TK8 News
Assistant Principal Ector's Corner- April 22, 2024
This Week at Thompson K-8 International Academy
Odd/Even Rotation
- 4/22/2024 - ODD
- 4/23/2024 - EVEN
- 4/24/2024 - ODD
- 4/25/2024 - EVEN
- 4/26/2024 - ODD
Save the Date
Anti-Bullying and Online Safety with our School Resource Officer
MYP Girls: April 23rd during AE
MYP Boys: April 24th during AE
If you do not wish for your scholar to attend, please call the main office by 4/23/24 at 9am.
Schoolwide Community Showcase Event
This will occur during the school day on April 30, 2024 .
MYP Spring Open House/Science Fair
May 8, 2024
School Closures and Holidays
5/24/24 - 5/27/24: Memorial Day Recess
6/13/24: Last Day of School - Half (1/2) Day
Earth Day
April is Autism Awareness Month
Blood Drive: May 3, 2024
You are a Beacon of Hope whose kindness saves lives, including those with cancer or sickle cell disease. These fighters and their families are counting on you.
Save the date! You are invited to donate at the blood drive below:
THOMPSON K-8 INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY
05/03/2024
10:00 AM - 02:30 PM
16300 LINCOLN DRIVE
SOUTHFIELD, MI 48076
Watch this below & then make an appointment: https://donate.michigan.versiti.org/.../drive.../160183
Every donation is needed to meet the high demand from hospitals in your community. People like you can make a difference. We hope to see you there!
Interested in learning more about blood donations? Check out the links below for more information!
IB Corner
Tiger Times: IB Corner
April 22, 2024
April's IB Learner Profile Trait:
~ Risk-Taker ~
The IB Learner Profile aims to develop students who are risk-takers. Students who are risk-takers are able to approach unfamiliar situations and uncertainty with courage and forethought. They have the independence of spirit to explore new roles, ideas and strategies. Risk-takers are brave and articulate in defending their beliefs.
IB FAMILY CONNECTION
When having powerful conversations with your scholar, consider the following questions to provoke thinking:
What is the connection between risk-taking and creativity?
How do we know we are really taking a risk?
What is the difference between positive and negative risk-taking?
PYP Families:
Click on the link below for a video on risk taking
Discussion Questions For "Giraffes Can't Dance"
Was it fair of the other animals to assume that Gerald couldn't dance?
What caused Gerald to change throughout the story?
What message was the story trying to teach?
What is something you're not good at yet, and how will you get better?
MYP YEAR 3 FAMILIES (8th Graders)
COMMUNITY PROJECT 2024
Your scholars should have completed their service as action and will be spending the week reflecting on their work and creating their presentations. As we have a wide array of projects, this will look different for each group. Some of the approved projects include: spending time with kids in need, educating others on ASL, instituting clean-up efforts in the community, healing through art therapy, conducting interviews to raise awareness, and the list goes on. Presentations can include creating a slideshow, using a board to display their information, distributing flyers, brochures, etc.
How can families help at home?
As scholars complete their projects, please consider the following that will lend added support from home:
Ask to see their presentation - Give feedback - and allow them to practice multiple times.
Ask to see their project in Toddle and check to see what has been completed. You should find: a title, learning goals and global context, project plan, process journal, and 2-3 meetings recorded in academic honesty. You can also look for feedback by clicking on the several comment icons:
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MARK YOUR CALENDARS:
Project Completed by: April 24, 2024
In-School Showcase Presentation: April 30, 2024
Community Showcase: May 2, 2024 @ 5:30 pm
Please note: attendance is mandatory for both the in-school and evening Community Showcase
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An overview of the project timeline can be found here: Timeline
For additional information and weekly updates, please visit:
Community Project TK8 Google Site
–Darcy Romeo
IB Coordinator
After School Activities
Only students participating or attending an after school activity are allowed to remain in the building. Siblings or friends may not stay at school and wait for an activity (athletic practices, detention, etc.) to end. This is a safety issue.
Early Dismissal
Thompson's scholars are engaged in learning activities for the ENTIRE school day and early dismissals/pick-ups are an interruption to the learning process. Early dismissals are discouraged because they tend to disrupt instructional time. Our school day runs from 8:45 am to 4:00 pm. Instructional time is lost with constant disruption of pulling children early from class. These disruptions have an effect on the learning environment for ALL students. Early dismissals must not be used to "avoid traffic" and medical/dental appointments should be scheduled after the school day. Early dismissals after 3:30 pm will require approval from building administration.
For the safety and security of all our students, if your child is being picked up early from school, the person must first report to our Security Officer, show proper identification and be listed on the student’s emergency card. Please be sure that your child’s emergency card information is up-to-date with contact information on who your child is allowed to be released to. Whether you write a note or call, identification must be shown in order for the student to be released. Thank you for
your assistance in this matter.
MYP After School Detention
After School Detentions are issued for scholars who violate school and/or district policies such as:
- Inappropriate behavior/defiance
- Dress code
- Cell phone violations
- Excessive tardies
Students that receive an after school detention ALWAYS receive a 24 hour notice to serve their detention and parents/guardians are ALWAYS called, by a staff member, to give notice as well. For reasons like this, we ask to have your most up to date contact information on file. Even if we fail to reach the parent/guardian, the student is given a hard copy of their notice to serve. Detention is held on Tuesdays & Thursdays from 4:15 pm - 5:15 pm. Students must be picked up after the detention is served (bus transportation is not available). If your student does not attend their assigned detention, he/she will be assigned an Out of School Suspension.
Important Reminders
Thompson's doors open at 8:35 am
- Students MAY NOT be dropped off before this time because there is no staff to monitor them.
School starts at 8:45 am
- Please make arriving to school on time a priority.
- There has been a steady stream of students arriving to school after 8:45 am. Students should be in their classrooms at 8:45 am, not walking into the building.
- Although we are still experiencing some school bus issues, most of those are occuring in the afternoon, not in the morning. Students who ride the bus should be at their assigned stop 10 minutes before their scheduled pick up time.
- If your child does not ride the bus and is driven to school, please plan for traffic and any other potential issues that could make your child late and leave home no later than 8:10 am in order to give yourself at least 25 minutes to coincide with our opening bell of 8:35 am.
School is dismissed at 4:00 pm
- If your child does not ride the bus, please be on time to pick them up.
- The Main Office closes at 4:30 pm and our staff would like to spend their evening after work with their families. However, we do realize that sometimes situations beyond our control may happen so we ask that you contact the Main Office at 248-746-7400 if you anticipate being late to pick up your child.
Southfield Public Schools has a Dress Code
- All students should come to school dressed appropriately.
- Fingertips should touch the hem of all shorts and skirts without pulling or tugging on them.
- Shirts, blouses, and tops should fully cover backs, torsos, and cleavage on all students.
- No low cut tops allowed or bare midriffs.
- The complete SPS Dress Code may be found here: https://www.southfieldk12.org/parents-students/students/dress-code/.
Policy & Important Information
Absence Reporting
Parents/Guardians may now enter an excused absence for their child in the MiStar Parent Portal. Instructions were sent to all parent/guardian email accounts. However, you may still call the school at 248.746.7400 and press "2" if your child will be absent from school or needs to be picked up early, to be connected to our attendance line. Absences more than 24 hours will NOT be excused.
Cell Phone Policy
Cell phones and electronic devices have become a way of life, a technological convenience that has impacted our lives in one way or another. However, in the school environment, cell phones/electronic devices have become a serious distraction, interruption, and a method of illegal exchange of information. The ringing of the cell phone during class or the text messaging takes away from the valuable time needed for instruction and most importantly, student learning. We do recognize that cell phones can be a safety/security tool; however, they can be a detriment in the event of a building emergency and our protocol to manage such emergencies in a safe and effective manner. Parents are urged to utilize the school phone to relay any messages that may be urgent in nature to their child. Parents may reach the Main Office at 248-746-7400.
No student will be allowed to possess or use a cell phone or electronic device during school hours. Cell phones must be turned off and secured in MYP students’ assigned locker.
Free Breakfast & Lunch
Southfield Public Schools will continue to provide FREE breakfast and lunch to our students this school year. The Main Office will not accept Door Dash, Uber Eats or any outside restaurant food, including those from parents/guardians. You may drop off a bag lunch from home.
OK2SAY
OK2SAY is the student safety program which allows students to confidentially report tips on potential harm or criminal activities directed at students, school employees, and schools. It uses a comprehensive communication system to facilitate tip sharing among students, parents, school personnel, community mental health service programs, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, and law enforcement officials about harmful behaviors that threaten to disrupt the learning environment. (source: michigan.gov/OK2say)
TK8 students and their families are encouraged to report any activity they feel may create an unsafe learning environment.
Peanut Free School
As a safety measure for our students with allergies, we would like to remind the entire school community that all Southfield Public Schools are a peanut-free zone. We kindly request your cooperation in not bringing peanut or peanut-containing products onto school premises or in packed lunches.