The first semester is coming to an end and it has flown by! We have seen great things and had so much fun this year. The next three weeks will done before we know it and there will be so much going on. We look forward to celebrating the holiday season with your children!

11/20 - 11/24 Thanksgiving Break

11/27 - 12/8 SDISD Attendance Challenge

12/2 - District UIL Meet

12/4 - City of San Diego Christmas Parade

12/9 - Saturday School

12/11 - Holiday spirit week reward begins

12/11 - 2nd - 5th grade Holiday Show

12/12 - PK3 - 1st grade Holiday Show

12/12 - Common Assessment #3 5th Science

12/13 - Common Assessment #3 2nd - 5th Math

12/14 - Common Assessment #3 2nd - 5th Reading

12/14 - 1st and 2nd grade attend Falfurrias high school children's play

12/19 - Winter Dance (during the day)

12/20 - Holiday celebrations, early release

12/21 - 1/8 Winter Break

1/9 - Classes resume

Please join us for our annual holiday shows! The shows will be at San Diego High School auditorium. Each student will get 3 tickets to the show in order to make sure we have enough space for everyone.

We have done a great job with attendance this year! Let's keep it up the last few weeks with an attendance challenge. Our goal for SDISD is to be model school district and to accomplish this we need students at school, learning every day. We typically see a drop in attendance when the temperature drops and we want to give additional motivation to come. If students earn the reward they will get to dress up or wear spirit shirts the last two weeks before the break.

Our next Saturday school is December 9. All students are welcome! We will have some great learning activities that are winter themed as well as cookie decorating and hot chocolate. This is a great time to review for common assessment #3 the next week.

Common assessment #3 will be our longest, hardest test so far this year. We have had great results on our first two tests and look forward to seeing how our students do on the next one. Talk to your child about the importance of growth. If students continue to get better every time they will soon be where they need to. We are asking that you make sure students attend these days well rested and ready to go!

The annual city parade is coming up on December 4 and our AR readers will be featured on our CPE float! The top two students with the most AR points per grade level will be invited. We will also showcase our students who were supposed to be in the homecoming parade. We will send out information to parents November 27 for those students who will be in the parade.

We have been having a large number of students leaving early and arriving late. Our goal is to have students in class learning. In an effort to cut down on the problem we will be implementing a new rule. Please see the flyer below. Thank you for your help!

Please be aware of the dress code expectations. We are preparing our students for a future of success!

As always, please reach out with any questions.

Amanda Morgan

Collins-Parr Elementary School Principal

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