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  • HOME
  • About
    • Welcome to TCGIS
    • Our School
    • School Campus
    • Our Team
    • School Board
    • Join our Team!
    • Internships
    • Org Chart
  • Family Resources
    • E-Learning Plan
    • Rundbrief 2023-24
    • Infinite Campus Parent Portal
    • Communication Expectations
    • Resolve a Concern
    • Host an Intern
    • Student and Family Wellness
    • All Resources
  • Enroll
    • New Families
    • Enrollment
    • School Tours
    • Virtual School Tour
    • Transportation
    • FAQ
  • School Life
    • Food Service
    • Extracurricular Activities
    • Library
    • Summer Camps
    • Intern Program
    • Kinderclub
    • Athletics
  • Community
    • Family Groups
    • Fundraising
    • Volunteer
    • Alumni
    • PTO
    • In the Media
    • Exhibits
  • Academics
    • Pedagogical Concept >
      • K-8 Curriculum Maps
    • Elementary School
    • Middle School
    • New to German
    • Special Education

Class Composition Procedure

Class Composition Procedure

It is the procedure of the school to compose the classes in kindergarten for the optimum balance of students with the information available to the school before kindergarten starts.
  1. At the end of kindergarten the classes are mixed.
  2. ​First and second grade, class composition and teacher assignment stays the same, barring extraordinary circumstances.*
  3. At the end of second grade the students will be mixed again for third grade.
  4. Third and fourth grade, class composition and teacher assignment stays the same, again, barring extraordinary circumstances.*
  5. At the end of 4th and each year thereafter classes are mixed (some classes are based on electives).

​In composing the class lists, teachers in collaboration with administration take the following aspects into account:

  • The needs of all students (including academic, social-emotional, and behavioral)
  • Based on previous year teacher recommendation including IEP Team (including the information gleaned from parents)
  • Balance of academic skills in German, reading, writing, and math
  • Balance of special education students needs (special education teacher input)
  • Balance of gender
  • Balance of diversity / ethnicity
  • Balance of students’ behavior needs


* Extraordinary circumstances include issues between a student and other student(s) and/or  teacher and student that cannot be resolved after 4-6 weeks of Tier 1 or Tier 2 interventions. Evidence that issues are not resolved are based on data from Tier 1 or Tier 2 interventions. A recommendation for a change of class must be made from a team that at minimum includes parent/guardian, homeroom teacher, member of the school-wide support team, and the student when developmentally appropriate.
We acknowledge and appreciate that TCGIS is located on Waȟpékhute (wah-PEH-koo-tay) Dakota traditional, ancestral, and contemporary homeland, near Lake Medewaka, in the land now known as Minnesota (Mni Sota Makoce). Read our full TCGIS Indigenous Land Acknowledgement here.
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Hours

Office Hours
School Year: Mon.-Fri.​ 8:00am-4:00pm
Summer: Mon.-Fri.
​9:00am-12:00pm

Contact

Phone: 651.492.7106
Fax: ​651.330.2270
Email:​ ​info@tcgis.org

Address

1031 Como Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55103

Directions
Authorizer: 
University of St. Thomas
2115 Summit Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55105

tmoffatt@stthomas.edu
Phone: 651-962-4372