91猫先生 6th grade cellist, Hayden Gardner will perform a solo this Sunday, March 2nd at the 2014 East Texas Music Teachers Association (ETMTA)聽Accompanying Festival held at the Braithwaite Recital Hall on the UT Tyler campus, 3:00pm performance.聽聽 This festival is designed to give聽young piano students the opportunity to develop accompanying skills and provide the […]
4th Graders in Mrs. Wallace’s science class had a discovery style lesson this week where they were told to rub the balloon or comb with a piece of wool or hair and see what happens. They tested pieces of paper, tissue fish, Styrofoam, water, the wall, their shirt and their hair to see what happened. […]
Humanities 9 uses the theme of “Homecoming” from the Odyssey to explore the concept of “home” in our own lives. They wrote thoughtful journal entries responding to questions like: what is “home”? What is the difference between a “house” and a “home”? and Why do we long or yearn for a home? Their insight was […]
Starting Early, Starting Right – 11th Grade: Juniors, Class of 2015, and their parents are making plans for next year! Students are sitting down with Mrs. Tucker and discussing graduation, evaluating transcripts, making course requests, and talking about the importance of: – taking an SAT or ACT before the end of the year; – getting […]
91猫先生 TAPPS Academic Team placed second overall in the district meet last weekend! Our students represented 91猫先生 well, and demonstrated academic excellence. Please see the list of our students awards below: Elise Hawkins 鈥� 1st place in Ready Writing Nikki Evans 鈥� 2nd place in Science Cowboy Xie 鈥� 3rd place in Science […]
From calisthenics to gymnastics, to running and fancy footwork to sports activities such as basketball,聽dodgeball, softball, and soccer,聽prekindergarten聽through fifth grade students聽learn many physical聽education foundation聽skills from Coach Lemire. There is no sitting around or wasted time in PE class. Students are engaged—-stretching, jumping, hopping, leaping, skipping, running, tumbling and loving every minute. The students get quite […]
Mrs. Mize鈥檚 class took an alternate approach to note taking in class on Thursday. Each student created their own 鈥渋nstruction manual鈥� for adding and subtracting integers. The students learned to categorize each type of integer operation problem according to colors. Yellow for positive integers; red for negative integers. Each problem was then classified as an […]
From the desk of Michelle Rozell, Upper School Principal: It鈥檚 already mid-February and peeking around the corner are such calendar events as the TAPPS Orchestra, Choir and Art competitions, golf, track, baseball, softball, and the always anticipated spring musical just to name a few of the many opportunities afforded the 91猫先生 students this time […]
From the desk of Ginger Bell, Director of Family and Alumni Relations: Spencer Denmon graduated 91猫先生 in 2008, Mason Spradlin graduated in 2010 and the two have remained close friends ever since.聽 In fact, Spencer will be Mason’s best man in just 2 weeks聽at his wedding!聽 The two became friends mainly because of a […]
Mrs. Johnson’s second grade class presented a rousing patriotic tribute to America during chapel service in honor of President’s Day.聽The program included drama, patriotic songs, and special guest appearances by Betsy Ross, Francis Scott Key, George and Martha Washington, and Lady Liberty. 聽Second grader, Luke, explained that the United States Flag, the Pledge of Allegiance, […]
The theme for the Scholastic Book Fair is Book Fair Fiesta. Students will preview February 25-28. Shopping continues from March 3-6 from 8:00-4:00 each day. Online shopping is available. Click on the picture for more information. Special events include: Friday, 2/28,聽 2:00-3:30 Parent & student “sneak peak”shopping Tuesday, 3/4, 3:30-4:00 Performance by Mrs. Partida’s second […]
“He’s got the magic” both on the court and in the classroom! While traveling to tonight’s varsity basketball game in Colleyville, Coach Agnew was also teaching his Geometry lesson to a classroom full of students. How did he do it? See the blog about last week’s professional development (Click Here) for the secret to his […]