October 2025 PBIS Newsletter

📆 Important Dates:

10/10 — Asynchronous Learning Day
10/13 - 1/17 — Scholastic Book Fair
10/14 — Light Breakfast with someone you Love (K-2)
10/15 — Light Breakfast with someone you Love (3rd-5th)
10/21 — Picture Day
10/25 — Picture Bowl Competition
10/27 — Red Ribbon Week
10/29 — Kona Ice
10/30 — Trunk or Treat
10/31 — Student of the Month Ceremony

📌 Reminders:

Please bring in an excuse note for absences and a handwritten note for transportation changes.
Henry County Schools 25/26 SY Calendar
Click here to view the TES Calendar
School Hours - 7:35 am - 2:15 pm
Please note that checkouts will not be available after 2 PM.
Please do not drop off students in the parking lot area.
To support our cafeteria staff, please practice with your child to help them learn their student number.

Thank you for understanding!

What is PBIS? 🐾

Tussahaw uses a process called Positive Behavior Intervention & Support (PBIS), designed to educate all children on appropriate social skills and to prevent inappropriate behavior by teaching and expecting all students to be safe, respectful, and responsible learners. This defining, teaching, and supporting appropriate student behavior creates a positive school environment for all.
These expectations are designed to help create a climate of cooperation, academic excellence, respect, and safety at Tussahaw. All behavior expectations will be taught in the context of these expectations. The power of this process is the community, the expectations, and the common language used by parents and staff. All students will hear the same expectations from all adults.
The Grizzly Bucks clearly communicate that, when students follow the TES Grizzly expectations, their behavior will be positively acknowledged. It gets the students’ attention and “hooks” them to the token economy system early in the school year. The overall goal is to find ways to reward students with Grizzly Bucks on a daily basis. All teachers will have Grizzly Bucks to give to students, and all students will have an opportunity to earn it. They will get to use these Bucks at the Grizzly Mart Monthly.
We need unused toys, gadgets, and items to put in the Grizzly Mart. Please drop off to the front office and specify for PBIS. Your Donations, support, and generosity are greatly appreciated.

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Reading

We highly encourage students to bring their library books to school every day!
- If you have lost a book, please pay with cash or a check.
- If you have more questions, please visit the media center webpage.

Reading for 20 minutes a day is essential for success, and at HCS, we make it fun! We use Beanstack (a virtual reading log) to track reading progress, where students can join challenges and earn rewards and badges along the way. Students also have access to Sora, our digital library, where they can check out eBooks and audiobooks anytime, anywhere.

3rd–5th graders can log into both Beanstack and Sora right from their Chromebooks.
PK–2nd graders will need a little help from parents. Families can download the apps on their own devices to log minutes in Beanstack and enjoy reading together on Sora.

Helpful Resources:

Beanstack - Rolla Public Library The Sora app for K-12 schools – OverDrive Resource Center

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Important Dates

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Word of the Month

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Reminders

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PBIS

What is PBIS? 🐾

Reading