Cougar Newsletter

February 2025 💘

Our Mission....

At Crain Elementary, we inspire lifelong learners who positively contribute to our multicultural community through rigorous blended learning and strong relationships in a safe and nurturing environment.

Attendance Matters

At Crain, we strive to reach our campus attendance goal of 94% or above each day, and with your support, we KNOW we can achieve it! Our Quarter 3 attendance average was 93%, which is close but still a bit shy of our target. We’re excited to share that our students are loving the new attendance incentives we’ve introduced!

Here’s a quick rundown of what we’ve got going on:

Daily: Classroom flags and spelling out “Perfect Attendance” for a Pizza Party!
Weekly: A drawing for a coin for our Book Vending Machine for students with no absences or tardies, plus a grade-level paw for the highest attendance.
9-Week Period: The grade level with the highest attendance average wins a pickle & popcorn party.
Yearly: The grade level with the highest overall attendance wins a Kona Ice party!

Let’s work together to make sure our students are here, learning, and reaching their full potential every day. Thank you for your continued support!

🚨🚨🚨NEW DATE: TELPAS TESTING🚨🚨🚨

Testing days are not like other school days. To comply with state and local policies, we must always maintain a secure testing environment. Visitors are not allowed in secure testing areas, including hallways, cafeteria, or other areas where students who are testing may be located. Therefore, no visitors will be admitted on campus on upcoming TELPAS Assessment Dates. Even if your child is not participating in the assessment, the campus remains closed to visitors.

Crain will be closed to visitors from March 4 - March 7, 2025.

Los días de exámenes no son como otros días escolares. Para cumplir con las políticas estatales y locales, siempre debemos mantener un entorno de prueba seguro. No se permiten visitantes en áreas seguras para los exámenes, incluidos los pasillos, la cafetería u otras áreas donde se puedan ubicar los estudiantes que están haciendo el examen. Por lo tanto, no se admitirán visitantes en el campus en las próximas fechas de examen de TELPAS. Incluso si su hijo no participa en la evaluación, la escuela permanece cerrada a los visitantes.

Crain estará cerrado para visitantes del 4 de marzo hasta el 7 de marzo de 2025.

🤕 A Note From the Nurse 🤕

This weather brings colder outdoor air, seasonal allergies, and cold viruses, which means runny noses and coughs. It can be difficult to distinguish between what is an allergy and what could be the flu, other respiratory infections, or cold symptoms. Here are some suggestions to navigate through this time of year.

· If your student has known seasonal allergies, prevention of symptoms is possible when starting allergy medication in a timely manner.

· The flu is typically characterized by sudden onset of chills, body aches, fever, and respiratory symptoms.

· Symptoms of respiratory infections could be headaches, muscles aches, fever, congestion or runny nose.

· When in doubt please reach out to the nurse.

Please review coughing techniques with your children; coughing/sneezing into your elbow helps prevent the spread of germs and allows them to stay in school and enjoy learning. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me, irasema.shnowski@visd.net. Thank you, have a great month.

Noticias de la Enfermera

Este clima trae aire exterior más frío, alergias estacionales y virus del resfriado, lo que significa secreción nasal y tos. Puede resultar difícil distinguir entre lo que es una alergia y lo que podría ser gripe, otras infecciones respiratorias o síntomas de resfriado. A continuación se ofrecen algunas sugerencias para navegar en esta época del año.

• Si su estudiante tiene alergias estacionales conocidas, es posible prevenir los síntomas al comenzar a tomar medicamentos para la alergia de manera oportuna.

• La gripe se caracteriza típicamente por la aparición repentina de escalofríos, dolores corporales, fiebre y síntomas respiratorios.

• Los síntomas de infecciones respiratorias pueden ser dolores de cabeza, dolores musculares, fiebre, congestión o secreción nasal.

• En caso de duda, comuníquese con la enfermera.

Revise las técnicas de tos con sus hijos; Toser/estornudar en el codo ayuda a prevenir la propagación de gérmenes y les permite permanecer en la escuela y disfrutar del aprendizaje. Si tiene alguna pregunta, no dude en comunicarse conmigo, irasema.shnowski@visd.net.

Parent Sessions

Parent University

Join us for FREE interactive sessions designed to give parents and guardians the tools and strategies to support their child success! All sessions will be hosted at VISD Connections 3002 East North Street, Suite J, Victoria, Texas 77901. These interactive workshops are a valuable opportunity to connect with other parents, share experiences, and gain insights to support your child’s growth.

Register for free today, call 361-788-9909 to save your spot.

Our website: https://www.visd.net/page/parent-university

🎉Congratulations Winners🎉

In the Texas State Soil and Water Conservation "Home is Where the Habitat is" contest, Crain placed 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place. Congratulations to the following students:

Aaliyah Garcia (5th grade) -1st Place

Domingo Sanchez (3rd grade) - 2nd Place

Jaydon Sanchez (5th grade) - 3rd Place