Happy Labor Day Ram Families!

I hope this week's newsletter finds you all staying cool and enjoying the long Labor Day holiday weekend! We will resume with instruction on Tuesday, September 6th with a regular start at 8:30am - the schedule for Tuesday will be periods 1-3-5.

It sure has been hot!! With the high temperatures and heatwave we are currently experiencing expected to continue this week, please remember to have your student bring a water bottle with them to school that they can fill up throughout the day. We have a growing collection of unclaimed water bottles in our Lost & Found, located just outside the library next to their checkout windows. Please encourage your student to swing by and check out the Lost & Found rack if they are missing their water bottle, reusable lunch bag, sweatshirt, hat or even shoes! For those who forget their water bottle, there is water available for sale during break and lunch at our food service windows.

Parents - please make sure to drive carefully and keep an eye out for students during morning drop-off and afternoon pick-up. Please avoid making u-turns on Tierra Bonita Road and dropping-off and picking-up your students in the middle of the street; we ask that you safely pull over to the curb to load or unload students from your vehicles. Students - please make sure to use cross walks to cross Tierra Bonita and Twin Peaks Road at all times! We have had several reports of students running across Twin Peaks Road after being dropped off in the morning at school - we care about your safety and need you to follow these common-sense guidelines!

We hope to see all of our parents at Back to School Night this Wednesday, September 7th starting at 5:30pm. I will begin with a short welcome, after which we will hear from the TPMS Foundation and PTSA Presidents about what they do to support TPMS and how parents can get involved. We will begin class room visits and rotations starting at 5:45pm, which will provide parents an opportunity to visit each of their student's classes and Homeroom (Ram) for 10 minutes each. Teachers will have an opportunity to introduce themselves, give a brief course overview, and share their student expectations with parents. You can save a Google Doc copy of the schedule for the evening by CLICKING HERE! It should be an awesome night - please plan on joining us!

We currently have an opening for a parent member on our TPMS School Site Council for a two-year term! According to our bylaws, interested candidates must have a student that attends Twin Peaks Middle School and should be selected by other TPMS parents. If you are interested in serving on our School Site Council, please complete the Candidate Interest Form LINKED HERE before 3pm on September 6th, 2022. All interested candidates will be included on our voting form that will be shared with all TPMS families on September 7th. Voting will remain open until 5pm on Friday, September 9th. If you have questions about this process or the SSC, please send me an email.

Finally this week, the TPMS Foundation's Fall Social event is scheduled for Friday September 23rd at Second Chance Brewery from 6-9pm. Please plan on coming out to meet other TPMS parents, spend time with some of our amazing staff, and have some fun while raising money to support our students and campus. Tickets are on sale NOW - more information can be found by clicking the Fall Social event flyer below - I look forward to seeing you all at Second Chance in a few weeks!

With gratitude,

Steve Mills

Proud Principal

Twin Peaks Middle School

stmills@powayusd.com

1(858)748-5131 x2806

Instagram: @principalmills_twinpeaks