April 13, 2017 - Timpson ISD Bear Update
TES Pre-K Newsletter - Timpson Elementary School Pre-K Star Newsletter
This week we... 1) Learned about the letter Y. 2) Read Who Lives Here? 3) Learned about the fable, “The Hare and the Tortoise.” 4) Learned about forest, desert, and artic animals.
Next week, we will... 1) Read “Motimer Mole’s Wagon.” 2) Learn about the letter Z. 3) Learn about shortest and longest. 4) We will learn about animals that live underground.
Upcoming events... Easter Egg Hunt is Thursday at 1:30. Please send 12 eggs and 2 bags of candy by Tuesday.
Reminders to Parents... 1) Please remember to send box tops to school. You may send them on a sheet or in a baggy. Thank you. 2) We also still need soda pop tops.
T
eacher Spotlight – Mrs. Cindy Sessions is a Timpson High School science teacher. She teaches chemistry, IPC and physics. She also serves as the campus tech support person and drives a route bus.
The favorite parts of her job are the “Ah-Ha” moments when a student struggling with a concept understands it. She uses many different instructional techniques to ensure her students understand and master learning objectives. She encourages the students to employ the scientific method to find the answers. She also uses and hands on activities to help students figure out the answers themselves.
She helps with the UIL One Act Play and has sponsored the junior and senior classes. She is also actively involved in professional development and training. She has presented two times at the Conference for American Science Teachers (CAST), once (last summer) at the RC State Conference which only the best of the best get chosen to present, several times at Region 7 and she has applied to present at the TRC State conference this summer but will not get a confirmation until mid-May.
She has received the TRC Grant 9 out of the last 10 years receiving over 1000 professional development hours. The TRC Grant pays for the conferences, plus a stipend for the year for the purchase of supplies for the science labs. Also through the TRC she met the person that was over MIPEP (Mitchell Institute physics grant) who sent her an application which she was awarded the grant that paid for her to stay at the Mitchell Ranch for two weeks.
During this time a different Texas A&M professor from the Physics Department came to the ranch to help high school physics teachers with various high school TEKS and advised them what their expectations were for future college students. This opened the door for her to take the physics and chemistry students to A&M annually for a tour of the science facilities and a “physics show”.
We appreciate all Mrs. Sessions does for our students.
