TJH Update #9
September 18, 2019
A Message from Dr. Mitzner
Hope you enjoy your first family night of the 2019 - 20 school year!
Also, I will be presenting on the topic of Cyberbullying for the Legacy Parent Academy next Wednesday night with Edie White, our Katy ISD bullying prevention coordinator. Hope to see some of you there!
Regards,
Dr. Kris Mitzner
Principal
Tays Junior High
Athletic Passes
This Week's Home Base Lesson
This year, Advisory was changed to Home Base, but it is still used to complete classwork and homework. However, it is a 31 minute personal device free period. On Mondays and Fridays for the first 15 minutes maximum, the students do a weekly grade check as well as goal setting/reflection, and on Wednesdays they complete a Home Base lesson. Tuesdays and Thursdays are treated as days where students can be pulled to different classrooms to complete missing work or receive additional support in a subject. We also continue to offer tutorials before and after school.
All students completed a lesson regarding Titan POWER.
Perseverance
Ownership
Wisdom
Excellence
Respect
We will be focusing on respect and earning points for use in the POWER store!
Proclamation 2020
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.
AMC 8 Test
AMC 8 test is coming up on November 12th from 4-5pm.
AMC test is a nationally administered mathematics test that is based on overall mathematics learning across the nation. AMC 8 tests up to 8th grade level math content but can be given to any junior high student that wishes to participate. This is an optional test that does not reflect on the student’s progress at Tays, their math class nor is it aligned to Texas math standards, TEKS. This is just to see how they rank against students nationwide.
Click here to get your form & more info!
AMC 8 Registration Form and $6- Due by Friday, September 20th!!
Shaw Center Family Steam Night
School Organizations
TJH TESTING CENTER OPENED!
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.
LEGACY PARENT ACADEMY
Yearbook 2019-20
COUNSELOR BOOK STUDY
Parent Book Study Information
This September the counseling staff will be hosting a book study by author Dr. Michael J. Bradley, Crazy-Stressed Saving Today’s Overwhelmed Teens with Love, Laughter, and the Science of Resilience, If you are interested in participating in the book study please use the link below to sign up. .
Parent Sign up Link: https://tinyurl.com/tjhstress
Book Study Dates/Times/Location
Tays Junior High LGI
Time: 9:30 – 11:00
September 5: Session 1- Welcome Session
September 12: Session 2- Part 1: The Anti-Adolescent Resilience Conspiracy
September 20: Session 3- Part 2: Strategies and Tactics
September 27: Session 4- Part 3: Common Resilience Parenting Challenges-The DO’s & DONT’s
October 3: Session 5- Closing/wrap up session
CLOSE-UP PROGRAM - ONLY FOR 7TH GRADERS
Close Up is a dynamic, hands-on, civic education program for students! With over 40 years of experience, almost 15 of them working with Katy ISD, Close Up is the nation’s largest non-profit and non-partisan citizenship education organization; and they are driven by a mission to help students become more effective and informed citizens. This trip will complement the curriculum that will be taught in your child’s next year 8th grade American History class and is designed to inspire and empower your student with this incredible experience.
Close Up’s programs are designed to give students direct opportunities to interact with government and history by traveling to Williamsburg Virginia, Mt. Vernon, Alexandria, Gettysburg and Philadelphia. This is sure to be a fun and exciting experience that will provide lifelong memories for our students.
To learn more about the trip, the district will be holding an informational meeting On Tuesday October 8 at 6:30pm, in the 1200 Rooms at the ESC/Merrell Center to discuss cost, trip dates, scholarship application processes and other program logistics. If you are unable to attend the meeting, please feel free to contact me directly. I can be reached by phone at 281-234-2470 or email at christinemhewitt@katyisd.org
If you have heard about this wonderful opportunity from the past years and are ready to sign up so you are guaranteed a spot – let me know and I will get you the links to put in your first installment!! We have had the LARGEST group 3 years running!
I look forward to working with you to provide this incredible opportunity to the students of Tays Junior High!
Christine Hewitt
Texas History
Tays Junior High
Upcoming Events
September 18, 2019
Family Night - No Homework
FB practice 7th grade only 4:00-6:15pm
Theatre Rehearsal in Cafeteria 4:00-6:00pm
7th Grade VB TJH vs. CJH at TJH 5:00pm
8th Grade VB TJH vs. CJH at CJH 5:00pm
September 19, 2019
VB practice all teams 7:15-8:15am
Theatre Rehearsal in Cafeteria 4:00-6:00pm
Counselor's Parent Book Study in LGI 9:30-10:30am
Football practice 4:00-6:15pm
September 20, 2019
End of First Grading Cycle
FB practice 6:30-8:30am
VB practice 7th grade teams only 6:30-8:30am
Pep Rally #1 3:18-:3:55pm
VB practice 8th grade teams only 3:00-5:00pm
September 23, 2019
Beginning of Second Grading Cycle
VB practice 7th Grade 6:30-8:30am
Football Practice 8th grade only 7:00-8:00am
September 24, 2019
VB practice 7th Grade 6:30-8:30am
No football practice today
Theatre Rehearsal in Cafeteria 4:00-6:00pm
VB practice 8th grade 3:00-5:00pm
8th Grade FB Titans vs. KJH at Legacy Stadium (Home game) 5:15pm
Pep Squad at Football Game Tonight
September 25, 2019
VB practice 7th Grade 6:30-8:30am
ILT Meeting in LGI 7:25am
VB practice 8th Grade 3:00-5:00pm
Football practice 7th grade only 4:00pm 8th grade no football practice today
Theatre Rehearsal in Cafeteria 4:00-6:00pm
Cyberbullying Legacy Parent Academy at Legacy Stadium 6:00pm
September 26, 2019
RTI Date Input Labs 7:45am
Counselors/Parent Book Study in LGI 9:30-11:00am
Theatre Rehearsal in Cafeteria 4:00-6:00pm
RTI Date Input Labs 4:00pm
VB 7th grade girls TJH vs. BDJH at BDJH 5:15pm
VB 8th grade girls TJH vs. BDJH at TJH 5:15pm
Pep Squad at VB Game Tonight 5:00PM
Football Practice 4:15pm-6:15pm
September 27, 2019
Football practice 7th & 8th 6:30-8:30am
VB practice all teams 7:15-8:15am