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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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Second and Third Grade TAG math parents

Very soon we will be finishing up with our volume one Envision textbook.  We do some lessons online.  Others we learn in various ways besides the textbook so not every page has been utilized.  Rather than to recycle them here at school, I hope you will consider keeping them on hand for extra practice over the summer before entering the next grade level.  They are an excellent tool for review and skill practice!  Sometime this week the volume one book will come home and it does not need to be returns as we will be moving onto volume 2 after winter break.  Thanks!  Mrs. Myers

Attention PC-TAG Parents: excellent parent meeting offered at MIS December 6th

THE IMPORTANCE OF A GROWTH MINDSET

with Dr. Ann Batenburg

 

December 6th, 10:00am-11:30am

5/6 Assembly Room at MIS

Dr. Ann Batenburg, Assistant Clinical Professor of Gifted Education at SMU, will discuss the importance of a Growth Mindset. This program will give parents additional insight into their own child's thinking process. The Growth Mindset is being explained to 6th-8th grade students at the Middle School. It enables our success and influences self-esteem, self-awareness and creativity. Please join us for an insightful program.

 

Questions? Please contact Wendy Herrick.

 

3rd grade scientists are at it again with last week's pig heart dissection.  Special thank you to Dr. Manhas, Vishal's dad, for guiding our learners every step of the way.  He was very impressed with their knowledge of the heart, and they were very surprised at how different the pig heart looks than the diagrams we have studied in class.  Thank you to the parent volunteers who set up and cleaned the science lab for our class.  Also, thank you to all of our parents who were able to come to participate in this exciting moment of learning.  
A special thank you to Dr. Choi, William's dad, for visiting our 3rd grade scientists last week.  The students (and I) learned about how the doctors use stents and balloons to open up blocked arteries in the heart.  We were even able to practice with the real medical devices!  Dr. Choi even took time to listen to how the individual student heart projects are coming along and answered many questions from our wonder wall.  Thank you Dr. Choi!