Do we have some future medical device engineers in the sixth grade? Sixth grade STEM
students participated in a Foot Orthosis Challenge this week. The challenge was to make a foot orthosis brace for a child of cerebral palsy. Students worked as a team to design, build, test, and modify an orthosis that stabilized the ankle and foot. The groups had to explore the steps of the design process and use a decision matrix to evaluate the product prototype.
Freshmen and Juniors in Coach Heath's English classes took their ELA Benchmark tests today and we are so excited to see that the Freshmen show significant gains of 15%--averaging 84% overall, and the Juniors have advanced 17% as a whole to average 81%. What an awesome day to be a TIGER. Thank you students and Coach Heath for your hard work. You are awesome!
Mrs. Bugg's first grade class has reached their first reading goal of 125 tickets!! They celebrated with a pancake party today!
We celebrated our senior basketball players, track athletes and golfers last night! We love these seniors!
We just want to say Thank You!! to our PTO for always taking care of our teachers and students! PTO is a vital link in the partnership between school and family. Thank you for making our community a great place to teach and grow up!
From Mrs Backer:
Thank you for the enormous amount of appreciation I received this week from students, parents, staff and PTO! I am blessed to be a member of the Tiger Community!
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We are so proud of our students who are making huge strides in reading! We hope your Friday is full of amazing book adventures!
The game for Saturday has been moved to next Tuesday the 13th-- so cheer clinic will be at halftime of the girls game on Tuesday. Girls start at 6:30! See you then!
Art and FACS students visited the Dallas Museum of Art and the Galleria last week. DMA houses one of the most extensive collections of international art in the world!!
Look at all these book tickets! Students get a ticket when they read and reflect on books. We will have drawings for prizes at the end of the semester. Virtual days are perfect opportunities to READ! Did you know that reading for pleasure is a better indicator of how a student will succeed in life than standardized test scores?
Send a Candy Gram! Support FCCLA!
Our third graders are learning what it would feel like to be Michelangelo by writing their spelling words on the "ceiling" of their desks!
Updates have been happening all over campus! Some are very noticeable. One of the ones you may not be able to see, but that we feel is extremely important is our curriculum! We have incorporated a huge amount of new curriculum materials--including elementary phonics, science and reading--high school math--middle school language arts, math, science and social studies.
Children's author Eileen Hobbs visited our Elementary and Middle School students today! She is the author of the Heath Cousins series. We had such a great time talking to her about her books and writing in general. Thank you Mrs Hobbs!!
Cheer clinic and try outs
are coming up!
Today was the 100th day of school!! We celebrated by dressing up, and by doing 100s of celebrations and activities! Thank you to our PTO for the awesome decorations!! What a fun day!
We are thrilled to announce that our Speech Squad has expanded to Middle School! Our new middle school elective began in January and they joined the high school for their first competition this weekend!
Emily Bernardy & Anna Mellies-- First in PF Debate
Paige Bailey & Serenity Holub 2nd in PF Debate
Malachi Channel 2nd in LD Debate, 1st in Informative, 1st in Champs DEX
Wyatt Scott 3rd in Champs DI
(MS) Natalie Channel &Jade Jackson got 1st in Novice DD
The team got 3rd in Sweeps!
We hope you were able to make it out to the Crescent Local show this weekend!
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Congratulations to our 2024 basketball Homecoming Queen and King m--Kynlee Ross and CJ Wilson!
