Tioga Family Bulletin

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Please mark your calendars for these important events:

• 1/15: No School - Martin Luther King Jr. Day
• 1/16: Trimester 2 Midterm
• 1/16: PTA Meeting at 5:30 PM in the Tioga Library
• 1/18: Winter MAP Testing Begins
• 1/22: PTA Sky Zone Fundraiser from 6:00-8:00 PM at Sky Zone
• 1/24: Special Education Parent Group from 6:00-7:30 PM
• 1/25: Progress Reports released
• 1/25 and 1/26: Dental Examinations
• 1/29: PTA Empanada Fundraiser begins

Check out our upcoming Spirit Day themes:

• 1/19: Hawaiian Day
• 1/26: Twin Day (2nd Grade Voted!)
• 2/2: Fancy Day
• 2/9: Superhero Day

English-language learning students are administered the ACCESS assessment yearly to measure their english-language development in speaking, listening, writing and reading. The ACCESS testing window will open for Kindergarten students on January 17th and January 29th for students in 1st through 5th grade. Parents should be on the lookout next week for an ACCESS testing informational letter.

The sign up window for parent-teacher conferences is coming soon! All families are encouraged to participate in parent-teacher conferences. Information on how to sign-up for conferences will be sent to families on February 5th.

The first week back from winter break has been an important time for teachers to review our HERO expectations with students. Students were engaged in lessons, read alouds, and games as they discussed the importance of:

• Having responsibility
• Extending kindness to themselves and others
• Being respectful
• Observing our safety rules

As part of our January goal, staff are focused the next two weeks on handing out as many HERO tickets as possible to reinforce HERO behavior in our students. Students will then have the opportunity to redeem their HERO tickets for fabulous prizes and experiences.

As a reminder, Tioga's bus lane (front drive off Memorial) and staff parking lot (off Mason) are closed to parent pick-up and drop-off during arrival and dismissal. This is especially important as we have seen a number of families attempt to utilize the bus lane to pick up their children. Not following Tioga's safety procedures creates a less safe environment for pedestrian traffic and slows down the arrival/dismissal process for all families.

Please contact Tioga's main office with any questions.

Breakfast and Lunch menus are posted on the school website in the Menus section. January menus are linked below in both English and Spanish.

• Breakfast: English & Spanish
• Lunch: English & Spanish

District 2 now calls eLearning Days when closing schools due to extreme weather or other emergencies.

eLearning Days will begin an hour later than normal school days to provide teachers planning time to adjust their instruction for eLearning.

On eLearning Days, K-8 students will log into their Chromebooks that they already bring home daily, go to their Google Classrooms through their Classlink page, and join eLearning from the Google Meets link(s) posted there. Attendance will be taken, and students will then be engaged in live instruction for the entire five-hour school day.

An eLearning Day counts as a regular school day, and does not require the District to use a built-in emergency day at the end of the school year.

Parents will be notified no later than 6 a.m. if the District is closing its schools and holding an eLearning Day. (No announcement means it will be a normal school day.)

• Click here for the District's eLearning Plan.
• Click here for the District’s eLearning Day Parent FAQ.

School Closing Notifications

The District’s mass notification system contacts all student households when a school must be closed for emergency reasons such as extreme weather. In these situations, parents/guardians will receive a phone call, email, and/or text message no later than 6 a.m. if their contact information with the school is up to date. Please make certain your proper contact information is on file with the school to ensure you are notified through this system.

Please take a moment to check out this month's SEL Newsletter from our SEL teacher, Ms. Lincoln.

January SEL Newsletter

Please review the Parent Information Letter to learn more about these lessons that will be taught during the SEL Special the last week of January and the 1st week of February.

Mr. Kersten - Principal

jkersten@bsd2.org

Ms. Soike - Assistant Principal

asoike@bsd2.org

Email: ckramer@bsd2.org
Website: https://www.bsd2.org/Tioga
Phone: (630) 766-2602