Gator Family News 2/15
From the desk of Christopher J. Blake
Learning Today, Leading Tomorrow
Vision:
Empowering today’s students to embrace tomorrow’s possibilities.
Mission:
Our mission is to foster and motivate high level learning through innovative strategies to create lifelong learners in a safe and positive environment that partners with a diverse community.
It's Friday!
It's been a great week at the Swamp! I hope your work week was a great one too!
This year, our team at Three Lakes has been focused on improving our practice through learning walks. What are learning walks? Learning walks are brief classroom visits that provide principals and teachers opportunities to reflect on what students are learning, learning strategies, student interaction with the content, and student engagement. The goal is to observe, gather data and then use that data to improve. It's all about improving our practice as educators!
It is always awesome to be in classrooms and to see the great learning that is occurring. At Three Lakes, our team of administrators and campus leaders have been conducting learning walks. We are always focusing on how we can improve...not only improving personally, but also focusing on how we can help our teachers and students improve.
Three Lakes Middle School is moving in a positive direction! I am proud of the effort of our students and staff! Thank you Gator Family for your continued support of this awesome school!
Have a great weekend!!!
Mr. Blake
Gator News
2/15--Theatre Company One Act Play/Dinner at 6:00 PM in the cafeteria
2/16--Middle School UIL Competition at Boulter MS
2/18--Pep Rally at 2:00 PM in the Gym
2/18--Lady Gators vs. Lindale @ Lindale at 5:00/6:00 PM
2/18--Gators vs. vs. Lindale @ TLMS at 5:00/6:00 PM
2/19--Chamber Concert at 6:00 PM in the Cafeteria
2/22--Band Solo and Ensemble Contest at Green Acres
2/26--Poetry SLAM @ 6:00 PM in the Cafeteria
Benchmark Testing February 19-20
Our 7th and 8th grade students will be Benchmark Testing Tuesday, February 19 and Wednesday, February 20. We will model these days as if they were STAAR testing days. We ask that you do not deliver food on these days or send food with your child that needs to be heated. We want to ensure our students have a testing environment that is set up for their success.
Congratulations to the TLMS Theatre Company!!!!
Teacher of the Year
Poetry SLAM
School Social
2018-2019 District Calendar
Attendance
Improving attendance at Three Lakes Middle School is a top priority this school year. There is a direct correlation between student attendance and school success, so encourage your students to attend school and discuss the importance of them being here daily.
Our attendance for the week is as follows:
Grade 6: 95.34%
Grade 7: 95.06%
Grade 8: 95.98%
Overall: 95.47%
Congratulations to our 8th graders for having the highest attendance this week!!! Continue motivating your students to attend school...it makes a difference!!!
Here are some helpful hints to help with attendance:
- Establish and stick to the basic routines (going to bed early, waking up on time, etc.) that will help your child develop the habit of on-time attendance.
- Talk to your child about why going to school every day is critical and important unless they are sick. If your child seems reluctant to go to school, find out why and work with the teacher, counselor, or administrator to get them excited about going to school.
- Come up with back up plans for who to turn to (another family member, a neighbor or fellow parents) to help you get your child to school if something comes up (e.g. another child gets sick, your car breaks down, etc.).
- Reach out for help if you are experiencing tough times (e.g. transportation, unstable housing, loss of a job, health problems) that make it difficult to get your child to school. Other parents, your child’s teacher, principal, social worker, school nurse, counselor, or community agencies can help you problem solve or connect you to a needed resource.
- If your child is absent, work with the teacher to make sure she or he has an opportunity to learn and make up for the academics missed.
Parting Thought
Three Lakes Middle School
Email: christopher.blake@tylerisd.org
Website: threelakes.tylerisd.org
Location: 2445 Three Lakes Parkway, Tyler, TX, USA
Phone: (903) 262-2970
Facebook: facebook.com/threelakestylerisd
Twitter: @ThreeLakesTISD