Toll Gate Grammar School

The 2021-2022 Yearbook is available for sale! - $25 if purchased by April 30th - $30 if purchased after April 30th - Last day to purchase yearbooks is May 12th! All books will be delivered to the school and handed out to students the beginning of June. Don’t wait! Order Now! Click here to order: https://link.entourageyearbooks.com/my/Tollgate-Grammar-School-2022

BBQ with the QCrew is back by popular demand!! Don’t cook…order out instead (and help Toll Gate)!! Free pick up at TG - Tuesday, April 26, 2022. (Please place order by April 25.) Order online at https://qcrewcares.com/pages/toll-gate-grammar-school-pto. Any questions? Contact Dana Troiano at danafray@aol.com

May 4 is the day the single-use plastic bag ban goes into effect in New Jersey. Grab your Green Team Reusable Bags, available for $5 cash only. 100% of proceeds go to building our Gator Green Space! Email tggpto@gmail.com to have a bag set aside for you today.

2nd Trimester Report Cards will be available on the Parent Portal on Friday, March 25th!

The Toll Gate Spring Merch Sale is here! The sale will run from Monday, March 14 through Friday, March 25. We are excited to bring you various styles of shorts, just in time for summer! All available in youth and adult sizes. A portion of the proceeds from sales go directly to the PTO to help support important initiatives for students and staff. Items will be available for pickup in late April. An email will go out to let you know when and where. Click here to start your order: https://starrdesignshop.com/collections/toll-gate-spring-2022. Be sure to include your child’s name and homeroom at checkout. Questions? Please email Jaclynpetrin@gmail.com

Check out fellow Toll Gators in the Hopewell Valley Children's Theatre in-person performance of Shrek, the Musical JR. March 18 & 19 at 7 pm and March 20 at 2pm. Tickets can be purchased at https://www.showtix4u.com/event-details/62390 or at the door before each performance.

We are excited to bring back our very successful flower bulb sale again to support the Toll Gate Grammar School Garden Space. 50% of the proceeds from this sale will go to support the building of an outdoor space. Click on the link below to purchase your bulbs. Happy planting! https://shop.giveandgarden.com/spring-garden-fundraiser-169.html#!/Seller/214

Extra, extra! Read all about it. Check out the February 2022 Edition of The Gator Gazette by the 5th Grade Newspaper Club: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vNsUbJAACzYWs90qSWXeyHvx1pX8H--j/view?usp=sharing

Attention Parents! - Kindergarten registration for children who will be five years old on or before October 1, 2022 has begun. The instructions for registration are available here: https://www.hvrsd.org/page/new-student-registration. Required forms are available at: https://www.hvrsd.org/page/registration-forms. Please scan and email the completed forms and supporting documents to the Registrar’s Office: registrar@hvrsd.org or request an appointment with the Registrar at registrar@hvrsd.org or by calling 609 737 4002, ext 2306.

PEECH (Preschool and Early Education for Children in Hopewell) is the Hopewell Valley Regional School District’s integrated preschool program designed to offer children the opportunity to learn and play with age-appropriate peers. Applications for the PEECH program are due no later than Friday, February 18, 2022. Here is the link to the application: https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/1320994/PEECH_Application_New_Students_2022-2023.pdf. For more information on the PEECH program, contract Dottie Dicheck in the Pupil Services office at dorothydicheck@hvrsd.org or 609-737-4000 ext. 2603.

It is our pleasure to announce Brittany Longo, Kindergarten teacher, as our 2021-2022 Governor’s Educator of the Year award winner! Mrs. Longo received many nominations from parents, fellow teachers and paraprofessionals. She began her career in HVRSD in 2014 and has taught Kindergarten and 1st Grade here at Toll Gate. She is passionate about teaching and is dedicated to providing a student-centered environment. She continues to demonstrate leadership and innovation both inside and outside the classroom. She has served as the student council advisor for three years and works closely with district supervisors on the Hopewell Valley CRT Initiatives. She is also a representative of TG’s All Hands Committee and is an active member of our Spirit Committee. Toll Gate is so lucky to have Mrs. Longo here with us. Please join us in congratulating Mrs. Longo on this great honor!

Parent/Teacher Conferences - Parents are invited to attend our VIRTUAL Parent-Teacher Conferences on Friday, November 19th and Monday, November 22nd. Evening conferences will be offered on Monday, November 22nd. We will be using an easy to use online appointment booking system. This allows you to choose your own appointment times with teachers and then receive an email confirming your appointments. Appointments can be made from Monday, November 1st and will close on Sunday, November 7th at 6:00 pm. Should you wish to make any changes after this date please contact the school office. Please visit https://toll.meettheteacher.com to book your appointments. Please use this link (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NKfLHqyS1n_3BeAJ7kjmiPQQi6XdNPWT/view) for a short guide on how to login and add appointments. Individual conferences are 15 minutes with five minutes in between for logging into another Zoom. Teachers will send out a Zoom link for their conferences. If you do not have access to the internet, please contact the school office who will be happy to add appointments on your behalf.

The online school store sale begins Monday, October 25 and ends on Monday, November 8. Items will be delivered to Toll Gate by mid-December, just in time for winter break! Check out our new “bundles” which include a Toll Gate t-shirt and Tucker alligator stuffy. Once the sale is over, most of the items won’t be available again. A portion of the proceeds from school store sales go to the PTO, helping support important initiatives for our Toll Gate staff and students. Visit the link below to start shopping and thank you for your support of the Toll Gate PTO! https://starrdesignshop.com/collections/toll-gate-fall-2021 Questions? Email Jaclynpetrin@gmail.com. Happy shopping!

PTO Fundraiser: If you are interested in ordering flower bulbs from the PTO, please click the link below. This is their first fundraiser for the new outdoor learning space that was just approved by Pennington Boro! 50% of the proceeds from this sale will go to support the building of this outdoor space. https://shop.giveandgarden.com/fall-fundraiser-147.html#!/Products/seller_id:192/q:/category:/page:1

Our Halloween parade will be on Friday, October 29th at 2:30 pm. This year, in order to maintain social distancing guidelines and provide enough room for everyone to spread out with adequate space, the students will march around the field in the back of the school. Grades will be spread out around the field. If the weather does not cooperate, we will have another plan. Anyone who will be on school property will be expected to wear a mask. This is to maintain the safety of all our Toll Gators. Please send your child to school in their costume. They can bring in any accessories to their costume in a bag. It is important to remember students should be able to: walk, participate in Wellness and recess in their costume, dress themselves and not need to use the restroom to change. Inflatable costumes can be worn and inflated prior to the parade. Weapons, blood or r-rated movie costumes are not allowed. Face masks covering the nose and mouth are required (no Halloween masks, please). Classroom celebrations will be directly after students return from the parade at 3 pm. Food or goodie bags with food will NOT be permitted at the celebrations. Remember the importance of setting a positive tone for your child. We all want to continue to celebrate these wonderful holidays in a fun and safe manner. Thank you for your cooperation and we look forward to seeing you. Happy Halloween!

All school supplies will continue to be provided by the school. Parents will not need to purchase any school supplies for their child(ren).

Join us on Wednesday, August 11th at 7:30 pm for an informational panel discussion with local pediatricians, and a representative from the local health department. Register in advance for this webinar https://hvrsd-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_GgassI_OQHa48b3TDUox0A

Congratulations to all students and staff for finishing the 2020-2021 school year! Enjoy the summer!

Pennington Boro Holiday Lights Contest: Check out holiday lights around the Boro this weekend. Click the link below to see the map and more information. https://sites.google.com/view/borolights2020/home

Join me for the Principal Read Aloud this morning at 8:55 am. Please use the morning announcement link.