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Signing Santa was a Smashing Success!
Our very own Signing Santa recently visited Barton Creek Square Mall. He was accompanied by the TSD Sign Choir and elves from TSD. Everyone had a great time and enjoyed getting to chat with Santa. The Big Guy had a record number of visitors this year; 282 children brought home stockings filled with goodies. Thank you to the North Austin Optimist Club for hosting this event. We look forward to reuniting with Signing Santa in 2020!
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The 2019 Holiday Celebrations Were a Hit!
The students had a blast at their annual holiday celebrations! The elves in the Superintendent’s Office look forward to planning these events each year. Here’s wishing everyone a wonderful winter break. We can’t wait to see you back in 2020!
PIP & ECE - Catch Air (Playmazing) ~ Elementary - Epic Fun ~ MS - EVO Entertainment
~ HS - Austin's Park & Pizza ~ ACCESS - Main Event
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Residential Open House
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ACCESS Goes Camping!
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Our ACCESS students went to Inks Lake State Park for a camping weekend. They went from "I wanna go home!" to "I love it here!" after surviving the first cold night! Our students learned different skills such as setting up tents, cooking, and surviving the great outdoors. Some students went hiking and were fascinated by the beautiful scenery nature had to offer. They enjoyed campfires, s'mores, and storytelling at night. This was a great bonding experience for our ACCESS students and an opportunity for them to create new memories to have with them for the rest of their lives.
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Recognition for Student Volunteers
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Player of the Week
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New Teacher Mid-Year Celebration
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Coding Superheroes
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The Elementary Department hosted its second annual Hour of Code celebration during Computer Science Education Week. The event, designed to give students more opportunities to develop their coding skills, was centered around the theme of Be a Coding Superhero.
All K-5 students participated in a tech-free coding activity where there was a maze on the floor with different superhero gear. Following the commands given by a peer, the participants picked up the right gear from the maze and ultimately got suited up as a superhero. In a different activity, elementary students had to “save the day” by utilizing their debugging skills on the iPad where they had to make adjustments to the code provided.
Additionally, K-2 students created binary code necklaces where they spelled the word HERO using colored beads representing “0” and “1”. They also participated in a storytelling session about superheroes and then had to build a structure that would support the weight of a book.
3rd-5th graders also used code to create a superhero with superpowers using an app called Scratch, Jr. They had fun solving different puzzles in their escape room as well.
TSD’s Blue Chargerbots (our HS Robotics team) helped run the different stations. Students also participated in physical coding activities in their PE class that week. It was a huge success, proving that the Elementary Rangers are coding superheroes!
All K-5 students participated in a tech-free coding activity where there was a maze on the floor with different superhero gear. Following the commands given by a peer, the participants picked up the right gear from the maze and ultimately got suited up as a superhero. In a different activity, elementary students had to “save the day” by utilizing their debugging skills on the iPad where they had to make adjustments to the code provided.
Additionally, K-2 students created binary code necklaces where they spelled the word HERO using colored beads representing “0” and “1”. They also participated in a storytelling session about superheroes and then had to build a structure that would support the weight of a book.
3rd-5th graders also used code to create a superhero with superpowers using an app called Scratch, Jr. They had fun solving different puzzles in their escape room as well.
TSD’s Blue Chargerbots (our HS Robotics team) helped run the different stations. Students also participated in physical coding activities in their PE class that week. It was a huge success, proving that the Elementary Rangers are coding superheroes!
New Mural!
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