"Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them become what they are capable of becoming."
 
                                      ~~ Goethe

Grants

Click here to find the 2013-14 Educational Grants Calendar published by Dell and Intel.

van for sale

 Chevrolet Van for sale

 TheTangipahoa Parish School System will accept sealed bids at its office, 59656 Puleston Road, Amite, LA, 70422 or online at www.centralauctionhouse.com
for the sale of one (1) Chevrolet Van up until Thursday, June 20, 2013.  Click here for more details.

talented art

Talented Art exhibit

Cindy Truong,  Talented Art student from  Loranger High,  shows her painting for Global Wildlife at the recent Art Exhibit at the Hammond Regional Arts Center. Cindy is a student of  Kitty Faulkenberry, Talented Art Teacher.

bone conduction music

 Bone Conduction Music

 Students in Joshua Blackwell's 8th Grade Science class at Sumner Middle School listen to music without speakers using a process called "Bone Conduction". Bone Conduction was discovered by the almost completely deaf, but famous composer, Ludwig van Beethoven.  For instructions on how to duplicate this demonstration, contact joshua.blackwell@tangischools.org.
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science projects

Sumner Middle Science Projects

Lisa McMorris' 6th grade Physical Science classes at Sumner Middle School had to investigate on their own using the Scientific Process. Each student demonstrated their projects to the class. The students watched, participated and learned from each other!

Sumner Middle School Science Projects

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Keep Calm and Teach On

Dinosaur Research

 
Colette Taillon's 1st/2nd grade class at Hammond Westside Montessori was busy learning about dinosaurs this school year. The students needed to research more facts about dinosaurs. They created a Fan Book using facts they learned on World Book Online. Students busily toggled back and forth between a PowerPoint template for their Fan Book  and the World Book Online website. They formatted their own font, learned how to copy and paste pictures from a website to a PowerPoint slide and learned about the word plagiarism at the same time. They now know they cannot copy directly from the source. Students wrote their own sentences using evidence from the World Book Online article. After research was completed, the students read their fan book to the class. Briana Brister is seen above completing her fan book project.  Below, Briana Brister, Mia Ruiz, Warreniesha Irving display their projects.
 
Dinosaur Projects

Sumner High Football team

The Jewel Sumner Middle School football team traveled to the campus of   LSU recently where they toured the football facilities and weight room.   The trip was planned and coordinated by Coach Chris Fussell.  The young men above pose with the Mike the Tiger statue.

Children of the Holocaust

 
The 6th grade students at Champ Cooper have been studying the Holocaust in their Social Studies and Reading class. On April 25, 2013 all of the 6th grade students participated in a Video Conference, "Children of the Holocaust."   Students connected with the Holocaust Memorial & Tolerance Center of Nassau County, Long Island, New York where they heard the experiences of Mrs. Lily Perry a Holocaust survivor. Mrs. Perry, a former teacher, commended all the 6th grade students for their knowledge of the Holocaust and their outstanding behavior during the conference.

Nesom Middle Students get ready for Algebra I EOC test

Eighth Graders in Ronald Rollins' Algebra 1 class at Nesom Middle School are working hard to prepare for their upcoming End Of Course Exam only a week after completing the LEAP test. The students use TI-84 graphing calculators and complete their course work online. Pictured from left to right are: Justice Lusk, Perla Torres, Evan Johnson, David Vazquez, Brooke Teska, Chekeria Calcota, Adelina Ramirez, and Molly McDonald.

Sumner High students


Sumner High students (and one Sumner Middle School student, David Simmons) visited Richard Murphy Hospice House in Hammond recently, along with Colton
Splane, a senior in Mrs. Deana Simmons senior project class. As part of Colton's product for senior project, he (with help from others in the class) pulled weeds, raked, cleaned, and prepared the garden and patio area for the planting of some spring flowers (all donated by Bracy's Nursery of Amite). The sanctuary was being enjoyed by one of the patients before the students left to head home. Pictured above (left to right): David Simmons, Deana Simmons (teacher), Tiffany Wallace, Deanna Teal, Falesha Slaven, Kati Fussell, and Colton Splane.

Assessment Data Dates

Assessment data for TPSS students will be available on this time table:
EOC results - 48 hours after testing
ACT results available - 3-8 weeks after testing
LAA 1, GEE, ELDA results available - April 29, 2013
LEAP, iLEAP, LAA2 results available -  May 17, 2013
Grade 2 ITBS results available -  May 31, 2013

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Common Core State Standards Initiative

With approximately  46 states  adopting the Common Core State Standards, the Louisiana Department of Education and the Tangipahoa Parish School System has a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to transform education in our  state and district and improve our student’s opportunities to compete globally. Currently, for too many students drop out or graduate from high school without the knowledge and skills required for success, closing doors and limiting their post-high school options. The Tangipahoa Parish School System is committed to increasing the number of students who earn high school diplomas and enroll in college or have a career after graduation. Implementing the Common Core State Standards is a critical step toward ensuring that all students in the Tangipahoa Parish School System receive the education they need to become College or Career Ready.

Brownies picking up trash

 Members of Hammond Girl Scout Brownie Troop 30817 spent a troop meeting picking up trash around Hammond Eastside Elementary. Click here to find more about becoming a Girl Scout.

HJHMS Lapbooks

Creating Lapbooks at HJHMS

Abrille Dixon's classes at Hammond Junior High Magnet School are currently working on a lapbook project demonstrating what they have learned about the Moroccan Market based on the Moroccan Market Writing Prompt. On their lapbook, each student must include a mini foldable, a paragraph about a personal travel or shopping experience that was similar to going to the Moroccan Market, and at least three vocabulary words with definitions. They are encouraged to make the lapbook as colorful and creative as possible and to make sure their lapbook appeals to as many of the five senses as possible.

sitting in the shade

Vinyard students eating lunch under new umbrellas

The Helping Hands Club at Martha Vinyard Elementary purchased umbrellas for their picnic tables. Now the students can enjoy their breakfast/lunch without the hot sun in their eyes. Click here for more pictures.

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 Loranger Elementary student prepares volcano experiment

Students in Annette Nichol's class at Loranger Elementary conduct exciting science experiments.

 Volcano exploding at Loranger Elementary

 creativity is intelligence having fun.