The Tinc Times
Volume 4 Issue 14
December 4, 2020
Calendar of Events
Friday, December 4 Spirit Day: Wear your favorite Disney clothing; end of 1st Trimester
Monday, December 7 2nd Trimester Begins
Friday, December 11 Spirit Day: Wear your favorite Winter/Holiday sweater
Monday, December 14 Report Cards issued on Real Time; BOE meeting @ MOMS 6:30pm
Wednesday, December 23 1/2 Day Remote Instruction
Thur, Dec 24-Fri, Jan 1 No School: Winter Recess
Monday, January 4 School resumes; BOE meeting @ MOMS 6:30pm
Friday, January 8 Spirit Day: Pajama Day
Friday, January 29 Spirit Day: Cozy Sock Day
Report Cards
The 2nd Trimester will begin this Monday, December 7th.
Report Cards will be released on Real Time on Monday, December 14th.
If any family would like a hard copy of your child's report card,
please feel free to email Mrs. Basciano theresa.basciano@motsd.org in the main office.
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. Although this has no immediate
impact on any student because of the “free lunch for all”, when/if the” free lunch
for all” status is lifted, students will be required to pay for their meals (breakfast
and lunch) until an application has been received and processed.
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.
PTO News
Last week a turkey dropped off some pies to let the teachers and staff know how much we appreciate them. Thank you to Gaby Ostrove for escorting the turkey and putting it all together. We are so grateful for everything the teachers and staff do for our students. Thank you to all who support our PTO so that we can show our appreciation and support.
Our yearly giving tree is a bit different this year. Mrs. Sullivan and Mrs. Barba are collecting gift cards for Tinc families that could use warm winter wishes. Please consider donating a gift card from Shop Rite, Weis, Target or Walmart. $10, $15, or $25 gift cards are appreciated. You can email an e-gift card to tinccares@gmail.com or you can drop off a gift card to school. Ring the bell and Officer Rick will greet you with a smile and collect your card.
Shop and support the PTO! Shop https://smile.amazon.com/ and choose Tinc Road School PTO as the charity you support. Amazon will donate a portion of our purchases to our PTO. Download the box top app and scan your receipts for another easy way to earn money for our PTO. With your support from programs like this we can provide assemblies, teacher grants and other fun activities throughout the year.
We are always open to ideas and feedback. If you have any ideas, questions or need support, please reach out to Tara at trs.pto.pres@gmail.com
Counselor's Corner w/ Mrs. Barba and Mrs. Gould
Acceptance
This month's theme for Character Education is Acceptance.
Take a look below for helpful resources!
Canned Goods & Toiletries Collection
News from the Nurse
- Mask Requirements
- Pre-Screening Form
- Awareness of Symptoms
Follow Mount Olive on Twitter!
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Superintendent Dr. Zywicki @ZywickiR
and all of the Mount Olive schools for important and exciting information!
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Tinc Staff Spotlight
Lisa Cooper
Permanent Substitute
Personal Info:
Miss Cooper graduated from Marywood University in Scranton, PA and is the proud Aunt of 3 nephews.
Interests and/or hobbies:
Miss Cooper enjoys crocheting
Favorites
Favorite Food: Anything Chocolate
Favorite Place to go: Maine
Favorite Musician/Band: Keith Urban
What makes a 'good' day at school?
"Yes! We have Miss Cooper today!"
What would the students be surprised to find out about you?
Miss Cooper is a Mets fan and she knows every child's name at Tinc!
What inspires you?
Other teachers at Tinc and the children's determination to learn.
If you couldn't be in education, what would you have wanted to do?
A professional crocheter or travel blogger
Tinc in the News
A School Within A School
There's a school within our school, but no one learns math or English. In fact, it would be a miracle if someone did.
Rebecca Burrows and Molly Whipple’s class is raising rainbow trout and are following every stage of development from eggs to fingerlings. The project helps students learn about the trout life cycle and biology, the habitat needed for the trout’s survival, the impact of humans, and the importance of conservation.
Burrows and Whipple have made English language arts a main component of the project. Four times per week, the fourth-graders journal their observations of the fish tank water and the fish themselves. They log water test data in their journals too, such as temperature, PH, and nitrate levels. The students have also read related articles about fish and conservation.
“Learning about the trout and helping with their upkeep is definitely something they look forward to,” Whipple said. “Even when they’re virtual, they always ask how the fish are doing; we post pictures of the fish and tank so the kids can continue making their observations for their journals.”
The trout are incredibly delicate, sensitive to the most minor temperature changes and pollutants. The teachers are careful to cover the tank with plastic before leaving school each day in case the disinfectant solutions used by the custodial staff could harm the trout.
In the wild early in their life cycles, the fish spend several weeks unable to swim, defenseless against predators. Even in the controlled environment of the classroom, only a few of the 80-100 eggs are expected to live and mature enough to be released into local fresh water this spring.
Conservation has been an important topic and further activities are planned for later in the school year to help students translate what they’ve learned in the classroom to real life behavior.
“We stressed that all the things we’re doing to keep our tank and water clean and at the perfect temperature doesn’t happen in the wild,” said Whipple. “The fish are living out there in a river or lake. So we’ve talked about concrete steps we all can take to keep the outdoors clean, something we plan to reinforce as we go on.”
This unique program is made possible through a partnership with the Pequest Trout Hatchery in Oxford, New Jersey in association with Trout Unlimited, a national conservation group, and the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife. The hatchery provided the eggs at no charge.