December 21-31: Winter Break

December 30: TCPS to announce learning model for the week of January 4th

January 18: Martin Luther King Day- Schools Closed

January 20: Board of Education Meeting and Public Budget Hearing

The Proposed Calendar 2021-22 calendar was presented to the Board of Education at the November 18th meeting. TCPS sent parents and staff the calendar and a survey asking for feedback. The survey results were shared with the Board at the December 16th meeting and the calendar was approved.

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Talbot County Public Schools is one of three school districts in the State of Maryland to be awarded a Maryland Advancing Wellness and Resilience in Education II (MD-AWARE II) grant by the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE). The purpose of the grant is to develop a comprehensive, coordinated, and integrated model for advancing wellness and resilience in educational settings for school-aged youth.

TCPS will use these funds to expand the school district’s Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) framework to provide sustenance for social, emotional, and behavioral needs of students. This initiative places a strong emphasis and priority on mental health services. The goals of the program may include, but are not limited to: access to mental health, mindfulness, trauma informed, wrap around, parent navigators, teacher consultants, behavior specialist, Youth Mental Health First Aid training, and restorative practices. This is a 5-year grant for $300,000 per year, pending continued available federal funding. Planning has begun for the expanded services to begin in early 2021.

“We are so grateful for the opportunity to augment these much needed mental health and wellness services for our students,” said Dr. Kelly Griffith, Superintendent. “Now more than ever we are concerned about the many challenges families face and the impact this has on our students’ lives and futures, so this is an extremely high priority for our school district and community.”

PATRIOT’S PEN WINNERS MIDDLE SCHOOL

1st place – Nash Robinson (grade 7) EMS

2nd place – Danica Manley (Grade 8) EMS

3rd place – Samantha Haas (grade 6) EMS

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VOICE OF DEMOCRACY WINNERS HIGH SCHOOL

1st place- Hannah Seek (grade 12) SMMHS

2nd place- Kate Chapple (grade 12) EHS

3rd place- Spencer Rada (grade 11) EHS

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TEACHER OF THE YEAR

ELEMENTARY:

1st place Colleen Szymanski, CDES

2nd place Amanda Leffler, CDES

MIDDLE:

1st place Donna Ewing, EMS

On Friday 12/18 TCPS Food Services will hand out food for students to cover the 12 days school is closed. Many of the items will be bulk. There will be a whole pizza, 20 piece nugget meal, bags of apples, bags of oranges, bags of pears, pints of strawberries, bag of grapes, bag of romaine lettuce, pint of cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, pack of hamburger buns, pack of English muffins with many other items along with gallons of milk.

Meal pick up will resume the week of January 4th.