Titan Weekly
October 24, 2021
Hello Titan Families -
This upcoming week is a fun and busy one at Toll with Red Ribbon Week and our schoolwide Spirit Week leading into our Halloween Costume parade on Friday. Encourage your Titan to participate! Halloween guidelines are linked below and all students received them via email on Friday.
SPIRIT WEEK SCHEDULE
Wear Red (Red Ribbon Week) - Monday
Tourist Tuesday - dress like a tourist
Disney Wednesday - Ears, shirts, etc.
Teacher Thursday - dress like your favorite teacher and teachers dress like your students
Costume Day or Green and Gold - Friday
Thanks to our PTA for decorating the front of campus for Red Ribbon Week and to Mrs. De Luna for organizing and our teachers for facilitating activities centered on what is our why for staying drug and tobacco free.
Also, this is the last week for collecting income survey information from our families. This survey is very important as it helps determine how much state funding Toll receives for next school year. The information you provide is completely confidential. It is only used for the purpose of allocating state funds to support student learning our school. Instructions are linked below.
We ask that all families monitor themselves for symptoms of infectious illness, such as flu or COVID-19. Anyone experiencing symptoms should stay home and seek proper testing and care. Please review the GUSD Family Guide below which you can also find on our website - www.gusd.net/toll.
It's still a great day to to be a Titan. We are so glad you are here!
Ms. De Ladurantey
What's in this edition of the Titan Weekly?
- IMPORTANT Income Survey for Families
- Halloween costume guidelines
- Counselors' Corner - Student Supports/Interventions at Toll
- ASB News
- Free Throw Fridays
- Yearbook Info
- Join PTA
- COVID Testing at Toll
- GUSD details on contact tracing, Independent Study and a Family Guide for all COVID info and safety guidelines
- Important documents - Club Meeting Schedule, Toll Bell Schedule and Family Handbook
News from our Counseling Office
Gold Honors Meeting:
If you signed up for Gold Honors and have been invited to the Gold Honors Google classroom, please be sure to attend an important Gold Meeting on Wednesday, 11/3 from 7:45 a.m. - 8:20 a.m. in the Toll auditorium. You'll need to wear your mask and enter campus through the front entrance.
Career and College Challenge:
All Toll students were challenged to complete Xello surveys in GUSD's Career and College Readiness Program. Xello is a wonderful digital tool for all students to explore careers and college options. Students can get started in middle school and discover personality styles, learning styles, develop resumes, and create high school, college and career plans that can be evaluated and adjusted annually. It's a fun and helpful tool for all students. If your student completed the first Xello challenge (posted in the grade level Google Counseling classes), they should stop by the counseling office for a small prize - a water bottle sticker. Be on the lookout for our next Xello challenge!
Student Voice Panel:
Want to hear what matters most to our students? Join GUSD for our next Student Voice Panel coming up on Tuesday, October 26, at 5:00 p.m.!
Watch the panel via Zoom at www.gusd.net/StudentVoice
Did you know the Toll Counselors have an Instagram? You will find helpful tips, resources, and Toll updates to make sure you have a successful school year. Follow us @tollcounselors.
Academic and Mental Health Supports for our Titans
Academic/Social-Emotional/Family
Academic Interventions:
Teacher Office Hours/Teacher Support
Parent/Teacher/Student Conferences
Intervention Classes
Counselor/AP/Specialist referral
Student Success Team Meetings (SST)
Tutoring:
Math tutoring: lunch and after school - ask your math teacher for locations.
Super Tutors: TBD
Homework Club: all, located in the Library Tues. and Thurs.after school
UCLA: Target Group, contact your school counselor
Sylvan: El Specific, contact Ms. Johnson
Adelante: Registration required, click here
CASPS: TBD
AGBU: TBD
Social-Emotional Student Support
Daily Counselor Office Hours - Before & After School, Snack, Lunch
Individual Weekly Student Check-ins
MFT/Intern Support
School Psychologist Support
Student-led Clubs and Activities
Family Support
Mental Health Resources Click Here
ASB News
Birthday Packages are here! Please fill out the Google Form to submit a request for a package and for instructions on how to pay.
https://forms.gle/SGFKB3bpXdUtP94q7
Spirit Week Monday, October 25 - Friday, October 29
Wear Red (Red Ribbon Week) - Monday
Tourist Tuesday - dress like a tourist
Disney Wednesday - Ears, shirts, etc.
Teacher Thursday - dress like your favorite teacher and teachers dress like your students
Costume Day or Green and Gold - Friday
ASB will host a Halloween Costume Contest on Friday, October 29. Get your orange, black, and spooky clothes ready! Costume guidelines are linked above and were emailed to students on Friday.
Free Throw Fridays!
Titan Super League is hosting a Free Throw Contest on Fridays through November 12 (except Friday, Oct 29 because of Halloween activities)!
"Free Throw Fridays" is a four-round contest with weekly winners and a grand prize winner in each grade level, as well as a girls-only division!
Everyone who participates will receive:
private practice sessions in the gym (TBD)
early lunch/gate access on practice and competition days
special Titan gameday fuel pack
TSL promotion pin
Weekly winners receive In-n-Out gift cards.
After the Final round on November 12, four winners will each receive:
surprise gift card
front-of-line lunch pass (good for one week)
a BRAND NEW BASKETBALL!
As your PE coach, Mr. Doolittle, or Ms. Lissebeck how to sign up!
Toll PTA News
Membership
Thank you to the 200 members that have joined PTA. Congratulations to our two student winners for the month of September: Lili Andreasyan and Sienna Rho, who each received an Amazon gift card. Our staff winner of the month is our Counselor Ms. Mahtab Haghpanah who won a Starbucks gift card.
To qualify for the OCTOBER raffle please join by THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28th. https://jointotem.com/ca/glendale/eleanor-j-toll-pta any questions please contact: TollTitanPTA@gmail.comCOVID Testing at Toll
Every weekday from 7:30-11am and 12-4:30pm Toll hosts a COVID testing site right at the corner of Concord and Glenwood Road in front of our Malt Shop. If you would like your child to be tested weekly while at school, please complete this form.
Students whose parents opt-in for this weekly testing will be assigned a day and can be tested before school and during lunch.
GUSD News and COVID Testing Clinics
Please click these links for District updates and our independent study option:
- General updates: UPDATED! www.gusd.net/FamilyGuide.
- Independent study info: www.gusd.net/IndependentStudy
COVID testing clinics will also be held at every school site daily from 7:30am to 12pm and 1pm to 4:30pm. Toll's testing spot is located off Concord and Glenwood Road in front of our Malt Shop.GUSD also hosts evening testing at the District office on Jackson.
Important Toll Documents
Eleanor J. Toll Middle School
We are so glad you're here.
Website: www.gusd.net/toll
Location: 700 Glenwood Road, Glendale, CA, USA
Phone: (818) 244-8414
Twitter: @TollTitans