Dear TVMS families,

This Veterans Day, we extend our heartfelt gratitude to the brave men and women who have served our nation. Your sacrifice and dedication have paved the way for our freedoms, and we are truly grateful.

As we honor our veterans, we also want to share exciting news about the ongoing progress of our students. The second quarter is now underway, and parents can access their child's quarter 1 report card on HCPSS Connect. We encourage you to take a moment to celebrate your child's achievements and to partner with us in addressing any challenges they may be facing.

This upcoming week is American Education Week. We invite all parents and guardians to visit their child's classes and experience their learning day or any part of it. The TVMS bell schedule is available online.

This coming Tuesday, November 14th from 8:30-9:00 AM, we will be hosting a "Coffee and Conversation" session with the school administrators. This is a wonderful opportunity to connect, share perspectives, and engage in discussions about the educational journey of our students.

Your involvement in our school community is invaluable, and we look forward to welcoming you during this special week. Thank you for your continued support, and we can't wait to see many of you at TVMS.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Mrs. Denise Young

Principal

NOVEMBER

Tuesday, November 14- PTSA meeting (in person), 6:30 PM

Monday, November 20- Half Day for Students, Parent/ Teacher Conferences (in-person)

Tuesday, November 21- Half Day for Students, Parent/ Teacher Conferences (virtual)

Wednesday, November 22- Schools closed for Students, Parent/ Teacher Conferences (virtual)

Thursday, November 23 and Friday, November 24- Schools and Offices Closed, Thanksgiving Holiday

The Parent/Teacher conference scheduling window for parents to schedule conferences is now open thru November 16. For assistance, you may view this video or use this link for additional instructions.

Hello TVMS Families! Just wanted to give a reminder of dates and times for our Beyond the Wolf Den - After school program. Our program is in full swing and runs Mondays and Wednesdays, 3:15pm to 5:15pm, until January 10th.

Our program WILL NOT MEET: November 20th - 22nd, December 13th, 25th - 27th, and January 1st.

Car riders are to be picked up in the BUS LOOP during our after-school program.

Our afterschool program is currently at full capacity. We will be offering a spring session in February with some new after-school opportunities for our students. Information will be coming out after our winter break about sign ups. If you have any questions or concerns, please let me know.

Thank you for all you do!

Amber Stasch

Beyond the Wolf Den - After School Program Site Coordinator

Students will visit and purchase during ELA classes in the Media Center between November 14-21st. We will also be open during lunch shifts with passes and after-hours during Parent/Teacher conferences on November 20th. We will be accepting ewallets, cash, and credit cards. Parents can set up their student’s worry-free, cash-free ewallet here on the Book Fair homepage. https://www.scholastic.com/bf/thomasviaductmiddle

You can also share this link with family and friends to contribute to their ewallets as well! Some teachers may have also set up e-wallets for contributions to their classroom libraries too. If you cannot make it to the Book Fair- no worries! You can shop online until November 29th and the books will ship right to your home. Free shipping for purchases over $25.

We are proud to announce that TVMS collected 1,152 lbs. of clothing and shoes in October and was issued a check for $115.20. This money will go towards offsetting the costs of upcoming field trips for our students.

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 continue to earn money for every pound we collect.

Our next PTSA meeting is this Tuesday, November 14 at 6:30 PM. This meeting will be in person in our media center. We will also send out a Google Meet link soon for the option to join the meeting virtually. During this meeting, Mr. Bright will be present to share information about how to join our Alpha Watchers group-- similar to our Watch Dogs program we had last year, which allows parents and guardians to volunteer in our school.

Please consider joining the TVMS PTSA. Your membership does not commit you to any work- your membership helps support our activities!

To become a supporting member, please sign up here.

Support our Den Dollar Store! Students earn Den Dollars for following TVMS PRIDE expectations and can turn them in for prizes. Our Den Dollar store is open each week on Wednesday mornings. Please check out our registry on Amazon and considering making a donation to our store!

https://www.amazon.com/registries/gl/guest-view/2JPB106SDT0JU

For questions about the PTSA email TVMSPTSA@gmail.com

https://facebook.com/groups/616511753256107

Please save the date. On April 9th, 2024, together TVMS and HHES will be holding our very first co-planned event, our first Health and Wellness Night. By coordinating this free event with the goal of bringing our communities together and providing our students and families with a number of health and wellness resources, we need you! If you or a close connection have a health and wellness related business or company that could donate to this event, please reach out to one of the following individuals.

Wendy McNeill wendy_mcneill@hcpss.org (TVMS)

Kim Kennedy Kimberly_Kennedy@hcpss.org (HHES)

Shanice Hackly Shanice_Hackley@hcpss.org (HHES & TVMS)

Free Parenting Classes - As educators, we are well aware of the ever-increasing pressures placed on students. The academic demands, social challenges, and rapidly changing world can be overwhelming. Our Guiding Good Choices parenting classes can equip parents and/or grandparents with the knowledge and skills to reduce the risk that their children will use drugs and alcohol or engage in other dangerous behaviors. These classes are for families with children 9 - 14 yrs. old and held over Zoom.

HC Drug Free Parenting Class Flier

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.

You may view HCPSS Student Code of Conduct here.

HCPSS no longer will use Nutrislice for school menus or MySchoolBucks for meal payments. LINQ Connect is a secure, online portal that allows families to view breakfast and lunch menus, make online meal payments, monitor their child’s account, schedule automatic recurring payments, set up low balance alerts, submit a Free and Reduced Meals program application, and more. Details and information are available online.

Students are not permitted to use their personal technology devices (phones) during school time, including lunch, recess and hallway transitions. This is in accordance with the Board of Education Policy 8080. If a student is seen with their device they will be expected to put it away immediately. If chronic issues persist, disciplinary actions may be implemented in alignment with the HCPSS Code of Conduct.

To support this, please refrain from calling or texting your child during school hours. If you need to get a message to them or contact them, please call the Front Office at 410-313-8711

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.

To apply for all the financial assistance benefits of Free and Reduced Meals, including free Evening and Summer School, free SAT/ACT test fees, free college application fees, etc., complete the quick FARMS application at:

https://linqconnect.com/public/meal-application/new?identifier=GA4UME

View, download, print or subscribe to the HCPSS 2023-2024 calendar online. The calendar is subject to change; the online calendar reflects the most recent version. There will be no printed 2023-2024 calendars.

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