Ooltewah Middle School

Welcome to Eighth Grade English/Language Arts!
Team: Silverwings
Room: 203

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Wednesday, August 12th--A Day Students only attend school. Our B Day and Virtual students are encouraged to go online and look at teacher webpages and courses they teach.  Nothing else required.

Thursday, August 13th--B Day Students only attend school.  Our A Day students can work on assignments given during Wednesday.  Virtual students are encouraged to go online and look at teacher courses and materials.  Nothing else required.

Friday, August 14th--OMSatHome Students attend the TEAM orientation session.  You should have received information in an email from your Team Leader.  A copy of this email is listed below.  Students MUST attend live.  Teachers will let students the expectations for their class, the different platforms that will be used, and their class Zoom schedule.    A and B Day students will follow through on assignments or virtual work received on their attended day.
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OMSatHome Student Email (sent 8/11/2020):

Hello and welcome to the Silverwings team! 

We are so very excited to welcome you to our team and look forward to a very unique school experience.  This school year will be filled with many new challenges, but we will overcome each now obstacle as it arises - as a team. 

We will host three ZOOM Orientation meetings on Friday, August 14 at 9:00AM, 11:00AM, and 1:00PM.  You only need to attend one (1) of these meetings.  Please choose the time that works best for you.

Zoom Link:

Time: Aug 14, 2020 09:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting

https://zoom.us/j/6042340349?pwd=Uys0U09yYXpTaUF6Y01kWmk1NlI3Zz09

Meeting ID: 604 234 0349

Passcode: 3ITZUZ

Below is our basic team schedule.  We will share more specific information with you during orientation about when we will ‘meet’ during class times throughout the week.

Again, we cannot wait to see you virtually on Friday, and look forward to having a fantastic year together!

Mr. Mahoney - History/Team Leader

Mrs. Burch - Science

Mr. Simmons - Math/PreAlgebra

Mrs. Treece - English Language Arts (ELA) 

 I am a freak of nature, often seen dancing to the beat of my own drum and laughing hysterically for no reason.  I am a force to be reckoned with and I am your worst nightmare.  I duck, I bob for apples, I weave intricate baskets.
 I have been known to refurbish vintage furniture and give it away to homeless cats so they have a place to sleep.  I have kayaked in Alaska in the midst of a killer whale feeding frenzy, swam alongside Spinner dolphins, and fed Great White sharks bare-handed. 
 I won a gold medal in the Olympics - my archery skills were so phenomenally intimidating that all other competitors forfeited.  I lived amongst the Blue-Footed Boobies on the Galapagos Islands, and I once traveled around the world five times in 180 days. 
 Sometimes I awaken in the middle of the night, meander out to the woods behind my house, perch in a tree, and hoot like a Great-Horned owl.  I have also accompanied the neighborhood cat on a nocturnal hunt for random objects our neighbors neglected to bring in off their porch. 
 I compete in ukulele duels on the sixth Saturday of each month and have a fuchsia belt in combat hula-hooping.  I thrive on stealing hugs from helpless lemurs and maintain my innocence on Tatooine.  My other car is the Millennium Falcon.  Yoda is my homeboy.
 I have been a garden gnome bounty hunter, a heavy metal accordionist, an artist who sculpts exclusively with marshmallow Peeps, and I single-handedly transformed the lives of a gaggle of wild geese while traveling through Opelika.
 I can knit 5011 scarves in 45 minutes while reciting the alphabet in Klingon and dribbling a soccer ball while blindfolded.  In my spare time I grapple large snipes, set traps for Bigfoot, and crochet delicate shawls for elderly gorillas.  I bake red velvet brownies on the 7th Wednesday of each month, I have competed in extreme ice sculpting, I am so organized I confuse myself and the nineteen squirrels who call me "Mom". 
 I have my very own House Elf; her name is Gertrude and she adores me so much she absolutely refuses to accept any clothing and claim her freedom.  I once owned the elements of the Deathly Hallows, but I loaned them to Dumbledore so that Harry Potter could save the world.  Snape is my idol.  I always turn to page 394.
 I taught Dr. Seuss how to rhyme, I own Anne's Green Gables, and I don't live in a house - I live in a hobbit-hole in the Shire, and Treebeard resides in the woods behind my house.  I once commandeered the Black Pearl and I taught Daryl Dixon how to use a crossbow.
 I created an 8th day, but was too overwhelmed by the extra time.  I once read Gone With the Wind, Beowulf, and The Princess Bride in one hour.  I have a Sonic icemaker in my car, and I am an adoptive mother to an albino sloth named Lemmy.
 I am Ozzy Osbourne's personal translator and Slash hits me up for guitar riff advice.  TobyMac consults me before he even thinks about droppin' a beat.  I have played for the Braves, kicked a game-winning field goal for the Falcons, and had dinner with Peyton Manning. 
 I wander, I wonder, I nap, and my bones snap, crackle, and pop. But I have not yet had the privilege of teaching your child and preparing them for their next big adventure:  high school.  I look forward to helping your child become the very best version of themselves.

 

Team Schedule

Educational Career History: Tyner High School, 1995

Chattanooga State Technical Community College, 1999

*A.S. in English

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, 2001

*B.S. in English Education, grades 7-12

Cumberland University, 2007

*M.A. in Education

HCDE Professional Career History:

Chattanooga Middle School, 2001-2002

Ooltewah Middle School, 2002-2009

East Hamilton Middle School, 2010- Spring 2013

Ooltewah Middle School, Fall 2013-current