Timber Wolf Times

Dear Trailside Families,

We are so excited for the new school year. Please take time to read thoroughly all of the information and details below. If you still have clarifying questions, please reach out to our main office staff who are happy to assist you. The main office number is 571-252-2280. We look forward to seeing all of our students and families in the coming weeks.

Parent Action Item beginning Tuesday, August 18th: Beginning at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, August 17, please sign into ParentVUE to complete the Online Verification process as part of Loudoun County Public Schools’ (LCPS’) First Day of School Information initiative. This process is required for all families to review and update important information about their students as we begin the 2021-22 school year, and must be completed no later than Friday, September 24. Once completed, you will be able to view student schedules in ParentVUE.

If you do not have a ParentVUE account, please contact the school of any of your students to request an Activation Letter.

I wish all of my Trailside Families health, peace, and gratitude!

Bridget Beichler

We are asking every parent to please go into Parent VUE before the first day of school. Please click on the following link for directions on how to do this. It can only be done through the mobile app

https://www.lcps.org/cms/lib/VA01000195/Centricity/domain/17270/pvue_help_docs/PVUE_NamePronunciation_MobileOnly_ENG.pdf

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

8/26 First Day of School

9/1 Back to School Night for Parents Grade 6-8 6:00-8:00 PM, You may attend either in person or virtual

9/3 and 9/6 School Holiday Labor Day Weekend

9/15 Principal Coffee @ 9:30 AM

9/16 School Holiday-Yom Kippur

9/22 PTA Meeting, counselors presentation @ 7:00 PM

9/23 and 9/24 School Pictures out of HPE class

9/25 PTA sponsored Movie Night

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https://docs.google.com/document/d/12yVEssluGhK0bZMNV0iEGCnEF3m5PuDVyQk2rzPN20Q/edit

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

In case you haven’t seen these on the LCPS website, here is a link to FAQ regarding Policy 8040 (Transgender and Gender-Expansive Students), which the LCPS School Board passed Wednesday, AUG 11.

• If you have questions, please read every part of the FAQ document first and then feel free to contact Bridget.beichler@lcps.org
• The Trailside Administration is working through the same document / FAQ link and will share our plan once it is finalized.

LCPS will be providing free breakfast and lunch to all children this year. If your child would like to have an additional second lunch or items from the snack line, these may be purchased. Each student will be required to sanitize their hands prior to beginning lunch as well as after. We have hand sanitizing stations throughout the school.

For the first couple of weeks of school, students will be sitting with their third and seventh block class. During the first two weeks, we will be going through all of the processes that take place in the cafeteria and outdoor eating area as well as Pack Time. We have an outdoor eating area for approximately 200 or more students. All students will have an opportunity to eat both inside and outside (weather permitting). Pack time (recess) takes place following lunch. Our goal is to have pack time begin within the first two weeks of school. With the health mitigation practices and the instruction of these processes with almost 1150 students, this will require us to take it step by step. We appreciate your understanding and ask that you reassure your child that open seating and pack time will be coming in September.

All students will be eating with their grade levels except in 7th and 8th grade, there may be a very small number of students who are in mixed level classes such as Algebra, Pre-Algebra, and World Language. In the past we have had parent requests to change their child's schedule due to the lunch block however we are not able to honor these requests.

With two thirds of our students never having used a locker, we are seeking parent volunteers for the first two days of school. Parent volunteers will be able to sign up for a small block of time between arrival and dismissal to support students in the house area opening up their lockers between bell changes.

Parent volunteers: If you would like to volunteer to assist with locker change during bell changes- please fill out the form below.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1vL4cqNMa5oNwWa-rVSTqq_32FWEowOhXugSCIbH9HQA/edit

Beginning August 1, Trailside Middle School proudly joined Harris Teeter's Together in Education program to help raise funds for our school. It's easy and it's FREE. Simply give the cashier our code, 2529, and your VIC card when you check out and your card will be linked for the entire school year. That's it! You only have to link your VIC card once each school year. Once your card is linked, Trailside will receive a percentage of your Harris Teeter brand (Harris Teeter, T.T. Traders, Harris Teeter Organics, HT Farmers Market, and purchases in the HT Pharmacy) purchases credited back to our account.

This program does not interfere with your VIC savings or cost you any money!

Don't forget to link your VIC card to our account code next time you are shopping at Harris Teeter

Easy access to TMS's Online Payment Portal - now that PE Uniforms, Sketchbooks, Class Fees, Instrument Rentals, etc... are posted. Parents can always check the site for updates regarding products posted.

https://tinyurl.com/TMSOnlinePaymentPortal

Trailside Middle School

Online School Payments (OSP) portal is a service provided to parents to facilitate payment for school fees for a variety of products and services.

tinyurl.com