Tanglen Update

Tanglen Staff Members and our PTO hosted our first Numeracy Night on Tuesday. We had a great number of families show up to learn math games they can play at home. Thanks for making the commitment to attend this event. We hope you get to use the math swag bags often to play math games with your children! Bring the bag to Thanksgiving celebrations, for relatives love to learn the games, too!

Earlier this week, the district sent an email inviting families to share feedback on the new cell phone policy, required by recent Minnesota legislation. We’d love to hear your thoughts on cell phone use at school and how we can create a balanced, effective policy. The survey takes about 10 minutes and is open until 11:59 p.m. on Nov. 27. Check your email for details!

In our growing school population, we have students with varied needs we try to meet to keep them feeling safe and in a frame of mind to learn. With this in mind, we ask that you leave your dogs in your car or at home for drop off and pick up. As much as your dogs may love to see your children and their friends, the dogs' presence is causing anxiety and fear for some of our students when the dogs are on the sidewalks at school. Some students are not able to let their fear and anxiety go and carry those feelings into the school which is impacting their learning and our staff who need to work with the individuals to get back to a frame of mind for learning. Please help relieve the fear and stress in some of our community members. Leave the dogs in the car or at home. On behalf of the parents and caregivers of the students impacted, thank you so much!

Wondering what to do with winter gear that's too small for your students? Wash it and drop it off in the Tanglen office. We accept donations of gently used winter gear, especially:

• Boots

• Snowpants

• Mittens/Gloves

• Jackets in larger sizes (extra-large in youth sizes and small and medium in adult sizes).

If your student needs winter gear, please let us know that, too. Contact the Main Office at 952-988-4900.

• Open-enrolled families (families who live outside the Hopkins School District): if you have a fall 2025 kindergartner, you will need to complete an Open Enrollment Application for your child by January 15, 2025.

• Hopkins School District resident families: please submit a K-12 Student Enrollment form for your fall 2025 kindergartner — even if you are already attending Hopkins Preschool.

Find enrollment forms online, visit HopkinsSchools.org/enroll.

Do you know an elementary or middle school scholar who loves to ski? Improve your skills and learn to race with our Hopkins community education program!

For scholars grades 3-6, our Alpine program team is a fun way to enjoy winter and get to know other kids who love to ski. No race experience is needed, all you need is the ability to ski in control and our coaches will teach you the foundations of racing. Community education sign up is now open, so please use this link: Hopkins Alpine Community Education Program - Hopkins Community Education.

If you have questions about this program, please contact coaches Jason Langlie (JasonLanglie@gmail.com) or Maria Eaton (Mariachristine2@gmail.com)

Yesterday our fourth and fifth grade students were invited to attend a rehearsal of "Newsies" at Hopkins High School. The musical not only contains many talented high school students, some of our Tanglen Tigers are in the cast as well! If you are looking for a fun family outing this weekend, I encourage you to check out "Newsies" and support our talented youth from around the Hopkins School District. https://www.vancoevents.com/us/events/landing/47569

Over the last few weeks, Tanglen has been fortunate enough to reveal the two new Hopkins Royals' mascots. The students enjoyed knowing they were the first crowds to get to enjoy these amazing creations. In the latest Inside Hopkins Podcast, I was one of the guests to share more information about the mascots. When you have 25 minutes to spare, you will enjoy hearing about how the mascots came to be an important part of Hopkins Public Schools.

https://www.hopkinsschools.org/district/inside-hopkins

Enjoy the weekend ahead!

Dr. Jim Hebeisen - Proud Tanglen Principal

Email: jim.hebeisen@hopkinsschools.org
Website: https://hopkinsschools.org/schools/elementary/l-h-tanglen-elementary
Location: 10901 Hillside Lane West, Minnetonka, MN 55305, USA
Phone: (952) 988-4900
Facebook: facebook.com/tanglenelementaryschool
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