Twin Peaks Middle School 2021-2022
Reconnect - Reengage - Reinspire
Welcome to the Ramily!
-Administrative Team-
Steve Mills- Principal
- 25 years in education, 7 with PUSD
- Active Scout Leader for son's BSA Troop
- Avid Giants fan
- Found on golf course when not tethered to TPMS
- Leads math, 8th grade, community relations, the nitty gritty....
- stmills@powayusd.com
Rod Jiu- AP
- 28 years in education, 21 with PUSD
- Proud father of four
- Ohio State fan
- District Equity Leader
- Leads facilities, attendance, science, electives, 6th grade, logistics....
- rjiu@powayusd.com
J. Shaylene Moritz - AP
- 22 years as an educator with PUSD
- Loves the outdoors
- Favorite quote, "You are the author of your own life story!"
- Mamma of two
- Leads Sped, humanities, new teacher liaison, creative instructional connections....
- jnewman@powayusd.com
Counseling Team
Nicole Pablo: H to O
Jami Jennings: P to Z
Donna Meyers- Counseling Administrative Assistant (Grades, scheduling, and more!!)
-Office Team-
Christie Hamilton - Admin Assistant to Principal
- See Christie for all Absences. We use Absence Management (online program) for substitutes
- Office Manager
- Keeper of the keys
- Copy Machine fixer
- Gateway to Steve
Lynda Carter- Administrative Assistant
- Twin Peaks True Wonder Woman
- Administrative Assistant for the APs
- Call her to contact an AP for support with a student and to schedule IEPs
- Schedules duties- See her for Bus duty today!
Receptionist
Coming Soon: Attendance Clerk
- Take attendance at the start of each period in Synergy
Nancy Fazekas- Finance
- Teacher budget $$
- Supplies, fieldtrips, conference reimbursement forms
Beth Andres- Health Technician
- Health technician
- Updates Synergy with allergy alerts - Look for code
Charlene Ellington- Computer Tech & Yearbook Coadvisor
- Go to computer needs
- Teams with Jimmy
- Provides tech lesson support
- Need ink? email Charlene
Jimmy Crutchfield- LAN
- Submit a Web Help Desk ticket for tech support
- Teams with Charlene
Deanna Bernsen- Student Service Specialist
- Assists counseling team with students
- IGSA and Club Live advisor and Tobacco Prevention Educator
- Garden project advisor.
Heidi Uyloan- Teacher Librarian
- On campus Thursday, Friday, and every other Wednesday
- Purchases instructional materials
- Check out the details here
Laura Johnson- LibraryTechnician
- Daily
- Offers amazing activities at lunch
Mark Lindemood- Lead Custodian
- Daily
John Espe- Custodian
- Evenings
Kurt Huey- Custodian
- Afternoons and evenings
David Hood- Custodian
- Evenings
WEB- Where Everyone Belongs!
ASB
EQUITY Planning Team
Our Mission: A community working together to build success and inspire every child, every day.
Mr. Mills communicates weekly with staff through our TPMS S'more. This communication includes important information and happenings around school. Please read this communication by Monday.
Twin Peaks is an AVID School Site of Distinction. We have school wide practices that all teachers use in all classes: focus notes, marking the text, and using the MLA (see your planner). Mikki Matautia is our site AVID coordinator. She and and Katie Fixsen, lead our AVID elective classes. We welcome you to join our site team to learn more about implementing AVID strategies. Shaylene is a District Director for AVID and supports our site implementation. Learn more about AVID here.
Twin Peaks has late start Thursdays. This professional time, (PLC) is used for collaboration. Here is the code you will see on your professional time calendar.
D= teacher discretion, which is time is for individual planning time; C= meet with your content teams; A= All Staff time where all staff meets together for collaborative learning; G= work with your grade level on specific topics, and S is for SAI (special education collaboration) time.
Canvas is our online learning platform to engage and communicate with students and families. At a minimum, calendars must be updated to show current assignments and due dates. Check the email feature for communication with families. Many teachers post power points, notes, and handouts. If students are absent from your class, students will use Canvas to locate and submit assignments. Student feedback is a key feature of Canvas that many teachers use. Review the many trainings in our PUSD PD Canvas course.
Synergy: While Canvas is used for posting assignments and communication, Synergy must be used for posting grades. It is important that grades are kept current because it is a school wide practice to do grade checks each week. Synergy is also is used for attendance each day. Your mentor or Donna Meyers can train you on the system.
Facilities: If you have a need in your room, call Rod and he will assist.
Twin Peaks Pride Days:
WEB Wednesday
College Thursdays
Loud and Proud/school color Fridays
Our colors are teal, black, and white. Stop by Kodi Keller's room for spirit wear.
Ram Way cards are used by teachers to reinforce students' positive behavior and actions. Cards are drawn in a raffle on our TPMStv program on alternate Mondays and students are awarded prizes. Parents are called notifying them of their child's positive recognition. Please use these cards with your students, and send students to the office as they win them to deposit cards in our raffle jar. *** This may be on hold due to Virtual Learning- STAY TUNED**
TPMS TV is aired Mondays during RAM and is produced by Patrick Fawcett. You can send school announcements to pfawcett@powayusd.com. He can help you set up your computer for the broadcast via the school Youtube channel.
The flag salute and Mindful Moment:
As a school the first period begins with an announcement of the flag salute followed by the mindful moments. These school wide practices will be discussed as a staff at our all staff meeting prior to the start of school.
RAM- this block of the day is the period opposite of lunch. Teachers use this period to support students with academics, community building, and social emotional lessons. Guest presentations from speakers, admin and counselors are also featured during this time.
Shared Governance Team- Each grade level and content department has a designated lead teacher that staff can share feedback to as a point of contact. This feedback is then shared at leadership meetings and outcomes are brought back to staff. This lead can also trouble shoot with you.
Instructional Team:
Michelle Cruz (Math) mcruz@powayusd.com
Jessica Hoffman (Science) Jehoffman@powayusd.com
Tiffany Daher (Language Arts) tdaher@powayusd.com
Kathy Meyer (Social Studies) kmeyer@powayusd.com
Amie Butman- (Sped Cochair) abutman@powayusd.com
Julie Spychalski - Coach Spy (PE/Electives)jspychalski@powayusd.com
Operations Team:
Deb Johnson- (6th) dejohnson@powayusd.com
Anthony Bradley (7th) abradley@powayusd.com
Megan Fenwick (8th) mfenwick@powayusd.com
PFT/Union Reps:
Ethan Kaufman (ekaufman@powayusd.com) and Katie Fixsen (kfixsen@powayusd.com)
School Expectations (Cell Phones, Dress Code, etc...):
Review our TPMS expectation in the student planner and on the school web site. Reinforce expectations with positive language. Teach the expectation and reinforce. Twin Peaks uses Character Counts and PRIDE (see our Planner). After redirection, a teacher conference, a referral may be needed. Here is an ecopy to use. See Shaylene, Rod, or Lynda for details.
Twin Peaks - AVID Schoolwide Site of Distinction
Responding to Students
Twin Peaks Middle School
Email: jwatkins@powayusd.com
Website: https://www.powayusd.com/en-US/Schools/MS/TPMS/Home
Location: 14640 Tierra Bonita Road, Poway, CA, USA
Phone: 858-748-5131
Twitter: @TwinPeaksRams