Tavares Elementary

🎉🐾 Positive Behavior Dance Party! 🐾🎉 Our Bullpups are showing their best behavior and earning their way to a celebration! Students can purchase tickets to the dance with their PAWS tickets 🐾✨ but must not have received a bus referral or behavior referral to attend. 🎶 Music • 🎵 Line Dancing • 🍧 Popsicles • 💃 So much fun! 📅 Date: October 8, 2025 🕘 Times: K–2: 9:45–10:30 3–5: 1:15–2:00 Let’s stay PAWSitive and celebrate our amazing Bullpups! ❤️🖤🤍

📚✨We’re so proud to celebrate our very first Bullpup to LEVEL UP on Lexia and earn a visit to our brand-new Book Vending Machine! 🎉🐾 Way to go, Addie! We can’t wait to see even more Bullpups reaching this exciting milestone! ❤️🖤 ✨📚

🐾🎥 Attendance Spirit Week Shout-Out! 🎥🐾 Last month, we reached out to Principal Keaveny about the Bulldogs creating an attendance video just for our Bullpups — and we’re thrilled to share the finished product! A huge thank you to Ms. Nikki Sauerbrey and the Tavares High School Promotional Enterprise team for putting in tremendous effort to craft a video that’s both engaging and informative. They even featured some of our amazing students! We’re so grateful for their hard work and excited to share the video below. 📽️ Watch it here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1db2oQnKFAsemYY5ac2OUAXgewZyC-4vv/view?usp=sharing Tavares High School – our school and team send a warm thank you to Principal Keaveny, Ms. Sauerbrey, and the THS Promotional Enterprise crew. Keep being PAWSOME! ❤️🖤🤍

📣🍽️ Bullpup Families – Let’s Dine for a Cause! ❤️🖤🤍 We’re teaming up with Miller’s Ale House in Mount Dora for a special Give Back Night! 📅 Monday, September 22, 2025 🕔 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM When you dine in and show this flyer, 20% of your total food sales will go directly to Tavares Elementary to support our Bullpups! 🐾 📍 17314 U.S. 441, Mount Dora, FL 32757 Bring your family, invite your friends, and enjoy a great meal while giving back to our school. Every bite makes a difference! ❤️🖤🤍

Absenteeism is a lost opportunity to learn. We can’t afford to think of absenteeism as merely a lack of compliance with school rules. Let's work together as a community to make regular school attendance a priority.
#HereTodayReadyforTomorrow

Attendance Spirit Week is in Full Swing! We kicked off the week with Motivational Monday, and the campus was filled with inspiring words promoting strong attendance. Today was Tie-Dye Tuesday, and our halls turned into a sea of vibrant, groovy colors! Adding to the fun, some of our Attendance Team members made surprise “pop-in” visits to Kindergarten and 1st grade classrooms to celebrate classes with 100% attendance. 🎉 Congratulations to Ms. Evans' Kindergarten class and Ms. Cone & Mrs. Benedetto’s class — they earned Charms Mini Pops as a sweet reward! Let’s keep the momentum going with Wake-Up Wednesday — don’t forget to wear your pajamas!

When a student misses so many days that they are chronically absent (10% or more days) it means the lack of engagement in learning is an ongoing problem that needs to be addressed. Chronic absence affects all kids, not just the absent ones. #HereTodayReadyforTomorrow

🎉❤️🐾 We loved seeing our Bullpup cheerleaders shine at the THS Homecoming Parade! 🐾❤️🎉 A HUGE thank you to Ms. Kia for her leadership and to all the amazing teachers, parents, and families who supported our cheerleaders along the way. Your time, energy, and school spirit made this moment possible, and our Bullpups represented Tavares Elementary with pride! ❤️📣 Bullpup families — if you snapped any photos or videos of our cheerleaders at the parade, drop them in the comments so we can celebrate together! 📸🐾

Health-related absences are a top reason students miss school, yet sometimes they can be avoided. Partner with health providers to keep students healthy and in school! #HereTodayReadyforTomorrow

📣✨ Next week is Attendance Spirit Week at Tavares Elementary! ✨📣
Let’s celebrate Attendance Awareness Month and show our Bullpup pride. Each day has a fun theme to remind us that showing up matters! 🐾❤️

📅 September 15th – 19th

👕 Motivational Monday – Wear a shirt with motivational words
🌈 Tie-Dye Tuesday – Wear your favorite tie-dye shirt
😴 Wake-Up Wednesday – Wear your pajamas
🎨 Shine Bright Thursday – Wear bright colors
🐾 School Pride Friday – Wear your favorite TES spirit gear

Let’s have fun and show that great attendance = great success! 🎉

Join us for our Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration & Open House at Tavares Elementary!

📅 Thursday, September 18, 2025
🕔 Title I Parent Meeting – 5:00 PM
🏫 Open House – 5:30–7:00 PM

✨ Come see student work, visit classrooms, enjoy music, and take family photos!
🚚 Delicious food trucks will be on campus for your convenience.

We can’t wait to celebrate with our Bullpup families! 🐾❤️

September is Attendance Awareness Month! Let's help students build a habit of good attendance early and often. #HereTodayReadyforTomorrow

🍩📚 Donuts + Books = The Sweetest Morning! 📚🍩 We had such a wonderful time at our Breakfast with Books event today! Families, students, and staff came together to enjoy delicious donuts while diving into great stories. There’s nothing better than starting the day with sweet treats, good books, and great company. A huge thank you to everyone who joined us and helped make this morning so special for our Bullpups! ❤️📖

🦅⚜️ Cub Scout Night at Tavares Elementary! ⚜️🦅 Families, mark your calendars! The Central Florida Council Cub Scouts will be visiting Tavares Elementary to share information about scouting opportunities for our students. 📅 When: Wednesday, September 25 🕡 Time: 6:30 PM 📍 Where: Tavares Elementary Come learn how your child can build new skills, make friends, and have fun adventures as part of the Cub Scouts. More details can be found here: cflscouting.org/join/tavares-elementary-lake We’re excited to welcome the Cub Scouts and hope to see lots of Bullpup families there! ❤️🐾

💙 Fall Transition Fairs for Families of Students with Disabilities 💙

Lake-Sumter State College, in collaboration with community partners, is hosting two Transition Fairs designed to help families explore resources and opportunities for students with disabilities.

Families can connect with organizations that provide support in:
✔️ Independent Living
✔️ Job Training & Opportunities
✔️ Education & Postsecondary Options
✔️ Health Services & Social Security
✔️ Guardianship & Finances
✔️ Community Resources

📅 Tuesday, September 30th
🕓 4:00 – 7:00 PM
📍 Clermont – Cooper Memorial Library (Room 108 A & B)

📅 Thursday, October 2nd
🕓 4:00 – 7:00 PM
📍 Leesburg – Lake-Sumter State College, Student Services Building (Main Lobby)

✨ Don’t miss this chance to gather valuable information and meet representatives from multiple organizations who are ready to support your child’s future.

📚🍩 Grandparents Day Breakfast with Books! 🍩📚

We’re excited to invite all grandparents and guardians to join us for a special morning of donuts, coffee, juice, and quality reading time with your favorite kiddo(s)! 💕

📅 Friday, September 5th
🕰 7:30–8:15 AM
📍 TES Cafeteria

👉 RSVP here so we can plan for you: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd7yduLyHAWo9tQdIOSjFg_5b7LO_4qe7ccDFL9YhornQl00Q/viewform

✨ Plus! Don’t miss our Breakfast with Books & Grandparents Photo Fundraiser 📸
Jeana B. Creative Photography will be on-site with a themed setup so you can capture these sweet memories!

📷 $30 for one digital image

🎉 Option to purchase additional images

🌟 Includes a fun themed backdrop

👉 Reserve your photo spot here: https://book.usesession.com/t/D7TciE5VIz

Let’s make this a morning to remember for our students and their loved ones! 💛🐾

📸✨ Today our Teachers and TAs took part in a hands-on training to learn all about the brand-new wireless document cameras coming to every classroom! Led by Jayne and Tori, our Teachers and TAs explored how to set up and use these devices, along with tips and creative ideas for making lessons more engaging and interactive for our students. 🙌 We are so excited to see how this new tool will help transform teaching and learning across our school! ❤️🐾

🌟 Our 3rd–5th grade Bullpups and their families came out tonight for Chips & Tips Parent Night—a time to connect, learn, and support student success! 🌟 We enjoyed welcoming our students and families, sharing important information about FAST testing, and partnering together to support our Bullpups’ success. 🐾✨ A big thank you to everyone who joined us—we love working side by side with families to help our students achieve and grow! ❤️

All Lake County public schools will be closed on Monday, September 1, in observance of Labor Day. We honor the hard work, dedication, and contributions of the American workforce that help build strong communities and a bright future for our students. Enjoy a safe and restful holiday!