TOMS 6th Grade Industrial Technology Class

Mr. Whiting's 6th Grade IT Class proudly display hand-made clocks designed by students.

TOMS LAKERS of the Week!

Congratulations LAKER Pride Ticket Winners for the week of November 17th.

6^th Grade:

Ella Brunkow

Charlie Webb

Kristina Zerwas

7^th Grade:

Kaiden Klausen

Sam Valentine

Alyssa Volk

8^th Grade:

Dahlia Ly

Sumayo Mohamed

Emma Reinert Nash

Weatherguide Calendars On Sale!

The 2015 Minnesota Weatherguide Environment Calendars are on Sale!
Wall Calendars available for $18.00.
Checks may be written to ISD 719
Please return completed order form and money to school by Friday,December12th.
Complete flyer click here.
Thank you for supporting our Junior
Naturalist, Earthlings, and Eco-Team Programs!

TOMS Yearbooks

Just a reminder that 2014-2015 Twin Oaks Middle School Yearbooks are still on sale for $30. Please use the order form your child received in Primetime and visit https://www.smart-pay.com/ to order one.  On January 1, the price increases to $35.

Community Education

                              December News... Click here!

Washington DC Trip 2015

Parents of seventh-grade students interested in intending next year’s Washington DC trip. Just a reminder there will be an optional parent meeting Monday, November 17th at 6:30 in the Twin Oaks auditorium.  This meeting is designed to give parents an opportunity to hear about and ask questions about the upcoming trip to Washington DC. The trip is over MEA break October 15th-18^th 2015. We are anticipating that the meeting will last about 30 minutes. If you have any questions please contact Mr. Dapper at Twin Oaks ndapper@priorlake-savage.k12.mn.us  or Mr. Mertens at Hidden Oaks cmertens@priorlake-savage.k12.mn.us

TOMS LAKERS of the Week!

Congratulations LAKER Pride Ticket Winners for the week of November 10th.

6^th Grade:

Katherine Abney

Ben Castor

7^th Grade:

Joey Hager

Brody Haugen

8^th Grade:

Hannah Battleson

Adrian Lemus

WE Day 2014

TOMS students gathered for a group photo Wednesday at the Xcel Energy Center. Students were part of WE Day Minnesota, which drew more than 18,000 participants. November 12th has been proclaimed WE Day Minnesota by Gov. Mark Dayton in honor of the volunteers!

Thanksgiving Break

No School on Wednesday, November 26th, Thursday, October 27th, & Friday, October 28th.  
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

Infinite Campus Quarter 2 Schedules

To prepare for Tuesday morning, please print a copy of Quarter 2 schedule or have your child write it in his/her assignment notebook (remember room #’s!).

To print: Log into Infinite Campus

Select “Reports” from the menu on the left side and then click on “Student Schedules”.  Do not print from the Schedule view.

Schedules for 6th grade students should generally remain the same except for one class.

Schedules for 7th grade students are based on semesters so no changes have been made.

Schedules for 8th grade students are based on quarters and student schedules may look very different from Q1.  Students should have the same teachers for English, Science, Global Studies and Math, although it can be a different period.

Please report any errors to your Guidance Counselor in the Guidance Office.

Quarter 1 Grades:

Infinite Campus course grades and assignments will be closed from viewing by parents and students starting at 6:30am on November 10th, so that teachers can finalize grades.  Finalized Quarter 1 grades will be opened for viewing on Friday, November 14th.

Middle School Activities

INTERESTED IN NORDIC SKI?

7^th and 8^th graders can join the PLHS Team . . . no experience necessary.  Practices begin on Monday, Nov. 10^th at 3:30pm at the high school.  MS students can ride the Activities Bus to PLHS at 2:40pm (pick up at TO).  Contact Coach Panzer at kwpanzer@frontiernet.net for more info.

Middle School Parent Mtg will be Tuesday, Nov. 11th @6:30pm in TO Cafeteria area.

Hope to see you there!  

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Are you a Strong Swimmer? 7th and 8th grade boys are welcome to join the PLHS Boys Swim/Dive Team.  Information Meeting at HO Pool Lobby on Tuesday, Nov. 11 at 2:30PM.  Contact Coach Haycraft at jhaycraft@priorlake-savage.k12.mn.us with any questions.

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6^th- 8^th grade boys interested in MS Wrestling can still sign up . . .  First practice is Monday, Nov. 17^th  2:30-4:00PM at HOMS Gym.  All wrestlers will need to register online and have a sports physical on file in the PLHS Activities Office.  Please contact Beth Fuller at bfuller@priorlake-savage.k12.mn.us for more details.

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Middle School Ski Club MANDTORY  30- MINUTE MEETING for 2014-2015 Season:

SKI CLUB MEETING 2:30PM at HOMS in the Cafeteria Monday, Nov. 17

Middle School Activities Upcoming Events.  Click here for details.

Middle School Strength Team

Winter – Middle School Strength Team

The Laker Strength & Conditioning program is offered to all Prior Lake athletes in grades 7 and 8.  The goal of our Strength & Conditioning Program is to provide athletes the best opportunity to improve their athletic performance in the off-season.  Athletes will train safely and consistently,and be motivated by their teammates as well as members from the Laker Coaching Staff.

Days:  Tuesdays and Thursdays                                  

Times:   2:30pm to 4:00pm

Dates:  December 9th through February 19th – NO training over winter break

Location: TOMS Weight Room                                   

Registration Information coming soon . . .

November Dates to Remember

                  Friday, November 7^th: 2 hour Early Release/ End of 1^st Quarter

            Monday, November 10^th: No School

            Tuesday, November 11^th: 1^st day of 2^nd Quarter/ Veteran’s Day/ Day 1

            November 26^th, 27^th, & 28^th: No School/ Thanksgiving Break

TOMS LAKERS of the Week!

Congratulations LAKER Pride Ticket Winners for the Week of November 3rd.

6^th Grade:
Louis Peters

Maddie Hauenstein

Lillian Kramer

7^th Grade:

Ashley Anderson

Anna Fier

Colin Tushie

8^th Grade:

Taylor Thomas

Megan Liddle

Tony Gustina

TOMS Box Tops Contest Winner!

Thanks to all the classes that participated in this semester's Box Tops for Education contest.  Over 6000 tops were sent in.  This equals over $600 for PACT projects. 

The ice cream party winning primetime class is Mrs. Wagner's.  One student brought in over 450 Tops!  Thanks to those classes that trimmed the Tops (they received an extra 100 points towards the prize). 
Start saving for next semester's contest.  Every little Box Top counts!

TOMS Teacher of the Year!

Congratulations Amber Corcoran for being nominated
as the Twin Oaks Middle School Teacher of the year!

Information:

          7^th Grade Math Teacher (Pre-Algebra)

          Bachelors of Arts from St. Catherine University (Mathematics Degree)

          Currently in my Masters Program at St. Mary’s University

          5^th full year in the district (held various long term sub positions prior)

          Student taught here at TOMS in fall of 2008

          Have taught 6^th, 7^th, 8^th grade math and 7^th, 8^th grade science

Past/Present Committees:

          Mentorship Program

          Professional Development Committee

         Technology Committee
          Student Intervention Team

          PBIS Committee

Other/Misc:

          Volunteer often in community (bell ringing, shelters, feed my starving children)

          Technology go-to person (I love anything and everything do with technology)

          Huge MN Twins and Vikings fan (we keep track of season records in my classroom)

          Run in 5k/10k races with my dad and my husband (17 and counting)

         My husband and I love to travel. A few of our favorite spots are: Australia, London, Sweden, South Africa, and Hawaii.

          Favorite part of teaching: Creating a safe, inviting, and structured environment for students where every student is set up with the tools to be successful in learning math. I also love creating a positive relationship with students where they are comfortable coming to my class and are excited to learn. 

TOMS Food Drive

We are so proud of the LAKER PRIDE that our Twin Oaks students and families demonstrated during our internal food drive!  We had an incredible amount of generous food donations that will help many Twin Oaks students in need.  Our grand total was 2012.00 and our winning grade was 6^th with 816 donated items.  7^th and 8^th followed closely with 7^th at 781 and 8^th grade at 451.  Thank you all for your support and generosity! GO LAKERS

2015 Washington D.C. Trip

Attention TOMS parents! Is your seventh grade child interested in going to Washington D.C. next year, October 15^th-18^th? If so please plan on attending an information meeting on Monday, November 17^th, at 6:30 P.M., in the auditorium of Twin Oaks Middle School. We will explain the details of the trip and answer any questions that you may have. Please plan on attending. Thank you.

Nathan Dapper & Craig Mertens