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We wish you a wonderful Winter Break! We will see all of our Roadrunners back on Monday, January 5, 2026.

Go Roadrunners -

Mr. Kay

6 months ago, Traverse Heights Elementary School
Roadrunner Newsletter 12-19-25

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.

6 months ago, Traverse City Area Public Schools
TCAPS ALERT Schools are closed due to inclement weather.
WE ARE FESTIVE. Our carolers were spreading lots of joy today with Mrs. Wegener!
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WE ARE FUN. Our Roadrunner Elf was at it again today!
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WE ARE FESTIVE. Happy Holidays from our Roadrunners and from our Elf on a Shelf!
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Roadrunner Families -

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Mr. Kay
7 months ago, Traverse Heights Elementary School
Roadrunner Newsletter 12-12-25
WE ARE ONE. Our 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders visited the Alluvion and enjoyed a performance from the Building Bridges with Music group 🎶 🎼 🎵 today!
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WE ARE PROUD. Congratulations to our Students of the Week!
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WE ARE ONE. 📸 from our Roadrunners today!
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🌟 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

7 months ago, Traverse City Area Public Schools
Young girl using a pocket chart for a phonics lesson, placing a letter card under the 'Chaining' category.
Student learning what is inside the human body at school
Teachers and students in a classroom hold up cards with shapes (star, circle) and letters ('f', 'o', 'g') for a lesson.
Students learning in the classroom
Students with paper masks learning in the classroom
2nd Grade, Courtade:  Domain 2, “Ancient Greece” Display
Group of students smiling together in the classroom.

Hello Roadrunner Families,

Friendly Reminder: Tomorrow, December 11th, is an Early Release Day for all TCAPS students. Traverse Heights students will be dismissed at 1:16 PM after all students have enjoyed a healthy lunch.

Go Roadrunners!
Mr. Kay

7 months ago, Traverse Heights Elementary School
Roadrunner Announcement: Early Release Day 12/11/25
WE ARE MUSICAL. Our Roadrunners were singing their 🖤💛 out this afternoon, great job students and Mrs. Wegener!
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Roadrunner Reminder -

Our PTO Community Connection Night is tonight - Tuesday, December 9th from 6-8:00PM. We hope to see you soon!

TH PTO
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WE ARE ONE. Shout out to Kevin, our November Student of the Month, and Trojan Hockey for honoring Kevin at their game tonight!
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Roadrunner Families -

Here is your latest Roadrunner Newsletter -

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Go Roadrunners -

Mr. Kay
7 months ago, Traverse Heights Elementary School
Roadrunner Newsletter 12-5-25
WE ARE WISE. Roadrunners are really getting to it this morning 👨‍🏫 👩‍🏫!
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WE ARE WISE. More 📸 from our Roadrunners hard at work today!
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WE ARE WISE. Our Roadrunners are learning all about fables in 1st grade!
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Hello, Roadrunner Families!

Don’t forget, our first ever Community Connection Night is Tuesday, December 9th from 6-8pm.

Check out the list of some of the local organizations who will be participating:

🙌🏻Big Brothers Big Sisters

🙌🏻Child Advocacy Center

🙌🏻Traverse Area District Library

🙌🏻BATA Transportation

🙌🏻Project Feed the Kids

🙌🏻Women’s Resource Center

🙌🏻Up North Pride

🙌🏻TART Trails

🙌🏻Norte Youth Cycling

🙌🏻NMCAA

🙌🏻Northern Lakes Community Mental Health

There will be a make and take craft for our kiddos in the library, while our parents can check out our these amazing organizations in the gym. We also have Katie, who will be sharing both SNAP information and smoothies in our cafeteria. Every one of our local partners will be sharing the amazing ways they can connect our families to the FREE resources they offer! The night will not be about solicitation, it’s about connection!

Also, we have a growing pile of goodies that we will raffle off, just for attending the event! Mark your calendars and we hope to see you there!
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WE ARE ONE. We are so glad we are back! Here are a few 📸 from our first day back!
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