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Tinc Road Tribune
September 1st, 2023* Published Every 2 weeks
A Message from your Principal, Mr. Grilo
Happy New Year!
We have had a very exciting week at T-I-N-C, Tinc, Tinc, Tinc! Kindergarten Orientation was fantastic as we welcomed our newest Marauders, the class of 2036! Please find the presentation here and below.
Our First Day of school started off a little wet, when we had a rain storm welcome us back to school, however our excited students and staff brightened the day right up and we ended with blue skies and sunshine! It is so nice to see their smiling faces and here their laughter in our halls again.
As a reminder, please make sure you have signed up for both your Real Time parent portal and Pick Up Patrol accounts. Don't forgot to use Pick Up Patrol to make changes to your child's dismissal plans, attendance (absences), or early pick ups.
If you have questions about your Real Time account, please email realtime@motsd.org. For questions about Pick Up Patrol, please email shelia.staszak@motsd.org
Our first full day of school will begin September 5th with our normal 3:30 pm dismissal.
Mark your calendars for Back to School Night which will be held on September 7th with a parent presentation beginning in the gym at 6:00pm..BTSN flyers will be going home in your child's backpack today.Please remember our Back to School Night is Sept. 7th at 6pm. The Schedule will be shared next week.
Please see our new TRS PTO website for details about our outstanding PTO.
Have a great Labor Day Weekend!
Mr. Grilo
Tinc Road School UPCOMING EVENTS
September 1st: Shortened Day schedule for students and Staff
September 4th: Labor Day - No School
September 7th: Back to School Night, 6:00pm
September 8th: Student Annual Medical Update returned to School Nurse
September 18th - Board of Education Meeting @ 6:30pm
September 25th - School Closed
October 5th: TRS PTO Room Parent Coordinator Meeting 3:30pm
October 9th - Board of Education Meeting @ 6:30pm
October 9th - School Closed
Kindergarten Orientation Recap
Email Address: https://tinyurl.com/TRS2023K
Pick Up Patrol Procedures
Pick Up Patrol is an app that allows you to make changes to your child’s dismissal or mark them tardy or absent.
All dismissal changes must be made no later than 2:30 pm
We do not allow students to be picked up early after 3:00pm
You will receive an email with sign up instructions.
Parents CANNOT set the default plan. You must email Sheila Staszak so she can do this!
If you need help, contact Sheila Staszak at sheila.staszak@motsd.org or PickUp Patrol at support@pickuppatrol.net.
4th & 5th Grade Band Registration has begun!
Registration for band and orchestra will be open until September 15. Students who have already registered do not need to re-register. Please see the attached slide for more information:
Register now for Girls on the Run!
Registration is open for Girls on the Run!
The fall season of Girls on the Run starts September 12 and culminates with the 5K on November 18 in Newark. Practices at Tinc Road are Tues/Thurs from 3:30-4:45pm. Girls in 3rd-5th grades are welcome! Visit our website for more details and registration link.
Guidance Counselors' Corner!
Please read our Welcome Letter!
Lunch bunch/ Recess groups will take place during your child's lunch or recess time. Each group will have 5-7 students (of the same grade) and will be led by either Mrs. Barba and/ or Mrs. Szast. Sign up here to join Lunch Bunch! Lunch Bunch/ Playground Pal Sign up
If your family is in need of food or clothing for the fall or winter season- please fill out the following confidential form for the nurse and counselors. Confidential Fall/ Winter Wishes
Please visit the Tinc Rd. School Counselors' Page for information on our services:
Tinc Rd. School Counselors' Corner
Please see our Monthly Newsletter.
Mrs. Barba will be working with students with last names N-Z and Mrs. Szast will be working with students A-M. Please contact us should you have any questions or concerns about your child or the Tinc Road School Counseling Program.
Mrs. Lisa Barba (last names N-Z)
973-927-2203 ext. 2306
Mrs. Alina Szast (last name A-M)
973-927-2203 ext. 2308
TINC RD. PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATION (PTO)
Please check out our new PTO WEBSITE!
We are so excited for the upcoming school year! We have lots of family favorite activities returning this year and a few new events/activities for the upcoming year.
We hit the ground running with a back to school breakfast for the staff on their first day back from summer break. We also distributed the school supply kits that were ordered and dropped off the planners and agendas that the PTO purchases for all students. Then it was onto welcoming our newest mini-marauders to Tinc at Kindergarten Orientation.
September is a busy month with Back to School Night, our monthly Pretzel Sales, our annual Mums Sale, Spirit Wear (be on the lookout for some new designs this year), the Fall Page Program, and our first PTO meeting.
Our monthly pretzel sales are back! Your student can order a full-size Philly Pretzel Factory pretzel for snack. Our first pretzel sale will be on Friday, September29th. Be on the lookout for an order form in your child's folder. Thank you to Colleen Bewalder and Danielle Wojcik who have run this fun-raiser for the past few years. Thank you to Nicky Wijatyk, Colette Tatarenko, Christine Ford, and Rosie DeFillippis for signing up for the pretzel sales committee and keeping this student favorite going.
Our Fall Mums Sale is about to begin! We are so happy to be partnering with RH farms again this year. Sales will be open from September 1-13th.. All vouchers/receipts can be redeemed at the farm between 9/15-9/18. Please visit https://trs-pto-flower-sale.cheddarup.com
for ordering information. Thank you to Claire Walters for spearheading this fun-raiser.
Fall Spirit Wear is back! Be on the lookout for ordering information soon. We are so
excited to bring some new designs to the students and families of TRS.
We are so happy to have the PAGE Program returning for another Fall session this year.
The P.A.G.E. Program offers enrichment classes to TRS students after school. Classes meet once a week for an hour
right after school right at Tinc. Classes are created and facilitated by TRS teachers and staff. We have so many classes being offered by the super star staff at Tinc. We are busy finallizing
course offerings and registration will open on September 6th. If you see a class you think your child
will enjoy, please don't delay! Classes fill quickly and space is limited. Course offerings and registration information
will be coming home on Monday.
Please join us for our first PTO meeting of the year on Thursday, September 28th at 7:00pm in the
school library. We hope you will join us!
Please be sure to follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and on our new PTO website
https://sites.google.com/view/tinc-pto/home for all of the latest PTO happenings.
On a personal note, I am honored to be a part of the PTO Board for the 2023-2024 school year. Myself and the entire board
(Janelle Tricarico, Katherine Lipniskis, Claire Walters, Erica Marcinko, Lauren Lock, and Crystal Williams) are so excited to support
the teachers, staff, students, and families at TRS.
If you have any questions or suggestions, please reach out to me at ng.ottoson@gmail.com
Have a great weekend!
Nikki Ottoson
President, TRS PTO
CHess Club is Back!
The Mt. Olive Chess Club Fall 2023
FOR Beginners session Registration please click here
For Intermediate 1,2 & Advanced session Registration please click here (Middle school students can register for the 5:15 to 6:15 pm class)
Busing is not provided and parents must pick up their children.
Who: Any student from the Mt Olive school district.
Beginners: Knows nothing or very little about chess.
Intermediate 1:Must know check/checkmate.
Please register by September 26th.
Fee: Cash/Zelle to 908-887-3461/check to Tota koumari Nichinakolla.
For more information, please contact the Chess Coach:
Koumari Nichinakolla
Email: mount.olive.chess@gmail.com.
Phone: (908-887-3461)
Have you met our School Nurses?
Please access the Nurses' Office Website here
If you have any questions for our school nurses, feel free to email or call:
Mrs. Liliana Duque-DeJesus, BSN, BA, RN,CSN
School Nurse
liliana.duquedejesus@motsd.org
(973) 927-2203 x2485
Mrs. Melissa Ferrick, BSN, RN
melissa.ferrick@mosd.org
(973) 927-2203 x2485
Updates from our Nurse - Over the Counter Medicine
Just a reminder of our district Medications in the District's Policy.
Anything over the counter including, but not limited to, Tylenol, Tums, cough drops and lozenges are considered a medication and a medical provider note must be provided to the nurse in order for the medication to be administered in school.
Please review our district policy and find the proper permission paperwork on this link.
SODEXO Food Service
Sodexo's So Happy App
Now, more than ever, we want to understand what’s in our meals – the ingredients, and especially the nutritional and allergen information. So Happy provides a level of transparency previously unknown to the industry, with clear product descriptions and graphical representations for every nutritional category.
Rely on So Happy to tell you what's on the menu in your school's cafeteria, and utilize the allergen alert features to highlight recipes of concern. Have a question? Use the Talk to Us portal to quickly and easily contact a member of the food service team.School Menus
Sodexo delivers healthy and delicious school meals based on the USDA’s nutrition guidelines so that students are engaged and ready to learn in school. All meals include a variety of fresh fruit and vegetable choices, and a variety of chilled non-fat or low-fat milk.
For more information regarding our food service provider, please click this link: SODEXO
REALTIME- LOGIN INFORMATION
Logging into Real Time
Attention Parents!
Our student information system from Realtime Inc. allows parents and guardians online access to their child's information. You can check on grades, attendance, discipline, communicate directly with a teacher and other information.
* If you have forgotten your REALTIME login information please contact Mrs. Aaron in the Main Office*
TINC RD. DAILY SCHEDULE
Regular Dismissal Schedule:
8:30-3:30
Parent drop off is at 8:30 and pick up is 3:30.
Delayed Opening Schedule:
10:30-3:30
Bus pick up times are two hours later than normal.
Parent drop off is at 10:30.
Early Dismissal Schedule:
8:30-12:40
*Please No Student Pick-ups 30 minutes before dismissal*
Right at School Before and After Care Program
Mt. Olive schools are partnering with Right at School to provide child care options for our community.
Click here to view the RIGHT AT SCHOOL website.
About Tinc Rd. Elementary School
@TINCROADSCHOOL
Mr. Mark Grilo, Principal
email: mark.grilo@motsd.org
Twitter: @markdgrilo
Mrs. Dani Marangon, Instructional Supervisor
email: dani.marangon@motsd.org
Twitter:@Dani_Marangon
Tinc Road School
24 Tinc Road
Flanders, NJ 07836
973-927-2203