TMS BLIF Update
January 22, 2016
CFAS are Scheduled For The Week of February 15-19
Upcoming Events
January
1/26 Required Faculty Meeting @ 3:30
1/28 Report Cards-Parent Pick-Up 4:30-6:30
1/29 Activity Day Schedule - Student Reward Day
February
2/1 Activity Day Schedule-Pep Rally
2/15-2/19 CFAs
2/17-ERPD-School Based
2/18 Progress Reports
Make sure that you are not using copyrighted materials.
Resources
Free Games from Zcooly
This is just one of may free games available at the App Store
Zcooly Mine (Multiplication & Division) Basic facts
https://itunes.apple.com/se/app/zcooly-mine/id709185331?mt=8
Immersive Learning: Google Expeditions Takes Students on VR Tours of Great Barrier Reef, Buckingham Palace
Opportunities For Students
Future Engineers
This is the 7th year of Future Engineer Camps for students in Western North Carolina. We count on you the administrators of the school systems to let the children know about these camps.
I have also attached a flyer with the latest news for 2016 camps, and reviews of our 2015 camps. Applications & teacher recommendations are "live" on the attached flyer.
Food For Thought
Girls Who Code - Reshma Saujani - Featured Speaker at FETC
Awesome speaker with an important message.
Reshma Saujani Makes the Case for Girls Who Code
https://thejournal.com/articles/2016/01/20/reshma-saujani-makes-the-case-for-girls-who-code.aspx
New Center Seeks Out Best Practices for Getting Women of Color into STEM
Three quarters of middle school girls show strong interest in science and math, yet only a tenth will go on to continue their studies in college. https://thejournal.com/Articles/2016/01/20/New-Center-Seeks-Out-Best-Practices-for-Getting-Women-of-Color-into-STEM.aspx
District Information
Chinese Exchange Students
Phishing Scams
- If you do not normally receive information from the person, you should verify the email is legitimate with the sender before opening.
- If it is sharing something in Google, you should not be asked to log in again. If it does. Verify the email with the sender before opening.
- If it is something, like the most recent one, like Dropbox. You can either verify with the sender, or go to your dropbox account and see if it shows up there. Do that by going to the main page, do not follow the links that may be enclosed in the email.