TAKS Time

For most people, when they hear the word TAKS they think of t-a-x; however, teachers automatically think of "the test" that we all dread so much. This past week many students across the state of Texas took this dreaded test, my students and my Madison included.

To get our students excited and ready for their days of testing, we had a TAKS Pep Rally. We had groups of girls do TAKS cheers, several kids performed gymnastics stunts, and a boy and girl from each grade level gave a "You Can Do It" speech. Madison was the girl representative for the 3rd grade. Lorena ISD's theme for this year is "Step Up to Greatness," so Madison wrote her speech around our theme. She was very anxious about speaking in front of the whole school, but she did great!