The Mighty Cub Newsletter
October 29 - November 2
#PurposePassionPride
Our Mission
Our Vision
Our Cultural Vision
Week at a Glance
- Football - vs. Olle 7th grade teams @ Taylor
- Team Up Against Drugs - Wear your favorite team jersey with jeans
Tuesday 10/30
- Football - vs. Olle 8th grade teams - @ Taylor
- Don't Make Yourself a Target - Wear your camouflage gear
Wednesday 10/31
- PLC - Content
- Brighter Future Without Drugs - Wear your college shirt with jeans
Thursday 11/01
- I Have the Power to Be Drug Free - Dress as your favorite hero! (uniform bottoms for students)
Friday 11/02
- Proud to Be Drug Free - Wear red to show your pride to be drug free
Important Dates
Team Leader Meeting - 11/6
LPAC - 11/7
Progress Reports go home - 11/8AVID Site Team Meeting - 11/8
Faculty Meeting - 11/12
Thanksgiving Break - 11/19
Watch until the end! Let's stick together and support each other. Stay positive, stay focused and take care of the things you have control over. Don't let things outside your circle of influence get you down. #PurposePassionPride #ifyoufallgetbackup
AP Corner
- Great teachers don't always have the best lessons. But they always have the best relationships with kids.
- Great teachers understand that developing the right classroom climate is a prerequisite to teaching the right lesson.
- When a lesson does not go as planned, great teachers are not looking around the room... they are looking in the mirror.
- Great teachers always come to class ready to teach... but they are mindful of the fact that not all students come to class ready to learn.
- Great teachers understand the power of human connection, so they are diligent about building relationships with their students. They are even relentless about connecting with the knuckleheads.
- Great teachers don't show up for WORK... they show up for KIDS! It's a passion -- not a job.
- Great teachers understand the "Golden Rule" for educators: Teach every child the way you would want your own child to be taught.
- Great teachers are not intent on winning "battles" with the students. They understand that if there is a battle in the classroom, nobody wins.
- Great teachers define their success by the success of their students. They understand it's not about the teaching... it's about the learning.
- Great teachers are not defined by their lesson plans... they are defined by their passion.
- Great teachers are in it for the kids. It's not about the lesson plan, the rules, or the massive paycheck. It's always about the kids.
- Kids leave their class feeling better about themselves... because great teachers understand there is more to teaching than delivering instruction.
- Great teachers are never victims of "slacker kids." They refuse to let those students get away without doing the work.
- Great teachers are not driven by courses of study... they are driven by the faces in front of them.
- Great teachers can look past the bad attitude. They realize there's always something else going on.
- Great teachers did not become great by accident. They became great because they made a decision that being "good" was not enough.
- All teachers have bad days. Great teachers never lose perspective, and they refuse to let their personal drama undermine the positive energy in the classroom.
- Great teachers are always in pursuit of a better lesson. They demand the same excellence of themselves that they work for in their kids.
Our world is a better place because of the passion and dedication of great teachers everywhere.
-Danny Steele
Shout Outs!!
Shout out to Mr. Rieck for being our Mighty Cub of the Week! Congratulations and don't forget to park in the front.
Shout out to Ms. Polk, Mr. Bailey, Mr. Cesar, and Mrs. Sampson for helping out while their teammates were out for training.
Shout out to S. Johnson for having great sub plans. I was able to get in there and not miss a step in helping the students get their work done. Step by step instructions and work prepared ahead of time. Very organized!
Shout out to Ms. Young for sharing her family history with Ms. Robertson's classes and visited and took pictures of San Felipe, the first successful colony in Texas! #relevant #makingconnectionsforstudents
Shout out to Mr. Khowja for building relationships amongst staff and following up with them after a rough situation.
Shout out to the grade level secretaries, Mrs. Salais, Mrs. Solorzano, and Mrs. Zamora for helping out in the workroom printing IDs.
Shout out to Mrs. Mickens for leading her team and stepping in to help in a time of need.
Shout out to the Fine Arts team for helping Mr. Biggs with his car issues.
Shout out to Mrs. KJ for passing along some iPads for video production to use.
Shout out to Mrs. Salais for stepping in and translating for parents when Mrs. Solorzano was not available. #aboveandbeyond
Shout out to Ms. Garske for exhausting all options to let her students know they have missing work; allowing them another opportunity to be successful in her class.
Do you have a "shout out" you would like to share with the staff? Send it to Mr. Lopez via Remind-101 or text.
New Cub!
Mr. Rhea played professional football in the NFL with the Minnesota Vikings and Buffalo Bills. We are excited to have him join our team!
Nominate a colleague for Mighty Cub of the Week Award
LAST WEEK TO NOMINATE A STUDENT!!!
WICOR Warriors
Content Feature
ESL
Beginner ESL
Students in beginner classes have continued to focus on phonics and verb tenses as part of their daily routine. This week students have begun exploring problem and solution in fictional stories. Students read, A Year without Rain and identified the elements of fiction (including the problem and solution). Students used a flow map to record their thinking and then wrote a summary.
Intermediate ESL
Students in intermediate classes are wrapping up their unit, Imagine the Possibilities, where they have been exploring the guiding question: How powerful is a good idea? This unit takes a look at text organization, specifically focusing on problem and solution.
With Thanksgiving right around the corner, students have begun working on an expository writing prompt in which they write about what they’re thankful for. This week students are brainstorming, prewriting, and drafting their essays.
Students began brainstorming for their expository essays in Mrs. Ordonez’s class.