The Mustang Message

Dear Mustang Families,

Can you believe that we just finished the last full week in the month of March? This year is seriously flying by, but we still have so many memories to make together during these last two months!

🖥️Kinder Registration : Incoming Kinder Registration for the 25-26 school year begins on Monday, March 31st. You are welcome to come by the campus between 8:30-4 p.m. to complete enrollment paperwork. We will also have our Kinder Roundup on April 1st from 5-6:30 p.m. We cannot wait to meet our new Kinder Mustangs!

👟Mustang Stampede: Our Mustangs have been doing some serious FUNdraising! With week one of our fundraiser complete, we have already raised over $22,000. We currently have 44% of our Mustangs registered to participate. Our big event will take place on Friday, April 4th. Kinder-2nd grade will participate from 8-9:30 a.m. and 3rd-5th grade will participate from 9:30-11 a.m. All students will be provided a shirt for the event. Our Life Skills classes will be running the concession stand during the event and students will need money to make a purchase. We hope you will make plans to join us!

🧦Wear Blue: April 2nd is Autism Awareness Day and we are encouraging all Mustangs to wear BLUE to show their support!

🛍️Plastic Bag Collection: Do you want to help our school win some extra money? It is simple...bring your recycled plastic bags to the big box in the vestibule. We will be collecting bags through April 4th!

😴Pajama Day: Monday, March 31st will be a school-wide Pajama Day for raising $10,000 for Mustang Stampede. This is a little delayed due to benchmarks this past week and Picture Day.

Thank you for your continued support in making Daniels such a special place for learning and growth. Have a wonderful weekend!

Warm Regards,

Katie Miller, Principal

The purpose of the KISD Inspire Award is to highlight district employees who show up and inspire students and others around them.

This award allows employees at all levels to be recognized for their great efforts, selfless acts and commitment to kindness. This is our way of saying we see and appreciate you!

Iris Marks, Tom Daniels Elementary - Kerrville ISD

Nomination: “I get to work with Mrs. Marks every day for 1 hour as her Inclusion teacher and I have learned so much from her! Her classroom management is phenomenal as she addresses student behavior, both positive and negative, immediately and in a very professional manner. Students respond very well to her because of her approach to addressing classroom expectations... Mrs. Marks always has a positive outlook and models that well for both myself and her students. She inspires me every day to become a better teacher!"

DOCTOR'S NOTES: Please bring physical, paper doctor's notes or have them faxed to us from the doctor's office. FAX 830.257.2201 Attn: Daniels Elementary

TARDY: If it is after 8:00am and your child is in K-3, please walk them into the office to check them in.

What is Courage?

• Courage is the ability and strength to face something that may be difficult or challenging. Courage is not the absence of fear but rather perseverance in the presence of fear and the willingness to stand up for what is right or try something new, even though it may be uncomfortable or uncertain.

Why focus on Courage?

• Courage encourages engagement. Courage helps students raise their hands, participate, try new things, and voice their opinions.
• Courage builds self-confidence. Courage is the choice to act. By doing something, students increase their belief in themselves and their ability to do difficult or challenging things.
• Courage can help reframe a negative. When something does not go as planned, or a student gets upset about a mistake or failure, courage can help reframe the event in a positive light.

Courage in Action:

• Provide leadership opportunities. Students can learn and demonstrate leadership by teaching and mentoring others, classroom roles and responsibilities, or community outreach.
• Encourage discussion and debate. Foster curiosity and empower students to formulate ideas and engage in respectful discourse and conversations.
• Celebrate failures. Create opportunities to reduce fear of failure and celebrate when students try something new, even if they are not successful the first time

We are so excited that it is finally time for our Annual Mustang Stampede FUNdraiser! This year we are collecting donations through an online platform called Booster. It is easy to share the link with family members and post online as well. When our campus gets to at least 50% of students registered with the Booster platform, we will have a school-wide hat day! Currently we are at 44% of students registered.

The top 12 overall fundraisers, will get to pick from a prize! Those prizes include: Ozobot Kit, Sports Basket, Adventure Basket, Game Basket, Remote Control Car, Beats Headphones, STEAM Basket, Pogo Stick, Nintendo Lite, Kindle Fire, 3D Printer Basket, and a 32" Smart TV! We are excited to see who our Top 12 Fundraisers are!

The grade level that raises the most funds will receive a Donuts and OJ party for the entire grade level. The class in each grade level that raises the most money will have a pizza and brownie party.

We would love to raise at least $40,00 as a campus! We have set goals for our campus, and when we reach each one as a campus, we will schedule the prize!

$5,000- Crazy Hair Day- ACHIEVED

$10,000- Pajama Day- ACHIEVED (happening on March 31st)

$20,000- Popsicle Party- ACHIEVED (happening on Mustang Stampede)

$30,000- Extra Recess for Everyone!

$40,000- School-Wide Dance Party

Any student who collects at least $1 during the fundraiser will be put into a drawing for a chance to pie either Mrs. Miller or Ms. Nathanson! One lucky winner from each grade level will be picked!

March 31st: 25-26 Kinder Registration Begins

March 31st: Mustang Stampede Pajama Day

April 1st: 25-26 Kinder Round Up Registration from 5-6:30 p.m.

April 2nd: Wear Blue for Autism Awareness Day

April 2nd: Paraprofessional Appreciation Day

April 4th: Mustang Stampede

April 4th: End of the 5th 6-Weeks

April 4th: School Librarian Appreciation Day

April 7th-11th: National Assistant Appreciation Week

April 7th: Start of the 6th 6-Weeks

April 8th: PTO Meeting at 12 p.m.

April 15th: 3rd-5th Grade RLA STAAR

April 15th: 2nd Grade Field Trip to the San Antonio Zoo

April 15th: Life Skills Field Trip to Louise Hays Park

April 17th: 5th 6-Weeks Academic Pep Rally and Mustang Stampede Awards

April 17th: Chick-Fil-A Spirit Night from 5-8 p.m.

April 18th: No School

April 21st: No School

April 22nd: School Bus Driver Appreciation Day

April 23rd: 5th Grade Science STAAR

April 23rd: Administrative Professional Appreciation Day

April 25th: 1st Grade Field Trip to the Community Garden

April 29th: 3rd-5th Grade Math STAAR

April 29th: Life Skills Field Trip to Singing Wind Park

Each Tuesday at Daniels, our staff will be trying to help promote CCMR (College, Career, and Military Readiness) by wearing shirts of different colleges, careers, and branches of the military. Although attending college is a great option for students when they graduate from high school, it isn't the only option that can lead to a rewarding and successful future. Our students may be young, but their future is bright! We invite all of our Mustangs to join in on Tuesdays and wear their favorite CCMR shirt!

Please note the following procedures that will be in place to help this process go smoothly.

• Visitors MUST check in at the front office by presenting their ID and obtain a visitor's pass.
  
• Visitors will be able to eat with their student in the designated seating. No friends or classmates will be able to join.
• Visitors are not permitted to sit at the student tables with homeroom classes.
• You are welcome to bring food for your student, but it cannot be shared with other classmates.
• Visitors will NOT be able to walk with students back to their class after lunch or attend recess with them.
• Visitors MUST sign out in the Office before leaving campus.

Scheduled Lunch Times

Kindergarten: 10:45-11:15 a.m.

1st Grade: 11:05-11:35 a.m.

2nd Grade: 11:25-11:55 a.m.

3rd Grade: 12:35-1:05 p.m.

4th Grade: 12:00-12:30 p.m.

5th Grade: 11:50-12:20 p.m.

Our campus goal this year is 96% school-wide attendance. Regular attendance is extremely important. If your child is absent from school, please call or email your child's homeroom teacher and our Attendance Secretary as soon as you know they will not be attending school that day. Please include the reason for the absence. Excused absences are illness, medical appointments, or death in the family. Notes, calls, or emails must be received within 3 school days of the child returning. Unexcused absences may result in your child being placed on an attendance plan, prevent your child from being promoted to the next grade level, or may result in truancy charges being filed. Attendance is taken each day at 10:00 a.m. A student must be on campus at that time to be counted present.

Students are counted tardy if they are not in their class by 7:45a.m. Parents are required to bring the student into the office to check them in if arriving after 8 a.m. Chronic tardiness will be addressed by administration. It is vital that students arrive to school on time. This time is important to helping develop social skills, organization skills, and learning to begin the day prepared. Students that arrive after 7:45 often come in behind the rest of the class, causing anxiety and stress on the student. Always allow time for traffic delays due to weather conditions and the first few weeks of school.

All visitors and volunteers must sign in at the front office before entering the campus. Our Raptor system requires a valid photo ID for all first time visitors. Each year this is reset. Visitors will be unable to enter the campus if they have not signed in with proper ID, even if the DES team knows you. We will not allow visitors to be released to classrooms unless the teacher has previously let the office staff know.

Parents are welcome to visit at lunch time during your student's grade level lunch time starting Monday, August 19th. We will continue to have a visitor's table.

At the conclusion of their visit, all visitors MUST sign out in the office before leaving campus.

Birthday treats must be store bought with a nutrition label. Treats from bakeries must also include a nutrition label.

Birthday treats may be dropped off in the front office. Visitors will not go to classrooms for birthday celebrations. Teachers will celebrate the last 15 minutes of the day, prior to dismissal. Flowers and balloons are not to be sent to school for delivery for any student.

If your student needs a transportation change for the day, please do your best to contact the office by 2:00 p.m. As it gets closer to 3 p.m., it can sometimes be difficult to locate students as the dismissal process begins. We understand that emergencies happen and will assist when those arise.

We also ask that students who need to leave early are picked up by 2:30 p.m. as well. This will allow our office staff to focus on dismissal and to ensure that it runs smoothly.

Thanks for your cooperation and understanding!

Breakfast and Lunch are offered on campus daily. Please check the menu frequently to see any changes that might occur.

2024-2025 Meal Prices

Breakfast Paid Student - $1.75

Breakfast Reduced Student - Free

Lunch Paid Student - $3.25

Lunch Reduced Student - $0.40

Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) is an evidence-based, tiered framework for supporting students’ behavioral, academic, social, emotional, and mental health. When implemented with fidelity, PBIS improves social emotional competence, academic success, and school climate. It also improves teacher health and wellbeing. It is a way to create positive, predictable, equitable and safe learning environments where everyone thrives.

Kerrville ISD is utilizing PBIS on all four elementary campuses as well as at HPMS.

At Daniels, we have adopted the acronym of PRIDE. Our Mustangs are expected to show PRIDE in all they do and in all areas of the school. Students are asked to wear their badge so they can be rewarded for showing PRIDE throughout the school and by all staff members. Students are able to use their points to shop at the PBIS Store and to participate in school-wide incentives.

Please remember to send a water bottle with your child each day that is labeled with their name. We will have a water bottle filling station available for students to refill their water throughout the day if needed and an option for students if they do not have a water bottle.

Please remember that all cellular devices should remain off and in student backpacks during the school day. When students have exited the building they are welcome to get their devices out and turn them on.

If you need to get a hold of your student during the school day, please contact the front office and we can relay the message to them.

Regular school attendance is important. Please ensure that your student is at school each day possible.