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MEET OUR NEW ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL - Ms. Tiffany Torrence
Monday, August 10, 6:30pm @ Miner Library
Join us for an informal meet and greet where we can get to know the newest member of the Miner administration, ask questions, and get ready for school. Kids are welcome to join! RSVP to gimbiya@gmail.com so we have an idea of attendance.
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About Ms. Torrence: Ms. Torrence has served over 16 years in K-12 education. She began her career as a 2nd grade teacher in one of the largest elementary schools in Jacksonville, Florida. After four years of teaching, she became an instructional coach, providing coaching support to K-5 teachers in all subject areas. In 2004, she was promoted to a middle school assistant principal. Ms. Torrence served eight years as an assistant principal in both middle and high schools and was promoted to a middle school principal in 2012. She was attracted to the groundbreaking work taking place in DC Public schools, which fueled her transition to the nation’s capital in 2014. During her first year, she served as an instructional coach at Payne ES and was promoted to assistant principal at Miner ES in June 2015. Ms. Torrence has a passion for providing a first-rate, equitable education that supports and fosters the safe human growth and development of the whole child.
Monday, August 10, 6:30pm @ Miner Library
Join us for an informal meet and greet where we can get to know the newest member of the Miner administration, ask questions, and get ready for school. Kids are welcome to join! RSVP to gimbiya@gmail.com so we have an idea of attendance.
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About Ms. Torrence: Ms. Torrence has served over 16 years in K-12 education. She began her career as a 2nd grade teacher in one of the largest elementary schools in Jacksonville, Florida. After four years of teaching, she became an instructional coach, providing coaching support to K-5 teachers in all subject areas. In 2004, she was promoted to a middle school assistant principal. Ms. Torrence served eight years as an assistant principal in both middle and high schools and was promoted to a middle school principal in 2012. She was attracted to the groundbreaking work taking place in DC Public schools, which fueled her transition to the nation’s capital in 2014. During her first year, she served as an instructional coach at Payne ES and was promoted to assistant principal at Miner ES in June 2015. Ms. Torrence has a passion for providing a first-rate, equitable education that supports and fosters the safe human growth and development of the whole child.
MEET OUR NEW ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL - Ms. Tiffany Torrence
Monday, August 10, 6:30pm @ Miner Library
Join us for an informal meet and greet where we can get to know the newest member of the Miner administration, ask questions, and get ready for school. Kids are welcome to join! RSVP to gimbiya@gmail.com so we have an idea of attendance.
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About Ms. Torrence: Ms. Torrence has served over 16 years in K-12 education. She began her career as a 2nd grade teacher in one of the largest elementary schools in Jacksonville, Florida. After four years of teaching, she became an instructional coach, providing coaching support to K-5 teachers in all subject areas. In 2004, she was promoted to a middle school assistant principal. Ms. Torrence served eight years as an assistant principal in both middle and high schools and was promoted to a middle school principal in 2012. She was attracted to the groundbreaking work taking place in DC Public schools, which fueled her transition to the nation’s capital in 2014. During her first year, she served as an instructional coach at Payne ES and was promoted to assistant principal at Miner ES in June 2015. Ms. Torrence has a passion for providing a first-rate, equitable education that supports and fosters the safe human growth and development of the whole child.
Monday, August 10, 6:30pm @ Miner Library
Join us for an informal meet and greet where we can get to know the newest member of the Miner administration, ask questions, and get ready for school. Kids are welcome to join! RSVP to gimbiya@gmail.com so we have an idea of attendance.
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About Ms. Torrence: Ms. Torrence has served over 16 years in K-12 education. She began her career as a 2nd grade teacher in one of the largest elementary schools in Jacksonville, Florida. After four years of teaching, she became an instructional coach, providing coaching support to K-5 teachers in all subject areas. In 2004, she was promoted to a middle school assistant principal. Ms. Torrence served eight years as an assistant principal in both middle and high schools and was promoted to a middle school principal in 2012. She was attracted to the groundbreaking work taking place in DC Public schools, which fueled her transition to the nation’s capital in 2014. During her first year, she served as an instructional coach at Payne ES and was promoted to assistant principal at Miner ES in June 2015. Ms. Torrence has a passion for providing a first-rate, equitable education that supports and fosters the safe human growth and development of the whole child.
Anonymous wrote:Miner will benefit from having a more diverse student body and parent community. One if my friends is a Miner preschool parent. She tried to donate new scholastic books to the classroom and met with resistance from the classroom teacher. Brent and Maury get so many donations from parents. Miner doesn't know what to do with involved parents. I would totally have sent my kids to a Mandarin program at Miner.
If your friend still has books to donate -- please have her reach out to me. I am in touch with a Miner teacher who would be excited to receive such a donation!
I can be reached at gimbiya@gmail.com or through Facebook "Immersion for Miner" page.
Anonymous wrote:I have read on other posts about Yu Ying that it takes quite a bit of parental commitment for their children to succeed at Yu Ying. If the parents at Miner are not willing to make the investment in their children's education with a single language track, what makes DCPS think that these same parents will make the commitment to see their kids flourish in Mandarin?
From my front porch, I can see parents bringing their children to Miner ES school in the mornings. The vast majority of these children are showing up on time and DCPS statistics about attendance and truancy rates support this observation. The children-students are in tidy uniforms, carefully groomed, and seem excited to be going to school. Many of these families are also out-of-bounds, meaning they have chosen Miner -- taken the time to lottery as a way of actively seeking an option that could be better than their in-bound school. It also means that many are committed to getting their kids to the school each day even though it may be a bit of a commute.
So, I would like to honor the commitment of parents who are trusting DCPS and Miner ES with their children 5 days a week -- many for two meals with the school providing free breakfast and lunch for all students -- and into the evening with the subsidized aftercare option that many families utilize. Ideally, the after-school programs could be tailored to provide the additional support with language studies as well as other forms of homework. The school has so much time and so many opportunities to engage and stay engaged with it's students that it could help compensate for the ways that families may not be able to provide the homework help/tutoring/support that we traditional see as part of family "commitment" to school in any program option it chooses to invest in.
So often, we rise to our best selves when we are challenged: So, I am hoping that a new challenge --one that reflects a cutting-edge, unique, exceptional learning opportunity-- at Miner would excite, refocus and recommit the whole community of the school (teachers, administrators, families, DCPS, and our neighbors) on the experiences and success of students.
Just an update for those part of the community conversation about an Immersion Program.
There is now a Facebook Page (Immersion for Miner) and a Twitter Feed (Immersion4Miner).
There is now a Facebook Page (Immersion for Miner) and a Twitter Feed (Immersion4Miner).
Two weeks ago, DCPS announced a new Immersion (Spanish) program will be starting at Houston Elementary (Ward 7/Deanwood) -- It was the work of a few really supportive in-bound families and community leaders advocating for their local school. As an in-bound parent at Miner, I'm interested in learning more about how the immersion is being implemented how they raised community awareness/excitement for the new program.I would love to connect with others who are interested in this conversation.
Also there is a meeting this Saturday May 9, 2015 at 10:30 am at Houston Elementary School, Multipurpose Room 1100 50th Place, NE. (Children welcome and breakfast served) that will include a presentation from DC Immersion Project.
If you can't make it but would be interested in a meeting, let me know so I can invite you to the one I'm organizing for this summer. Please forward this message as you think is necessary!
Also there is a meeting this Saturday May 9, 2015 at 10:30 am at Houston Elementary School, Multipurpose Room 1100 50th Place, NE. (Children welcome and breakfast served) that will include a presentation from DC Immersion Project.
If you can't make it but would be interested in a meeting, let me know so I can invite you to the one I'm organizing for this summer. Please forward this message as you think is necessary!