The Tinc Times
Volume 4 Issue 34
May 7, 2021
Calendar of Events
Monday, May 10 BOE Meeting 6:30pm @ MOMS
Friday, May 21-Thur, Jun 3 Virtual Book Fair
Monday, May 24 BOE Meeting 6:30pm @ MOMS
Friday, May 28 Shortened Day for Students and Staff
Monday, May 31 No School: Memorial Day
Monday, June 21 BOE Meeting 6:30pm @ MOMS
Tuesday, June 22 Last Day of School for students
Message from Mr. Lipson
Tinc Road Parents & Guardians, thank you all for your kind words and gifts to help honor these wonderful individuals. A special thank you to Mrs. Kovatch, Mrs. Ostrove, the PTO Board, and a few of our families for providing so many unique treats throughout the week, including a very entertaining raffle for EVERY staff member at Tinc Road!
As a token of appreciation, we surprised our Tinc Road Staff this morning with the video below. Well done Tinc Road students!!
#TincRoadRocks
PTO News
Thank you to the Tessier, Bewalder, Wright and DeFilippis' families for their donations to the teacher appreciation raffles. They were greatly appreciated! Thank you to Staples of Succasunna and Lowe's of Flanders for their donations as well. At press time there was one more surprise left for the teachers, so I will share a recap next week.
We are still looking for 5th graders to record the morning announcements. If your student would like to participate, please sign them up today. https://forms.gle/sw4ybBDmwjME2PjF6
Virtual Talent Show - If anyone is interested in helping with a virtual talent show, please reach out to me at trs.pto.pres@gmail.com
We are still looking for board members for next year. Many of our board members (treasurer, secretary and VP) are moving onto 5th grade. If you or someone you know may be interested in joining the board, please nominate them here https://forms.gle/HA8CHZghVn2A49me9
Have a great weekend!
Tara Kovatch
Keep scanning those receipts in your box top app! Every scan helps and they are really adding up! To learn more check out https://www.boxtops4education.com/
School Climate Survey
Each year, our district asks all stakeholders to participate in a
school climate and culture survey.
The results will be used to help create a plan to address school climate and make improvements in our school district. This survey will be offered to students in grades 3-12 during the school day. Administration of the student survey will take place May 13th and 14th.
Please click the attached letter for more information, including an opt-out form for those families who do not want their children to participate.
Please complete the opt-out form by Wednesday, May 19th.
COVID Pre-Screening Form
Please be sure to fill out your child's pre-screening form DAILY through Real Time.
https://www.fridayparentportal.com/portal/security/login.cfm
**Parents of students in all cohorts (including fully-virtual) are asked to fill this out daily.**
Remote Learning Option for MOTSD Students
The MOTSD remains committed to providing our families with the option to have their child learn remotely for the duration of the 2020-21 school year.
If your child is attending school in-person, but you'd like to switch him/her to remote learning, remember that you may do so at any time by emailing your child's principal, who in turn will make the appropriate arrangements.
Transportation
All transportation pickup and drop off times are now available in Realtime.
Bus passes will no longer be mailed home.
If you are unable to locate your child’s pickup and drop off time in Realtime,
please contact the transportation department at 973-691-4005.
Free & Reduced Lunch
Per N.J.A.C. 2:36-1.5(d), "Students are eligible for school meal benefits or free milk for
the school year and up to 30 operating days in the subsequent school year." As of
October 21 2020, all students who previously qualified for free and reduced lunch in the
2019-2020 school year that have not submitted a lunch application for the 2020-2021
school year, have been reset to "paid" status.
To avoid an interruption in benefits please proceed to the Realtime Parent Portal to
either fill out an application otherwise, please indicate that you do not wish to apply at
this time. Please note that only ONE (1) application per FAMILY, is required to
determine qualification status.
Right At School
RIght at School, our before/after care program, will be starting again on Tuesday, January 19th.
Please click here for more information to sign your child up!
Technology Support
2021-2022 Kindergarten Registration
If you, or anyone you know, have a child 5 years old on or before 10/1/21, you can register them for the 2021-2022 Kindergarten school year!
Counselor's Corner w/ Mrs. Barba and Mrs. Gould
Character Education
This month's theme for Character Education is Perseverance.
Take a look below for helpful resources!
News from the Nurse
Free COVID Testing
ALL MOTSD staff and students, as well as, their families
are eligible for free COVID-19 testing every Thursday. See below for details.
COVID Safety Protocols
- Mask Requirements
- Pre-Screening Form
- Awareness of Symptoms
Follow Mount Olive on Twitter!
Please sign up for Twitter and follow the district @MountOliveTSD,
Superintendent Dr. Zywicki @ZywickiR
and all of the Mount Olive schools for important and exciting information!
MOHS – @PrincipalMOHS
MOMS – @mtolivemiddle
CMS – @CMSmtolive
Mountain View – @MtView07836
Sandshore – @MOSandshore
Tinc Road – @tincroadschool
And check out all of Tinc Road's Twitter pages!!
Tinc in the News
This section of the Tinc Times highlights articles written on our district's website about Tinc Road students and staff. Articles and photos are courtesy of Michael Cravotta.
The Reward for their Reading Award: More Reading
Achieve 3000 includes both fiction and non-fiction texts. Students take a quiz after reading each Achieve 3000 article. The quiz results are then translated into points. Students earned points for scores of 75% and higher, and even more points for scores of 88% and higher.
More importantly, the platform monitors and tracks individual student progress with precision, presenting articles to each student that exactly matches his or her own Lexile level. When a student’s Lexile level increases, so does the complexity of the next text to be read.
“They love it because they can see themselves growing each week,” said Darnesto. “They love to see how well they do.”
Sometimes the teachers assign specific articles that augment lessons being taught in the classroom; sometimes they allow the kids to choose the ones that they’re most interested in.
For winning the competition, the class received a $25 gift card which they decided should be used to buy more books for the classroom library.
What's Happening Around Town?
Support the Earth and Mount Olive!!
Mount Olive and Trex are partnering for a recycling project over the next few months. You can recycle everything from the usual grocery bag, produce bags, bags that are shipped to your home from online orders and tons more that you would never have thought of. There are three (3) recycling points to drop off your plastic. You can visit Town Hall inside the foyer, the recycling center and Weis Supermarkets inside the exit foyer.
Watch the video below for more information.