Mrs. Kayla Myers » About Mrs. Myers

About Mrs. Myers

Welcome to TAG!  I am excited to begin my fourth year as the UP TAG Specialist.  My journey in HPISD began as a Bradfield Elementary Fourth Grade teacher, and prior to that experience I taught in Plano ISD in both fourth grade and fifth grade classrooms. Graduating from Texas Tech University with a Bachelor Degree in Human Development and Family Studies and a Master Degree in Elementary Education, I quickly fell in love with extending the learning of my TAG students in the regular education classroom through differentiation practices. I followed this passion to learn more about how to challenge my students every moment of the day through the SMU Gifted/Talented Endorsement Program.  That passion has become my role at UP which is to seek to open up opportunities for a challenging learning environment every moment of every day.


This summer has been quite eventful as my family welcomed our new baby girl, Merritt.  Her big brother, Charlie, is overjoyed with his new role and proudly parades his baby sister in and out of his school.  My husband and I aren’t sleeping much yet, but we are filled with love and all the baby cuddles we can handle.


I am excited to start this school year and meet the many new faces of my school family.  Every student holds a special place in my heart and I strive to make every child feel loved and supported in the TAG classroom.  I believe this makes taking risks in learning and significant growth possible. I look forward to partnering with you to build a challenging yet supportive environment that invites your child to grasp at opportunities to make great strides in learning.

 

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TAG Math Project week

We partnered with a 5th grade class at MIS to create a padlet display for information about math resources and helpful tips.  Here is the padlet Mrs. Forney's class shared with us with a focus on addition and multiplication strategies:  http://padlet.com/forneyk/9ksgeuax34q3 
 
And here is the creation that we made as a collaboration between 2nd, 3rd, and fourth grade math students with a focus on subtraction and division skills. 
 
 
Hope you enjoy exploring!  

Thank you!

Thank you to all the TAG families for the amazingly generous holiday gift!  I am so grateful for all of you and your children during this holiday time.  Also, the marriage advice from the children brought tears to my eyes.  I will keep these messages forever.  Thank you and happy holidays!  
 
Miss Kiser

The verdict is in!!!!

The jury has come to a decision!  The jury has found that the Plaintiff, Big Foot Support Group, established that is more likely than not that Big Foot does exist.  
 
A special thank you to Mr. Foley and Mrs. Spillman for guiding the trial process every step of the way.  The students were thoughtful in their deliberation and had a convection that I had never seen before when presenting their case.  Job well done by everyone!  Pictures to be posted after the winter holidays!  

Dr. Wang and his son Alex show the class where to make incisions on the pig heart to see the four different chambers.  
Third grader, Ava, dissects a pig heart to see how the blood flows through the values to the lungs and then back to the heart.  
THIRD GREAT EXPLORATIONS HEART DISSECTION was an excellent learning experience for our class to examine the inside of a pig heart. 

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

Dear TAG families,
 
I am so thankful for you all this year.  Teaching your children has been my greatest joy.  I absolutely love what I do because of your students' inexhaustible love of learning and joy they have for life.  I know that comes from strong parenting and a supportive family so I would like to thank each of you for your support and partnership in your child's growth.  A special thanks to our PC TAG moms, Ashley Meece and Mery Burgener, for representing our group at meetings and for setting up Monday helpers!  Thank you to the Monday helpers (Laurie Martin, Mary Dalrymple, Ali Bernstein, Roopa Foley, and Sue Ashton) for saving me hours and hours of time!  And also a special thanks to our expert volunteers that take time out of their day to guide lessons for TAG explorations; Professor Andy Swift, Ting and Haojie Wang, Michele Spillman, and Tom Foley.  Thank you, thank you, thank you! Have a wonderful Thanksgiving! 
 
Miss Kiser

Enigma News

Fourth Grade TAG group B has completed the latest research on the infamous enigmas of the world.  Please read The Enigma News to uncover the world's greatest mysteries.  

TAG Testing: Online referral directions

Highland Park ISD

TAG Testing

Spring 2016


If you are interested in having your child tested for Talented and Gifted services, please visit hpisd.org. Click on Departments, Talented and Gifted, and then TAG Testing. Click the University Park Elementary link for the electronic referral form. Deadline for submitting the referral form and KOI parent inventory is December 18th. If the link does not work on the district website, please contact Kayla Kiser, UP TAG Specialist, at [email protected].