Tiger Tracks Inside Edition
Travis High School Faculty Newsletter - October 1, 2018
It's Custodian Appreciation Week! Join us in celebrating our AWESOME Tiger custodial staff and thank them for all they do for us!!
THIS WEEK AT A GLANCE:
Monday, October 1
HOCO Spirit Week: PJ Day!
Belles BBQ Dinner
Homecoming Pep Rally - 6:00 PM - Football Field
Tuesday, October 2
HOCO Spirit Week: Mathletes v Athletes
Recycling After School -put your blue bins out!!
Volleyball: v Elkins @THS 4:30/5:30/6:30
Tennis: @Kempner 4:00
Wednesday, October 3
HOCO Spirit Week: Hawaiian Day
PSAT Training - during conference period or after school - P203
Department Leader Meeting 2:55 PM FOCR
Thursday, October 4
HOCO Spirit Week: 90s Day
Open Lab during all lunches - P223 with Mr. Nichelson - Schoology or Instructional Support - no need to sign up - just pop in with your laptop and your questions!
Homecoming Tailgate - 3:15 PM at Mercer
Football: v Dulles @ Mercer 6:30 PM
Cross Country: HBU Meet
Friday, October 5
HOCO Spirit Week: RED OUT!
Volleyball: @Dulles 4:30/5:30/6:30
Saturday, October 6
SAT
Homecoming Dance 8:00 PM - 12:00 AM - Chaperone Duty List
Shout Out to Mrs. Kimbrough! Thank you for equipping juniors with time management skills and stress management techniques using advice from seniors! Awesome stuff on Twitter!!
A LOT of Tiger Pride Point Possibilities this week! Each Spirit Day, Pep Rally, Tailgate, and Game!!
Professional Growth Opportunity through Peer Observation!
To have your name added to the Tiger Board (volunteering to allow others into your classroom), please use this link or add your name to the Tiger Board in the front office behind the mailboxes: https://goo.gl/forms/7jK0Im7OS0bvqDSD2
If you or your PLC would like to observe classrooms, please use this request link: https://goo.gl/forms/qLZNDRfCTr4w4vOq2
Teacher Toolkit
Here is a link to a great article and podcast dealing with plagarism. Good stuff on teaching students about plagarism - aligns very well to district focus on academic integrity.
We Need Your Help!!! October 19th Fan Bus and Tailgate!
We are looking for staffulty willing & able to either chaperone or drive a fan bus to the Travis vs. Ridgepoint game on October 19th. We will be Tailgating at THS prior to the game (4pm) and we will feed our volunteers as well as the students tailgating. This is Ridgepoint’s hoco so we know they will have a large crowd and we want to show up BIG!
SO…before we send out info to the kids we need volunteers from our STAFFULTY!
When: Friday, October 19th from about 4pm-game ending
Where: THS and Hall Stadium
Let Mrs. Martinez or Mrs. Herring know if you are able to assist! There will be TIGER PRIDE points involved! And pizza and fun! :)
Staffulty and Student Tiger Pride Points will be updated each Wednesday night and placed in Advisory Schoology until we have the website update working!
Be Sure You Have Updated Your THS Teacher Website!
All websites should include:
· A short Bio
· Your teaching schedule
· Your tutorial times
Your contact information (email address and phone number)If you have questions about website updates, please contact Dena Garcia!
ALL THINGS ADVISORY
9th grade Access Code: 9RPJK-MPNR7
10th grade Access Code: MTPC8-VJHXW
11th grade Access Code: 6P8DB-Q3QXP
12th grade Access Code: VWF3J-W62C3
Weekly Advisory Lesson Plans are located in the 1st 9 weeks folder of your appropriate Schoology Course under the appropriate dated week. You MUST log in and JOIN the correct Schoology course to access the videos and materials for this week's lessons.
REMINDER! Power Points should be downloaded to computer from Schoology to view embedded videos and hear the voice overs!
Fridays We Wear RED - Tiger Pride Points Link
HAVING AN ISSUE WITH TECHNOLOGY?
How to Reset Your Network Password
Do you have news to share? Email THS Announcements! (THS.Announcements@fortbendisd.com)
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ROARING AHEAD
October 10
PSAT Day - Campus Wide Testing - Seniors Late Arrival 10:45 PM
Senior Class Meeting - 10:45 AM
Community Bond Information Session 5:00 PM
October 12
Junior Class Meeting - 8:30-9:30
Faculty/Staff Volleyball Game - Activity Schedule
Pink Out Day
October 17
Department Meeting - details coming from Department Leader
October 18
End of 1st 9 weeks - UIL Eligibility period - Lose/Gain
October 19
Student Holiday/Teacher PD Day
October 22-November 5
Open Enrollment for Benefits
October 23
NCAA Night
October 24
Department Leader Meeting
Frequently Used Links
Travis High School
Email: Lizzie.Herring@fortbendisd.com
Website: www.fortbendisd.com/ths
Location: 11111 Harlem Road, Richmond, TX, United States
Phone: 2816347000
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WilliamBTravisHighSchool
Twitter: @ths_tigers