Twin Peaks Middle School
Weekly RAM Newsletter
From the desk of Principal Mills
Dear Ram Families,
I hope this newsletter finds you all healthy and excited for the start of our school year! This week the newsletter has A LOT of important information, so please take the time to read through all of the sections, click on all of the links, and do some "homework" this week to prepare for the start of school next Wednesday!
Our Counseling Team and I have put together a Top Ten List for Back to School, 2020. Please click HERE to access it and all of the great tips and insights our team has put together to help make the start of your virtual school year smoother and less stressful! Take time this week to attend our parent forum, set SMART goals with your students, establish healthy sleeping habits and test your Chromebook and internet connection to make sure you can start virtually on September 2nd.
Registration will be our main focus this week - and we are SO EXCITED to see students back on campus!! Please remember to come during your alpha time to help keep students and staff physical distanced (links below) and to wear a mask at all times! If you are planning on getting your school photo taken during Registration, you will need to pass through a temperature screening station. Remember, that if you have not been feeling well, have a temperature, or are showing any other signs of infection, please do not attend registration this week!
Our school Foundation and PTA will also have tables set up during Registration for parents to drop off membership forms, payments and to answer questions you may have about how to get involved and be a part of the Twin Peaks Community. Parents attending Registration this week will also need to wear a mask while they are on campus. Thanks in advance for your support of our amazing school and I look forward to meeting many of you in person this week during Registration!
Warm Regards,
Steve Mills
Proud Principal
Twin Peaks Middle School
PARENT FORUM: How to Support Your Student in the Virtual Classroom
The link for this Zoom event can be found HERE. The event flyer is linked HERE.
PUSD Middle School Childcare Survey - submit by Wednesday 8/26
To access the survey, please click HERE!
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Parents - we ask that once you park, please visit the PTA and Foundation tents, but do not accompany your student through the registration line so that we can maintain appropriate physical distancing.
DATES & TIMES:
Tuesday, August 25th - 6th Grade. (8am-4pm)
Wednesday, August 26th - 7th Grade (8am-4pm)
Thursday, August 27th - 8th Grade (8am-4pm)
Friday, August 28th - all grades / make-ups (2-5pm)
Please visit the TPMS website for the alpha breakdowns for each day of registration - please make sure to follow these alpha splits so that we can minimize the number of students on campus at any one time and maintain proper physical distance requirements. Link is HERE.
If you have students in multiple grades, please choose one day to attend registration; we will be able to have siblings from other grades complete registration with each other ra†her than families having to attend registration twice.
CHROMEBOOK LINK: If your student needs a Chromebook to use for this school year, please complete the Google form located HERE.
SCHOOL SCHEDULE - UPDATED!
The expectation for students to be "live" with their teachers for at least one-third of every period, every day has not changed. In a 80 minute block period, this means that students should be live with their teachers for almost 30 minutes of each period. Breaks between periods will be 10 minutes, with a 40 minute lunch period during the 11am-1pm window for grab-and-go lunches that will be available on our campus each day.
During virtual learning, our late start day for teacher professional development has shifted to Fridays; if and when we return back to campus with students our late start day will have to shift back to Thursday to accommodate our students who use PUSD transportation services.
The updated school schedule can be found HERE on the TPMS website.
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Twin Peaks Middle School
Email: chamilton@powayusd.com
Website: http://tpms.powayusd.com/index.html
Phone: 858.748.5131
Twitter: @TwinPeaksRams