Trice As Nice
June 2019
Colester Young--counselor
Tonya Dunphy--Instructional Facilitator
I am starting my 20thyear at Texarkana Arkansas School District. In my education career I have held many positions within TASD including 1st and 2nd grade teacher, District Curriculum Coordinator (K-6), Assistant Principal, Instructional Facilitator, and Community and Parental Involvement Coordinator at Arkansas High. I obtained a Master’s Degree in Educational Administration in 2003 and have completed coursework towards a Doctorate. I have sponsored the Interact Club at Arkansas High for 6 years which emphasizes youth volunteerism in our community.
I have been married for 22 years and have one daughter that is in her second year of college at Stephen F. Austin. Kaylee is working towards a degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders to become a Speech Pathologist.
It’s been 11 years since I’ve been on an elementary campus, but the last time was at Trice. I am looking forward to working with all the amazing teachers, support staff and students at Trice!
Katie Lasagna-- Reading Interventionist
I have been a paraprofessional for TASD for the past 5 years at Union Elementary. During those 5 years I taught coding, video/film, photography, graphic design, and all sorts of technology related subjects.
I graduated from Texas A&M-Texarkana with a bachelor's in mass communications and a minor in history.
I have worked in broadcast news (camera operator), creative services (made commercials for businesses in Little Rock), radio (voice over work for commercials), and I even worked on crew for a motion picture (the remake of The Town that Dreaded Sundown). For the past 9 years I have moonlighted as a video game tester. I have been a coach for TASD Destination Imagination for the last 2 years.
I have 3 children. My son, Toby, is 11 and my twin daughters, Riley and Ari, are 9.
We are a family of geeks! We love to play video games and several times a year we attend comicbook conventions in different states. The kids are active in the competitive cosplay community for the past 6 years and they compete in the over the top costumes I make during summer break.
Kayla Smeltzer--Attendance Secretary
My name is Kayla Smeltzer and am excited about joining Trice Elementary as an additional secretary and love children. I was born in Texarkana, Arkansas and a 1985 graduate of Arkansas High School. I was a stay at home mom for 14 years and attended Texarkana College and was a psychology major but haven’t finished due to health issues.
I have worked at TASD for 11 years and began as a temp helping in HR and payroll. After working as a temp for one year, I was hired as an office clerk in the HR Department and went on to work in Food Service, Transportation and Custodial as a Secretary. In the 2018/2019 school year, I was a secretary at Second Chance and it was my first year working directly with students on a day to day bases and enjoyed encouraging them as well as, asking about their future goals.
Upcoming Events!
July 30th--RISE or Trice PD see Mrs. Dunphy for agenda and outcomes, 3-5 see Mrs. Coker for agenda and outcomes.
July 31st--RISE or Trice PD see Mrs. Dunphy for agenda and outcomes, 3-5 see Mrs. Coker for agenda and outcomes.
August 1st--Trice Nuts and Bolts
August 5th--Trice Nuts and Bolts with Tanda Jolly and Aware
August 6-8--PBL training at AHS
August 12th--Manny Scott at Perot in a.m., Trice in p.m, meet the teacher 4-7
August 13th--Trade day for June 3rd or LIM at Union
August 14th--First day of school for students
June Birthday
June 7th--Dixie Druhan
June 9th--Lesley Weiderspan
June 17th--Marie Mayo
June 30th--Jana Berry
If you are new to the Trice family, then please let Ms. Maggie know when your birthday is so we can add it to our calendar.
Trice Nuts and Bolts
Staff Attendance
May attendance report
2018-2019 Student attendance
Edward D. Trice Elementary School
Trice Mission:
Academically challenging curriculum
Respectful learning environment
Technology & arts integration
Striving to develop effective leaders
Tracey D. Boyles
Principal
Email: tracey.boyles@tasd7.net
Website: Http://tr.tasd7.net/
Location: 4505 Pinson Drive, Texarkana, AR, United States
Phone: 870-7728431
Facebook: facebook.com/TriceRenaissanceElementaryMagnet
Twitter: @TriceElementary