3 months ago, Courtade Elementary
SCHOOL IS CLOSED: All TCAPS schools are closed today, Wednesday, January 14, 2026 due to inclement weather. Students in Michigan Virtual, Acellus, or Dual Enrollment classes should follow the direction of the instructors for those programs.
For more information on snow days, including how they are communicated and how decisions are made, go to www.tcaps.net.
3 months ago, Traverse City Area Public Schools
🧠 Challenge Your Student: Explore the TCAPS Talented and Gifted Program Program!
The Talented and Gifted Program offers 4th graders accelerated learning with less repetition, focusing on growth mindset and challenging projects. Give your student the opportunity to learn in this unique environment.
Qualification testing (CogAT) is optional for all interested 3rd graders.
Register by January 21, 2026! Learn more at
www.tcaps.net/TAG.
3 months ago, Traverse City Area Public Schools
Friday was a blast! We started the day by honoring the first ROAR Models of 2026. We then had a fun ROAR Day assembly where we talked about New Year's resolutions and played a fun "New Year's Eve Ball Drop" game.
3 months ago, Courtade Elementary
Don't forget, you can support our fifth grade overnight camp experience by bringing in your returnable cans to the drop off line on Wednesday mornings! You can also drop them off in our garden shed anytime.
4 months ago, Courtade Elementary
Welcome back to school, and Happy New Year, Cougars! We had a great break, but it was good to be back at school. Check out this huge show drift on our awesome playground! These kids are on both sides of the fence at one time!
4 months ago, Courtade Elementary
🔔 Reminder: No School Dec 22 - Jan 2.
Enjoy the winter break! All TCAPS school offices and the TCAPS Administration Building at Glenn Loomis will be closed during this time.
Buildings and classes will resume on Monday, January 5, 2026.
View the academic calendar here: https://5il.co/3jfx6
4 months ago, Traverse City Area Public Schools
🔔 Reminder: No School Dec 22 - Jan 2.
Enjoy the winter break! All TCAPS school offices and the TCAPS Administration Building at Glenn Loomis will be closed during this time.
Buildings and classes will resume on Monday, January 5, 2026.
View the academic calendar here: https://5il.co/3jfx6
4 months ago, Traverse City Area Public Schools
It's Holiday Headgear and Cougar Pride day today as we wrap up Spirit Week. And Mr. Rob and Mr. Phillips are the only two jolly elves around today. Happy snow day! From all of the staff at Courtade Elementary School, we wish everyone in the Courtade Community a happy and magical Holiday Season. See you in January!
4 months ago, Courtade Elementary
SCHOOL IS CLOSED: All TCAPS schools are closed today, Friday, December 19, 2025 due to inclement weather. Students in Michigan Virtual, Acellus, or Dual Enrollment classes should follow the direction of the instructors for those programs.
For more information on snow days, including how they are communicated and how decisions are made, go to www.tcaps.net.
4 months ago, Traverse City Area Public Schools
Congratulations to this week's ROAR Model award winners! We also had a ROAR Day assembly today. The theme was appreciation. We appreciated having the talented musicians from East Middle School be the main guests at today's ROAR Day!
5 months ago, Courtade Elementary
🌟 Beyond Sounding Out: CKLA Knowledge Units Build Confident Readers! 📚
While learning to sound out words is essential, did you know that CKLA Knowledge Units teach your child about the world (like history and science) and grow their vocabulary by introducing important, academic words? This strong foundation of knowledge and words is how they move beyond simply sounding out letters to actually understanding the meaning of what they read, making them skilled and confident readers.
CKLA Connected—check out the learning adventures happening right now!
Kindergarten: Underdogs and Heroes: Stories
First Grade: Common Threads: Different Lands, Similar Stories
Second Grade: Legends and Heroes: Greek Myths
Third Grade: Rhythm and Rhyme: Poetry
Fourth Grade: Meaning and Metaphor: Poetry
Fifth Grade: Visions in Verse: Poetry
5 months ago, Traverse City Area Public Schools
We have an award winner on our teaching staff! Fabulous first grade teacher Mrs. Liz Lautner was recently recognized as a Michigan Lottery Excellence in Education award winner. In October, she went downstate to be professionally interviewed. Her segment aired for the first time as part of the 5:00 9 and 10 news. Many of her admirers celebrated with her tonight with some delicious pizza, compliments of Courtade's PTO. For more information, see the press release linked below. Congratulations Liz! This award and recognition is well-deserved!
https://milotteryconnect.com/5 months ago, Courtade Elementary
Under the leadership of Ms. Partman and Mr. Boyce, tonight was the first night of the third year of the Creative Explorers Program at Courtade! This free, after school program has 33 Cougars who will be learning all about coding, robotics, and problem solving in a very hands-on way. Tonight, students were introduced to Lego Spike kits. We can't wait to see what these Explorers build!
5 months ago, Courtade Elementary
Congratulations to this week's ROAR Model award winners! And thank you to the GT Metro Fire Department for brining some Chill Out for Winter Safety lessons to our school this year!
5 months ago, Courtade Elementary
It's December! Thanks to our PTO, each student at Courtade will be coming home with two keepsake Christmas ornaments. One can be for home, and one can be a special gift! Want to help? Email
ptocourtade@gmail.com. We could use more volunteers. Students will be making these crafts all week!
5 months ago, Courtade Elementary
Huge thank you to City Church for providing Thanksgiving meals for people in the Courtade community! Mrs. Helman celebrated with Friendsgiving and a balloon parade. Mrs. Myers' class reached out to lots of staff at school to express thanks. And some other classes just had some good 'ol turkey fun. Happy Thanksgiving!
5 months ago, Courtade Elementary
Congratulations to this week's ROAR Model award winners!
Speaking of ROAR, at last week's ROAR Day, students were given the task to work with a buddy from a different class to come up with some things that they think make Courtade special. Check out what some of them came up with!
5 months ago, Courtade Elementary
It was another busy Friday here at Courtade. Congratulations to this week's ROAR Model award winners! We celebrated thankfulness at our ROAR Day today and had some fun with a pie contest. Check it out by following the link below. And, the students of Mrs. Lautner and Mrs. Gross got to go on a great field trip to the Human Nature School, thanks to a grant! Have a great weekend!
https://youtu.be/LDSR9m0PXaM5 months ago, Courtade Elementary
We partner with JenTees for our school shirts. They give us a very good price on that large order. If you'd like more Cougar gear for you or your child, see the information below.
The Courtade Elementary webstore is now open and will remain available until midnight on November 16th.
To place your order, click the link below and use the access code to enter the store:
Link to store:
https://www.storessimple.com/jentees/19526Access code: 2025
Once your order is submitted, you will receive an automated confirmation email. Please check your spam or junk folder if you do not see these emails in your inbox.
6 months ago, Courtade Elementary
