The Weekly Armadillo
Monday, May 22, 2017
"The Best School in Town"
Vision
To create an exceptional learning environment that produces remarkable students who are prepared to be successful and equipped to compete in a global society.
Mission
To prepare all students to achieve the highest standard of intellectual, physical and social growth.
W. T. White Feeder Mission
We will cultivate a premier learning community to foster globally responsive citizens.
Therefore, we are committed to:
Providing access to an equitable and high quality education
Promoting citizens who contribute to the common good
Supporting our students academically, socially, and emotionally
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Wilt or Grow
There is no such thing as status quo.
You either wilt or grow.
Read and grow from the information below.
Reflection Item
In excerpt I, the author suggested that "if we really want to prepare students for life beyond school, we could begin by asking ourselves what pieces of our own education we are using now as adults." In excerpt II, he makes the first of four predictions.
Excerpt II: Four Predictions for Students' Tomorrows by Erik Palmer
Educational Leadership
March 2016 | Volume 73 | Number 6
Learning for Life Pages 18-22
To make students' futures better, we need to consider what skills they will need—and teach them.
When we are asked to think of the future, our minds go to hovering cars, 4D printers, teleportation, and knowledge chips implanted into the brain. I don't want to make guesses about the likelihood of these technologies coming to fruition. I can't tell you what the classroom of the future will look like or whether there will even be classrooms. I'm not going to bet one way or the other on the maker movement or flipped instruction or coding or anything else. But I will make four bold predictions.
Prediction 2. Salespeople will still exist.
Whether selling standardized tests to the board of education (yes, there will still be Big Tests), holodecks to homeowners, new-generation "geniusphones," candidates for the Interplanetary Council, or virtual reality glasses, the sales profession will remain. Commercials will bombard us from everywhere. The arts of argument, persuasion, and rhetoric will be in high demand.
To evaluate these sales pitches, students will need an understanding of logic, reasoning, argument, and persuasive techniques. We have to teach students the definition of argument (statements leading to a conclusion); how to evaluate arguments (Do the statements force us to accept the conclusion? Are the statements true?); and how to support statements (the five types of evidence: facts, numbers, quotes, examples, and analogies). We have to teach them how to recognize and avoid reasoning errors, such as confusing causality and correlation, generalizing, making ad hominem attacks, derailing the train of thought, and stereotyping. We have to make students aware of persuasive tricks such as transference, bandwagon appeals, and loaded words, as well as rhetorical tricks such as hyperbole, allusion, and euphemism.
We ask students to do argumentative writing, but do we teach the skills involved? Teachers I've surveyed say they've never been trained to teach argument, reasoning, persuasion, and rhetoric, but students will need to understand these techniques as adults.
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Hey! Look us over, we are the BEST!!
Nathan Adams Armadillos always beat the rest.
We're spectacular people with wonderful spirit
Who never let you down!
Nathan Adams, best in town!
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Congratulations, Seniors!
TOGA!
We Are Family!
Thanks to all of you for showing out the Armadillo way!
Kudos Mrs. Mullaley and Ms. Bennett for waiting with students while the bus was late.
Kudos to Mr. Luna, Mrs. James and Mrs. Copeland for working diligently on the Master Schedule.
Kudos to All the Teachers for their hard work in getting the Student Articulation Sheets done.
Kudos to Mrs. Johnson for always being there for us.
Kudos to Mrs. Sowards for helping 1st graders with the Ireland flags.
Kudos to Ms. Blake for stepping in Friday evening to emcee the talent show!
Kudos to Mullaley & Bennett for staying outside to assist with students when the star bus runs late.
Kudos to Mr. Herrera & Ms. Mullaley for working with their kindergarten students to put on a wonderful performance at the talent show!
Kudos to Ms. Morales for translating during the Dallas Public Library’s Parent workshop.
Kudos to Ms. Johnson, Mr. Luna, Ms. James and Ms. Copeland...THANK YOU for your support. You all are awesome.
Kudos to Mrs. James and Mrs. Johnson for helping me to hold an extremely important meeting. Thank you so much!
Kudos to all who donated at the blood drive on Monday. Enough blood was donated to potentially save 24 lives!!
Kudos to Nurse McAdams for providing snacks and lunch to those of us who donated blood.
Kudos to Mrs. James and Mrs. Morales for supporting us during an important meeting.
Kudos to Mrs. Mullaley for her hard work to organize Multicultural Day.
Kudos to Mrs. Moore for helping my two students catch up on a social studies review packet.
Kudos to Mrs. Gibson for decorating the front of the school for the graduates.
Kudos to Mrs. Manwani for her coverage of my room this week for a leave early pass.
Kudos to Mrs. Watkins and Mr. Palmer for their hard work this year.
Kudos to Ms. Blake for the donut. 😊
Kudos to Mrs. Nabors and Mr. Sevilla for wearing clothing for Multicultural Day.
Kudos to Nurse McAdams for helping 2nd grade put up Greek columns in the hall.
Kudos to Mrs. Sowards for allowing 2nd grade to make a project in art related to Greece.
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5/23 Coffee with the Principal (8:15-9:00 in library)
5/25 1st Grade Invention Fair (all invited 3:30-4:00)
5/26 4th grade trip to Austin
5/26 2nd Grade Awards Ceremony 9:00
5/26 1st Grade Awards Ceremony 1:00
5/29 NO SCHOOL - Memorial Day Holiday
5/30 4th Grade Awards Ceremony 9:00
5/31 3rd Grade Awards Ceremony 9:00
5/31 5th Grade Awards Ceremony 1:00
6/1 Last Day for Students - EARLY RELEASE @ 11:55
6/1 Kindergarten Awards Ceremony 8:30
6/1 Prekindergarten Promotion Ceremony 9:45
6/2 Last Day for Teachers
6/5 Summer School Begins (our students will go to Gooch Elem)
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Created by Adrian Luna, Principal
Nathan Adams Elementary School
Dallas Independent School District
Email: aluna@dallasisd.org
Website: www.dallasisd.org/nathanadams
Location: 12600 Welch Road, Dallas, TX 75244
Phone: 972-794-2600