Calendar:
May 10: Junior High Class photo at the Timbers
May 12: Earth Day Celebrations, Lower El to Boardman Nature Reserve
May 16: Class Picture Retakes, Kindergarten and 6th year portraits
May 17: US Coast Guard Helicopter Visit, 9:00 a.m. on the soccer field
May 19: Grounds Work Bee, sign up here
May 19: TC West Choir performance, all school assembly, 9:30 a.m.
May 19: Kindergarten trip to Rainbow Valley Family Alpaca Farms
May 25: Junior High Grandparents & Special Friends Day, 2 - 3 p.m.
May 26: Grandparents & Special Friends Day, Campus closes at 11:30
May 27: Bayshore Kid's Marathon, see below
May 29: Memorial Day, Campus Closed
May 30-Jun 2: JH Pictured Rocks backpacking trip
May 31-Jun 2: 3rd years at Leelanau Outdoor Center
May 31-Jun 2: Upper Elementary camping trip
Jun 1-2: 1st and 2nd years at Leelanau Outdoor Center
Jun 1: Kindergarten Dunes Trip
Jun 6: Moving Up Ceremonies, Kindergarten 5:00 p.m.; 6th Years 6:30 p.m., details here
Jun 7: 8th Year Lunch with the Board of Directors, 11:30 a.m.
Jun 7: 8th Year Graduation, 6:00 p.m., details here
Jun 8: Field Day
Jun 8: Nadine’s Retirement Gathering, 5:00-7:00 p.m., rsvp and details here
Jun 9: Dance of the Cosmos and Closing Ceremony, with refreshments to follow, 11 a.m. on the soccer field, details here. Campus closes at Noon
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In The Know:
Updated! Bright Futures Gala Recap
In case you missed the Gala, we have updated our celebration page with the renderings of the new Primary playground and Compass Junior High Renovation!
Time to Order Lunch
May Lunch Menu is now available, view menu here.
* Denotes the dish can be made vegan because of substituting vegan ingredients OR non-vegan items can be kept separate.
Grounds Work Bee, May 19
Many hands make light work! You can help keep our campus beautiful by signing up now and showing up on May 19. We need help with the following: remove vines, add limbs and logs to the playground, spread wood chips, remove autumn olive and mulberry, and more!
Lost & Found
Recognize anything in these pictures? Please claim lost and found items by May 19. You may call the front desk to claim any of the items and have them sent home with your child or come into the closet just past the lobby to get a closer look. We will be donating everything that remains after May 19.
Grandparents & Special Friends Day, May 26, 9:00-11:00 a.m.
On May 26, we will be hosting our 19th annual Grandparents and Special Friends Day on our main campus. This is a heartwarming day when grandparents and special friends come to TCH to spend time in the classrooms. Visitors are treated to a musical performance, campus tours and time spent in the classroom with their grandchildren. This is one of the best “feel good” events of the year! Volunteers are needed, sign up today!
Grandparents and Special Friends of our Junior High students are invited to visit our Park Street Campus on Thursday, May 25 at 2 p.m.
Updated! Sports & Extracurriculars
For the next three weeks on Fridays, The Children's House will have Wills Lee, Hauffman Basketball Camp Coach, running a mini-skills and drills camp. Visit our extracurriculars page for more details.
The Bayshore Kid's Marathon is Saturday, May 27 at 1:30 p.m.! The event is for boys and girls in grades K-5, and includes an official mileage log to track progress in completing 26.2 miles by the event day on May 27th @ 1:30pm (when we all finish the last 1.2 miles together at the same finish line as all the other Bayshore Events!) Log a mile a day starting May 2nd and then run the final mile at the event. The TCH Track and Field team will be attending and promoting this fun and exciting community event. Stay tuned for a meeting location for TCH families! For more information and to sign up, visit the Bayshore website.
The Blog
Learning Through Joyful Discovery
by Karin Church
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