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Principal's Message
My message is simple: Let's finish strong Rangers!
Make the most of each student's:
- 360 minutes of instruction a day,
- 1,800 minutes of weekly instruction
Students may be overly excited being the last week before Spring Break.
I wish everyone a productive and wonderful week!! There are 5 days before this well deserved vacation each and everyone deserves!! Make the most of it!
Proudest Principal in DISD!
F. Taylor-Glenn
One Band. One Sound
March 6, 2017, Week 2 of 5th Six Weeks
BY MAY 2017, AT LEAST 80% OF ALL STAAR EXAMS TAKEN BY ARMS STUDENTS WILL MEET THE PHASE II PASSING STANDARD.
TEAM
GRIT
GROWTH
Observation, Feedback & Coaching- GROUP A
- Spring Semester Face to Face Feedback sessions may vary.
- Spot Feedback via SchoolNet reviewed by teachers.
- Respond to Polish via SchoolNet
ARMS New Information
Skyline Feeder Pattern Open House: April 22nd!
It is an opportunity for us to showcase all the phenomenal things happening at our our campus and introduce STEAM to the community.
ARMS Reminders
Unplanned Absence Protocol Reminders
For unplanned absences for ALL STAFF, I am to be called. Not texted. You are not inconveniencing me.
#2:
Absences are being communicated through other campus leaders and this is not the protocol.
Call me first and then follow up with grade level, content leaders, teacher team, other necessary staff (Mrs. Linwood for duty, etc), and inputting into AESOP.
I communicate directly with Ms. Garcia who coordinates substitute teachers.
4th Six Week Failure Intervention Plan - Due 3/10
Be on the look out for an email from Ms. Hunt in regards to the 4th Six Week Failure List, along with the paperwork. All plans are due by Friday, March 10th.
DISD Board Approves 2017-18 Schedule
ARMS Tardy Data 2/27-3/3
Keep Up the GREAT work Ranger Nation!
Operation Excellence: TG2 Spotlight
Spotlight on ELAR Team: Opearation Excellence- Grit!!
I’m spotlighting the entire ELAR department. EVERYONE took and PASSED the calibration test. If that sounds trivial, then it’s obvious you’ve never had to take this test. There is a lot of pressure and it is an extremely difficult test. The ELAR teachers are under a lot of pressure this time of the year, with TELPAS.
I know other teachers are helping the ELAR teachers get the 5 writing samples completed, but ultimately it is the responsibility of the ELAR dept. So if you see them looking a little frazzled, they have good reason. Again a big CONGRATULATIONS to the ARMS ELAR department. Job well done.
Spotlight: Operation Excellence - Team & Grit!
Ms. Hunt writes:
I would like to spotlight Ms. C. Lewis! She is consistently available, ready, and willing to do anything for the good of her students and the grade level!
I would like to spotlight Ms. T. Brown for stepping up and taking on two students this week who are not in her class to assist them with their Math instruction. Way to show excellence!
I would like to spotlight the entire 6th grade lunch team: Mrs. Joliffe, Mrs. J. Miller, Mrs. Wilson, Mrs. Pearson, Mrs. McIntyre, Coach Seales, Coach Wagers, Mr. McDonald, and Officer Moore for being their EVERYDAY to ensure the safety of our students and assisting them in perfecting the ARMS way of doing things!
Spotlight on Ms. Garcia: Operation Excellence- Team
Ms. Zapata writes:
I would like to spotlight Ms. Garcia – Team work & Growth
Ms. Garcia has truly has step up to the plate while we are short handed in the office. She has been working very hard while still keeping her smile and helping everyone else. I truly appreciate her support. Team work makes the dream work!!!
Spotlight on Rangers- Operation Excellence: Team & Grit!
Spotlight on ALL 6th grade teachers for being so supportive as we worked hard to transition the 6th graders to 7th grade. All of the teachers did an excellent job in ensuring their students were in the correct classes for next year. They carefully considered the data and the students' personal needs. Anytime they are given a task from the counseling department they all pull together and get the job done! Way to go 6th grade teachers you rock!!!
Spotlight-Ms. Hunt
Ms. Hunt works very hard each day to ensure our students are successful and are learning. Way to go Ms. Hunt....you rock!!!
Mr. Villegas works very hard with his 7th grade students each day and did an amazing job with the assemblies held during lunch. He is ALWAYS very helpful and is a great asset to our counseling department. Special thanks to Mr. Villegas for assisting me with the elementary transitions.
Ms. Luckey
Special thanks to Ms. Luckey for working so very hard with the Skyline counselors to get our 8th graders ready for High School. This transition process is very demanding and Ms. Luckey does an amazing job with our students. Way to go Ms. Luckey!!
Spotlight---Ms. Walker from Counselors
Thanks for all your hard work on the Master Schedule and preparing our students for the upcoming year. This is a very challenging task, but you do it so very well. Thanks!
Spotlight-Ms. Tovar from Counselors
Thanks for all your help with quickly inputting our students' schedules for next year. You rock, we couldn't do it without you!!!
Operation Excellence Teaching Highlights
We would like to highlight two Elective teachers.
Instructional Highlights: J. Miller, Standlee, White, and Williams
2017-2018 student scheduling at ARMS is in full bloom! I would like to highlight our Performing Arts Department Leaders: J. Miller, Standlee, White, and Williams. They have all been out actively recruiting and auditioning students for their various programs in 2017-2018! Their early start will ensure that students' 2017 -2018 schedules can be confirmed by the last day of school this year! Teamwork makes the dream work!
Instructional Highlights: Seales
DISD Open Transfer Period is here!
2017-2018 Calendar School Year Memo
ARMS approved start and end time is 8:25 am to 4:00 pm.
RED: Substitute Memo (Action Required: Read Thoroughly)
ARMS Staff please let Ms. Garcia and the grade level administrator when you have a substitute that you feel was professional, responsible, and effective with our students.
In the same vane, it is imperative that we notify me, Ms. Garcia, and grade level administrator when a substitute exhibits unprofessional, uncaring, and irresponsible. Refer to the memo for a very detailed list of behaviors/expectations of our DISD substitutes.
DISD Garden Program Survey
Making Classrooms and Schools Safe for Introverts
In this article in Harvard Magazine, Lydialyle Gibson reports on the work of Susan Cain, the “fairy godmother of introverts” and author of the best-selling book, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking (Broadway Books, 2013). According to Cain, between one-third and one-half of people are introverts, yet classrooms and workplaces tend to favor extroverts. “Today we make room for a remarkably narrow range of personality styles,” she says. “We’re told that to be great is to be bold, to be happy is to be sociable. We see ourselves as a nation of extroverts – which means that we’ve lost sight of who we really are.”
Cain’s working definition of the introverted temperament draws on the work of Carl Jung, Jerome Kagan, and other psychologists: Introverts look inward to a world of thoughts and feelings; need solitude to recharge their batteries; are empathetic and reflective; prefer listening to talking; think before they speak; are less likely to die in car crashes and more likely to pay attention to warning signals; tend to make peace and offer counsel; have strong powers of concentration; are mostly immune to the lures of wealth and fame; and tend to be artistic and creative, especially when they work alone. Some notable introverts: Charles Darwin, Dr. Seuss, Rosa Parks, Albert Einstein, Steve Wozniak, Steven Spielberg, J.K. Rowling.
Cain has set up a for-profit organization titled Quiet Revolution that trains students, teachers, and others to understand the extrovert-introvert spectrum and make changes that allow everyone to contribute. Some of the areas her organization is working on:
- - Fostering clarity, communication, and understanding among classmates and co-workers along the introvert-extrovert spectrum;
- - Encouraging individual as well as team projects;
- - Giving team members advance notice of meeting agendas;
- - Creating “corners for solitude and silence” including places in schools for a quiet lunch;
- - Not basing class participation grades on the quantity of words uttered;
- - Giving quiet but attentive students a way of signaling to the teacher that they’re with it;
- - At the same time, giving quiet students a “gentle push” to speak up (one precept: if you have something to say, say it early in the class so you can then relax and listen);
- - Subtle techniques like saying toward the end of a class or meeting, “In a minute, I will say, ‘Does anyone have any other thoughts or questions or ideas?’ – I will say that in a minute.” This gives the introverts time to reflect and get ready to participate.
In a classroom or workplace that’s sensitive to extrovert-introvert characteristics, Cain believes there’s a sense of self-awareness, trust, and safety from which everyone benefits: “Oh, that’s who I am; I make decisions more quickly” or “I multitask more easily” or “That’s why I’m quiet” or “I’m not less than the kid next to me who’s raising his hand all the time.”
Classroom discussions are where teachers need to be particularly aware of the tendency for extroverts to dominate and get more value from the class than others. “They’re raising their hands first, and the teacher is calling on them,” says Cain. “That’s the root of the problem. The extroverts are used to being called on – for years teachers have called on them, and they expect it. But research shows that as soon as a hand goes up, the other brains in the room shut down.”
“Quiet, Please: Susan Cain Foments the ‘Quiet Revolution’” by Lydialyle Gibson in Harvard Magazine, March-April 2017 (Vol. 119, #4, p. 31-35), no e-link available
Calendar dates that have been revised-SLAM Saturday School, SPED Boot Camp, Skyline Feeder Pattern Open House, Career Day, and Spring Dance
Week of March 6, 2017
Telpas Testing
Tuesday, March 7
Telpas Testing
POD Action (AD)
Staff Meeting 4:30 -5:30 p.m.
Wednesday, March 8
Telpas Testing
POD Leader Meeting @ 7:30 a.m.
ARMS 360 Degree Leader Dinner & Dialogue - room 209
Thursday, March 9
Telpas Testing
Empower Meeting @ 7:45 a.m.
Trailblazer meeting @ 9:00-10:45 - Conference room
Ignite Academy @ 4:30 p.m.
Friday, March 10
Telpas Testing
Core Meeting @ 9:30 - Conference room
4th Six Week Failure Intervention Plans Due
Spring Break March 13-17
Testing meeting
Tuesday, March 21
POD Action (AD)
3wk IA/ Math/SS
STAAR Extended tutoring 4:30-6:30
Wednesday, March 22
IPC#6 Due
Extended tutoring 4:30-6:30
3wk IA/ELAR/Science
Coffee w/Principal @8:45 - Library
Parent Workshop @9:30
Thursday, March 23
Staff Breakfast PTO
Make Up Exam
Trailblazer Meeting@9:00-10:45 - conference room
Extended tutoring 4:30-6:30
Friday, March 24
Core Meeting @ 9:30 -conference room
Spring Fling Dance
$1 Jean Day
Saturday, March 25
SPED Boot Camp, 9-12
Monday, March 27
STAAR Pep Rally
Tuesday, March 28
STAAR Writing 7 & Math 8
Wednesday, March 29
STAAR Reading 8
Thursday, March 30
Make Up STAAR
7th Math Pre AP
SBDM Meeting @5:30 p.m. in the library
Friday, March 31
Core Meeting @9:30 - conference room
ARMS Spring Dance - Hosted by TAG
ARMS Students Question & Answer Session
ARMS African American History Program
Office Teams & Parents wish Ms. Cardenas Happy Birthday!
UIL Competition - Rangers Rock!!
Skyline Feeder Pattern Promotional Video highlights ARMS!
Starting students morning off with a welcome and a smile!
Two Husbands!!
Spot Rotation Schedule (Updated 1.21.17)
ARMS Facility Request Google Doc
This is how all facility requests are to be made moving forward.
ARMS Safety Drill Staff One Pager
The Most Important Work of our Time! Always remember YOUR IMPACT!
Ann Richards Middle School
At Ann Richards MS, our vision is to be a flagship middle school at the hub of the community, nurturing diverse leaders, and empowering intelligent trailblazers.
Email: frataylor@dallasisd.org
Website: www.dallasisd.org/annrichards
Location: Ann Richards Middle School, North Prairie Creek Road, Dallas, TX, United States
Phone: 972 -892-5400