Twin Peaks Middle School
Home of the Rams
A Message from the Principal...
Dear friends,
A huge thank you to Sue McKibbin and her WEB students along with Christie Hamilton, Lynda Carter, Jami Jennings and Shaylene Newman for helping to coordinate our Military Appreciation Luncheon last Thursday. Students were treated to pizza and cookies and the WEBsters even created thank you notes to be shared with the veterans. While the turnout was lower than anticipated, I think those who attended had a good time. We are already planning some changes for next year to ensure greater participation.
No doubt this will be a very busy week with everyone trying to get things checked off of their lists before heading into Thanksgiving Break. I wish you a very productive and fulfilling week.
Sincerely,
Twin Peaks Staff spotted in the quad escaping the dog catcher
ACTION NEEDED
Superintendent Phelps will visit us on December 21st at 3:30pm in the LRC
2nd Trimester RAM Schedule
All of 8th grade
Gonzalez
Kienle
Lingenhol
Lou
Moreau
Penuliar
Spychalski
Taglienti
Tudor
Wallace
2nd Lunch/1st RAM
All of 6th grade
ASB
Cuizon
Fixsen
Huerta
Kauffman
Keller
Lusk
Parker
ESSENTIAL STANDARDS CHARTS
Ram Way Cards
PTSA Membership
CHARACTER COUNTS
It is time to start nominating students for good character on campus. The CC slips are a way for students to be recognized by staff for showing fairness, responsibility, trustworthiness, citizenship, respect and caring. The slips will be picked up from the workroom at the end of every month. New slips will be placed in your mailbox and there are always extra forms in the workroom. If you have any questions please contact Mattie mamiller@powayusd.com.
Upcoming Events & Activities: November 13th - November 24th
Tuesday, November 14th
- Keith Sweetnam Speaker, Little Theater, 12-12:45pm
- Foundation Meeting, Hamburger Factory, 7-8pm
Wednesday, November 15th
- CJSF Canned Food Drive Ends
- Jazz Band Performance, Quad, Both Lunches
- Butter Braid Pick-up day, MPR, 3:15-5pm
Thursday, November 16th
- Professional Learning Time (Content), 8-9am
- Science Olympiad Meeting, MPR, both RAMS
- PTSA Meeting, PCR, 6-7pm
- Fall Orchestra Concert, PCPA-Poway High Schoo, 6-8pm
November 20th-24th
- Thanksgiving Break
Tuesday, November 28th
- Joint Team Meeting, PCR, 7:30-8:15am
Thursday, November 30th
- Professional Learning Time (Teacher Discretionary), 8-9am
Instructional Team Meeting Minutes - November 7, 2017
Quarter Two Professional Time Calendar
Madi Taylor Celebration of Life
GENERAL INFORMATION & RESOURCES
Smarter Balanced 5 Point TLC
LOOKING FOR A WAY TO IMPACT STUDENT LEARNING?
Doug Johnson and Pauline Moroz will engage teachers in understanding how to utilize the interim block assessments. The interim assessments are optional tests that measure what students know and can do using the California Common Core Standards for English language arts and mathematics. The purpose of the Smarter Balanced Interim Assessments is to provide teachers and administrators with results they can use to support learning and teaching. In addition, the interim assessments provide meaningful information gauging student progress toward mastery of the skills measured by the Smarter Balanced Summative Assessments. The meetings for this TLC will be held at the district office from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm on October 24, November 2, November 14, December 6, and January 24.
Library News
Statistics from our Librarian Team
- One Book Ghosts Circulation From 10/1-10/19 = 35
- Two week circulation total=900 books
- OverDrive= 25,000 checkouts PUSD total!
- Whole Class Visits: 11
- Genre Book Talks (Mystery & Horror with Mills, Daher, Tudor, Laborin)
- Digital Citizenship Lesson (Hillebrecht)
Highlights:
- After school library use is up an average 20 students from 3-4
- Chess at lunch is a hit.
- Prodigy/Coding Lab: Full House
Looking Ahead:
- One Book November
- Building the ELD/SPED collection
- Moving ELD and picture books and creating the Teen Zone (in back).
- Hour of Code Dec 7th
Quarter Grades Timeline
This is What We Believe! - A Journal Article from Association for Middle Level Education
Interventions for RTI
Twin Peaks Middle School
Email: TwinPeaksadcab@gmail.com
Website: http://tpms.powayusd.com/index.html
Phone: 858.748.5131
Twitter: @TwinPeaksRams