Tamanend Connections
We Are Together Tamanend!
September 16, 2013
Magazine Drive
Our Student Council Officers, Ethan K., Trevor B., Hannah M., and Sam M., led our school in an exciting kick off to the 2013-2014 school year of student activities starting with our Magazine Drive! The Magazine Drive is the one and only schoolwide fundraiser that benefits Tamanend Middle School. And this year, in addition to offering great magazines at a great price, we are introducing the option of buying cookie dough!
The overall timeline of our Magazine Drive is as follows:
Tuesday, September 17 - Postcard Booklet Turn in Day
Friday, September 20 - Catalog and Online Order Turn in Day 1
Tuesday, September 24 - Catalog and Online Order Turn in Day 2
Friday, September 27 - Catalog and Online Order Turn in Day 3
Last year we were able to purchase our students' planners and some Smartboards with our magazine drive profits. (see below for more on Smartboards) This year we hope to do the same making Smartboards available for the rest of our classrooms. Thank you for all of your support!
7th Grade Back to School Night
Parents and guardians will follow their student's schedule and meet their teachers. Please park in our main lot, the bus loop, or behind the building. Parallel parking is also available on Stuckert Road adjacent to the Tamanend campus. Carpooling is encouraged.
Monday, Sep 16, 2013, 07:00 PM
Tamanend Middle School, Warrington, PA
8th & 9th Grade Back to School Night
Parents and guardians will follow their student's schedule and meet their teachers. Please park in our main lot, the bus loop, or behind the building. Parallel parking is also available on Stuckert Road adjacent to the Tamanend campus. Carpooling is encouraged.
Tuesday, Sep 17, 2013, 07:00 PM
Tamanend Middle School, Warrington, PA
Announcing... Scrolling Announcements!
This year we have scrolling announcements all day on our classroom televisions. This allows our students and staff to have the latest updates on things like after school sports and activities. It is also where we list names of students who need to stop down the office between classes to pick up forgotten items dropped off by parents. It has been a great way to keep everyone informed while allowing greater focus on learning instead of wondering what is going on and wanting to come to the office to find out.
Staying Connected - Parent Portal
Because the Parent Portal allows parents/guardians to check student progress on a regular basis, we will no longer print and send home interim progress reports. We encourage all parents/guardians to log in and check the Parent Portal on a weekly basis. Parents have access to current grades, assignments, attendance, and more. The Parent Portal serves as an excellent springboard for discussion with your student regarding their focus and progress in school. If you have questions, please email your student's teacher.
SmartBoards
Thanks to the leadership of our 2012-13 Student Council and all who supported the Tamanend Middle School Magazine Drive last year, we were able to purchase Smartboards for Tamamend. Our teachers attended workshops on Smartboard technology and have created some really engaging lessons for their students. Students enjoy interacting with technology while learning! We are especially thankful to Mr. Wilson, Mr. Krauter and the TMS Custodial Crew for their great work installing all of our Smartboards over the summer!
September Boomerang Asset:
At Tamanend, we recognize our students for making good choices and doing the right thing. Boomerang Recognition is one of the ways we accomplish this. We encourage students, parents, teachers and community members to nominate Tamanend students each month throughout the school year. We have had great success with Boomerang over the years proudly having more nominations than any other CB school, and having more District Boomerang Winners than any other CB middle school.
September's Boomerang Asset is Positive Family Communication. Please take a moment to complete the online nomination form for a Tamanend student who has positive communication with his/her parents and is willing to seek advice and counsel from them. Nominations are due on September 24th.
Follow TMS on Twitter
You won't want to miss all of the great "Tiger Tweets" that we send out! Student acheivements, innovative and relevant lessons, moments of Together Tamanend... it is good stuff.
If you want to follow us but you are not sure how to open an account, go to www.Twitter.com. Sign up for an account. It is free!
As with all social media, if you allow your students to create an account, we recommend that they make their accont "private" and that you follow them in order to stay in touch with their online activities.
Help Tamanend While You Shop or Recycle
If you use the following vendors, please think about supporting TMS while you shop and recycle:
- If you shop at Target and have a Target Red Card, you can register your card for Target's Take Charge of Education program so that Tamanend receives a percentage of your spending.
- Giant Food Store has an A+ School Rewards program through their clip-less coupon card. Note, each year you need to reselect Tamanend so that your shopping benefites TMS.
- Use this link to connect to Amazon to shop and Tamanend can earn as much as 15% of what you purchase!Clip and send in Box Tops to the attention of NJHS; or, shop at the Box Top Market Place where you will find vendors such as Best Buy, KMart, Justice and more.
- If you like to shop online, check out the eScrip Online Mall. When you sign up for an account, selecting Tamanend earns money for our school.
- When you recycle your paper using our Abitibi bin located at the back of our Main Parking Lot, you have not only helped the environment, you help TMS, too.
More TMS Info:
- Students may not arrive to school in the morning until 7:10 AM. That is when staff members are available to supervise students.
- Parent Volunteers Needed! Please sign up using our online form. Code word = tms.
- Click here to learn about CBSD efforts against bullying and for resources helpful to parents on this important subject and more.
- We need parents, students and staff for our Wellness Committee. If you are interested in helping with a fitness program after school, starting a vegetable garden in our courtyard, or have some other ideas to help our students and staff "go green" and stay fit, please contact Mrs. Mary McDonald, Mrs. Lauren Myrtetus and Ms. Brenda Scheffey about becoming involved in our Wellness Committee.
- To attend CB South Titan Football games, 9th graders need to show ID at the ticket window, and 7th & 8th graders must be accompanied by a parent.
Tamanend is helping to Save Kids Castle! Click here to donate your time, talent or money. To learn more about this worthwhile community service project, you can follow it on Twitter @SaveKidsCastle.
Tamanend Together is...
Tamanend Middle School
Email: tms@cbsd.org
Website: http://www.cbsd.org/Domain/25
Location: 1492 Stuckert Road, Warrington, PA
Phone: 267.893.2900