Mini Ways to Reach Many Learners: Dear TPSF,

Here are some pictures of students using the iPad minis.  Without the Tahlequah (Public Schools) Foundation this technology wouldn't be possible! Students use these to read & listen to books in English & Spanish.  They also use them on projects to research, take pictures, and record.  They are such a blessing! I'm wanting to add more software and technology to take the library to a new level. Enhancing the space to STREAM with a Makerspace feel.  My goal . . . total hands on May 2017. It will be the third phase of my library dream for the space & students.

Deena Jones
librarian, Greenwood Elementary School

These iPads are provided with donations from people just like you. 

With your help, we can fund more grants that reach more kids. 

Grants are due December 18, 2015. Prize Patrol is January 15, 2016.

 Donations accepted now by clicking here or mailing here:

Tahlequah Public Schools Foundation

1 Plaza South, PMB #276

Tahlequah, OK 74464

Thank you! 

Tech for Reading Fluency: Dear TPSF,

Our kiddos are able to improve their reading fluency with a number of programs and apps on the 2 ipads purchased for each 1^st grade classroom.  We have one particular program that allows students to listen to a book, read it, then record themselves reading it again so they can hear their miscues and make corrections.  The children are inspired to read and re-read to improve their fluency.  This has really impacted the way they think about how they read and what others hear when they read.  We have the unexpected added bonus of fluency with sight words and math facts as well.  Your donation has made a huge impact on reading fluency and engagement in our classrooms.  We can’t be more thankful to you all!!

Sincerely,

Amy Batie

1^st Grade Dept. Chair

Cherokee Elementary

These iPads are provided with donations from people just like you. 

With your help, we can fund more grants that reach more kids. 

Grants are due December 18, 2015. Prize Patrol is January 15, 2016.

 Donations accepted now by clicking here or mailing here:

Tahlequah Public Schools Foundation

1 Plaza South, PMB #276

Tahlequah, OK 74464

Thank you! 

iPads for Impact: Dear TPSF,

Good Afternoon!

My first graders use our iPad minis for leveled reading and comprehension games, as well as math fact practice. With the help of this technology in our classroom, our students have made tremendous gains and they anticipate using them every day! The first question I hear most mornings is “Whose iPad day is it?” The foundation has truly blessed each of our first grade teachers and students. We truly appreciate their help in encouraging our students toward success!

J Leslie Richardson

1^st Grade Teacher

Greenwood Elementary School

These iPads are provided with donations from people just like you. 

With your help, we can fund more grants that reach more kids. 

Grants are due December 18, 2015. Prize Patrol is January 15, 2016.

 Donations accepted now by clicking here or mailing here:

Tahlequah Public Schools Foundation

1 Plaza South, PMB #276

Tahlequah, OK 74464

Thank you! 

Calculators for Testing: Dear TPSF,

Tahlequah High School Counseling and Math Departments are extremely grateful for the Tahlequah Education Foundation Grant that allowed the purchase of two hundred TI-30XS scientific calculators for testing purposes. From the testing perspective, it has allowed us to insure that every student who takes a math portion of a state or standardized test has a scientific calculator in hand. The calculators have been used for End of Instruction (EOI), ACT Plan, and PSAT testing. Facilitating the testing has been much smoother without having to gather up 200 calculators from the math department.

From the math department’s perspective, it has allowed the continuity of instruction during each of these tests. Before, the math department would have to give up their classroom sets of scientific calculators to allow them to be used for several days of testing. This often happened during the critical review time math teachers had before students tested. Hundreds of students have been positively impacted from both the classroom and testing perspectives. Tahlequah High School greatly appreciates the Foundation’s commitment to our students and their education!

Tahlequah High School Counselor's Office

These calculators are provided with donations from people just like you. 

With your help, we can fund more grants that reach more kids. 

Grants are due December 18, 2015. Prize Patrol is January 15, 2016.

 Donations accepted now by clicking here or mailing here:

Tahlequah Public Schools Foundation

1 Plaza South, PMB #276

Tahlequah, OK 74464

Thank you! 

Science and Social Studies Kits: Dear TPSF,

 We have used the kits continuously in all three 2^nd grade classrooms! Not only do they add wonderful extensions to our units of study, but also great hands-on activities that help solidify the harder concepts being taught. Our students also use them when completing projects for I Wonder Workshop. The students choose a topic that interests them and they research it independently. The end goal of I Wonder Workshop is that the students share their knowledge in a unique and informative way to our class. Many of the tubs have been extra resources not only in the research, but also in the presentations! The science and social studies tubs have definitely filled a need in our curriculum and our classrooms!

Jessica Morrison
National Board Certified Teacher
Cherokee Elementary

These science and social studies kits are provided with donations from people just like you. 

With your help, we can fund more grants that reach more kids. 

Grants are due December 18, 2015. Prize Patrol is January 15, 2016.

 Donations accepted now by clicking here or mailing here:

Tahlequah Public Schools Foundation

1 Plaza South, PMB #276

Tahlequah, OK 74464

Thank you! 

I Can With iPads: Dear TPSF,

With the introduction of additional iPads in the classroom, more children are able to access the applications to reinforce the lessons and ideas that are being taught.  More children can access knowledge through their different learning styles.

Tiffany Cacy

Sequoyah Teacher of the Year
Site Tech 

These iPads are provided with donations from people just like you. 

With your help, we can fund more grants that reach more kids. 

Grants are due December 18, 2015. Prize Patrol is January 15, 2016.

 Donations accepted now by clicking here or mailing here:

Tahlequah Public Schools Foundation

1 Plaza South, PMB #276

Tahlequah, OK 74464

Thank you! 

Choir Robes for the Masses: Dear TPSF,

Here are some pics of my kiddos at contest and before our spring concert in our new robes.  They are so relieved when I tell them that is what we are wearing for our performances.  I cannot thank you enough for helping us look amazing!

Thanks,

Amy Wright

TMS Choir 

These robes are provided with donations from people just like you. 

With your help, we can fund more grants that reach more kids. 

Grants are due December 18, 2015. Prize Patrol is January 15, 2016.

 Donations accepted now by clicking here or mailing here:

Tahlequah Public Schools Foundation

1 Plaza South, PMB #276

Tahlequah, OK 74464

Thank you! 

Win Big at Glow Golf 2015

 Congratulations 
to Kevin Dudley & JD Carey's team 
for winning Glow Golf 2015! 

Coach Rappe won teeth whitening from the generous office of Rouse Dentistry.

Matt Cloud won a beer brewing class courtesy of The Flying Weasel. 

 Kevin Dudley played on the winning team and walked away with a big-screen tv courtesy of DIS. (Of course, Mark Dobbins WON the prize. Kevin claimed he was taking it to him!)

Greg Jackson had a lucky night, too. Not only did he win one of the televisions from DIS, but he also won the fall foliage tour in the new medevac helicopter.

Thanks to our partners, sponsors, and teams for another great event.  

Be sure and mark your calendar for next year's Glow Golf event--Thursday before Halloween!

Congrats to TPSF!

An Outstanding Program Award and a check for $1000 was presented to Tahlequah Public Schools Foundation at the Fall Forum held by the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence in Norman today. 

TPSF was honored for their Glow Golf Event--a twist on the traditional golf tournament fundraiser because it is played in the dark with lighted golf balls, flashlights, black lights, and neon lighted flags.

Board members Lucas Foster and Brandi Barnett presented a session that spotlighted how to host your own Glow Golf tournament.

It was a day filled with affirmation that we are doing something right in Tahlequah and lighting the path towards excellence. We can't do it without our community. Thank you!

Brandi Barnett, Lucas Foster, State Superintendent Joy Hoffmeister, Ashley Taulbert, Carrie Scearce

*****More good news! *****

We still have room for teams for this year's event on October 29, 2015.  Sign up today by dropping by Health First Chiropractic, sending us a FB message, or emailing us at tpsfoundation at gmail dot com.

Glowing With Gratitude for our Glow Golf Supporters

Thank you to our fabulous sponsors and teams. 

We have room for a few more teams, so click here for registration form. 

Thank you, partners, sponsors and teams!

PARTNERSHIP SPONSORS

Reasor’s - $5000 DIAMOND PARTNER

American Fidelity- $2500 pd PLATINUM PARTNER

GOLD SPONSORS

Service King
BancFirst

Northeastern Health System  

Century 21 Wright Real Estate (Scott & Tommye Wright)

DIS

James R. Childers Architect, Inc.
Tahlequah Lumber

MORE TEAMS

NEO Health

JD Carey

Armstrong Bank
Arvest Bank
Bill's Body Shop

Duel Smith

TPS Elementary
Northeastern State University

MORE SPONSORS

Celeste Looney Insurance

Childers Architect

Council of the Cherokee Nation

Doston Vision Care

Ghost Detailing

Health First Chiropractic Clinic

J & K Mobile Home Service
Spring Hollow Feed

Trigon

TRA Photography

Mary's Liquor

Also, we have great prizes donated by DIS, Rouse Dentistry, and The Flying Weasel.  And keep an eye toward the sky for Tahlequah Air Care's new 407 helicopter!

Glow Golf 2015 Registration Form

It's Glow Golf time again! 

We had an amazing turnout last year that helped us raise a record breaking $16,000. 

Join the fun this year!

Please send your form to us on Facebook or at tpsfoundation@gmail.com. 

TPSF and NSU Men's Soccer Team Up for Winning Results

Defending MIAA regular season and tournament champions the NSU RiverHawks hosted TPSF Day Thursday, September 24, for the conference opening game. Both TPSF and the RiverHawks had a winning night.  The college team defeated nationally ranked Lindenwood University, and TPSF walked away with a little over $600 extra to donate to elementary school grants. (Due to NCAA regulations, the money raised at DeLoache Field must be donated to our younger students at Greenwood, Heritage, Cherokee, or Sequoyah.)

The action on the field wasn't the only competition Thursday night.  The elementary school that raised the most money for TPSF won a future visit from NSU RiverHawk mascot Rowdy and members of the team. Kids searched the sidelines and stands, asking for donations as well as catching people at the gate.

Heritage Elementary School earned the most money--and the privilege to welcome Rowdy and his RiverHawk friends to an assembly.

The fun didn't end there.  Members of the RiverHawks Academy teams, a branch of Tahlequah Soccer Club, walked out with the players at the beginning of the game and stood on the field as the Star Spangled Banner played.  They also scrimmaged on the college field at half time.

The NSU men’s team is committed to community. NSU Head Coach Rob Czlonka is not only last year’s Regional and MIAA Coach of the Year, he is also a coach with heart. He said, “We owe it to those coaches, teachers and mentors--who instilled discipline, passion, and a desire to achieve--to continue the chain of being good role models. As soccer players and athletes, we try to give good pictures to those kids who watch us, in the hopes that they will be inspired and challenged to develop those skills in themselves.”  Team members volunteer for PTO jog-a-thons, soccer clinics in schools, and as rec team coaches. Head Coach Rob Czlonka started a soccer academy in conjunction with Tahlequah Soccer Club and serves on their board, training area rec coaches in order to spread his passions of soccer and service.

Thank you to all who came out and supported two generous groups: TPSF and NSU Men's RiverHawks.

Please click here, if you'd like more information on how to donate to Tahlequah Public Schools Foundation.

TPSF for 2015-2016

We gave away over $45, 000 last year to provide educational opportunities to Tahlequah students. Please help us do it again. 

Here's how you can help.  

1. Share this poster.  It lists events and donation opportunities.

2. Mail a check.

TPSF

1 Plaza South, PMB#276

Tahlequah, OK 74464

3. Donate online. Click here to use credit card or Paypal account.

4. Link your Amazon smile account.

• Sign in to smile.amazon.com using Amazon account
• Select Tahlequah Public Schools Foundation as your charity
• Shop! When you shop through smile.amazon.com .5% goes to TPSF.
• Share with friends. When confirmation pops up, you'll be given opportunity to share with your friends via Twitter, Facebook or email.

No amount is too small. No amount is too large. Please donate today. With your generosity, we are lighting the path towards excellence.

This little light of mine...

A few of the 60 students who lit up the stage this summer during
Oklahoma's first production of The Lion King, made possible with a grant from TPSF.

Our motto is lighting the path towards excellence.

We are able to fund grants because of people just like you. 

Some donate a few dollars. 

Some donate a little more.

Some donate oodles. 

With each dollar, you improve a child's educational experience. No amount is too small. No amount is too big.

Make a difference. Make a future brighter.

Help us light the path towards excellence.

Ways to give

Paypal

Amazon Smile

mail check or money order to 

TPSF

1 Plaza South, PMB #276

Tahlequah, OK 74464

Howdy, partner.

We're ready for a new school year.  Let's make it a great one!

If you'd like to partner with us, please let us know by August 17, so your name and/or logo can be placed on publicity materials. If you have any questions, please email tpsfoundation@gmail.com.

So, let me get this straight...

Tahlequah Public Schools Foundation is hosting Uncorked 2015: Celebrating Teachers on Thursday, May 7, at the Spider Gallery on Muskogee Avenue?

The mayor has even named the day in Tahlequah Celebrating Teachers Day?

Admission is free to participate in door prizes and auction items?

TPS employees and teachers get extra tickets for chance to win special prizes?

Teachers can even win a substitute for the day?

Wine, cheese, and food will be available for $25 each or 2 for $40?

I can buy wine to take home?

All money raised helps this foundation support our schools?

Yes!

Join us!

Uncorked 2015: Celebrating Teachers

Thursday, May 7

6-9

Spider Gallery

Door prizes!

We've talked a lot about how we've added door prizes this year.  Here are the times we are giving away the goods.  You must be present to win. 

Note that there are two different lists. One is for our community patrons and the other is for TPS employees. That's right. They have an additional drawing. It is their party, after all.  PLUS, there will be another drawing each hour to give a substitute to three lucky teachers.  You don't want to miss Uncorked 2015!

Door Prizes

Public

6:15 Studio22 (Aleah Young) – gift certificate $30

NSU Barnes & Noble - pullover

Drip – a drink a day for one week

6:30 Rib Crib BBQ basket

Onstage Dance - one-month tuition

Boulevard – gift certificate $25

Cherokee baskets by Merle Welch

6:45 Quahfit Elite – gift certificate $60

NSU football shirt

Southern Bling – gift certificate $20

Nails by Jo – spa pedicure

7:00 Studio 22 (Priscilla Valdez) – gift certificate $30

Onstage - one-month tuition

Meigs Jewelry – Vera Bradley wallet

Hang Zen – stand-up paddleboard yoga

7:15 Studio22 (Rachel Dobbs) – gift certificate $30

THS Games - athletic passes

Vivid Salon – spa treatment

K-nex building system

7:30 Rib Crib BBQ basket

Tommy Nix – oil and filter change

NSU Barnes & Noble - shirt

7:45 Yeti tumbler 20 oz. and visor from Tahlequah Lumber

Wailani’s – body scrub and Hawaiian chocolates

31 thermal tote (Sam Davis)

Purple basket set by Merle Welch

8:00 Quahfit Elite – gift certificate $60

Remedy Blu (Daniel Aaron) – cut and style

NSU XL football shirt

8:15 Sooner Plant Farm – gift certificate $50

Oasis Health Foods – gift certificate $50

Gigglebox – lunch box and plate set

Must be present to collect door prizes

Door Prizes

TPS Employees

6:15 NSU Barnes & Noble - wine glass

Studio 22 (Priscilla Valdez) – gift certificate $30

Purple and blue basket set by Merle Welch

6:30 Substitute (teacher’s day off)

Vivid Salon – Spa Treatment

6:45 Felts OU watch & red and white basket by Merle Welch

Rib Crib BBQ basket

7:00 Quahfit Elite – gift certificate $60

Striped pen basket by Merle Welch

7:15 Yeti tumbler 20 oz. and visor from Tahlequah Lumber

NSU XL football shirt

7:30 Substitute

7:45 Stella and Dot necklace from Ashley Taulbert

8:00 Onstage Dance – one-month tuition

Drip – a drink a day for one week

8:15 Nails by Jo – service (gel toes)

Hang Zen – t-shirt

8:30 Substitute

Must be present to collect door prizes