Taylor Ranch Elementary

🎨✨ Want to see your teacher covered in tattoos?! ✨🎨

TRS students can purchase fun temporary tattoos during their library time September 8–24 and choose one for a teacher—or even one of our principals! 😎

💵 $1 Small | $2 Medium | $3 Large
💵 Cash only

Then on September 25, get ready for the BIG reveal and see our TRS staff turned into walking works of art! 😂🎉

Even better, all proceeds benefit our TRS Annual Literacy Night! 📚⭐

Who are YOU going to tattoo? 👀

Trailblazers Shine Brighter Together! 💙⭐

Our Trailblazers shine brighter when every student has a voice! 💙✨

Meet our amazing SLP team:

✨ Dani McGhee ✨
✨ Amy Gross ✨
✨ Kayleigh Ott ✨
✨ Kelly Fox ✨

Every day, they help our students communicate, connect, advocate for themselves, and find confidence in their own voices. Their work happens in classrooms, in small groups, one-on-one, and often behind the scenes—but the impact is BIG. 🩵

We are so grateful for the heart, expertise, and encouragement they bring to our Trailblazer family!

Trailblazers Shine Brighter Together! ✨

🌟 We’re growing at Taylor Ranch! 🌟

We’re excited to welcome TWO amazing teachers to our Trailblazer family! 💙💛

🍎 Kindergarten Teacher
📚 1st Grade Teacher

If you’re passionate about inspiring students, love collaborating with an amazing team, and want to be part of a caring school community where everyone is encouraged to learn, grow, and shine, we’d love to hear from you!

✨ Ready to Shine at the Ranch?

1️⃣ Apply online through Sarasota County Schools.

2️⃣ Email your resume to [email protected]

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It is great to be a Blazer!

September 2026 In Touch Community Newsletter

🌟 Help Us Celebrate Student Growth! 🌟

We are excited to support a schoolwide Positive Behavior Initiative through our DonorsChoose project! This project will provide fun incentives and rewards for growth on FAST assessments. 📈🎉

Our students work hard all year long, and we want to celebrate their progress and encourage them to always do their best! Every contribution helps us recognize and reward the growth our students make. 💙

Thank you for supporting our Trailblazers and helping us celebrate their hard work and success! 🌟

PBIS Incentives for the Whole School!, a project from Ms. Zachariah Help me give my students motivation to do their best on state testing by earning prizes through PBIS. Our school is committed to fostering a positive learning environment through our PBIS (Positive...

📚💗 Calling all Rockin’ Readers! 💗📚

Our Taylor Ranch Kindergarten students would love to read with YOU this year! ⭐ We are looking for volunteers to join our TRS Rockin’ Readers and help our youngest Trailblazers grow their confidence and love of reading.

📅 New Volunteer Training: September 30, 9:30–11:30 AM
📖 Rockin’ Readers volunteer on Wednesdays and Thursdays from 9:30–10:30 AM.

Interested? Check out the flyer for details and contact information.

Come help our little Trailblazers rock their way into reading! 🎸📖⭐

💙 Trailblazers Shine Brighter Together!

🦛📚 Hippos + Poetry = A Hippo-tastic Day of Learning! 📚🦛

Mrs. Koontz and Mrs. Day's second-grade classes joined together for a fun learning experience all about hippos through poetry! Students explored poetry while discovering interesting facts about these amazing animals.

What a fun way to combine reading, writing, science, and a little hippo-sized fun! 💙⭐

Trailblazers Shine Brighter Together!

⭐ Stay in the loop and keep your Trailblazer SHINE going strong!

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⭐🏆 It’s time to celebrate our Students of the Week! 🏆⭐

Each week, our teachers recognize Trailblazers who are SHINING with great behavior and making positive choices! 💙

Every recognized student’s name is entered into a grade-level drawing, and one lucky student from each grade is selected as our Student of the Week! 🎉

But the fun doesn’t stop there! Our winners get to SPIN THE WHEEL 🎡 for a chance to win a special prize for their entire class!

Keep making great choices, Trailblazers—you never know when your name might be called! ⭐👏

💙 Be Respectful. Be Responsible. Be a STAR!
⭐ Trailblazers Shine Brighter Together!