It’s hard to believe that this is our last Pup Press issue for the year! If you are coming back to TM next year, you will receive an occasional email update over the summer, but nothing substantial until the welcome back letter in mid-August.

 

If you have students joining us for kindergarten (or know others who do), please be sure to register your students as soon as possible. This ensures that we will have the necessary staffing to serve our students. You can learn everything you need to know here: https://www.seattleschools.org/enroll/.

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Our Library will be open this summer every Tuesday afternoon from 4–7 PM. Come on by with your child and check out books, meet other TM families, and have a popsicle! If you know of new families joining TM, please encourage them to come, too!

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Please check out the Summer Reading Resource compiled by our Family Literacy Connector, Trinia Washington. There is hopefully something for everyone on her list. Students should be reading at minimum 20–30 minutes per day throughout the summer to maintain the reading gains they have made this year.

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In this last Pup Press of the year, I give you the current staffing configuration for our school. There are lots of conditions that could cause this configuration to change. Please know that teachers work hard on class placement decisions so that we have a balance of students in each class. There are many factors to consider in this work. As such, we do not take parent requests for specific teachers. You may choose to send an email with the type of learning environment that works best for your child to tpleybold@seattleschools.org. The deadline for this is June 18. You will learn your child’s class placement at our Ice Cream social the day before school starts on September 2 from 2:30–4 PM. If you are unable to attend, you may call our office at this time for your child’s assignment.

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We have some staff members leaving at the end of this year, and I want to thank them for their service and their time at TM. We have an amazing staff dedicated to your children and they work hard! Thank you to teachers who are moving on to new adventures: Ms. Tayler, Ms. Paul, and Mr. Yarr. Thank you to Ms. Becky who has been with us as a Literacy Tutor and volunteer extraordinaire. Thank you to Ms. Dailey for subbing in for Ms. Davidheiser while she has been out on maternity leave. Thank you to Ms. Davidheiser for her 11 years of service to Thurgood Marshall—as AC Scholars teacher, Scholars teacher, Literacy Coach, and Assistant Principal. Good-bye from me, too. I will miss you all and will always think of my time at

Thurgood Marshall with fondness.

 

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​​​​​Finally, I just want to thank all of you for another great year of school. I really appreciate all the support from our parents—your encouraging words, the appreciation you showed our staff, and all the treats people sent in so that our staff felt your love! You consistently kept us inspired to make our school all it can be and to be sure we are serving the needs of our community. It has been such a privilege to work with you and your children. Have a wonderful summer and we will see you back at school on September 3rd!