STEAMing with JSA

MM 1/28/18 Good evening, we completed another fulfilling week with fine arts showcase, instruction, community visitors, Honor Roll assemblies, discipline and behavior expectations with Officer Bradley, and Literacy Celebrations in multiple classrooms. We want everyone to continue to provide examples of all of your great work to showcase on our social media forums. We want to continue to show the excellent work that is going on at JSA. Our focus as we go into the week is to continue to meet our students needs. I want to commend everyone that came prepared to the MTSS monthly meeting. The ability to discuss the growth presented in the students data and make sure that we provide all of the proper services for our students does not go unmissed by the MTSS committee headed by Mrs. Sweet and Mrs. Tillinger. We will continue to try and provide the proper combination to unlock every students' potential at JSA Magnet. The video today may focus on ethnic differences, but I would challenge...

MM 1/22/18 Good morning, as we countdown the days until we begin our FSA testing, please make sure that we are continuing to maximize instructional time. It is imperative that we refrain from participating in activities that will not foster learning within the classroom. Focus on intervention and reteaching tools to ensure students have learned the standard and can complete the "I can" statement or learning objective. Continue to provide high expectations of your students and they will rise to the occasion. If we expect less, then we will get less. Shout Outs Great work by Mrs. Holbert in showcasing the schools activity on social media. Kudos to Mrs. Barnes who utilized domino game for learning allusions. Great work by Mrs. Williams in 4th grade providing students with the opportunity to utilize technology and hands on activities for engineering. Shout out to Mrs. Brown on utilizing small groups within the classroom and pulling studnets within intervention centers t...

Michael's Memo 1/3/2018 Good morning, welcome back and Happy New Year 2018. We know that we experienced a great loss over the break with the passing of Ms. Clayton. She was a bright light and a wonderful staff member here at JSA Magnet. She was adored by all of her students and she worked tirelessly on improving the academic, social, and personal growth of all of her students. Ms. Clayton went above and beyond to reach students outside of the gifted umbrella as well. She worked to always place students first. she sought out the middle school students during lunch as well to establish relationships with students that needed assistance in various areas. Please support one another as we go through this turbulent time. Our video is in honor of Ms. Clayton's love of science and how she made connections between items for our students.  Procedural Updates Cell phone usage has become a major problem during the school day. Please make sure that students' cell phones...