Investing in a Child's Future
By admin on July 23, 2010
The Fall 2010 After School Enrichment Program menu is now available. Please Click on the ASEP tab for descriptions of the available classes and access to registration forms.
Both the information sheet and the registration forms are also available by clicking on the Downloads tab.
By admin on July 23, 2010
Please join us for the First Annual Back to School Social on Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010.
The TTF and PTA are co-hosting this event, which will take place under the covered play area at Tritt. After finding out who your child’s teacher is, come enjoy some cool drinks, great music and snacks while talking to your friends and letting your child find his new classmates.
By admin on April 21, 2010
Thanks to the generous support of Tritt parents, the Tritt Tiger Foundation has raised over $95,000 during the 2009-2010 school year campaign. The Foundation is committed to investing donations in ways that benefit all Tritt students as well as continue to maintain and enhance the excellent education at Tritt Elementary. In order to do just that, the Foundation is currently waiting for the Cobb County Board of Education Budget decisions (due June 9, 2010) before deciding in which programs and improvements to invest. The Foundation has been developing a list of immediate curriculum enhancements, technology investments, and facility improvements that can be made with our funds as soon as we have knowledge of what the school needs due to budget cuts.
The Tritt Tiger Foundation has been the sole source of the computer lab and science lab instructor salaries, as well as lab expenses and supplies, for the past 5 years. School Foundations are allowed to invest funds in employee and teacher salaries, in addition to curriculum, technology or facility needs.
Since School Foundations have very general guidelines for expenditures, the Tritt Tiger Foundation would be able to invest funds in any way that benefits our school. It is our primary goal to invest parent donations in ways that benefit every student at Tritt. Supplementing teacher salaries is an option, but this option would be weighed against any other curriculum, program or facility needs that the school has.
No, the Tritt Tiger Foundation will not continue to pay a portion of the Spanish class fee beginning August 2010. At the April 2010 Board meeting, the Tritt Tiger Foundation Board voted to eliminate the funding that reduced the Spanish ASEP class fee from $140 per student to $30 per student. The factors that made this decision were:
The ACTIVBoards and projectors purchased by the Tritt Tiger Foundation are still in use at Tritt. Each ACTIVBoard is installed and in use. Some projectors have been re-assigned as portable projectors (vs. installed) and are available to any teachers to use. SPLOST funds have been used to install 21st Century Classroom projectors in each remaining classroom, and will have ACTIVBoards installed in all classrooms by the beginning of the 2010-2011 school year.
By admin on April 14, 2010
Weekly science instruction in the Discovery Porthole Science Lab and computer lab instruction is brought to you by parent donations from the Tritt Tiger Foundation. See where your Foundation Investment is going!
Kindergarten
Science Lab: Colored Celery?
During April, the kindergarteners will continue their study of plants, both in the lab and in their classroom. They will study the similarities and differences in plants and examine the root systems in various plants. NOTE: Be sure to ask about their predictions and the actual results with the celery! Check out picture & more at http://tritt.typepad.com/sciencelab/
Computer Lab: Learning the Keyboard
In the Computer Lab, the Kindergarteners will continue to work on keyboarding skills, finding letters on the keyboard and drawing. We will also cover games to practice counting using addition and subtraction. Our big finale for 2010 will be creating a graph with data the students will have collected in their classr More computer news is available at: http://tritt.typepad.com/computerlab/
1 st Grade
Science Lab: Exploring the Tritt Science Lab Zoo
During April, the first graders will continue their study of animals by comparing their appearance, motion, growth and basic needs at live animal stations (spider, snake, turtle and cockatiel.) This hands-on learning experience is a big hit with the kids. CRCT testing will affect the science lab schedule, so several of the experiments this month will take place in the classroom and in the computer lab where they will do science experiments on the computer. . Check out picture & more at http://tritt.typepad.com/sciencelab/
Computer Lab: Using the Web to Learn Testing Strategies
The first graders have been reviewing for the CRCT using many online sites as well as an application that shows the many types of strategies used for answering multiple choice questions. We will also begin to work on typing, paying close attention to capital letters, punctuation and spelling. More computer news is available at http://tritt.typepad.com/computerlab/
2nd Grade
Science Lab: The Life Cycle Continued – from Butterflies to Fungi!
During April, your 2nd grader will continue their investigation of the life cycles of different living organisms. They will watch and chart the development of the butterfly chrysalis in their classrooms. In the lab, students will create a chart categorizing living things and non living things. Then students will put the items sorted into living things category and use them to construct a chart separating them into plants, animals, and other. They will explore different types of fungi and examine it under the microscope. Check out more at: http://tritt.typepad.com/sciencelab/
Computer Lab: Perfect Formatting
In Computer Lab, Second graders have been introduced the online CRCT practice site provided by the Georgia Department of Education. It allows them to familiarize themselves with the questioning techniques used on the CRCT. We will cover formatting text that they have typed over the last weeks of school. Most children are familiar with this concept of changing font, font size, color and position. This will help them when they start typing more of their written work in Third Grade.. More computer news is available at: http://tritt.typepad.com/computerlab/
4th Grade
Science Lab: Survival and Extinction
During April, the fourth graders will continue their study of ecosystems by examining what factors be studying what factors affect the survival or extinction of organisms such as adaptation, variation of behaviors (hibernation), and external features (camouflage and protection). They will work in small groups to discuss and manipulate environments for various living organisms to ensure their survival. CRCT testing will affect the science lab schedule, so several of the experiments this month will take place in the classroom and in the computer lab where they will also do science experiments on the computer. Check out picture & more at http://tritt.typepad.com/sciencelab/
Computer Lab: Tritt Tiger Publishing
In the Computer Lab, many students will be typing their Tiger Publishing at school. This introduces the concept of typing in a certain format, creating page breaks, formatting with font and position and printing a complete product. Some fourth grade teachers will be working on Westward Expansion as part of a Social Studies lesson. More computer news is available at: http://tritt.typepad.com/computerlab/
5th Grade
Science Lab: A Question of Kingdoms
During April, the fifth graders will be learning about the classification of organisms into groups and relate how they determined the groups with how and why scientists use classification. To test their investigative skills they will each be assigned a particular organism (it will be taped to their back) and they must figure out what the organism is by asking “yes” and “no” questions. CRCT testing will affect the science lab schedule, so several of the experiments this month will take place in the classroom and in the computer lab where they will do science experiments on the computer. Check out picture & more at: http://tritt.typepad.com/sciencelab/
Computer Lab: An Assortment of Learning Activities
n the Computer Lab, Our oldest children are working on advanced keyboarding skills, Tiger Publishing, presentation materials, and finishing up decimals, fractions, data analysis, percent and algebra in Mega Math. Fifth grade is the last year students use Mega Math. In middle school, math games are replaced by more traditional repetition: worksheets and chapter reviews. More computer news is available at: http://tritt.typepad.com/computerlab/
By admin on March 30, 2010
Annual Report for Parents and Annual Investors
Patron Program Facts:
Foundation Facts:
Investment Facts:
By admin on March 12, 2010
Many employers sponsor matching gift programs that match eligible charitable contributions made by their employees, their spouses or widows/widowers, or retirees. The impact of your gift to The Tritt Tiger Foundation may be doubled or possibly tripled! To find out if your company has a matching gift policy, please download our Matching Donations form to get started.
Don’t see your employer listed? We provide only a partial list of corporations known to have matching gift programs. Even if your employer is not listed, they may have a program in place. Just ask your Human Resources representative — they will be able to provide the most current information about your employer’s program to you.
Feel free to contact Elisha MacLellan at elishamac@bellsouth.net should you need information or guidance during your Matching Gift application process.
