Bulldog Drool Newsletter
December 3, 2021
In This Issue
News to Know
- Holiday Help Donations
- NTMS ASB Food Drive
- Drop-In Vaccine Clinic
- Ski School Information (NOT AFFILIATED WITH OR SPONSORED BY THE DIERINGER SCHOOL DISTRICT)
- Fall 2021 SBA Scores
- Need A Hand With the Holidays?
- Substitute Teachers, Paraeducators & Custodians Needed
- Highly Capable Program Dates
- NTMS Food Drive 1st pick up
- Power Club
- December Menus
- Test To Stay
- When Does My Child Need To Stay Home From School?
NTMS Contact Information
Calendar
* FOR SPORTS PLEASE SEE NTMS WEBSITE CALENDAR**
6: Math Club @ 7am Room 157 /
7: Future Scientists Club @ 7am Room 155 / 6th Grade Power Club (if you've signed up) 2:20-4p Band Room
8: ACE Day late start 9:45am / Homework Club @ 2:20p in the Commons /
9: Choir Concert 5pm NTMS Commons / Morning Homework Club @ 7am Room 158 / Homework Club @ 2:20p in the Commons
News To Know
Holiday Help Donations
We need your help to make it a success. If you are able, we are asking families to donate gift cards in any denomination that will go directly to a family in need. We accept any gift card donation but some of the stores are: Target, Walmart, and Fred Meyer.
If you are able to donate, please contact Mrs. Roscoe at jroscoe@dieringer.wednet.edu or call 253-862-2776.
NTMS ASB FOOD DRIVE
Students should take donations to their Social Studies class! Now through December 10th! Thank you!
Boxed, bagged, and canned non-perishable items (no glass, please)
Donations Requests:
- Boxed stuffing
- Cornbread mix
- Instant mashed potato flakes
- Cream of mushroom soup
- Canned or packet gravy
- Canned green beans
- Canned pumpkin
- Canned cranberry sauce
- French fried onions
- Canned yams
- Mini marshmallows
- Sugar
- All purpose flour
- Salt & pepper
- Jell-o
Current totals:
6th: 863 lbs
7th: 1673 lbs
8th: 1065 lbs
Goal: Are goals are 3,600 for our school and 1,200 lbs per grade level! Than you to those that have donated!
This Week's Student Character Dare
With Thanksgiving upon us, We Dare you to do one kind thing for a family member each day until Thanksgiving.
Ideas:
- Do a chore around the house without being asked
- Help a sibling/family member with schoolwork
- Make dinner for your family
- Tell a family member why you are thankful for them
Drop-In Vaccine Clinic
Ski School Information
NOT AFFILIATED WITH OR SPONSORED BY THE DIERINGER SCHOOL DISTRICT
2021-22 LAKE TAPPS SKI SCHOOL
PROMO CODE: 2122LAKETAPPS
*REGISTRATION IS ONLINE ONLY. THEY ARE NOT ACCEPTING PAPER REGISTRATIONS. NO EXCEPTIONS.
- The Ski bus will run every Friday Jan 14 - Feb 11th leaving from NTMS & Dieringer Heights but all buses return to NTMS each evening.
- Bus & Lessons only: $425 (PRICE DOES NOT INCLUDE LIFT TICKET -you must purchase a daily lift ticket or season pass to ski *see season pass info below*)
- Rental equipment (only lesson dates): $140 (includes helmet)
- Promotional season pass (Crystal Mt only, no blackout dates): $249 (5-12 years) $499 (13-22 years)
- Select Dec 1 & Dec 2 as arrival/departure dates
- Change number of adults to 1
- Click “check availability”
- Click “change” button & select ski or snowboard
Please do NOT call the schools. Crystal Mountain can answer any further questions about registration: 360-663-3036
Fall 2021 SBA Scores
Dear Families,
Students in grades 4 through 8 recently took Smarter Balanced Assessments (SBA) in English language arts (ELA) and math. Sixth grade students also took the Washington Comprehensive Assessment of Science (WCAS). These assessments were postponed from Spring of 2021 for all Washington state students. The primary purpose of the fall test was a brief check-in on how schools and students are doing after the 2020-21 school year.
Preliminary student scores from those assessments are now available in the desktop version of Skyward Family Access (but not the mobile app). Log into Family Access and choose Test Scores from the menu on the left. Fall 2021 tests have a date of 11/1/2021.
If you don’t know your Family Access username or password, click “Forgot your Login/Password” on the login page and enter the email address on file with the district.
On these tests, students whose performance level score was an L3 or L4 demonstrated most of the skills and knowledge required to meet state expectations on a typical end-of-year test. Test results are only one way to know how students are doing in ELA, math and science. If you have questions about your student’s learning, please contact their teacher or school principal.
For more information, please see OSPI’s Frequently Asked Questions and Answers about Fall 2021 Assessments.
Need A Hand For the Holidays?
Substitute Teachers, Paraeducators & Custodians Needed
We are in desperate need of substitute teachers, paraeducators and custodians . If you are interested in becoming a substitute teacher, you need a 4 year degree and complete an application, which can be found on our website. Please see, or call, Jade Hughes in the District Office for more details.
Jade Hughes
Human Resources Technician
253-862-2537
Highly Capable Nomination Timeline
Nomination window opens: December 6, 2021.
Nomination window closes: January 14, 2022.
Evaluation for nominated students will begin the week of January 31, 2022.
Nomination packets are being reworked and will be provided as soon as completed.
Student Spotlight
First Pick-Up of Food for our ASB Food Drive
7/8 Power Club Fun
December Food Menus
From the District Nurse
Test To Stay Program
We are making some changes to follow the most recent guidance from the state department of health and quarantine periods. As usual the timing wasn’t the best. Right after we sent information home with students about the Test to Stay program, the state guidance changed. The new required quarantine time is seven days for students or staff who are symptom free and can produce a negative PCR or rapid antigen test result taken on day 5, 6, or 7 after exposure (students or staff with symptoms are still required to get a PCR Covid test).
In the end, this news shortens the quarantine time for students and staff who are close contacts. Students who are identified as a close contact with another student at school can participate in Test to Stay and this process is now seven days instead of ten days. Students exposed outside of school can return to school after seven days, too, as long as they are symptom free and produce a negative PCR or rapid antigen test result taken on day 5, 6, or 7 after exposure. Anyone who is a close contact who does not participate in Test to Stay or refuses to get tested, must still stay quarantined for ten days and can return to school after that window of time has passed as long as the individual is symptom free.
This new time frame above combined with the recent eligibility to get vaccinated for students ages 5-11 will combine to keep more kids in school as we progress through the school year.
COVID Testing for Students with Symptoms
*Exception: If your student has tested positive for COVID in the last 90 days, please call the school for testing directions.
We have had fast results and excellent reviews from this site in Auburn:
And here are other testing sites in Pierce County: Testing Information
Make sure your child's mask has two or more tightly woven layers, fits snugly against the face, and covers both the nose and the mouth.
Weekly Attendance
Community Resources
Text Support Line - 741741
Pierce County Crisis Line 1-800-576-776 (24 hours)
National Suicide Prevention - 1-800-273-8255
Sumner Food Bank
NO appointment is needed at this time.
"That's right, no appointment needed and no identification needed. Just show up and shop like any grocery store... and we'll take care of the rest. We serve all... EVERY address, EVERY city, EVERY zip code."
Food Distribution Hours:
- Mon-Fri : 10:00am-1:00pm
- Thurs: 5:00pm-7:00pm
Client Information Link: 253-863-3793
Food Bank Address: 15625 Maine Street E. Sumner, WA
Contact Information
Principal: David Uberti, duberti@dieringer.wednet.edu
Asst. Principal: Tyler Borden, tborden@dieringer.wednet.edu
Counselor: Jennifer Roscoe, jroscoe@dieringer.wednet.edu
Tech Coach: Dietrich Baker, dbaker@dieringer.wednet.edu
Website: https://ntms.dieringer.wednet.edu/
Location: North Tapps Middle School, 12th Street East, Bonney Lake, WA, USA
Phone: 253-862-2776