Tison Roo News 2024-2025

Tuesday, Dec 3 -- Roo Expo at WHS for Rising 9th Graders (current 8th graders)

Wednesday, Dec 4 -- "National Cookie Day" -- Tison PTA providing a cookie to all students/staff

Thursday, Dec 5 -- TMS Honors Band Christmas Tour to Ikard & Martin Elementary Schools

Friday, Dec 6 -- TMS Honors Band All-Region Clinic Prep @ Cleburne HS (3:45 - 9:00 PM)

Saturday, Dec 7 -- TMS Honors Band All-Region Concert @ Cleburne HS (7:30 AM -- 3:30 PM)

Saturday, Dec 7 -- 7th/8th GIRLS Basketball @ WHS Lady Roo Tournament (WHS Gyms, TBA)

Monday, Dec 9 -- TIson ROOS IN ACTION Meeting in Cafeteria (3:45-4:45 PM)

Monday, Dec 9 -- Tison PTA General Meeting & Santa Visit in Cafeteria (4:45 PM)

Tuesday, Dec 10 -- TMS Honors Band Christmas Tour to Crockett & Seguin Elementary Schools

Thursday, Dec 12 -- 7th/8th BOYS Basketball Games VS Cleburne MS @ Tison (5:30/6:30 PM)

Thursday, Dec 12 -- WHS Counselor Visit w/ 8th Graders (Rising 9th Grade Course Selection)

Thursday, Dec 12 -- 7th/8th GIRLS Basketball Games VS Cleburne MS @ Cleburne (5:30/6:30 PM)

Thursday, Dec 12 -- Choir Christmas Extravaganza @ Hall MS (7 PM)

Friday, Dec 13 -- Coffee w/ the Principal for Tison Parents/Guardians @ Library (8:05-9:05 PM)

Friday, Dec 13 -- WHS Counselor Visit w/ 8th Graders (Rising 9th Grade Course Selection)

Friday, Dec 13 -- TMS Winter Dance in the Tison Gym (5-7 PM)

Saturday, Dec 14 -- TMS Band Six Flags Incentive Trip (Honors & Symphonic) (11 AM -- 10 PM)

Monday, Dec 16 -- HOLIDAY DRESS-UP: "Mistle-Toes" (wear fun holiday socks)

Monday, Dec 16 -- Epic Waters Choir Competition

Monday, Dec 16 -- Craftsmen Club/Girls of Greatness Meetings in Gym/Cafeteria (3-3:40 PM)

Monday, Dec 16 -- 7th/8th BOYS Basketball Games VS Nichols MS @ Joshua ISD (5:30/6:30 PM)

Monday, Dec 16 -- 7th/8th GIRLS Basketball Games VS Nichols MS @ Tison (5:30/6:30 PM)

Tuesday, Dec 17 -- HOLIDAY DRESS UP: "Blue Christmas" (wear blue)

Tuesday, Dec 17 -- Tison Bands Winter Concert @ WHS (6:15/7:00 PM)

Wednesday, Dec 18 -- HOLIDAY DRESS UP: "What NOT to Wear Wednesday" (ugly x-mas sweaters)

Wednesday, Dec 18 -- College, Career, Military T-Shirt Day

Thursday, Dec 19 -- HOLIDAY DRESS UP: "Flannelly Christmas" (wear favorite flannel)

Thursday, Dec 19 -- EARLY RELEASE DAY

Friday, Nov 22 -- STUDENT HOLIDAY

CHRISTMAS BREAK -- ENJOY YOUR TIME WITH YOUR FAMILY!

CHRISTMAS BREAK -- ENJOY YOUR TIME WITH YOUR FAMILY!

Monday, Jan 6 -- WISD STUDENT HOLIDAY (Staff Work Day)

Tuesday, Jan 7 -- WISD STUDENT HOLIDAY (Staff Work Day)

Friday, Jan 10 -- Tison Spelling Bee in Cafeteria (8:30 -- 11:00 AM)

Saturday, Jan 11 -- 7th/8th BOYS "A Team" Basketball Tournament @ Loflin MS (Joshua ISD, TBA)

Monday, Jan 13 -- Tison ROOS IN ACTION Meeting in Cafeteria (3:45-4:45 PM)

Tuesday, Jan 14 -- UIL Spelling Qualifier Test in the Library (3:10-3:40 PM)

Thursday, Jan 16 -- UIL Oral Reading Qualifier Performance in the Library (3:10-3:40 PM)

Thursday, Jan 16 -- 7th/8th BOYS Basketball Games VS Hall MS @ WHS Gym (5:30/6:30 PM)

Thursday, Jan 16 -- 7th/8th GIRLS Basketball Games VS Hall MS @ Hall (5:30/6:30 PM)

Friday, Jan 17 -- UIL Listening Qualifier Test in the Library (3:10-3:40 PM)

Monday, Jan 20 -- WISD HOLIDAY

Tuesday, Jan 21 -- UIL Academic Qualifier Tests in Library from 3:10-3:40 PM (see events below)

Wednesday, Jan 22 -- UIL Academic Qualifier Tests in Library from 3:10-3:40 PM (see events below)

Thursday, Jan 23 -- UIL Academic Qualifier Tests in Library from 3:10-3:40 PM (see events below)

Thursday, Jan 23 -- 7th/8th BOYS Basketball Games VS Acton MS @ Granbury (5:30/6:30 PM)

Thursday, Jan 23 -- 7th/8th GIRLS Basketball Games VS Acton MS @ Tison (5:30/6:30 PM)

Friday, Jan 24 -- UIL Academic Qualifier Tests in Library from 3:10-3:40 PM (see events below)

Saturday, Jan 25 -- 7th BOYS Basketball @ Bridgeport Tournament (Bridgeport HS, TBA)

Sunday, Jan 26 -- VALENTINE GRAMS GO LIVE! (Purchase online @ https://linktr.ee/ptatherooway)

Thursday, Jan 30 -- 7th/8th BOYS Basketball Games VS Loflin MS @ Tison (5:30/6:30 PM)

Thursday, Jan 30 -- 7th/8th GIRLS Basketball Games VS Loflin MS @ Joshua ISD (5:30/6:30 PM)

Weatherford College Educational Talent Search Program is a FREE program funded by the U.S. Department of Education. Talent Search helps students prepare and enroll in any college.

How Does ETS Work?

Educational Talent Search prepares students for higher education and provides the following FREE services:

· Career & Colleges Exploration

· Help picking your high school courses

· Discuss how to pay for college

· College Field Trips

· Cultural Field Trips

· Free College Testing

· College application fees paid

· Mentoring

· Test taking and study skills workshops

Who Can Join ETS?

In order to be eligible for selection as Talent Search participants, students must meet the following:

• Must be at least 11 years of age & in grades 6-12th
• Must Be a US Citizen or eligible permanent resident
• Must meet certain income requirement
• Must attend one of our target schools

**Students that do not meet the income requirement and/or the first-generation requirement may still be admitted into the program but there is limited space for those students.**

Things to Consider:

1. The program is open to anyone who wants help going to college or figuring out what they want to do with their future.

2. Two-thirds of our students must meet the first-generation and income requirements. The other third can be either first-generation, meet the income requirement, or be neither.

3. We offer activities outside of the school, but students are not required to participate in those activities.

4. Meetings are once a month during the student's advisory period.

5. Students can sign up for the program using the link below, the QR code, or by paper application that they can pick up from Tison Counselor, Mr. Scott Wells, in the main office.

Contact information: Alonzo Carlton, Phone: 817 598 6423, email: acarlton@wc.edu

Advisor for: Hall Middle School, Tison Middle School, Mineral Wells High School,

Mineral Wells Junior High School, Springtown High School, and Springtown Middle School

Tickets may only be purchased online and the final deadline to purchase is 4:00 PM on Wednesday, December 11, 2024.

CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE TICKETS

Rules & Expectations:

Only Tison students may attend

Dress code is enforced

Student ID badges must be worn to enter

Any student with ISS, OSS, or DAEP placements, or more than 3 ID warnings this grading period may not attend the dance and there are no refunds issued.

This year's Tison Spelling Bee will take place on Friday, January 10, 2025 in the cafeteria. It will start at 8:30 am and will run until we determine the winner for this year's spelling bee. Parents are welcome to attend, but must check in first at the front office (must have a valid ID).

Tison students will take a written qualifying spelling test in their ELA classes between now and Friday, December 6, 2024. After December 6th, we will determine which students qualify to participate in the spelling bee and letters will be sent home soon to those students. In order to receive study materials for the bee, they must...

Congrats to the following students for portraying the ROO (Respectful/Organized/Owning It) Way for the month of November!

Week of November 4-8 (1st picture):

1. Gideon Colson, 8th Grade
2. Dominic Palmatier, 8th Grade
3. Darius Betts, 6th Grade
4. Brynlee Kring, 6th Grade
5. Eli Green, 6th Grade
6. Warren Korbisch, 7th Grade
7. Connor Vice, 6th Grade

Week of November 11-15 (2nd picture):

1. Mason Kay, 6th Grade
2. Izabel Honeycutt, 6th Grade
3. Chrislyn Lancaster, 8th Grade (not pictured)
4. Jason Hetling, 8th Grade
5. Ellie Poston, 6th Grade
6. Aaliyah Dixon, 8th Grade
7. Campbell Hord, 8th Grade (not pictured)
8. Chloe Russ, 8th Grade

Week of November 18-22 (3rd picture):

1. Kiranpreet Saini, 8th Grade

2. Morrigan Macey, 8th Grade

3. Lacey Franz, 8th Grade (not pictured)

4. Isla Elliott, 6th Grade

5. William Oliphint, 6th Grade

6. Tristan Tucker, 7th Grade

Please help us congratulate the following students for being selected for the Region 30 Middle School All-Region Band! There were over 1400 students from 42 middle schools competing to be chosen for this special honor. We are so proud of all their hard work. Way to represent Tison with pride!

Pictured from left to right, back row: Colton Elliott, Ryken Martinez, Austin Byrd.

Pictured from left to right, front row: Aaliyah Williams, Gabriella Galvan

We will have qualifying tests for some of the UIL academic events the week of January 21-24 in the library. Students will be able to take a qualifying test for any of these events:

• Calculator Applications
• Chess Puzzles
• Dictionary Skills
• Maps, Graphs, and Charts
• Mathematics
• Number Sense
• Science
• Art History

The qualifying tests will be from 3:10-3:40 PM each day during the qualifying week -- students should go to their advisory class first, listen to announcements, and then get a pass from their advisory teacher to come down to the library to take a test.

The qualifying tests will be shortened versions of original tests from previous UIL Academic Meets. Each test will be timed, with none of them lasting longer than 15 minutes. There are no specific tests on specific days -- all tests will be available to take every day during the qualifying week. Students will just need to tell me which test they plan to take. Students are also welcome to return multiple times throughout the week to take multiple qualifying tests!

If a student wants to take more qualifying tests than the week allows, he or she can make an appointment with the library to come before or after school during qualifying week to take additional tests.

Because UIL Spelling and Listening have an oral administration portion to their competition, we must hold a qualifying test separate from the ones given during the qualifying week mentioned above. Therefore, the qualifying test for UIL Spelling will be on Tuesday, January 14th in the library from 3:10-3:40 PM (advisory time). The qualifying test for UIL Listening will be on Friday, January 17th in the library 3:10-3:40 PM.

UIL Impromptu Speaking will have its qualifying session during its regular practice session on Tuesday, January 28th in the cafeteria with Mrs. Nance from 3:10-3:40 PM. Students who plan to try out for Impromptu Speaking will need to go to their advisory class first, listen to announcements, and then get a pass from their advisory teacher to go to the cafeteria. UIL Oral Reading will have its qualifying session on Thursday, January 16th in the library from 7:35 to 8:05 AM. Students who plan to try out for Oral Reading will need to bring the reading piece they should have already picked out during one of the Oral Reading practices.

Once we've scored all of the qualifying tests and made final judgments in the speaking events, students chosen to represent Tison at the UIL Academic Meet in February will be given a parent permission form to take home and get signed by their parent/guardian. We plan to get the permission forms to students on Monday, January 27th. This form will have information about the UIL Academic Meet that is scheduled for Wednesday, February 26th and Thursday, February 27th at Hall MS in Weatherford, Texas. The form will need to be returned by Friday, February 7th in order for your student's name to be included on the event roster that is sent to the host school.

If you have any questions, please email Leah Greer (lgreer@weatherfordisd.com).

Role @ Tison: SPED Paraprofessional

Birthday: May 4

I am from Azle, Texas, and currently live there with my husband. I have been married for 34 years next month to Trent Hilton, we have two amazing kids! A daughter named Jordan and a son named Joshua, their spouses are Ryan and Lindsey and they have given us five amazing grandchildren: Noah, Kolin, Chase, Saylor and Skylar.

What are your interests and hobbies?

I love to travel and have been many places, but still have many more places I want to see, I also love cooking.

What's your favorite color? What's your favorite animal?

Caribbean blue & Elephant

What was your favorite subject in school?

English

What's your favorite movie and why?

Dead Poet’s Society… I love the relationships that develop when a group of young men are taught to think outside of the box and interpret poetry in their own ways and how they develop relationships through their newly found view of the world in words.

What's your favorite family holiday tradition?

Christmas breakfast with the whole family.

What's your favorite family recipe?

Homemade Eggrolls with Homemade Peanut Sauce

Do you have any pets?

I do! I have four -- two dogs and two cats.

If you could have a superpower, what would it be?

Definitely Teleportation!

What's a book that you'd recommend and why?

The Mist of Avalon by a Marianne Zimmer Bradley, it is the story of King Author told from the perspective of the women in his life.

What's your favorite childhood memory?

Christmas Eve with my grandparents and all of my cousins, Aunts and Uncles.

Get ready for some holiday fun and excitement! Here’s what’s coming up:

🎄 Spirit Store is Re-Open!

Our Tison PTA Spirit Store is back—just in time for holiday cheer and stocking stuffers!

Snag some Tison goodies by going to this link: https://www.aledobrandingco.com/shop-custom.htm

🎉 Mark Your Calendars for These Events:

• 12/4: National Cookie Day – Free cookies for all Tison students and staff. 🍪

• 12/9: PTA General Meeting & Santa Visit –

🕓 3:45-4:45 PM: Roos in Action Meeting

🕠 4:45 PM: PTA General Meeting with a surprise visit from Santa! Bring your kids to snap a pic with the jolly guy himself. 🎅

• 1/13: Roos in Action Meeting – 3:45-4:45 PM

• 1/26: Valentine Grams Go Live! – Start ordering online to share the love. ❤️

We can’t wait to celebrate with you. Thanks for supporting Tison PTA!

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