.com/design/DAG7CKSpSa4/LPOQL2ZHrWKPBo5r4b9t-w/view?utm_content=DAG7CKSpSa4&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=uniquelinks&utlId=h2e055e86c3

Thank you for staying connected and supporting our Bullpups! ❤️🐶

The National School Bus Safety Week Poster Contest is now open for submissions! This year's theme is "Safe Rides, Everyday Heroes." We encourage students to think about what safety means to them and how they view bus drivers and community members as everyday heroes who help ensure they get to school safely. Posters should be submitted to the department's School Transportation Management Section by April 17, 2026. Send entries by U.S. Mail or overnight courier to: Florida Department of Education, NSBSW Poster Contest Administrator, 325 W Gaines Street - Suite 834, Tallahassee FL 32399-0400. Learn more here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Y36OdmPNhhEdrcmHHeG-X9_DzhmweR3d/view?usp=sharing