Twin Peaks Middle School
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A Message from the Principal...
Dear friends,
Congratulations on a wonderful Back to School Night. With that behind us, we can continue our instructional focus and look ahead to students in need of additional supports and interventions. Conference week will be here before you know it! This week, we will utilize our Thursday professional time meeting as grade level teams and identifying those who we need to keep a closer watch over. This list will help to drive who will eventually receive an invite to parent-teacher conferences. Next week we have a couple of back to back minimum days and shortly thereafter, on September 28th, we will have our first Non-Student Day, traditionally focused on analyzing student performance data and goal-setting. The Shared Governance Teams will meet this Tuesday to begin shaping those agendas.
Have a great week!
Upcoming Events & Activities - September 10th - 21st
Tuesday, September 11th
- Patriot's Day - Wear your red, white & blue
- Joint Team Meeting, 7:30-8:15am, PCR
- CJSF Meeting, 3:15-4pm, Room 713
- Fire Alarm Inspection, 4pm
Wednesday, September 12th
- Picture Make-Up Day, PE or RAM, MPR
- Triple P Seminar, 6-8pm, LRC
Thursday, September 13th
- Professional Time, 8-9am, Grade Level
- Back to School Bash, 3:30pm, 13726 McKenzie Ave, Poway
- Fire Alarm Inspection, 4pm
- Board of Education Meeting, 6-9pm, DO
Tuesday, September 18th
- Minimum Day, 12:40 dismissal
- Fire Alarm Inspection, 4pm
Wednesday, September 19th
- Minimum Day, 12:40 dismissal
- Triple P Seminar, 6-8pm, LRC
Thursday, September 20th
- Professional Time, 8-9am, Teacher Discretion
- Fire Alarm Inspection, 4pm
- Window Open for 1st Quarter PN grades
Friday, September 21st
- 1st Quarter PN
Team Ram Kudos & News!
- Tuesday, September 11th is Patriot's Day! In remembrance of 9-11 please wear red, white & blue!
- Please be sure to check your mailbox for P-9's when you are absent. Payroll is requesting that we submit them immediately or even ahead of time if it is a planned vacation or absence.
- Help Needed! Teachers, please report your assigned duty station quickly to help with supervision. Ideally, you can have your class walk out with you a minute early. If for some reason you have a conflict, please secure coverage to act in your absence. If something comes up last minute, please notify Lynda Carter. Your diligence makes a difference.
- Thank you to our wonderful WEB Team (Casey, Megan F., and Danielle R.) and the ASES Team (Margo and Matti) for hosting a spectacular 6th Grade Carnival to welcome our newest Rams. Everyone had a great time!
- If you enjoyed the dinner the PTSA provided for us on Back to School Night, please consider sending them a quick thank you. They really will appreciate it. They have a mailbox in the work room.
Voyager Program Brings Chrome Books to TPMS
Our Social Contract
Game Room for Students
Quarter One Professional Time
Counseling Update
As you know, this 2018-2019 school year, TPMS's counseling department has an additional part-time school counselor. Nicole Pablo is a passionate advocate with extensive experience in supporting students in academic, social/emotional, and college/career readiness domains at all grade levels. She is excited to work with the RAM staff & families to help all students reach their college and career goals and potential.
With the new addition, there has been a new caseload assignment. Here is the new break down by last name:
A-I: Ms. Melissa Sanchez.
J-Mc: Ms. Nicole Pablo
Me-Z: Mrs. Jami Jennings
The TPMS Counseling department looks forward to working with you this year!
School Site Council: Two Positions Still Needed
Teacher Nominations for Students Serving on School Site Council
18-19 Progress Notice & Report Card Timeline
Click Here for the 18-19 Timeline
Annual Mandated Reporter Training
Using your web browser, go to the Keenan SafeSchools website for Poway Unified School District: https://powayusd-keenan.safeschools.com/
Use your employee number as your user name
Please complete by October 20th.
Joint Team Minutes- August 28th
Lunch Splits Trimester One
News from Library
What a great opening of the TPMS Library: In just 8 days we have circulated 1,369 books! That is more than we average a month typically.
Be sure to see Heidi, our teacher librarian, if you are needed help with lessons or would like a research, digital citizenship, or book genre talk.
We are pleased to announce a special guest author visit on 9/27 from Brian Wells. His adventure tale, The League and the Lantern, is our One Book, One Twin Peaks Title for September!
Summary:
“AFTER A DISASTROUS SIXTH GRADE, Jake Herndon is anxiously awaiting his Big Do-Over, starting with his new school's notorious seventh grade sleepover. Awkward team-building games and forced fun quickly become the least of his problems, however, when a dangerous organization invades and the night takes a shocking turn. Jake and two new classmates, Lucy and TJ, barely escape, only to find themselves in a fight for survival on the streets of Chicago. Over the next 48 hours they unravel a mystery dating back to the Civil War and an incredible secret about Jake s family.
Full of unforgettable characters and unexpected twists, The League and the Lantern is a jaw-dropping ride of mind-bending revelations and laugh-out-loud humor. If Jake and his new friends can make it through this weekend, they just might have a shot at seventh grade.
In this debut novel, family television executive producer and dad Brian Wells has created an epic, rip-roaring comedy adventure that is also about courage, family and friendship. The result is an engaging mix of great characters, crackling wit and unexpected twists that 9- to 14-year-olds, entertainment executives and family groups are applauding.
Wells works from the belief that great entertainment is driven by memorable characters and imaginative writing, and it shows. The League and The Lantern delivers all of this and more without objectionable language or inappropriate themes. Throw in a plot that traces back to real historical figures and you ve got what some are calling Percy Jackson meets National Treasure” (Amazon).
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Twin Peaks Middle School
Email: chamilton@powayusd.com
Website: http://tpms.powayusd.com/index.html
Phone: 858.748.5131
Twitter: @TwinPeaksRams