Timber Wolf Times

Dear Trailside Families,

Dear Parents and Guardians,

Mrs. Santos sent the linked email to families with students receiving special education services on December 2nd. LCPS and Trailside values your feedback and would appreciate it if you could complete the survey before December 17th. As noted, if you do not have internet access, please contact Mrs. Santos and she can send a hard copy of the survey home with your student.

Fall Clubs have ended this past week. Winter Club Information and Registration will be coming out this week. Mr. Wesley Harris, sixth grade dean, will be the lead for clubs.

Cookies NEEDED for staff Cookie exchange this Friday!!!

Please sign up to bring cookies for the staff! You DO NOT have to bake the cookies!! You can buy the cookies or make them. Bottom line is we just NEED COOKIES!!!

Here is the link to the sign up https://tmspta.ptboard.com/sgnvw?group=&signup=t5zZeTI3T5yaqn07Wpv_43N___6E8mhFT3___oOahVJy

If you have any question please contact: Ariana Gillette PTA VP of Events

Vicepresident1@trailsidemiddleschoolpta.org

7th grade families, the Winter Dance is coming up on Friday, January 7th.

· Tickets are $10 each ($10.62 if paying online). No refunds.

· Only TMS 7th graders are allowed to attend.

· Each student MUST have a permission form to attend the dance (see below). 7th graders without permission slips will not be allowed entry to the dance.

We need your help to make this a successful dance! Please sign up to help with supplies and chaperoning for the dance here: https://tmspta.ptboard.com/sgnvw?group=&signup=t5zZeTI3T5yaqn07Wpv_43N___6E8mhFT3___oNDYoxf

Tickets will be on sale online from Monday, December 6th through Wednesday, January 5th. Please pay online here: PTBoard.com .

Please fill out the permission form here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1hXfAPFYzG0aZU48WBIaP5_jgoWvFVFvaZYzTZJdAYFo/edit?usp=sharing_eil_m&ts=61a68ab1 .

If you prefer to pay cash, we will be selling tickets during the 7th grade lunch ONLY on January 3rd, 4th, and 5th. If you would like to volunteer to sell tickets during 7th grade lunch, please sign up here: PTBoard.com

You may still fill out the permission form online, even if paying by cash. You may also have your child bring the printed form when buying a ticket with cash. If paying by check, please make it out payable to TMS PTA.

Thank you and please sign up to help make this a wonderful first Middle School dance for our 7th graders!

Trailside Middle School PTA

Wolf Watchers Program:

● In support of the school’s safety and security efforts, the Wolf Watchers (parent volunteers in yellow vests) will station themselves on the paths leading to the school to help to ensure that our kids arrive and depart safely.

● Students know that the adults in the yellow vests are Wolf Watchers and are there should they need any help.

Volunteer Guidelines:

● No need to sign up to stand watch. Just pick a day and time that works for you. o Monday-Friday

▪ Arrival: 8:10-8:30am

▪ Dismissal: 3:20-3:45pm

● We have identified 2 primary “watch” spots. Please see the map on page 2 for exact locations. If there are several volunteers available on any given day/time, there are 3 secondary locations where you can also stand watch. The secondary locations are noted on the map on page 3.

● Wear a yellow vest while standing watch. You can pick one up in the front office. Please put your name on the sign-out sheet in the box so we can keep track of who has a vest. If you plan to volunteer on a regular basis, you do not need to

return the vest each time. Please return the vest when you are done. ● “See something, Say something”

o Please share any concerns with the administration and the School Resource Officer (SRO) immediately.

▪ SRO: Master Deputy Thomasson #2451

▪ 571-528-7924

▪ robert.thomasson@loudoun.gov

o You can also contact the Sheriff’s Office. The non-emergency number is 703-777-1021.

o When in doubt, call 911.

o Safe 2 Talk App

▪ Click here for more information.

Student pictures are now available to view/purchase online- including those photographed at make-up sessions. It's not too late to order or re-order pictures.
Please visit: https://vando.imagequix.com/g1000874409
use your student ID when prompted for the online code.
For questions regarding school pictures please email: underclass@vosphoto.com

Student ID cards were printed and provided to every student. We are asking students to either wear their ID on a lanyard or to have it on their person for lunch check-out, library check-out, and arriving tardy to school. Additional features will be implemented over time in which students will need their ID cards.

All students received a lanyard and plastic case for their student ID. If they have lost their ID, we will have a printer in the main office beginning this week, to reprint their ID on plastic.

A large benefit of the ID card is the increase of efficiency in the cafe lines!

Just six to ten miles from where we live, there are hundreds of young children going to school without a coat. The children do not have winter warm coats to keep them warm during the cold, brisk Winter months. For the past four years, TMS has partnered with Guilford Elementary school in pairing every child with either a new or gently used coat for the Winter. Please consider donating this year. We are accepting winter coats/jackets from toddler to adult medium. Please drop them off at the boxes/containers in front of the school.

We will be collecting donations from November 22nd through December 10th. All items donated will be new, gently used, and clean. We will be requesting adult, youth, and children's sizes. If you need a letter for tax purposes and donation, please email Colleen.Carlin@lcps.org

We are hoping to match our donation of 300 jackets from last year. Please consider donating if you are in the position to do so.

LINK- Food Drive: Supported by the Student Council Association

We will be hosting a nonperishable food drive from November 29-December 10th. There will be 4 donation boxes (one in each house office and one in the main office) where students can bring in donations.

Acceptable donations include the following nonperishable food items:

• canned fruits and vegetables
• canned or bagged beans
• canned soups and microwavable cups of soup
• peanut butter and jelly
• pasta and sauce
• rice
• any spices
• chicken and beef broth
• mac and cheese
• snack items
• granola bars
• cereal
• condiments, such as mayonnaise, ketchup, and mustard
• canned chicken breast and tuna fish

Ronald McDonald House Pop Tab Collection: Supported by the Student Council Association

Ronald McDonald House Flyer

The Ronald McDonald House Charities has had a longstanding program of collecting the pop tabs off of canned items, such as beverage cans, canned fruits/vegetables, canned soups, and canned pet foods, which they then recycle. The proceeds are used to support programs to ease the hardship of childhood illness on both children and their families. Pop tabs are easy to collect and store and are less messy than collecting entire cans. Oddly enough, there is more concentrated aluminum in the pop tabs than in the cans themselves (weird, but true!), so the charity can receive more money for something a lot smaller!

Please help us to collect the little pull tabs that we typically recycle or throw away. They are so valuable to the guest families at the Ronald McDonald Houses. This is an ongoing service project and Pop Tab Donation locations are in front of each house office. Holiday get-togethers are a great time to start collecting for us! We thank you in advance!

SCA Spirit Days for the 2021-2022 School Year

Did you know bottle caps can’t be recycled?

The Green Team, partnered with the PTA and Art Department, are collecting bottle caps. All the way through May (we need lots of them), we will have tubs in the cafeteria. The grade level who collects the most will win a Grade Level Party!

Our wonderful Art Department will then create a TMS Mural for all to enjoy. Be on the lookout for voting on what design you would like them to create.

What a great first week of collecting bottle caps! Howl out to 7th Grade, currently in the lead.

“Showing gratitude is one of the simplest yet most powerful things humans can do for each other.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

Email: bridget.beichler@lcps.org
Website: https://www.lcps.org/Trailside
Location: 20325 Claiborne Parkway, Ashburn, VA, USA
Phone: 571 252 2280
Twitter: @TrailsideMiddleSchool

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Arrival: 8:10-8:30 AM

Late Bell: 8:35 AM (students are tardy if arriving after the bell and will need to report to the main office for a tardy pass)

Dismissal: 3:23 PM