Melanie Peiskee
Instructional Facilitator--LJH
Eight Years Experience at COCISD
I have served on the Superintendent's Advisory Committee and the COCISD Instructional Technology Committee which will be attending a three day conference in San Antonio this summer.
I also have had the wonderful opportunity to help usher LJH into the Google World. I have been using Google Docs since they were created. It has been an absolute joy teaching my colleagues how to simplify their lives with Google Docs, Forms, Spreadsheets and many others. I feel like everyone at LJH knows they can come to me when they need help with anything technology related. It is so much fun working with a different audience.
SHSU Mentor Teacher
Co-Teaching and RtI
My Greatest Achievements: Long term relationships with my students.
Madison E.
I taught Madison three out of four years in high school. To this day we remain close. This is a picture of her coming to hang out with my kids while I was in the last day of school convocation, she was on her way to Washington D.C. for her internships. She is a UT graduate, and will soon be moving to D.C. permanently and working on Capitol Hill.
My First Class
These students are all members of the first class I taught, the class of 2009. This picture was taken of us last year when one of the students was playing with his band at a local restaurant's open mic night.
Savannah and Seth G.
Savannah is another student that I taught for three years. Her husband, Seth, was one of the actors in the OAP that I was the assistant director for. They were kind enough to invite me to their wedding, and Savannah is a recent graduate of SHSU. She also worked at LJH while she was working towards her degree.
Now They Are College Students
Before they go their separate ways in college, a few students dropped by to play Beatles Rock Band at my house. What an amazing night it was.
Baby Shower
I taught both of these girls multiple years. The one in the middle, Cassie, is basically still my kid. She tells me I am the stability in her life. When she needs something, I'm the one she calls.
Indescribable Joy
When Cassie gave birth to her son, she asked me to be at the hospital. This is an Easter picture she sent me of her little family.
I feel as though their successes in life, are in a small part my own.
The Move to Lincoln Junior High
A Recent Breakthrough!
One of my students that is scheduled to retake both his math and reading STAAR tests, and is serving his second term in DAEP, had a breakthrough. When I handed the student the first reading set for the week, he did as he tends to do, and went straight to the questions and simply circled answers and turned it in. I graded the set and handed them back to the class. Their next assignment was to, in writing, explain why they picked the answer that they chose for all the questions they missed. He was very upset that I did not tell him that he was going to have to do all that before. I was surprised, but he did sit with another student and explain everyone of the wrong answers. The next set was a major test grade. This time he made the second highest grade in the class. When I asked him what made the difference, he simply told me it was too much work writing all the stuff for the ones he missed, so he just tried to get them right the first time!
Using Google Apps in Class
Outside the English Classroom
Yearbook--I helped produce the yearbooks for 2009, 2010 and 2011. My staff was around twelve juniors and seniors every year, and we also gave up a portion of our summer vacations to see that the yearbook was finished in a timely manner.
Theatre--I helped drama teacher, Carl Apollo, with One Act Play in the years 2008 and 2009. I was his assistant director and in charge of teaching the students about stage make-up and costumes. I also preformed in community plays sponsored by University Heights Baptist Church in Huntsville in the years 2008-2010, and was a stage manager in 2011.
National Honor Society--I was one of the advisers for National Honor Society in the years 2007-2010. I went with NHS to camp Forest Glenn in 2008 and 2009.
USO Crew '08
We even learned how to Lindy-Hop and Charleston for this play.
Prom '08
The 2008 prom was aboard the Southern Empress with the theme A Venetian Masquerade. We promoted the theme beginning in May 2007. Students dressed in ball gowns and tuxedos, there were no dress code issues, and to that date it was the best attended prom in COHS history.
NHS Officers '09
Second trip to Forest Glen.
Please Contact Me!
Email: mpeiskee@cocisd.org
Location: 200 Gail Lane, Huntsville, TX
Phone: 936.662.9582
Facebook: http://facebook.com/melanie.peiskee
Twitter: @teachmepeiskee