The Art Club is for students who want to draw, paint, and create more artwork outside of regular class time. Painting, drawing, and sculpting out of clay are just a few of the fun projects that Art Club members do throughout the year to develop technical skills and creative expression! The Art club meets on the second Tuesday of every month in Room 56. Art supplies are donated and we welcome new donors. A list of projects for the year is given to members.

Advisor: Jean Miller

The mission of the Photography Club is to provide a supportive environment for interested photography students to share their creativity, knowledge, and passion for photography. The club will hold regular meetings and discussions and organize events such as photo-walks, field trips,  gallery visits, and lectures and workshops by visiting artists.

Advisor: Cyndi Washingtion

Yearbook Club offers many benefits to those who join. It’s a group activity that allows students to learn a variety of skills that will likely be useful to them in the future. Working with a group of students can help you improve your teamwork and coworking skills. Students also have the opportunity to try their hand at photography, graphic design, and Photoshop. There are even aspects of Yearbook Club that relate to journalism—you might have the opportunity to interview students and write about what they have to say on school-wide and current events!

Advisor: Sarah Collins

Thinking about joining student council? You should be! It's a great way to make friends and gain leadership experience, especially if you're interested in politics. All student government members are responsible for attending meetings (usually weekly). These weekly meetings include all members of the council as well as the faculty adviser. At these weekly meetings, members brainstorm events they'd like to plan and divvy up the tasks. Occasionally (typically once or twice each school year), the grade-level student councils will hold an open meeting to allow their classmates to come and voice their concerns or suggest ideas. 

Advisor: Wayne Wilson

FBLA is the high school division of Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda, Inc. FBLA helps high school students prepare for careers in business through academic competitions (FBLA Competitive Events), leadership development, and educational programs. If you’re interested in developing your leadership, communication, and teamwork skills, FBLA is the organization for you. 

Advisor: Mark Harris

Meets on the second Wednesday of every month in Room 44. The Environmental Club initiated a school-wide recycling program and placed bins in every classroom, meeting room, and office; installed solar panels on the school roof; and organized year-long activities centered on climate change education.

Advisor: Matt Winger

A Chromebook is a laptop of a different breed. Instead of Windows or Mac OS. Chromebooks run Google's Chrome OS. These machines are designed to be used primarily while connected to the Internet, with most applications and documents living in the cloud. You should find that it starts up more quickly than a PC or laptop because it does not run many processes. Most anything you can do via the internet you can do on a Chromebook.

Chromebooks are an affordable Internet appliance that will get students onto the Internet and to utilize the Google Apps suite. The Google ecosystem provides a robust, low cost (actually free), cloud-based platform that is a good fit for achieving learning standards and other curriculum goals to increase student engagement, further involve students in active learning, and provide students with 21st Century skills such as communication, critical thinking, creativity, and collaboration, along with content expertise. Because of their tremendous adoption rates in K12, we can be assured that Chromebooks will be compatible with major web-based applications moving forward. At the same time, teachers and students are not locked into the device per se, as Google Apps can be accessed from PCs, Macs, iPads, Androids, etc.

During the 2020/2021 academic school year, all students will be provided with a district owned Chromebook.

Students will be creating documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and projects. They will be able to do so collaboratively because documents can be shared among the users. Students will be completing assignments online and then uploading them again online to their teachers through Schoology and Google Classroom.

Because of the constant internet connection, students will be able to collaborate not only with immediate classmates, but with content and other learners around the world.

The student’s Chromebook is an important learning tool and is for educational purposes only. In order to take your Chromebook home each day, Grade K - 12 students are required to accept terms found in the Chromebook Acceptable Use Policy and The District Acceptable Use Policy for Computer Based Resources. These documents can be found in the CPSD Chromebook Handbook.

No. Devices will be turned in at the end of the school year so the district can do maintenance on them. Devices will be re-issued at the start of the school year to continuing students. Devices issued to students who leave the district (move, graduate, etc.) will be reformatted and re-issued to other students on an as-needed basis. 

Anna is dedicated to her profession and has a heart for students. She exudes patience & her classroom is filled with respect. I could stand outside her door & listen all day long to the rich conversations she has with her students. Anna brings calm to the preschool chaos. Her room is fun, but well managed. She is highly revered by her co-workers as the building technology guru! 

Coach Fournier is more than a PE teacher, her influence spreads across the entire TJ campus. She gives so much of herself. She knows students do not all feel success in the classroom so she makes sure she uncovers and encourages their talents in PE. She has even found innovative ways to incorporate classroom academics into her PE room. She will often seek out a teammate just to make them smile or feel important.

Mr. Sorrells is a great music teacher. Since his arrival at Mattison our students have flourished and regularly name music as one of their favorite activity classes. He always goes above and beyond what is expected of him. He is known for assisting classroom teachers with their special projects. He has exposed our students to a variety of music styles that they have grown to appreciate.

Ellen is such a great asset to Ida Burns. She gives 110% to everything she does. She plans lessons that go above and beyond the basics. She takes her students on many adventures as well as teaches them life skills. She exceeds at individualizing instruction for meeting her students’ needs. Not only does she excel in the speech therapy world, she is always there helping us plan various events at school for parent nights. 

Mrs. Leah Mercer has all the characteristics one must have to be a successful kindergarten teacher: the love for children, patience, empathy, creativity, and a desire to mold and shape young minds. She takes her responsibility for integrating young children into the world of learning very seriously! It is safe to say that Mrs. Mercer is one of the most important educators her students will have during their school years!

Everyday Ms. Hanson demonstrates her heart for kids through passionate attention to not only rigor, but also differentiated instruction that reaches every child. Ms. Hanson’s passion enhances learning for her students and also makes her a leader in our school. She is an example of a teacher who promotes a school culture of love and caring for all of our students.

Mrs. Smith does an excellent job in her classroom. It is easy to see how effective a teacher she is by observing her interactions with students. Mrs. Smith is a leader in our building serving as department chair. She is one of those teachers that you wish you had while in high school or you wish your child had while in high school and that is the highest compliment a teacher can receive.