TMSA Specials Corner

Art

Art with Mrs. Hanlin and Ms. Carney

TMSA's Middle School art classes are currently working on photography.

During this time at home we are excited to push the boundaries of multimedia and photography.

The past 6 weeks students have focused on Value and Shading as Elements of art.

The students have also dived into thinking about photography differently. Learning the Rule of Thirds and pushing filters to create unique pieces of art.

Kindergarten - 5th grade students are focused on color theory and how art tells a story. Each grade is taking time to learn about the Elements of Art.

Health & PE

The Health Education Department (Coach Monti & Coach Roberts) provides a planned, sequential curriculum that teaches fundamental health concepts and promotes habits that enhance health and wellness. Health Education instruction ensures that students develop knowledge, attitudes, skills and behaviors necessary for lifelong learning. This approach builds resiliency, which in turn leads to healthy families and communities.

Content covered thus far:

Germs
Hand washing
Personal hygiene

Media Center

There's so much going on in the media center, even virtually!

Fall 2020 Virtual Book Fair: The Scholastic Book Fair will be all online from October 5-18. When the fair goes live on October 5, a link labeled "shop now" will become available on the book fair homepage. TMSA students and families must make their purchases from this link to benefit the school (25% of all profits will be awarded to TMSA's media center to purchase new books). Click here to visit our book fair homepage.

Library Visits During Virtual Learning: Students and parents are invited to visit the media center and check out books during virtual learning! Sign up for a time slot that's convenient for you. Click here for more information and the sign-up sheet.

First Chapter Fridays and Must Read Mondays: Ms. Taylor releases a video every Friday for grades 3-5 and every Monday for grades 6-8 of her reading the first chapter (or two) of a great book that students can check out from the media center. Look on OTUS to access the videos!

Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl: Ms. Taylor is sponsoring TMSA's middle school team for for the quiz-bowl style competition about Georgia Children's Book Award nominees. The team is so excited and is already almost finished reading! 5th grade teacher Ms. Joseph-Haynes is sponsoring the elementary school team. The competition will be in January 20201 (final dates TBA).

Music

Below are the dates for some of the state-wide music events that TMSA is available to participate in:

OCTOBER 2020

27 Composition Competition Application Deadline

30 All-State Band & Orchestra Registration Deadline

DECEMBER 2020

5 District All-State Middle School Band Auditions

10 LGPE Registration and Payment Deadline

FEBRUARY 2021

9 Spring Solo and Ensemble (Including Jazz Ensemble) Registration and Payment Postmark Deadline

13 Final Round All-State Band Auditions (location TBA)

MARCH 2021

9 All-State Band and Orchestra Acceptance Fee Deadline

APRIL 2021

3-24 Spring Solo and Ensemble and Jazz Ensemble Performance Evaluations (Four Saturdays)

15-17 All-State Band & All-State Orchestra (The Classic Center - Athens)