Gators, please help us officially welcome part time ESL teacher, Leslie Martine! Mrs. Ables will be our a.m. ESL Teacher and Mrs. Martine will be our p.m. ESL Teacher. She's not new to Three Lakes, but we are so excited to have her officially join our staff!
Where are you from? I am originally from Henderson, but I have lived in the Tyler area for about 17 years.
Family? I have been married to my husband Curtis, the social studies coordinator for Tyler ISD, for almost 19 years. We have three sons: Tucker (incoming sophomore at Legacy), Carter (incoming freshman at Legacy), and Channing (incoming 5th grader at Jack). We also have a family dog, a Pyre-doodle named Denver. (We're Denver Broncos' fans.)
Hobbies? I love listening to podcasts, exercising, watching movies, volunteering, and spending time with family and friends.
Experience in education? I graduated from Stephen F. Austin where I studied middle level education with an emphasis in social studies. Since then, I have taught and/or tutored students in grades 5-12 in both social studies and language arts (and even a little bit of algebra) in Henderson, Whitehouse, and Tyler ISD. I am also no stranger to Three Lakes since I have been there for the past two years as a super-sub and certified tutor.
Favorite middle school memory? My favorite middle school memory is probably cheering at pep rallies and football games.
Anything else you want to share...I am extremely grateful to be a part of Three Lakes Middle School and am looking forward to the 2024-2025 school year!
Gators, please help us welcome Coach Corben Henry to the The Swamp! He is coming over from Tyler Legacy as a coach only; he teaches at TL. He will coach football here in the fall and Tyler Legacy baseball in the spring.
Where are you from? I am from Alvin, Texas. I moved to Tyler with my girlfriend Kaila, who I met while playing baseball at TJC in 2016.
Family? When visiting my hometown, I love getting to see my mom, dad, older brother, and two nephews. Also, my girlfriend and I have two dogs, Gypsy (A Labrador Retriever) and Elsa (An Australian Shepherd)
Hobbies? I enjoy hunting, fishing, golfing, and spending time with family and friends.
Experience in education? Last year, I had the opportunity to experience my first year teaching. I taught Health at Tyler Legacy High School while coaching baseball. I am excited to go into my second year of teaching/coaching!
Favorite middle school memory? My favorite middle school memory was getting to play sports.
Anything else you want to share... I am excited to get to work at the same school as my girlfriend- she teaches 6th grade reading and coaches the cheer team at Three Lakes.
Gators, please help us welcome 7th grade RLA teacher, Matthew Starr! He is our third Super "Starr" on campus.
Where are you from? Tyler, TX born and raised.
Hobbies? Playing guitar, watching NBA, learning to cook, and reading all the time.
Experience in education? I'm looking forward to returning to Tyler ISD for my first year of teaching.
Favorite middle school memory? Spending lots of time outside at the old Moore MS campus.
We are still accepting resumes and interviewing for our last open position, 8th grade Reading Language Arts teacher.
*Come work with Tyler ISD's Secondary Teacher of the Year, Erin Lamb, who also teaches 8th RLA and the rest of our phenomenal RLA department.
*RLA teachers receive a stipend and can earn Teacher Incentive Allotment designations. Read more about those here: https://www.tylerisd.org/page/teacher-incentive-allotment
*Send resumes to rachel.sherman@tylerisd.org
Gator, help us welcome Mrs. Angela Jones to the The Swamp! Mrs. Jones will be teaching 6th grade math.
Family? I have been married for 19 years. I have 2 children, my son is 27 years old and my daughter is 25 years old.
Hobbies? I enjoy reading, spending time with my family, and listening to music.
Experience in education? I have been teaching in Whitehouse for the past 4 years and this will be my 15th year teaching.
Happy birthday to our assistant principal, Mrs. Koop! Thank you for all you do for our school! We hope this is your best year yet! 🥳
Day 3, our girls are working hard! We can't wait to see all they have learned!
Another great week for Middle School athletes!! "Better everyday on me, better everyday on 3......1...2...3...BETTER EVERYDAY!!!!!!!!!!!" 💜🐊💛
Gators, please help us welcome 7th grade math teacher, Tina Moore!
Where are you from? I am from Tyler and have lived in the surrounding areas all of my life. I am a graduate of Tyler Junior College and the University of Texas at Tyler.
Family? I am the proud mother of two daughters and Pippa to four grandchildren. I am blessed to live close to my mom and my sister and her family.
Hobbies? I enjoy spending time with family and friends, reading, and eating Mexican food.
Experience in education? I have taught for 26 years.
Favorite middle school memory? My favorite teachers in middle school were Mrs. Thompson, my math teacher, and Mrs. Brown who taught Career Investigations. Mrs. Thompson infused her math class with conceptual learning and humor - the best way to learn. I had known from a young age that I wanted to be a teacher like my mom, but the vocational surveys in Mrs. Brown’s class sealed it for me.
Anything else you want to share... I am so excited to be at Three Lakes and I am ready to start this adventure!
The 2024 AVID Summer Institute in Dallas has been exciting, purposeful, and inspiring! Our TLMS 🐊 Site Team is pumped to bring a lot more "chomp" to our swamp through positive relationships & WICOR-ized learning experiences designed to increase student achievement. In Tyler ISD, AVID is one of many great systems in place to help students win now and in the future.
#teamwork #studentsuccess #college #career #life
Cheer Camp Day 1 📣
LETS GO GATORS! 🐊 💜
Gators, help us welcome Coach Lawton Anderson to the The Swamp! He is coming over from Tyler Legacy High School. He will teach 7th Math and coach at TL in the fall and TLMS in the spring.
Where are you from? Midlothian, TX
Family? Wife - Haleigh (She is a Tyler Legacy 'Lee' Alumni) and Daughter - Emmie Claire (1 year old)
Hobbies? Love to cook, bake, and BBQ. I try to spend my free time outside of work with my daughter going on walks, playing in the splash pad, and anything I can do to keep her busy.
Experience in education? 3 years teaching and coaching at Klein Cain HS in North Houston and Tyler Legacy HS.
Favorite middle school memory? Playing sports all through middle school
Gators, please help us welcome to TLMS, our newest art teacher, Heather Eiland!
Where are you from? I am from Whitehouse/Tyler and graduated from Grace Community High School.
Family? I have a husband (Clay) and four kids: Sophia (13), Teddy (11), Shepard (7), and Mary (4).
Hobbies? I am a serial hobbiest, but over the past two years I have taught myself goldsmithing and stone setting. I really enjoy working a piece of metal into something beautiful.
Experience in art? Art has been part of my life since before I can remember. Around 5th grade I started taking some of the adult summer art classes at TJC and in college at TCU I majored in Art and Psychology. As an adult, I have used art and creativity in several business ventures.
Favorite middle school memory? My favorite middle school memory was an 8th grade school trip to Washington DC. I loved traveling with my friends!
Anything else you want to share...I’m so excited to be a TLMS Gator and be on campus with two of my kids this year (Sophia- 8th and Teddy- 6th)! My wish is that I can foster a love and appreciation for art in all of my students!
Gators, help us welcome Coach Christina Hobbs Kohls to the The Swamp! She will be teaching 7th TX History and coaching our girl gators!
Where are you from? New Orleans native
Family: Husband Andrew Kohls
2 dogs Finn (8) & Murphy (6)
Hobbies: I enjoy puzzles, taking my dogs for walks with my husband, traveling, & spending time with family
Education Experience: 8 years in elementary P.E.
Favorite Middle School Memory: Winning 1st place in the 7th grade Science Fair
It is so great to see these incoming 8th Gators: Paxton, Owen, and Andrew volunteering and cleaning up along the highway today! Way to go guys!
“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” – Arthur Ashe
If you've been thinking about joining our team...
Thank you TLMS PTA for our two new additional refillable water stations for our Gators! We now have two stations upstairs! 🐊
Incoming 7th Gators...
Gators, please help us welcome to TLMS, our new choir director, Maxwell Dannenberg!
Where are you from? I was born in East Texas, went to school in Hawkins, Texas, attended college/university in Tyler, and traveled various places around the country doing music and theatre.
Family? I've been with my college band sweetheart, Hannah (we met at TJC) for 10 years, and we have two wonderful kids, Katharine and Eloise!
Hobbies? I'm a lifelong musician so really anything that has to do with music, but I also do theatre and voice acting, play softball, and occasionally play video and board games.
Experience in education? I've taught choir for 2 years at Jacksonville ISD and also taught 7 years of private music lessons.
Favorite middle school memory? Probably either one-act play competitions, model U.N., or first becoming a band student!
Anything else you want to share... I'm honored and excited to share my passion for singing and music with the students and staff of Three Lakes Middle School!
We already miss our Gators this summer; especially our 8th Gators moving on to high school like Gabe pictured below. Good thing that Tyler Legacy High School isn't too far away so we will get to see them again soon. We hope all of our Gators are having a great summer so far!
