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Cross Timbers. The Early History: Before it was the School we go to Today My topic is the History, the Early History of Cross Timbers Middle School.

What I already know:

Who? More like what. CTMS What? Wait what? What what? Um I guess the early history of CTMS Where? Grapevine, Texas: Pool Road When??? 1996- ? Today? Why? Why I'm doing this or why they made a middle school here? I guess the second one. .. . How? How did they make CTMS? With construction workers duh. ..

What I want to know: Who: Who was the first principal? Who made the decision to make CTMS or what ever it was called back then. What? What grades attented the school? (6-8 Like today?) What were the kids schedule like? Where? What elementary schools went to the school back then? Before it was a school what schools did the students attend to? Was Pool Road still called Pool Road? When? When did they decide to change the name? Why? Why did they change the name? How?

Valid Sources I could ask: Mrs. Tidmore, ( Teachers who've been here a long time): Mr. Oberlender, Mrs. Moxley, Mrs. Tasker, Mrs. Bloyd, yearbooks

Reasearch plan: Who? Mrs. Tidmore, Mr. Oberlender, Mrs. Moxley, Mrs. Tasker, Mrs. Bloyd. I can ask The teachers listed What? Yearbooks When? In class because I have other important things to do with my time that teachers find significant aka homework. So I'll guess I'll start off with the year 1991, when CTMS was still GMS. I'll start out with that because that's the oldest year book in our library :) Where? CTMS, CTMS Library How? I have no clue what to put here. What do you mean how???

So Hi everyone. . . Today is the 18th, and I'm attempting Day 4 or 5, any advice would be great. Just don't yell at me and called me retarted :) I'm trying. That's the point

Key Words for Researching: Cross Timbers Middle School,

Interview questions: When was Grapevine Junior High founded? What students did it serve? When did it become Cross Timbers Middle School and why? What additions have been made to the building? What are major changes in schedule and policies that have occurred? (i.e. Smart time) Need size of campus (in acres)
 * Need pics** *

So today is the 19th and I'm going to be emailing the teachers I listed above the interview questions! Wish me luck that I get a good response back!!!!! :D

Here are the revised questions I asked:

When was Grapevine Junior High founded? Why did it become Cross Timbers Middle School? What additions have been made to the building? What are major changes in schedule and policies that have occurred? (i.e. Smart time) Cross Timbers size of campus (in acres)

5.20.10

agggh! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! The stupid website deleted my progress!!!!!!!!! . . . it doesn't matter, it was just a sentence anyway.

So I have emailed Mrs. Tidmore and currently waiting for a response. So going to email the rest of the teachers and wait anxiously for answers.

I have just emailed Mrs. Moxley

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Well today is the 21st so happy happy Birthday to Mr. O my fabulous Choir Director!!!

To add to that My progress. I am currently emailing my favorite (and only!) Choir director right now!!!!!!!!!!!!

Email is sent!!!!!! When will the other busy teachers email little old me??!?!!?!? :((((

I have emailed Mrs. Tasker!!

OMGOSH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A reply!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! From my old GT teacher Mrs. Moxley!!!!**

Lennea Dayrit  writes:** When was Grapevine Junior High founded? Don't Know. Why did it become Cross Timbers Middle School ? Grapevine-Colleyville ISD was growing. The Board had decided to keep GCISD a one High School district. In order to have room for all of the high school students, they decided to build a Junior High to house the 9th and 10th graders. Once the Junior High was built, the 9th graders filled the building. It was obvious that GCISD needed a second high school. So Colleyville Heritage High School was built. In the fall of 1996, Colleyville Heritage was opened and the Junior High became Cross Timbers Middle School. What additions have been made to the building? The small gym is the only addition that has been made to the building. What are major changes in schedule and policies that have occurred? (i.e. Smart time) In 1996-97, Timberline Elemenary School was housed in A dn B halls. They shared the cafeteria with us. The next year, our lunch time changed since we didn't have to share with TES. We had half a period for lunch and half a period Advisory. At some time, Advisory changed to being attached to 2nd period. During those times, lunches were by grade level. Finally, we changed to the schedule we have now. Cross Timbers size of campus (in acres) she did not answer this.

ok let's het back to work! I need to email Mrs. Bloyd .... so I'm going to do that.

I'm interviewing Mrs. Hill right now!!!

Apparently our school was named by students. They chose names. Same thing with the colors. Our mascot was voted. Students had the choice to go to Colleyville Middle or CTMS New gymn was added, Choir was in Mrs. Mckracken's room. Lots of renovations. Walls were painted, so were classrooms <- need research on this

So today is the 24th of May. The project is due on the 26th and I'm a little nervous!!!!!!!

I'm extra extra happy yesterday I received an email from Mrs. Tidmore and Mrs. Tasker so BIG thanks to them! During Choir I got a chance to ask Mr. O how long he's been here mostly out of curiosity and Mr. O has been at CTMS the last year it was GMS till now so fun fact!**

So here's my email reply from Mrs. Tasker:

**Lennea Dayrit <** **lenneadayrit@yahoo.com** **> writes:** Hi Mrs. Tasker!!As you might know Mrs. Cato's class is currently working on a project. Instead of the traditional research paper we are creating articles to be posted on Wikipedia, our school web, and Citizendium, a webiste similar to Wikipedia. My project topic is The Early of CTMS and I would greatly appreciate it if you could answer the following questions below! Also if you could add any information I would find useful! Thank Thank Thank you for taking the time to read this!

Lennea

When was Grapevine Junior High founded? **I'm not sure, but you can check the plaque at the front of the school which I believe has the founding dates on it.** **When the district's student population "outgrew" the one high school, the community wanted to maintain the cohesiveness of only one high school so they built Grapevine Junior High School to accomodate the ninth graders. Hence, the proximity to the high school building.**

Why did it become Cross Timbers Middle School ? **When the district needed to add another high school and another middle school, instead of building a new building, they moved the ninth graders into GHS (or the new CHHS), and opened Cross Timbers Middle School in the existing Grapevine Junior High School building. The name, colors, and mascot were selected through a ballot process by the sixth and seventh graders at the other three middle schools who would potentially be attending the new middle school.** What additions have been made to the building? **The only significant changes that have been made to the building were made recently with the addition of the new gym and the changes in A hall and the Fine Arts wing. The changes were funded by a Bond election.**

What are major changes in schedule and policies that have occurred? (i.e. Smart time) **CTMS has had many changes in schedule over the 14 year history. We started with a true middle school schedule which included two teams of students per grade level. These teams each had the same group of teachers who met during a common conference period to plan lessons and discuss student concerns. It was an 8 period day, and each grade level ate lunch separately. This approach allowed the curricula to be truly interdisciplinary at all grade levels. For example, in the 6th grade, as students read about Greek mythology, they studied the periodic table in science, studied the ancient world in Social Studies, and studied the mathematician Pythagoras in math. Everything connected. Not only did the curriculum connect, but the students and teachers connected. When a student fell behind in academics or began to experience difficu lty in behavior, the team called the student in for a conference. It was awesome.** **However, to accommodate that kind of schedule required extra teachers. When the district faced a significant budget crisis several years ago, the middle school lost team time. It was huge. . . though we didn't realize it at the time. Since that time, we have changed our schedule very little until this year. The pilot program with SMART Schedule was an attempt to give us the best of the team approach while not requiring additional staff. It allows us to meet with groups of students to meet their needs, meet with one another to coordinate lessons, and form closer bonds with students (well, that was the goal anyway.) The schedule will have some "fine tuning" again next year to improve it.** Cross Timbers size of campus (in acres)

**I don't this. You may need to check with the district office to get this answer.**

Lennea, Thanks for your work on this project. Mr. Oberlender would be an excellent resource because he worked at GJHS then at CTMS when it opened. Let me know if you have other questions.

Twyla J. Tasker, M. Ed.CTMS Literacy Coach817-251-5320 ext. 3208 "One's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions." - Oliver Wendell Holmes

The next email is from our lovely dear principal who took the time to email me back on her very busy schedule!!!! Thanks again Mrs. Tidmore!!!!!!!!!!!

**Lennea Dayrit  writes:** Hello Mrs. Tidmore. My name is Lennea Dayrit. I am an 8th grader and part of the Discoveries Program. I was hoping if you would be able to take some time to answer the following questions for me. It would be very helpful for my project that Mrs. Cato has assigned us. Currently in GT we are working on a unique type of research project. Instead of the traditional research paper we are creating articles for Wikipedia and Citizendium, a new search website similar to Wikipedia but with what I understand stricter rules, and more expert based information. My article is will help Mrs. Brem, for our CTMS Wikipedia page. I am researching The Early History of CTMS. I would like to thank you for your time. Lennea Dayrit

When was Grapevine Junior High founded? It opened in 1990 as an 8th-9th grade school with the idea that it would gradually be a 9th-10th grade high school with the 11th and 12th graders going to the current Grapevine High School I was actually a counselor/Administrative Intern here the year it opened. It stayed an 8th-9th grade school for 2 years until Heritage Middle School opened and then 8th graders were sent back to the middle schools and this was a 9th grade school until 1996. During this time the community decided that it wanted a high school in Colleyville so instead of this building staying a high school it then became the 4th middle school in 1996 when Colleyville Heritage High School opened.

Why did it become Cross Timbers Middle School? 1996 What additions have been made to the building? The second gym and the reconfiguring of the Choir Room to give band 2 rooms What are major changes in schedule and policies that have occurred? (i.e. Smart time) Addition of Wolf Pack Time a few years ago, school beginning later this year and not SMART Time. Cross Timbers size of campus (in acres) I gave Cokie the name of the person to call about this. Sorry to take so long with this!!

Linda TidmorePrincipal Cross Timbers Middle School

Hmm, I feel like now I have enough information to start typing up a draft. . . a very very tiny one, but a draft none the less.

(5) Cross Timbers was Grapevine Jr. High before was Cross Timbers. (4) Grapevine Jr. High was founded in 1990. (1)Grapevine Jr. High was created because of the growing population of the district. (3) At the time Grapevine- Colleyville Independent School District wanted to keep it a one high school district.(4) Grapevine Jr. High was named Cross Timbers Middle School in 1996, the same year the second high school of the district opened, Colleyville Heritage High .(2,4) The name of the middle school was picked by ballot from students in 6th through eighth grade who would potentially attend the middle school.

There has been few renovations and additions to CTMS since it was first made. (3)The walls in the classrooms and walls were painted over.(3)The CTMS halls used to be painted the traditonal Grapevine High colors of red, white, and blue. (3) The CTMS Choir room was once located in what is now the Band Hall till renovations were made and it was moved. (4) The only addition to CTMS is the New Gymn located in the South East part of the school. The new gym was added in 2007.

1. Mrs Moxley 2. Mrs. Hill 3. Mrs. Tasker 4. Mrs. Tidmore 5. Yearbook

Teachers please comment below the line :) I need to know which is mine and which is yours <3 _

You don't seem too enthusiastic about your topic :), but it is a very important and helpful one. I would look at other school Wikipedia pages to see the type of info you need to guide your inquiries. The next step is to find valid sources (Ms. Tidmore, other people, yearbooks, other sources?) and cite them along with answers to your inquiries. --Mrs. Brem