Mission

Empowering students to graduate, prepared to exceed all expectations.

Vision

Every student will be empowered to make CHOICES for lifelong success.

Dear RMA Colleagues,

I trust you had a restful Spring Break and were able to get some travel in or just took time to relax and indulge in self-care. As we enter the final stretch of the school year, please focus on the crucial opportunities available for our students to finish strong.

The STAAR test begins next week, with the Texas Education Agency (TEA) introducing newly redesigned assessments this spring. Eligible students will undergo testing starting April 9th, and families have received detailed information regarding specific dates and tests. For an overview of the redesigned tests by TEA, please visit the TEA STAAR Redesign Overview.

It's paramount that we support our students in performing their best. Please encourage them to care for themselves, remain confident, get adequate rest, and maintain balanced nutritious meals during this testing period.

Additionally, I urge your commitment to assisting our seniors in meeting and exceeding all graduation requirements. As we navigate the final stretch of the academic year, let us remain steadfast in keeping our students focused, ensuring a successful high school completion.

Your dedication to our students is deeply appreciated, and your investment in transforming lives does not go unnoticed.

Thank you for your unwavering support.

Respectfully,

Dr. Armard Anderson

Superintendent of Schools

Good Luck on the STARR Test!

Fort Worth’s School Community Liaison, Mr. Nash had organized a surprise lunch for all of our morning and afternoon session students.

At dismissal, they eagerly grabbed their plates and were ready for Spring break!

Students from the NCCER Class built projects based on their drawings. Congratulations

to our winners Maliki and Ian. They each received a gift card to Sonic! Way to go!

February Employee of the Month:
CONGRATULATIONS Ms. McIntyre!!!

Mrs. Susan McIntyre comes to RMA Amarillo by way Boys Ranch ISD. She is a veteran teacher who held a long tenure at Amarillo ISD’s Palo Duro High School. Mrs. McIntyre is a Master Teacher and a former U.I.L Scholastics coach.

RMA Amarillo STAAR MATH EOC scores have almost doubled with her guidance. Mrs. McIntyre, thank you for wearing a smile every day, and thank you for the work that you do for our academy!

Fun Day for the last day before Spring Break.

Hope all our wonderful students have a fun and safe week.

2024 RMA Corpus Christi! GO BULLDOGS!

We were incredibly honored to have Marine Adrian Flores visit our campus and share his insights with some of our students. He provided valuable information about potential career paths and we are grateful for his time and dedication.

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Although every student is unique (and will thus be best motivated by a unique combination of factors), there are a handful of strategies which form the backbone of all successful student motivation. These strategies are listed below, and explored at length in the following article.

1. Foster intrinsic motivation: articulate a vision and philosophy for success.
2. Encourage college aspirations: remind students of the link between college, core academics, and standardized testing.
3. Promote student buy-in: engage students in dialogue to find a successful motivational approach.
4. Incentivize success: use a system of extrinsic rewards (and occasionally, punishments) to keep students on track.
5. Focus student attention using goals: work with students to craft a mixture of short- and long-term goals that are measurable and attainable.

Types of Motivation

Before we get into the specifics of how to motivate students for standardized tests, let’s look at the two main types of motivation: intrinsic and extrinsic.

• Intrinsic motivation is a person’s innate desire and propensity to engage in actions that they genuinely enjoy. In other words, doing the activity in question is its own reward.
• Extrinsic motivation, conversely, arises from external incentives and consequences. Instead of engaging in an acti vity because of a natural propensity, extrinsic motivation is based on some set of consequences separate from the activity.

What does this look like if you’re trying to figure out how to motivate students for standardized tests? When applied to the psychology of student motivation, intrinsic motivation is generally described as a love of learning for the sake of learning. In contrast, a student’s extrinsic motivation stems from the ways external forces like parents or teachers reward or punish them for their performance.

Obviously, intrinsic motivation is the most desirable, but fostering it is generally a lengthy process. Extrinsic motivation can show very quick results, but they can be short-lasting or require escalating incentives to be maintained. So, what is the best way to motivate students? An approach combining both intrinsic and extrinsic motivation.

Over the last twenty years, RMA has always prided itself on the relationships our students and staff have built with their local communities. We recognize our community partners in the in the form of our Friends of RMA program.

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