Highlights from Moore MST Magnet School

A Note from our Principal, Mr. Lane

        Welcome to the Moore MST Magnet School web site.  We are excited to share with you great news concerning our school.  It is our hope that through this web site, you will have a brief orientation of some of the dynamic programs offered at Moore.  If I can be of any further assistance, please do not hesitate to call our office at (903) 262-1640.

        The 2009 Campus Accountability Data Tables are now posted to the TEA website.  This is a preliminary report of the Spring 2009     testing results.  The final report will be mailed to all parents in January of 2010.

        This report shows the Moore Campus to have improved in performance for all sub-populations of students in 25 out of 25 indicators. Since the state of Texas raises the passing standard each year this equates to overall improvement in academic performance for the Moore campus.  The addition of the Texas Projection Measure Scale allows campuses to compare test scale scores from year to year to determine future student success on states required assessments. Overall scores reflecting the Texas Projection Measure scale report "All Student sub-populations" scoring at 99% passing rate for reading which exceeds the previous year of 95%, 97% passing rate in Writing which also exceeds the previous year of 92%, 99% passing rate in Social Studies which is up from 90% the previous year and 94% passing rate from math which is higher than the 87% the previous year and 75% passing rate in Science which is higher than the 74% passing rate the previous year.  Our reading, writing, social studies and math scores are some of the highest scores in the district and in the state!  The report indicates we still need to do more work in the area of science to align our curriculum to the state tested expectations.  Our science teachers are doing an outstanding job to develop plans that address these areas of needed improvement and to collaborate while planning lessons to ensure proper alignment is being addressed to meet new state standards.  

        With the support of our Community, the Superintendent, and our School Board, we are in our 10th year of implementation of our Math / Science / and Technology Magnet Program.  Our Magnet Program continues to support  Technology courses: keyboarding for sixth grade students on campus, computer literacy for 7^th graders and a multimedia technology course for 8^th graders. In addition, we have students building our web page in an 8^th grade course titled,  Exploring Web Applications.  In our Math curriculum we offer 6^th and 7^th grade Pre-Algebra, and 7^th grade Algebra for high school credit.  We are one of the only school in East Texas that is offering Geometry for high school credit to 8th grade students!  In Science, we offer enrichment courses including Environmental Science, Astronomy, and Integrated Physics and Chemistry for high school credit.

        We would like to give you an update on our vision to increase technology and it’s use at Moore.  Every science and social studies classroom has been outfitted with SMART Board technology to allow for "hands on" interaction with technology systems in the classroom.  Every classroom at Moore has been equipped with a Fujitsu laptop for the teachers to integrate computer images to the multi-media projectors. Our campus enjoys wireless technology campus wide.  With wireless technology and the Fujitsu laptops, teachers are able to move freely around the classroom while displaying images from the internet, software, and other multi-media presentations. Our campus continues to support over 300 classroom computers.  In addition, we have added a multi-media computer lab bringing our campus total up to 7 labs available for classroom checkout.  That calculates to one computer for every three students on campus!  It is our goal to continue to be the flagship campus for our District in the area of technology and resources. 

        Our teachers are currently receiving a minimum of 60 minutes per week in technology training.  All teachers are trained on the TISD network system and all have e-mail addresses where they can be reached by typing in their first name followed by a period and then their last name followed by @tylerisd.org.  (firstname.lastname@tylerisd.org) These email addresses are also listed on our Staff web page.  Campus grade books can also be accessed by parents at https://grades.tylerisd.org From this site parents can access classroom grades for their child.  A pin number is required and printed on every Progress Report and Report Card beside the student's I.D. number. We are proud of the great strides we continue to make in technology if we can ever assist you in this area please contact our office.

        Our Math / Science / and Technology program continues to provide many new dynamic programs at our campus.  It is our goal to continue to offer the best middle level education  available for the students of Tyler.  We are pleased with the support we are receiving from our parents and the community. Thank you for visiting our web site.  If you are in Tyler please come by for a campus tour.

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