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The 2018-2019 Cougar News Network, is off to a great start! We have 9 eager 4th and 5th graders leading our daily live announcements sharing the weather, lunch, birthdays, and must know news items for the students at Thompson Elementary.

The students (who applied with teacher recommendation last year) had to agree to be a leader for our school, write a catchy announcement to keep the student population attention, and arrive early to be ready to go live at 7:35 A.M..  They are busy learning how to write scripts, work the camera, and will soon add the power of a green screen to their list of tricks!

Applications for the 2019-2020 news crew will be available to 3rd and 4th graders at the beginning of May!

This is a great opportunity for Thompson students!

On August 31, 4^th & 1^st grade dual language learners at Thompson Elementary engaged in collaborative exploration of bilingual texts. The dual language program, which students enter in kindergarten, contains a combination of English native speakers and Spanish native speakers learning both languages.

Reading and Language arts are taught in Spanish and Math/Science classes are taught in English. At Thompson, buddy reading is a time in which primary and intermediate students pair up to share a love of reading. One student exclaimed, “I look forward to buddy reading every week so I can practice my reading voices!”  

Thompson Elementary welcomed the Cougars to campus on Aug. 20, for the first day of school. The Thompson PTA and Mrs. Lopez decorated the landscape area in front of the campus to help start off the first day of school on a happy note.

Thompson Elementary students make 2018 visit to the State Capitol. Working with Education in Action, the fourth grade students enjoyed a field trip to Waco and Austin to experience what they are learning in fourth grade Texas History. Students visited the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum, the Texas State Capitol, and the Bullock Texas State History Museum.

Multiple stops

During the charter bus ride to their first destination, the students discussed why Texans are so proud of their unique heritage and participated in activities and games in preparation for their day. At their first stop, the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum in Waco, students learned the history of the Texas Rangers and explored exhibits about Texas’s earliest inhabitants and its many unique geographical regions. They then traveled to Austin to see the Texas State Capitol where their legislators, The Honorable Jane Nelson, State Senator, District 12 and The Honorable Ron Simmons, State Representative, District 65, have their office.

Students see first-hand where Texas laws are made as they tour the State Capitol including the Senate and House of Representatives chambers. At the Bullock Texas State History Museum, students travel in time through the Texas Revolution. The students’ visit to the museum concludes at the multi-sensory Texas Spirit Theater with the Star of Destiny where they see and experience the history Texas.

“Education in Action’s Discover Texas Field Trips are based on the understanding that the most effective way for students to learn is through experience,” stated Lacey Phillips, Discover Texas Field Trips Director. “Student activities during the Discover Texas Field Trip to Austin reinforce and supplement fourth grade TEKS learning objectives with a focus on why Texans are so proud of their unique heritage.”