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09.08.25 |

Blue Devil Digest for Week of September 8, 2025 (PTSA Weekly Newsletter)

boletín informativo en español / ጋዜጣ በአማርኛ

JOIN US!  PTSA Meeting Tuesday, Sept 9, 7-8:30pm, Virtual (Zoom) only

We’ll be kicking off the year with lots of info on what we’re doing and seeking your input, as well as learning more about how the school supports students’ executive functioning skills, and you can too!

  • Find out more about the meeting here

 

Membership Drive – join this week to win a sweatshirt

If you have not already joined PTSA, please take a moment to join today. All who join this week before Saturday at midnight will be entered into a raffle for a TPMS sweatshirt – a cozy reason to join and become a part of the PTSA community!

As part of our membership drive, the TPMS houses have a friendly competition for the highest enrollment. As we start week 4:

Value house is in first place

Inquire house is in second place

Triumph house is in third place 

Share, Engage, and Respect houses are in fourth, fifth, and sixth place

When you become a member, your child’s TPMS STRIVE house gains a point. STRIVE to show your school spirit by becoming a TPMS PTSA member and donate. (If you cannot donate, this does not prevent your child from gaining a point.) 

Join today to enter the raffle and show STRIVE spirit as a part of PTSA! 

 

IEP Parent Workshop: Supporting Families Through the IEP Process

Tuesday, September 30, 2025, 7 pm – 8:30pm

A MCPS Technology Cheat Sheet

There are alot of Tech Platforms used in MCPS, so our parent organization, MCPTA, has created a cheatsheet to describe what each one does.

  • Read about them: https://www.tpmspta.org/mcps-technology-platforms-what-they-are-what-they-do/

 

“OK To Delay” Chapter starting up  

If you’re struggling to identify and implement appropriate technology and parental controls, and balance them with freedom and independence, this new Takoma Park chapter of “OK to Delay” may be for you.  Smartphones, social media, gaming, it’s a jungle out there. “OK to Delay” invites you to connect, share resources, learn together and support one another. Ruth, the chapter lead learned about “OK to Delay” (oktodelay.org) and invites you to join her in inaugurating a local chapter. If you’re interested in learning more, or getting involved, *or just staying in the loop to learn about (occasional!) events*, please complete this survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/HBX3RPT



 


¡ÚNETE! Reunión de la PTSA: martes 9 de septiembre, de 19:00 a 20:30 h, solo virtual (Zoom)

Comenzaremos el año con mucha información sobre nuestras actividades y con la participación de todos. Además, aprenderemos más sobre cómo la escuela apoya las habilidades de funcionamiento ejecutivo de los estudiantes. ¡Tú también puedes!

 

Campaña de membresía: únete esta semana para ganar una sudadera

Si aún no te has unido a la PTSA, tómate un momento para unirte hoy. Todos los que se unan esta semana antes del sábado a la medianoche participarán en un sorteo de una sudadera de TPMS: ¡una excelente razón para unirte y formar parte de la comunidad de la PTSA!

Como parte de nuestra campaña de membresía, las casas de TPMS tienen una competencia amistosa para ver quién tiene la mayor cantidad de inscripciones. Al comenzar la semana 4:

Casa Value ocupa el primer lugar.

Casa Inquire ocupa el segundo lugar.

Casa Triumph ocupa el tercer lugar.

Casas Share, Engage y Respect ocupan el cuarto, quinto y sexto lugar.

Al hacerse miembro, la casa STRIVE de TPMS de su hijo/a gana un punto. ¡Esfuércese por demostrar su espíritu escolar haciéndose miembro de la PTSA de TPMS y donando! (Si no puede donar, esto no impide que su hijo/a gane un punto).

¡Únase hoy mismo para participar en el sorteo y demostrar el espíritu STRIVE como parte de la PTSA!

 

Taller para padres sobre el IEP: Apoyo a las familias durante el proceso del IEP

Martes, 30 de septiembre de 2025, de 19:00 a 20:30 h

 

Guía práctica de tecnología de MCPS

En MCPS se utilizan muchas plataformas tecnológicas, por lo que nuestra organización matriz, MCPTA, ha creado una guía práctica que describe la función de cada una.

Lea sobre ellas: https://www.tpmspta.org/mcps-technology-platforms-what-they-are-what-they-do/

 

Capítulo “OK to Delay” en marcha

Si le cuesta identificar e implementar la tecnología y los controles parentales adecuados, y equilibrarlos con la libertad y la independencia, este nuevo capítulo de “OK to Delay” en Takoma Park podría ser ideal para usted. Smartphones, redes sociales, videojuegos… ¡es una jungla! “OK to Delay” le invita a conectarse, compartir recursos, aprender juntos y apoyarse mutuamente. Ruth, la líder del capítulo, se enteró de “OK to Delay” (oktodelay.org) y le invita a unirse a ella para inaugurar un capítulo local. Si está interesado en obtener más información, participar o simplemente mantenerse informado sobre eventos (¡ocasionales!), complete esta encuesta: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/HBX3RPT

 

 


ይቀላቀሉን! የPTSA ስብሰባ ማክሰኞ፣ ሴፕቴምበር 9፣ 7-8፡30 ፒኤም፣ ምናባዊ (አጉላ) ብቻ

እኛ በምንሰራው ነገር ላይ ብዙ መረጃዎችን ይዘን እና የእርስዎን ግብአት በመፈለግ እንዲሁም ትምህርት ቤቱ የተማሪዎችን የአስፈፃሚ ተግባር ክህሎት እንዴት እንደሚደግፍ የበለጠ እንማራለን እና እርስዎም ይችላሉ!

 

የአባልነት ድራይቭ – የሱፍ ቀሚስ ለማሸነፍ በዚህ ሳምንት ይቀላቀሉ

አስቀድመው PTSAን ካልተቀላቀሉ፣ እባክዎን ዛሬውን ለመቀላቀል ትንሽ ጊዜ ይውሰዱ። በዚህ ሳምንት ከቅዳሜ እኩለ ሌሊት በፊት የሚቀላቀሉ ሁሉ ለቲፒኤምኤስ ሹራብ ሸሚዝ ይሸጣሉ – ለመቀላቀል እና የPTSA ማህበረሰብ አካል ለመሆን ምቹ ምክንያት!

እንደ የአባልነት መንፈሳችን አካል፣ የ TPMS ቤቶች ለከፍተኛ ምዝገባ የወዳጅነት ውድድር አላቸው። 4ኛውን ሳምንት ስንጀምር፡-

የእሴት ቤት በመጀመሪያ ደረጃ ነው

ጠያቂ ቤት ሁለተኛ ደረጃ ላይ ነው።

የድል ሃውስ ሶስተኛ ደረጃ ላይ ይገኛል።

አጋራ፣ ተሣታፊ፣ እና አክባሪ ቤቶች አራተኛ፣ አምስተኛ እና ስድስተኛ ደረጃ ላይ ይገኛሉ

አባል ሲሆኑ፣ የልጅዎ TPMS STRIVE ቤት ነጥብ ያገኛል። የTPMS PTSA አባል በመሆን የትምህርት ቤት መንፈስዎን ለማሳየት ይሞክሩ እና ይለግሱ። (መለገስ ካልቻሉ፣ ይህ ልጅዎ ነጥብ እንዳያገኝ አያግደውም።)

ወደ ራፍል ለመግባት እና STRIVE መንፈስን እንደ PTSA አካል ለማሳየት ዛሬ ይቀላቀሉ!

 

የIEP የወላጅ አውደ ጥናት፡ ቤተሰቦችን በ IEP ሂደት መደገፍ

ማክሰኞ፣ ሴፕቴምበር 30፣ 2025፣ 7 ከሰአት – 8፡30 ከሰአት

 

የMCPS ቴክኖሎጂ ማጭበርበር ወረቀት

በMCPS ውስጥ ብዙ የቴክ ፕላትፎርሞች ጥቅም ላይ ይውላሉ፣ስለዚህ የወላጅ ድርጅታችን MCPTA እያንዳንዳቸው የሚያደርጉትን ለመግለጽ ማጭበርበር ፈጥሯል።

ስለእነሱ ያንብቡ፡ https://www.tpmspta.org/mcps-technology-platforms-what-they-are-what-they-do/

“ለመዘግየት እሺ” ምዕራፍ ይጀምራል

ተገቢውን ቴክኖሎጂ እና የወላጅ ቁጥጥርን ለመለየት እና ለመተግበር እና ከነጻነት እና ከነጻነት ጋር ለማመጣጠን እየታገልክ ከሆነ፣ ይህ አዲስ የታኮማ ፓርክ ምዕራፍ “እሺ ወደ መዘግየት” ለእርስዎ ሊሆን ይችላል። ስማርትፎኖች፣ ማህበራዊ ሚዲያዎች፣ ጨዋታዎች፣ እዚያ ጫካ ነው። “እሺ ለመዘግየት” እንድትገናኙ፣ ሃብት እንድትካፈሉ፣ እንድትማሩ እና እርስ በርሳችሁ እንድትደጋገፉ ይጋብዛችኋል። ሩት፣ የምዕራፉ መሪ ስለ “እሺ ወደ መዘግየት” (oktodelay.org) ተማረች እና የአካባቢዋን ምእራፍ ስትመርቅ እንድትተባበሯት ጋብዘሻል። የበለጠ ለመማር፣ ወይም ለመሳተፍ፣ *ወይም ስለ(አልፎ አልፎ!) ክስተቶች ለመማር ዝም ብለው ከቆዩ፣ እባክዎ ይህን ዳሰሳ ያጠናቅቁ፡ https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/HBX3RPT

 

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