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Spring 2023

A diverse group of children and an adult pose for a photo in a classroom filled with colorful posters and student work.
Two young girls stand in a garden with raised beds, a brick building and trees in the background.
Five young girls in blue shirts pose in a school hallway with lockers lining the walls.
Four young girls in pink outfits pose on a smiley-face rug in front of a classroom wall with educational posters.
Three young boys in green %22Lucky Charms%22 t-shirts stand on a grassy area in front of a brick building with a chain-link fence.
Two children examine a raised garden bed in the foreground, with a brick building and chain-link fence in the background.
Two young girls read a book together at a round wooden table in a classroom with shelves and a computer in the background.
A group of excited children pose for a photo in a colorful classroom with blue walls and motivational posters.
Two children in pajamas hold colorful plastic toys in the foreground, with a classroom decorated with motivational posters in the background.
A teacher reads a book to students in a classroom with educational posters on the wall.
A group of children and an adult pose with crafts in a classroom, with colorful decorations and student work visible in the background.
A teacher reads a book to students in a classroom with a whiteboard displaying lesson notes.
A young boy in the foreground colors on a worksheet at a green-covered table, while in the background, adults are visible.
Two young girls lean over a green table in the foreground, examining something in a small container, while blurred figures and a display are visible in the background.
Three excited girls stand behind a wooden block maze with a table and two balls, in front of bookshelves labeled %22NONFICTION.%22

The following information includes the TMS-E partnership classes that were available for students to choose from during the Spring of 2023. The information also includes each of the cooperating teachers and/or community members involved in facilitating the class. TMS-E is incredibly grateful for the hard work of each of the community members involved in furthering our student's knowledge of the world around us in order to become more internationally minded and knowledgeable.

Partnership Class

 Cooperating Partner Teacher/Community Volunteer Member
American Sign Language Devin Siford
Ballet Amy Ahmed - Druid City School of Ballet 
Biology University of Alabama Dept. of Biology Students
Bollywood Dance Hanisha Melvani

Book Club

Tuscaloosa City Schools Literacy Team

Chess

University of Alabama Honors College - Dr. Ross Bryan & Students

Chinese Culture

Yun Lin

Chinese Language

Lina Zhao

Cooking

Lori Greene - University of Alabama Students

Creative Writing: Story Writing

Kailah Trice

Creative Writing: Poetry 

Erika Walsh

Exercise Physiology

University of Alabama Physiology Club

Garden

Margaret Ann Snow

Geology

University of Alabama Geology Club

Mechanical Engineering

Elizabeth Beard

Music Around the World

Teandra Jackson

Quilting

West Alabama Quilters Guild 

Photography

Crosby Thomley

Pottery

Tiffany Amirkarian - Druid City Maker Space

Tour of South America

Carmen Galarraga

Bailey’s Tiger Rock Martial Arts

Brett Bailey

Weaving

Joyce Huizinga

Yoga

Clarissa Bogges