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A Message from the Principal...
Dear friends,
I hope you all enjoyed the February Break. As we return to school today, we can expect that many of our students will have had conversations with family and friends regarding the Parkland, Florida school shootings. I spent the week monitoring the national discussion and local safety measures being considered for implementation. You are probably aware that a "walk-out" is being planned nationally on March 14th, the one-month anniversary of the shootings. Learning Support Services is scheduled to discuss this event today and will be providing sites with direction on how to support and manage students who wish to exercise their right to free speech surrounding the need to be safe while attending school. I will be sure to communicate with you as I learn more. Meanwhile, I encourage you to convey your care for students (as you do every day) and notify the counselors and administrative team if you have any specific concerns.
Thank you so much for all you do and let's hope for a calmer week.
Sincerely,
Upcoming Events & Activities: February 26th - March 9th
Tuesday, February 27th
- Joint Team Meeting, 7:30-8:15am, PCR
- LCAP Forum, 9:00am, LRC
- AVID Site Team Meeting, 3:30-4:30pm, Room 907
Wednesday, February 28th
- 7th/8th Speaker Assembly (Mike Ward), 12:45-1:30pm, Little Theater
- SST Meeting, 7:30, Jami's Office
Thursday, March 1st
- Professional Learning Time, 8-9am, (Teacher Discretion)
- Window Opens for 3rd Quarter PN Grade
Friday, March 2nd
- SWITCH, 12-1:30pm, MPR
- 3rd Quarter PN Date
Sunday, March 4th
- Festival Orchestra Concert, 6-8pm, PCPA
Monday, March 5th
- Scholastic Book Fair, 8am-3:30pm, LRC
- Quarter 3 Progress Notice Grading window closes at 4pm
Tuesday, March 6th
- Scholastic Book Fair, 8am-3:30pm, LRC
- I Team Meeting, 7:30-8:15am, PCR
- Builder's Club, 12-12:45pm, MPR
- CJSF Meeting, 3:15-4pm, Room 713
- AVID Spring Open House, 5:30-7:30pm, Room 205
Wednesday, March 7th
- Scholastic Book Fair, 8am-3:30pm, LRC
- Disaster Drill/Duck & Cover Drill, 3rd block
- Family Night Scholastic Book Fair, 5-8pm, LRC
- 5th Grade Parent Night, Spanish Information, 5:30-6pm, Room 103
- 5th Grade Parent Night, GATE Information, 5:30-6pm, Little Theater
- 5th Grade Parent Night, General Information, 6-7pm, MPR
- Science O Recognition Night, 7-8pm, Little Theater
- Progress Notices Distributed to RAM Teachers
Thursday, March 8th
- PHS Counselors visiting 8th grade Language Arts classes
- Scholastic Book Fair, 8am-3:30pm, LRC
- Professional Learning Time, 8-9am (Learning Cycles)
- Board of Education Meeting, 6-9pm, DO
- Progress Notices Distributed to Students in RAM
Friday, March 9th
- PHS Counselors visiting 8th grade Language Arts classes
- Scholastic Book Fair, 8am-3:30pm, LRC
- SWITCH, 12-1:30pm, MPR
Congratulations!
ACTION NEEDED
ELPAC Testing Schedule
Our SBAC Testing Schedule is here!
Spring MAPS Schedule
Quarter Three Professional Time Calendar - Updated as of 2/8/18
GENERAL INFORMATION & RESOURCES
Child Hunger Prevention and Fair Treatment Act of 2017
On September 12, 2017, Governor Jerry Brown signed into law Senate Bill 250 (Hertzberg), the Child Hunger Prevention and Fair Treatment Act of 2017 (Chapter 726, Statutes of 2017), also known as the No Shaming Act. You can view this law on the California Legislative Information Web here.
The law requires local educational agencies (LEA)—specifically public school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools—that provide school meals through the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) or the School Breakfast Program (SBP) to ensure the parent or guardian of a pupil who has unpaid school meal fees is not shamed, treated differently, or served a meal that differs from what a pupil whose parent or guardian does not have unpaid school meal fees would receive under that LEA’s policy.
Federal Guidance Regarding Unpaid Meal Charges
The law refers to an LEA’s meal charge policy pursuant to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Policy Memorandum SP-46: Unpaid Meal Charges: Local Meal Charge Policies, released by the USDA on July 8, 2016. You can view this policy memo on the USDA School Meals Policy Web page at here.
This memo states that all school food authorities operating the NSLP or SBP must have a written and clearly communicated meal charge policy in place to ensure consistency and transparency by July 1, 2017. The LEA should communicate their board-approved policy to school administrators, school food service professionals, families, and students.
The USDA offers resources on the Food and Nutrition Service, School Meals: Unpaid Meal Charges Web page at here.
On this Web page is a link to the Overcoming the Unpaid Meal Challenge: Proven Strategies from Our Nation’s Schools handbook (September 16, 2016). Especially helpful in the handbook is Appendix B: Local Meal Charge Policy Checklists (located on pages 49–55).
The management bulletin regarding SB 250 can be found on the California Department of Education Management Bulletin Web page here.
For more about Senate Bill 250, click here
Contact Information
For questions regarding this subject, please contact the Resource Management Unit by e-mail at SNPCAFEFUNDQUESTIONS@cde.ca.gov.
CAASPP Interim Tests
How to get started? It is simple. Just log into MyConnect/Testing and Assessment to register for your CAASPP log in information. You will need to access the website here and follow along step by step with this flyer. Let Shaylene know if you need any help.
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Library News
One Book, One Twin Peaks
Jan: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S Lewis
Feb: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
March: Book Fair - March 5-9th
Library Statistics: Approximately 9,000 checkouts in 6 months.
OverDrive eBooks: 152 new users this year.
Teaching Focus:
Digital Citizenship with Exploration Classes
Matautia, Meyer, Mills.
Genre Talks: Laborin/MillsLooking Ahead:
Reorganizing ELD section, removing bookshelf adding more quiet space seating.
Providing more Tech Opportunities during Lunch: Coding lab, Little Bits and Ozo bots.
Interventions for RTI
Twin Peaks Middle School
Email: TwinPeaksadcab@gmail.com
Website: http://tpms.powayusd.com/index.html
Phone: 858.748.5131
Twitter: @TwinPeaksRams