Catching up after the Holidays

Dear Parents;

By the way, we Need GERM-X and Dry Erase Markers! Also, the TOY DRIVE is going on and some kids are counting on our classes to provide a new, unwrapped toy for Christmas. Please help out. My homeroom goal is 26 Toys. I will keep you up to date on the progress toward that goal.

I wanted to commend you all for your hard work over the holiday break. I know that you have studied hard with your children as they taught you about all the "M and M's" (Matter, Mass, Median, Mode, Means, etc.). Great job on the test results!

For a bit of seriousness, we have some new students over the past few weeks to welcome to the Mustang Family! In the next few weeks, we will be working hard to cover some Geometry in Math and new concepts in Science. I want to remind you to keep up to date by going to the website at http://campus.kellerisd.net/tmis and going to Faculty Contacts and clicking on my page, Mr. J.A. Arroyo's page and keeping up to date on the News page. This information is also on the BLOG page, http://tmis-mra.blogspot.com/ . For parents that are new to my emails, my past news is on these pages.

There will be some more "Parent Homework" to come, so stay tuned.

I also wish to commend your students. We started a new behavioral sheet that goes home every week (I will be sending mine home tomorrow, I am sorry for the delay). They MUST be signed and returned the next day. Students that do not return them will end up trading their recess for a "Study Hall" so it is important for your student to remember. We have seen TREMENDOUS progress since starting this just 4 weeks ago! I look forward to celebrating in some way the progress soon.

Well, I have a PTA meeting to go to, I hope that I will see some of you there!

Take care!


J.A. Arroyo
5th Math and Science

Toy Drive

I would like to pass this information along about our 'competition' between classes:

Students and Teachers,
TMI Student Council and the Leadership Squad are holding a Toy Drive at our school to help families in Keller who may struggle to have a nice holiday otherwise. We are looking for new, unwrapped toys, specifically ones that our age level would like if possible. Any new and unwrapped toys will be accepted.
Okay....let the competition begin.....the class who brings the most toys will earn a pizza party in their class on the day before we get out for our Winter Holidays! Start bringing in those toys! We want everyone to be able to celebrate the gift of the season with joy! You can make a difference!

We have been given so many blessings and there are those around us that suffer for lack of those blessings we take for granted. If you have the means, please try to provide something for a child that may, otherwise, not have anything under their tree this Holiday season.

Mr. A