• May 14th: Field Day
  
• May 15th: Last Day to Checkout Books
• May 17th: 5th Grade Transition Day
• May 17th: 1st Grade to Project Wild Rooted
• May 23rd: All Library Books are DUE
• May 23rd: Talent Show
• May 24th: No School - Staff Development Day
• May 27th: No School - Memorial Day
• May 31st: 5th Grade to Wild Mountain Water Park
• May 31st: Kindergarten to Fawn-Doe-Rosa
• June 3rd: 1st & 3rd Grade to H.S. Pool
• June 4th: 2nd Grade to H.S. Pool
• June 4th: Last Day of School

Our Field Day sign up is starting to fill up, but we we're STILL alarmingly low on volunteers- especially in the afternoon when 4th and 5th grade have their activities. Please check out this link to sign up and help on this fun day!

The weather is getting warmer, so we're offering a reminder on our student dress code from the TF Student handbook. Please read below and save both our staff and your child a difficult conversation if these guidelines aren't followed!

Clothing worn by students shall be neat, clean, and in good repair for the personal health and safety of the students. Any clothing or grooming practices that disrupts or threatens to disrupt the education process, or is threatening to health, is a violation of school policy. Students are required to observe the following:

• Students should not wear excessively short shorts, skirts, and tops that expose the midriff, expose undergarments, or are deemed by staff to be excessively revealing.

• We ask that you observe the clothing your child wears to school to see that it is appropriate and in good taste for our community. Students who are inappropriately dressed will be asked to contact their parent(s) to bring them more appropriate clothing for school wear or may be asked to turn their shirt inside out. Clothing that is fashionable may not be acceptable in school.

Minnesota Youth Reading Award (MYRA) Reading Programs
State Voting Results
Winners for this year's Maud Hart Lovelace Award and Star of the North Award were announced recently. Both are student choice awards for the state of Minnesota. Nominees for next year were also announced.
Ice Cream Party
This year's ice cream party for students who read and took quizzes on the Maud Hart Lovelace nominees is Wednesday, May 29. Invites will be passed out later this month.

Looking Ahead
Wednesday, May 15: Last Day to Checkout Books
Thursday, May 23: All Books are DUE
Tuesday, May 28 - Friday, May 31: Book Swap for students in grades 2-5, more details to follow
Wednesday, May 29: Maud Hart Lovelace Ice Cream Party at 2:25 pm in the Media Center for students in grades 3-5 who read and took quizzes on the 2024-25 nominees. Students will receive invites the week of May 20.

If you have any questions about any of the above, email Mary Berning, our District Library Media Specialist at mberning@isd2144.org

• Next meeting: Monday, May 20th at 6:00 in the TF Community Room
• Childcare is provided in the gym!

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

Click the image below to view the online catalog!

Registration Open

Give your kids a chance to discover their interests and talents during this week that will be jam-packed with fun. Children may choose to take one class per day or up to six classes per day.

Click the image to register!

• Thursday, May 16th - Wheels Wheels Wheels Event Hosted at Primary School
  
• Friday, May 17th - Last Day of ECFE Classes
• Wednesday, May 22nd - Last Day of MWF Little Wildcat Classes
• Thursday, May 23rd - Last Day of T/Th & M-F Little Wildcat Classes
• Thursday, May 23rd - Last Day of Kids Club Preschool Wrap Around Care
• Wednesday, May 22nd - Early Childhood Ice Cream Social at Taylors Falls @ 6:30
• Thursday, May 23rd - Early Childhood Ice Cream Social at Primary School @ 6:30
• Saturday, June 1st - ECFE Fawn-Doe-Rosa Field Trip @ 10:00am

Follow us on Facebook for more fun and interesting ideas you can share with your child. It's also a fun place to connect with other families in the community with young children!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/CLEarlyChildhood/

Mr. Riebe is in his eleventh 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 nineteen 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.
  

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