The IRT tracks COVID cases in this dashboard which will be shared weekly.

In order to shorten the Rundbrief, we will prioritize new items for this newsletter and link to our Incident Response Team Updates webpage so you can reference past updates more efficiently.

Thursday, May 5, 6:30 pm at TCGIS-- Heidi Schneider from the Jewish Community Resource Center will speak on Jewish life. This event will be appropriate for all ages. Hope to see you there! Click here to join the Zoom.

Join TCGIS for Fundraising Fridays as we help our school raise $20,000 by May 20^th! Each Friday in May, volunteers will be on the TCGIS playground offering our community the chance to support the TCGIS Annual Fund. Gifts of all sizes make a difference! Plus, you will have the opportunity to celebrate teachers, staff, students, friends or family with a personalized paper flower that will be “planted” in our Garden of Gratitude on the cafeteria windows. We hope you will join us for this very special opportunity!

We ask for your participation in the school board election. Cast a vote next week for the TCGIS parents who have stepped up to help lead our school as directors on the school board. An email with a voting link will be sent out. In the meantime, read more about our candidates here or watch the candidate forum video! (Passcode: 9?LilMCZ)

Spring universal screening is near! Spring universal screening will begin Monday, May 16th, and continue through Thursday, May 26th. We use screeners to identify those students who are on-track to meet grade-level standards in reading and math and those students who may need some additional support to keep them on-track to meet grade-level goals by the end of the school year. Meet some of our interventionists who are integral to conducting universal screening!). 

Please also check out our universal screening resource: Screening FAQ. 

Please do not hesitate to reach out to Jessie Kember (jkember@tcgis.org) with any questions or concerns. We appreciate your flexibility and patience as we work together to systematically support our students to reach their full potential. 

To prepare for the 2022-2023 school year, all families are required to fill out the Annual Update in Infinite Campus by Tuesday, May 31. You will be asked to verify your contact details and your child(ren)’s health information. If this form is not received, your child(ren) will not be allowed to participate in classroom neighborhood walks in the fall, and your middle school student(s) will not be issued a Chromebook.

Follow the instructions below:

Please fill out this form as soon as possible and no later than Tuesday, May 31. Email info@tcgis.org with any questions.

If your student had medication in his/her health file during this school year, Mariah Schoonover and Monika Avery will have the medication available for pick up on the last day of school, Wednesday, June 15th from 12pm to 2 pm at the West entrance by the parking lot.

It's that time of year already: we are looking for host families for next year's interns! Click here to "meet" the interns who will arrive next fall.

Curious about hosting an intern? Learn all about it here. Ready to apply to host? Skip right ahead to the Host Family Application.

Without the generosity of our wonderful volunteer host families, the TCGIS Intern Program could not exist. Herzlichen Dank!

Please fill out this survey if you intend to use Kinderclub during the 2022-23 school year. You will be put on the Kinderclub email list and receive updates about registration. This will also help us with staffing and scheduling needs. Thank you!

The Spring Band Concert will take place Friday, May 20, 5-5:30pm. We will be on the playground, unless weather keeps us inside. Please bring your own chairs or blankets to sit on!

4th grade families, this is a great way to check out the band if you and your child are interested! Frau Johnson has a YouTube playlist with current and former band members talking about their instruments. It's a great way to see the different instruments she teaches.

Because of Covid we are not having an actual instrument tryout. If students are interested in trying instruments, please email Krista Johnson and we can arrange it!

There is more information on Krista's website. Click on the "TCGIS" link.

Registration for TCGIS Fall Sports will be open on Popsicle from May 15 until May 31. All middle schoolers (current 4th-7th graders) are welcome to sign up. TCGIS athletic calendars are designed so that students may participate in more than one sport per season.

Payment required at time of registration per sport per athlete: $200*

*Finances should not be a factor in deciding to participate in TCGIS athletic teams. If finances are a concern, please contact Athletic Coordinator Tabisz BEFORE registering because payment is required at the time of registration.

With questions, please contact Athletic Coordinator Chris Tabisz.

Thank you everyone who made it out to Maskenball! It was a great success and everyone had an amazing evening. It was great to be out together with the community for a fun evening.

We'll be back next year!

Our LAST MEETING of the year and the PTO Retreat will be in the afternoon on Sunday, May 22nd. Exact time and place will be here next week, but please put it on your calendar to join us. We'll go over this year and discuss ideas for next year.

We are opening Camp Rocks (Week 2 : 7/5-7/8), Im Zirkuszelt Camp (711-7/15), and Painting with Watercolors Camp (Week 4: 7/18-7/22) for current 2nd Graders. Registration was extended until May 15th. Please log into your Popsicle accounts to book.

We are also pleased to offer Afternoon Care only during Camp Weeks. You do not have to be registered for Camp to utilize the 12:00pm-5:00pm Care. Cost for the PM without Camp is $150. Please register in Popsicle and email Michaela Bromenschenkel to be invoiced the additional $30.

Due to high demand, we are adding another K-2 Camp! Reise um die Welt is open for registration ( Week 4 : 7/18-7/22). Register now in Popsicle before it fills up a second time! Please reach out to Michaela Bromenschenkel with any questions regarding Summer Camps.

There are now 60 families who have opted in to using this Google form to participate in the 2022 Carpooling Map.

Interested in exploring carpooling to / from school? Fill out this Google form. We will share the link to the unlisted Google map with those who have opted in (through the form).

The Diversity & Belonging Committee is sharing pictures and short texts about what is happening in classrooms. Although we don't have many visitors in our classrooms these days, we are proud to show what is happening here.

St. Paul College is seeking 1-2 host families for German college students coming to Minnesota for the 22/23 school year. Students are participating in an exchange sponsored by the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals, which gives 75 German young professionals the opportunity to live with an American host, study at a local college, and complete a six-month paid internship in their career fields. Students are between 18-24 years old and host families receive $225 monthly stipend. Read more about the CBYX program and hosting FAQs.

The GAI has launched the Communities for Ukraine fundraising campaign to support Ukrainian refugees who have fled to our adopted “sister cities” of Plonsk, Poland and Zell, Germany. Together with many partners in our community, we are raising $20,000 by May 21 to provide critical aid to refugees who need housing and immediate economic support. There are now more than 300 refugees in Zell and nearby villages, with more arriving daily. Funds will go directly to the town of Zell to help them house more refugees. Please donate here.

Quatsch und die Nasenbärbande (Fiddlesticks) (2014) is about the average village of Bollersville—a town so average that it is perfect for consumer research. The adults of Bollersville will do anything to remain that way, including putting all the grandparents into an old folks home to keep their statistical average! In an attempt to avoid the same fate as their parents, Rieke, Max, Lene, Paul, Suse, and Ben team up with a Nasenbär (coati) named Quatsch to set a world record and prove that their town is anything but average!

82 minutes long. In German with English subtitles. Best for ages 4 to 9.

Buy tickets here.

Kinderstube German Immersion Preschool is enrolling for fall at its Minneapolis location -- less than a 20 minute drive from TCGIS! We welcome younger siblings to join our preschool. Through daily play, music education, art and science exploration, as well as outdoor play time, Kinderstube students are exposed to all the concepts of early childhood education--while learning German! No language experience from the child or family is needed. Learn more about 2022-2023 enrollment here.

TCGIS has built a list of local university/college students interested in virtual private tutoring in German for TCGIS students. We update this Google spreadsheet of tutors regularly. Learn more here.

May 2-6: Staff Appreciation Week

May 5: Jewish Community Resource Center on Jewish life at TCGIS

May 7: S.E.A.C. Morning at the Park

May 20: Middle School Dance

May 20: Spring Band Concert

May 22: Last PTO Meeting & PTO Retreat

May 31: Deadline for Annual Update in Infinite Campus

June 15: Last Day of School