Keller Middle School

Keller Middle School Staff Is Phenomenally Awesome And I Prefer Us! Oogity Boogity! I am very thankful to work with such a phenomenally awesome staff. There were many examples from this past week.

Our visitors from Yellowstone Academy enjoyed walking around our building and seeing all of the amazing things that you are doing in your classes. Conscious Discipline structures were everywhere, but just like snowflakes, no two rooms were alike. You each put your own personality on these different structures. Safe places, Friends and Family Boards, Wish Wells, Celebrations, Brain Smart Starts, are all done in different ways by our various staff members.

I enjoyed getting emails this past week with your guesses to the secret message. I enjoyed getting emails about the kind things that you did for each other, and the suggestions you had to improve Keller. Some suggestions I will definitely implement, and others would cost me my job if I did.

Finally, our Veterans Day assembly was amazing!! Our Fine Arts team did an exceptional job with their performances that truly honored our men and women in uniform. Our students did a great job of quieting down when needed so the assembly could move along, which also meant our staff did a fantastic job of monitoring students.

On a daily basis, I am reminded of how blessed our students are to have you in their lives, and how blessed I am to have you as a part of our Keller school family. Keep being phenomenally awesome and I prefer us!

Shout Outs to....Tawana Dockery, Drake Eckhert, and Nicholas Oinonen for showing our guests on Monday their Brain Smart Starts....Ursula Bryant for going to Yellowstone Academy to help with their training....Jennifer Land, Anna Data, Drake Eckhart, Rockey Gonzales, Michzel Flanary, Susannah Moorman, and Katherine Smith for putting on excellent Veterans Day assembly performances....Erica Trejo and Warren Smith for taking our students to the district Chess tournament on Saturday....Heidi Applegate, Logan Barbee, Amanda Graef, Drake Eckhart, Courtney Griffin, Meagan Jackson, Patti Roe, Robert Duru, and Melanie Lee for attending ALICE Training on Wednesday night....Dru Lundquist for keeping people informed of available Name That Book books....Dalia Guevara for getting her students access to the online Spanish textbook....everyone that participated in The Contest....

On Tuesday, November 12, we will have our annual Thanksgiving lunch in the cafeteria for our students. Over 130 tickets have been sold to our parents. Because of the incredible number of people that come to this, we will have a few changes to our lunch setup:

• Modified schedule with 45 minute lunches. Teachers that have 3rd period conference period will help during one of the lunch periods.
• Extra cafeteria line for teachers and parents (you'll need a pre-purchased ticket for this line).
• Tables setup in the wood floor gym for our parents to eat.

Hopefully, these changes will allow for a smooth Thanksgiving lunch!!

Faculty Follies is coming up on Friday, November 22!! This is our annual event where we entertain our Keller students with teacher talent and/or teacher humor. All teachers are encouraged to participate in this great Keller tradition! Let me know by Monday, November 18, what your group is doing in Faculty Follies!

Career Day is also on Friday, November 22. We will have presenters in each homeroom class. Students will switch every 25 minutes to their next presenter, and will get to here from 5 of our Career Day presenters. Homeroom teachers will follow their students from class to class, and will receive a break during the morning from our non-homeroom teachers. This is a great way for our students to learn about various jobs and what it takes to start these careers.

Our Safe and Civil team met last week and suggested a change to our dismissal procedures. The non-car duty team that walks students to the front of the building will now continue walking their students all the way outside, and then continue around to the side of the building to keep walkers walking. These teachers can enter back into the building through the gym or cafeteria doors. 5th grade Math will get the pleasure of an extended walk this week.

Afternoon Duty this week:

6th Grade Math has afternoon duty this week. 5th grade Math will walk car riders, walkers and ACE students to the front of the school at the dismissal announcement.

Morning Duty this week:

Monday - Math

Tuesday - Math

Wednesday - Reading

Thursday - Science

Friday - Social Studies

Here is what is going on this week:

• November 11-15 - 6th Grade Math Car Duty
• Monday, November 11 - Fire Drill at 1pm for alarm inspection
• Tuesday, November 12 - Thanksgiving lunch (modified schedule)
  
• Wednesday, November 15 - College Day AND Workout Wednesday
• Thursday, November 14 - Keller Christmas Market AND Amanda Graef Wedding Shower

Here are some of the exciting things coming up at Keller:

• November 18-22 - 5th Grade Reading Car Duty
• November 18-20 - Kids 2 College trips for 6th grade
• Wednesday, November 20 - College Day AND Workout Wednesday
• Thursday, November 21 - Birthday breakfast
• Friday, November 22 - Career Day AND Faculty Follies
• November 25-29 - Thanksgiving Break
• Tuesday, December 3 - Band Christmas Concert
• Wednesday, December 4 - Band Christmas Concert AND Salvation Army Bell Ringing at Hobby Lobby
• Thursday, December 5 - Choir/Orchestra Combo Christmas Concert

Email: deble@pasadenaisd.org
Website: keller.pasadenaisd.org
Location: 1711 Magnolia Street, Pasadena, TX, USA
Phone: 713-740-5284
Facebook: https://facebook.com/LonnieBKellerMS/