Friday, February 27, 2015

TOMS I LOVE TO READ FINAL WINNERS!

Caught you reading ticket winners for the week of February 23rd.
Read to remember where you've been.
Read for where you want to go!
6th grade
Jack Bornhorst
Avery Johnson
Jason LaGrange
7th grade
Madi Vance
Morgan O’Brien
Izzy Lundquist
8th grade
Joey Barnard
Addison Gnos
Violet Grishchuk

SPAN Meeting

SPAN (Synergy/SAGE Parent Action Network) will have our next meeting on Tuesday March 24, 2015 at 7pm in the WestWood Media Center.  The meeting will feature Katy Hallberg, former high school math teacher and gifted specialist, who will speak on underachievement.  The meeting is open to everyone. See all of our meeting dates at http://mcgt.net/priorlake/about . If you have questions or would like to be placed on our email list, please email Apryl at span.priorlake@gmail.com.  

Thursday, February 26, 2015

MCA State Tests

The Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments (MCA) state tests in mathematics, reading and science are upon us. The MCA's are given to measure a student’s achievement level and performance. To help prepare students for the upcoming MCA tests, please click here to view test preparation, item samplers, and online student tutorials.
MCA Testing Schedule:
March 31st-April 2nd: MCA test Advanced English, Grades 6,7,8
April 6th – April 8th: MCA test Advanced Math, Grades 6,7,8
April 13th- April 16th: MCA test English, Grades 7,8
April 20th- April 23rd: MCA test English, Grade 6
April 27th- April 29th: MCA test Math, Grades 6,7,8,
April 30th- May 4th: MCA test Concept Math, Grades 6,7,8
May 11th- May 14th: MCA test Science, Grade 8


Wednesday, February 25, 2015

TOMS LAKERS of the Week!

Congratulations LAKER Pride Ticket Winners for the week of February 23rd!
6th Grade:
Sabrina Cooper
Krisitna Zerwas
Teagan Block
7th Grade:
Gabby Siats
Zack Young
Colin Tushie
8th Grade:
Dasha Rae
Joey Cheng
Carter Mong

Monday, February 23, 2015

Farm to School Product

On March 6th, Prior Lake-Savage Schools will be featuring ripe local tomatoes on the lunch menu. 
The month of March, feature is grown fresh in Owatonna, Minnesota. Attached is a newsletter explaining what farm to school program is. The goal is to highlight once per month, a farm to school item. 


Saturday, February 21, 2015

Middle School Bookfair

The Book fair will be held during Lunch and Primetime in the Twin Oaks Auditorium on Monday, Feb. 23rd and Wednesday, February 25th (Day 1) and during conference nights on Tuesday, February 24th and Thursday, February 26th in the Auditorium.  
There will be drawing for prizes as well!

Friday, February 20, 2015

TOMS I LOVE TO READ WINNERS!

Caught you reading ticket winners for the week of February 16th.
Read to remember where you've been.
Read for where you want to go!
6th grade
Cierra Fountain
Julia Snider
Emily Hesse
Lainey Van Hecke
Connor Schultz
 7th grade
Cayln Schanzenbach
Nathan Allbee
Acelind Evenstad
Alissa Laurienzo
Abby Scapple
 8th grade
Skylynn Burns
Jacob Borchardt
    

TOMS Conferences February 24th & 26th,

Third Quarter conferences will be on Tuesday, February 24th from 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Thursday, February 26th 4:00 p.m. to 7:00p.m. TOMS conferences will be held in the lower level of the building. Sixth grade teachers will be available in the cafeteria area of the lower level, while the seventh and eighth grade teachers will be available in the gymnasium. Special Education Teachers, as well as our Guidance staff, will be available in the upper level of the building during conference times. Twin Oaks will be hosting the Scholastic Book Fair in the TOMS Auditorium during Conferences. For you convenience, Burger King is sponsoring Benefit Night, February 24th from 5:00-8:00pm, to help fund our PBIS Recognition Program.  Don’t forget to print a copy of the attached flyer to show with your order. 
We appreciate your support and look forward to meeting with you during Parent-Teacher Conferences.


Parent Advisory Meeting

All Parents/Guardians of Twin Oaks’ students are invited to our next Parent Advisory meeting taking place on Monday, February 23rd at 8:30 am, located in the main office conference room.  Topics on the agenda will include; We Change, demographic committee recommendation, testing preparation, and an open discussion segment.  If you are unable to make this meeting, there will be two more meetings this year, March 30th and April 27th.

Thursday, February 19, 2015

TOMS LAKERS of the week!

Congratulations Laker Pride Ticket Winners for the week of February 16th!
6th Grade:
Josh Carlson
Catherine Heaney
Gaby Sabin
7th Grade:
Nathan Bach
Joey Hager
Devyn Ngo
8th Grade:
Ashley Dols
Violet Grishchuk
Trey Gustafson


Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Middle School Track

Students interested in joining Middle School Track.  Click here for more information. 



We Change Results...

Congratulations on reaching and surpassing our school goal of $2,000 for the ‘We Change’ goat challenge.

Here are the overall totals we raised last week:
6th Grade: $637.21
7th Grade: $1078.38
8th Grade: $691.34
School Total: $2406.93


Way to go Twin Oaks!


Monday, February 16, 2015

TOMS I LOVE TO READ WINNERS!

Caught you reading ticket winners for the week of February 9th.
Read to remember where you've been.
Read for where you want to go!
6th grade
Emma Antonopolos
Kendra Cameron
Brad Gabel
Avery Marsyla
 7th grade
John Altinger
Eli Smeby
Grant Mussman
Erin Sanchez
 8th grade
Carlie Bradford
Corey Troxel
Annabelle Broughton
      

Friday, February 13, 2015

6th Grade Synergy

Ms. Short, Synergy Teacher & Ms. Chappuis, 6th Grade Science Teacher chaperoned Synergy students to the annual Toothpick Bridge Building Challenge held at the University of Minnesota Campus today. 
Nice job students!



Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Pi Day

Once in a Lifetime Pi Day t-shirts for sale.  Click here for order form.

MS Spring Sports

Registration for Spring Sports is now OPEN. Click here for more details.

TOMS LAKERS of the Week

Congratulations LAKER Pride Ticket Winners for the week of February 9th!
6th Grade:
Bella Stein
Erin Anderson
Mitchell Wicklander
7th Grade:
Ashley Anderson
Aaqil Jaffer
Brody Haugen
8th Grade:
Brietta Coulter
Dalton Mills
Ethan Baum

6th Grade Ski Trip

Twin Oaks students experienced outdoor fun at Buck Hill on February 10th!




Monday, February 9, 2015

Middle School Track Sign Up

Click on the link below
to register for middle school track.


Staff/Student Book Club

Join us March 6th in the Media Center from 2:20-3:20 pm to discuss Atlantia by Ally Condie. 

From amazon.com—
For as long as she can remember, Rio has dreamed of the sand and sky Above—of life beyond her underwater city of Atlantia. But in a single moment, all Rio’s hopes for the future are shattered when her twin sister, Bay, makes an unexpected choice, stranding Rio Below. Alone, ripped away from the last person who knew Rio’s true self—and the powerful siren voice she has long silenced—she has nothing left to lose.


Guided by a dangerous and unlikely mentor, Rio formulates a plan that leads to increasingly treacherous questions about her mother’s death, her own destiny, and the corrupted system constructed to govern the Divide between land and sea. Her life and her city depend on Rio to listen to the voices of the past and to speak long-hidden truths.

Friday, February 6, 2015

TOMS I LOVE TO READ WINNERS!

Caught you reading ticket winners for the week of February 2nd.
Read to remember where you've been.
Read for where you want to go!

6th grade
Leah Keith
Emma Bingenheimer
Jordan Gardner
Sean Taggert
7th grade
Payton Dahlquist
Chloe Ginkle
Greta Michaelson
8th grade
Hailey Marsyla
Naomi Zollner
Emily Leisio

Thursday, February 5, 2015

TOMS LAKERS OF THE WEEK!

Congratulations TOMS Laker Pride ticket winners for the week of February 2nd.
6th Grade:
Connor Schultz
Avery Johnson
Sean Taggart
7th Grade:
Andrew Skillstad
Adriana Thompson
Muna Ali
8th Grade:
Sumayo Mohamed
Kyla Knutson
Joey Barnard

Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Build ‘Em & Bust ‘Em Toothpick Bridge Building Contest 2015

On Friday, February 13th some of Mrs. Chappuis 6th graders from her Advance Science class will be taking a field trip to the University of MN campus to participate in a unique competition.  The competition is a challenge where these students have to build the strongest toothpick and glue bridge to bring along on the day of the event.  On the 13th, they will have to prove who’s bridge holds the most weight!  The event is hosted by the American Society of Civil Engineers Minnesota and is sure to be a fun and exciting day for all the students.   We wish them luck!


Creative Writing Club

There is a new Creative Writing student club starting on Thursdays after school!  This is free of charge and no registration needed.  If you are interested in creative writing, please come and join other students who have the same interests as you!  The first meeting will be Thursday, February 5th, from 2:20-3:00 pm, in room 724 at Hidden Oaks.  Hope to see you there!

Monday, February 2, 2015

Student Council Sponsoring WE CHANGE

This year Twin Oaks Middle School Student Council is sponsoring a WE CHANGE fundraiser from February 9 – February 13.  We will be collecting money to raise funds for sustainable projects in developing communities. Every $50 gives a goat to a family, empowering women and men to support their children and take charge of their futures.  As students raise funds to meet our school goal of 30 goats they will also be competing for fun incentives along the way. We encourage students and families to donate so that we can play our part in creating ‘Change’.