Dear TMS Parents and Guardians,
We want to provide some very important information and reminders about Thompson Middle School’s registration and payment process for the 2024-2025 school year. Starting, students and parents will be able to register online for the upcoming school year. Registration includes the following components and all can be completed online:
1. Register online using snapcodes
2. Proof of residence
3. Payment of fees/donations
Parents and guardians should be aware that they will receive an e-mail with a snapcode. The snapcode will be used to initiate the online registration and payment process. In the e-mail, there will be links to all three components of registration: the online registration site, proof of residence uploading site, and the site where school payments will be paid. It is imperative that you have an updated, valid e-mail on file with TMS. If not, please contact the TMS registrar Eve Smeraglia at Eve.Smeraglia@acsboe.org in order to update and/or validate your e-mail address. If your current e-mail address does not match any address we have on file, you will not receive this very important information necessary for registration.
All school payments will be made online through MySchoolBucks.com. Look for registration invoices and/or products in our school store. If you have any questions about payments due or setting up your account, you can contact the TMS bookkeepers Janine.Hollis@acsboe.org or Leigh.Reeves@acsboe.org. For anyone who needs an alternative to online payments and must pay in person, please call the main office at 205-685-8100 to make an appointment.
All students will receive a locker at TMS during the 2024-2025 school year. Lockers will be given out based on the time stamp of your registration submission, proof of residence, and online payments. Top lockers will be given out first, based on this same time stamp. Locker locations will be based on students’ class schedules in order to reduce tardies to class. They will be given out after school begins.
Student schedules will be available to view online through Power Schools in August, with the specific dates announced later in the summer. Students will not be able to view their schedule until all proper registration procedures have been completed and payments have been made. In addition, all administrative holds must be properly and fully addressed (i.e. attendance/truancy issues, proof of residence, negative lunch balances from the previous year, unreturned textbooks fees, etc.).
The Tdap vaccine is required for all Alabama students age 11 years old or older entering the 6th grade. For the school year of 2024-2025, all students in grades 6 or 11 years old or older are required to have a Tdap vaccination. For questions, please contact the Immunization Division at 1-800-469-4599. All 6th graders will need to bring an updated immunization record to Warrior Day. You can drop this off with the school nurse.
As always, I appreciate your support and look forward to working with you and your family at Thompson Middle School.
Sincerely,
Dr. Neely Woodley
Thompson Middle School Principal