🎉 ASPIRE Academy for the Highly Gifted at Grapevine High School in Grapevine-Colleyville ISD 🎉 🐎 Rah Rah Rah…Mustangs Fight! 🐎
Joined August 2021
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21 Feb 2024
It’s been a long time, ASPIRE Twitter…but just because we don’t advertise doesn’t mean we’re not busy! (a thread)
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21 Feb 2024
In Ms. McCormack’s ASPIRE English and Lit classes, students went kinesthetic with their poetry analysis and thematic (Valentine’s Day) with their responses to a synthesis prompt.
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21 Feb 2024
In ASPIRE Gov, students in Mr. Otto’s course litigated four landmark Supreme Court cases, acting as attorneys and justices tasked with deliberating topics through a constitutional lens.
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21 Feb 2024
Ms. McCormack’s 9th grade ASPIRE English class has been conducting poetry analysis, while her 11th grade Lit class completed a synthesis writing prompt themed to Valentine’s Day!
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21 Feb 2024
Mr. Otto’s ASPIRE Government seniors simulated the arguments made in 4 landmark Supreme Court cases, with students taking on the roles of justices and litigators.
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1 Dec 2023
Democrats and Republicans raised campaign funds, unveiled platforms, and selected presidential nominees in the national convention phase of their ASPIRE mock election this week!
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27 Nov 2023
ASPIRE 10th graders attended a field trip at TCU Special Collections to get some direct experience with rare primary sources! Thanks to Mr. Corb for making this experience happen!
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6 Oct 2023
ASPIRE APUSH enjoys ending our Roaring Twenties Unit in style (one of my favorite days of the year)!
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4 Oct 2023
ASPIRE Gov students take a political spectrum personality quiz (with actual nuance!) and tackle a Socratic seminar about urban and rural voting patterns in back-to-back classes in our linkage institution unit!
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4 Oct 2023
ASPIRE WHAP students dealt with Mr. Corb’s plague doctor outfit as the navigated the historical ramifications of the Black Death!
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26 Sep 2023
In ASPIRE WHAP today, students tried the Mongols in a mock trial involving research, critical thinking, and active debate!
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22 Sep 2023
GHS ASPIRE seniors wrapped up their study of externalities in AP Microeconomics today, ending an excellent crack at this new (to them) subject! Up next week, we shift back to AP Gov to study linkage institutions!
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22 Sep 2023
So proud to announce our National Merit Commended students from @Grapevine_HS ! These students represent some of the brightest in the land. We are excited for the future that awaits them and look forward to being part of the journey! #RahrahrahMustangsFight!
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5 Sep 2023
I designed a labor simulation for ASPIRE APUSH’s study of the Gilded Age. It’s remarkable to watch how organically students fall into the same sorts of tactics, arguments & relationships experienced by real labor unions as they’re confronted by edicts from their “boss.” Many…
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5 Sep 2023
(2/2) …thanks to @CTaliaferro35 for allowing me to leverage her power and authority against these rebellious scalawags! It’s a great educator that will continue to play a part in student learning, even from another city/institution!
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