September 4, Weekly News

We were excited to see parents/caregivers at our Back-to-School Night Event last Thursday.  If you missed it, here are the slides for the welcome overview.  BTSN Slides

Building the Social Contract

This week in Advisory and other classes teachers and students worked together to build a social contract. Our Social Contract is an agreement of behavior. The goal is a self-managing group of students.  Students want to be treated with respect, empathy, compassion, and feel included while remembering to have humor and laughter. We also kicked off the year with behavior expectations with Zoom assemblies and learned about PAWS:

Practice Safety

Accept Responsibility

Work Ethically

Show Respect

Students are acknowledged for following PAWS and can earn a Wolf Paw.  We had our first Zoom announcement assembly on Thursday and ASB/Leadership gave announcements.

Cell Phones

Cell phones should be turned off and put away from the first bell in the morning to start school until the end of the day.  Students are not permitted to record videos and post them on social media.  

Here is our progressive discipline policy on cell phones:

Devices being used during the school day (whether during class, a passing period, recess, or lunch) will follow the following progressive discipline will be applied: 

• First Violation:  Warning-phone/device stored in the office until the end of the day. Students must speak with a teacher or administrator to review rules and future consequences before the phone is returned.
• Second Violation:  Same consequences as above and the parent/guardian is contacted.
• Third Violation:  Same consequences as above and the parent/guardian is contacted.  Students are no longer permitted to have a cell phone at school, or must turn the device into the office each morning.

AMC 8 Sign ups! Math Club with Mr. De

The AMC 8 is a national contest for middle school students and it will be offered at TL on January 23rd. Joining the Math Club is required and requires one day a week of practice after school.  Students should sign up on this form by September 16th in order to secure their spot:  https://forms.gle/nHaoFmFYZ1FTfNkZ8

 

Go to: mylifetouch.com use this school ID: EVTDJWM9W

 

If you have questions contact Cori at [email protected]

Welcome back to school, parents and families! The Tierra Linda/Mariposa PTA is an active volunteer group on campus that is proud to support teacher grants, school assemblies, campus beautification, community-building events, and so much more.

You can support the TLM PTA in many ways:

Become a PTA member and Donate: As a member of the TLM PTA, you are a voice for our kids and part of the largest child advocacy program in the country.  We are going for 100% membership this year and invite everyone to learn more here This year, the TLM PTA is partnering with the San Carlos Education Foundation (SCEF) to streamline and simplify fundraising across the district. Your donation will fund vital district programs as well as support our PTA, find more information here,

Membership and Fundraising