001[Music] My name is Jackson. I'm in the third grade and I go to Theater Jones. My favorite activity to do at the Jones is through the announcements club because we like record the videos and then like the next morning we like see ourselves on the TV and stuff. This is our TJ pledge and cast chant. I'll be safe, responsible, and respectful. I am wonderfully made and created for a purpose. The choices I make today will shape my future. Today I will listen. Today I will learn. Today I will do my best and let my light shine for we are cats. We'll be caring to oursel and others. We'll have an awesome attitude every day. We'll be a team player and we will keep ourselves and others safe. So, my favorite subject at Theater Jones is
002math because like it's like really fun and like I get to learn like a lot of multiplication and fractions. Hi, I'm Kimberly Davenport. I'm a teacher here at Theodore Jones and I'm Jackson's third grade teacher. I want to talk a little bit about Jackson's resilience in the classroom. At the very beginning of the year, I introduced to my students having a growth mindset and we spent like a full week talking about it and what it means and that mistakes are okay to make in the classroom. We can always grow from them and learn from them. Jackson really took that information and ran with it. Anytime that he's struggling, he dives deeper into whatever we're talking about, asking questions, um asking for examples, practicing. He even told me that he goes home and works on his
003writing every single day and writes a paragraph. And his parents also told me that at parent teacher conferences. So that shows me, you know, he's super resilient and he's trying every day to better his writing skills. And since he is a leader in the classroom, it's kind of had a ripple effect. So when he has a growth mindset, he's diving deeper into the lesson and the skill and raising his hand, asking questions. The other students start to do that as well. And it might sound a little silly, but that actually does happen. And I'm just so proud of him. And I hope you're as proud as I am. Yeah. My favorite thing about Theater Jones is that we have like fun like every day. I'm excited to be the student of the month.