ARMS Legend
Excellence Without Boundaries
BE LEGENDARY. Every Minute of Every Moment Counts!
March 23, 2015 5th Six Weeks, Week 4
BY MAY 2015, AT LEAST 80% OF ALL STAAR EXAMS TAKEN BY ARMS STUDENTS WILL MEET THE PHASE II PASSING STANDARD.
Improve Student Achievement
Improve the Quality of Instruction
Create a Positive and Supportive Campus Culutre
MARCH TEACHER AND SUPPORT STAFF OF THE MONTH
Ms. Lee
Ms. Zapata
SPOTLIGHT ON OUR LEGENDS!
We Salute You!
7th & 8th Grade Reading and RLA Teachers
Legendary Attendance
Legendary Officers
Our officers (Hopkins and Wallace) are diligent with supporting the safety of ARMS. On a daily basis, they investigate leads, counsel student (AND PARENTS), and provide guidance and insight to staff. The last few weeks have been especially busy and regardless of what is occurring they remain calm, helpful, and focused on a positive end result.
Legendary PAC
6TH GRADE DUTY TEAM
ARMS STAFF & STUDENTS
Legendary Counselors - Supporting Cohort 2019
They are also SUPER FANTASTIC for their commitment to ensuring every single student attending ARMS in 2015-2016 has been counseled about their class choices. The Class of 2019 has also been counseled about their high school courses. This team is awesome! Ms. Walker, thanks the Counselors for their teamwork, desire to be excellent and being partners as she executes her various roles and responsibilities.
ARMS COMMUNITY MESSAGE
When feeling overwhelmed, stressed, or just the intensity of this time of year, instead of pulling back, lean forward toward your "village", your ARMS Village. You can do things on your own because of how incredible you are, but we all deserve and need, support, care, and yes cheers, as we do what we do.
(revised from Awesomelifetip.com)
Upcoming ARMS Rangers March Birthdays!
- J. Yates( 29th)
- H. Conley (30th)
Instructional Focus
- How am I planned for exceptional teaching and learning from the moment students enter to the moment I dismiss?
Count Down to 8th Grade Reading & 7th Grade Writing STAAR
March 31st - 8th grade Reading STAAR
SATURDAY TUTORING - March 28TH
WRITING - 7TH
Alg. I
INCLEMENT WEATHER DAYS
Superintendents Scholarship 5K Fun Run!
Healthy Texas Week
Write for Texas Resource
Marshall Memo - Weekly Round-UP of Educational Ideas, K-12
A Mississippi Teacher Flips Test Review
In this Education Update article, high-school teacher Lillian Sims says she’d reached an impasse with her twelfth grade British literature class: “They wanted a spoon-fed curriculum and I wanted to teach without sacrificing rigor.” A quarter of her students weren’t on track to pass, and some left her test papers completely blank.
But then a freak snowstorm cancelled school for two days and Sims tried something new to help students prepare for an upcoming test. She recorded a brief video of herself paging through the textbook noting key items, summarized historical events and poems, suggested an acronym to remember titles in a logical sequence, and showed how each poem fit into the unit’s themes. She uploaded the video to YouTube and alerted her students about it by e-mail, Facebook, Remind, and Twitter.
When school re-opened, students said they loved the video and wanted her to do it again for future tests. What was the big deal? Sims wondered – all she’d done was review what they’d already heard in class. But then she understood: “[I]t wasn’t hearing me talk all over again that had helped; it was seeing me demonstrate how I ‘study.’ My students didn’t need help with literature; they needed help with how to learn.”
For the rest of the year, Sims made a regular routine of uploading study videos, and the results were dramatic. Test grades improved by two letter grades, failures dropped from 15 to 4, every student tried hard, and the number of As went from 6 to 33 percent of the class.
Originally titled, “Snowstorms and Studying Breakthroughs” by Lillian Sims in Education Update, March 2015 (Vol. 57, #3, p. 8), http://bit.ly/1Li2OCP; Sims can be reached at Lillian.sims@rcsd.ms.
WEEKLY EVENTS (3/23 - 27)
ARMS STAFF BREAKFAST - TUESDAY, MARCH 24TH, HOSTED BY 6TH GRADE, 7:45 AM IN TEACHERS LOUNGE
STAFF TESTING MEETING - TUESDAY, MARCH 24TH, @ 4:30 - 5:00, IN LIBRARY. ADJUST STUDENT AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES TO BE AVAILABLE.
ADVISORY CANCELLED - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25TH
MAKE-UP TESTING MEETINGS - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25TH, ONLY FOR STAFF THAT HAVE AN EMERGENCY OR ABSENT.
RANGER COALITION DAY - THURSDAY, MARCH 26TH - Thank you for each group identifying our area of focus. By the end of Thursday, each coalition group is to complete the survey (one person responds on behalf of the group). This information will be shared with the campus to communicate progress/kudos on our action items.
IGNITE ACADEMY -THURSDAY, MARCH 26TH, 4:30 - 5:15, ARMS TEACHER PRESENTATIONS! Mrs. Maronen and Mr. Phan, Agenda will be send out this week.
SPRING DANCE - FRIDAY, MARCH 27TH, STUDENT DANCE 5:30 - 6:30 PM. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN CHAPERONING PLEASE SEE MS. GOLLEDGE OR MR. FOLKENROTH
ON THE HORIZON
7TH GRADE STAAR WRITING DAY 2, TUESDAY, MARCH 31ST
8TH GRADE STAAR READING, TUESDAY, MARCH 31ST
Alg. I Mock EOC - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1ST
Science Mock STAAR - THURSDAY, APRIL 2ND
SCHOOL DAY - FRIDAY, APRIL 3RD (INCLEMENT WEATHER DAY)
April 6-9 - DISD Student Survey Window (attachment forwarded to staff)
Fun & Frolic
March Birthdays
Have a piece of birthday cake during lunch in honor of our March Ranger Birthdays!! No such things as too early for cake :-).
March Staff Breakfast
Hosted by 6th grade PODs
STUDENT REWARDS / INCENTIVES
SPRING DANCE (March 27th)
ARMS Good News / Smiles
Thrillers Anyone?
City Vacationers
Ms. Maronen's Donor's Choose Project
8th grade ELA Pre-AP is reading Harper Lee's classic American novel, "To Kill a Mockingbird" in just a few weeks! Our project was fully funded, and the kids are so excited!
TEA- Nominate a Student Hero
Ms. Walker highlights our Counselors
Ms. Barksdale Shares UAE with Us!
Youth Art Month Art Show
ARMS art students have been selected to have their art work displayed.
Bianna Rascon – Ms. Bell
Iris Betancurt – Ms. Mathis
Diana Garcia - Ms. Mathis
March 20-31st at African American Museum (Fair Park)
120 Students attend Saturday School
Rangers and their Forever Friends
Jack Henry (Ms. Maronen)
Thirteen year old, very well trained dog and so incredibly loyal! Mrs. Maronen found him hiding under a wooden deck, saved him from unsafe conditions, and has loved him ever since.
Sabrina & Snooky (Ms. Rehtmeyer)
Sabrina (left) is named after Salem from Sabrina the Teenage Witch
Snooky (right) is a family dog name dating back two generations. Jersey shore almost ruined it but I decided to keep the tradition alive regardless.
Bear, Ranger, and Puppy (Ms. Irwin)
Riley (Ms. Barksdale, friend of the family)
Gizmo (Ms. Taylor)
We serve a critical time in our students lives! Always remember how valuable you are!
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