Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Week 6.2

Celebrate Excellence
Our schools run so smoothly, but how smoothly would they run without our secretaries and office staff?  This Wednesday, April 27 is Administrative Assistants Day, so make sure you take time to thank all of our wonderful ladies around the district who consistently go above and beyond to help students, parents and staff.




Growing Excellence (+10 for ALL) 
STAAR scores are in, and we are so proud of our 5th and 8th grade reading and math teachers for their hard work in helping our students grow in their learning.  Thank you to the following teachers:

  • 5th Reading - Melanie Miller and Andrea Singleton
  • 5th Math - Mechelle McMichael and Kristin Lacy
  • 8th Reading - Melissa Dixon
  • 8th Math - Tracy Roden

The most impressive data that I would like to share is how many students grew from their performance last year.  77% of our 5th reading students grew from their performance last year. 94% of our 5th grade math students grew from last year, 71% of our 8th grade reading students grew from last year, and 87% of our 8th grade math students grew from last year.  To put that in perspective, 57% of Texas students grew in 2015.  Tatum ISD students are not just passing.  They are growing in their learning.

For more information, here is a link to tell you how much we have grown this year.

College AND Career 

Do you want to encourage a student to be a Spanish teacher?  Check out this College and Career project by Madelyn Haden and Daisy Hillin in Coach Rocha's Spanish class.

Making High School Registration like College

Below is an image showing how our incoming 9th through 12th graders will register for next year's classes and update their personal graduation plan using Career Cruising software.  Students will log in to their account look at their transcript and select courses in the same fashion that they will do that for college.  Special thanks to Jo Miller for all of her work in getting this new feature up and running.

Google Me This 


Upcoming Dates 
  • Wed, 4/27 - Early Dismissal (Campus Principals will give more specific instructions.)
  • Wed, 4/27 - Adminsitrative Assistants Day
  • Mon, 5/2 - EOCs begin at THS
  • Mon 5/2 - 5/6 - Teacher Appreciation Week
  • Thu, 5/5 - Cinco de Mayo celebrations at all campuses
  • Mon, 5/9 - STAAR 3 - 8 begins at TES and TMS
  • Tue, 5/17 - 8th Grade College and Career Commitment Day
  • Tue, 5/17 - Fine Arts Forum from 6:30 - 8:00
  • Fri, 5/20 - Bad Weather Day
  • Wed, 5/25 - Last Day of School and Early Release Day
  • Thu, 5/26 - Staff Development - District Required T-TESS Training
  • Fri, 5/27 - Staff Development - District Required Training
  • Mon, 5/30 - Memorial Day - School Holiday
  • Tue, 5/31 - Thu 6/2 - Campus Based Professional Development
  • Fri, 6/3 - Staff Work Day
  • Mon, 6/6 - Summer School Begins

 What I'm Learning



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