Takoma Park Elementary School
Newsletter
January 5, 2025
Virtual PTA Meeting Tuesday, January 7th at 7:00 p.m.
The monthly PTA Meeting is scheduled for Tuesday of this week. Although the Zoom link for the meeting will be sent the afternoon of the meeting, it is the same link from all previous meetings.
Principal's Saturday Book Club
(January 25, 2024)
Dr. Gadsden will host a once monthly Saturday book club meeting for second grade students during the months of December, January, February and March. Each month the students registered for the book club will receive a loaned chapter book to read at home. The book will be introduced and passed out to students the month prior to the book club meeting during lunch. The students should read the book or have the book read to them to participate in the discussions and activities that will take place at the book club meeting. The book club can only accommodate 30 students each month. Each month requires a new registration for participation. The registration for the December meeting will open on Sunday, December 15, 2024 and close on Friday, January 10, 2025 . Here are the details:
What: Principal's Saturday Book Club
Who: Second Graders who are not in the BRIDGES Book Club
When: Saturday, January 25, 2025, 9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
Why: To further reading enjoyment and comprehension
How to sign up: January Book Club Sign Up
Online Digital Tools Consent Form
Please be on the lookout for a form coming home soon for parents/guardians requesting your permission for students to use MCPS-approved digital tools in school. The form is in English and Spanish and will need your signature. Return it signed to your child's homeroom teacher. If you do not receive a copy, the teacher can send it to you. Thank you!
700 Series Chromebooks being Retired
The Acer Chromebook 700 series is being collected. If your child has a chromebook of this series that was borrowed from the school district, that chromebook will need to be returned to TPES. If you still want a chromebook for home use, you will need to complete a new request form. Please contact your child's teacher for help with returning a chromebook or getting a new chromebook. All 700 series chromebooks will stop working on December 4, 2024.
Free Tutoring
Please use the link to access free tutoring for all subjects.
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