TVMS News

Greetings TVMS Families,

We had an amazing turnout yesterday evening for our TVMS & HHES Health and Wellness Fair, with over 500 people in attendance! Families had the opportunity to connect with a variety of community partners and vendors, while enjoying fun activities and delicious food.

Thank you to all the families and staff who came out to support the event. A special thank you goes to our media specialist, Ms. Wendy McNeill, who took the lead in partnering with Hanover Hills Elementary School to organize such a successful and engaging evening.

Wishing everyone a relaxing and restful spring break! We look forward to welcoming students back on Tuesday, April 22nd, as we gear up to finish the school year strong!

Have a wonderful Spring Break.

Mrs. Young, Principal

April

Monday, April 14 - Professional Work & Development Day- Schools Closed for Students

Tuesday, April 15 through Monday, April 21- Schools closed for Spring Break

Thursday, April 24- Take your child to work day

Friday, April 25- Third Quarter Report Cards Issued at 4 PM

Thursday, May 1- Howling with Pride Night at TVMS 6-8 PM

Monday, May 5- Friday, May 9- Teacher & Staff Appreciation Week and Social Studies MCAP Testing

Wednesday, May 7- Schools Close 3 Hours Early- Professional Work and Wellness Day

The Howard County 52nd Annual Art Exhibition at the Columbia Mall is up!

37 TVMS students have artwork featured on our school panel that will be on display at the Mall in Columbia from April 10th to the 30th. Drop by and see some amazing work from our budding young artists.

Remember the Takis Recycling Contest from the beginning of the school year? Thomas Viaduct won and received a garden bed, two planters, and a compost bin all made out of recycled Takis packaging that was sent in for recycling! We had our ribbon cutting ceremony on Friday, April 4th during first period. Our Green Team students spoke at the ceremony and helped to hold and cut the ribbon for our prizes! TVMS was even featured in a short news piece on WBAL TV and in an article in the Baltimore Sun! We look forward to more projects like this and getting our butterfly garden installed which will use the prizes we won from the Terracycling/Takis contest!

Even though the contest is over and we won some cool prizes, we are still collecting Takis packaging to send in for recycling. Please collect any empty Takis packages at home over Spring Break and send in when we return to help us continue to keep this trash out of landfills and help us earn points we can redeem for money for TVMS. Thanks for your help!

TVMS Green Team

• Most camps are $145! Go to https://gphsboosters.com/summer-camp to register!

• Camps are open to rising 4th-9th graders

• Campers will be grouped by age and skill level

• Campers DO NOT have to be future GPHS athletes to attend

• All camps will be led by GPHS coaches - skill development, drills, assessments, games, and competitions will be conducted

• All campers will receive a GPHS t-shirt upon the conclusion of camp

As part of 6th and 7th grade third quarter science units, students have engaged in a Curricular Embedded Student Service Learning (SSL) experience. When students pass these courses in the third quarter, the 25 hours for SSL will be issued and will appear on the student report card. Similarly, there is a project in grade 8 social studies during the fourth quarter that will be documented this way. This is an updated process to ensure all students who have engaged in these learning experiences in middle school will be issued the hours if they pass that quarter. Students who do not pass the quarter of a course or are not enrolled in SSL embedded instruction will not receive hours. These students will have the opportunity to engage in high school courses that include SSL and/or engage in high school independent SSL projects. 75 Hours of SSL are required by MSDE for graduation and more information can be found on the HCPSS website here: https://www.hcpss.org/academics/service-learning/

On March 3, 2025, HCPSS implemented adjustments to Board of Education Policy 8080 Responsible Use of Technology, Digital Tools, and Social Media; specifically, guidelines pertaining to student use of personal devices during the school day.

Per the updated Board policy, all students must keep personal technology devices away and silenced, and ensure they are not a distraction during the student day. Exceptions include smart watches, laptops in high school, and when allowed as defined in a student’s Individualized Education Program (IEP), Section 504 Plan, or Health Plan. Policy violations result in the confiscation of the personal technology device. More information on the policy adjustments is available online.

! Share Your Feedback !

HCPSS students, staff, parents/guardians and family members are encouraged to provide input on implementation, and any impact they may have seen as a result. Please complete a brief online survey. The survey will close on Wednesday, April 16.

Hershey Park Field Trip: Friday, May 16

Cost - $122 for students; $90 for chaperones – includes park admission ticket, coach bus transportation, and festival competition fees

Meals and T-shirt cost not included

Spring Band Concert: Monday, May 19 @ Guilford Park HS

Spring Orchestra Concert: Monday, May 23 @ Guilford Park HS

Spring Choir Concert: Monday, May 27 @ Guilford Park HS

*The Hershey Park trip is for 7th and 8th grade Chamber Chorus, Wind Ensemble, and Chamber Orchestra. Parents should wait to pay for the Hershey Park trip until they have received a permission form from their teacher. Mr. Bacon, Mr. Brown and Mr. Newberger will be handing out the field trip forms soon!

This summer, Inspirit AI is partnering with Howard County Public Schools to offer an in-person project-based artificial intelligence program. Inspirit AI is an AI education program developed and taught by Stanford and MIT alumni and graduate students. The program will consist of ten (10) 3-hour sessions taking place from July 14-25, 2025 at Hammond High School. The program fee is $1,500 and some financial assistance is available through Inspirit AI. Interested families should fill out this short interest form. The program brochure includes information about the curriculum, schedule, projects, and teaching team.

Effective the first day of school for the 2025-2026 school year, 1 dose of Tdap vaccine and 1 dose of Meningococcal vaccine (MCV4) are required by the state of Maryland for all students entering grade 7. Many students may have already received these immunizations, but the Health Room may not have the updated immunization record. Please contact your student’s doctor and send or fax an updated copy of your student’s immunizations to the Health Room or schedule an appointment to have your student receive these immunizations. Our fax number is 443-973-5510. The Health Department provides immunization opportunities for kids who are not up-to-date on school-required vaccinations. Call the Health Department at 410-313-7500 for more information and to schedule a vaccination appointment for your child.

If you have further questions, please email Cheryl Harris, TVMS School Nurse, at cheryl_harris@hcpss.org.

In partnership with the Local Children’s Board and the Kahlert Foundation, Fostering Hope: A Youth Mental Health Summit, will take place on April 27, 2025, for middle and high school students (grades 8 through 12).

The Fostering Hope Summit is an event that discusses topics chosen by students, for students. They will receive service learning hours, training on how to engage in healthy lifestyle practices, and resources to bring back to their school.

In an effort to support the community’s mental health, the summit will be hosting guardians/caregivers to partake in parent exclusive workshops during the summit. They will have an opportunity to learn about the community’s mental health resources, hear from professionals that specialize in the needs of children and families, and engage in breakout sessions on topics such as navigating matters out of our control and peer pressure.

* Registration is open and will close on April 19, 2025.

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• Purchases can be made anytime throughout the school year
• Wear your TVMS Spirit Wear on our "Wolf Wednesdays" each week

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Our large white collection bin is at the edge of the school parking lot nearest Hanover Hills Elementary School. Please help us fill our bin with as many plastic bags of new or gently used clothing, shoes and other textiles. Our school will earn money for every pound we collect.

Update your family information for the new school year. It is mandatory that all parents/ guardians verify and/ or update emergency information for each child each school year. Updating this information provides us with the most current emergency contact information, and also ensures that you are receiving important information and updates for HCPSS and TVMS.

Log in to HCPSS Connect, select the More Options tab on the left and then select Family File in the center column.

Food delivery services (i.e. Door Dash, Uber Eats, etc.) are not allowed. Delivery will be refused as we do not have the capability to process this during the school day. If a parent would like to bring their child's lunch to the school, we ask that you do so prior to the start of your child's lunch shift. Parents will need to leave the lunch with our Front Office staff.

Website: http://www.tvms.hcpss.org
Location: 7000 Banbury Drive, Hanover, MD, USA
Phone: 410-313-8711