Purchase your All Sports Pass today!
Game day! 🥎 Our ladies start the Cherokee Strip Conference Tournament today — let’s go! 💪🔥 #GoLadyTigers #CherokeeStrip
Softball shirt orders are due on Aug. 18th! You can order from this link https://timberlakeathletics2025.itemorder.com/shop/home/
🚌For students getting on the bus in Helena in the morning, the bus will be there to load around 7:15. We will be leaving no later than 7:25. Please plan accordingly. A message has gone out on rooms. Any questions please let your new driver Mrs. Jones know. Looking forward to a great year!!🚌
ATTENTION JH/HS PARENTS:
As most of you know, the State of Oklahoma passed a law banning the use of student cell phones in public schools from "bell to bell". This law will go into effect this school year, 2025-2026. Timberlake Public School has worked to revamp their board policy and handbook policy to reflect this new legislation. For Timberlake JH/HS, "bell to bell" will be 8:10am to 3:30pm. During this time, students will not be allowed to possess or use their cell phones. Phones can be left at home, in their cars, or in the school provided cell phone locker that will be kept in the office. Students will not be allowed to have their phone on their person or in their personal locker. Exemptions will be made for medical purposes, but must be documented through a doctor and a 504 or IEP. If you need to reach your student, we encourage you to contact the office and we will get a message to your student or go get them in the case of an emergency. While we know that this will not be a comfortable change, we do believe that it will positively impact each student's education. We encourage you to discuss this change with your student(s) so they are prepared for Thursday. This change will be discussed with students during our opening day meetings. If you have questions prior to Thursday, please reach out to Mr. Dayton. Thanks for your support as we work through this change.
As most of you know, the State of Oklahoma passed a law banning the use of student cell phones in public schools from "bell to bell". This law will go into effect this school year, 2025-2026. Timberlake Public School has worked to revamp their board policy and handbook policy to reflect this new legislation. For Timberlake JH/HS, "bell to bell" will be 8:10am to 3:30pm. During this time, students will not be allowed to possess or use their cell phones. Phones can be left at home, in their cars, or in the school provided cell phone locker that will be kept in the office. Students will not be allowed to have their phone on their person or in their personal locker. Exemptions will be made for medical purposes, but must be documented through a doctor and a 504 or IEP. If you need to reach your student, we encourage you to contact the office and we will get a message to your student or go get them in the case of an emergency. While we know that this will not be a comfortable change, we do believe that it will positively impact each student's education. We encourage you to discuss this change with your student(s) so they are prepared for Thursday. This change will be discussed with students during our opening day meetings. If you have questions prior to Thursday, please reach out to Mr. Dayton. Thanks for your support as we work through this change.
Lady Tigers Softball Season has begun! Good luck girls! Here is a link for the bracket for the HS tournament this weekend. https://aptg.co/0Y6XLx
At the end of June a few Tigers attended the Oklahoma 8 Man Football Coaches Association All Star Game and Banquet and received some hardware. Head Coach of the Tigers, Brian Severin, was chosen as the Class C Coach of the Year as well as being inducted into the Oklahoma 8 Man Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame. Tyler Severin was chosen as the Assistant Coach of the Year. Karson Shepard was selected as the Defensive Player of the Year. Congratulations to all, we are proud of you. Thank you to the Severin coaches for the impact you have on all of your players. Karson, thank you for your hard work, dedication, and leadership you exhibited during your 4 years as a Tiger.
Open House is today, Tuesday, Aug. 12th from 5:00-7:00 at both sites. PTO is once again providing school supplies for students. If your child needs a backpack please scan the QR code and fill out the form. PTO will also be providing a hot dog meal by donation at Jet!
With the first day quickly approaching, I wanted to make sure everyone had seen information on some changes for the new school year.
1. State law requires that students do not access to cell phones or other digital devices from "bell to bell." If you would like details on how we will be implementing this requirement, go to page 14 in the student handbook which can be accessed at https://aptg.co/2SQY_H
2. Meal plans: There is currently no method in place to allow the district to fund breakfast and lunch for all students. The expectation remains for families to maintain a positive balance. We urge parents to complete a free & reduced application if there is any chance that you might qualify as it does benefit the district and all Timberlake students greatly. We have a plan in place to assist families with negative balances to bring their balances current. We will be sharing information on that shortly.
3. Transportation: We are in desperate need of part time or full time bus drivers so please reach out to the district if you or someone you know might be interested in helping. We have also seen an increase in behavioral issues on buses which does not help with our driver shortage. This is a reminder that school transportation is a privilege and discipline issues create a safety hazard for all other students. Timberlake has a no tolerance policy on behaviors that disrupt routes and/or create safety issues on school vehicles. The district will stick firmly behind discipline measures that remove students from school vehicles for an increasing number of days for each offense. We appreciate your assistance in driving home the importance of behavior on the road.
Finally, we hope to see everyone at Open House tomorrow night and we look forward to another great school year at Timberlake!
1. State law requires that students do not access to cell phones or other digital devices from "bell to bell." If you would like details on how we will be implementing this requirement, go to page 14 in the student handbook which can be accessed at https://aptg.co/2SQY_H
2. Meal plans: There is currently no method in place to allow the district to fund breakfast and lunch for all students. The expectation remains for families to maintain a positive balance. We urge parents to complete a free & reduced application if there is any chance that you might qualify as it does benefit the district and all Timberlake students greatly. We have a plan in place to assist families with negative balances to bring their balances current. We will be sharing information on that shortly.
3. Transportation: We are in desperate need of part time or full time bus drivers so please reach out to the district if you or someone you know might be interested in helping. We have also seen an increase in behavioral issues on buses which does not help with our driver shortage. This is a reminder that school transportation is a privilege and discipline issues create a safety hazard for all other students. Timberlake has a no tolerance policy on behaviors that disrupt routes and/or create safety issues on school vehicles. The district will stick firmly behind discipline measures that remove students from school vehicles for an increasing number of days for each offense. We appreciate your assistance in driving home the importance of behavior on the road.
Finally, we hope to see everyone at Open House tomorrow night and we look forward to another great school year at Timberlake!
Softball shirts for sale. Orders close August 18th.
Both sites will have Open House on Tuesday, Aug. 12th from 5:00-7:00. PTO is once again providing school supplies for students. If your child needs a backpack please scan the QR code and fill out the form. PTO will also be providing a hot dog meal by donation at Jet!
Attn: Parents - If you haven't received an email that looks like this for your students that you enrolled, your students enrollment isn't complete. Please check your email that you provided and see if you have received the message attached or a message from the site secretaries asking you to complete a form. The email will be from ednotifications@sylogist.com. We have a large number of enrollments that we can't post because they have been sent back to the guardians. If you are unsure contact the school and we can tell you the status of your enrollment.
7-12th grade class schedules will be available in the student and parent portal by August 12th for students who have COMPLETED the enrollment process. If you have any questions or need assistance with the enrollment process, please contact the office at your child's school.
The Free and Reduced application is now available. To access the application, log in to the student records portal and select the Lunchroom Application tab. It is only necessary to complete one application per household. Please include all children living in the home.
Reminder: In person enrollment begins in Helena at noon today and continues in Jet tomorrow morning. Online enrollment for returning students is due by the end of the day tomorrow. Physicals and immunizations will be provided at no cost during enrollment at Jet tomorrow morning. Physicals begin at 8:00 am and will be available until enrollment closes at 2:00 pm. We will be allowing softball girls to go first at 8:00 so they can get to their morning team camp. Immunizations are available from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm tomorrow, also at Jet. If a parent is unable to accompany a minor for physicals, please have the physical form completed and signed. OSSAA physical forms can be found at https://aptg.co/z2dVL7. Further information about enrollment, physicals, and immunizations are on the school website at https://www.tlake.k12.ok.us/page/enrollment
4-H meeting in the elementary cafeteria on August 27th after school. Bring a friend!
Attention JH/HS students who are interested in running cross country - please e-mail Coach Foster at mfoster@tlake.k12.ok.us so he can get you added to Rooms.
Donate blood today and get a free Scotty's snow cone!
It is crucial for families to continue to complete free and reduced meal applications for the upcoming school year. If you are resistant to applying, please understand that these applications help our district and our students in many ways beyond providing free or reduced meals for individual students. As I'm sure many of you are aware, information was blasted on the news about providing free meals for all public school students for the upcoming school year. We want to be clear to our families that it is highly unlikely that free meals for all students will be a reality for the 2025-2026 school year. I have provided a very thorough explanation of these reports, our child nutrition program, and other areas detailed in the SDE media release at https://5il.co/3m6g4 if you would like further information.
We apologize for the inconvenience but the Child Nutrition application has not yet been released by our vendor as it was released late by the State Department of Education. Families can still complete the enrollment process then we will let everyone know once the lunchroom application has been released.
Online enrollment is now open for the 2025-2026 school year. Details and instructions are attached. The OSSAA physical form can be found at https://5il.co/3m6ap
