April 13, 2017 - Timpson ISD Bear Update
THS Band Booster Bake Sale - Click here to view article
THS Tennis Players Compete in Regionals
Timpson High School students Brock and Brylee Behrens will be competing next Monday and Tuesday, April 17-18, in the Regional Tennis Meet. Last week they won the district mixed doubles championship in Center. Good luck to Brock and Brylee!
Lady Bear District Track Results - Track Meet Results
The Lady Bears placed second with a total of 136 points in the 32AA district track meet. More information about Timpson results will be in the Monday Bear Update. The top four place finishers will compete in the area track meet in Cushing, Wednesday, April 19.
Varsity Bears District Track Meet Results - Track Meet Results
The Varsity Bears track team placed second in the 32AA district track meet. The top four finishers will compete in the area track meet Wednesday April 19 in Cushing. Additional information about the district track meet will be in Monday’s Bear Update. Congratulations to the Varsity Bears and good luck at the area competition!
Teacher Spotlight
Stephanie Jamar is the fifth grade math teacher at Timpson Elementary School. She has worked four years at Timpson ISD and a total of eight years teaching. She says the best part of her job is the children. She loves working with her students and says every day is an adventure.
Ms. Jamar said, “I truly feel that I have learned as much from my students as they learn from me. Together we can change the world!” Watching Ms. Jamar teach with her energy, enthusiasm and love for her students, it is no wonder her students are confident about their math skills, perform well on state assessment tests and are well prepared to move on to sixth grade.
She greets each student daily with a big smile and encouragement to do their best. She uses a variety of teaching methods to be able to reach all students. Ms. Jamar is also very active in extra-curricular activities including coaching UIL number sense, dictionary skills, and spelling.
She drives a bus each day and on Saturday she holds tutorial sessions for students who need extra help. She also assists other teachers with technology, DMAC and webpages. She volunteers to help with school dances, benefits and special events. She recently spearheaded a basketball fundraiser that raised over $600 dollars for student Claycee Renick and TES counselor Tammy Sparks who had major illnesses and were facing steep medical costs.
Thank you Ms. Jamar for being such a bright light of encouragement and support to our students.
Teacher Spotlight
Mr. Don Calhoon is the Timpson High School world geography, government and economics teacher. He has taught for three years in Timpson. He previously taught for 16 years. He also served our country in the Marines.
Mr. Calhoon retired but his love for teaching did not retire so he returned to the profession he loved when THS Principal Ron Lindgren offered him a job. He enjoys teaching geography because of his opportunity to travel and see many places while he served in the military. He likes teaching economics because he considers it a life skill all students will need throughout their lives.
Government has always been interesting to Mr. Calhoon and he wants his students to have a real understanding of it because they will be the future of our country’s government. He also wants to teach them how to be informed voters. He has stayed current on the use of technology as an instructional tool and uses it often in his classroom to educate students on geography b showing them places and maps. He is also able to use technology for student research which helps them be knowledgeable about current events. He understands that today’s students use technology and by finding ways to use it in the classroom increases their interests in the subject and their learning.
What Mr. Calhoon likes best about his job is working with the Timpson ISD staff and faculty. He says it feels like family and that we all love our students as if they are our own children. Mr. Calhoon understands that parents want the teachers to treat their children as teachers would want their own treated.
That is exactly what Mr. Calhoon does by providing his students with the instruction needed to learn the subject matter and the support and encouragement they need to be successful learners. Mr. Calhoon is a junior class sponsor and coaches the UIL social studies team. He lives in Nacogdoches and drives 30 minutes to work but says it doesn’t seem that long because he enjoys working at THS. Thank you Mr. Calhoon for all that you do for our students.
