Tipps STEAM Bits & Bytes
Week of May 3 - 7, 2021
From the Assistant Principal
I hope you all have had a great weekend!
We're ready for another exciting week this week! It's Teacher Appreciation Week! Be sure to show your teacher how awesome they are!
As always please don't hesitate to reach out if you need anything!
Upcoming Dates:
TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK!
Monday: Colors for Caring, Normal Day
Tuesday: STAAR Writing (4th grade) makeups
Wednesday: Normal Day
Thursday: Normal Day
Friday: 3rd & 4th Grade STAAR Parade
Teachers' Favorites List:
PTA STILL Needs HELP!
Here at Tipps, we are so lucky to have an awesome PTA. They provide resources that help our kids and teachers, and it helps Tipps to be the great place that it is. We are thankful for everything they do for us.
That being said, our PTA needs some help. Many of our current board members have served for many years, and their kids are moving on to another school. This will leave a huge hole in the executive board. Without an executive board, our PTA will have to dissolve. That would mean an end to the many services the PTA provides for our kids and teachers.
I am asking you to please not let that happen to our school. There are many ways you can help. The biggest way is by joining the executive board.
Right now, PTA really needs a TREASURER. It's not a big time commitment, but it's important. Without a treasurer, we will have to dissolve the PTA.
Use this link for more information and to sign up: https://forms.gle/v144LG4VCb3hJaW46
Thanks so much for helping our kids and teachers!
PTA will be holding Elections this Monday, May 3rd via Zoom. Here is the link to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2474775847?pwd=Q1RQekJmUjNXL0ZYeVdtUFhTby9Xdz09
Thanks so much for helping our kids and teachers!
TEMI Tests
Morning Drop-Off
Always Improving ...
Our school is a continuous improvement campus. As such, we often seek your feedback. Ms. Hernández has sent this survey out before, and we’re sending it again to check-in with you. We thank you in advance for your participation and feedback. Click here to complete the survey.
Mansfield ISD is in the planning stages of establishing a fully online school of choice for students in grades 5-12 for the 2021-22 school year.
Please note that the launch of this school of choice is dependent upon decisions being made at the state level that will decide if virtual learning will be approved and funded for the next school year. The Texas legislature is currently discussing the framework and will let local districts know when a decision has been made.
If the state allows, the school—named the MISD Virtual Learning Academy—will give students who thrive in a 100% online environment the opportunity to continue to learn virtually.
In contrast from the current school year’s online option, the Virtual Learning Academy will be its own independent campus. The academy will have its own designated principal and teachers.
Courses offered at the MISD Virtual Learning Academy will include those needed for graduation requirements and endorsements. Career and technical education (CTE) courses will also be provided with opportunities to earn an industry-based certification in business management and accounting/financial services pathways. View course offerings here.
All courses offered at the Virtual Learning Academy will be on level. Students will not be able to take advanced, advanced placement or dual enrollment courses. The school will not participate in University Interscholastic League (UIL) athletics or fine arts programs, and the academy students may not participate in these activities at other MISD schools.
The use of a district-issued device is required, and a Chromebook will be available for every intermediate, middle and high school student who is accepted into the Virtual Learning Academy.
Those interested in applying for the school may do so during the application window, which is Monday, May 3 through Monday, May 10. Submit an application here.
View the board presentation about this proposed school of choice here. (Select Item 7.1.)
For more information, contact Jennifer Young, associate superintendent of curriculum, instruction and accountability, at JenniferYoung@misdmail.org.
MISD Summer Programs
Learning is a year-round experience at Mansfield ISD. The district offers a variety of academic and enrichment opportunities for grades pre-K through 12 during the summer.
Some of these opportunities include acceleration courses, academic intervention programs and credit recovery classes. There are also enrichment camps to keep students engaged and summer study suggestions to help students prepare for the upcoming school term.
To view all of the district's summer offerings, please visit the Summer Programs at MISD webpage.
Camp Invention is Coming!
Pre-K & Kindergarten Round Up is Here!
MISD PreK/Kinder Round-up: Round-up began on April 1st! For details: https://www.mansfieldisd.org/kroundup2021
Please click on the link to see what makes Mansfield ISD a destination district for your child’s learning! The videos are available in four languages: English | Spanish | Vietnamese | Arabic
Tipps hosted campus tours last week!
MISD STAAR Update
As we move closer to the end of the school year, we want to provide you with information regarding the spring testing schedule for third and fourth graders.
The Texas Education Agency (TEA) is requiring that the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) / End of Course (EOC) / Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System (TELPAS) exams be taken in-person for both our in-person and virtual learners, while maintaining health and safety protocols.
This means that during the STAAR/EOC/TELPAS testing dates for a certain grade level, the in-person and virtual students for that grade level will come onto campus to take the test. (Again, the district’s extended health and safety protocols will continue to be followed for the safety of students and staff.) The STAAR testing dates for elementary school students are as follows:
- APRIL 6: Fourth Grade in-person and virtual students take the Writing STAAR
- MAY 11: Third Grade in-person and virtual students take the Math STAAR
- MAY 12: Fourth Grade in-person and virtual students take the Math STAAR
- MAY 13: Third Grade in-person and virtual students take the Reading STAAR
- MAY 14: Fourth Grade in-person and virtual students take the Reading STAAR
Please refer to the spring assessments webpage for more information about testing and makeup testing dates. All makeup testing will take place online on the dates indicated.
Thank you for your flexibility and cooperation as we work together to ensure that all students have the opportunity to complete their assessments safely. If you have any further questions, please contact your campus principal.
What Our Jr. Jags Are Learning This Week
Kinder: Phonics focus: short e word families, purpose for reading, genre, visualization, patterns in text, setting, subtraction within 10, modeling separating and subtraction situations.
1st Gr: informational text, ou, ow, adverbs, greater than/less than, organizing data
2nd Gr: vowel teams, synthesizing information, consumers and producers, writing letters, basic needs of plants, repeated addition
3rd Gr: final stable syllables: -le, -ize, -ive, -ture; genre characteristis of traditional tales, commas in a compound sentence, representing on-step conversions in a table
4th Gr: informational text, text features, figurative language, commas, rhythm
As Mansfield ISD continues to assess the data pertaining to COVID-19 activity in Tarrant County, the district is experiencing a decline in confirmed cases, indicating numbers are trending in the right direction. Additionally, as a district, we remain vigilant with a focus on the safety and health of the MISD community as any new recommendations are made.
By utilizing data and following district values, MISD has decided to modify its quarantining criteria for students and staff members. Beginning April 19, the start of the Sixth Six Weeks grading period, students and staff members who are consistently and properly masked while being exposed to someone with a confirmed case of COVID-19 will not have to quarantine.
The use of masks as a mitigating factor for quarantining was thoroughly evaluated. By comparing data with surrounding areas that do not quarantine properly masked individuals, seeing the increasing number of staff members who are able to receive the vaccine if they desire, and keeping our social distancing and handwashing protocols in place, the district believes this approach will not compromise the safety and health of students, staff members and families.
We understand this decision also comes during the window to switch learning modes for students to in-person learning or to virtual learning. Please keep in mind that the window to switch modes of instruction is open now through Friday, April 2 at 11:59 p.m. Transfers submitted during the noted window will take effect on April 19. Those interested in transferring must log in to their Skyward Family Access account to submit the form. Specific instructions are available here.
MISD will continue to monitor the situation and communicate any updates as necessary. Thank you for your continued support as we work together for the safety of the community.
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Roberta Tipps STEAM Academy
Email: cristinahernandez@misdmail.org
Website: http://tipps.mansfieldisd.org/
Location: 3001 North Walnut Creek Drive, Mansfield, TX, United States
Phone: 817-299-6920
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rtipps/
Twitter: @RobertaTipps_ES