The Taylor Road Messenger
Monday, October 24, 2016
Taylor Road Middle School
Website: http://www.trms.ga.net
Location: 5150 Taylor Road, Johns Creek, GA, United States
Phone: (470) 254-7090
Twitter: @Proud_Tigers
Mark Your Calendar! Upcoming Events
October 24th - 27th: Iowa Assessment (8th grade)
October 24th-26th: Talent Show Try Outs (4:05-5:00 p.m.)
October 25th: 8th Grade Orchestra Concert (7:00 p.m., CHS Auditorium)
October 27th: 6th Grade Fall Dance
October 28th: School Governance Council (7:30 a.m.)
November 15th: CloseUp Washington Trip Informational Meeting (6:00 p.m.)
Students Receive Dell Latitudes!
New tools exist to help teachers customize learning to individual students’ needs, skills, and interests. Thanks to Fulton County taxpayers and the SPLOST one-cent sales tax, we are able to provide mobile devices that will help teachers better meet the needs of all students. TRMS students were excited to receive Dell Latitude laptops. A big thank you to all who helped with the deployment!
The student Latitude Help Desk is open in the Media Center! The help desk is available each morning from 8:00-8:45 except Thursday, and Monday thru Thursday during 7th and 8th grade lunch and REAL Time. 6th grade lunch and REAL Time hours coming soon!
6th Grade Fall Festival and Dance!
This is just a friendly reminder that our 6th Grade Fall Festival is this Thursday, October 27, 2016. The Festival will be directly after school, from 4pm - 6pm. The deadline for your child to turn in the form is Tuesday, October 25, 2016. Please get those forms in so that your child does not miss out on this great celebration, please make sure that they turn their form in on time to their homeroom teachers.
If your child will attend the dance please have him/her to bring a plain white t-shirt. This can be an used or gently used white t-shirt. We will have a table for Tie Dye T-Shirts if they would like to participate. They may wear it on Friday.
Also, don't forget to click on the link(s) below if you are interested in volunteering! We are looking for volunteers to donate certain items and/or to volunteer their time.
If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact Nikki Webber at a.webber@att.net.
We hope that your child is able to join us!
We look forward to hearing from you soon!
DONATION SIGN UP LINK:
6th Grade Fall Festival & Dance Donation Sheet
VOLUNTEER SIGN UP LINK:
LAST CHANCE TO ORDER TRMS SPIRIT-WEAR!!!!
Order your TRMS Hoodies, Jackets and tee shirts while you can.
Last order will be this Friday October 28th for November delivery!
Orders already placed mid to late September will be filled with this last order for early November delivery.
It's also not too late to order s/s tee shirts, magnets and flash drives!
Its easy to order
Click on the Link below to go directly to our TRMS PTA web site and order spirit wear on line!
http://www.trmspta.com/membership.html
This year we have 2 colors in our hoodies and we are offering zip front fleece jackets also in 2 colors. See pictures below.
PTA Reflections Competition
Thank you to all the students that competed in this year's Reflections competition. We had some amazing entries. Winners and runners up will be invited to a reception in December. The winners are:
Dance Choreography:
Kaedy Bornstein, 8th Grade, Winner
Film:
Sydney Rowen and Carter Urbanawiz, 7th Grade, Winners
Literature:
Sophia Ho and Roshan Manivannan, 6th Grade, Winners
Friana Siganproia and Christina Liu, 6th Grade, Runners-Up
Gaby Gibson and Ana Aranda, 7th Grade, Winners
Ben Crawford and Summer Gomez, 7th Grade, Runners-Up
Crystal Dai and Caroline Paine, 8th Grade, Winners
Alexandra Perez and Jennifer Zhou, 8th Grade, Runners-Up
Music:
Morgan Deutscher, 6th Grade, Winner
Summer Gomez, 7th Grade, Winner
Photography:
Dhanesh Amin and Eleanor Tracy, 6th Grade, Winners
Chloe Pomian and Sophia Pomian, 7th Grade, Winners
Carter Urbanawiz and Sneha Tallam, 7th Grade, Runners-Up
Visual Arts:
Shreen Shaukani, 6th Grade, Winner
Kate Lee and Hannah Poon, 7th Grade, Winners
Medhini Anand, 7th Grade, Runner Up
TRMS Academic Bowl
The TRMS Academic Bowl team took second place in the GATA Fall North Tournament. The students beat out many great teams throughout the day, and they have now qualified for the national tournament in Texas. Congratulations to Dhruv Anand, Jason Luo, Erin Suh, Ben Crawford, Devrim Abaci, and Rahul Komatineni!
District All-State Orchestra Auditions
Iowa Assessment for 8th Grade Students Only
Dear 8th grade Family,
From October 24, 2016 to October 27, 2016, your student will take the Iowa Assessments™. The purpose of this letter is to inform you about the tests so that—with your support and encouragement—your student will do his or her best on the tests.
About the Iowa Assessments
The Iowa Assessments help determine how students are performing on nationwide standards. These assessments measure achievement in several important content areas including Reading, English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies.
The Iowa Assessments help teachers identify a student’s strengths and areas that may need additional emphasis. The Iowa Assessments also measure student growth and progress in the content areas assessed from year to year. The assessments produce information that enables sound decision making and provides a focus for teachers to evaluate instruction.
Each test includes sample questions to help students become familiar with the content and format of the tests. Samples help students understand what to do—how to mark answers and move from question to question.
The Iowa Assessments are administered online in Fulton County. For most tests, students read the questions and mark their answers by clicking the correct answer for each question. All test questions are multiple choice, and the subtests last about 10 to 35 minutes each.
How your student can prepare for test taking—and what you can do to help
A student who has a positive attitude about testing is best prepared. You can help your student do his or her best by considering these tips:
Make sure that your student brings his/her school device on test days. Students who do not have the school device will be able to take the test on a loaner device.
Make sure that your student is in school and on time on test days.
Make sure your student gets a good night’s sleep and eats a healthy breakfast before each day of testing.
Remind your student that these tests are only one measure of what he or she has learned. Emphasize that you have confidence in his or her ability to do the best job possible.
Remind your student to listen to the directions and read each question carefully during testing. Encourage your student to ask the teacher for help if he or she does not understand the directions.
Thank you very much for encouraging and supporting your student during testing. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Christina Kim at kimc@fultonschools.org
PSAT Opportunity for 8th Grade Students
Taylor Road Middle School has partnered with Chattahoochee HS
for an exciting opportunity for a limited number of 8th graders!
We will walk to CHS at 9:00 AM on November 2nd for the PSAT.
Don't wait to use the sign up link below!
For a $15 fee, your student my take a Preliminary SAT for 8/9th graders on November 2nd. Check out the new SAT format before all others!
- $15 fee to be collected at TRMS before first period on October 28th outside media center in the rotunda
- **Remember -- PSAT is FIRST come FIRST tested. Only a limited number of tests are available.
- **A waiting list will be established and eligible students/parents contacted after the October 28th payment date.
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER for the PSAT.
The PSAT 8/9 is highly relevant to your future success and focuses on the skills and knowledge at the heart of education. It measures:
- What you learn in school
- What you need to succeed in college
Benefits
The PSAT 8/9 establishes a baseline measurement of your college and career readiness as you enter high school. It also gives you a chance to preview the SAT, PSAT/NMSQT, and PSAT 10 and connect to AP courses.
Get Ready for the PSAT/NMSQT and SAT
When you get your test results, connect your College Board and Khan Academy® accounts to get free personalized study recommendations.
Get Matched to AP Courses
Your test results will let you know if you should check out AP US Government, AP Human Geography, or other AP Courses. AP Potential™ reports also help schools reach out to students that should consider AP courses. Additional details can be found at https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/about
Northside Hospital Donation
One of our most-valued education partners, Northside Hospital of Johns Creek, has donated 100 earbuds for students in need to be used with their newly-issued personal devices. This generous donation is just one of several donations made by Northside Hospital to the students of Taylor Road. Past donations include monetary donations to the school clinic to replenish health supplies and donations to our school-wide mentoring program.
Please Help!
Jr. Beta and Student Forum are joining together to collect school items for the Wildwood Elementary School (Pre-K -5th grade) Flood victims in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. We are collecting items such as socks, underwear, school supplies (markers, crayons, paper, pencils, notebooks, glue sticks, colored pencils), toiletries, soap toothbrushes, and toothpaste.
Large cardboard boxes are in the front foyer as well as at the entrance to the 6-8th grade hallways.
Please give to these children so they can have a good school year. We will be collecting the entire month of October. Please give generously!
Are you interested in an overnight field trip tentatively scheduled for May 2017?
CLOSE-UP Washington DC tours has extended an invitation to Taylor Road students. They’ve asked we join hundreds of other students from across the nation to create memories of a lifetime while discovering the history of our countries greatest monuments and memorials. Make new friends and bond with the one’s you already have during Close-Up’s interactive and fast-paced tour of our nation’s capital.
Want to find out more about this fun and exciting overnight trip to Washington DC? A parent informational meeting has been scheduled for Tuesday, November 15th, at 6PM & you can also check it out on-line simply go to Closeup.org.
Building Character’s One Act Plays at Webb Bridge Middle School
Shakespeare meets Dr. Seuss in Peter Bloedel's "The Seussification of Romeo and Juliet."
And
"10 Ways to Survive the Zombie Apocalypse"
Date: Friday, November 11, 2016
Time: 7:00
Location: Webb Bridge MS Gymnasium
One Act Play Tickets Information
Prices are $5.00 for students and $8.00 for adults
Tickets will be sold at the door. You can also buy tickets online at www.seatyourself.biz/wbms. (Online tickets have a .50 service charge per ticket)
All tickets are general admission
Lost and Found
Parents, please remind your students to check the lost and found table outside of the cafeteria doors for lunch boxes, coats, agendas, books etc. We already have a large collection of items that need to be picked up. Items left over two weeks are donated to charity.
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PTA Membership
BE INFORMED. BE ACTIVE!
We are still accepting PTA memberships. You can join and pay online by visiting our website at www.trmspta.com
Questions?
Email Laura Gossage, PTA President, at trmsptapresident@gmail.com
Email: trmsptapresident@gmail.com
Website: http://www.trmspta.com/