Monday Messenger
Week 14 November 26-November 30
Calendar of Events:
- Tuesday, Assembly Bell Schedule; Believe In You Series Episode #6 (Zach's episode ; Make-A-Wish Letter Writing Campaign Continues
- Tuesday, Girls BBall vs. Seguin 5 & 6:30
- Friday, FIT Lunch with Pep Rally
- Saturday, Play-off Football vs. Port Lavaca Calhoun 3:00 PM @ Texas State
- Thursday-Saturday; Girls Basketball Tournament at Hayes
Reminders for the Week
- December STAAR Re-testing will take place December 3 thru December 6. Training for retesting is Thursday, November 29. You will receive an email invitation if you are needed for retesting.
- Encourage students in your classes who are retesting to attend offered tutorials and to be confident in themselves. Every encouragement helps.
- Progress report for MP3 ends on Friday, November 30. Post progress report grades by Monday, December 3rd at 1PM.
- Please continue to use your class meeting signs, FIT lunch signs, and update your reading signs.
- Exam exemption forms will appear in the next few weeks. Please review the exam exemption policy with students and post in your classrooms.
SHOUT OUT: Football Advances as Area Champions
After an overtime thriller on our home field, the Antlers defeat Southside for the Area Championship. Congratulations to our players and coaches! Thanks to the support staff for being their biggest fans.
SHOUT OUT: Lady Antler Basketball Tournament Victory
The Lady Antler team was hard at work picking up a tournament championship to start their Thanksgiving week. We look forward to more victories as district begins this week.
SHOUT OUT: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Mrs. Butler and Mrs. Sturm's students were impressive on opening night overcoming adversity and still performing well. Don't miss your chance to catch the play!
SHOUT OUT: Special Treat
Thank you to our Golden Girl Officers for working with Mrs. Lipka's and Mrs. Burkhart's students for their pep rally performance. Our students are fantastic in so many ways and watching them cheer this group was exactly what makes Tivy special. THANK YOU!
SHOUT OUT: Counseling Office
Thank you to our entire counseling department for making Career Day a success. It was a treat for students and staff! We appreciate the hours of time you spent making sure the day was special for our visitors, our students, and our staff.
SHOUT OUT: Mrs. Graham's English Classes
Who doesn't love a good thank you note? Mrs. Graham put writing skills to use. I think students will always write you things they would never say to you. Thank you for connecting us with students.
CAREER DAY SUCCESS
Senator Buckingham on campus to honor Hall, Griffin, and Reyna
Maria Hall honored ROTC Cadet
Mr. Gerry Griffin of NASA's Apollo 12 Flight Command
Zach Reyna for Make-A-Wish efforts in 2017
Food for Thought
""Ohana means family. Family means nobody gets left behind or forgotten."--Lilo & Stitch
Campus Improvement Goal of the Week
Goal #1 Objective #1 Strategy #1
Analyze individual testing data; disaggregate data and develop improvement strategies in the area of reading, writing, math, science, and social studies.
Using our benchmark data and classroom data to prepare retesters and students for STAAR success.
House Challenge MP3 Available
Recharged from a break and working on house points. We have winners from MP2 that will be announced soon.
Attendance Goal is 97%
Soon you will see our attendance % by week posted on the front office doors by grade-level. Every day on campus learning counts. Let students know you miss them when they are gone; the relationship you build goes a long way.
KISD Instructional Standards & TTESS Goals
Week 14: Instructional Standard #3: Authentic Student Engagement
Evidence of differentiation, extension, processing skills, critical thinking ,and opportunities for students to own their learning
Have you checked the Engagement Wheel?
Match Mini Video #2
Enjoy this short video on generating student effort and what we can do each day to increase effort in our classrooms. The video doesn't mention proximity control but it is a clear tool to monitor student behavior in any classroom. We are all trying to get a little better each day. Thank you for all you do!
Picture This
Don't forget to send your pictures and encourage students to send pictures for Literacy Initiative--Picture This!
Twitter Hashtags
Don't forget to share amazing moments on our campus using our hastags.
#tivybest
#kisdbest
#KISDLitGrit
We would love to see students using these as well. Let me know if there are any questions.
Follow Me on Twitter!
I love to share all things Tivy using twitter. Many of our campus groups do a fabulous job promoting and informing through this platform.
Twitter: @BalserShelby