Tanya Moore has been working so hard to make TMS a great place for kids. Her art club brightens up the school with student work. Her MTM group has created school videos and board appreciation videos, and the MTM group is also working this spring to complete the yearbook. She will also expose her kids to careers this semester by taking them on field trips to digital media and news station studios. Above and beyond is what excellence is all about. Thank you Tanya for going the extra mile for kids.
Great job to Christy Lister and her work with Jump Rope for Heart. This year, she led TPS to raise $7955.78 which almost doubled the goal they had this year. As an incentive to pump up the kids, Mrs. Carr and Coach Lister will be turned into an ice-cream sundae. Great job, Christy!
Growing Excellence (+10 for ALL)
When kids don't win the big competition, do they never try again? When they don't get selected for the leading role or as captain of the team, do they see that as a reason to stop or drop out? More importantly, when kids fail a test, do they see themselves as a bad math student or a poor reader?
Well, it depends.
When we experience failure or rejection, we always have two choices. We can see failure as a NO and let it stop us in our tracks, or we can see it as a NOT YET. NOT YET means we have more work to do. It means we're not quite there, but furthermore, it means that we're also not at the place we were yesterday. If we want kids to believe in themselves as learners, we must teach them how to respond in the face of adversity. We must teach them that they are a work in progress, and NOT YET is a powerful mental tool that can shape them into the person they were born to become. Growth can't happen with a NO, but it always will with a NOT YET.
Failure is not fatal, but our response to it can be. This week, let's teach all kids how to turn their NO's into NOT YETs. Not only will you see a change in their performance as learners, you will also see a change in their confidence and self-esteem.
College AND Career
In Melinda Qualls, health science classes studied several medical careers that included pharmacy tech and nursing. Students were asked to create a presentation over one career that interested them. Here is Google Slide presentation that Kierra K. created on a career as a neonatal nurse. Also, we are so appreciative that Erin Jones, pharmacist at B&B, spoke to our pharmacy tech students.
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Upcoming Dates
- Mon, Feb. 15 - Begin Collecting Writing Samples for TELPAS
- Wed, Feb. 17 - Digital Learning Day:
- Tweet out the digital learning in your class to the #DLDay Hashtag
- Mon - Thu, Feb. 22 - 25 4th 6 Weeks Formative Assessments Given (CLICK HERE)
- Fri, Feb 26 -
- Ensure all data is in DMAC Begin Response to Assessment (CLICK HERE)
- End of 4th 6 Weeks
- Mon - Fri, Feb 29 - Mar 4 - Texas Public Schools Week
- Mon, Feb 29 - Beginning of 5th 6 Weeks
- March 7 - 11 - Spring Break
What I'm Learning
8 ways teachers can talk less and get kids talking more
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Posted by Devon Beck on Thursday, January 28, 2016
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