Timpson ISD Bear Update

4/5/2016

 

 

 

TES Second Grade News -  At Timpson Elementary School recently, Mrs. Iles’ second graders participated in Reader’s Theater.  Reader’s Theater is a dramatic presentation of a written work in a script form.  The students read from a script as they learned about the different parts of dialogue and practiced fluency  They were divided into two groups, and each group got to practice their reader’s theater script and perform it in front of the class.  The first group performed Chicken Little and the second group performed Jack and the Beanstalk.  They also made masks and decorated them to wear during their performance.  Attached are photographs of the students.

 

Parent Pick Up – Attached are pictures showing the current congested parent pick area.  See the related story in Wednesday, March 30th Bear Update.

 

THS Baseball News - Submitted by: Coach Billy Bryant

On Friday, April 1, Beckville defeated Timpson 5-3.  Blake Johnson had 2 RBI, and Hunter Smith pitched a complete game.

 

 

THS Band /Booster News - The THS Band Boosters will be setting up a small concession stand for the remaining HOME softball games.  Please support the band by purchasing your refreshments from us.  We will have drinks, chips, and a few other snacks.  As always, thank you for your continued support of the THS BEAR Band.

 

Band Hall Expansion – One of the proposed projects of the Timpson ISD bond election will be to expand and renovate the TISD band hall.  Challenges that the district faces using the current band hall built in 1987 is that it was designed to accommodate approximately 50 students.  There are approximately 70 students in the main band this year with an anticipated increase for next year. Other challenges in the current band hall include lack of space to store instruments, lack of space for each of the two band directors to have a rehearsal space, inadequate number of practice rooms and lack of space for practice sectionals.  Expansion of the band hall will include increasing the number of square feet in the main band hall and creating a concert room which will provide a space for both band teachers to rehearse students and will eliminate the current practice of having to use the gym foyer and other spaces for band rehearsal.  Additional instrument storage will be added to store instruments currently having to be left out in the open band hall.  This will protect the expensive instruments from potential damage and theft.  Additional practice rooms will be added so that students can practice their individual music without disturbing other students in the main band hall.  Timpson ISD and the community take great pride in the band and its winning tradition.  The expansion and renovation to the band hall will ensure that band students now and in the future will have the space needed to continue the band’s outstanding tradition.

 

 

Important Timpson FFA Dates:

 

 

 

April 6th - Soil and Water Conservation District Contest - Attoyac Farms, Chireno, TX -

 

April 12th - Area IX Career Development Event - Huntsville, TX  - State Qualifying Contests

 

April 13th - Area IX Vet Tech Career Development Event - Tarleton State University  - Stephenville, TX State Qualifying Contest

 

April 15th - Area IX Wool Judging Career Development Event - Texas A&M University - State Qualifying Contest

 

April 18th - Pineywoods District Convention - Degree Check, Scholarship Check, Talent and Public Speaking

 

April 21st - State Land and Environmental Natural Resource Career Development Event - Tarleton State University

 

April 23rd - State Horse and Wool Career Development Event - Texas Tech University - Lubbock, TX

 

April 24th - Texas FFA Scholarships are due to Area Coordinator in Huntsville, TX

 

April 25th - Area IX Degree Check and Texas FFA Scholarship Interviews - Region 6 Service Center, Huntsville, TX

 

April 27th - State Forestry Career Development Event - Nacogdoches, TX

 

April 29th - State Ag. Mechanics, Forages and Nursery Landscape Career Development Event - Huntsville, TX

 

April 30th - State Vet/Tech, Livestock and Poultry Judging Career Development Event - Texas A&M University

 

May 2nd & 3rd - Timpson FFA Officer Elections

 

May 10th - Timpson FFA Banquet