Announcements
Summer Reading and Homework (History, Math, Science, Rising Seniors)
Click here to view the summer homework
Key Dates:
**Math packets are now available: Math Packets are due on the first day of school
July 23: Human Geography and Rising Freshman Homework Due
July 23: Rising Junior (US History) Homework Due
Aug 2: Science Homework Due
Aug 13: Rising Sophomore (European History & Modern World Civ) Homework Due
Aug 13: Rising Senior Homework Due
Back-to-school Required Forms and Information
Parents, make sure your students is ready for the first day of school, Aug. 13, 2012, and use this page as a guide for completing all required paperwork and forms: Back-to-School forms and information
Tags: Announcements:Students, earn community service hours this summer at The Green Door Thrift Shop
The Green Door Thrift Shop, which is a 59-year-old ministry of the Women of St. Luke's Episcopal Church, is looking for student volunteers who are available during the summer. This is a great way to earn community service hours, work with a multigenerational group of volunteers, and help raise money for a variety of charitable organizations who benefit from the Green Door's profits. (This year they gave $44,000 to charity!)
The Green Door primarily consigns and sells clothing, housewares, and small furnishings. They are located at 1030 Nacogdoches (behind the Wal-greens at Basse and Broadway) and are open Tuesday - Saturday, 10:00am - 1:00pm. The student volunteers will sell items, work the cash register, organize the store, help sort, label and price items as appropriate for their age. Adult Green Door volunteers will always be present with the students at the shop, but we also welcome parents who would like to volunteer along with their children.
If you are interested, please contact Megan Maturo at meganejames@hotmail.com or (210) 422-8931 for more information and to arrange a time for training.
Announcements:Summer 2013 Trip to Italy
Registrations for next year’s TMI Italy Summer 2013 trip are still being accepted. Please sign up before June 1, 2012 to ensure early bird pricing. The dates of travel are 6/17/13 - 6/25/13. We will be visiting Rome, Assisi, Florence and Venice. Join our faculty sponsors, Claudia Clark and Mark Phillipi on this unforgettable community experience abroad. What follows are my learning objectives for the group:
- Group Participants will compare and contrast three of the most influential capital cities in the patchwork of Italian states existing from the fall of Rome to the late 19th century.
- Group Participants will explore the Italian architectural evolution from Byzantine Venice to the Renaissance Duomo in Florence to the Baroque colonnades of St. Peter's Square in Rome.
- Group Participants will learn about the political, artistic, social and religious underpinnings of the Renaissance in its birthplace and its lasting influence.
For more information and to register go to http://www.acis.com/tripsite/?key=RFJjUDRhSFgwc3pUQVpPTGNKQT0%3D
Tags: Announcements:Family Assn. used textbook and uniform resale
The TMI Family Association will once again organize and facilitate a textbook and uniform resale. We will be collecting books and civilian uniforms for resale during final exams as follows:
When: Middle School/Seniors: Wed., May 16 (8:30 am - 3:30 pm)Upper School: Wed., May 23 (8:30 am - 3:30 pm)
Where: Under Blue Sports Tent by circle outside Ayres Hall/Amphitheater (books may also be dropped off in the Old Student Center (under Refectory)
More information:
http://bb.tmi-sa.org/pdfs/NetCommunity/Academics/book-sale.pdf
TMI welcomes incoming Headmaster, Dr. John Cooper
To the TMI Community:
I am humbled and honored to have been chosen to become Headmaster of TMI – The Episcopal School of Texas. The reputation that TMI has established over the decades is known and respected throughout the country and around the world.
It is with a sense of awe that I step into the "stream of history" that is TMI. The school's maxim is "Educating Leaders since 1893," and that is the challenge that I take up in accepting the position of Headmaster. I will give my utmost efforts to be an effective and inspiring Headmaster and a model of Servant Leadership.
In this task, I will need help from all of you. Whether your role at TMI is as a student, parent, faculty, staff, alumnus, Trustee, friend, or Governor, you can play a significant role in helping to assure the success of our school. I will begin my duties on July 1, 2012, but, in the meantime, I will work with Mr. Spencer, the Board of Governors, and members of the TMI Community to put the plans in place for a fantastic 2012-2013 school year.
The Four Pillars of TMI provide a template for all of us as we think about the contributions we can make. Academic success happens when you combine fantastically talented teachers and staff with a diverse and energetic group of students and give them the support of parents, alumni, donors, Trustees, and Governors. Athletic success is, similarly, the result of teamwork and collective effort by student-athletes, coaches, teachers, parents, and other adult role models. Military leadership success comes from the traditions and disciplines that are practiced every day by the Texas Military Institute Corps of Cadets, its student membership, and its adult leadership. Spiritual formation happens on that very special journey that all of us take as we seek God's presence in our lives and identify our own roles within the community of faith. What a privilege it is to be part of a school dedicated to these Four Pillars!
As we look ahead to the coming years at TMI, I'm sure that the school will climb new heights, blaze new trails, and be even more impressive tomorrow than it is today. I cannot look into a crystal ball and tell you exactly what that future looks like. But I do know this: It is a great future, one that we will build together, and one that will honor Jesus Christ.
My wife and I have much preparation to do between now and next summer, but I'm sure the months will fly by as we anticipate moving into Pryor House and beginning the work. In the meantime, we want to wish everyone a safe and productive school year. As I've written to the students, "Work hard, take care of each other, and show your Panther Spirit!"
With deepest regards,
John W. Cooper, Ph.D.
Tags: Announcements:Target RedCard - Take Charge of Education Program
We've discovered a terrific way to raise funds for dear old TMI.
It's super-easy, and all you have to do is use your Target Credit Card®, Target Debit Card® or Target® Visa® Credit Card. You'll receive a 5% discount on all purchases. And TMI will receive a percentage of the amount of each purchase in the form of an annual check from Target through the Take Charge of Education® program.
To designate TMI, just visit target.com/tcoe, or call 1-800-316-6142.
- Find out how much money our school has already received at target.com/tcoe.
- Grandparents, alumni, neighbors and friends can take part, too.
To get started, enroll online, our school ID# is 16382.
Tags: Announcements:MacArthur prints by Sally Buffington for sale online
www.tmi-sa.com/prints
A limited number of prints are available for purchase of "Nihil Supra Mores," an artwork by Sally Buffington depicting the statue of Gen. Douglas MacArthur, class of 1897, in silhouette at sunset on the TMI campus. It is titled for TMI's motto, usually translated as "Nothing Above Honor."
For more information and to order online, visit the website www.tmi-sa.com/prints or contact prints@tmi-sa.org for questions.
