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Student Awards | 2020-2021

We are excited to present and release our 2020-2021 Trimpe Middle School Student Awards! Congratulations to all of our award winners and ALL of our students for not only making it through a challenging year, but thriving!

We had so many students go above and beyond and do amazing things this year.

You may view our 8th Grade Awards Video.

Our entire list of award winners (6th-8th) may be found at this link.

May Academic and Attendance Calendar

Our May Academic and Attendance Calendar can be seen below. To view the entire month in a larger format, along with our bell schedule, please click here.

Livestream our home athletic events!

Community Vaccination Event to be Held at Trimpe Middle School

You can contact the MCHD at 618-692-8954.

The Bethalto School District and the Madison County Health Department, along with the IL National Guard, are partnering for a two-day vaccination event for our community to be held in our cafeteria here at Trimpe Middle School.

The dates will be June 2, 2021 and June 23, 2021.

Vaccinations will be from 3:30-7:30pm in our cafeteria. It will be the Pfizer vaccine and is open to anyone age 12+ (parents, siblings, grandparents, students, etc.) Appointments are preferred but not absolutely necessary.

The link to sign up is now live: https://events.juvare.com/IL-IDPH/dmz9e/

Please direct any questions to the Madison County Health Department.

Update From Chestnut Health Systems

Please click here to read the latest newsletter from our partners at Chestnut Health Systems. This newsletter is focused on summer for teens.

Summer is right around the corner!
During the summer more teens are home and unsupervised. Be sure to have open conversations about alcohol use with your teen. See the attached newsletter about how to start the conversation.

Chestnut Health Systems partnered with Paul Cook to put together some short videos for parents to learn about talking to their teen about substance use. Paul Cook was born in St. Louis. He made it a lifelong mission 15 years ago to share his experience and deeply tested philosophy of recovery as a speaker, author, sober coach and radio/TV personality.

PARENT VIDEO – Underage Drinking
https://youtu.be/ZsGUl8rqWQI

PARENT VIDEO – OPIOIDS
https://youtu.be/pQG2g9LkCwE

PARENT VIDEO – Getting Through to Your Kids
https://youtu.be/iB3kNAYJAQg

Keep showing up. They’re still growing up.

Cheerleading Tryouts for Current 8th Graders

TMS Cheerleading Tryout Information

TMS Cheer tryouts will be held at Meadowbrook gym on May 18th from 3-5pm, May 19th 3-5pm and May 24th 3-6pm. All applicants must have the appropriate and necessary paperwork turned in before the first tryout.

Jazzers Tryout Information

Anyone interested in being a TMS Jazzer next year, tryouts will be on May 20th and 21st from 3:00-5:00pm in the Trimpe Gym. All forms must be turned into prior to tryout. Please contact the TMS Main Office with questions.

Newsletter From Our Partners at Chestnut Health System

The most recent newsletter from our partners at Chestnut Health Systems is now available. You may download it here.

The 2020-21 school year is almost over! Things are slowly going back to “normal”. Your student may be looking forward to spending more time with friends this summer. The small moments you have with your child matters.

Discuss the health and safety risks of drinking alcohol underage. Try having short and frequent talks about the specific dangers of alcohol. Alcohol impairs judgement, and teen brains are more vulnerable to alcohol. Underage drinking also increases the risk of alcohol problems later in life. Please see the attached newsletter for more information about preventing underage drinking.
Keep showing up. They’re still growing up.
For more information contact Alison Donoho, Prevention Specialist, Chestnut Health Systems, aadonoho@chestnut.org.

TMS 4th Quarter In-Person Learning Update

With this transition to a more traditional in-person school work, there will be some changes that we want to make everyone aware of regarding synchronous learning and student attendance tracking. You may read the entire letter to TMS families that was sent on 3/12/2021.

Below are two key points:

Synchronous learning will still be available for our students who are quarantined. As has been the case during Hybrid 2.0 learning, students who are quarantined will visit their teacher’s Google Classroom and join the Google Meet for each class period. Learning and working remotely is only an option for our quarantined students.
Students who are not in attendance at school on Monday-Thursday will be counted as absent. Absences will be determined as Excused or Unexcused as outlined in the Student Handbook. If your student is going to be absent, for any reason, please contact the school office and let us know about the absence. In the event that a student who is not quarantined joins their class Google Meet, they will be counted as absent for that class. While it was an option to be counted as Present by working virtually during Hybrid Learning, now that we are fully in-person, Monday-Thursday, any student not in attendance must be considered absent.

Erin's Law Presentation to TMS Students

TMS Families, please click below to read our informational letter regarding a Zoom presentation regarding Erin's Law, an Illinois law that requires all Illinois public schools to provide age-appropriate school-based curriculum to educate our students on child sexual abuse (CSA). This letter was sent to families via School Messenger on April 19, 2021.

Click here to read the letter.

April Academic and Attendance Calendar

At the February 25th Board meeting, we took forward the plan to bring back our 6-12th grade students 4 days a week for in-person instruction, starting on Monday, March 15th. Our current district positivity rate and quarantine numbers support the return to in-person learning. Students will attend in-person learning Monday-Thursday, with Friday remaining a remote learning day.

Please see our letter to families sent on 2/28/2021.

Below is our schedule at TMS for the 4th quarter:

Our new block schedule arrangement and the remote day will allow for a reduced number of students being quarantined. In addition, our schedule will stay essentially the same as it is now, allowing more consistency for students and staff at the secondary level. This schedule also allows us to pivot back to the hybrid schedule, if absolutely necessary.

Illinois Assessment of Readiness Testing Information

Our students at Trimpe Middle School will take the Illinois Assessment of Readiness on April 12, April 13, and April 14, 2021. Please click below to find the parent letters that were sent out on March 26, 2021.

In-Person Families Remote Letter re: IAR

Remote Families Parent Letter re: IAR

Annual Illinois 5Essentials Survey

Dear Parent/Guardian,
Beginning February 3, students and teachers across Illinois will have an opportunity to participate in the ninth annual statewide Illinois 5Essentials Survey. This survey is designed to generate a detailed picture of the inner workings of your child’s school. As a parent, this opportunity will allow you to share your thoughts on the important elements of school effectiveness in a survey about your child’s school. You can read the entire letter here.

Latest TMS Newsletter (4/5/21)

Please click here to download and view our latest newsletter for families and students.

2020 TMS Athletics Update

With the IESA, Illinois Department of Public Health, and the Illinois Governor's Office collaborating together, many of the sports offered to students at TMS have had their season's altered. While softball and cross country are currently active this fall, many other sports have had their traditional season changed. One example is TMS girls basketball. Girls basketball season usually starts in the Fall (late August) for IESA middle schools, but due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the season has been shifted to the spring.

To make things a little bit more clear, we have created this one-sheet document that details when each season will begin for practices/tryouts, games, and when the season is scheduled to end.

Please contact Mr. Jeff Ochs, our TMS athletic director, or Adam Miller, principal, with any questions you may have.

Student/Parent Covid-19 Self Check

We are asking all students, or their parent, to complete our Covid-19 self-certification check before arriving to school. We will send a reminder link each morning via email and text. If you'd like to bookmark the link, here it is: https://bit.ly/3aCLc48 The link is also available at the top of our webpage under "Students."

For families with students in multiple buildings in the Bethalto School District, this document may help. It has links to the certification forms for all schools - Bethalto East, Parkside, Meadowbrook, Trimpe, and Civic Memorial. In addition to the links there are QR codes if you'd prefer to scan and a place to enter each of your students' IDs for handy reference. BCUSD Covid-19 Self-Check links.

Illinois Department of Public Health Message on Vaping

The Illinois Department of Public Health recently released information to all schools regarding the vaping epidemic in Illinois. The message reads, in part,

Last week, IDPH learned of the death of an individual who had recently vaped and was hospitalized with severe respiratory illness. The number of cases of people reported to IDPH who have used e-cigarettes or vaped and have been hospitalized with respiratory symptoms has doubled in the past week. As of 8/23/19, a total of 22 people in Illinois, ranging in age from 17-38 years, have experienced respiratory illness after using e-cigarettes or vaping.

E-cigarette use is epidemic in the US and Illinois.

Parents and students, please consider reading this one page document on vaping and the dangers it presents to young people.

Our partners at Chestnut Health Systems have also put together some additional resources for schools, students, and parents regarding vaping, tips on how to quit.

Eagle Tumblers Now for Sale in the TMS Office

Trimpe Middle School will be selling Eagle tumblers for $20. With all Bethalto Schools united as Eagles, these tumblers are a great way to show your Eagle pride and they are dishwasher safe!

Thanks to Kaitlyn, Jocelyn, and Ryan for starring in our video!

Trimpe Middle School Vision
TMS will be a place where students and staff feel inspired to learn and develop the skills and mindsets of successful, independent and productive citizens.

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