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Hudson Grants Each employee can vote one time, casting two votes for projects in the "General Category" and one vote for projects in the "Principal Category." Votes will be accepted through Sunday, May 3.
General Category: (2 votes) Brief Description
Grant Title
Author
Air, Land, and Space A New Learning Frontier
Burleson and science teachers
We here at Trinity Springs MS yearn to remove the boundaries which classroom and laboratory walls can place on all students preventing the great expanses of science from being fully explored. To this end we need three things: Air, Land, and Space.
AMPED Lab (Automation, Manufacturing, Programming, & Electrical Design)
Quattlebaum
Learners involved in the AMPED Lab will gain a deeper understanding of circuit design, hardware function, and programming. Using a hands-on approach to solving real world design and programming problems, students will design and build electrical systems that use multiple inputs and outputs to interact with their environment.
Vision
Hudson grants- general
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Author
Brief Description
From Library to Learning Commons
Ragan
Our Learning Commons will meet the needs of the 21st Century learner by providing a flexible, yet welcoming, space that allows for both individual pursuits and group interactions of all sizes.
Mini Transformation
Ely
TSMS is requesting funds to purchase 30 iPad mini's to provide our economically disadvantaged students technology access for school/ home use.
New Lighting System for TSMS
Coyne
At Trinity Springs Middle School, we have a lighting system that is mediocre. The little amount of lighting instruments include parcans only, and we are unable to add in gels to make the lighting colorful. Also, the lighting instruments that are used are unable to make certain effects on stage that will affect the audience's visibility of the actors in a positive way.
Vision
Hudson grants-general
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Referral Testing with iPads
Meadows
The new test kits that are coming out give us the option to test student for special education eligibility using iPads rather than paper/pencil tests. This would help us ensure that testing is correct and eliminates human error in scoring and administering the test.
Transforming Titans through Connected Learning: Crossing Borders with Digital Literature and Inquiry Circles
Slay
This project will connect students at Trinity Springs with each other across the campus, and with students in other places around the world through digital literature and inquiry discussion groups. It will use iPads-minis to facilitate electronic research, reading, and writing across borders using various apps, including Google Drive and Kindle, for example.
Vision
Hudson grant- Principal
Principal Category ( one vote) Grant Title
Author
Brief Description
Collaboratively Speaking
Buckhalton and Stewart
To support and encourage continued collaboration, we would like to transform these spaces into purposeful collaboration stations to improve these learning sessions and support the Engage to Learn Model being implemented this upcoming school year. We would like to create purposeful collaborative spaces, to include some technology stations with mounted monitors with webcam and touchscreen capability. Each station will have collaborative furniture and resources for students and teachers.
Transformation Leadership Retreat
Buckhalton
A four day retreat spread throughout the year for department heads, team leaders, administrators and counselors to plan for campus planning.
Vision
Hometown heroes
Keller University Presenters
Click here for more information! Keller University is a FREE Summer Learning Conference for ALL KISD teachers held at Central High School. Check out our very own TSMS teachers who will be presenting at the conference:
Laura Slay and Krisanne Stewart co-presenting: Sneak Peek: Understanding New ELA Curriculum (7-8) Laura Slay presenting: Blended Learning with Google & Multiple Genres
Megan Morrison presenting: Nearpod for Beginners
Laura Slay presenting:: Writing Revision: Airbrush with Airstrokes
Showcase classrooms
Coach Flood’s health students put themselves in the shoes of an emphysema patient by running while breathing through a straw only. They then compare their pulse rate to normal and write a journal entry about their experience and the effects of smoking on the body.
Showcase classrooms continuous improvement
7th grade Texas History Students in Mrs. Winkley’s class write parodies using their favorite songs and information about the cattle drives.
Showcase classrooms
All 7th grade science classes join on the football field to play an interactive game demonstrating how food chains work and how the environment plays a key role.
Quality Tool of the month
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May: PDSA
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