SGE Family Newsletter

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Jan 15 - MLK Day of Service (See update below)

Jan 17 - Big Kahuna Party Bus

Jan 22-26 - Holocaust Remembrance Week

Jan 29 - No School for Students / Professional Development Day for Staff

February - Black History Month

Feb 5-9 - National School Counselors' Week

Feb 6-7 - Play it Safe

Feb 7 - 100th Day of School, Kindergarten 100th Day Parade

Feb 9 - Valentine Parties

Feb 15 - National School Resource Officer Appreciation Day

Feb 15 - Bilingual & ESL Family Night

Feb 16 - Class Picture Day

Feb 16 - End of the 4th Six Weeks

Feb 19 - No School for Students / Professional Development Day for Staff

Feb 19 - State of Texas Anniversary Remembrance

Feb 22 - 4th Six Weeks Report Cards Post to Family Access

Due to the weather, all off-campus travel for MLK Day of Service projects (Monday, January 15th) have been canceled. Students will continue, however, with any portions of their planned service projects that can be completed on campus and spend the day focusing on the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Students who sold 15 items (or 20 combined items with their SGE siblings) earned a trip on the Big Kahuna party buses to McDonald's for lunch on Wednesday, January 17th. Permission slips were sent home this past week. If you think your child may have been skipped in error, please reach out to the SGE office.

Congratulations to the 132 students campus-wide who participated in the Winter Reading Challenge! These students read over the holiday break and turned in completed reading logs on Tuesday, January 9th! As a reward for their efforts, they were served Mojo's hot chocolate in class! Thank you to our parent volunteers who helped serve up lots of hot chocolate!

The 3rd six weeks report cards posted on January 11th. An important piece in the family-school partnership is staying aware of student performance. It is requested that parents view and electronically sign progress reports and report cards. See the directions below, and be sure to get those signatures in! In addition, parents are encouraged to regularly view grades in Skyward.

Play It Safe is a child safety program that educates children how to identify and prevent abuse and empowers children in grades Kinder-2 to practice safe behavior. This program also offers resources to help parents, caregivers and teachers protect children by teaching and practicing the 3-part rule of personal safety. Play It Safe was created by The Women’s Center of Tarrant County. This program has been presented to thousands of children in the Texas Hill Country since 2013. This information is presented through videos, workbook activities and classroom discussion.

What to Expect

Through age-appropriate stories elementary school students learn to recognize the three kinds of touch and are empowered with tools to respond using the 3-part safety rule if they are ever in an uncomfortable situation. This safety rule can be applied to many circumstances that students may encounter, such as bullying, online situations, peer pressure or exploitation by friends/family. The safety rule encourages assertive responses, whether it is used with strangers or someone the child knows and loves. The presentation format is classroom-based so that children are in a familiar environment and able to focus and interact freely. Each presentation lasts approximately 30 minutes and includes an age-appropriate interactive conversation with a 10-20-minute movie.

Families can also view more information at www.playitsafe.org.

Play it Safe presentations will be made on February 6th and 7th at SGE. Your child brought home an information sheet and permission form for the “Play it Safe” Program. Please sign and return this form as soon as possible. Contact the school counselor, Shannon Franklin, with any questions. sfranklin@burnetcisd.net or 512.756.2126

Play it Safe is presented by:

Please join us in showing appreciation for their dedication and hard work. They are extraordinary people who voluntarily tackle the enormous job of governing our school district. Their actions and decisions affect the present and future lives of our children. They play a crucial role in CRAFTING the FUTURE in Burnet CISD.

Earl Foster- President

Angela Moore- Vice President

Mark Kincaid- Secretary

Robby Robertson- Trustee

Ross Behrens- Trustee

Suzanne Brown- Trustee

Katy Duke- Trustee

Today we celebrated students who earned “Responsible Attendance” for the 3rd six weeks with a snowball fight, S’mores snack, and a new brag tag! This designation is earned by having no more than 1 absence OR 1 tardy for the six weeks.

The 4th six weeks is a clean slate and brings a new opportunity to earn the 4th six weeks incentive which is a Pop Party (popcorn, ring pops and soda pop)!

SGE's ADA for this past week was 95.8%. We're so happy to see it back up in the nineties! Before the Christmas break, we dropped down to 88%! We're hopeful for a healthy semester!

ADA stands for Average Daily Attendance and is defined as the total days of student attendance divided by the total days of instruction. "98 IS Great!", so 98% is our goal!

Shady Grove Elementary is proud to announce Tiffany Myers as the 2023-2024 Teacher of the Year! Mrs. Myers is making her mark as a 2nd grade teacher and as a teacher leader on campus. She is a reflective educator and values staying current on best instructional practices. She humbly collaborates with her teammates and is willing to both share ideas and consider new ones. Her wisdom, her relationships, and her graceful way with words all contribute to her effectiveness in the classroom with her students and with her colleagues. She creates a welcoming classroom culture with her gentle manner in working with students, and she is driven to help ALL students reach their highest potential. Her positive attitude and smile have outreaching influences. Mrs. Myers is a blessing to Shady Grove Elementary, and we are proud to have her on our team!

During the 4th six weeks, Shady Grove teachers will be looking for students who exhibit Steven Covey's Habit #4, Think Win-Win! This habit focuses on collaboration for mutual benefit! I win and YOU win!

Be sure to check our Facebook page for pictures of the Habit Heroes for the 3rd six weeks!

A parent must provide an explanation for any absence within 5 days of the student’s arrival or return to school. The student must submit a note signed by the parent. The campus may accept an email from the parent sent to the school’s attendance clerk, but reserves the right to require a written note. The form below will send an email to SGE's Attendance Clerk and then the campus will determine whether to classify the absence as excused or unexcused.

Shady Grove Elementary School

This information may also be found on the BCISD website:

Parents & Students » Notification of Student Absence

Submit an email on the same day as the transportation change request by 1:30 p.m. to sge-transportation@burnetcisd.net

Include the following details in the email:

• Student’s full name
• Student’s grade level
• Student’s homeroom teacher
• The transportation change you want made for today (bus rider to car rider or car rider to bus rider)

Requests made after 1:30pm will not be processed. Notes, phone calls, text messages and emails sent to any other email will not be processed.

Click here for helpful links shared by the Shady Grove PTO!

7:15am Office Opens

7:15am Student Drop Off/Breakfast

7:40am School Begins

7:45am Tardy Bell

9:00am Students not in attendance are marked absent

1:30pm Transportation changes due, please email: sge-transportation@burnetcisd.net

3:20pm Student Dismissal

4:00pm Office/School Closes

Email: sge-transportation@burnetcisd.net
Website: sge.burnetcisd.net/
Location: 111 Shady Grove Road, Burnet, TX, USA
Phone: (512) 756-2126
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ShadyGroveBurnet