PRINCIPAL NEWSLETTER
September 3, 2020
Home of the Hawks
Empowering ALL students to achieve success, No Exceptions!
Tapteal Elementary Family
We are all excited for our first day of school, Friday September 4th. Our teachers have had the opportunity to meet each of their families and students this week. We are looking forward to our first day, and making this another great year!
If you have not heard from your teacher, please contact the school as soon as possible! Within the first week of school, we will work out the kinks in the schedule for families and students.
If you have not picked up student materials, someone from the school will be contacting you. It will be very important for your child to have these essential materials for learning. Call the office at 509 967-6350.
School Day Schedules
K-2 Begins at 8:-00 AM
3-5 Begins at 8:45 AM
Your teachers have communicated their individual school day schedules with you at Parent Connect meetings, and they will continue to communicate weekly learning schedules by the end of each learning week for the upcoming week. Refer to the Daily Student Learning Schedule below for more detailed information.
Chromebook Insurance
Information regarding Chromebook Insurance will be sent to you as an attachment with this newsletter in your email. You are able to pay for chromebook insurance by clicking the link here.
Student Chromebook Assistance
Refer to this information for Chromebook Assistance - Click here
Social Emotional Learning
As we kick off the school year online, we are placing an emphasis on the three Rs; Readjustment, Reassurance, and Reconnection:
Readjust By getting our students ready to be learners again.
Reassure By helping make our students feel safe (physically & socially).
Reconnect By building new relationships and sense of belonging.
Each day will begin with a 15 minute morning meeting, where our teachers will provide a structure and routine for a morning greeting, sharing, activity, and message. This is our collective strategy to help our establish a climate of safety and trust, feel significant and connected, build relationships, and teach social emotional skills which will result in higher levels of academic learning.
Student Meal Pick Up
Refer to the Student Meal Pick information below. Here is an important update. Meals are free to students!
Thank you for Reading the Principal Newsletters
Included in this letter is very important information. Please read the weekly Principal Newsletters each week. They will be sent out by email, and class dojo.
As always, please reach out with any questions or concerns!
Sincerely,
Sean Langdon
Tapteal Principal
Empowering ALL students to Achieve Success, No Exceptions!
EMAIL: sean.langdon@rsd.edu
OFFICE: 509 967-6352
DAILY STUDENT LEARNING SCHEDULE
Last year, parent feedback indicated our families would benefit from having a shared, consistent Learning Management System K-5, a common schedule, and more frequent communication on learning.
Over the course of the week, students will engage in whole group, small group, and independent work and receive ongoing feedback communicating progress toward learning standards. Instructional resources will include a combination of district adopted instructional materials, consumable student materials, books, manipulatives, and newly purchased supplemental online instructional resources (DreamBox and NewsELA). Students will be in specials starting September 8th (Art, Music, PE, Library) during the afternoons.
Refer to the weekly School Day Schedule, Specialist Schedule, and Learning Management/Communication System below:
At - Home Student Learning Station
Having a designated workspace for your child is very important during distance learning.
Here are the basics for a great student workspace :
1. Quiet Area
2. Appropriate space to move, access work materials, and all materials sent home from teachers
3. Build investment by having them decorate it :)
SCHOOL MEALS: Breakfast & Lunch Information
Service sites for meals and times each Friday, beginning September 4th.
Enterprise Front by gym door 10:30-11:30 or 4:30-5:30
Tapteal Elementary bus loop 10:30-11:30
Leona Libby Front door 10:30-11:30
Details for Meal pick up:
- Breakfast and lunch for five school days (10 meals total)
- Picked up on Fridays.
- ALL school meals are FREE!
- If a family has students at multiple RSD sites, they can pick up for everyone at one site
- Students do not have to be present; parents may pick up for them with student ID card. We can look up a name if we must, but it will slow the process.
- Each enrolled student is allowed one breakfast and one lunch per school day only
LIBRARY BOOK CHECK OUT
We are very fortunate and grateful to announce Mrs. Neitzel our Librarian will begin Weekly Curbside Library Book Pick Up.
HOW TO CHECK OUT A BOOK - It's Easy!
Students can place holds for specific titles online in Destiny or make a more general request in a Google Form. The form can be found on Destiny, in Teacher Google Classrooms and within Tapteal’s Hawk Hub for Online Learning for Families.
Students will be encouraged to give multiple preferences so the best possible book student pairings can be made. Students will be allowed to check out up to five books if their account is current.
WHEN CAN I MAKE A REQUEST FOR A BOOK?
Requests must be made by Wednesday for Friday pick up.
On Friday morning books are brought to the drive through Curbside Library 9:30-12:00.
When a family approaches the box to drop off their books their new books are placed on the pick up table. Overdue slips for any books not returned the previous week will be attached to the stack of books.
- Students not able to pick up their books on Fridays may call the library Monday-Wednesday from 9:00-2:00. Books can be pulled and delivered curbside with ten minutes notice.
- Earlier and later pick-up times can be scheduled on request.
SCHOOL COUNSELORS
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Please check the RSD website, RSD social media, and your email for district updates
Sean Langdon
Email: sean.langdon@rsd.edu
Website: https://tapteal.rsd.edu/
Location: 2100 Sunshine Avenue, West Richland, WA, USA
Phone: 509 967-6350