Dear Families,
As we continue in the winter season, itโs important that your contact information in the Parent Portal is updated to receive any communications regarding school closures or school delays. Please add emergency contacts to your childโs profile also in case you are unable to pick up your child if school is closed early.
The Annual Family Check-In (AFC) Link is available on Campus Parent from March 3, 2025 and closes April 25, 2025.
A parent/guardian in the studentโs primary household must review and sign the permission forms for the upcoming school year. The parent/guardian must also review (and update as needed) the studentโs household information, emergency contacts, and health information.
The AFC will show the Attendance Boundary school, IF you have received and accepted a Choice Enrollment seat, please complete the AFC and the registrars will update the enrollment.
Log in to your Campus Parent account here.
If you need assistance with your Campus Parent account:
- Please first visit https://www.tsd.org/family/infinite-campus/help
- If you still require assistance, please email portal@tsd.org
TSD Superintendent Search
Dear Thompson School District Stakeholders:
As you may know, the Thompson School District Board of Education has begun searching for our next Superintendent of Schools to follow Dr. Schaffer when he leaves us at the end of the current school year.
The Board has hired McPherson & Jacobson, a national school superintendent search firm, to assist us in finding the most qualified candidates available. As part of this important work, the Board has asked our search consultants to gather information and comments from stakeholders. So we would very much appreciate it if you would take just a couple of minutes to answer a few questions through an anonymous online survey. You can access the superintendent search survey by clicking this link. The survey will remain open through March 12, 2025.
Thank you for your support,
Thompson School District
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Estimados interesados del Distrito Escolar de Thompson:
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La Junta ha contratado a McPherson & Jacobson, una firma nacional de bรบsqueda de superintendentes escolares, para ayudarnos a encontrar los candidatos mรกs calificados disponibles. Como parte de este importante trabajo, la Junta ha pedido a nuestros consultores de bรบsqueda que recopilen informaciรณn y comentarios de los interesados, por lo que agradecerรญamos mucho si pudieran tomarse solo unos minutos para responder a algunas preguntas a travรฉs de una encuesta en lรญnea anรณnima. Puede acceder a la encuesta de bรบsqueda de superintendente haciendo clic en este enlace. La encuesta permanecerรก abierta hasta el 12 de marzo de 2025.
Gracias,
Thompson School District
6th grade
Hello 6th grade parents! CMAS is quickly approaching, and we are trying to help students get into the habit of charging their Chromebook every night. Please check to see that your student has a charger, a good place to charge their Chromebooks, and help get them into the nightly charging habit. If they have lost their charger, new ones can be purchased in the TMS library from Mr. Hanes. We appreciate your help at home!
Also, students are still running LOW on supplies. Please check in with your kids and see if they need a refresh on pencils, pens, etc. Thanks!!
In Literacy News:
In ELA, students are finishing up their Technology unit and will be writing their final essays before Spring Break. Please have your student check their grades often and congratulate them on their hard work and dedication! After the break, we are excited to begin our unit on Extraordinary People, where we will be reading a variety of literary genres and crafting a research essay. We are so excited to see what your students discover!
In Social Studies News:
In Social Studies, students have finished up our Early Conquest Unit. We are doing a brief study of National Parks and why they are important to preserve. We will be starting to study the Great Lakes in the United States and Canada to prepare for a full class debate near the end of the month.
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In Math News:
Students just wrapped up their Garciaโs House project in the Math Focus classes and they turned out GREAT! Students will have a chance to share their projects with one another to appreciate all of the hard work that went into these. In the 6th Grade Math classes kids recently wrapped up a unit on solving equations and we are jumping into our unit on integers and graphing. Fairly soon we will be reviewing geometry and statistics concepts to get ready for state testing.
In Science News:
In Science, our Geologists are exploring the Rock Cycle and other Geologic processes. We have started with the types of rocks, then we have eaten these rocks in the Chocolate Rock Cycle Lab. We will explore plate tectonics, continental drift and Alfred Wegener in the near future. If your student asks to go to Devils Tower, Wyoming or Garden of the Gods in the Springs, you have your kids' science class to blame. Thanks for the work and ROCK on!
We are also beginning to collect supplies for bottle rocket projects beginning in April- if your household has any 2-liter bottles, please send them to school with your students for building purposes.
7th grade Encounters
Whatโs Up in 7th Grade?
Our 7th graders have been busy diving into some exciting topics across their classes this month! Lately, theyโve been exploring poetry and crafting informative essays, rolling the dice with probability, stepping back in time to feudalism, and discovering how nature stays in balance with relationships in ecosystems.
Want to know more? Ask your student about what theyโve been learningโyou might just get a fun fact or two!
Check Infinite Campus for Missing Workโฆ
To ensure students stay on track, please have your child visit Infinite Campus to review any missing and/or incomplete assignments. Staying up to date with their work will help them succeed as we move further into Quarter 3.
8th grade Adventures
In 8th grade Social Studies students have been researching Western Expansion and the trails that brought Americans west. Students are creating a map of a selected trail, such as the Oregon Trail or Mormon Trail. Using information from their research they are creating illustrations on their map. After conferences students will begin to explore the forced relocation of Native Americans, such as the Trail of Tears. This will all lead up to a summative assessment at the end of the unit, where students will look at primary sources and explain the importance of Western Expansion in American History.
In Science class, students are wrapping up with their Chemistry Unit and moving on to Forces and Motion. More recently students have been working through the signs of a chemical reaction and exploring everyday applications of these reactions. They have also been practicing balancing a chemical reaction formula, combining Science and Math to support what they had learned about the Law of Conservation of Mass. As we move into Forces and Motion, students will practice a variety of formulas to calculate speed and acceleration. They will create a Comic Strip to represent Newtonโs 3 Laws of Motion and go outside with a giant slingshot to show how mass affects an objectโs projectile motion. Also, because April is quickly approaching, we will sprinkle in a bit of Science CMAS preparations and questions each day to try to get students in the mindset for the upcoming tests.
Elective News
Whatโs Going on in Elective Classes in March?
*7th/8th PE/Health- Pickleball, Volleyball, and hopefully getting outside to play some of our sports/games after Spring Break.
*6th Grade PE- Pickleball and Volleyball to end the 3rd quarter. To begin 4th quarter after Spring Break, we will get our Fitness Testing pre-tests done as well as Badminton.
*6th Grade Lifetime- Softball and Yard Games to end 3rd quarter. To begin 4th quarter after Spring Break, we will start with Badminton and also do Bowling.
Engineering & Design - Students have been exploring Computer Aided Drafting and are completing their first independent project using SketchUp for Schools. 7th and 8th graders are beginning to transition to various other projects such as model rocketry, race car design, laser cut projects, bridge building, as well as more traditional wood shop projects.
6th-Into. Spanish- Food Vocabulary
7th - Gr. Spanish - Finishing โLa Escuelaโ School Unit
8th Gr. - Spanish - Finishing โLa Familiaโ - Family Unit
7th & 8th Grade - Penpal writing between grades.
FACS- 6th:Laundry, Stains, Self-Care Strategies 7th: Financial Literacy 8th: Scholarship Research & How to Apply
Desktop Publishing: Soda and Cereal Marketing Challenge Projects
Art - Students will be glazing Ceramics Pinch Pots during early March double block classes and working on Matisse Murals.
Band, Choir, & Orchestra are preparing for the spring concert. Honor Band auditions were due on Feb. 28. We will find out who earned this honor soon.
Plus 1 - We launched our rockets and have completed most of the Innovation Lab experiments. A huge thank you to Casey Huff (parent volunteer) who came to help us make the rockets and launch them. We learned about blood typing, how to suture and take our blood pressure, ran on the treadmill, tested different models of rafts and soils, discovered the difference between acids and bases, practiced some CPR and First Aid, and spent a day on the flight simulator. We will be debating in March and learning about Perfectionism.
GT News
Photography Workshop - Clinton Vining and Mrs. Leonard are teaching selected students about the art during the Photography Workshop. The students will spend the month of March taking pictures and will put them together in a final project at the end of the month.
Math Counts - Leo Gibb, Levi Huff, Brady Woods, and Barrett Hansen placed fifth in the Northern Colorado Regional Math Counts Competition in February. All four students were with 5 points of qualifying to the state tournament.
Spelling Bee - Barrett Hansen qualified to the written portion of the state spelling bee. We will find out soon if he qualifies for the oral round to be held in March. Lisa Paradise and Jane Vielehr have been wonderful volunteer coaches this year.
Gifted Education Testing - Testing for Gifted Education is ongoing. Multiple pieces of data are collected to determine if a student qualifies. CMAS is one of the measurements that is used for identification.
PRO Class
PRO is our connections/advisory class. Each student is in a same grade group and each grade level group belongs to a castle. There are 8 castles: time, wind, energy, rock, water, metal, ice, and fire. PRO class meets twice a week. Sources of Strength, Character Strong, and Positive Behavior Intervention Supports are part of the lesson development.
What we will focus on in March? Topics include understanding perspectives, empathy, and connecting your future to this year. We will also have 6-7 grade students select their electives choices for next year as well as launch another Sources of Strength Campaign.
TMS PTO
TMS parent teacher organization (PTO) meets at Turner Middle School. Please feel free to join them for the next meeting on Friday,
March 14 at 9:00am. This meeting sets up the opportunity to work together with the school to supplement and enrich our student's educational experience.
See TMS Website for contact information.
SAAC
Spring Conferences
Spring Conferences will be held
Wednesday, March 5 from 5:00 - 8:30pm
Thursday, March 6 from 4:30 -8:00pm. There will be NO walk-in conferences.
They are student led so students are expected to attend with you.
You can click on the following to schedule your conference.
or go to: https://www.canyoncreeksoftware.com/scheduler/co/thompson/
If you are unable to get in with the teacher, you can email them at firstname.lastname@tsd.org
Our annual Spring fundraiser is getting started. Each year Turner Middle School hosts a 5k fun run/walk to help raise money for our athletics, technology, and school climate projects. This year's race will be held on May 3, 2025. You may sign up at active.com search Bob Turner Classic, or by using the QR code. Currently we are seeking community businesses to help sponsor our event. If your business has interest in supporting our event, please contact Brandii Wilson brandii.wilson@tsd.org so we can send you all of the important details about how sponsorship can benefit your organization as well as ours.
Our students will have the chance to leave their mark on the event as well. Information will be given to the students at the end of February about the annual Design the Race Shirt art contest we hold each year. More information will be provided in next month's newsletter.
If you have any other race related questions, please feel free to reach out to our race director Kevin Gonzales kevin.gonzales@tsd.org.
Spring Sports
Spring sports are right around the corner! We offer Track, Unified Basketball and Golf. Check the schedule to see when practice starts. Schedules are on Big Teams at https://turnermiddle.bigteams.com/
Reminder that our weather can be both hot and cold in the spring, so please have your student athlete bring appropriate clothes for practice!
Be sure to watch your email and social media for additional information.
NOCO Emergency Alert
Larimer County Fire Departments have asked us to share this information. This emergency alert will alert those who sign up for it with emergency notifications from Larimer county. Please text NOCOALERT to 888777.
Safety Drills
TMS practices emergency safety drills on a continuous basis throughout the year. The type of drill we practice and discuss with students is rotated. We help students to become familiar with the Standard Response Protocol (SRP) which outline 5 situations and the actions that both the students and the adults do during an emergency.
School fees are overdue!
You can pay your student fees one of two ways:
1. You can drop off a check or cash at the school
2. Pay in Parent Portal with a credit card.
3. If you have previous years fees to pay, you must change the school year in the school year drop down menu.
If you have any questions, please contact the front office.
Thank you!
๐๐ก๐จ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐๐ฐ๐จ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐-๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐ซ
February 10 โ May 5, 2025
๐๐ก๐จ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ก๐จ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐๐ฐ๐จ?
New to the district? If your student (grades K-12) wants to attend a school outside of their boundary area, you must complete both a Choice Enrollment application and an Online Registration Application for the correct school year.
Missed Round One? No problem! You can still apply during Round Two.
๐๐ฅ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐?
You do not need to apply again unless you want to request a different school.
๐๐ฆp๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ง๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง:
Round Two applications are automatically waitlisted. Families will receive an email if a seat becomes available. The 2025-26 waitlist will expire on August 14, 2025.
Staying at your current school? No action is neededโNo choice enrollment application is required!
๐๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ:
Dual Language Immersion
International Baccalaureate
Loveland Area Integrated School of the Arts
STEM/STEAM
Leader in Me
and many more!
๐ผ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐๐ง๐: https://www.tsd.org/enrollment/choice
Turner Middle School
Mission:
We will provide a safe and inclusive environment and ensure a high level of learning for every student to become engaged citizens and lifelong learners.
Vision:
Cultivate Excellence, Celebrate Diversity, Connect with Community
Principal: Brandy Grieves
Assistant Principal: Adam Kohn
Dean: Lacey Scadden
Secretary: Merri Hocker
Attendance Secretary: Kelly Sandoval
Registrar: Brandii Wilson
School Nurse: Stephanie Roberts
School Health Office Aide: Pam Sargent
Website:https://tms.tsd.org/
Location: 950 Massachusetts Avenue, Berthoud, CO, USA
Phone: 970-613-7400
Email: Info.TMS@tsd.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TurnerMSBerthoud
Twitter: @tmsdragons