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March Newsletter



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After School Program

                                                                                       

Now on its second year! The goal of this program is to improve the literacy achievement of children in the school who are reading behind grade level.  With this extra support, it is our hopes to give our students a stronger foundation for academic success.

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School Activities


Grades K-5 Daily Classroom Schedule

Daily classroom schedule can now be viewed and downloaded from the Parents/Students tab. You need to have Adobe Reader to access the file. To install Adobe Reader to your computer follow this link: http://www.gmcs.k12.nm.us/site_res_view_template.aspx?id=bc61825e-179b-44e0-b99b-54b4ef4b4e4f

Announcements

 
 
 
Twin Lakes Elementary Brave and Princess 2011-2012
 

 
 


Notes and Reminders

Parents/Families:
  • Please make sure to use the student drop off lane for drop off and pick up.  
  • Remember that all visitors must sign in at the front office before going anywhere else in the building.  
  • Please make sure any check outs are completed by 2:30 or be prepared to wait until students are released at 2:45.

Daily Announcements

Alternative Governance Plan
If a school does not make AYP for five years, the LEA must create a plan to restructure the school. Please review the AGP.
R2 Alternative Governance Plan -Twin Lakes Elem.pdf

Family Learning Project

Adult Education: Starting soon, Wednesdays and Thursdays, 8:30am- 11:30am at the Twin Lakes Elementary School Campus, learning activities including activities that can be used for the entire family, improve your language and math skills, learn to help children with their homework, study for the GED Exam to test to earn a New Mexico High School Diploma – as an eligible participant of this project you can be sponsored with tuition and testing costs covered. For more information or to register contact Sage Lifelong Learning at (505) 905-5200


 
Welcome back to another school year at Twin Lakes Elementary!  We are excited about the wonderful things we expect to experience together this year with you and your student.  We have a few new faces here at the school.  Please allow me to introduce them.  Our new P.E. Teacher is Mr. H. Kaye.  The new Third Grade Teacher is Mr. J. Mensah.  The new Counselor  is  S. Curley, and our new Literacy Interventionist is Ms. K. Misner.  We are pleased to have these folks working on our team.  Please come by and introduce yourself to these new staff members.
I am very excited to share the information from last year’s testing results.  TLE gained over 12% in math achievement, and over 7% in reading achievement on the New Mexico Standards Based Assessment (NMSBA).  Both these gains are statistically significant.  In the past five years TLE has improved math scores by 23%, and reading by 15%. We are proud of our progress.  Thank you for all the support and contributions you have made to these areas of growth.  It all begins at home.  We could not do it without you.  In other results All Kindergarten students advancing to 1st grade were at benchmark in both Math and Reading assessments they are given. Other grade level finished with some of the strongest overall scores that TLE has ever posted.  Keep up the good work!  Be sure to thank teachers and school staff that you know for their hard work as well.
 

National Library Week - Read Full Article

It was such a treat to listen to our State Senator Judith Zaffirini speak at our librarian’s meeting this year. As a firm believer in reading and technology, she pulled out her iPhone, Kindle and iPad exemplifying that there is never a good excuse not to be reading. What really struck a cord with me [...]

Nothing Sickens me More… - Read Full Article

What a surprise when Ms. Garza’s Pre-Kinder a.m. class surprised me with hugs and this poster during National Library Week. It made for a great day. There was none of the usual fanfare we usually get, but they went out of their way to make me feel good. Considering I don’t see this class because of [...]

Smart Kids Using Smart Devices - Read Full Article

In 2011, Eddika Castaneda and I facilitated for her GT students at the annual GT Showcase. Using a variety of multimedia tools such as Glogster, Xtranormal, and Story Jumper to create their semester long biography projects, we took the students a step further into the 21st century with QR codes. There were no tri-folds for [...]


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