We love our teachers and to show them our appreciation, we showered them with handwritten and heartfelt thank you notes. Many thanks to all of the parents and students that made notes to share with the staff.  They felt very loved! 
We also gave them goodies in the lounge on Halloween, because what better way to show some love than with a yummy treat?!

Introducing 2020 Holiday Gift Sets, featuring Hattie's Coffee!

What better way to spread holiday cheer than with our very own Trailwood blend of Hattie's coffee?  Hattie's Coffee has come up with a delicious Trailwood whole bean medium roast blend to appease all coffee drinkers alike.  There are three options to choose from to fit your needs:

• 16oz Bag of Whole Bean Trailwood Hattie's Roast
• 16oz of Whole Bean Trailwood Hattie's Roast + Custom TW Stainless Hot/Cold Tumbler
• Not a coffee drinker?  No problem... purchase your TW Stainless Hot/Cold Tumbler and hold the coffee

Proceeds help to raise funds for vital mini grants, children's activities, flight times, etc.

Purchase your coffee and/or tumbler by Nov. 16 here:

https://trailwoodptaop.membershiptoolkit.com/form/m/128680

You can also order via Membership Toolkit on your phone app.

Orders will be delivered to Trailwood and sent home with students the week of Dec. 14.

Please contact Karen Badgett at kabadgett@gmail.com with any questions.

November 9th-19th

This year, T-Birds Serve is not able to offer our group hands-on community service projects, but we're looking for ways to help your family give back during this crazy time!

Pack to Give Back - Harvesters Holiday Boxes
Many holiday memories are made around a festive meal. However, this year for more than 387,000 people in the 26-county service area that Harvesters serves, a festive meal and tableside memories are not certain.

Over the next two weeks, we are asking the Trailwood community to provide Holiday Boxes for Harvesters.  Shop as a family (or do grocery pickup!) and print out the "Packed By" cards and leave a special note in your 'box'.  Or you can just decorate a card!  Please donate the entire contents (it's about $10) for the box in a tied plastic bag.  The finished bag can be dropped in the Harvesters bin located in the front vestibule by the main office at Trailwood.  Bags are due back to Trailwood by Nov. 19!

Each holiday bag should include the following items:
- 1 Package Stuffing Mix
- 1 15 oz Can Sweet Potatoes
- 1 14 oz Can Cranberry Sauce
- 1 15.25 oz Can Corn
- 2 14.5 oz Cans Green Beans
- 1 Package Gravy Mix
- 1 Package Corn Bread Mix
- 1 Package Instant Mashed Potatoes
- 1 10.5 oz Can Cream of Mushroom Soup

Holiday Box Resources
"Packed By" Cards

Not able to shop?  That's OK!  Donate $10 and we will do the shopping for you.  Drop off cash with Shereen or Venmo at www.venmo.com/Kim-Whitman-5.

Any questions? Please contact Kim Whitman at kimberlydwhitman@hotmail.com or 816-260-6459.

Please continue to upload photos to the yearbook link: plicbooks.com/go/krYpg or email your photos to Vivian Hamilton at vivian@outlookcreative.com and Heidi Erenberg at heids07@gmail.com. We know that everyone has great multiple "First Days" (first day remote, first day hybrid, first day full-time) photos and other fun photos with sports, friends, family, neighbors, and Halloween!!! We want it ALL!!!

Thank you kindly for all your help to make the yearbook as representative of the crazy year we are navigating.

-TW Yearbook Committee

The Spirit Wear Committee is pleased to announce that the 2020 Bulk Order for Spirit Wear is in production!! Estimated completion date is 11/13. We are unsure yet if we are able to send home orders with children. If we are, we will communicate when to expect them. If we are not able to send home with your eldest child, we will communicate a time to pick them up from the office. If you need other arrangements, please reach out to Vivian Hamilton at vivian@oultookcreative.com or Patty Ross at pattycheong@gmail.com to coordinate pick up.

This year Spirit Wear sales grossed just over $6600 from Mask and Spirit Wear Sales. We will have a better indication of proceeds to the PTA once production and billing is completed. Thank you all for your support!

-TW Spirit Wear Committee

Election Outcomes

The election is over and on behalf of PTA I want to thank everyone who took the time to vote. We hope you voted with our public schools in mind.

The Trailwood area will be represented in the State Legislature next year by:

HD-19: Stephanie Clayton

HD-21: Mari-Lynn Poskin

SD-07: Ethan Corson

SD-11: Kellie Warren

We have invited all four to join us for a special evening PTA meeting with our neighbors from Brookwood and John Diemer on January 6 at 7pm. Please plan to join us! These individuals will make important decisions about how our schools are funded and operate.

We will be represented on the Kansas Board of Education by Melanie Haas, who happens to be a fellow Shawnee Mission South area parent.

Trailwood will be represented in the U.S. Senate by Roger Marshall and the U.S. House by Sharice Davids. As I write today on Wednesday morning (and as you likely know already!) we still await a result in the presidential election.

When you have a chance, please peruse the updates that have been made to your Trailwood Elementary PTA Website! We want to make sure the website is both informational and representative of the amazing TW community we are a part of. There has been some reorganizing and some additions to help you better understand what the PTA does for you and an ability to see...literally SEE and read about your current Executive Board Members and our beloved staff! Please visit trailwoodpta.com. Let us now if there is anything else you would like added.  See below for a list of some highlighted changes:

• Revamped Welcome Page with upcoming events and easy reference buttons
• Meet...no really "meet" your Executive Board Members to help you associate a face with their names: https://www.trailwoodpta.com/meet-the-executive-board.html
• Concerned about Covid or want to stay up-to-date with Trailwood, SMSD and JCDHE info? There is now a Covid Info Tab that contains the current JCDHE dashboard embedded directly on the page and updates daily, a button to the SMSD Dashboard that highlights current data in terms of staff and student exposure/isolation/location within the district, along with other imperative info. https://www.trailwoodpta.com/covid-info.html 
• New to Trailwood or just want the breakdown of the what's what? Check out the Trailwood 101 page: https://www.trailwoodpta.com/trailwood-101.html
• Curious about the committees or want to find a way to volunteer? Check out the Committees Page for the full list of committees, the respective chairs, email links for the chairs, and a form to sign up to volunteer: https://www.trailwoodpta.com/tw-committees.html
• Info about our upcoming 2021 #TrailwoodStrong Virtual Auction can be found at: https://www.trailwoodpta.com/2021-virtual-auction.html
• Missed the Bulk Order Spirit Wear Sale? No problem, you can still by some fun TW Swag at the TW PTA Store, more items will be added in the coming weeks: https://www.trailwoodpta.com/pta-store.html

We LOVE suggestions...please do not hesitate to reach out if you would like to see something on the website that may not be easily accessible or available.

-TW Website Committee