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 Coach Burrow has been teaching in Tatum for about 3 years. She takes the responsibility to be a coach and a teacher very seriously. She likes to teach better than coaching, because she loves watching students make a good grades and succeed. When they tell her they get a concept, it is very rewarding. Coach Burrow didn’t enjoy social studies when she was in high school, but she had a professor who explained history to her that made her want to know more about it, and that’s what she want for her students. She was born in Alpine,TX and grew up in Atlanta,TX. Coach Burrow went to Atlanta High School, while she was there she spent her time in a rabbit suit! “Go Rabbits”, Coach Burrow. Volleyball was her favorite sport in high school, because she was way taller and able to block the ball. Coach Burrow spends time with her son Kinsler and her husband Mark on her spare time. We love you Coach Burrow!

 Olivia Houston is 14 years old and she loves volleyball. Her position in volleyball was a passer. Her favorite subject is science, and favorite teacher is Coach Burrow. She has 4 pets, a show pig named Diesel, a dog named Molly, and 2 cats named Jessie and Tranx. Her favorite color is teal. She has 3 brothers, and she is the only girl. She does tumble and hangs out with her friends on her spare time. She is a smart and great student. Olivia is funny to hang around!!

 Joshua Ivy is 14 years old and he loves football. He is a great athlete who also plays basketball and runs track. His position in football is RB and MLB. His position in basketball is a forward. He also runs the 200, 400 and the 4 by 400 in track. He doesn’t have a favorite subject and his favorite teacher is Coach Burrow. He has no pets and his favorite color is purple. He has 2 sisters, 1 brother, and 3 step brothers. He spends time with his girlfriend, Diamond Sammons, in his spare time. He is very fun to hang around and he is very nice!

Jhaelin Toliver was born on May 12, 1998.  Jhaelin’s favorite thing about 8th grade is that he gets to do things that he didn’t get to do in 7th grade? Jhaelin’s favorite sport at Tatum is basketball because he gets to shoot the ball and play on a team. Jhaelin’s favorite 8th grade teacher is Coach Smith because she is fun and very laid back. When Jhaelin graduates high school, want to graduate with a scholarship. Jhaelin’s favorite thing to do in his free time is eat pizza while playing video games. Jhaelin’s loves to watch professional football and is a huge New Orlean Saints fan. Keep up the good work Jhaelin!

Nick Jackson is one of our wonderful T.M.S students.  Who loves to participate in football because he gets to tackle people.  In his spare time he likes to go outdoors and play sports.  He likes the 7th grade, and plans to get all A’s for the rest of the year. His favorite teacher is Mrs. Moore because she is funny, nice, and she teaches well. When he’s older he wants to be a Sports medicine doctor. Two words that he says describes him are fun and outgoing. Nick is someone who wants to succeed in what he does. He has a bright future ahead of him.

The students of Mrs.Moore’s honors science class were given the task of building their very own Rube Goldberg machine!  They had to brainstorm ideas for completeing the task, and at the  same time they had to consider all the supplies they needed.   They had to find supplies  junk drawer/garage etc. in addition to the supplies Mrs. Moore gathered for them.  They were to bring their required parts to  class and were given time to complete  their machine in class and Mrs. Moore stayed several days after school for them to work with their team.  They were all given a total of two weeks to complete the project.  Working together the students completed 7 projects.  They were all very creative!! The students came up with projects such as: dog feeders, automatic toast poppers, a pencil lift, a M & M launcher, a water the plant machine, and a device that pulled the chair up under the table.  The students also had to make sure they included at least 4 moving parts, and at least 3 different types of simple machines. Their design plans had to be labeled and each step had to be clearly defined. If each step worked properly, the machine completed the desired task! . I think all of the projects were  creative and great. I hope to see the next project these students do.  Good luck on the next project guys!!!!

 1.Two clowns eating soup one looks over to the other and says does this taste funny to you..

2.What did one eye say to the other eye?

3.What do you call a pig that knows karate?

4.What pet does everyone have?  

5.Why couldn’t the teddy bear eat his dessert?

6.Why didn’t the skeleton dance?

7.What is in seasons, seconds, centuries and minutes but not in decades, years or days?  

8.The more you have it, the less you see it.  

9.What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?

10.Why couldn’t the pirates play cards?

Answers!

2. Between you and me, something smells..

3. Pork Chop..

4. An Armpet..

5. He was stuffed!!

6. Because he had no body to dance with.

7. The letter “n”

8. Darkness..

9. A penny..

10. Because the captain was sitting on the deck..

“Love unlocks doors and opens windows that weren’t even there before.” ~Mignon McLayghlin

“I have been in love so long and this is not the first time. But it has always been with you.” ~Kurt Avish

“For twas not into my ear you whisper. But into my heart. Twas not my lips you kissed. But my soul.” ~Judy Garland

“Love puts the fun together, the sad apart, and the joy in a heart.”

“Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.” ~Robert Frost

“Better to have loved and lost, than to have ever loved at all.” ~St. Augustine

“Love is not love that alters when it alteration finds.” ~Shakespeare

“Better let my heart be without words, than my words without heart.” ~John Bunyan

“I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach.” ~Elizabeth Barrett Browning

“I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.”
-Henry Ward Beecher

Friday,  January 20th, FCA had their very first movie night in the TMS library. The movie Soul Surfer was chosen because it has a great Christian story behind it. The message behind the story was for us to never give up on something we love and always have faith. A young surfer looses her arm in a shark attack and has to adjust to the new circumstances. Once she realizes that surfing isn’t everything, that God’s love is what is really important, she is able to reach her goals and re-enter the competitive world of surfing and conquers all. When we put God first in everything we do, there’s nothing we aren’t capable of accomplishing.  What a great way to show us how to keep the faith. If she can do it with the condition she had we most definitely can overcome some of our everyday obstacles. Coach Parker is a great sponsor and with her help the Christian athletes can push themselves to live by faith both on and off the court or field.

Betcha Didn’t know any of these:

1.A rat can last longer without water than a camel.

2.The dot over the letter “i” is called a tittle.

3.Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space
because passing wind in a spacesuit damages them.

4.Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to slow film down
so you could see his moves.

5.The original name for butterfly was flutterby.

6.It is impossible to lick your elbow.

7.An ostrich’s eye is bigger than it’s brain.

8.No word in the English language rhymes with ‘MONTH.

9.The only birds that can see the color blue, are owls.

10.A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.

11.Everyone has a unique tongue print, just like their fingers.

12.Coca Cola would be green if the company did not add colouring.

Betcha you learned something