The Wolf Howl
Week of October 24-28, 2016
The month of October was fast and furious! We had AVID- Portrait of a Graduate Week, Stomp Out Bullying Week, Unity Day, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Pink Out Games, Student-Faculty Volleyball Game, Red Ribbon Week, Mix it up Lunch, Red Ribbon Day Assembly, and performances by our Playbill, Band, Choir, Silver Dancers, Cheer, Volleyball and Football teams.
We also had a very fun filled October calendar that included Twin Day, Crazy Sock Day, Jersey Day, Colleg T-shirt Day and more. We also enjoyed snacks from our PTA, Food Truck Friday, Faculty Potluck, and Grilled Hotdog luncheon! It is safe to say we have certainly packed all the fun and excitement you can have in a month into this one and look forward to little more calm in the coming months. Our Wolves are so blessed to have each of you in their lives. What you do to enrich their lives is amazing. Thank you. Make sure you take some time this weekend to relax and refresh. You've definitely earned the right to!
Fina Arts Perfromances
Band, Choir, and our Playbill had a busy week this week, as they performed on Tuesday and Wednesday night. All performances were well received. Great job and a huge thank you to the directors of our outstanding programs -Callie Massey, Shannon Jones, Laura Davis, and Paul Najera.
Final Friday Cookout!- All Lunches
Monday, October 31st- Wear Black and Orange
CTMS Wolves Supports Great Cause
Nikki would also like to send a screaming wolf howl to all of the teachers who participated in the Pink Out fundraiser. She would especially like to recognize Nate Dunn who had his students set up the sound equipment for 2 weeks so that we could have music at our outside lunches. Also, Coach Harper, Coach Teeter, Coach Dunn, and Coach Weeks for giving up their lunches every day to eat outside and help monitor the students. Two years ago we raised a little over $1,200, last year we were able to raise $2,467.75, and this year we raised $2,234.57.
We are hoping to beat last years total with the Stella and Dot sales! When you shop the Breast Cancer Awareness Boutique, Stella & Dot gives 20% of net proceeds to Bright Pink(now until Oct. 31). On top of that, MacKensie Jaso will be donating her commissions
from all sales associated with this party link
to the CTMS Pink Out Fundraiser! If you would like to place an order, you can go to link below or see Nikki Leonard, Rachel Harper,
or Kate Burkhart! Thanks so much for shopping for a cause!Click Here to Shop & Support the CTMS wolves:
http://www.stelladot.com/ts/ngsl6We are thrilled to be able to donate all of the money this year to the Susan G Komen & The Kay Yow Cancer Fund. The Kay Yow Cancer Fund organization is committed to helping in the fight against women's cancers through raising money for scientific research, assisting those in need, and unifying people for a common cause. To hear Kay's story, go to kayyow.com
All Day Faculty Meeting- 10/31 & 11/1 (This will serve as our November meeting)
Tuesday- Conference Periods (5-7)
Student PLPs
Performance Based Monitoring Analysis System
- African Americans
- Special Education
- English Language Learners
T-TESS
We will cover pre-conferences, observations, and post-conferences during this faculty meeting. Below are some videos that you can reference of pre and post-conferences.
Pre
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkOqIjCuaz8
Post
Housekeeping
- We're in pre-conference, observation, and post-conference season. You'll start setting up those appointments in the near future. See videos above for examples of pre and post conferences.
Wolf Howls
Beverly sends a huge HOWL to Stephanie Chance for all the shopping she did for my Fun Foods club.
Beverly and Terry send scary HOWLS of thanks to Jaime for creating different Spooky book talks for each period the night she came home from her library conference. They made a huge difference in the availability of books for our students!
Beverly sends a heartfelt HOWL to Heath in helping with a special student!
Beverly sends a group Howl to the 6th grade team for working together to make school more enjoyable for one of our Wolves.
Karen gives a grateful HOWL to Ilia Kaku for helping me get student numbers in classes for copies of the Spelling Bee Word Study list!
Kate Burkhart gives a school-wide HOWL for Nate Dunn and all the little things he does for us! He has been awesome setting up sound for all the events and helping with them!
Mary Anne gives a loud wolf howl to David Couras, Jaime LeRoy and Bryn Flowers for their excellent help on the art field trip to the Dallas Museum of Art.
Stephanie gives a thankful howl to Jaimie LeRoy and Lisa Gallagher for stepping in and picking up some classes while another teacher was out.
Karol howls to Amy Dieterich and Coach Diehl for letting me take part of their
class time to screen all 7th graders in Vision, Hearing , and Acanthosis Nigricans!
Alex howls for Brendon for all the work he put into the new Wolf Time schedules. Students are all placed and RtI groups are more productive as a result.
Alex howls for Angela for all the work she does with our students on restorative chats, as well as the logistics of ensuring all students have a club to take part in.
Kate Burkhart gives a red howl out to the faculty and staff for participating in red ribbon week and for helping with all of the great things the kids have done this week!
Alex sends a counseling howl to Raquel and Camille for the way they respond to our students' needs, as well as support the efforts of the admin team.
Chris Laney voluminously howls Barbara Swartz's way for always leading the 8th ELA squad well. That wolf has character and shows kindness to our students like you wouldn't believe!
Chris howls at Johanna Rapisand for seamlessly and gracefully covering 1st period on Thursday AM.
Chris also howls at Angela, Brendon, Raquel, and every teacher that has contributed a Teacher Feedback Form for 504s so far this year. It's just the wolf way to take care of our cubs the right way!
Popp howls out for Hrenko, my co-teaching partner. Thanks for ALWAYS bringing a positive attitude and your best ELA skills...(even if you can't do poetry :))
Jaime would like to send a grateful wolf howl to Raquel for immediately responding when she was dealing with a student issue during the field trip!
Jaime would like to send a warm wolf howl to Ilia. Ilia always has kind words and big smile that makes everyone want to smile back. She brings positivity to our school every day!!
Mrs. Rapisand would like to send a BIG HOWL to all the great teachers at CTMS!!! I have loved working with all the teachers and my AWESOME SPED Team!!! HOOOOOWWWWLLLLL:::!!!!!!
Cheryl howls for Clint, who does a fabulous job of teaching his students how to engage in academic discussions and how to analyze many facets of the hero's journey. It's such a joy having them in class the next year!
Cheryl also howls for Nick, who has spent a lot of time getting technology working for her and the GTIS students.
Jaime would like to send a magical Wolf Howl to Lisa Grimes for an amazing pair of Gryffindor socks on her chair! I LOVE THEM!!!
Mary Anne gives Lisa Gallagher a loud wolf howl for her dedication and great work the students in ISS. She is an excellent teacher and we are lucky to have her!
Celebrations
Upcoming Events
Friday, 10/28 - Final Friday Faculty Luncheon - Grilled Hot Dogs (All lunches)/ Club Day
Monday, 10/31- All Day Faculty Meeting (Conference periods 1-4)/ Happy Halloween - wear orange and black; 7 FB @ Coppell North; 8 VB @HMS; 7 VB HMS @CTMS/
Tuesday, 11/1 - All Day Faculty Meeting (Conference periods 5-7) ; 8 FB Coppell North @ CTMS
Wednesday, 11/2- FPS Global Competition in Library 1:00 pm
Thursday, 11/3- 8 VB Tournament "A Team" @ CTMS; 7 VB Tournament "A Team" @ Coppell North
Friday, 11/4 - 8 VB Tournament "A Team" @ CTMS; 7 VB Tournament "A Team" @ Coppell North
Saturday, 11/5 -GCISD Region Choir 6:00 pm @ RL Turner High School in Carrollton, TX
Monday, 11/7- 7FB @ HMS; Collegiate Academy Parent Meeting in Lecture Hall/ SAC
Tuesday, 11/8- Executive PTA Board Meeting 8:30 am; Collegiate Academy visiting CTMS (Wolf Time); 8 FB HMS @CTMS
Wednesday, 11/9- ASPIRE Dinner 6-7:30 pm
Thursday, 11/10- Cross Country Meet @ CTMS 4:00 pm
Friday, 11/11- Veteran’s Day Program
Saturday, 11/12- CTMS Robotics Competition 7:30 am; All Region Middle School Audition @GMS