Turtle Tracks

Monday, June 3

Tuesday, June 4

9:35 a.m. - 5th Grade Bowling

10:15 a.m. - Meals on Wheels

1:15 p.m. - 5th Grade District Track Meet

4:30 p.m. - Hagentown Publishing Poetry and Punch

Wednesday, June 5

2:00 - 3:40 p.m. - 5th Grade Celebration

Thursday, June 6 - LAST DAY OF SCHOOL

10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. - End of the Year Awards (Turpin)

11:05 - 11:25 a.m. - 5th Grade Celebration Walk - Front Sidewalk

We are so fortunate to have three amazing building subs. Danielle Brown, Stephanie Tribby-Walbridge, and Bill Cook come to work every day willing to jump in wherever they are needed. They have taught in many classrooms, the extension room, and specialists. They probably know more of our students than most staff members do. Students and staff love and appreciate our building subs. If you see them around, make sure to thank them for all they do to contribute to our Turtle Lake community.

Yearbooks will be distributed on Monday, June 3rd. If you would like to purchase a yearbook, a very limited supply is now available for sale on a first-come-first-served basis. You can reserve a yearbook by submitting payment in the office and the book will be distributed in class on Monday, June 3rd. The cost is $18 for a softcover yearbook or $23 for a hardcover. Payment must be made in order to reserve a yearbook. Please make checks payable to Turtle Lake PTA or have exact cash only. Additional yearbooks are on order from LifeTouch.

Just a friendly reminder to return any Turtle Lake Library books that you may have at home.

Our library staff and volunteers are busy doing inventory and finding several books are still checked-out.

Summer break is quickly approaching! Checkout the TL Library website to find a variety of summer reading programs, activities and book lists. Happy Reading!

Visit: tinyurl.com/snappersread

Supply lists for next school year are available on our website. The District uses TeacherLists to manage school supply lists. Using TeacherLists to order supplies is completely optional, and you don't need to buy the exact brand listed. See the last two bullet points for instructions on how to use the list as a reference while shopping.

To access your school's supply list:

• Choose your grade level or class list
• To order online:
  • Pick your retailer of choice
  • Remove any items you don't need or update quantities as needed
  • Click the "Continue to _____" at the top or bottom of the page to add those items to your cart.
  • Complete your purchase at the retailer's site
• To print the list, click the print icon in the upper right corner.
• Or use the interactive online shopping checklist by clicking "Shopping in Store?"

The Turtle Trot Fun Run committee is looking for 1-2 new members to shadow us during the planning and execution of next fall's Fun Run. The current heads of this committee will be stepping down after this year, so we are looking for folks to learn the ropes and then take over this job for 2025. Please reach out to Sarah Keane at sbskeane@gmail.com for more information or to volunteer.

We will be bringing Girls on the Run back again next fall and hope to find enough volunteer coaches to field two teams. Coaching these teams is an absolutely awesome experience! No running or coaching experience is needed and all curriculum and materials are provided by GOTR. See here for more information https://www.gotrmn.org/coach, and email Sarah Keane at sbskeane@gmail.com for more information.

And for information from GOTR about registering your child for the season next fall see here https://www.gotrmn.org/3rd-5th-grade-program-details.

Keep more plastics from landfills and get rid of hard-to-recycle things the easy way with Ridwell.

Join Ridwill by May 31 to help Turtle Lake get FREE plastic recycling for the '24/'25 school year!

If 10 families, grandparents, friends, anyone join Ridwell with the link below, Turtle Lake will keep plastic film out of landfills for the entire '24/'25 year!

Join by May 31st to help us reach the goal: https://shorturl.at/epsuv

Please stop and check for items in the lost and found.

Any items left at the end of the school year will be donated to charity on June 6.

• If your student takes medication at school that is a controlled substance, we cannot send it home with them on the last day of school. If you are able to stop by the health office during health office hours (8:45 AM - 4:00 PM) on any of our remaining school days, we can keep the amount of medication needed for the remainder of the school year and return the rest to you. Or, feel free to stop by to pick up any remaining medication on the last day of school.
• If your student will be attending summer school and will need to take medication at school over the summer, please let us know.
  
• Please let us know if we have your permission to send your student’s medication(s) home with them in their backpack on their last day of school (as needed and emergency medications). If this will be before Thursday, June 6th, please let us know. If you would prefer to pick up your student’s medication(s) from the health office, feel free to stop by the health office during health office hours (8:45 AM - 4:00 PM) on your student’s last day of school.

Turtle Lake Health Office: 651-621-7704

Turtle Lake is seeking parent volunteers to help lead our first graders and other young students from their buses to their classrooms on the first two days of school. If you are available to help from 9:00 to 9:20 a.m. on either or both days, please contact Kerry Forsberg at kerry.forsberg@moundsviewschools.org. Thank you in advance for helping us create a calm and welcoming environment for our students!

Click here for more information on Summer Band.

Questions? Contact Mrs. Sorem at brenda.sorem@moundsviewschools.org or 651-621-7763.

Click here for more info on Summer Orchestra

Questions? Email Ms. Anderson, TL Orchestra Teacher

The Turtle Lake Choirs, under the direction of Ms. Crockett, sang the national anthem at the MN Twins game on May 29.

The PTA is in need of volunteers to help plan and implement various events throughout the year. There are several chair positions open, but we are most in need of help with the Carnival, Grade Level Socials, and Staff Appreciation.

Please see our volunteer survey for descriptions of the general duties of each role. The volunteer survey has 2 sections, one regarding chair positions, and one for general volunteering. Filling out the survey is not a commitment

Volunteer form

Mental health is all around us - it affects how we think, feel and act every day. However, mental health is often misunderstood. Mental Health Awareness Month provides a dedicated time to help demystify what is meant by “mental health,” how to talk about it and why mental health matters. Supporting mental health is always in season in Mounds View Public Schools and there are ongoing efforts year round to lift up student mental health across the District. Please reach out to the dean at your student’s school or a member of the district student support and engagement team to learn more. Check out this month’s blog for more support and resources!

Thanks to a federal program, free lunch meals for all students 18 years and under will be available July 8 through August 1, Mondays through Thursdays, at the following locations. Meal needs to be consumed on-site.

• Edgewood Middle School, 11:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.

• Pinewood Elementary School, 12:45 -1:15 p.m.

• Pike Lake Education Center, 12:00-12:30 p.m.

Are you in need of food resources this summer?

• Visit the Ralph Reeder Food Shelf.

• Use the food maps provided by Ramsey County

• Call the Minnesota Food Helpline at 888-711-1151

Turtle Lake PeachJar page: https://app.peachjar.com/flyers/all/schools/92445