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Bates Academy Teacher Tourqoise Cannon’s
4th Grade Class Blog Featured on NBC Learn
NBC Learn Subscriber Spotlight: 4th Graders Blog About Current Events
Week of 4/08 Blogging — Watch the video “Malala Back to School for the First Time Since Shooting” in the Current Events section of NBC Learn. How do you think it would feel to return to school after such a tragedy? How would you cope? Please answer ALL questions in complete sentences if you expect to earn full credit! Due 4/12
It happens every week in Turquoise Cannon’s 4th grade class at the Bates Academy, a school for gifted and talented students in Detroit, MI: her 35 students watch a selected Current Events video on NBC Learn, then blog their responses to Mrs. Cannon’s questions and at least one classmate’s response.
“These videos are an excellent way to bring technology into the classroom,” says Cannon, who has been using NBC Learn since the beginning of the 2012-2013 school year. Her 9-year-old and 10-year-old students have watched and blogged about news stories on gas prices, the fiscal cliff, sequestration and the Electoral College. “I don’t think we give children enough credit for what they understand,” says Cannon. “The videos on NBC Learn are short enough to hold students’ attention, yet they get the point across. Even I learned a lot about sequestration!
Cannon also asks her students — all of whom are African American — to write a “Reflection” each week on a video she selects from the African American Studies collection on NBC Learn K-12.
Week of 4/08 Reflection — Watch the video within the African-American Studies section on NBC Learn entitled “Field to Factory: A Tribute to the Black Migration.” Reflect on this video. What is meant by the term migration. Please explain why so many Blacks migrated during this time. Do you feel this was a good thing for African-Americans? Why or why not? Please answer ALL questions in complete sentences if you expect to earn full credit!!!!! Due 4/12
“These are important Social Studies stories they relate to,” says Cannon. “And it’s cross-curricular — in the blogs and the Reflections, they’re practicing writing.”
You can view the “Current Event Blogging & Social Studies Reflections” section of Cannon’s Class Website here:http://teacherweb.com/MI/BatesAcademy/MrsCannon/apt10.aspx
View online! http://www.nbclearn.com/newsletter/
Bates Academy Teacher Tourqoise Cannon’s
4th Grade Class Blog Featured on NBC Learn
NBC Learn Subscriber Spotlight: 4th Graders Blog About Current Events
Week of 4/08 Blogging — Watch the video “Malala Back to School for the First Time Since Shooting” in the Current Events section of NBC Learn. How do you think it would feel to return to school after such a tragedy? How would you cope? Please answer ALL questions in complete sentences if you expect to earn full credit! Due 4/12
It happens every week in Turquoise Cannon’s 4th grade class at the Bates Academy, a school for gifted and talented students in Detroit, MI: her 35 students watch a selected Current Events video on NBC Learn, then blog their responses to Mrs. Cannon’s questions and at least one classmate’s response.
“These videos are an excellent way to bring technology into the classroom,” says Cannon, who has been using NBC Learn since the beginning of the 2012-2013 school year. Her 9-year-old and 10-year-old students have watched and blogged about news stories on gas prices, the fiscal cliff, sequestration and the Electoral College. “I don’t think we give children enough credit for what they understand,” says Cannon. “The videos on NBC Learn are short enough to hold students’ attention, yet they get the point across. Even I learned a lot about sequestration!
Cannon also asks her students — all of whom are African American — to write a “Reflection” each week on a video she selects from the African American Studies collection on NBC Learn K-12.
Week of 4/08 Reflection — Watch the video within the African-American Studies section on NBC Learn entitled “Field to Factory: A Tribute to the Black Migration.” Reflect on this video. What is meant by the term migration. Please explain why so many Blacks migrated during this time. Do you feel this was a good thing for African-Americans? Why or why not? Please answer ALL questions in complete sentences if you expect to earn full credit!!!!! Due 4/12
“These are important Social Studies stories they relate to,” says Cannon. “And it’s cross-curricular — in the blogs and the Reflections, they’re practicing writing.”
You can view the “Current Event Blogging & Social Studies Reflections” section of Cannon’s Class Website here:http://teacherweb.com/MI/BatesAcademy/MrsCannon/apt10.aspx
View online! http://www.nbclearn.com/newsletter/
CONGRATS!!!!!!!
Charles Hickman, 1st Place Art Winner NAACP Dinner
Congrats Bates on Being an
Excellent School!
It's a Great day to be a Jaguar!
April 15, 2013
Dear Detroit Public Schools Family:
Great things are happening at Detroit Public Schools and today's announcement that 12 Detroit Public Schools
have been named to the Excellent Schools Detroit list of the Top 20 K-8 schools in Detroit is just one more
example!
I want to offer my sincere congratulations—and thanks—to these schools for their commitment to providing the children of Detroit with the best education possible.
Our top-ranked schools are:
● Thirkell Elementary School
● Davison Elementary-Middle School
● Burton International Academy
● Chrysler Elementary School
● Garvey Academy
● Pasteur Elementary School
● Vernor Elementary School
● Bates Academy
● Clippert Academy
● Maybury Elementary School
● Charles Wright School
● Dixon Educational Learning Academy
To determine their rankings, Excellent Schools Detroit reviewed this year’s MEAP performance for 126
kindergarten-through-eighth-grade schools, as well as year over year MEAP performance.
It is truly an honor that Detroit Public Schools has 12 of the top 20, and it is a testament to the hard work of
every single staff member, parent and partner in those schools.
Many of these schools offer the range of programs that we plan to offer to schools district-wide as a result of
our new “Neighborhood-Centered, Quality Schools” Strategic Plan, including arts-infused education, early
childhood education, comprehensive community partnerships and excellent customer service to our parents,
students and the community.
As I said when we rolled out our Strategic Plan last week, I truly believe that Detroit Public Schools is at the
most important crossroads in its history, and that we must make necessary and bold changes quickly in order to ensure that this district will not just survive, but thrive. These schools are doing just that for their students and communities. We applaud these 12 schools for their
efforts, and we look forward to even more schools making the top list in the years to come.
Sincerely,
Roy S. Roberts
Emergency Manager
Dear Detroit Public Schools Family:
Great things are happening at Detroit Public Schools and today's announcement that 12 Detroit Public Schools
have been named to the Excellent Schools Detroit list of the Top 20 K-8 schools in Detroit is just one more
example!
I want to offer my sincere congratulations—and thanks—to these schools for their commitment to providing the children of Detroit with the best education possible.
Our top-ranked schools are:
● Thirkell Elementary School
● Davison Elementary-Middle School
● Burton International Academy
● Chrysler Elementary School
● Garvey Academy
● Pasteur Elementary School
● Vernor Elementary School
● Bates Academy
● Clippert Academy
● Maybury Elementary School
● Charles Wright School
● Dixon Educational Learning Academy
To determine their rankings, Excellent Schools Detroit reviewed this year’s MEAP performance for 126
kindergarten-through-eighth-grade schools, as well as year over year MEAP performance.
It is truly an honor that Detroit Public Schools has 12 of the top 20, and it is a testament to the hard work of
every single staff member, parent and partner in those schools.
Many of these schools offer the range of programs that we plan to offer to schools district-wide as a result of
our new “Neighborhood-Centered, Quality Schools” Strategic Plan, including arts-infused education, early
childhood education, comprehensive community partnerships and excellent customer service to our parents,
students and the community.
As I said when we rolled out our Strategic Plan last week, I truly believe that Detroit Public Schools is at the
most important crossroads in its history, and that we must make necessary and bold changes quickly in order to ensure that this district will not just survive, but thrive. These schools are doing just that for their students and communities. We applaud these 12 schools for their
efforts, and we look forward to even more schools making the top list in the years to come.
Sincerely,
Roy S. Roberts
Emergency Manager
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Congratulations to all of you for a job well done in the DIA/DPS 76th Annual Student Art Exhibit submissions. I viewed some fantastic works! You and the students are to be commended for this out pouring of talent! This show is shaping up to be one that the public will long remember.
Attached is the list of student names and works that made the show. Please inform the students asap and encourage them to bring their parents and friends to the April 27th Awards ceremony and the Gala Opening for the show. Additional details to follow. Dionysus Anderson Grade 6 Bates Academy Movement Collage Kinarri Anderson Grade 7 Bates Academy The Bird Printmaking Victoria Blakey Grade 8 Bates Academy Jackie Robinson Printmaking Tamiya Bowden Grade 8 Bates Academy Tamiya Mixed Media Tiana Bryant Grade 7 Bates Academy Fall Landscape Painting Alano Carter Grade 6 Bates Academy Movement Collage Kariyuana Carter Grade 8 Bates Academy The Girl Painting Samiha Chowdhury Grade 8 Bates Academy Samiha Mixed Media Mackenzy Cleaver Grade 7 Bates Academy The Wave Painting |
Aaron Coleman
Grade 6 Bates Academy Dragon Fire Printmaking Robert Douglas Grade 8 Bates Academy The Bird Printmaking Biana Dugan Grade 7 Bates Academy What’s Under the Sea Printmaking Hannah Garlington Grade 8 Bates Academy Hope Drawing Talia Gray Grade 8 Bates Academy Shapes Mixed Media Lashawn Hedgespeth Grade 8 Bates Academy Lashawn Painting Charles Hickman Grade 5 Bates Academy The Face Drawing Imani Powell Grade 8 Bates Academy Imani Drawing Makylah Slappy Grade 7 Bates Academy Makylah Painting Rylee Spikener Grade 5 Bates Academy Movement Collage Jalen Tate Grade 8 Bates Academy The Great Bear Printmaking Vivian Winfrey Grade 7 Bates Academy Vivian Painting |
Bates Academy Welcomes
Renzulli Learning for Students
Bates will be hosting summer school this year. The focus will be on science and social studies. More details will be announced within the following weeks.
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Bates Academy Student Shines at Reading Corp
Nyla Copeland, a second-grader at Bates Academy who participated in the first Reading Corps Rally in 2010, returned to this year’s event to read the poem “Love the Look of Words” by Maya Angelou.
Scripps Spelling Bee Winners
Important Dates
May 6-10th Teacher Appreciation Week
June 3 1st and 2nd Gr. Awards Ceremony @ 9 a.m. & 3rd and 4th Gr. @ 2 p.m.
June 5 Target Bates Library Makeover Unveiling (time to be announced)
June 6 6th and 7th Gr. Awards Ceremony @ 9 a.m. and 5th Gr. @ 2 p.m.
June 10 Kindergarten Promotion Ceremony @ 9 a.m. [PK @ zoo]
June 11 8th Grade Promotion Ceremony @ 1p.m. at Renaissance HS
June 13 Last Day for Students
June 3 1st and 2nd Gr. Awards Ceremony @ 9 a.m. & 3rd and 4th Gr. @ 2 p.m.
June 5 Target Bates Library Makeover Unveiling (time to be announced)
June 6 6th and 7th Gr. Awards Ceremony @ 9 a.m. and 5th Gr. @ 2 p.m.
June 10 Kindergarten Promotion Ceremony @ 9 a.m. [PK @ zoo]
June 11 8th Grade Promotion Ceremony @ 1p.m. at Renaissance HS
June 13 Last Day for Students
The Detroit Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. is proud to introduce EMBODI, Empowering Males to Build Opportunities for Developing Independence
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SEEK Program
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CONGRATULATIONS BATES FACULTY & STAFF
In 2010, Michigan began recognizing individual school success stories through the “Beating the Odds” initiative. This program recognizes Michigan schools that are finding ways to overcome identifiable risk factors associated with low student achievement, such as economic status, race and ethnicity, or proficiency with the English language. There are two methodologies employed to identify BTO schools. The first compares schools to like schools in terms of geographic setting, demographic makeup of student population, etc. and recognizes those schools outperforming similarly-situated schools. The second uses identifiable risk factors to project an expected level of student achievement and progress and then recognizes those schools that are outpacing their expected levels. A BTO school can be identified using one or both methodologies. Bates Academy has been identified as “Beating the Odds” for the 2011-12 school year.
Designation as a BTO school means your school will be added to the list of Reward Schools for the 2011-12 school year. Reward Schools consist of schools in the top five percent statewide in terms of student proficiency, top five percent in terms of student improvement, or schools that are “Beating the Odds.” The Reward School designation is part of Michigan’s new statewide accountability system authorized by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Flexibility request approved by the U.S. Department of Education. More information will be forthcoming about recognition and other opportunities that will be extended to Reward Schools during the current school year.
Designation as a BTO school means your school will be added to the list of Reward Schools for the 2011-12 school year. Reward Schools consist of schools in the top five percent statewide in terms of student proficiency, top five percent in terms of student improvement, or schools that are “Beating the Odds.” The Reward School designation is part of Michigan’s new statewide accountability system authorized by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Flexibility request approved by the U.S. Department of Education. More information will be forthcoming about recognition and other opportunities that will be extended to Reward Schools during the current school year.
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