Tavares Elementary

🎉 What an amazing day for our Bullpup Fun Run! 🐾 Our students showed incredible energy, teamwork, and school spirit as they ran to support our school. Thank you to all the families, friends, and community members who have already donated and cheered on our Bullpups! ❤️ We’re so close to reaching our fundraising goal, and there’s still time to help us get there! We’ll continue accepting donations through next week—let’s finish strong and reach our goal together! 💪🐾 mybooster.com

📰 The October Bullpup Bark is here! ❤️🐾

Check out this month’s issue to see all the exciting things happening at Tavares Elementary — including highlights from our Rock Your School celebration, PTO Spirit Night, and the Superintendent’s Reading Challenge! 📚🎸✨

You’ll also find important upcoming dates, some grade-level updates, and all the latest Bullpup news you need to stay connected. 🐾❤️

Our Bullpups have been busy learning, growing, and showing their school spirit all month long. Don’t miss it!

👉 Click the link below to read the October Bullpup Bark!
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Don't miss out on the chance for your voice to be heard. Join us for our next SAC and PTO meetings next Thursday, Oct. 16, beginning at 4:30pm in the Media Center. Childcare will be provided.

👩‍🎓👨‍🎓 Our students are leaders in creating safe, inclusive schools. Standing up, speaking out, and supporting one another are all ways they can help stop bullying. This October, let’s empower our students to be #BullyingPreventionMonth

🎈October is National Principals Month, and today we celebrated our amazing principal, Mrs. Werner! 💫 Faculty and staff filled her office (and her heart!) with balloons and appreciation to show just how much we value her leadership, kindness, and dedication to our Bullpup family. 🐾❤️ Thank you, Mrs. Werner, for all you do every single day to make our school such a special place to learn and grow! 🎈

🎉 Quarter 1 PBIS Party 🎉 Our Bullpups celebrated all their positive choices at today’s Quarter 1 PBIS Dance Party! 🕺🐾💃 Students had a blast dancing and celebrating the hard work they’ve put into following our Bullpup CARE expectations every day! 🌟 Way to go, Bullpups! Keep up the great behavior — we can’t wait to see who earns a spot at the next PBIS celebration! ❤️🤍🖤

Trunk or Treat is coming.

🎉 Volunteers Needed! 🎉

Our Boosterthon Fun Run is coming up this Friday, October 10th, and we need your help to make it an amazing event for our students! 💪🏃‍♀️💨

If you’re a Level 1 cleared volunteer, we’d love for you to join us and help cheer on our runners, mark laps, and keep the fun going!

📲 Scan the QR code on the flyer to sign up and be part of the excitement!
Let’s make this year’s Fun Run the best one yet! ❤️💙💛💚

❤️ Want to Volunteer at Tavares Elementary? ❤️

We love our volunteers and would love to have you join our Bullpup family! 🐾❤️🐾
Here’s how to get started:

1️⃣ Visit www.lake.k12.fl.us/page/volunteer
2️⃣ Complete the Online Volunteer Application Portal
3️⃣ After submitting, email Laurie Saputo or call 352-343-2861 to be assigned to our school
4️⃣ Choose your level — Level 1 (Background Check) or Level 2 (Fingerprinting)

✅ The process takes about 3–4 weeks and lasts for three years once approved.

Thank you for helping make Tavares Elementary a great place to learn and grow! ❤️🐾

Duct Tape Needed ! Can you donate a roll or partial roll of duct tape ?

Your student can star in a video with trickshot sensations Dude Perfect! Just head to MyBooster.com and upload a photo. Then let the fun begin as you share with friends and family to support Bullpup Fun Run.

Don’t forget to register, your first donation gets you 30 FREE games at Chuck E Cheese!

It’s not too late to sign up! We’re getting closer to reaching our goal of $12,500, but we need your help to cross the finish line! Sign up at MyBooster.com today. Just a few minutes of your time can make a BIG difference! Plus, you can win really cool prizes and super fun school incentives!

Who’s ready for a weekend challenge?! Get a $60 flat donation or $2 per minute donation before Monday and you’ll score a GLOW IN THE DARK EDITION keychain. Good luck!!!

🎸✨ Rock Your School 2025! ✨🎸 Friday our teachers went all out to make learning rock! From creative classroom transformations to hands-on, high-energy lessons, our Bullpups experienced a day filled with excitement, engagement, and fun. We’re so proud of our amazing staff for making learning come alive and inspiring students to love school every single day. 💫📚 Check out some of the highlights from our Rock Your School day below! 🐾❤️🤍🖤

🐾 Today is Custodian Appreciation Day, and we are so thankful for our amazing custodians! They work hard every single day to keep our school clean, safe, and welcoming for all of our Bullpups. From early mornings to late evenings, they go above and beyond to make sure our classrooms, hallways, and campus shine. 🌟 Please join us in celebrating and thanking our custodians for the care, dedication, and pride they put into their work. We couldn’t do it without them! ❤️🖤🤍

🎉 Hey Bullpup Families! 🐾💙

Want to stay in the know? All the important school info you need is just a click away!

➡️ https://tel.lake.k12.fl.us/

📂 Click the Title 1 tab to find:

💡 School Improvement Plan (SIP) Parent Notification
💡 Parent/Family Engagement Plan (PFEP)
💡 School Compact
💡 Plus other helpful resources

Stay connected, stay informed, and let’s keep our Bullpups growing strong—together! 💛

🎉 This week, we wrapped up Attendance Awareness Month by celebrating the winners of our Attendance Poster Contest! 🖍️🏆 Our talented students were awarded fun prizes and received free treat coupons from amazing local businesses that support our attendance initiative. A huge thank you to Tara Vittoria from Cousin's Kolaches in Tavares and Jen & Woody Furnas from Jeremiah’s in Mount Dora for their generous support! 🙌 We’re also incredibly grateful to all the students, teachers, and families who took part in the contest. Your creativity and enthusiasm made it a success! 💙 📈 We’re proud to share that our school has maintained close to 94% attendance since August — way to go, Bullpups! Let’s keep the momentum going! 💪🐾