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DOWNSIZING A SUPER-SIZED SCHOOL
not enough teachers to do it,?” Moore said. The daunting task of a college visit wasn?t too much for the two counselors with the help of a plethora of parent volunteers, but the size of the group was too daunting for several universities in the region that declined a visit from TMS. the high expectations for students. Counselor Laurie Richterkeissing said you can hear a pin drop during the four hours of testing. a smaller community. The teaming concept is another piece of creating a unity smaller community for the h students. Each grade level has “teams” of students which places them into much smaller populations. The students on each team will only be in their classes rs with members of their own team. Currently, rrently,
the sixth grade has four teams while the seventh and eighth grades each have three teams. While the faculty and sta? of TMS strives to make a smaller community in the largest middle school in the state, the R-III District and the Long Range Planning Team (made up of parents and community) plan for the future. The only remaining item to complete in this phase of the Long Range Plan is building a second middle school. No date has been determined for the district to return to voters, but the district has planned and saved ?nancially for the opening of a second middle school.
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“I think you could easily get the attitude of ?it?s too much work, it?s too big,
“We never say we?re too big to do anything. We have masterminded some pretty amazing things,” she said. In the spring of 2013, counselors Amy Moore and Laurie Richterkeissing took 500 eighth grade students to Lindenwood University for a college visit in three days.
When you are the largest middle school in the State of Missouri, it?s all about having the right attitude. Troy Middle School (TMS) Counselor Amy Moore said the entire faculty and sta? have the “can do” attitude.
TMS doesn?t let the 1,400+ students stop them from doing what?s best for kids. Another monstrous task at TMS is annual testing in the gymnasium for the Missouri Assessment Program. Testing in the gym allows the students to receive one set of directions from one person and sets
It?s the “can do?s” of these tasks that not only do what?s best for middle school students in the Lincoln County R-III School District, but lends itself to promoting
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