R-PTLE Weekly Family Communication

Dear Families,

Let me begin by thanking all of you for sharing your student(s) with all of us. What a joy it is to walk the halls with these young Rockets! Our classrooms have been focused on two main things: First, our classroom and building expectations. Although we will be continuing this teaching and practicing, we have completed our building walk and have had two weeks of teaching all of our Rockets what we expect of them in our building from corner to corner. Second, establishing the rhythm and tempo of delivering our instruction. By the end of this upcoming week our classrooms will have well established learning routines.

Creating our daily schedule and coordinating all of the transitions, instruction, and supports within and around the building are no small tasks for our teachers. Please join me this week in sharing a heartfelt thank you to our teachers, paraprofessionals, monitors, and all other professionals who instruct our students. What an amazing group of people we have here. They are all in for your student(s) and our learning community.

Let's enjoy an amazing week of learning!

Just added:

- Another Year Older!

- Free Breakfast/Lunch (AND Lunch Application)

- Demographic Update (leaving this up, very important to have up to date contact information)

- Things This Week (I will try to highlight calendar events that are relevant for home)

- PTO Information.

- Cheer Camp Information (KG-6th Grade)

Sincerely,

Paul Siembida

Principal, Twin Lake Elementary

719-3190, Ext: 2225

Succeed Today!

Happy birthday to the following Rockets who celebrated a birthday this past week:

Ali Burns - 9/4

Jax Marshall - 9/4

Klayton Marshall - 9/4

Jayla Barnes - 9/7

Ryder Barnes - 9/7

Beau Rathburn - 9/7

Caroline Klooster - 9/8

Aubree Nordstrom - 9/10

We hope you all had a FANTASTIC BIRTHDAY!

As you might already know from Mr. Edward's email sent out to our community a few weeks ago, all Students will have access to free breakfast and lunch this school year. Super Important to fill out the application below. If you have not yet already done so, please fill out the application below.

Click Here for our menu.

Update every school year!

Please click the link below to fill out our Free/Reduced application. It is important for a few school funding formulas to have these applications on file. The more applications we get turned in, the better chances we have to be granted funding from various different State and Federal sources. If you have been eligible for this program in the past, you will need to fill the application out for this upcoming school year. If you are unsure, please fill it out and the Kitchen Staff will be in contact with you. I filled out the Siembida Family's application - Start to finish took me 6 minutes on my phone.

Please note: Nobody at Twin Lake will see your application. ONLY our food service director sees these applications.

Important!

Updating your demographics in your parent portal is so critical to ensure effective communication, safety, and staying informed. Please follow the steps provided in the PDF below. If you already have a portal account the demographic update is fairly simple and straight forward. If you are new and need to create an account follow the steps below. Please call the office for assistance.

The portal will open this upcoming week. If you click on the link inside the PDF and it states the portal is temporarily disabled, please try again later. I am not sure when the portal will go live, but it will be live sometime early in the week. We will provide another set of instructions with pictures to help guide after the portal opens. I will send an updated newsletter with these updated instructions that may be easier to follow.

9/13 - PTO Meeting, 4pm in room 20

9/15 - Popcorn Friday (send quarters with your student(s) :)

9/15 - Rocket city Kickoff Event and Football game - 5:00 pm Rocket Stadium

Please click here to view a basic calendar for this up coming school year. For now, more complete details with our calendar can be seen on our districts home page: www.reeths-puffer.org

9/27 (week of...) - Mums organized and picked up at school.

10/2 - Twin Lake sweatshirt/t-shirt orders begin (tentative date)

Our PTO team has been working hard getting orders organized for the Mum Fundraiser. Thank you for your hard work! PTO efforts are always focused on providing opportunities for our students to have better experiences in our building and/or our community.

And, a thanks to all of you supporting our groups fundraising efforts!

Sept 12th: Mums money is due. Thank you for supporting our PTO fundraiser!

Sept 13th: PTO meeting, 4pm Room 20

Friday Sept 15th: Popcorn 9am-12pm Room 20

Any Kindergarter-6th grader interested in cheering, jumping, stunting, tumbling, and dancing at Rocket Stadium! No experience needed!

Click this link for information!

Mr. Paul Siembida

Principal, Twin Lake Elementary School

Email: siembidap@reeths-puffer.org

Phone: 231-719-3190, Ext: 2225

Location: Twin Lake Elementary School, 3175 5th Street, Twin Lake, MI, USA