What are we missing with our students? ...lost teeth, new baby sisters, reading with pets, celebrating Easter...
#LightsForTheFight. Thank you to all who supported our Seniors, first responders, health care, and essential workers tonight! We are very thankful for the community that we live in!
#LightsForTheFight. Thank you to all who supported our Seniors, first responders, health care, and essential workers tonight! We are very thankful for the community that we live in!
Dear Parents, Students, Staff, and Community Members:
I hope this message finds you and your families safe and well. Today, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker
announced that remote learning in Illinois will be extended through the end of the 2019-20 school year.
Although in-person learning has been suspended for the remainder of the year, at the Teutopolis CUSD #50 School District, I assure you our entire staff remains committed to learning and engaging with all students through remote learning, as well as continuing with our food distribution program.
Like you, we are saddened by the reality that our school community will not be able to reconvene in person this school year due to this public health crisis. So many of you have worked so hard to learn and grow in both the classroom and in extracurricular activities that today’s announcement may feel like a step back.
However, the final chapter of this school year hasn’t been written yet. These past few weeks have proven our school community is more resilient, more capable and more compassionate than maybe what we previously realized. I’m confident our collective strength will shine through during the remainder of the school year, and we will emerge even stronger.
Having said that, today’s announcement will result in significant and multiple scheduling changes in our district. As this announcement about the end of the school year was just made by Governor Pritzker this afternoon, it will take us a few days to sort out the many schedule details, including notable spring activities, promotion, graduation, etc. We appreciate your patience as we work as a district to get information to you in the next several weeks.
Please note, we will be holding our next packet pick up for the Remote Learning process on Wednesday, April 22nd from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. at each student's respective school. Other upcoming packet pickup dates to note are May 6th, and our final packet drop off/pickup date as May 21st. These dates were pre-planned in anticipation of the Governor's announcement. If anyone needs assistance in obtaining their packets please contact the Unit Office and we will assist. Please continue to contact teachers if you need clarification regarding packet materials or online assignments.
We will continue to provide Grab and Go Lunches for free for any students ages 18 and under through May 26th. If you wish to add your child/children as participants please fill out the survey on the district website or contact the Unit Office at 217-857-3535.
I know this is not the school year that any of us imagined, but I want to thank you for your patience and understanding as we have dealt with this unprecedented situation together. This period of Remote Learning offers us new ways to learn and grow, and out of this Pandemic, we will emerge stronger. Plans will be underway soon for the return to in-person learning next school year.
It’s important we continue to work together and support our students. I can't thank you enough for all that you are doing as we all work together through this.
Sincerely,
Deborah Philpot, Interim Superintendent, Teutopolis CUSD #50
Update: Please note at the #LightsForTheFight tonight. Feel free to drive by our fields and show your support by honking you car horn as you pass by our facilities.
Update: IHSA Lights for the Fight. We will light up both the baseball and soccer fields tonight.
IHSA Lights for the Fight information
A message from TGS Staff:
https://youtu.be/k9_ZAh-pXKk
District Update to Parents, Students, and Staff:
Good afternoon! Just sending out a quick reminder of a few items.
Our next packet pick up for grades K-12 is tomorrow, Tuesday, April 14th from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at your child’s respective school building. Please turn in your child’s previous packets during this time. If you cannot make this date and time please leave a message at your child’s school or email the teacher and we can make other arrangements per each student.
We continue to offer Grab and Go Lunches to any children in the district ages 18 and under. If you would like to participate in this program please fill out the survey online or contact the Unit Office at (217)857-3535.
The high school will be sending out an email note regarding high school boys cleaning out their PE lockers. Please check your email for a note from Monica Kremer regarding this process.
Mr. Beck, THS Principal sent an email to all high school students regarding the grading policy for the final quarter of the year. Please ask your child to share this email with you. If you have any questions after reading the email sent to your child please contact your child’s teacher and/or Mr. Beck.
As of today our return to school date is May 1st. We will keep you posted as the Governor keeps us posted. We are fully committed to trying to make the best of this situation when it comes to featured Spring events such as high school graduation. Special events such as this may need to be rescheduled to a future date but we will need to await the Governor’s orders to make those plans.
In closing, please know that we continue to be so grateful for your patience and assistance during this process. Our staff is continually working to provide what they believe to be the most effective remote learning experience for every child and their family. We also know that it continues to take a tremendous amount of time and energy from everyone involved. Please do not stress over this. If you have concerns please let your child's teacher know and they can try to accommodate. We are continually working on "best practices" during this process also and want you to know that we do not want this to be frustrating for anyone. If we can help, please let us know. Thank you!
Respectfully,
Deborah Philpot, Interim Superintendent
More dancing rabbits from second grade... Happy Easter!
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=7d5c7562a2&attid=0.1&permmsgid=msg-f:1663540206726769998&th=1716150113876d4e&view=att&disp=safe
Happy Easter from the TGS West Basement!
https://www.jibjab.com/view/make/everybunny_dance_now_2/e8edee1e-778a-4cae-8766-3d8472f19099
Check out this positive digital art created by some of our 4th, 5th and 6th grade students.
https://drive.google.com/a/ttown.k12.il.us/file/d/1JALVWqA4Vsuy7BqIIUnapngAwcp8jie1/view?usp=drive_web
Parents and students,
In observance of our spring break, we will not be doing Chromebook and TGS Library Book Drop Off on Friday April 10th. We will resume next week with the same schedule.
Mondays - 8AM to 10AM
Wednesdays - 4PM to 6PM
Fridays - Noon to 2PM
Teutopolis Schools' next packet pick up date is April 14th from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm. We will be asking that work completed from packets handed out on the 30th be returned on that date. If this is a problem for anyone regarding pick up on that date or if there is a problem in getting lessons completed, please contact your child's teacher, the building administrator, or the Unit Office at 217-857-3535 and we can make arrangements to deliver if need be.
The drop-box for letters and cards for our Bravo Company Soldiers is in the entrance vestibule of the Teutopolis Post Office! All, students and community members, are invited to join in this opportunity to let our soldiers know we are thinking of them. You may direct your correspondence to a particular soldier, or leave it nameless for random distribution. NO Stamps please; envelopes are optional. All will be collected, boxed, and mailed. The first collection date will be tomorrow, Thursday, April 9.
We miss you THS Students! From the THS Staff.
https://youtu.be/uq4hd0wKxNk
So good to see these kindergarten students' smiles as they keep on working!
TGS VIRTUAL Book Fair
April 6 - 19, 2020
Go to: https://www.scholastic.com/bf/teutopoliselementaryschool2
*All orders ship directly to your HOME
*FREE shipping on BOOK orders over $25
A special message from the TJHS staff!
https://animoto.com/play/s0x1QQwdYWwy5k3hSSS1xQ
The library bingo is awesome! Today this student is crossing off, “read on a pile of pillows”!
