Robin’s

Reflections Edition: November 2015

Produced by the Office of Human Resources on behalf of

Superintendent, Dr. Battershell

Temple will play Houston Stratford on

Friday, November 20th at

Merrill Green Stadium in Bryan.

Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m.

Save the Date: Friday, January 22nd!

Big Blue Wave Glow 5K Run and Walk

The Temple Wildcat Football Team will be

advancing to the Area round of Class 5A

Division—State Playoffs!

The Innovative Teaching Grants will

be awarded through the Bounty Bus

on December 14 with the Bounty Bus

awarding grants for a total of

$50,000! This is the most that

has ever been awarded!

Upcoming Events and Holidays

Student and Staff Holidays—Monday, November 23rd—Friday, November 27th—Thanksgiving Holidays

Holiday Ham Delivery Provided by TISD Administration and Board.—Thursday, December 10th—Enjoy!

Temple High School Winter Concert— Sunday, December 13th

Student and Staff Holidays—Monday, December 21st—Friday, January 1st—Christmas Holidays

Student Holiday/Staff Professional Development Day— Monday, January 4th

Student and Staff Holiday—Monday, January 18th—Martin Luther King Day

Big Blue Wave Glow 5K Run and Walk— Friday, January 22nd

Ambassador Ryan Crocker at Temple High School—Friday, January 29th

Parent Conferencing Day— Monday, February 15th—(Student Holiday, Campus Workday)

United Way Spring Carnival— Saturday, April 2nd

$136.5 Million Bond Passes!

Congratulations on passing the $136.5 million dollar bond! This bond will help every campus in some

form or fashion.

The school board will approve an architect(s) prior to the Winter Break and will follow this up with

approving construction companies in January. Once these are hired, we will begin putting together

construction timelines.

Construction will begin this summer on some of the easier projects at Kennedy-Powell, Raye-Allen, and

Hector P. Garcia. We will redo flooring, repair some leaky roofs, and repair some air conditioning units.

At Wheatley, we will begin with some painting and hopefully some window replacements. The elevator

will have to wait until we can work with our architect more. We also hope to begin work on the drainage

issues at the high school and if things work out the way I think they will, we hope to begin construction

at Thornton in either late Summer or early Fall.

You will be involved in the planning of these projects. We are not experts in what you do each and every

day and we will need your input. The architects will be meeting with groups of you who will be impacted

beginning this Spring.

Thank you to all who participated in the Temple ISD

Canned Food Drive. All donations will be contributed

to Churches Touching Lives for Christ.

7.986 Canned food items were donated!

We appreciate all Dr. Moger did for Western Hills today. I loved everything that you said and all of the very specific

comments that you made. Everything you did and said was just perfect. Thank you so very much.

Kathy Cook, Western Hills Elementary

The Temple High School Culinary Arts Department won the baking contest for Temple College's Kings and Queens of

Cuisine! Congratulations! I was so impressed with not only the food and its presentation at the Kings of Cuisine, but loved

the spirit the students brought to the event. Congratulations

Jennifer Graham, Temple College Foundation

I am not sure of the name of the officer on our campus when we had the gun threat, but he was wonderful!

He came to talk to my class to calm fears; he ate with the children, and was very kind.

Thank you for taking care of us as well as our babies!

Kelli Hesse, Kennedy-Powell

I just wanted to send a quick note of gratitude and recognition for Billy Madden Sr.

Billy has been driving our route (#149) to and from Canyon Creek Townhomes this past year. In the past, this route seems

to be challenging for many drivers. Billy aims to develop a rapport for his students and quickly mitigates any problems that

arise. He genuinely cares for the kids. As a result, we have received very few referrals from his route. This was typically

a route that accounted for as much as 25% of our total yearly discipline referrals school-wide!

Further, this afternoon, he sensed that I was pre-occupied and inquired to find out what was going on. I told him that I

was going to be busy preparing spaghetti dinners for close to 1,000 Thornton family members. He asked if he could help

and I gladly accepted. When his route was complete, he came to our kitchen and went right to work cooking

spaghetti. He even stuck around until after 10:00 tonight and helped me clean the kitchen from stem-to-stern!

It’s the nature for school districts to laud educators for their efforts, but it is support personnel like Billy that truly create

the heart of a Wildcat!

Kudos, Craig A. Wilson, Principal, Thornton Elementary School

I would like for you to know that Kyle Proctor is a person who goes beyond the call of duty. He assisted me with entering

my grades. He has an extreme amount of patience and exhibits characteristics of a true professional. I didn't feel rushed

and he didn't get upset when I asked him the same questions more than once. I just wanted to acknowledge him and tell

you that he is representing TISD very well. Thank You!

Cherie McLean, Kindergarten Teacher, Raye-Allen

Shout Outs

Campus and District Attendance Update

95% student attendance is one of our goals this year. I wanted to give you a snap shot of where we are. Look at it

from several perspectives. Firstly, the highest attendance percentage schools. Congratulations!

The most improved campus is Wheatley.

Way to go Wheatley! If you are a campus whose attendance has substantially gone down, your team needs to visit

on this. Our students cannot learn if they are not in school.

We cannot control what happens outside of our school, so we are limited on what we can do to promote attendance.

But I do know that we accomplish what we put our minds to.

HB 2610's Impact on the 2016-2017 School Calendar

HB 2610 changed how we calculate the school calendar. No longer will we determine instructional days based upon 180 days,

the instructional year will be based upon 75,600 minutes.

School still cannot begin prior to the 4th Monday of August with most of our Bell County schools considering beginning on Tuesday,

August 23. This was a recommendation from our DEIC representatives. Additionally, if we add 10 minutes onto the elementary

school day, we could gain 3-4 additional days throughout the year to possibly provide planning or professional development time.

Minutes are calculated based upon the school(s) having the shortest day. This would impact the bus schedule so we will need to

visit with the Transportation Department on this.

Two bad weather days have to be included in the calendar and these would be at the very end of school. School cannot end

prior to May 15. We are hoping to end our students school year prior to June 1 with graduation remaining at its usual date and

time. Teachers must have a 187 day contract by law.

We would continue to have a week off at Thanksgiving and the last 2 weeks of December off for Winter Break. We are going to try

to return to classes on Tuesday, January 3, 2017. More to come! The DEIC will continue to meet on this.

2015-16 2014-15

THS 93.98 94.68

Most Improved Wheatley 83.89 77.81

Edwards 80.32 86.57

LMS 95.80 95.62

TSA 95.53 95.97

BMS 94.83 95.84

MD 93.19 92.91

Cater 95.68 95.33

Jefferson 95.88 96.00

1 Scott 96.86 97.09

Thornton 96.26 96.89

W. Hills 95.87 96.03

RA 95.78 95.71

3 KP 96.40 97.04

2 HPG 96.76 97.63

Fran Smetana Amanda Bond Sandra Armar

Monica Boyd Bonnie Casmer Lynnsay Macey

Jennifer Peden Catherine Talento Heather Webster

James Keever Bre'Layshia Hodges Dawna Aleman

Brenda Holmes Marilyn Krumnow David McCauley

Joe Palmer Dena Vickery Brittany Wentz

Kent Boyd Matthew LeBlanc Scott Moger

Sherrie Wilson Regenia Rochelle Robin Battershell

Karent Siegel Lucia Cavazos Larue Conner

Anna Marie Schmidt Thomas Hunter Lauren Pruitt

Murry Franklin Andi Haynes Lisa Adams

Thomas Nichols Jacquelyn Ramba Connie Sisneros

Lisa Diserens Karen Morgan Stephanie Morris

Nancy Preston Luann Hughes Jennie Mathesen

Christine Parks Bobby Ott Paula Vasek

Muquita Rodriguez Laura Vaculin Eujenia Soto

Lenis Eidson Paula Love Alison Lyles

Lori Maedgen Vicki Reeves Elizabeth Stephens

Kelly Baugh Tracy Baugh Pamela Demny

Margaret Harper Jessica Lopez Rachel Rice

Antaniece Ross Perla Sandoval Phyllis Santiago

Heather Stewart Tiffany Miles Shirley Hoelscher

Sharon Hardwick Tamalyn Nealy Janice Ballard

JoAna Cortes-Gonzales Jennifer Duran Leslie Gutierrez

Amy Halverson Christie Houston Tanya Jenkins

Bobbie Kettles Marie Serrano Tamara Stewart

Marie Serrano Tamara Stewart Lindy Thompson

Quinessa Williams Beth Giniewicz Jaime Colon-Santos

Mary Beth Gaspard Gina Maxwell Luis Cruz

William Peters Casey Holler Kelli O'Donnell

John Woodward Andrea Easley Stacy Fulton

Kelli Hesse Betsy Jermstad Laura Lopez

Jason Snyder Sara Childrers Amanda DelleDonne

Marci Petter Laurie Sims Miranda Alexis

Regina Gildon Robert Bansgund Allen Roard

Sandra Dlugas Cathy Goonan Billy Madden

Sharon Hawes Angela Kennedy Lynne Brock

Marla Gamino Lori Jones John Stumph

Susie Contrearas Ursula Fuentes Beverly Mesecke

Angie Martinez Melissa Alverson Tracy Meyer

Donna Ward Kristi Burke Natalie Hanel

Crystal Moody Melissa Perello Cheryl Dixon

Hayley Gilmore Jane Hunt Holly Rowe

Judy Schaffer-Rose Wendi Wesolowski Tammy Earl

Brita Goodman Barbara Hargrove Linda Tyson

Craig Wilson Jasmine Knox Mary Adams

Denise Ayres Sharon Goldman Eric Haugeberg

Pedro Hernandez Becky Larson Jessica Mays

Karen Newman Lisa Prince Suzanne Stadler

Pat White Lori McCormick Virginia Barbosa

Lamar Collins Rena Cotti Marla Elliott

Catrina Lotspeich Jason Mayo Renota Rogers

Qwynn Seela Kathy Silvas Sue Ellen Sitton

Jan Ward Adrian Ramirez Claudia Hernandez

Herminia Alvarex Amy Contrucci Ken Jarrell

Margaret Fyffe Jo Garner Eric Kaiser

Elaine McSpedon Andrea Perurena Patrick Cain

Bonnie Holt Anne Blackburn Kimberly Demaree

Daniel Becker Kristina Carter Jon Newkirk

Hazel Williams Debbie Lee Susan Young

Paula Roberts Angela Turner Kathy Cook

Tiffany Vestal Christina Baxter Kristi Hill

Leticia launders Robin Lewis Patricia Jarma

With the holidays nearing, we’d like to put a little extra spending money in your pocket!

From now until Wednesday, December 2nd at noon, you may submit your name for the chance to win

a $100 HEB Gift Card. (Only one entry per person)

A winner will be selected randomly.

Entry Deadline: Wednesday, December 2nd by noon.

Please submit all entries (names) to: communications@ tisd.org

Matthew LeBlanc will announce the winner via email on Thursday, December 3rd. Thank you!

The 2nd Annual TEF Distinguished Alumni honoring Mr. Joe Green,

event raised $100,000 and fun was had by all!