Twin Peaks Middle School
Home of the Rams
A Message from the Principal...
Dear friends,
I hope you have enjoyed your weekend and you are ready to go for tomorrow's soft launch to distance learning. I know this transition has not been an easy one for many of you and I appreciate all the time and effort you have put into re-thinking how we do school and how we can get the most learning benefit for our students during these extraordinary times. I continue to be impressed by those of you who are going out of your way to help your colleagues (i.e. Katie Fixsen providing MyConnect professional development for our special education team who are learning how to use groups to provide differentiated learning, and Alex Hatch who has trained our instructional assistants on how to use Zoom). I also want to send a huge thank you to those of you who helped distribute nearly 300 chromebooks to our students. It warms my heart to see how we are helping one another. In the end, that is what I am hoping to remember about this experience when I am older and grayer...not how difficult it was to isolate and work from home, but that it was a time when I witnessed the best of humanity...people uniting to overcome a common, unprecedented challenge.
So as we launch tomorrow, I am confident that despite our best efforts, we will face some new challenges. I ask for your patience as we address them and I ask that you continue to assume good intentions about our students, parents and staff. We are all struggling.
Please do not hesitate to reach out if there is anything you need.
Sincerely,
Kelly
April
Heather Merren April 10th
Leslie Fisher April 12th
Jessica Hoffman April 16th
Alex Hatch April 22nd
Laura Leimgruber April 26th
Danielle Rubacky April 27th
Upcoming Events & Activities:
Soft Launch: April 6 - 10
Spring Break: April 13-17
Distance Learning Launch: April 20-Further Notice
Connections
Enjoying time for yard work
Mrs. Chandler is sewing for a great cause!
Social Distancing in Nature
It was so good to see our Ram Family on March 26th! The Social Committee is gathering ideas for future events. If you have not completed this weeks survey, you can do so here.
Our next virtual connection is this Wednesday, April 8. Join us for Wine Wednesday at 4pm! If you have not signed up for virtual social events, sign up here with your personal email to join the fun.
Twin Peaks ASB- Keeping School Spirit
Daily Tweets to Build Community
Resources from Staff
Learn how to use Flipgrid with Deanna!
Highlighted Professional Readings
It's GREAT to be a RAM!
Twin Peaks Middle School
Email: chamilton@powayusd.com
Website: http://tpms.powayusd.com/index.html
Phone: 858.748.5131
Twitter: @TwinPeaksRams