Tiger Daily

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February 5, 2015-Boys/Girls Soccer @ Carlisle 7:00 pm; Little Dribblers 6:00
pm in SEC

February 6, 2015-JVG/VG/VB in Martinsville 5:00 pm; UIL Solo & Ensemble @
SFA

February 7, 2015-Little Dribblers

February 9, 2015-Boys Soccer @ Gladewater 5:30 pm

February 10, 2015- BenchMark: Science; Sr Career Day in Center 9:30 am;
JVG/VG/VB vs Beckville 4:30 pm; Tiger Café’ Open

February 11, 2015-BenchMark Social Studies

February 12, 2015-Early Release 12:30 pm; End 4th Grading Period; Lady Tige
Soccer @ Texas High 5:30 pm; Little Dribblers

February 13, 2015-Student Holiday; Boys Soccer @ Henderson 5:30 pm; JVB/VB
Home vs Timpson 5:00 pm

February 16, 2015-Begin 5th Grading Period; Spring & Grad Retakes; Spring
Sectionals Begin; Lady Tigers Soccer @ New Summerfield 6:00 pm; Little
Dribblers


A New Direction…… A New Standard

 Tenaha’s Sours has blazed into Tenaha….

And he is rewriting the script.  An unwavering energy for kids and
for band is what makes Brian Sours’ attempt to convert a long-time
successful “military” style band into a state championship caliber “corps”
style band more of a reality than a hope.  Coaches would call Sours a “gym
rat”.  His mind is never “off”.  He is working and developing ideas to
improve the Tenaha Band program around the clock.  The task of converting
marching styles was a tall one met with serious skepticism in the circles of
traditional band instruction.  But, confident in his abilities as a teacher,
armed with an unmatched obsession with being the best, Sours has seen the
transition move faster and more ahead of schedule than he ever imagined.
Mr. Sours knew his task was tall and he prioritized music and sound in his
transition and building process.  “I knew there were plenty of doubters
about how successful we would be making the switch.  But, I knew that once I
was able to get buy-in from the students and trust, that we could begin the
process.  Selling our expectations and selling myself was key.  I had to
form trust and relationships with our students.  It’s still a work in
progress, but I think our result speaks for itself on our early success.”

Already, the Tenaha Band Culture is changed and constantly
changing.  Higher expectations that are more readily met because of Sours’
commitment to ensuring they are met  is the cornerstone to the Tiger Band’s
task.  Sours, never satisfied, says that while he’s proud of the first
division rating in last fall’s Area Marching Contest, he’s “aware that as a
marching band that we are far from a finished product and likely received
high marks due to our efforts to correct musicality and sound.” But as he
looks ahead to the spring and even into next fall’s state qualifying
contests in marching, Sours says, “We can’t control certain factors like
judging, but we can control our quality.  And I expect our quality to force
other bands to be a lot better than pretty good to keep us from advancing.”

The major factor that Sours points to beyond the establishment
of raised expectations is a diligent and specific approach to instruction.
This is where he credits his assistants Rhett Pilcher and Brandi Swann with
“doing a lion’s share of teaching in fundamental areas that help give us a
chance to produce quality music as a full band”.  During every band period
from 4th grade up through High School, Sours, Pilcher, and Swann are
intensely instructing students within their musical disciplines for the
entirety of the class period.  As Sours puts it, “we don’t have time to take
a break or a day off, if we are serious about our expectation to be state
recognized.”

Holiday Hoop T-Shirts

We have 3 Holiday T-Shirts left over from the tournament ($10.00).

If anyone would like them contact Emily Bowlin 936-248-5000 ext. 203

1-Blue Small

1 Yellow 2X

We also have a few maroon staff shirts remaining ($30.00).

4-Mens XL

1-Mens 2XL

Pictures:

February 16-Spring and Graduation Re-Takes

March 13- Track, Baseball, Tennis

April 15-Kindergarten cap and gown, Clubs, Who's Who

The following link is our district’s URL to order prints of your students.

https://inter-state.com/FlyerEntry/670283

2014-2015 School Calendar Attached

February Menu Attached

Baseball Schedule Attached