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Principal

Travis Fanning

Director of Instruction

Heather Bergman

Associate Principal

Leroy Morales

Lead Counselor

Sharon Bey

November 5, 2012

Vol. 1 Issue 8

Assistant Principals

Sandra Cahee

Marshall Caplan

Virgil Maddox

Clay Smith

Mark Smith

Collete Vallot

Counselors

Wanda Brown

Jessica Harris

Anna Hill

Torrenzo Moore

Gloria Pickett

Rhonda Schilling

Mrs. Sharon Bey has been selected to

receive a 2012 Texas Counseling Association Distinguished Service

Award! She will be formally recognized and

presented with her award at TCA's Awards

Ceremony during the 56th Annual Professional

Growth Conference in Galveston, Texas this

November.

Staff, be mindful of the fact that

you are always at the forefront of

exposing our students to what it

means to be a professional in

appearance. Your consistent

professional appearance imprints

upon them the need to always

look appropriate. Thank you to all

who have set this high standard

for yourselves, your campus, but

most of all for your students.

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“HERO” Mentor Program

Helping

Excel by

Reducing

Obstacles

“We had our first mentor rally this week and it was a great success! I enjoyed sitting

by listening to mentors motivate students to excel. We currently have 87 students

assigned to Cypress Springs staff mentors. In addition to many of these students

being in our 10th grade AYP group, they were identified as a result of not passing

both their 9th grade Algebra I and English I EOC exams. Remember, you are not

limited to meeting with your mentors only at the designated rallies, meet with them

often, encourage them often.” - Mary Becher, AAS

Future Mentor Rally Dates:

11/29, 12/14, 1/24, 2/14,3/28, 4/18, 5/23

Staff,

Remember that this week we

will witness another presidential

election. Don’t forget to do

your part by casting your vote

on election day. Remember that

we will not be running late

buses on Tuesday.

Nov 7, 2012

This Wednesday we will take advantage

of our first early release day. Students

will clear the building by 12:48. We will

start our staff development at 1:05 p.m.

in the auditorium. We plan to release

from staff development at 3:15 p.m.

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Biology teacher Patricia

Matus keeps her

students actively engaged

in their classroom

instructional activities by

closely linking them to

biological concepts.

These hands on

models/activities help to

foster multiple modality

learning and thereby help

to increase student

understanding.

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When is it appropriate to use the call

button?

Teachers, remember to push the call button in

your classroom when you have an emergency

situation. We are also asking that you push the

button when dealing with one of the following

issues:

Student refuses to give up a cell phone.

Student is disruptive and noncompliant to the

point of impeding your ability to deliver your

instruction.

Be prepared to explain fully to the

responding administrator the nature of

why you requested assistance. Also be

prepared to send a discipline referral as

soon as it is possible to the

administrative office.

Please send students who are out

of dress code and who are without

an ID Badge to the AP office.

We need 100% compliance

with the display of the parking

hanging tag on your vehicle.

Remember to come by the AP

office if you need assistance

with your parking tag. There is

no charge for the tag and you

will need to fill out a form in

the AP office to register your

vehicle.

The Butterfly Struggle

What do butterflies

have in common

with the human

spirit?

Before a butterfly can

emerge out of it’s chrysalis it has

to go through a lot of struggling.

Yes, struggling. Each time it lunges

out to escape, acids are being

removed from its wings. If

someone were to come along and

break the chrysalis open for it,

then the butterfly would die from

those acids. In essence, the

struggle is necessary for the

butterfly to survive. Then, when

the struggle is over, the butterfly

can come out and share its beauty

with the world.

“Embrace the

struggles!”