Volume 17 | December 4, 2023

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The

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Greetings Timberwolf Staff!

As we embrace the festive spirit of December, I want to express my gratitude for your unwavering commitment to a joyful culture within our school community. Your dedication to fostering an environment where students not only meet high academic expectations but also discover their purpose and ignite their passions is truly inspiring. Together, let's continue to guide our children on their meaningful journeys as we approach the holiday season and the start of a new year.

One Pack, One Goal,

Ashley Toole

In this issue, look for . . .

#BeTheLight: The Week in Review
#1Pack1Goal: The Week Ahead
E.D. Walker Middle School
Prestonwood Montessori
Testing
Athletics
Calendar and Events

#BeTheLight: Week in Review

Shout out to Ms. Kayla Miles, Principles of Business teacher, for coordinating a Business and Finance Pop Up Park with Junior Achievement for her Principles of Business students. The two day in-school field trip experience gave students a unique experience to learn about business and life!

Shout out to Coaches Victoria McKay, Madison Thrower and Julie Sibley, for leading our Prestonwood Pup Cheer and Walker Timberwolf Cheer teams in their first ever UIL cheer competitions this weekend! Special shoutout to the Pups cheerleaders for earning an "excellent" rating!

Shout out to Ms. Dionne Bryant, whose 7th Grade Science students tested out the laws of motion with their self-designed and self-created cars!

Shout out to Mr. Lynn Pogue and Mr. Douglas Dunlap for their band program successes! 8th Grade student, Jacob Manning, competed against the top middle school students in our region of Texas, and made honor band 5th chair for Trombone - putting him in a select group of top band students who performed this weekend at the made the All-Region Band performance. Jacob is only the 2nd student in Walker history to make All-Region Band, and at least the 5th best trombone player in our region! Grandmother Ms. Janice Kennedy is so proud of Jacob, and his directors Mr. Dunlap and Mr. Pogue state, "We are extremely proud of Jacob and his dedication to excellence in all areas of school including band."

Shout out to Ms. Jeanne Bowman and her Snack Crew for keeping the Walker staff motivated (and fed!) during MAP testing!

Shout out to Ms. Renea Strickland for creating a new 8th Grade College Club and coordinating their first field trip to UNT and TWU, along with Walker alumni Ariel Jackson, Zach Manriquez, and Diana Zavala! Students toured the campuses and glimpsed what college student life is like!

Thank you to all of our Prestonwood guides and teachers who stayed late to welcome prospective families for Preview Night! Families were impressed by the classrooms and the culture. Special thanks to Delaney and the Family Engagement committee for making this a seamless event!

Shout out to Ms. Amber Hawkins and Ms. Tiffany Hampton for a successful Fall Secondary E Sports tournament featuring Timberwolf teams in Mario Kart, Rocket League and Smash Brothers!

Shoutout to Ms. Mckay for her teaching and leadership of our first PreK enrichment lessons in primary classes alongside their Montessori works! She demonstrates accountability steeped in mutual respect and rapport (Domain 3.3) by creating opportunities to strengthen relationships and engage our children. Check out the video of her PreK yoga lesson below!

#1Pack1Goal: The Week and Month Ahead

Action Items:

EDW: All Campus MAP MOY Testing on Tuesday, 12/5
PWM: All Campus MAP MOY Testing on Tuesday 12/5, Thursday 12/7
EDW & PWM Teachers: Complete STAAR Training Module Past Due 12/1

Upcoming Events

Library Schedule

E.D. Walker Middle School

Updated Duty Assignments

THIS WEEK'S DUTY ASSIGNMENTS

November 28-December 1, 2023

STEM (1,2,3)

Lunar Ma'iitsoh, Okami

Arrival Duty by Houses

Click here or the image below for this week's CREW Lessons!

MAP Testing - Tuesday, December 5

Are you worried or concerned about a 7^th grade student? Please use the following link to report concerns to the 7th grade counselor: https://forms.gle/oqT6ma1smJ6FTJ5c9

Prestonwood Montessori

Upcoming All in Learning Tests

Monday, December 4th

Fourth Grade GE: Amplify Unit 4
Ms. Gilbert and Mr. Ibarra will activate the test.
Fourth Grade DL: Amplify Spanish Unit 4
Ms. Low will activate the test.

First and Second grade Amplify teachers, please ensure that you are following the district IPC and keeping on track with testing dates.

MAP Testing - Tuesday, December 5 & Thursday, December 7

PWM MOY Testing

MAP Growth: Kinder - 4th grade

MAP Reading Fluency: Kinder - 2nd grade

Read through the quicklinks and testing plan in full to ensure you and your students are prepared for MOY Testing

PWM MAP Testing Plan

December Testing Schedule
Test Day Schedule

PWM MAP Quick Links

Test Session Codes
FAQ Links
Proctor Resources

PWM will have a modified schedule on Testing Days. Specials classes will be 30 minutes.

Please read PWM Testing Plan for full details on the schedule.

Upcoming PLC and PD

Click on image for access to links.

School Environment Reset

Thank you to our Lower and Upper classes for attending the School Environment Reset. We discussed how it looks to respect ourselves, others and our environment within different areas of Prestonwood Montessori.

If you haven't already, please take time to review the scenarios with your children. You can also add scenarios that address your specific classroom culture. Click here for the slides.

Prestonwood Faculty and Staff,

The leadership team would like to share some holiday cheer with you all by presenting you with The Gift of Time! The Gift of Time will be an 1 hour and 15 minute breakfast or lunch break on Friday, December 22nd. Hope you all enjoy some time to either yourself or quality time with your coworkers.

Testing

Click picture above for testing plan

WALKER ALL CAMPUS TESTING on Thursday, November 30

ALL STAFF will be part of the testing effort!

STAAR Training Module past due December 1st

All EDW & PWM teachers - please create/update your account with Cambium, the Texas testing system for STAAR, using the email you may have received from DoNotReply or by clicking the button below so that you can complete the STAAR Training Module: Test Security for the Texas Assessment Program due on December 1st.