School Picture Day Monday, September 20th
Forms were sent home with your student(s) on Thursday, 9/16. Pictures are taken during Social Studies classes. Quick online ordering is open now at mylifetouch.com using the Picture Day ID: EVT836VQ9. Please fill in your student's Social Studies teacher under "Teacher Last Name." If completing the paper picture form, please fill the form out completely, enclose EXACT payment, and give to the photographer on picture day. |
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Power Packs are Coming Back!
Power Packs are meal/snack packs that are provided for students to take home with them on Fridays. Items such as whole grain cereals, fruit and vegetable juices, cheese and pepperoni sticks, oatmeal bars, complete pasta meals and other healthy options will be included. Power Packs are FREE and are available to ANY student who needs supplemental food on the weekends. Power Packs will be available each Friday starting September 24th. If you want to be on the list for Power Packs, please contact Cindy Stout at stoutc@rsd407.org or Joe Ayers at ayersjo@rsd407.org.
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Make-Up Work and Homework Requests
Please know that our staff wants to help students to stay caught up in their classes. The following is included in our Student Handbook:
- When students are absent from school, it is their responsibility to check with their teachers at an appropriate time and arrange for make-up work. Students may choose to reach out to their teachers via email.
- Individual homework requests will be processed after students have missed three complete days of school. Contact the attendance office for more information. To ensure that all requested work can be gathered in a timely fashion, requests for homework, which will be picked up that afternoon, will be accepted until 10AM and should be picked up in the attendance office between 2:45-3:15PM, or the main office from 3:15-3:45PM. Please contact the attendance office for homework.
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Virtual Curriculum Night is Still Available for Viewing!
Our TMS Curriculum Night website includes a Welcome Video and links to videos from our teachers sharing about their classes as well as their syllabi. Please take time to watch the videos and read the syllabi for each of your student’s classes. If you do not know who your student’s teachers are or their classes, you can check in Skyward Family Access. Our TMS Curriculum Night website will be live through Sunday, September 26.
Included in our Welcome Video are messages from administrators, counselors, support staff, and our PTSA President. To join our wonderful PTSA, visit: www.toltptsa.org and click on "Become a PTSA Member."
Our staff wants your student to have a positive year of learning at Tolt. Please reach out if there is ever anything we can do for your student. Go Thunderbirds!
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PTSA First General Meeting Wednesday, September 22nd
Join us virtually for our first PTSA General Member Meeting of the school year.
- Wednesday, September, 22, 2021 at 7:00pm
Please join us to vote on our budget and see what we have planned for the year!
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Season II Sports Registration |
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Season II Sports Registration Opens
Thursday, September 23rd
Season II sports registration opens Thursday, September 23rd and closes Thursday, October 21st. Girls Basketball (7th/8th), Wrestling Boys & Girls (6th/7th/8th). First day of practice begins Monday, October 25th. Please click here for Required Steps To Register.
Both are high contact sports, which per WIAA, requires weekly COVID testing. If the student athlete is fully vaccinated from COVID, they can be exempt from weekly testing if proof of vaccination is uploaded to their FinalForms documents.
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Girls Basketball 7th/8th Grade |
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Boys & Girls Wrestling 6th/7th/8th |
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Masks Required on The Bus
As a reminder, masks are required to be worn by all students riding the bus to and from school. This includes having masks on when boarding the bus and throughout the departing process.
Failure to follow these rules can lead to disciplinary action which may include being suspended from transportation services for a designated period of time.
If you have any questions regarding the mask wearing requirements or transportation services, please contact our Transportation Department at: (425) 844-4540.
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Parent Drop-off and Pick-up Details
Parents who transport their students will enter campus from the back (using Blanche St), drop off and pick up students at the marked location, loop through the back parking lot, and exit campus back onto Blanche St.
Please DO NOT drop off or pick up students at the front of the school.
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Attendance
- Please communicate absences and tardies as soon as possible to tmsattendance@rsd407.org, or 425-844-4606.
- Planned absences of three days are more should be communicated with the Planned Absence Form on the Tolt website. Email or send a paper copy of the completed form to Attendance.
- Please notify Attendance that your student is arriving late and have them go straight to Attendance when you drop them off--you will not need to sign them in.
- If your pick-up or drop-off is during the time that buses are on-site (15 minutes before classes begin (8:10AM) and 15 minutes before the last class ends (2:45PM), please use the Parent Pick-Up/Drop-Off area on the southwest side of the building (see above map).
- When students alter their transportation home (walking rather than riding the bus, etc.) you do not need to communicate this to the school.
Early Student Pick-up Procedure
If you need to pick up your student(s) early from school please call our attendance office at 425-844-4606. Please allow enough time for the student to be retrieved from their classroom. You will not need to sign your student out. The student will meet the parent/guardian at the time/location indicated*
*if it is before 2:45PM you may pick-up in the front parking lot of the school (by the flag pole). If it is after 2:45PM, please pick-up at our regular Pick-up/Drop-off at the back of campus as shown on the map above.
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September Friday Schedule:
Early Release Friday 9/24
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Procedures for Students not Feeling Well at School
- Students not feeling well should tell their teacher, come to the health room, and the front office and Nurse Rachel will work together to contact family.
- Students with questions for parents can call from the attendance office during passing periods or lunch. They need to notify their teacher before leaving the classroom*.
- Students are welcome to use Zen Zone, Counseling Center or Health Room, and talk with their counselor, Nurse Rachel, or another trusted staff member for support, questions, or concerns.
*Students SHOULD NOT be contacting parents via text, phone calls, and/or email during school hours.
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Away for the Day
Please remind your student(s) to put their phones away for the day while attending Tolt Middle School. Thank you for working with us to help make Tolt the best learning environment for our students!
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FIRST Robotics at Tolt
FIRST Robotics is a fun, team-based, competitive, robotics and STEM project program for students looking for more challenge, competition, and career preparedness. As a small group, students build a Lego robot and program it to score points in an obstacle course. Students also research a problem related to the year's theme and design a real life solution (not out of Lego). Working with a team and project management are emphasized throughout. Take a look at the schedule of the program to get more of an idea of what we do in FIRST. For more information about FIRST Robotics, visit https://www.firstlegoleague.org/.
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Students can now apply--please apply using this link for Tolt’s FIRST Robotics team.
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The program is open to 6th, 7th, and 8th graders
- FIRST Robotics: September 28th - December 15th on Tuesdays from 3:00 to 4:45PM & Wednesdays from 3:00 to 4:55PM in room L911 (Mr. McFarland’s room)
- There will be a competition in the King County area on a weekend day in December.
- Students may ride the activity bus home: Tolt Activitiy Bus Schedule
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Please review our Tolt Dress Code with your student(s). |
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Please Review the Following Guidelines
In general, the following guidance applies:
Keep student(s) home if they have one or more of the following symptoms:
Major Symptoms:
- Fever (above 100.4)
- Cough
- Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
- Loss of sense of taste or smell
IF STUDENT HAS POSITIVE COVID TEST NOTIFY SCHOOL RIGHT AWAY!
Minor Symptoms:
- Unusual fatigue
- Muscle aches/ body aches
- Headache
- Sore Throat
- Congestion/Runny Nose
- Nausea/Vomiting
- Diarrhea
Must stay home for 10 days unless:
- Negative COVID test (home tests not permitted for confirmation) with symptoms improving and fever free for 24 hours
- Cleared by medical provider to return to school
If only 1 symptom lasting less than 24 hours:
can return if symptoms have improved and student has not vomited or had diarrhea in 24 hours
If 2 symptoms or 1 symptoms lasting more than 24 hours:
must stay home for 10 days unless
- Negative COVID test (home tests not permitted for confirmation) with symptoms improving and fever, vomiting and diarrhea free for 24 hours
- Cleared by medical provider to return to school
IF STUDENT HAS A POSITIVE COVID TEST NOTIFY SCHOOL RIGHT AWAY!
KEEP STUDENT HOME IF THEY HAVE BEEN IN CLOSE CONTACT OF SOMEONE WITH COVID-19
-Contact the school nurse for more guidance on when your student can return
Thank you for helping us keep our students safe and healthy at school by keeping us informed. Please reach out to me with any questions or concerns.
Nurse Rachel
Tolt Middle School Nurse
Office: 425-844-4662
District Cell: 425-219-5071
Fax: 425-844-4502
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Empower Youth Network offers resources for youth and families. They are offering three virtual classes this Fall! Please click here for more information.
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September Dates to Note
Monday, 9/20: School Picture Day (during Social Studies)
Friday, 9/24: Early Release Friday (School ends at 1:27PM)
Calendars
TMS Bell Schedule
We will return to our normal bell schedule this year. Students will attend school between 8:25AM and 2:57PM. On early-release Fridays, students will attend between 8:25AM and 1:27PM. Click here for the full bell schedule.
Tolt Middle School Main Office: 425-844-4600
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Nondiscrimination
The Riverview School District complies with all federal and state statutes and regulations and does not discriminate in any programs or activities on the basis of sex, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, veteran or military status, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, disability, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal, and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. This holds true for all district employment and student opportunities. Inquiries regarding compliance and/or grievance procedures may be directed to the school district's Title IX/RCW 28A.640 Officer (Janet L. Gavigan, 425-844-4500) and Section 504/ADA Coordinator (Molly Lutz, 425-844-4500) at 15510 1st Ave. NE, Duvall, WA 98019
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WEAPONS
State Law (RCW 28A-600.420 and School District Policy 3200 prohibit the possession of firearms and weapons at school. This law pertains to guns, knives, clubs, firecrackers, and explosives. Dangerous weapons also include toy or "dummy" or look-alike objects. The full text of the law and the definitions of dangerous weapons, as provided RCW9.41.250 and RCW 9.41.280, are on file in the school office. Possession of firearms on school property will result in a one year mandatory expulsion, subject to appeal with notification to parents and law enforcement. Any violations of these guidelines by students constitutes grounds for expulsion from the Riverview School District and the public schools of the State of Washington, in accordance with the due process provisions of Washington State Law and Board Policy
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