Did you know that we have a "Green Team" that collaborates with other schools in TESD? Each of us can make a difference by reducing, reusing, and recycling materials throughout our communities and encouraging our neighbors (and our kids) to do the same.  The TEMS Green Team offers the following eco-friendly recycling options:

TEMS Recycling Program*

 Recycling drop-off for the following items will be available at TEMS all year!  Bins are located in the main lobby upon entry to the school.

Oral care waste
 All brands of used or empty toothpaste tubes and caps, toothbrushes, toothpaste cartons, toothbrush outer packaging, and floss containers.  NOTE: Electric toothbrushes, battery toothbrushes, and/or their parts are NOT accepted for recycling through the program.

Printer and Toner Cartridges 
 All brands and color combinations

Writing instruments  
 All brands of empty writing instruments including markers, pens, highlighters and mechanical pencils.  Please NO wooden pencils or crayons.

Plastic Bags
 CLEAN, DRY and FREE OF FOOD RESIDUE

Produce bags, store bags, ice bags, Ziplocs, cereal box liners, bread bags, case overwrap, dry cleaning bags, newspaper sleeves, bubble wrap, plastic e-commerce mailers.

* Household Alkaline Batteries will no longer be recycled at TEMS.  Please drop off used batteries at MOM's Market at 1149 E. Lancaster Avenue, Bryn Mawr.  MOM's also recycles cell phones, eyeglasses, corks and shoes. 

 Brought to you by the TESD Green Team. To learn more or get involved, please contact: Tracy at tracyteeselink@aol.com, Val at valcheng@gmail.com or Gaby at gabysnyder@yahoo.com

Dear Parents,

 We hope this message finds you well. We would like to share some important reminders regarding your child's health and wellbeing during the school day:

 If your student reaches out to you during school hours via email or text – despite TEMS policy on phone usage – please instruct them to visit the nurse's office. Nurses will contact you if your student truly needs to go home. Please refrain from picking them up based solely on a text. We can treat a headache or get to the underlying reason behind why they want to go leave and often find that it is not always due to illness. Feel free to call the nurse’s office to inquire about your students if you are worried about them. We are happy to call them down to check on them.

 Additionally here are some reminders 

• Encourage daily hydration by sending your student to school with a refillable water bottle.
• Promote the habit of eating breakfast, or suggest they bring a granola bar or snack for later in the morning if they're not hungry before leaving home.
• For 6th grade families: Submit your student’s most recent physical exam and immunizations to Power School, email them to coaryl@tesd.net, or send them in to school as soon as possible.
• For 7th grade families: Share your student’s latest dental exam results through Power School, email them to lallym@tesd.net, or submit them to the school directly.
• If your child has a life-threatening allergy, ensure that their most recent allergy plan is available on Power School, emailed to us, or submitted in person ASAP. When providing Epipens or inhalers, please include current doctor’s orders as required by our allergist. *Please note that no medications can be accepted without accompanying doctor orders*

Feel free to contact the nurse's office if you have any concerns or questions regarding your child's wellbeing at school.

Sincerely,

Leigh Ann Coary, M.Ed, RN, CSN

Certified School Nurse

Nursing Facilitator

Tredyffrin/Easttown Middle School