TJH Update #19
December 4, 2019
A Message from Dr. Mitzner
Hope you have an opportunity to see some Titan Excellence!
Regards,
Dr. Kris Mitzner
Principal
Tays Junior High
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PTSA News - Holiday Treat Exchange
Our next Hospitality event is our Holiday Treat Exchange on Thursday, December 5. This event is where our teachers and staff get a box and fill it with a dozen different treats. It is a “treat” exchange to include cookies, bars, candies, etc. We are asking everyone to make homemade items OR bakery-fresh items, NOT pre-packaged cookies/treats. Treats need to be cut into individual portions but do NOT need to be individually wrapped. So put on your aprons and start baking!! See the sign-up link below. Thanks in advance for making this the BEST event of the year again!
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Tays PTSA December meeting
Please join us at Mia's Table 23235 Kingsplace Dr. Katy, Texas 77494 on Dec. 12th
12-1pm for our December general meeting. We will have door prizes! Everyone is welcome to order their own lunch as we chat and celebrate a great first semester! Lunch is on your own but please RSVP so we have enough seats. If you would like to participate we will do a favorite thing gift exchange! Please bring a gift $15 or under to exchange!
Dyslexia Parent Education
Additionally, Katy ISD will provide a link to the electronic version of TEA’s Dyslexia Handbook: Procedures Concerning Dyslexia and Related Disorders, to parents of children suspected to have dyslexia or a related disorder. The handbook is also available online on the Katy ISD Dyslexia Canvas Course for Parents and Educators at https://katyisd.instructure.com/courses/181816.
SLHS Robotics Programming Camp
The Seven Lakes High School robotics team will be hosting an intro to computer science camp at Seven Lakes High School on December 7th and December 14th. We would love to have students TJH attend. Please see the attached flyer for more information.
Please click here for more information.
Special Education Training Session for Parents
The Department of Special Education will offer an interactive training session for parents regarding the Admission, Review and Dismissal (ARD) Process on Wednesday, January 15, 2020 at the Jeanne Coleman Training Center. Parents may attend one of the three sessions.
9:00-11:00AM
1:00-:3:00pm
4:30-6:00pm
THIS WEEK IN HOME BASE
Sixth Grade Home Base
Grade 6, Lesson 12
Family Lesson Summary
This week’s lesson uses a fun and engaging activity to practice skills for making friends. Practicing the skills he or she has learned will help your child use them in real life.
Family Lesson Question
Tell your child about a time you made a new friend. Explain what you did and how you did it. Ask your child if there’s someone he or she would like to make friends with and how he or she will do so.
Seventh Grade Home Base
Grade 7, Lesson 12
Family Lesson Summary
This week’s lesson uses a fun and engaging activity to practice skills for strengthening friendships. Practicing the skills he or she learned will help your child use them in real life.
Family Lesson Question
Tell your child about a time you had a problem with a friend. Explain how you fixed the problem. Ask your child if there’s a strategy he or she has used to strengthen a friendship in the past.
Eighth Grade Home Base
Grade 8, Lesson 12
Family Lesson Summary
This week, your child will continue to practice identifying negative relationships.
Family Lesson Question
Talk to your child about the kinds of behavior that signal a friendship needs to end. Ask your child what would be a good way to end a friendship.
Counselor's Corner
FROM THE LIBRARY
As part of the library’s Titans Read Program, Tays students and staff are participating in the fall reading challenge that began on October 7th. Mr. Grelle, our 6th grade AP, has agreed to allow us to use his height to motivate all Titans to read more this year!
A life size poster of Mr. Grelle is posted outside the library with a “height chart.” Color coded (by grade level) labels will be placed on the height chart to represent the books we have read.
Through December 6th, students will scan the appropriate QR in the library or in English teachers’ classrooms each time they finish a book. The English class that reads and submits the most books per grade level will enjoy a treat at lunch. Let’s see how many times we can read Mr. Grelle’s height!
YEARBOOK 2019-20
TJH TESTING CENTER INFO
Purpose: To support teachers and students having more time for tutorials by providing a one stop shop for retests and make-up tests. This will also alleviate students having to miss more instruction time to make up a test they missed.
Location: Room 1155
Hours: Monday - Friday 7:45 - 8:40. Students will enter through the doors closest to the flag pole in the front.
TUTORIAL SCHEDULE
Tutorials will be offered Monday through Friday. Students may attend tutorials with any grade level teacher - it does not have to be their classroom teacher.
Students are expected to enter through the front doors a 8:10am. Students are welcome to attend any teacher's tutorial within their grade level. Students are responsible for their own transportation to tutorials.
Afternoon Tutorials:
There is not a sign-up for afternoon tutorials, but if students wish to attend, they must be in the teacher's classroom by 4:00. These sessions will end at 4:25 and students will need to be picked up in front of the school in the circle drive.
Please click here for our schedule.
SCHOOL ORGANIZATIONS
Upcoming Events
December 4, 2019
Family Night - No Homework
BB practice girls 6:15-8:10am
BB practice boys 3:55-5:30pm
BB Girls Game Day TJH vs. WCJH 7th at WCJH (C Team 5:15, B 6:15, C 7:15) 8th at TJH (C 5:15, B 6:15, A 7:15)
Theatre Rehearsal in Cafeteria 4:00-6:00pm
Band Winter Concert at OTHS PAC 6:30pm
December 5, 2019
PTSA Christmas Cookie Exchange
Author Visit in Cafeteria for 7th grade students
BB practice boys 3:55-5:30pm
Theatre Musical Performance 7:00pm
December 6, 2019
BB practice girls 7:15-8:10am
JH All Region Band Clinic/Concert at THS
BB practice boys 3:55-5:30pm
Theatre Musical Performance 7:00pm
December 9, 2019
BB practice girls 6:15-8:10am
CAT Meeting in LGI 4:15pm
Orchestra Winter Concert in Cafeteria 6:00pm
BB Boys Game Day TJH vs. AJH 7th grade at AJH (C 5:15, B 6:15, A 7:15) 8th grade at OTHS (C 5:15, B 6:15, A 7:15)
Choir Holiday Tour - TBD
December 10, 2019
BB practice girls 7th grade 6:15-8:10am
Author Visit at OTHS - Library Event
BB practice boys 3:55-5:30pm
December 11, 2019
Band Elementary Showcase during school at OTHS
Orchestra Elementary Showcase during school at OTHS
PTSA Teacher Winter Celebration Luncheon during lunches in LGI
BB practice boys 3:55-5:30pm
Theatre Auditions in Cafeteria 4:00-6:00pm
BB girls Game Day TJH vs. AJH 7th grade at TJH, 8th grade at OTHS (C 5:15pm, B 6:15pm, A 7:15pm)
December 12, 2019
Theatre Auditions in Cafeteria 4:00-6:00pm
BB Girls B Team Mid-Season Tournament
BB Boys B Team Mid-Season Tournament
December 13, 2019
BB practice girls 6:15-8:10am
Theatre Auditions in Cafeteria 4:00-6:00pm
Beginning Band Winter Open House in LGI
BB Girls B Team Mid-Season Tournament
BB Boys B Team Mid-Season Tournament
Choir Performance in Cafeteria 7:00pm
December 16-20
No Event this week ~ Finals
End of First Semester
End of 3rd Grading Cycle
Early Dismissal at 12:55pm
Winter Break!