Download - Principal’s Message Mrs. Carmen Messer
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North East School Division #200 Treaty 6 Territory Box 1000 800 101 Street Tisdale, Saskatchewan S0E 1T0
Phone: (306) 873-2352 Fax: (306) 873-2941 [email protected]
Principal Mrs. Carmen Messer Vice-Principal Mr. David Painchaud Vice-Principal Mr. Dallas Thiessen
Principal’s Message
Mrs. Carmen Messer
Welcome to the 2019-20 school year at Tisdale
Middle & Secondary School. I hope that everyone
(staff, students and families) found time over the
last couple of months to relax and recover from
the previous year. With school commitments and
all the activities that our kids enjoy, life with
children can certainly get hectic. Summer should
be a time to reconnect with friends and family and
partake in a little down time!
I am excited to begin my new position as principal
at TMSS and to work with a new admin team, Mr.
David Painchaud (gr 8/9 Vice Principal) and Mr.
Dallas Thiessen (gr 6/7 Vice Principal). Mr.
Thiessen has previously been the principal at
Arborfield School. For the first time in several
years, all three administrators live in Tisdale and
are raising their families here which indicates how
engaged we are in this school and the community
as a whole. TMSS also has Mrs. Lee moving into
the office as the academic advisor and four new
teachers: Miss Cierra Brittain (replacing Mrs.
Simpson on her maternity leave), Mr. Riley
Hobbins (our new welding/shop teacher), Mr.
Jordan Lam Ma (mostly a gr 10 teacher) and Mr.
Garrett Yee (our new Foods/PAA teacher and
another art teacher).
Despite all the new staff, our school’s mission,
vision and commitments (you can find these on
our school webpage at tmss.nesd.ca will continue
to be our guiding principles, including our student
mantra: Commit to G.R.I.T. Throughout the year,
our entire staff will be encouraging our students
to have a growth mindset, develop resilience and
integrity, all the while working together with
others. As part of Mr. Kerr’s admin team the last
four years, I helped develop this mantra and, now
as principal, I
remain loyal
to our long
term plan
feeling that
these qualities
are essential
for our
children to be
successful in
our
community
throughout
the 21st century.
In addition, our school will be continuing to work
on goals that the Ministry of Education has set for
public schools in this province. They include:
1) Helping students with their overall wellness
and understanding that if students’ mental
health is not strong, then academics and
learning will not be either;
2) Increasing the number of students achieving
fully meeting or higher with their reading,
writing, and number strand in math; and
3) Improving our graduation rates.
I have updated a lot of the student handbook on
our webpage to align with our current practices.
You can find the student handbook under Student
Info – Student Handbook.
Traditionally, the TMSS principal has been the
administrator for the gr 10 through 12 students
and that practice will also be continuing, but for
those families that have not met me in the past
twenty years that I’ve been living in Tisdale or
have not dealt with me while I’ve been teaching at
TMSS the last eleven years, I encourage you to
come into the school to say hello and discuss the
exciting year that we have planned.
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Important from the Office
Every student will have brought home a blank
PINK NESD Registration form. Please fill out.
ALL forms MUST be signed by parent
and returned to the TMSS office by
Monday, September 9th at 9:00am.
Please review and check off the GRAY Privacy
Consent Form. It too is due back at the office
on Monday, September 9th at 9:00am.
All grade 9-12 students will be receiving a
school email where they will review the
technology protocol and confirm their
responsibilities. It will be arranged that all
students will login to their email at the
appropriate time and respond. All grade 6-8
students, parents will receive an email to
confirm for their child.
Communication
The Sangha communication system and app that
TMSS was testing out last year will no longer be
used. We will be using our previous system called
School Messenger. Thank you for your patience
while we tried it out.
The TMSS webpage has all its policies,
newsletters, School Community Council
information, calendar of events, and so much
more. Please check it out at tmss.nesd.ca.
Feel free to check out the daily student
announcements at the Daily News tab:
http://archive.nesd.ca/study_hall/teachers/plugin
s/student_Announcements/viewonly.php
Check out TMSS Twitter -
https://twitter.com/tmss_nesd
Check out TMSS Facebook -
https://www.facebook.com/tmss.nesd
Attendance
If your student will be absent from school for any
reason, please contact the office. To ensure the
absence gets recorded in a timely fashion, please
contact the office before 9:00 am. The most
efficient method of contact is via email or text to
[email protected]. You may also call the office at
306-873-2352.
Notifications to parents/guardians. You will
receive them. We will not block phone numbers.
The philosophy is that as a parent, you are
required to know if your student is absent from
school and in the event of an emergency, the call
will reach the intended targets. In the event of a
bus cancellation or late arrival, students will not
be excused unless a parent contacts the school to
excuse them.
School supplies
https://www.nesd.ca/School/tmss/parents/Pages/
Supplies.aspx We would like to remind parents
and guardians that they are responsible for school
supplies and regular replenishing of school
supplies throughout the year if the student runs
out. That includes personal earbuds/headphones,
calculators, pencils, pens, etc.
Reminder: the office does not supply spoons or
forks for personal lunches or snacks. Please
provide your own. It is recommended that
students keep some in their lockers.
Christmas Dinner
Christmas Dinner information and sign up will
come out in October.
Please check off and sign the GRAY Privacy
Consent Form. It too is due back at the office on
Monday, September 9th at 9:00am.
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Band
Band rental payments must be to the office by
Friday, September 13th. Post-dated cheques are
fine. Cheques are payable to NESD #200.
Driver’s Education
If your student was born before May 1, 2005 and
has not taken or has not finished driver’s
education, it is the student’s responsibility to
contact the office to sign up. We request that ALL
TMSS students take driver’s education when they
are of age. Lists will be posted at the office when
your child will be taking driver’s education.
Driver’s education is typically scheduled once a
week (historically on Mondays) at noon AND after
school until about 5:00 pm for 10 weeks.
Attendance for driver’s education classes is
mandatory. Students are not allowed to miss
more than 2 classes and arrangements should be
made with the instructor for any absences. If your
student needs driving time, arrangements are
made with the driving instructor or let Mrs.
Perrault know in the front office.
Fees and Yearbooks
Just a reminder, all fees can be brought to the
office. Cash or cheques, payable to NESD 200.
The 2018-2019 yearbooks are anticipated to be
distributed around the end of September.
The 2019-2020 yearbook will cost $40. Please
have salmon-coloured form accompany payment.
Last date to buy one will be June 1, 2020. The
Journalism 20 class will be working hard this year
getting pictures and stories together for the
yearbook. The 2019-2020 yearbooks will then be
distributed around end of September 2020.
The 2019-2020 yearbook will cost $40. Please
have salmon-coloured form accompany payment.
Last date to buy one will be June 1, 2020. The
Journalism 20 class will be working hard this year
getting pictures and stories together for the
yearbook. The 2019-2020 yearbooks will then be
distributed around end of September 2020.
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