Takoma Park Middle School

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Volunteer Coordinator need to help restart PAL program

The PTSA is looking to restart the Parents At Lunch (PAL) program. PALs are a group of volunteers that support a healthy, safe and vibrant lunchtime experience at TPMS.  We need a volunteer coordinator to help schedule other parent volunteers to be onsite for lunch so the kids can have outside recess time during lunch. PAL volunteers get to know staff and students, support healthy interactions, ensure the cafeteria and outdoor areas are cleaned up, and help make lunchtime fun! The biggest need is for volunteers during 6th grade lunch. If you are interested, please email Emily Pickren at epickren@gmail.com or TPMS.pta.president@gmail.com. 

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Blue Devil Digest for Week of November 2, 2026 (PTSA Weekly Newsletter)

boletín informativo en español / ጋዜጣ በአማርኛ

Think you missed a previous newsletter or other PTSA information?  

 

Support the PTSA Fall Fundraising Drive!

Our Fall Fundraiser ends on Dec. 1 with a goal of $17,000! Thank you to everyone who made contributions through the month of October bringing us to $13,500 towards our goal. A donation of any amount goes a long way towards making our activities and programs possible – including School Assemblies, School Community Building Events, Educational Enrichment, Teacher Appreciation and More! Donate today!

 

Thank you, PTSA members!

Our fall membership drive ended on November 1. Thank you to those of you who joined this year’s drive. We will be tallying the STRIVE membership competition this month and delivering a special treat to the winning House. If you missed the membership drive, you can still join by clicking this link to fill out the form and also donate at any amount.

 

Help – Volunteer chaperones needed for the Finance Park trip next week!

The 7th grade trip to Finance Park is next week, and they don’t have enough volunteers, putting this trip at risk. If you have availability and can step up to chaperone this activity, our 7th graders would be grateful. They can’t do this without parent/caregiver volunteer support. Here’s the information.

 

Election Day Bake Sale at TPMS Nov 3

If you’re in the neighborhood, stop by TPMS and get some coffee and a baked good at the PTSA Bake Sale! Special thanks to 8th grade parent Beth Harris, and her crew, for making this year’s Bake Sale happen!

 

Nov. 10: Next PTSA Meeting 

Join us for our next PTSA meeting over Zoom, from 7-8:30pm.  This month our agenda includes hearing from our student leaders, and learning about the new middle school English curriculum.  Join Zoom Meeting the meeting with this link: https://mcpsmd.zoom.us/j/89138360552?pwd=FXHpVsrcZJY2BwLlv0iUe5Va61ahjF.1

 

Nov. 12: TPMS Annual Multicultural Night (6–8pm)

Students, staff and your families are invited to share and experience the unique cultures, traditions, and stories that make our school so vibrant. This is an expo-style event with a showcase of performances, table displays and more! Learn more and sign up to participate at our webpage!

 

MCCPTA News & Advocacy

Nov. 6 Deadline to Submit Comment on Proposed Changes to Field Trip Policy

The Board of Education is seeking public comment on MCPS’s proposal to modify the district’s field trip policy. The key proposed changes include (1) effectively prohibiting field trips that commemorate promotion — i.e., field trips like Julius West’s end-of-year trip to Kings Dominion for 8th graders; and (2) prohibiting trips that require student waivers, such as trips to locations like Sandy Spring Adventure Park. We encourage PTA members to voice their feedback on these proposed changes by sending an e-mail to boe@mcpsmd.org or by completing MCPS’s short survey, by the Nov. 6 deadline. The BOE is expected to take final action in February 2027. Review MCPS’s presentation. Review the proposed changes.

Make Your Voice Heard on 2027-28 School Calendar!

Parents and other caregivers are encouraged to complete MCPS’s short survey on options for the 2027-28 school calendar. The survey must be completed by Nov. 6.  Take the survey!

MCPS to Offer Advanced English in Middle School and Honors English 9

The Board of Education on Thursday approved MCPS’s proposed 2027-28 Program of Study. Significantly, the Program of Study includes advanced English in each middle school year and Honors English in 9th grade, in addition to on-grade level courses each year. MCCPTA’s Gifted Education Committee has long advocated for the addition of advanced English in middle school and Honors English 9, in order to meet the needs of students who qualify for enrichment. Policy BLB

(Rules of Procedures in Appeals and Hearings): Outlines procedural rules governing appeals and hearings before the Board

 

 

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¡Apoye la campaña de recaudación de fondos de otoño de la PTSA!

Nuestra campaña de recaudación de fondos de otoño finaliza el 1 de diciembre, ¡con una meta de $17,000! Gracias a todos los que realizaron contribuciones durante el mes de octubre, lo que nos ha permitido alcanzar $13,500 de nuestra meta. Cualquier donación, sin importar el monto, es de gran ayuda para hacer posibles nuestras actividades y programas, incluyendo asambleas escolares, eventos para fortalecer la comunidad escolar, actividades de enriquecimiento educativo, iniciativas de reconocimiento a los maestros ¡y mucho más! ¡Done hoy mismo!

 

¡Gracias, miembros de la PTSA!

Nuestra campaña de afiliación de otoño concluyó el 1 de noviembre. Gracias a quienes se unieron este año. Durante este mes, realizaremos el recuento de la competencia de afiliación «STRIVE» y entregaremos un detalle especial a la «Casa» (grupo) ganadora. Si no pudo participar en la campaña de afiliación, aún puede unirse haciendo clic en este enlace para completar el formulario; también puede realizar una donación de cualquier monto.

 

¡Se necesita ayuda! ¡Buscamos padres voluntarios para acompañar a los estudiantes en la visita a Finance Park la próxima semana!

La excursión de 7.º grado a Finance Park tendrá lugar la próxima semana; sin embargo, no contamos con suficientes voluntarios, lo que pone en riesgo la realización de esta actividad. Si tiene disponibilidad y puede acompañar al grupo, nuestros estudiantes de 7.º grado se lo agradecerán enormemente. No es posible llevar a cabo esta actividad sin el apoyo de padres o tutores voluntarios. Aquí encontrará toda la información.

 

Venta de productos horneados en TPMS el día de las elecciones (3 de noviembre)

Si se encuentra por la zona, ¡pase por TPMS para disfrutar de un café y algún producto horneado en la venta organizada por la PTSA! ¡Un agradecimiento especial a Beth Harris, madre de un estudiante de octavo grado, y a su equipo, por hacer posible la venta de este año!

 

10 de noviembre: Próxima reunión de la PTSA

Acompáñenos en nuestra próxima reunión de la PTSA a través de Zoom, de 7:00 p. m. a 8:30 p. m. Este mes, nuestra agenda incluye intervenciones de nuestros estudiantes líderes y una presentación sobre el nuevo plan de estudios de inglés para la escuela intermedia (middle school). Únase a la reunión de Zoom a través de este enlace: https://mcpsmd.zoom.us/j/89138360552?pwd=FXHpVsrcZJY2BwLlv0iUe5Va61ahjF.1

 

12 de noviembre: Noche Multicultural Anual de TPMS (6:00 p. m. – 8:00 p. m.)

Invitamos a los estudiantes, al personal y a sus familias a compartir y experimentar las culturas, tradiciones e historias únicas que hacen que nuestra escuela sea tan vibrante. ¡Será un evento estilo exposición que incluirá presentaciones, mesas informativas y mucho más! ¡Obtenga más información e inscríbase para participar a través de nuestra página web!

 

Noticias y defensa de intereses de la MCCPTA

Fecha límite: 6 de noviembre para enviar comentarios sobre los cambios propuestos a la política de excursiones escolares

La Junta de Educación (Board of Education, BOE) solicita la opinión del público sobre la propuesta de MCPS para modificar la política del distrito respecto a las excursiones escolares. Los cambios clave propuestos incluyen: (1) prohibir, en la práctica, las excursiones que conmemoran la promoción de grado —por ejemplo, el viaje de fin de curso de los estudiantes de 8.º grado de la escuela Julius West a Kings Dominion—; y (2) prohibir las excursiones que requieran la firma de exenciones de responsabilidad por parte de los padres o tutores, como aquellas a lugares tipo «Sandy Spring Adventure Park». Invitamos a los miembros de la PTA a expresar sus opiniones sobre estos cambios propuestos enviando un correo electrónico a boe@mcpsmd.org o completando una breve encuesta de MCPS antes de la fecha límite del 6 de noviembre. Se espera que la Junta de Educación tome una decisión definitiva en febrero de 2027. Consulte la presentación de MCPS. Revise los cambios propuestos.

 

¡Haga oír su voz sobre el calendario escolar 2027-28!

Se invita a los padres y otros cuidadores a completar una breve encuesta de MCPS sobre las opciones para el calendario escolar 2027-28. La encuesta debe completarse a más tardar el 6 de noviembre.

 

MCPS ofrecerá inglés avanzado en la escuela intermedia (middle school) e inglés de nivel «Honors» en 9.º grado

El jueves, la Junta de Educación aprobó la propuesta de MCPS para el Programa de Estudios 2027-28. Cabe destacar que dicho programa incluye inglés avanzado para cada año de la escuela intermedia e inglés de nivel «Honors» en 9.º grado, además de los cursos correspondientes al nivel académico de cada grado. El Comité de Educación para Estudiantes con Altas Capacidades (Gifted Education Committee) de la MCCPTA ha abogado durante mucho tiempo por la incorporación de inglés avanzado en la escuela intermedia e inglés de nivel «Honors» en 9.º grado, con el fin de atender las necesidades de los estudiantes que califican para recibir programas de enriquecimiento académico. Política BLB

(Reglas de procedimiento para apelaciones y audiencias): Establece las normas procedimentales que rigen las apelaciones y audiencias ante la Junta de Educación.

 

ቀደም ሲል የተላከ የዜና መጽሔት (newsletter) ወይም ሌላ የPTSA መረጃ እንዳያመልጥዎ ይፈልጋሉ?

 

የPTSA የመኸር የገንዘብ ማሰባሰቢያ ዘመቻችንን ይደግፉ!

የመኸር የገንዘብ ማሰባሰቢያ ዘመቻችን በታህሳስ 1 ቀን 17,000 ዶላር ግብ በማውጣት ያበቃል! በጥቅምት ወር ውስጥ ለግባችን ወደ 13,500 ዶላር ለማድረስ አስተዋጽኦ ላደረጉ ሁሉ እናመሰግናለን። ማንኛውም መጠን ያለው ልገሳ እንቅስቃሴዎቻችንን እና ፕሮግራሞቻችንን እውን ለማድረግ ረጅም መንገድ ይከተላል – የትምህርት ቤት ስብሰባዎችን፣ የትምህርት ቤት ማህበረሰብ ግንባታ ዝግጅቶችን፣ የትምህርት ማበልጸጊያን፣ የመምህራን አድናቆትን እና ሌሎችንም ጨምሮ! ዛሬ ይለግሱ!

 

የPTSA አባላት አመሰግናለሁ!

የመኸር አባልነት ጉጉታችን በህዳር 1 አብቅቷል። በዚህ ዓመት ጉጉት ለተቀላቀሉት ሁሉ እናመሰግናለን። በዚህ ወር የSTRIVE የአባልነት ውድድርን እናሰላለን እና ለአሸናፊው ምክር ቤት ልዩ ስጦታ እናደርሳለን። የአባልነት ጉጉቱ ካመለጣችሁ፣ ቅጹን ለመሙላት እና በማንኛውም መጠን ለመለገስ ይህንን ሊንክ ጠቅ በማድረግ መቀላቀል ይችላሉ።

 

እርዳታ – በሚቀጥለው ሳምንት ለፋይናንስ ፓርክ ጉዞ የበጎ ፈቃደኞች ተንከባካቢዎች ያስፈልጋሉ!

ወደ ፋይናንስ ፓርክ የ7ኛ ክፍል ጉዞ በሚቀጥለው ሳምንት ይሆናል፣ እና በቂ በጎ ፈቃደኞች የላቸውም፣ ይህም ይህንን ጉዞ አደጋ ላይ ይጥላል። ዝግጁነት ካለዎት እና ይህንን እንቅስቃሴ ለመምራት መራመድ ከቻሉ፣ የ7ኛ ክፍል ተማሪዎቻችን አመስጋኞች ናቸው። የወላጅ/ተንከባካቢ የበጎ ፈቃደኞች ድጋፍ ከሌለ ይህንን ማድረግ አይችሉም። መረጃው ይኸውልዎት።

 

በምርጫ ቀን (ኖቬምበር 3) በTPMS የሚካሄድ የዳቦ እና ጣፋጭ ምግቦች ሽያጭ

በአካባቢው የሚገኙ ከሆነ፣ በTPMS በመገኘት በPTSA (የወላጆች፣ መምህራን እና ተማሪዎች ማህበር) አዘጋጅነት በሚቀርበው የዳቦ እና ጣፋጭ ምግቦች ሽያጭ ላይ ቡና እና የተለያዩ የተጋገሩ ምግቦችን መግዛት ይችላሉ! የዘንድሮውን ይህን ዝግጅት እውን ላደረጉት ለ8ኛ ክፍል ተማሪ ወላጅ ለቤዝ ሃሪስ (Beth Harris) እና ለቡድናቸው ልዩ ምስጋና ይገባቸዋል!

 

ኖቬምበር 10፡ ቀጣዩ የPTSA ስብሰባ

በZoom መድረክ በሚካሄደው ቀጣዩ የPTSA ስብሰባ ላይ ከምሽቱ 7፡00 እስከ 8፡30 (7–8:30pm) ይሳተፉ። የዚህ ወር አጀንዳችን የተማሪ መሪዎችን ሃሳብ መስማትን እና ስለ አዲሱ የመካከለኛ ደረጃ ትምህርት ቤት (middle school) የእንግሊዝኛ ሥርዓተ ትምህርት መማርን ያካትታል። በዚህ ሊንክ በመጠቀም በZoom ስብሰባው ላይ ይቀላቀሉን፦ https://mcpsmd.zoom.us/j/89138360552?pwd=FXHpVsrcZJY2BwLlv0iUe5Va61ahjF.1

 

ኖቬምበር 12፡ የTPMS ዓመታዊ የባህል ልዩነት ምሽት (ከምሽቱ 6–8 ሰዓት)

ተማሪዎች፣ የትምህርት ቤቱ ሰራተኞች እና ቤተሰቦቻቸው፤ ትምህርት ቤታችንን ልዩ እና ደማቅ የሚያደርጉትን ባህሎች፣ ወጎች እና ታሪኮች ለማካፈል እንዲሁም ለመለማመድ ተጋብዘዋል። ይህ ዝግጅት የተለያዩ ትርኢቶችን፣ በጠረጴዛዎች ላይ የሚቀርቡ ማሳያዎችን እና ሌሎችንም ያካተተ ነው! ተጨማሪ መረጃ ለማግኘት እና ለመሳተፍ በድረ-ገጻችን በኩል ይመዝገቡ!

 

MCCPTA ዜና እና ተሟጋችነት

በመስክ ጉዞ ፖሊሲ ላይ በቀረቡት ለውጦች ላይ አስተያየት ለመስጠት ህዳር 6 ቀነ ገደብ

የትምህርት ቦርድ የዲስትሪክቱን የመስክ ጉዞ ፖሊሲ ለማሻሻል በMCPS ሃሳብ ላይ የህዝብ አስተያየት ይፈልጋል። ዋናዎቹ የታቀዱ ለውጦች (1) ማስተዋወቅን የሚዘክሩ የመስክ ጉዞዎችን በብቃት መከልከልን ያካትታሉ – ማለትም፣ እንደ ጁሊየስ ዌስት የዓመቱ የመጨረሻ ጉዞ ለ8ኛ ክፍል ተማሪዎች ወደ ኪንግ ዶሚኒየን። እና (2) እንደ ሳንዲ ስፕሪንግ አድቬንቸር ፓርክ ያሉ ቦታዎችን የመሳሰሉ የተማሪ ይቅርታን የሚጠይቁ ጉዞዎችን መከልከል። የPTA አባላት በእነዚህ የታቀዱ ለውጦች ላይ አስተያየታቸውን እንዲሰጡ እናበረታታለን ወደ boe@mcpsmd.org ኢሜል በመላክ ወይም የMCPSን አጭር የዳሰሳ ጥናት በማጠናቀቅ በህዳር 6 ቀን። BOE የመጨረሻውን እርምጃ በየካቲት 2027 እንደሚወስድ ይጠበቃል። የMCPSን አቀራረብ ይገምግሙ። የታቀዱትን ለውጦች ይገምግሙ።

 

በ2027-28 የትምህርት ቤት የቀን መቁጠሪያ ላይ ድምጽዎን ያሰሙ!

ወላጆች እና ሌሎች ተንከባካቢዎች የMCPSን [http://have%20until%20nov.%206%20to/] አጭር የዳሰሳ ጥናት በ2027-28 የትምህርት ቤት አቆጣጠር እንዲያጠናቅቁ ይበረታታሉ። ጥናቱ እስከ ህዳር 6 ድረስ መጠናቀቅ አለበት።

 

MCPS በመካከለኛ ደረጃ የላቀ እንግሊዝኛ ለማቅረብ እና እንግሊዘኛን ያከብራል 9

የትምህርት ቦርድ ሐሙስ ዕለት የMCPSን የ2027-28 የጥናት መርሃ ግብር አጽድቋል። በቁም ነገር፣ የጥናት መርሃ ግብሩ በእያንዳንዱ የመለስተኛ ደረጃ ትምህርት ዘመን የላቀ እንግሊዝኛ እና በ9ኛ ክፍል እንግሊዘኛን ያከብራል፣ ከክፍል ደረጃ ኮርሶች በተጨማሪ በየዓመቱ ያካትታል። የMCCPTA ባለ ተሰጥኦ ትምህርት ኮሚቴ ለማበልጸግ ብቁ የሆኑ ተማሪዎችን ፍላጎት ለማሟላት በመካከለኛ ደረጃ ከፍተኛ እንግሊዘኛ እና ክብር እንግሊዘኛ 9 እንዲጨመር ሲመክር ቆይቷል። ፖሊሲ BLB

(በይግባኝ እና ችሎት ውስጥ ያሉ የአሰራር ሂደቶች)፡ በቦርዱ ፊት የሚቀርቡ አቤቱታዎችን እና ችሎቶችን የሚቆጣጠሩ የሥርዓት ሕጎችን ይዘረዝራል።

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Help – Volunteer chaperones needed for the Finance Park trip next week!

Hey TPMS Families,
The 7th grade trip to Finance Park is next week, and they don’t have enough volunteers, putting this trip at risk.  If you have availability and can step up to chaperone this activity, our 7th graders would be grateful.   They can’t do this without parent/caregiver volunteer support.
Here’s the information.
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Next week, Takoma Park MS 7th Graders will be visiting Junior Achievement Finance Park! (November 9th – 11th)

 

Address: 12501 Dalewood Drive, Silver Spring, MD

Volunteer Time Commitment: 8:45 am – 1:45 pm (includes 1 hour volunteer training)

 

This is not a typical field trip for students or caregivers! Students will have the opportunity to be an adult for the day and learn to balance a family budget. This is an amazing opportunity for students to start connecting education to career, career to income, and income to lifestyle!

 

The opportunity for caregivers and the school community is to support students as they are making budgeting decisions and bring the experience to life for students.

 

  • Please consider volunteering even if your student is not in 7th grade; this supports the overall school community!
  • Did you know about this opportunity, but your student doesn’t want you to volunteer? Please don’t let that stop you from being engaged!
    • This might be the last time you get to participate in a school experience for your student before they get to high school!
    • There are opportunities to see your student throughout the day, but you will not be assigned to your student group (this might be a relief to your student😊)
    • Students benefit from hearing from another adult role model!
  • You don’t have to ride a school bus! Volunteers are trained the morning of and should arrive at the Junior Achievement Finance Park location at the start time without their students!
  • Junior Achievement Finance Park is also a great employee engagement opportunity – if you work for an organization and want to plan a volunteer day reach out to: jagwvolunteer@ja.org

 

Please register here to volunteer:  https://vhub.at/jafpmc 

 

Thank you for your consideration and support!

  

Lizabeth Wagger, M.A. (She/Her)

Senior Manager Volunteer Engagement

Junior Achievement of Greater Washington  

Junior Achievement Finance Park® Montgomery County

12501 Dalewood Drive, 3rd Floor | Silver Spring, MD 20906

O: 202.263.5816 | Lizabeth.wagger@ja.org

Follow us: Facebook | LinkedIn | Instagram | YouTube | myJA.org 

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Nov 2 – “Africa Earth’s Wild Home” Showing at Nat’l Geo Museum

From the Program Director at National Geographic’s Museum of Exploration:

As part of a special initiative, National Geographic’s Museum of Exploration will host an all-day screening of Disney & Rolex’s new National Geographic show Africa Earth’s Wild Home on Monday, November 2nd from 9:30am-4:30pm (only).

Since this date is a DC school holiday, we would love to pack the screenings with local students and families all day long! To that end, we are pleased to share the attached invitation and the discount code below.

Use the code SCREENINGS112 at check-out to make your museum entry ticket completely free! Once inside the MOE, the film screenings are included with general museum admission, as well as additional hands-on activities for all ages.

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Blue Devil Digest for Week of October 26, 2026 (PTSA Weekly Newsletter)

boletín informativo en español / ጋዜጣ በአማርኛ

Think you missed a previous newsletter or other PTSA information?  

 

THIS WEEK: Final Push for Our Fall Membership Drive

We are close to 80 percent of our membership goal. We need everyone to join the PTSA for this year. Best of all … it’s FREE to join. Fill out our form here (it takes less than 5 minutes) 

Want to help even more? Encourage your TPMS friends to join as well. The more who join means a stronger, more vibrant and engaged TPMS community. As an added bonus, your membership earns a point for your student’s house. So, when you bring your friends, you can increase your House numbers. Fill out our form here.

Update in our House membership challenge: This week House Inquire has taken the lead! These numbers have been changing weekly, and there’s still time to win! Don’t forget: the winning house gets a treat. Your child’s House could still win if they bring friends along!

 

Fall Fundraising: Make a Donation Today!

In order to provide funding for our school and community activities, (dances, field trips, mini-grants, teacher/staff appreciation, and so much more) it is critical that we raise funds to do so. We have a target goal of $14,000 to reach by Nov. 1, we are currently at $11,000. Please consider making a donation today as every dollar we collect goes straight back into the community. Thank you! Donate to our Fall Fundraiser!

 

Thursday, Oct. 29: Martinique Trip Information Meeting

TPMS French Language Teachers, Mme Ribière and Mme Finklea, will be leading a trip to Martinique (French Caribbean island) in June 2027. Learn more about this. 

Nov. 3: Help Make Our Election Day Bake Sale Happen (Low Effort Appeal)

The PTSA is hosting an Election Day bake sale from 8 am – 12 pm on Tuesday, November 3, and we need your help. Please sign up to donate baked goods and other items to the sale, and/or to help staff the bake sale table. Please see the Bake Sale Sign-up for more details and to help!

 

Nov. 12: TPMS Annual Multicultural Night

Students, staff and your families are invited to share and experience the unique cultures, traditions, and stories that make our school so vibrant. This is an expo style event with a showcase of performances, table displays and more!  Learn more and sign up to participate at our webpage!

 

MCCPTA News & Advocacy

Nov. 6 Deadline to Submit Comment on Proposed Changes to Field Trip Policy

The Board of Education is seeking public comment on MCPS’s proposal to modify the district’s field trip policy. The key proposed changes include (1) effectively prohibiting field trips that commemorate promotion — i.e., field trips like Julius West’s end-of-year trip to Kings Dominion for 8th graders; and (2) prohibiting trips that require student waivers, such as trips to locations like Sandy Spring Adventure Park. We encourage PTA members to voice their feedback on these proposed changes by sending an e-mail to boe@mcpsmd.org or by completing MCPS’s short survey, by the Nov. 6 deadline. The BOE is expected to take final action in February 2027. Review MCPS’s presentation. Review the proposed changes.

 

MCPS to Offer Advanced English in Middle School and Honors English 9

The Board of Education on Thursday approved MCPS’s proposed 2027-28 Program of Study. Significantly, the Program of Study includes advanced English in each middle school year and Honors English in 9th grade, in addition to on-grade level courses each year. MCCPTA’s Gifted Education Committee has long advocated for the addition of advanced English in middle school and Honors English 9, in order to meet the needs of students who qualify for enrichment. Policy BLB

(Rules of Procedures in Appeals and Hearings): Outlines procedural rules governing appeals and hearings before the Board.

 

 

¿Crees que te perdiste algún boletín anterior u otra información de la PTSA?

 

ESTA SEMANA: Esfuerzo final de nuestra campaña de afiliación de otoño

Estamos cerca de alcanzar el 80 por ciento de nuestra meta de afiliación. Necesitamos que todos se unan a la PTSA este año. Y lo mejor de todo… ¡es GRATIS! Completen nuestro formulario aquí (toma menos de 5 minutos).

¿Quieren ayudar aún más? Animen a sus amigos de TPMS a unirse también. Cuantas más personas se unan, más fuerte, dinámica y participativa será la comunidad de TPMS. Además, su afiliación suma un punto para la «casa» (grupo) a la que pertenece su estudiante. ¡Así que, al invitar a sus amigos, pueden aumentar la puntuación de su casa! Completen el formulario aquí.

Actualización sobre nuestro desafío de afiliación entre casas: ¡Esta semana, la casa «Inquire» ha tomado la delantera! Estos resultados han cambiado cada semana, ¡y todavía hay tiempo para ganar! No olviden que la casa ganadora recibirá un premio. ¡La casa de su hijo(a) aún puede ganar si logran que más amigos se unan!

 

Campaña de recaudación de fondos de otoño: ¡Haga su donación hoy!

Para financiar nuestras actividades escolares y comunitarias (bailes, excursiones, pequeñas subvenciones, reconocimientos al personal docente y administrativo, ¡y mucho más!), es fundamental que recaudemos fondos. Nos hemos fijado una meta de $14,000 para el 1 de noviembre; actualmente hemos reunido $11,000. Por favor, considere hacer una donación hoy mismo, ya que cada dólar recaudado se destina directamente a nuestra comunidad. ¡Gracias! ¡Participe en nuestra campaña de recaudación de fondos de otoño!

Jueves, 29 de octubre: Reunión informativa sobre el viaje a Martinica

Las profesoras de francés de TPMS, la Sra. Ribière y la Sra. Finklea, organizarán un viaje a Martinica (una isla francesa en el Caribe) en junio de 2027. ¡Obtenga más información al respecto!

 

3 de noviembre: ¡Ayúdenos a realizar nuestra venta de productos horneados el Día de las Elecciones! (Una forma sencilla de colaborar)

La PTSA organizará una venta de productos horneados el martes 3 de noviembre, de 8:00 a.m. a 12:00 p.m., con motivo del Día de las Elecciones, ¡y necesitamos su ayuda! Por favor, inscríbase para donar productos horneados u otros artículos para la venta, y/o para ayudar a atender el puesto. ¡Consulte el formulario de inscripción para la venta de productos horneados si desea obtener más detalles o brindar su apoyo!

 

12 de noviembre: Noche Multicultural Anual de TPMS

Invitamos a los estudiantes, al personal y a sus familias a compartir y experimentar las culturas, tradiciones e historias únicas que hacen que nuestra escuela sea tan vibrante. ¡Se trata de un evento estilo exposición que incluirá presentaciones, mesas informativas y mucho más! ¡Obtenga más información e inscríbase para participar a través de nuestra página web!

 

Noticias y Defensa de Intereses de la MCCPTA

Fecha límite: 6 de noviembre para enviar comentarios sobre los cambios propuestos a la política de excursiones escolares

La Junta de Educación (Board of Education, BOE) solicita comentarios del público sobre la propuesta de MCPS para modificar la política del distrito respecto a las excursiones escolares. Los cambios clave propuestos incluyen: (1) prohibir, en la práctica, las excursiones que conmemoran la promoción escolar —por ejemplo, viajes como el de fin de curso de los estudiantes de octavo grado de la escuela Julius West a Kings Dominion—; y (2) prohibir las excursiones que requieran la firma de exenciones de responsabilidad por parte de los padres o tutores, como aquellas a lugares tipo “Sandy Spring Adventure Park”. Invitamos a los miembros de la PTA a expresar sus opiniones sobre estos cambios propuestos enviando un correo electrónico a boe@mcpsmd.org o completando una breve encuesta de MCPS antes de la fecha límite del 6 de noviembre. Se espera que la Junta de Educación tome una decisión definitiva en febrero de 2027. Consulte la presentación de MCPS. Revise los cambios propuestos.

 

MCPS ofrecerá inglés avanzado en la escuela intermedia (middle school) e inglés de nivel “Honors” en el noveno grado

El jueves, la Junta de Educación aprobó la propuesta de MCPS para el Programa de Estudios 2027-28. Cabe destacar que este programa incluye inglés avanzado para cada año de la escuela intermedia e inglés de nivel “Honors” en el noveno grado, además de los cursos correspondientes al nivel académico de cada grado. El Comité de Educación para Estudiantes con Altas Capacidades (Gifted Education Committee) de la MCCPTA ha abogado durante mucho tiempo por la inclusión de inglés avanzado en la escuela intermedia e inglés de nivel “Honors” en el noveno grado, con el fin de satisfacer las necesidades de los estudiantes que califican para programas de enriquecimiento académico. Política BLB

(Reglas de procedimiento para apelaciones y audiencias): Describe las normas procedimentales que rigen las apelaciones y audiencias ante la Junta de Educación.

 

ቀደም ሲል የተላከ የዜና መጽሔት (newsletter) ወይም ሌላ የPTSA መረጃ እንዳያመልጥዎ ይፈልጋሉ?

 

በዚህ ሳምንት፡ የመኸር ወቅት የአባልነት ዘመቻችን የመጨረሻ ምዕራፍ

ከአባልነት ግባችን 80 በመቶ ያህሉ ላይ ደርሰናል። ለዚህ ዓመት ሁሉም ሰው በPTSA (የወላጆች፣ መምህራን እና ተማሪዎች ማህበር) ውስጥ እንዲመዘገብ እንፈልጋለን። ከሁሉም በላይ ደግሞ… መመዝገብ ሙሉ በሙሉ ነፃ ነው! ቅጹን እዚህ ይሙሉት (ከ5 ደቂቃ ያነሰ ጊዜ ብቻ ነው የሚወስደው)።

ተጨማሪ ድጋፍ ማድረግ ይፈልጋሉ? ሌሎች የTPMS ወዳጆችዎንም እንዲመዘገቡ ያበረታቱ። ብዙ ሰዎች በተመዘገቡ ቁጥር፣ የTPMS ማህበረሰብ የበለጠ ጠንካራ፣ ንቁ እና ተሳትፎው የጎላ ይሆናል። በተጨማሪም፣ የእርስዎ አባልነት ለልጅዎ ‘ሃውስ’ (House) አንድ ነጥብ ያስገኛል፤ ስለዚህ ጓደኞችዎን ሲያመጡ ለ’ሃውስ’ዎ የሚሰበሰበውን ነጥብ ማሳደግ ይችላሉ። ቅጹን እዚህ ይሙሉት።

በ’ሃውስ’ አባልነት ውድድራችን ላይ የተገኘ አዲስ መረጃ፡ በዚህ ሳምንት ‘ሃውስ ኢንኳየር’ (House Inquire) ወደ መሪነት ተሸጋግሯል! እነዚህ ቁጥሮች በየሳምንቱ እየተለዋወጡ ነው፣ ስለዚህ አሁንም የማሸነፍ እድል አለ! ያስታውሱ፡ አሸናፊው ‘ሃውስ’ ሽልማት (ማለትም ልዩ መስተንግዶ) ያገኛል። ልጅዎ ጓደኞቹን ካመጣ፣ የእሱ ‘ሃውስ’ አሁንም አሸናፊ ሊሆን ይችላል!

 

የመኸር የገንዘብ ማሰባሰቢያ፡ ዛሬውኑ ልገሳ ያድርጉ!

ለት/ቤታችን እና ለማህበረሰብ እንቅስቃሴዎቻችን (ጭፈራዎች፣ የመስክ ጉዞዎች፣ አነስተኛ የገንዘብ ድጋፍ፣ የመምህራን/የሰራተኞች አድናቆት እና ሌሎችም) የገንዘብ ድጋፍ ለማድረግ፣ ይህን ለማድረግ ገንዘብ ማሰባሰባችን ወሳኝ ነው። እስከ ህዳር 1 ድረስ ለመድረስ 14,000 ዶላር የሚደርስ ግብ አለን፣ በአሁኑ ጊዜ 11,000 ዶላር ላይ ነን። የምንሰበስበው እያንዳንዱ ዶላር በቀጥታ ወደ ማህበረሰቡ ስለሚመለስ እባክዎን ዛሬ ልገሳ ለማድረግ ያስቡበት። አመሰግናለሁ! ለመኸር የገንዘብ ማሰባሰቢያችን ይለግሱ!

ሐሙስ፣ ጥቅምት 29፡ የማርቲኒክ የጉዞ መረጃ ስብሰባ

የTPMS የፈረንሳይ ቋንቋ አስተማሪዎች፣ ኤምኤ ሪቢዬሬ እና ኤምኤ ፊንክሌአ፣ በሰኔ 2027 ወደ ማርቲኒክ (የፈረንሳይ ካሪቢያን ደሴት) ጉዞ ይመራሉ። ስለዚህ የበለጠ ይወቁ።

 

ህዳር 3፡ የምርጫ ቀን የመጋገሪያ ሽያጣችን እንዲሳካ ያግዙ (ዝቅተኛ ጥረት የሚስብ)

PTSA ማክሰኞ፣ ህዳር 3 ከጠዋቱ 8 ሰዓት እስከ ምሽቱ 12 ሰዓት የምርጫ ቀን የመጋገሪያ ሽያጣ እያስተናገደ ነው፣ እና የእርስዎን እርዳታ እንፈልጋለን። የተጋገሩ እቃዎችን እና ሌሎች እቃዎችን ለሽያጭ ለመለገስ እና/ወይም የመጋገሪያ ሽያጣ ጠረጴዛውን ሰራተኞች ለመርዳት ይመዝገቡ። ለተጨማሪ ዝርዝሮች እና ለመርዳት እባክዎን የመጋገሪያ ሽያጣ ምዝገባን ይመልከቱ!

ህዳር 12፡ ዓመታዊ የTPMS ባለብዙ ባህል ምሽት

ተማሪዎች፣ ሰራተኞች እና ቤተሰቦችዎ ትምህርት ቤታችንን በጣም ሕያው የሚያደርጉ ልዩ ባህሎችን፣ ወጎችን እና ታሪኮችን እንዲያካፍሉ እና እንዲለማመዱ ተጋብዘዋል። ይህ የአፈፃፀም፣ የጠረጴዛ ማሳያዎች እና ሌሎችም ማሳያ ያለው የኤግዚቢሽን አይነት ዝግጅት ነው! ተጨማሪ ይወቁ እና በድረ-ገጻችን ላይ ለመሳተፍ ይመዝገቡ!

 

የMCCPTA ዜና እና ተሟጋች

ህዳር 6 በመስክ ጉዞ ፖሊሲ ላይ በተደረጉ የታቀዱ ለውጦች ላይ አስተያየት ለመስጠት የመጨረሻ ቀን

የትምህርት ቦርዱ የዲስትሪክቱን የመስክ ጉዞ ፖሊሲ ለማሻሻል በMCPS ሀሳብ ላይ የህዝብ አስተያየት እየፈለገ ነው። የታቀዱት ዋና ዋና ለውጦች የሚከተሉትን ያካትታሉ (1) ማስተዋወቂያን የሚያስታውሱ የመስክ ጉዞዎችን ውጤታማ በሆነ መንገድ መከልከል — ማለትም እንደ ጁሊየስ ዌስት ለ8ኛ ክፍል ተማሪዎች የዓመቱ መጨረሻ ወደ ኪንግስ ዶሚኒዮን ጉዞ ያሉ የመስክ ጉዞዎችን፤ እና (2) እንደ ሳንዲ ስፕሪንግ አድቬንቸር ፓርክ ያሉ ወደተወሰኑ ቦታዎች የሚደረጉ ጉዞዎችን የመሳሰሉ የተማሪዎች መከልከልን የሚከለክሉ ጉዞዎችን። የPTA አባላት በኖቬምበር 6 የመጨረሻ ቀን ላይ ወደ boe@mcpsmd.org ኢሜይል በመላክ ወይም የMCPSን አጭር የዳሰሳ ጥናት በማጠናቀቅ በእነዚህ የታቀዱ ለውጦች ላይ አስተያየታቸውን እንዲሰጡ እናበረታታለን። የBOE በየካቲት 2027 የመጨረሻ እርምጃ እንደሚወስድ ይጠበቃል። የMCPSን አቀራረብ ይገምግሙ። የታቀዱትን ለውጦች ይገምግሙ።

 

MCPS በመካከለኛ ደረጃ ትምህርት ቤት የላቀ እንግሊዝኛ እና የእንግሊዘኛ ክብር ይሰጣል 9

የትምህርት ቦርድ ሐሙስ ዕለት የMCPSን የ2027-28 የጥናት ፕሮግራም አጽድቋል። በሚያስገርም ሁኔታ፣ የጥናት ፕሮግራሙ በእያንዳንዱ የመካከለኛ ደረጃ ትምህርት ቤት ዓመት የላቀ እንግሊዝኛ እና በ9ኛ ክፍል በየዓመቱ ከክፍል ደረጃ ኮርሶች በተጨማሪ እንግሊዝኛን ያካትታል። የMCCPTA የባለተሰጥኦ ትምህርት ኮሚቴ ለበለጸጉ ተማሪዎች ፍላጎቶች ለማሟላት በመካከለኛ ደረጃ ትምህርት ቤት የላቀ እንግሊዝኛ እና የክብር እንግሊዝኛ 9 እንዲጨመር ለረጅም ጊዜ ሲደግፍ ቆይቷል። ፖሊሲ BLB

(በይግባኝ እና በችሎቶች ውስጥ የአሠራር ደንቦች)፡ በቦርዱ ፊት የሚቀርቡ ይግባኝ እና ችሎቶችን የሚመለከቱ የአሰራር ደንቦችን ይዘረዝራል።

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Nov 12 – TPMS Annual Multicultural Night 2026!

November 12th from 6-8pm

TPMS Cafeteria

Showcase your family’s culture or country of origin!  This is an expo-style showcase event with table displays, foods or treats representative of the culture, and performances by students and/or families. 

Read the English Flyer or the Spanish Flyer  to learn how to highlight your culture at Multicultural Night.

Students & Teachers Tap HERE to Sign Up for

  • Table displays
  • Interactive Activites
  • Performances
  • Cuisine Sampling (Please note that this event only offers small samples, do not expect have or serve a meal. Please eat before coming!)

*Students will earn SSL hours for bringing food to sample, making an interactive cultural activity, creating table displays or giving a performance.  They will not receive SSL hours for attendance only.  More info in the flyer links above.

Parents & Caregiver Volunteers Tap HERE to Sign Up for: 

  • Help set up
  • Help cleanup
  • Bring a traditional dish or drink
  • Host a cultural display or crafts table (that is different from your student’s)

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Oct 29 – Martinique Trip Information Meeting

TPMS French Language Teachers, Mme Ribière and Mme Finklea, will be leading a trip to Martinique (French Caribbean island) in June 2027.

From Mme Finklea:
We will be leading a trip to Martinique (French Caribbean island) in June 2027 (right after school gets out).
This trip is not an MCPS sponsored trip, but we organize the trip as an opportunity for students to have contact with native French speakers in a unique cultural setting. We will be having an informational meeting about the trip on Thurs Oct 29 at 7:30 on Zoom.  Please let me know if you have any questions! Here is a link to the trip flyer.
Best,
Mme Finklea
Zoom details:

Suzel Ribiere is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: My Meeting
Time: Oct 29, 2026 07:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us05web.zoom.us/j/88327669594?pwd=2vYWEmOpyI2UYibbJPKYhEUdDBp2bD.1

Join and take notes
https://us05web.zoom.us/j/88327669594?pwd=2vYWEmOpyI2UYibbJPKYhEUdDBp2bD.1&mynotes=on

Meeting chat link
https://us05web.zoom.us/launch/jc/88327669594

Meeting ID: 883 2766 9594
Passcode: Martinique

Join instructions
https://us05web.zoom.us/meetings/88327669594/invitations?signature=8f4BF9ILUhWHh74luvsuaSmmFIOX-jJSfzOE8tv77yk

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Blue Devil Digest for Week of October 19, 2026 (PTSA Weekly Newsletter)

boletín informativo en español / ጋዜጣ በአማርኛ

Think you missed a previous newsletter or other PTSA information?  

 

Membership Update: Join and Bring a Friend!

We are close to 70 percent of our membership goal. We need everyone to join the PTSA for this year. Best of all … it’s FREE to join. Fill out our form here (it takes less than 5 minutes) 

Want to help even more? Encourage your TPMS friends to join as well. The more who join means a stronger, more vibrant and engaged TPMS community. As an added bonus, your membership earns a point for your student’s house. So, when you bring your friends, you can increase your House numbers.Fill out our form here.

Newest update: the Respect House has increased their lead. Don’t forget: the winning house gets a treat. Right now, Share + Inquire are right behind the Respect House … Triumph, Value, and Engage could still win if they bring friends along!

 

Fundraising Update: Please Help!

In order to provide funding for our school and community activities, (dances, field trips, mini-grants, teacher/staff appreciation, and so much more) it is critical that we raise funds to do so. We have a target goal of $14,000 to reach by Nov. 1. Please consider making a donation today as every dollar we collect goes straight back into the community. Thank you! Donate to our Fall Fundraiser!

 

Upcoming

  • Mark your calendars for Multicultural Night on Nov 12.  Sign up form for performances, displays and food.
  • Volunteers needed: The PTSA is hosting an Election Day bake sale from 8 am-12 pm on Tuesday, November 3rd, and we need your help. Please sign up to donate baked goods and other items to the sale, and/or to help staff the bake sale table. Please see the Bake Sale Sign-up for more details and to help!
  • An ask: to donate items or services for our Spring Silent Auction, or join the committee to help. For info email: ann.w.gordon@gmail.com

October PTSA Meeting Presentation, Agenda, and Meeting Minutes

Missed the last PTSA meeting? No problem. The October PTSA Meeting presentation (with links), agenda, and meeting minutes can be found here:  https://www.tpmspta.org/2026october-ptsa-meeting/

 

Special Thanks 

Teacher Appreciation Committee Chair Alisa Obrien, Ramata Diop, and all the volunteers who helped with the Teachers Professional Day luncheon on Friday, Oct 16. The lunch was well received by teachers and staff.  Alisa and Ramata power what’s possible!  Thank you!

 

MCCPTA News & Advocacy

The Board of Education (BOE) is seeking input on changes to their Field Trip Policy

We believe that in the current language “Educational” may be applied too narrowly. The policy suggests trips would need to fit a strict rubric of educational outcomes, which could leave little room for experiences that build teamwork, confidence, and community. What you can do: Read the proposed policy, and share your thoughts with the Board of Education through the survey. 

The ‘hunger games signup’ for public comment is roiling Montgomery County PTAs

Parent leaders are losing allocated time at the microphone to weigh in on the capital budget. Read about it in the Baltimore Banner

 

¿Crees que te perdiste algún boletín anterior u otra información de la PTSA?

 

Actualización de membresía: ¡Únete y trae a un amigo!

Estamos cerca del 70% de nuestra meta de membresía. Necesitamos que todos se unan a la PTSA este año. Lo mejor de todo… ¡la membresía es GRATIS! Completa nuestro formulario aquí (te tomará menos de 5 minutos).

¿Quieres ayudar aún más? Anima a tus amigos de TPMS a unirse también. Cuantos más se unan, más fuerte, dinámica y participativa será la comunidad de TPMS. Además, tu membresía suma un punto para la casa de tu hijo/a. Así que, cuando traigas a tus amigos, puedes aumentar el número de miembros de tu casa. Completa nuestro formulario aquí.

Última actualización: la Casa del Respeto ha aumentado su ventaja. No lo olvides: la casa ganadora recibe un premio. En este momento, Compartir + Indagar está justo detrás de la Casa del Respeto… ¡Triunfo, Valor y Participación aún podrían ganar si traen amigos!

 

Actualización sobre la recaudación de fondos: ¡Necesitamos su ayuda!

Para poder financiar nuestras actividades escolares y comunitarias (bailes, excursiones, pequeñas subvenciones, iniciativas de reconocimiento al personal docente y administrativo, ¡y mucho más!), es fundamental que recaudemos fondos. Nos hemos propuesto alcanzar una meta de $14,000 para el 1 de noviembre. Por favor, considere hacer una donación hoy mismo; cada dólar que recaudamos se destina directamente a nuestra comunidad. ¡Gracias! ¡Participe en nuestra campaña de recaudación de fondos de otoño!

 

Próximos eventos

 

Presentación, orden del día y acta de la reunión de la PTSA de octubre

¿Te perdiste la última reunión de la PTSA? No hay problema. Puedes encontrar la presentación (con enlaces), el orden del día y el acta de la reunión de la PTSA de octubre aquí: https://www.tpmspta.org/2026october-ptsa-meeting/

 

Agradecimientos especiales

Un agradecimiento a Alisa Obrien, presidenta del Comité de Reconocimiento al Personal Docente, a Ramata Diop y a todos los voluntarios que colaboraron en el almuerzo del Día de Desarrollo Profesional Docente, celebrado el viernes 16 de octubre. El almuerzo fue muy bien recibido por los docentes y el personal. ¡Alisa y Ramata hacen posible que las cosas sucedan! ¡Gracias!

 

Noticias y defensa de intereses de la MCCPTA

La Junta de Educación (BOE, por sus siglas en inglés) solicita opiniones sobre cambios en su política de excursiones escolares.

Consideramos que, en la redacción actual, el término «educativo» podría interpretarse de manera demasiado restrictiva. La política sugiere que las excursiones deben ajustarse a criterios estrictos de resultados educativos, lo cual dejaría poco margen para experiencias que fomenten el trabajo en equipo, la confianza y el sentido de comunidad. ¿Qué puede hacer usted? Lea la política propuesta y comparta sus opiniones con la Junta de Educación a través de la encuesta.

El proceso de inscripción para los comentarios públicos —apodado «los juegos del hambre»— está causando gran malestar entre las asociaciones de padres y maestros (PTA) del condado de Montgomery.

Los padres representantes están perdiendo el tiempo que tenían asignado para intervenir ante el micrófono y expresar sus opiniones sobre el presupuesto de capital. Lea más al respecto en el *Baltimore Banner*.

 

 

ቀደም ሲል የተላከ የዜና መጽሔት (newsletter) ወይም ሌላ የPTSA መረጃ እንዳያመልጥዎ ይፈልጋሉ?

 

የአባልነት ወቅታዊ መረጃ፡ አባል ይሁኑ፣ ጓደኛም ይዘው ይምጡ!

ከአባልነት ግባችን 70 በመቶ ያህሉ ላይ ደርሰናል። ለዚህ ዓመት ሁሉም ሰው በPTSA (የወላጆች፣ መምህራን እና ተማሪዎች ማህበር) ውስጥ እንዲመዘገብ እንፈልጋለን። ከሁሉም በላይ ደግሞ… መመዝገብ ሙሉ በሙሉ ነፃ ነው! ቅጹን እዚህ ይሙሉት (ከ5 ደቂቃ ያነሰ ጊዜ ብቻ ነው የሚወስደው)።

ተጨማሪ ድጋፍ ማድረግ ይፈልጋሉ? ሌሎች የTPMS ወዳጆችዎም አባል እንዲሆኑ ያበረታቱ። ብዙ ሰዎች በተሳተፉ ቁጥር፣ የTPMS ማህበረሰብ የበለጠ ጠንካራ፣ ንቁ እና ተሳትፎው የጎላ ይሆናል። እንደ ተጨማሪ ጥቅም፣ የእርስዎ አባልነት ለልጅዎ ‘ሃውስ’ (House/ቡድን) አንድ ነጥብ ያስገኛል። ስለዚህ፣ ጓደኞችዎን ሲያመጡ ለቡድንዎ (House) የሚሰበሰበውን ነጥብ መጨመር ይችላሉ። ቅጹን እዚህ ይሙሉት።

የቅርብ ጊዜ መረጃ፡ ‘Respect House’ (የአክብሮት ቡድን) መሪነቱን አጠናክሯል። ያስታውሱ፡ አሸናፊው ቡድን ሽልማት (ማስተናገጃ) ያገኛል! በአሁኑ ሰዓት ‘Share’ እና ‘Inquire’ የተባሉት ቡድኖች ከ’Respect House’ በመጠኑ ብቻ ነው የሚያንሱት… እንዲሁም ‘Triumph’፣ ‘Value’ እና ‘Engage’ የተባሉት ቡድኖችም ተጨማሪ ሰዎችን በማምጣት አሸናፊ መሆን ይችላሉ!

 

የገንዘብ ማሰባሰቢያ ዝመና፡ እባክዎን እርዱኝ!

ለትምህርት ቤታችን እና ለማህበረሰብ እንቅስቃሴዎቻችን (ጭፈራዎች፣ የመስክ ጉዞዎች፣ አነስተኛ የገንዘብ ድጋፍ፣ የመምህራን/የሰራተኞች አድናቆት እና ሌሎችም) የገንዘብ ድጋፍ ለማድረግ ገንዘብ ማሰባሰባችን ወሳኝ ነው። እስከ ህዳር 1 ድረስ 14,000 ዶላር ለመድረስ ግብ አለን። የምንሰበስበው እያንዳንዱ ዶላር በቀጥታ ወደ ማህበረሰቡ ስለሚመለስ እባክዎን ዛሬ ልገሳ ለማድረግ ያስቡበት። አመሰግናለሁ! ለክረምት የገንዘብ ማሰባሰቢያችን ይለግሱ!

 

መጪ

 

የጥቅምት PTSA የስብሰባ አቀራረብ፣ አጀንዳ እና የስብሰባ ደቂቃዎች

የመጨረሻውን የPTSA ስብሰባ አምልጦዎታል? ችግር የለም። የጥቅምት PTSA የስብሰባ አቀራረብ (ከአገናኞች ጋር)፣ አጀንዳ እና የስብሰባ ደቂቃዎች እዚህ ይገኛሉ፦ https://www.tpmspta.org/2026october-ptsa-meeting/

 

ልዩ ምስጋና

የመምህራን አድናቆት ኮሚቴ ሊቀመንበር አሊሳ ኦብሪየን፣ ራማታ ዲዮፕ እና አርብ፣ ጥቅምት 16 ቀን በመምህራን ሙያዊ ቀን የምሳ ግብዣ ላይ የረዱት በጎ ፈቃደኞች በሙሉ። ምሳው በመምህራን እና በሰራተኞች ዘንድ ጥሩ ተቀባይነት አግኝቷል። አሊሳ እና ራማታ ምን ሊሆን ይችላል! አመሰግናለሁ!

 

የMCCPTA ዜና እና ተሟጋችነት

የትምህርት ቦርድ (BOE) በመስክ ጉዞ ፖሊሲያቸው ላይ በሚደረጉ ለውጦች ላይ አስተያየት እየፈለገ ነው

በአሁኑ ቋንቋ “ትምህርታዊ” በጣም ጠባብ በሆነ መልኩ ሊተገበር እንደሚችል እናምናለን። ፖሊሲው ጉዞዎች ጥብቅ የትምህርት ውጤቶችን ዝርዝር ማሟላት እንደሚያስፈልጋቸው ይጠቁማል፣ ይህም የቡድን ስራ፣ በራስ መተማመን እና ማህበረሰብን ለሚገነቡ ልምዶች ትንሽ ቦታ ሊተው ይችላል። ማድረግ የሚችሉት፡ የቀረበውን ፖሊሲ ያንብቡ እና በዳሰሳ ጥናቱ አማካኝነት ሀሳቦችዎን ከትምህርት ቦርድ ጋር ያጋሩ።

ለሕዝብ አስተያየት ‘የረሃብ ጨዋታዎች ምዝገባ’ የሞንትጎመሪ ካውንቲ PTAs እያሽቆለቆለ ነው።

የወላጅ መሪዎች በካፒታል በጀት ላይ ለመመዘን የተመደበውን ጊዜ በማይክሮፎኑ እያጡ ነው። ስለሱ በባልቲሞር ባነር ላይ ያንብቡት።

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October PTSA Meeting

On October 13, 2026 we hosted our second PTSA Meeting of the year over zoom.

The agenda:

  • An ask for help with our Teacher Appreciation luncheon on Oct 16. Sign up genius.
  • Mark your calendars for Multicultural Night on Nov 12.  Sign up form for performances, displays and food.
  • An ask to donate items or services for our Spring Silent Auction, or join the committee to help. For info email: ann.w.gordon@gmail.com
  • Update on our Membership Drive. Get to 290 members by 11/1.
  • Update on our Fundraising Drive.  We’re behind in our fundrasing from last year.  We want to be at $14000 by 11/1, and we are currently at $9000.
  • A presentation from students on the school dance “Neon Night” on Nov 20. And an ask for food and drinks from the PTSA, + chaperones.  See the presentation, and Sign up to be a chaperone.
  • A monthly budget update from our treasurer.
  • An overview Financial Review of PTSA finances recently completed by a financial review committee.
  • A presentation on the new Math Curriculum from Mr. Einhorn and Math Specialist Mr. Colwander. They explained the new curriculum MCPS has implemented, how it’s being rolled out, and information acceleration.  Presentation here.
  • Next PTSA meeting is Tue, Nov 10 over Zoom.

Students that attend our PTSA meetings recieve SSL hours.

To receive SSL hours your student must:

  1. sign-in thru the form linked in the meeting chat towards the meeting’s end.
  2. Then go to the main office the next day to pick up the SSL form.
  3. The student must complete the SSL form and return it to the main office.

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Blue Devil Digest for Week of October 12, 2026 (PTSA Weekly Newsletter)

boletín informativo en español / ጋዜጣ በአማርኛ

Think you missed a previous newsletter or other PTSA information?  

 

TOMORROW (TUESDAY): Virtual PTSA Meeting @ 7 pm

This month’s virtual PTSA meeting will focus on the new Desmos math curriculum. Mr. Colwander (Math Content Specialist) and Mr. Einhorn (Magnet Coordinator) will co-facilitate this session! Interpretation will be available (Amharic, French and Spanish).

Here is the link to Tuesday night’s PTSA meeting: https://mcpsmd.zoom.us/j/89138360552?pwd=FXHpVsrcZJY2BwLlv0iUe5Va61ahjF.1

Meeting ID: 891 3836 0552 Passcode: 811476

 

NEEDED: Help with Staff Appreciation this Friday

The PTSA is providing the staff with a luncheon this Friday, October 16. We are asking for parent volunteers to assist with set up and break down as well as dessert donations. Please use THIS LINK to sign up to assist in a variety of ways.

 

PTSA Update: 3 Weeks to Reach 2 Goals

Your PTSA is working hard to provide funding and enrichment opportunities throughout the TPMS community. But we can only provide this support with your help, and we have three weeks left to reach two very important goals.

Goal 1: Double Our Membership by the End of the Month

We’re about halfway to our membership goal, so we need everyone to join the PTSA for this year. Best of all … it’s FREE to join. Fill out our form here (it takes less than 5 minutes) and BOOM, you’ve done your part to help us reach our goal. Want to help even more? Encourage your TPMS friends to join as well. The more who join means a stronger, more vibrant and engaged TPMS community. Again, it’s FREE TO JOIN!

As an added bonus, your membership earns a point for your student’s house. Newest update: for the most current count, the Respect House has taken the lead, followed closely by Share and Inquire. 

Below: Newest PTSA Membership Tally

Goal 2: Hit Our End-of-Month Fundraising Target

In order to provide funding for our school and community activities, (dances, field trips, mini-grants, teacher/staff appreciation, and so much more) it is critical that we raise funds to do so. We have a target goal of $14,000 to reach by Nov. 1 and we are about 60% of the way there. Please consider making a donation today as every dollar we collect goes straight back into the community. Thank you! Donate to our Fall Fundraiser!

 

SAVE THE DATE: TPMS Annual Multicultural Night 

Date: November 12th
Location: TPMS School Cafeteria

From: 6 – 8 PM

Join us for a wonderful evening celebrating the diverse cultures that make our school community so special! ❤️

The evening will feature:
 🍽️ Delicious cultural foods
 🎭 Student performances
 🎨 Cultural displays and exhibits

📣 Stay tuned! Sign-ups will be opening soon for families and students who would like to:

  • 🍲 Bring food to share
  • 🎤 Perform and showcase their talents
  • 🌎 Display and share their culture and traditions with our community

Let’s come together to celebrate our diversity, share our traditions, and build a stronger school community!

We look forward to celebrating with you! 🎉

MCCPTA News & Advocacy

Regional Programs Showcase Survey

Have you been to one of the Regional Program showcases? The Regional Program Center Committee would love to hear more about the content and structure of this fall’s high school showcases!  Please fill out this survey to share your impressions.

 

60 Minutes of Middle School Math: What You Should Know and What You Can Do

Information regarding proposed district wide bell schedule changes that impact Middle Schoolers. Please note: the district’s decision has been delayed a year (more info here), but the questions will remain the same for next year too. Read more: https://www.tpmspta.org/60-minutes-of-middle-school-math-what-you-should-know-and-what-you-can-do/ 

MCPS delays decision on how to expand core content 

Options could include decreasing elective time, eliminating special elective offerings in middle school.  This Article talks about information found in our other article entitled “60 minutes of middle school math…” Read more: https://bethesdamagazine.com/2026/10/12/mcps-core-content-decision/ 

 

In the News: ‘The real problem is staring us right in the face’: What should MCPS do about screens in the classroom? 

MCCPTA held listening session to discuss technology in schools: https://bethesdamagazine.com/2026/10/07/mcps-screen-time-listening-session/ 

 

MCCPTA Presentation on AI Literacy 

Kevin Shindel (former Blair HS teacher and currently at HCPSS) presented on Critical AI Literacy for the MCCPTA Tech Committee and SBS-MCPS’s community meetings. His presentation was dynamically presented and thought-provoking. You can watch the recording here.

Community Meetings will take place every other Friday at noon. You can register for the series here. For the next meeting on October 16, longtime national screens in schools advocate and former MCPS parent and MCCPTA Tech Committee Chair Lisa Cline will be joining as a special guest! 

Screen Use Listening Session

On October 5, MCCPTA Tech Committee and SBS-MCPS held a listening session for Montgomery County policymakers and candidates at the Rockville Library. The event was entirely screen-free (resulting in an incredibly attentive audience!) and included parent presentations on all aspects of screen use in schools. 

In attendance were parents, teachers and students, as well as the list of electeds, candidates, and community partners below. 

Attendees were provided info-sheets, available at this SBS-MCPS Shared Resources folder.

We also shared recommendations for MCPS based on results from our recent survey: SBS-MCPS Survey Report – Screen Use Recommendations for MCPS.

 

¿Crees que te perdiste algún boletín anterior u otra información de la PTSA?

 

MAÑANA: Reunión virtual de la PTSA a las 7:00 p. m.

La reunión virtual de la PTSA de este mes se centrará en el nuevo plan de estudios de matemáticas de Desmos. El Sr. Colwander (especialista en contenido de matemáticas) y el Sr. Einhorn (coordinador del programa Magnet) dirigirán conjuntamente esta sesión. Habrá servicio de interpretación disponible (amárico, francés y español).

Aquí tiene el enlace para la reunión de la PTSA del martes por la noche: https://mcpsmd.zoom.us/j/89138360552?pwd=FXHpVsrcZJY2BwLlv0iUe5Va61ahjF.1

ID de la reunión: 891 3836 0552 Código de acceso: 811476

 

SE NECESITA: Ayuda para el evento de agradecimiento al personal este viernes

La PTSA ofrecerá un almuerzo al personal este viernes 16 de octubre. Solicitamos la colaboración de padres voluntarios para ayudar con el montaje y el desmontaje, así como para donar postres. Por favor, utilice ESTE ENLACE para inscribirse y ayudar de diversas maneras.

 

Actualización de la PTSA: 3 semanas para alcanzar 2 objetivos

Su PTSA trabaja arduamente para proporcionar fondos y oportunidades de enriquecimiento en toda la comunidad de TPMS. Sin embargo, solo podemos brindar este apoyo con su ayuda, y nos quedan tres semanas para alcanzar dos objetivos muy importantes.

Objetivo 1: Duplicar nuestra membresía para finales de mes

Estamos aproximadamente a mitad de camino de nuestra meta de membresía, por lo que necesitamos que todos se unan a la PTSA este año. Lo mejor de todo… unirse es GRATIS. Complete nuestro formulario aquí (toma menos de 5 minutos) y ¡listo!, habrá hecho su parte para ayudarnos a alcanzar nuestra meta. ¿Quiere ayudar aún más? Anime a sus amigos de TPMS a unirse también. Cuantas más personas se unan, más fuerte, dinámica y participativa será la comunidad de TPMS. ¡Repetimos: unirse es GRATIS!

Como beneficio adicional, su membresía suma un punto para la “casa” (grupo escolar) de su estudiante. Última actualización: según el recuento más reciente, la casa “Respect” (Respeto) ha tomado la delantera, seguida de cerca por “Share” (Compartir) e “Inquire” (Indagar).

Objetivo 2: Alcanzar nuestra meta de recaudación de fondos de fin de mes

Para financiar nuestras actividades escolares y comunitarias (bailes, excursiones, pequeñas subvenciones, eventos de agradecimiento al personal docente y administrativo, y mucho más), es fundamental recaudar fondos. Tenemos una meta de $14,000 para el 1 de noviembre y ya hemos logrado cerca del 60% de ese objetivo. Por favor, considere hacer una donación hoy mismo, ya que cada dólar recaudado se destina directamente a la comunidad. ¡Gracias! ¡Done a nuestra campaña de recaudación de fondos de otoño!

 

¡RESERVE LA FECHA! Noche Multicultural Anual de TPMS

Fecha: 12 de noviembre
Lugar: Cafetería de la escuela TPMS

Horario: De 6:00 p. m. a 8:00 p. m.

¡Acompáñenos en una velada maravillosa para celebrar las diversas culturas que hacen que nuestra comunidad escolar sea tan especial!

La velada contará con:
Deliciosa comida de diversas culturas
Presentaciones de los estudiantes
Muestras y exhibiciones culturales

¡Esté atento! Pronto se abrirán las inscripciones para las familias y los estudiantes que deseen:

Traer comida para compartir
Actuar y mostrar sus talentos
Exhibir y compartir su cultura y tradiciones con nuestra comunidad
¡Unámonos para celebrar nuestra diversidad, compartir nuestras tradiciones y construir una comunidad escolar más fuerte!

¡Esperamos celebrar con ustedes!

 

Noticias y defensa de intereses de la MCCPTA

Encuesta sobre las presentaciones de los programas regionales

¿Ha asistido a alguna de las presentaciones de los programas regionales? Al Comité del Centro de Programas Regionales le gustaría conocer su opinión sobre el contenido y la estructura de las presentaciones para escuelas secundarias (high school) realizadas este otoño. Por favor, complete esta encuesta para compartir sus impresiones.

 

60 minutos de matemáticas en la escuela intermedia (middle school): lo que debe saber y lo que puede hacer

Información sobre los cambios propuestos en los horarios escolares de todo el distrito que afectan a los estudiantes de escuela intermedia. Nota: la decisión del distrito se ha pospuesto un año (más información aquí), pero las preguntas seguirán siendo las mismas para el próximo año. Lea más en: https://www.tpmspta.org/60-minutes-of-middle-school-math-what-you-should-know-and-what-you-can-do/

 

MCPS pospone la decisión sobre cómo ampliar las materias troncales

Entre las opciones se barajan reducir el tiempo dedicado a asignaturas optativas o eliminar la oferta de optativas especiales en las escuelas de enseñanza media (*middle school*). Este artículo hace referencia a información contenida en otro artículo nuestro titulado “60 minutos de matemáticas en *middle school*…”. Lea más aquí: https://bethesdamagazine.com/2026/10/12/mcps-core-content-decision/

 

En las noticias: “El verdadero problema lo tenemos justo delante”: ¿Qué debería hacer MCPS respecto al uso de pantallas en el aula?

La MCCPTA organizó una sesión de escucha para debatir sobre la tecnología en las escuelas: https://bethesdamagazine.com/2026/10/07/mcps-screen-time-listening-session/

 

Presentación de la MCCPTA sobre alfabetización en IA

Kevin Shindel (exprofesor de Blair HS y actualmente en HCPSS) realizó una presentación sobre alfabetización crítica en IA para el Comité de Tecnología de la MCCPTA y las reuniones comunitarias de SBS-MCPS. Su presentación fue dinámica y estimulante. Puede ver la grabación aquí.

Las reuniones comunitarias se celebrarán cada dos viernes al mediodía. Puede inscribirse en el ciclo de reuniones aquí. Para la próxima reunión, el 16 de octubre, contaremos con una invitada especial: Lisa Cline, veterana defensora a nivel nacional de la regulación de pantallas en las escuelas, así como exmadre de alumnos de MCPS y presidenta del Comité de Tecnología de la MCCPTA.

 

Sesión de escucha sobre el uso de pantallas

El 5 de octubre, el Comité de Tecnología de la MCCPTA y SBS-MCPS organizaron una sesión de escucha para legisladores y candidatos del condado de Montgomery en la Biblioteca de Rockville. El evento se desarrolló totalmente sin pantallas (¡lo que resultó en una audiencia increíblemente atenta!) e incluyó presentaciones de padres sobre diversos aspectos del uso de pantallas en las escuelas.

Asistieron padres, maestros y estudiantes, así como los funcionarios electos, candidatos y socios comunitarios que se enumeran a continuación.

Se entregaron hojas informativas a los asistentes, las cuales están disponibles en esta carpeta de recursos compartidos de SBS-MCPS.

También compartimos recomendaciones para MCPS basadas en los resultados de nuestra encuesta reciente: Informe de la encuesta de SBS-MCPS: Recomendaciones sobre el uso de pantallas para MCPS.

 

ቀደም ሲል የተላከ የዜና መጽሔት (newsletter) ወይም ሌላ የPTSA መረጃ እንዳያመልጥዎ ይፈልጋሉ?

 

ነገ፡ በኦንላይን (Virtual) የሚካሄድ የPTSA ስብሰባ – ምሽት 1 ሰዓት (7pm)

የዚህ ወር የPTSA ስብሰባ በአዲሱ የDesmos የሂሳብ ትምህርት ሥርዓተ-ትምህርት ላይ ያተኩራል። ስብሰባውን በጋራ የሚመሩት ሚስተር ኮልዋንደር (የሂሳብ ትምህርት ባለሙያ) እና ሚስተር አይንሆርን (የማግኔት ፕሮግራም አስተባባሪ) ናቸው! የትርጉም አገልግሎት (በአማርኛ፣ በፈረንሳይኛ እና በስፓኒሽ) ይቀርባል።

ለማክሰኞ ምሽቱ የPTSA ስብሰባ የሚያገለግለው ሊንክ (link) ይኸውና፡ https://mcpsmd.zoom.us/j/89138360552?pwd=FXHpVsrcZJY2BwLlv0iUe5Va61ahjF.1

የስብሰባ መለያ ቁጥር (Meeting ID)፡ 891 3836 0552 | የይለፍ ኮድ (Passcode)፡ 811476

 

ጥሪ፡ በዚህ አርብ ለሚደረገው የሰራተኞች የማመስገን ዝግጅት እርዳታ ያስፈልጋል

PTSA በዚህ አርብ፣ ኦክቶበር 16፣ ለሰራተኞች የምሳ ግብዣ እያዘጋጀ ነው። ዝግጅቱን ለማዘጋጀት እና ለማጠናቀቅ (ማስተካከል እና ማጽዳት) የሚረዱ በጎ ፈቃደኛ ወላጆችን እንዲሁም ለጣፋጭ ምግብ (dessert) የሚሆኑ መዋጮዎችን እንፈልጋለን። በተለያዩ መንገዶች ለመርዳት ለመመዝገብ እባክዎ ይህንን ሊንክ (THIS LINK) ይጠቀሙ።

 

የPTSA ወቅታዊ መረጃ፡ ሁለት ግቦችን ለማሳካት የቀሩ 3 ሳምንታት

የእርስዎ PTSA በመላው የTPMS ማህበረሰብ ውስጥ የገንዘብ ድጋፍ እና ተጨማሪ የመማሪያ/የማበልጸጊያ እድሎችን ለማቅረብ በትጋት እየሰራ ነው። ነገር ግን ይህንን ድጋፍ ማድረግ የምንችለው በእርስዎ እርዳታ ብቻ ነው፤ እንዲሁም ሁለት በጣም አስፈላጊ ግቦችን ለማሳካት ሶስት ሳምንታት ብቻ ቀርተውናል።

ግብ 1፡ በወሩ መጨረሻ የአባላትን ቁጥር በእጥፍ ማሳደግ

ለአባልነት ግባችን ግማሽ ያህሉን መንገድ ተጉዘናል፤ ስለዚህ በዚህ ዓመት ሁሉም ሰው በPTSA ውስጥ እንዲሳተፍ እንፈልጋለን። ከሁሉም በላይ ደግሞ… መቀላቀል ነጻ ነው። ቅጻችንን እዚህ ይሙሉ (ከ5 ደቂቃ ያነሰ ጊዜ ይወስዳል)፤ እናም ግባችንን እንድናሳካ የበኩልዎን ድርሻ ተወጥተዋል ማለት ነው። የበለጠ ማገዝ ይፈልጋሉ? የTPMS ጓደኞችዎም እንዲቀላቀሉ ያበረታቱ። ብዙ ሰዎች በተቀላቀሉ ቁጥር የTPMS ማህበረሰብ የበለጠ ጠንካራ፣ ንቁ እና ተሳታፊ ይሆናል። እንደገና እናስታውስዎታለን፣ መቀላቀል ነጻ ነው!

እንደ ተጨማሪ ጥቅም፣ የእርስዎ አባልነት ለልጅዎ ‘ሃውስ’ (house) አንድ ነጥብ ያስገኛል። የቅርብ ጊዜ መረጃ፡ አሁን ባለው የነጥብ ብዛት መሰረት ‘Respect House’ እየመራ ሲሆን፣ ‘Share’ እና ‘Inquire’ ሃውሶች በቅርበት ይከተሉታል።

ግብ 2፡ በወሩ መጨረሻ የሚጠበቀውን የገንዘብ ማሰባሰብ ግብ ማሳካት

ለአካዳሚክ እና ለማህበረሰብ እንቅስቃሴዎቻችን (እንደ ዳንስ ዝግጅቶች፣ የመስክ ጉዞዎች፣ አነስተኛ የገንዘብ ድጋፎች፣ የአስተማሪዎች/ሰራተኞች አድናቆት መግለጫ እና ሌሎችም) የገንዘብ ድጋፍ ለማቅረብ፣ ገንዘብ ማሰባሰብ ወሳኝ ነው። እስከ ህዳር 1 (Nov. 1) ድረስ 14,000 ዶላር የማሰባሰብ ግብ አለን፤ እስካሁን ከግቡ 60% ያህሉን አሳክተናል። እባክዎ ዛሬውኑ ልገሳ ለማድረግ ያስቡበት፤ ምክንያቱም የምንሰበስበው እያንዳንዱ ዶላር በቀጥታ ለማህበረሰቡ አገልግሎት ይውላል። እናመሰግናለን! ለበልግ ወቅት የገንዘብ ማሰባሰቢያ ፕሮግራማችን ይለግሱ!

 

ቀኑን ያስቀምጡ፡ የTPMS አመታዊ የባህል ምሽት

ቀን፡ ህዳር 12
ቦታ፡ የTPMS ትምህርት ቤት ካፌቴሪያ

ከ፡ 6 – 8 ፒኤም

የትምህርት ቤታችንን ማህበረሰብ በጣም ልዩ የሚያደርጉትን የተለያዩ ባህሎች ለማክበር አስደናቂ ምሽት ላይ ይቀላቀሉን!

ምሽቱ የሚከተሉትን ያካትታል፡
ጣፋጭ የባህል ምግቦች
የተማሪዎች ትርኢቶች
የባህል ትርኢቶች እና ኤግዚቢሽኖች

ይከታተሉን! ለመመዝገብ ለሚፈልጉ ቤተሰቦች እና ተማሪዎች በቅርቡ ይከፈታሉ፡

ምግብ ይዘው ይምጡ ተሰጥኦዎቻቸውን ይለማመዱ እና ያሳዩ ባህላቸውን እና ወጎቻቸውን ከማህበረሰባችን ጋር ያሳዩ እና ያካፍሉ
ብዝሃነታችንን ለማክበር፣ ወጎቻችንን ለማካፈል እና ጠንካራ የትምህርት ቤት ማህበረሰብ ለመገንባት አብረን እንሁን!

ከእርስዎ ጋር ለማክበር በጉጉት እንጠባበቃለን!

 

የMCCPTA ዜና እና የጥብቅና ሥራ

የክልላዊ ፕሮግራሞች ማሳያ (Showcase) ላይ የተደረገ የዳሰሳ ጥናት

በክልላዊ ፕሮግራሞች ማሳያ ዝግጅቶች ላይ ተገኝተው ያውቃሉ? የክልላዊ ፕሮግራም ማዕከል ኮሚቴ (Regional Program Center Committee) በዚህ የመከር ወቅት ስለተካሄዱት የሁለተኛ ደረጃ ትምህርት ቤት ፕሮግራም ማሳያዎች ይዘት እና አደረጃጀት ተጨማሪ አስተያየቶችን ለመስማት ይፈልጋል! እባክዎ ስሜትዎን እና አስተያየትዎን ለማካፈል ይህንን የዳሰሳ ጥናት ይሙሉ፡፡

 

የ60 ደቂቃ የመካከለኛ ደረጃ ትምህርት ቤት ሂሳብ፡ ማወቅ ያለብዎት እና ማድረግ የሚችሉት ነገሮች

በመካከለኛ ደረጃ ትምህርት ቤት ተማሪዎች ላይ ተጽዕኖ ስለሚያሳድሩት፣ በመላው የትምህርት ዲስትሪክቱ ስለታቀዱት የትምህርት ቤት የጊዜ ሰሌዳ (bell schedule) ለውጦች የሚገልጽ መረጃ። እባክዎ ልብ ይበሉ፡ የዲስትሪክቱ ውሳኔ በአንድ ዓመት እንዲዘገይ ተደርጓል (ተጨማሪ መረጃ እዚህ አለ)፤ ነገር ግን ጥያቄዎቹ ለሚቀጥለው ዓመትም ተመሳሳይ ሆነው ይቀጥላሉ። ተጨማሪ ለማንበብ፡ https://www.tpmspta.org/60-minutes-of-middle-school-math-what-you-should-know-and-what-you-can-do/

 

MCPS ዋና ዋና የትምህርት ይዘቶችን (core content) እንዴት ማስፋት እንደሚቻል ላይ የሚወስደውን ውሳኔ አዘግይቷል

ሊታዩ ከሚችሉ አማራጮች መካከል ለተጨማሪ የትምህርት አይነቶች (elective classes) የሚሰጠውን ጊዜ መቀነስ እና በመካከለኛው ደረጃ ትምህርት ቤቶች (middle schools) ውስጥ የሚሰጡ ልዩ ተጨማሪ የትምህርት አይነቶችን ማስወገድ ይገኙበታል። ይህ ጽሑፍ “60 minutes of middle school math…” በሚል ርዕስ ከቀረበው ሌላኛው ጽሑፋችን የተገኙ መረጃዎችን ያካትታል። ተጨማሪ መረጃ ለማግኘት፡ https://bethesdamagazine.com/2026/10/12/mcps-core-content-decision/

 

በዜና፡ “እውነተኛው ችግር በግልጽ ከፊታችን ተደቅኗል”፡ MCPS በክፍል ውስጥ ስላሉት ስክሪኖች (screens) ምን ማድረግ አለበት?

MCCPTA በትምህርት ቤቶች ውስጥ ስላለው የቴክኖሎጂ አጠቃቀም ለመወያየት የመወያያ መድረክ (listening session) አዘጋጅቶ ነበር፡ https://bethesdamagazine.com/2026/10/07/mcps-screen-time-listening-session/

 

ስለ አርቴፊሻል ኢንተለጀንስ (AI) ግንዛቤ ከMCCPTA የቀረበ ገለጻ

ኬቨን ሺንደል (የቀድሞ የብሌයාር ሁለተኛ ደረጃ ትምህርት ቤት መምህር እና በአሁኑ ወቅት በHCPSS የሚሰሩ) ለMCCPTA የቴክኖሎጂ ኮሚቴ እና ለSBS-MCPS የማህበረሰብ ስብሰባዎች ስለ “አስፈላጊው የAI ግንዛቤ” (Critical AI Literacy) ገለጻ አድርገዋል። ገለጻቸው በጣም አሳታፊ እና አስተሳሰብን የሚያነቃቃ ነበር። የተቀረጸውን ቪዲዮ እዚህ መመልከት ይችላሉ።

የማህበረሰብ ስብሰባዎች በየሁለት ሳምንቱ አርብ ከሰዓት (በቀትር ሰዓት) ይካሄዳሉ። ለዚህ ተከታታይ ስብሰባ እዚህ መመዝገብ ይችላሉ። ለሚቀጥለው ስብሰባ (ኦክቶበር 16)፣ በትምህርት ቤቶች ውስጥ ስላለው የስክሪን አጠቃቀም ጉዳይ ለረጅም ጊዜ ሲሟገቱ የቆዩት፣ የቀድሞ የMCPS ተማሪ ወላጅ እና የMCCPTA የቴክኖሎጂ ኮሚቴ ሰብሳቢ የሆኑት ሊዛ ክላይን (Lisa Cline) እንደ ልዩ እንግዳ ይሳተፋሉ!

 

የስክሪን አጠቃቀም ማዳመጥ ክፍለ ጊዜ

ጥቅምት 5 ቀን፣ የMCCPTA የቴክኖሎጂ ኮሚቴ እና የSBS-MCPS በሮክቪል ቤተ መጻሕፍት የሞንትጎመሪ ካውንቲ ፖሊሲ አውጪዎች እና እጩዎች የማዳመጥ ክፍለ ጊዜ አካሂደዋል። ዝግጅቱ ሙሉ በሙሉ ከስክሪን ነፃ ነበር (እጅግ በጣም በትኩረት የሚከታተል ታዳሚ አስገኝቷል!) እና በትምህርት ቤቶች ውስጥ በሁሉም የስክሪን አጠቃቀም ገጽታዎች ላይ የወላጅ አቀራረቦችን አካቷል።

በተሳታፊዎቹ ውስጥ ወላጆች፣ መምህራን እና ተማሪዎች እንዲሁም የተመረጡት፣ እጩዎች እና የማህበረሰብ አጋሮች ዝርዝር ከዚህ በታች ተገኝተዋል።

ተሳታፊዎች በዚህ የSBS-MCPS የተጋሩ ሀብቶች አቃፊ ውስጥ የሚገኙ የመረጃ ወረቀቶች ተሰጥቷቸዋል።

በቅርብ ጊዜ ባደረግነው የዳሰሳ ጥናት ውጤቶች ላይ በመመስረት ለMCPS ምክሮችን አጋርተናል፡ የSBS-MCPS የዳሰሳ ጥናት ሪፖርት – ለMCPS የስክሪን አጠቃቀም ምክሮች።

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60 Minutes of Middle School Math: What You Should Know and What You Can Do

The following information has been put out by the MCCPTA MCCPTA VP Education and Curriculum Committee regarding proposed district wide bell schedule changes that impact Middle Schoolers. 

To PT(S)A leaders and members,

You may have seen the October 8 Board of Education meeting or the latest MCPS Things to Know update about possible changes to middle school schedules. These discussions are connected to Maryland’s requirement for more math instructional time. See the BOE meeting video HERE. We suggest you start at timestamp 1:10:08. You’ll find the 60-minute math slide at timestamp 1:12:13.

What does the state require?

Maryland’s mathematics policy requires that all students in grades K–8 receive at least 60 cumulative minutes of math instruction daily, or the equivalent of 300 minutes weekly. The Maryland State Board of Education (MSDE) adopted this state requirement, not MCPS.

In August, the State Board voted to delay implementation from the 2027–28 school year to 2028–29. The delay gives districts more time to plan, but it does not remove the requirement.

What could this mean for MCPS middle school students?

MCPS is considering scheduling changes that include 60-minute classes in English, math, science, and social studies. The state’s math requirement does not itself require 60-minute classes in the other three subjects. Those additional changes are part of MCPS’ scheduling discussion.

Within a fixed school day, longer core classes could leave less room for world languages, music, art, technology, physical education, and other learning opportunities. Families should also ask whether students who need additional academic support would have fewer opportunities to take electives.

Changes could affect staffing, course availability, and the scheduling of specialized programs. These are important questions to investigate, not outcomes families should assume have already been decided.

MCPS has announced a delay in its middle school planning and implementation process. Its October 8 update describes the proposals as still under consideration, with additional time for review and community engagement.

We can support stronger math instruction and ask the state to change this requirement.

Every student deserves effective math instruction, appropriate challenge, and additional support when needed. Families can ask the state to explain why a uniform time requirement is the right approach for every middle school student, and how it will protect access to a well-rounded education.

What can parents do now?

1. Ask state leaders to revise the middle school requirement.

Email the Maryland State Board of Education at stateboard.msde@maryland.gov  and State Superintendent Dr. Carey Wright at carey.wright@maryland.gov. Also consider emailing the state board of education and its members.

State Board (all members at once)

State Board members (individual); but I would also use individual emails

Copy-paste version (everyone):

stateboard.msde@maryland.gov, joshua.michael1@maryland.gov, james.bell2@maryland.gov, lorena.wu@maryland.gov, peggy.carr@maryland.gov, chet.chesterfield@maryland.gov, kenny.clash@maryland.gov,  monica.goldson@maryland.gov, nicholas.greer@maryland.gov,  irma.johnson@maryland.gov, marcy.leonard@maryland.gov, kimberly.lewis1@maryland.gov, xiomara.medina@maryland.gov,  nicole.murraylewis@maryland.gov, samir.paul@maryland.gov, carey.wright@maryland.gov, msde.mathematics@maryland.gov, lyndsey.brightful@maryland.gov, stacie.marvin@maryland.gov, erin.godwin@maryland.gov, rachel.mcclam@maryland.gov, jen.meehan@maryland.gov, miryam.oziel@maryland.gov, robert.richardson@maryland.gov

Ask them to remove the blanket middle school minutes requirement or replace it with a more flexible approach that supports strong math instruction, provides additional time based on student needs, and preserves electives.

You can use this message:

“I am an MCPS parent requesting that the State Board revise the requirement for 60 daily or 300 weekly minutes of math for all middle school students. I support improving math achievement and ensuring students receive the support they need. However, I am concerned that this requirement could reduce access to world languages, arts, technology, and other essential learning opportunities—particularly for students who also need support services. Please share the research supporting this specific time requirement and assess its scheduling, staffing, and equity impacts. I urge you to allow districts greater flexibility to meet students’ math needs while preserving a well-rounded middle school education.”

Add a few sentences about your child and the opportunities you want protected.

2. Make your voice heard at a State Board meeting.

Parents can submit written comments or register to speak. Visit the State Board’s public comment page for registration instructions. Speaking time is limited to three minutes.

3. Ask MCPS for transparent planning and meaningful family input.

Contact Superintendent Taylor and the Montgomery County Board of Education. Ask MCPS to share schedule alternatives, explain which changes are required by the state, and show how each option would affect electives, support services, specialized programs, and staffing. Ask for opportunities to provide feedback before decisions are finalized.

4. Share this information with your school community.

Elementary families have a stake in this, too: today’s elementary students will enter middle school as these changes take effect. Share this message with your PTA and other parents.

The implementation delay creates an opportunity to advocate now. Let’s ask state and local leaders for an approach that strengthens math learning while protecting the full range of opportunities our children need.

Sincerely,

Audra Dove, MCCPTA VP Education

Regan Kelly, MCCPTA Curriculum Committee Chair

Emily Appel, MCCPTA Curriculum Committee Vice Chair