TF Office Notes

It was great to see everybody last night at Open House; thank you for joining us!

• The first day of school is one of my favorite days of the entire year. We're ready to care for your child like they are our own!
  
• Every year I get questions about how our younger students know how to get to class. We will have plenty of friendly staff on hand to help our preschool and kindergarten students safely get to class.
• Older siblings are welcome to walk their younger siblings to class.

• We have a lot of moving parts to make our morning drop off and PM curbside pickup operate smoothly. If you're new to our school, please take a moment to review the following guidelines so you know what to do and what to expect. All parents who drop off/pick up are encouraged to review these documents.
• Morning drop off guidelines
• PM Curbside pickup guidelines.
• While I hope you read both of these documents, this is super important: If you have a change to your child's normal day end routine, please call the office by 2:30 to let us know! One family who doesn't call can delay dismissal for the entire school.

Big thanks to all who stopped by to say hello, enter our raffles, and learn about how to help our school at Open House! Here's a few helpful links you may have missed:

• Check out our brand-new spirit wear collection at Goldstar! You'll find lots of exciting new pieces as well as some old favorites--be sure to check out all four pages and color choices! Even better: Goldstar gives a portion of each sale back to our school! TAYLORS FALLS ELEMENTARY – goldstar printworks Please get orders in by September 6th!
• The bonus for connecting your Walmart account to your BoxTops ends on 8/31! Don't have the BoxTops app yet? Find more info here: Get the App - Box Tops for Education (boxtops4education.com)
• Thank you to all who brought tennis shoes in for our GotSneakers fundraiser! We will continue this program throughout the school year so send those unwanted sneakers anytime!

• Follow us on Facebook! This is the quickest and easiest way for us to share info.
• Other ideas, questions, or concerns? Drop us an email at tfpfe@isd2144.org

Our school has adopted the “I Love U Guys” Foundation’s Standard Response Protocol (SRP). Students and staff will be training, practicing, and using the protocol.

The Standard Response Protocol (SRP) is based on an all-hazards approach as opposed to individual scenarios. Like the Incident Command System (ICS), SRP utilizes clear common language while allowing for flexibility in protocol. The premise is simple - there are five specific actions that can be performed during an incident. When communicating these, the action is labeled with a “Term of Art” and is then followed by a “Directive.” Execution of the action is performed by active participants, including students, staff, teachers and first responders. The SRP is based on the following actions: Hold, Secure, Lockdown, Evacuate, and Shelter.

Click here to visit the District Website to learn more about the “I Love U Guys” Foundation’s Standard Response Protocol (SRP).

• Our parent/student handbook is full of important and useful information about our operations here at school. Please give it a quick read to set you and your child up for a successful school year!

Click here for more information.

Please click here to sign your child up for our Food4Kids Backpack Program.

At Chisago Lakes School District, we utilize SchoolMessenger in order to get our important messages out to our families.

In addition to emails and phone calls, this year we will utilize the texting feature for school delays/closings, transportation (late buses), and other emergency situations.

To ensure that you receive text messages, please opt in by doing the following:

• Text Y or Yes to 67587

Please note, the phone number you opt in with must match the phone number on your ParentVue account. Log into your ParentVue account to double check your phone number used or to make changes.

Attached is an important letter explaining our reading program here at Chisago Lakes. Click here to learn all about it!

Mr. Riebe is in his twelfth year as principal at TFE. Prior to having his dream job as TFE Principal, he served as a middle school associate principal, special education administrator, special education teacher, school psychologist, and special education paraprofessional. He has been working in public education for about 20 years. He received his master's and education specialist degrees from the University of Wisconsin.

Mr. Riebe lives with his wife of twenty years and four children (all of whom attend/ed TF Elementary) in Taylors Falls. On a weekend, you'll find him doing pretty much anything outside: Fishing with the kids, hiking, hunting, camping, or tinkering with a new woodworking project in the garage. He's an avid Boundary Waters explorer, North Shore adventurer, ardent angler, and is fond of weekend experiments on his smoker.

Fun facts about Mr. Riebe

• His right eye is two different colors. This is called heterochromia!
• The only food he can't (and won't) eat is green peppers.
• In college, he worked in orphanages in Mexico and the Republic of Trinidad.
• He and his wife once hiked in the Andes Mountains in Peru for 6 days.
  
• He loves birds!

Email: jriebe@isd2144.org
Location: 648 West Street, Taylors Falls, MN, USA
Phone: 651-213-2101