TMS Connect
August 7th
Students are coming next week!
Athletics (Repeat)
Picking Up Computers/Books
August 10th
2:00pm-6:00pm
TMS Main Office
(Students with last names that start with A-K will receive their computers and books on the first day of school in their first period classes.)
Schedule of a Virtual Day
Students will have lessons Monday through Friday.
Students who are working virtual (either because they are fully virtual or they are at home as part of their hybrid schedule) do not have set times to be on the computer. Instead they will be given instruction and activities through Google Classroom. These should be similar to the amount of time students would be in a classroom if they were doing face-to-face. Some students will take a little longer or a little less. Teachers will have the assignments posted by the end of their prep period. However, the teachers are expressing that they plan to have it up earlier than this time frame.
Teacher Posting Times
6th grade 3rd period - 10:15
7th grade 6th period - 1:00
8th grade 2nd period - 9:30
Pioneer Team (rotational classes) 1st period - 8:45
It is recommended to build a schedule at home to establish a routine with your student. Be mindful to build in brain breaks throughout the work time.
Attendance For Students Working Virtually
Each teacher will have a Google Form for the students to fill out. It is important that students fill this form out for every class they have each day they are working outside of the building.
Standards Based Grading
We are continuing with our use of Standards Based Grading in the middle school. We have created some helpful resources to help explain these changes.
New Daily Schedule (Repeat)
This meeting also moved the students in grades 6-12 to a hybrid schedule. This will reduce the number of students in the hallways, classrooms, and lunch spaces by half.
Students schedules:
- Students with the last names beginning with the letters A-K will be in the buildings on Mondays and Wednesdays. They will be learning virtually on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays.
- Students with the last names beginning with the letters L-Z will be in the buildings on Tuesdays and Thursdays. They will be learning virtually on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
Fully Virtual Option (Repeat)
Students enrolled in the TMS Virtual School are eligible to participate in extra curricular activities.
If you feel this is a better option for your family, please chose the virtual option while enrolling your student in Harmony. If you have completed your enrollment and would like to switch, please contact Melissa Kikta (mkikta@tcsc.k12.in.us) or Craig Leach (cleach@tcsc.k12.in.us) about changing the status of your enrollment.
Contacting the Middle School
Principal - Melissa Kikta mkikta@tcsc.k12.in.us
Asst. Principal/Athletic Director - Craig Leach cleach@tcsc.k12.in.us
Enrollment/Main Office Secretary - Laurie Crawford lcraford@tcsc.k12.in.us
Athletic Secretary - Linda Whitesell lwhitesell@tcsc.k12.in.us
Treasurer/Book Fees - Dawn Moody dmoody@tcsc.k12.in.us
Scheduling - Lynn Calloway lcalloway@tcsc.k12.in.us
TMS ROCKS/My Closet - Gena Shultz gshultz@tcsc.k12.in.us
School phone number is 765-675-7521
Important Dates
8/12 First Day of School
--/-- School Pictures (TBA)
9/7 Labor Day (No School)
9/8 School Board Meeting
9/14 eLearning
10/9 End of the First 9 - weeks
10/12 School Board Meeting
10/21-23 Fall Break
Tipton Middle School
Email: mkikta@tcsc.k12.in.us
Website: www.tcsc.k12.in.us/o/tms
Location: 817 South Main Street, Tipton, IN, USA
Phone: (765) 675-7521
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TiptonMiddleSchool/
Twitter: @TiptonMiddle