Summer Finale Happy Faces 2

Happy Faces During Our Summer Finale

Summer Camp Finale

Hundreds of parents, grandparents, friends, sisters, brothers and guardians came out on June 30 to witness the songs, dances and spoken word of the 100 plus students who attended our summer camp titled "Music, Movement and Math.

The program Master and Mistress of Ceremonies was Student Advisory Council President Alex and Council Member Miya. Vice President Gabby offered this stirring speech about TEAMS:

Welcome to TEAMS Institute ladies and gentlemen. My name is Gabby and I am Vice President of TEAMS Institute. What does TEAMS mean to me? The word TEAMS itself means Technology, Engineering, the Arts, Medicine and Science, but to me it means more than that. I love coming in everyday to see all my friends and also great teachers.

Mr. White is a great teacher, has patience and is also someone to come to for advice. Mr. Brown, he is funny, energetic, and has a lot of plans in store for us TEAMS students. He can also be very strict and scary, but he has a very good heart and is great with kids. Mr. Tavares is like my best friend, he’s helped me through a lot and to face my fear of singing out loud to people.

Like one of my good friends said, “Don’t waste your talent.” That’s very important to me, his words were inspiring and I’m trying harder to do what I love, which is sing. You see folks, TEAMS isn’t just about coming for a couple of hours to associate and have fun with friends, it’s also about going to learn about colleges and go on field trips to visit those colleges, because sooner or later time will fly by and we won’t be your little kids anymore.

TEAMS is a great place to go to if you need help with homework. TEAMS is a great little environment where everyone gets along, and were like a family. We've been through good times and bad times, thing is we’ve been through it together and not alone. Thank god for keeping all of us TEAMS students safe the other day we had a minor wreck. Gladly, no one was hurt and we were all able to make it home safely that very same day. Soon as we had bumped into each other, and suddenly stopped, I looked up and said to myself, Lord please let everyone be ok, and thank you god for it not being to serious. See folks god is good. The things he does for us. I love TEAMS like we were all a big family. That’s what its all about.

I enjoy coming to TEAMS to sing, to learn and to be ready for whatever Ms. Williams has planned for us. Thank you Ms. Williams for everything you do for us. I’m glad you have that kind of patience with us, even when we are bad. You do all you can for us to have a great time here at TEAMS and I just want to say Thank you from me and from all the TEAMS students and teachers who love you dearly. Thank you

Let's Move: TEAMS Summer Tips

During the summer continue connecting to the family, fun, health and wellness campaign launched by the first Lady Michelle Obama and music artist Beyonce Knowles. Check out this video and learn the dance. Maybe a dance contest at the end of the summer???

TEAMS Youth Center Focus Group

A focus group of staff, students and supporters gathered at the new TEAMS Youth Center to test out the new space and equipment. One student Noreli stated, "This is really impressive!". The focus group of attendees ranging in age from elders to tweens spent time sitting and chatting, spitting on the open-mic, dunking on the bball goal; challenging each other in air hockey and ping pong while chillin in the cafe area. "This is nice. We are excited about our new center!" exclaimed many of the students.

Those in attendance include Mayor Jill Holland, City of McKenzie; Coach Dino Kaklis, Bethel University; Shirley Moore, The Moore Farm; TC and NE Williams, Rosenwald Center; Noreli, Alex,Jalexis,Chris, DeJalyn, Gabriela, Nick, Kegan, Sierra, Chasidy, Darius, Julina, Elijah, Tyeisha, Eric, Marvin,Chris, Sanjuanita and Montrell.

TEAMS Supporters Experience New Center

Extreme Makeover: TEAMS Home Edition, The Reveal

In the great tradition of "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" television, we offer
"the reveal" of our new space at TEAMS (and yes this is the part where we all jump up and down, scream and faint because we are exhanusted from working so hard but so overwhelmed with the beauty of the space, LOL).

Keep It Moving 3: TEAMS Extreme Makeover - Photo Journal

Progress Day Celebration

We sent this invitation out to our friends and family to invite everyone to come by for a sneak peek at our new home. Spread the word! Tuesday, March 1, 2011 doors open at 5pm the program starts at 6 pm.

Keep It Moving 2

This is a progress photo of our work. In this photo we had cleaned, scrubbed, painted, pushed, pulled and posted pictures to make the place more like home. In this photo we are setting up our brain game zones at the center. Keep It Moving !!!

Keep It Moving

Over the last few months, we have been moving our programming to a new location. We have conducted calls, meetings, painting, hauling, assembling, laughing and crying in rain, snow, sleet and heat to complete the opening of this new space. We are located at 1944 Cedar Street. This first post is a before photo of the space.

A Weekend of Service: Donor Spotlight

We are so very grateful to Nashville Givecamp for helping us automate the records of our program. We produced and/or expanded databases for student records, reports and donations. Their contribution will save over 80 hours of staff time each month in data management. This will give us more time to spend with our students.

A team of creative geniuses and professionals laughed, talked, coded and shared a meal or two throughout the weekend of January 14. The professionals included Geoff Alday, Wendy Czymoch, Leah Gilliam, Ben Henderson, Gaines Kergosien, Shawn Lacroix,Chris McPherson,Patrick Schroeder, Marvin Palmer and Rebecca West. 

We immensely enjoyed composing and playing our data melody with this team of caring and passionate artistic engineers.

For more information on Givecamp visit the website: http://givecamp.org/

For more information on Nashville Givecamp visit the website: http://nashvillegivecamp.org/

Mr. Jones Secures Contract

Keith Jones, a loyal administrator and supporter of the TEAMS Institute has secured a contract to provide business management services to the Kroger Company.

He met with students at McKenzie High School in January to present his career journey and encourage them to continue their work with TEAMS. He has a business degree from Bethel University. He is currently pursuing his Masters in Business Administration from Bethel University.

We wish Mr. Jones much success in his new assignment. We look forward to his continued collaboration and support with the TEAMS Institute.