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Open House Details

Open House/ Meet the Teacher is Monday, August 1st (3-7pm) or Tuesday, August 2nd (12-4pm). This event is a great opportunity for you to meet your child’s teacher(s), tour the school, and visit stations and booths dedicated to uniforms, PTO, lunch, and after school programming.  Families will be able to sign up for a 20-minute time slot to visit their student’s classroom teacher on one of the days.  The sign-up link will be sent out by teachers the week of July 25th.

Kindergarten Staggered Start Dates

We are excited, once again, to incorporate a staggered start for our Kindergarten students for the 2022-2023 school year.  Half of our K students will start on Thursday, August 2 and the other half will start on Friday, August 3. ALL K students will resume their daily schedules on Monday, August 6. This staggering allows students to ease into their classrooms, new classmates, teachers, and learning routines at a nice pace.

• Thursday, August 4: K students with LAST NAME beginning with A – L attend
• Friday, August 5: K students with LAST NAME beginning with M – Y attend
• Monday, August 8:  ALL K students attend

Helpful Documents

• Open House Passport (coming soon!)
• The Parent-Student Handbook: This essential document describes in detail school policies, procedures, and programs. Once you have reviewed the handbook with your student please sign and return the last page to the homeroom teacher by Friday, August 26th. (coming soon!)
• Middle Grades Guidebook
• Check out the Arrival/Dismissal Plan: Please take a close look and be sure to follow the designated staggered times for pick-up.  Remember, middle school dismissal is at 3:15 pm. (coming soon!)
• Communication Plan (coming soon!)
• Download the 2022-2023 Year at a Glance Calendar
• Review our plan for Explorer Days (virtual learning) during the 2022-2023 school year
• Staff Contact List: Want to know who to contact for various questions?  This list provides names and email addresses of numerous support staff members and administrators ready and available to answer your questions.

Summer Packets & Supply Lists

NOTE: If you ordered School Kidz Supply Kits from PTO in April, your student’s supplies will be waiting for them in their classroom. If you did NOT order a supply kit, click here for grade level supply lists. Consider shopping with Amazon Smile, and a donation will be made to TMS PTO.

Supplies for STEM

Please consider sending in a few extra supplies to support our STEM program. Thank you!

• Kindergarten- Glue sticks
• 1st Grade- box of colored pencils
• 2nd Grade- box of #2 pencils
• 3rd Grade- roll of Masking Tape
• 4th Grade- Cleaning Wipes
• 5th Grade- pack of index cards or post-it notes
• 6th Grade- Paper Towel Roll
• 7th Grade- Roll of Duct Tape
• 8th Grade- pack of double AA batteries (4 batteries per pack)

Popsicles in the Park: Sunday, July 17th

Meet your new classmates and a few teachers at Willis Park. Meet Principal Stewart, PTO board, and parent reps for all grades. Used Uniforms will be for sale (cash/credit) as well as popsicles and select TMS Spirit Gear.
Be sure to follow TMS PTO on Facebook, and be sure to opt in for the PTO Newsletter.

Parent Resources

Check out the new Parents’ Toolkit for links to the uniform policy, after school care, school lunch, and more.

Stay Informed

Consider signing up for text messages from Principal Kelbaugh through Remind101 for notices on last-minute school closings and other emergency notices. See page 2 of the communication plan or text @tmsparents to (404) 445-2567. You can opt-out of messages at anytime by replying, ‘unsubscribe @tmsparents.

Additional news, resources and reminders are often shared via social media.