Welcome Back To The 2022/2023 School Year At TMMS!

Before we get into the framing of our year, we have exciting news to share. Ms. Cohen has been invited to be Interim Deputy Superintendent for the upcoming school year and Ms. Doucette has been placed as Interim Principal in her place at TMMS. The best news is that Ms. Cohen will continue to be a vital part of our TMMS Community and supporting us at the district level.

We also would like to welcome aboard our newly appointed Vice Principal, Timothy Ferrari and newly appointed interim Vice Principal, Alisa Fila. They will join our veteran Vice Principal, John Pavia in continuing our work from last year to stabilize our school after the return from remote learning. We are so proud of how far we have come in this area and have a strong team ready to set routines and support our students in their middle school years.

We are so excited to build our community partnership through the lens of our DREAM guiding principles, which guide our daily interactions in dignity, respect, effort, achievement, and motivation. This year we will be working with our students around the D.R.E.A.M. to elevate student voice around our guiding principles. We believe that these five concepts create a warm, welcoming environment where we are committed to being caring and civic-minded individuals. Together we can build a school community that includes everyone, respects our differences, admires our qualities, and celebrates our unique talents. The school would like to continue to explore how this relates to Social Justice and our important Equity work.

School and family partnerships are central to improving academic achievement of our students. This year more than ever, we aspire to work with families to support our students' academic lives. We will do our best to help keep families informed and solicit feedback through surveys and conferences. Throughout the year our school website, school calendar, and newsletters will provide you with the most current information. This year we will continue to incorporate fun, community building events during Open House Evenings and some Saturdays. We would love to see you there!

Our academic priorities are delivering effective instructional practices through authentic relationships and social emotional learning supports through an equity lens. Here are our continued commitments to you:
• We will engage in professional collaborative planning to develop and respond to formative assessments. We focus on promoting higher order thinking skills and creating diverse learning opportunities for students to engage in rigorous learning tasks.

• All staff will implement an Advisory curriculum that includes personal goal setting, commitment to social responsibility, and social emotional awareness. The goals for Advisory are to build personal relationships and to increase student agency by developing personal goals. Advisories are a supportive, non-academic setting where students can connect learning with life.

• The Principal will invite family members to the school for listening and/or learning sessions to build community, discuss school initiatives, offer feedback and share questions or concerns. Let me know if you have any ideas for this! You can send me an email or call the school.

We look forward to working together to ensure that all our students meet their full potential and have a positive experience at our awesome school.
Warmly,
Stephanie Doucette
Acting Principal

Upcoming Dates:
Incoming and New Student Orientation
August 24th and 25th from 9 AM until 12 Noon
Use the link below for the orientation sign up.

Students need to sign up to attend orientation:
https://forms.office.com/r/jXiiLW3VfM