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Eagle Nation News
April 2024
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What's Happening in Special Areas (Art, Music, PE, Library) in March?
Kindergarten
- Art: Students will be focusing implementing, practicing, and improving their fine motor skills via drawing, painting, cutting and gluing.
- Music: Identify the difference bewtween steady beat and rhythm. Perform rhythms on percussion instruments.
- PE: Students will be learning and practicing Field Day activities. Students will practice teamwork skills while using a play parachute. Students will practice the basic fundamentals of Frisbee throwing.
- Library:
First Grade
- Art: Students will be focusing implementing, practicing, and improving their fine motor skills via drawing, painting, cutting and gluing.
- Music: Read sol and mi on the staff, and prepare to read quarter rest rhythms.
- PE: Students will be learning and practicing Field Day activities. Students will practice teamwork skills while using a play parachute. Students will practice the basic fundamentals of Frisbee throwing.
- Library:
Second Grade
- Art: Students will be focusing implementing, practicing, and improving their fine motor skills via drawing, painting, cutting and gluing.
- Music: Perform familiar rhythms. Read and perform melodies on solfege.
- PE: Students will be learning and practicing Field Day activities. Students will practice teamwork skills while using a play parachute. Students will practice the basic fundamentals of Frisbee throwing.
- Library:
Third Grade
- Art: Students will be focusing implementing, practicing, and improving their fine motor skills via drawing, painting, cutting and gluing.
- Music: Perform and count sixteenth note rhythms.
- PE: S Students will be learning and practicing Field Day activities. Students will practice teamwork skills while using a play parachute. Students will practice the basic fundamentals of Frisbee throwing.
- Library:
Fourth Grade
- Art: Students will be focusing implementing, practicing, and improving their fine motor skills via drawing, painting, cutting, gluing and sculpting.
- Music: Read and perform rhythm patterns including Eighth/two sixteenth notes.
- PE: Students will be learning and practicing Field Day activities. Students will practice teamwork skills while using a play parachute. Students will practice the basic fundamentals of Frisbee throwing.
- Library:
Fifth Grade
- Art: Students will be focusing implementing, practicing, and improving their fine motor skills via drawing, painting, cutting, gluing and sculpting.
- Music: Read and perform rhythm patterns including Eighth/two sixteenth notes. Introduction to Guitar.
- PE: Students will be learning and practicing Field Day activities. Students will practice teamwork skills while using a play parachute. Students will practice the basic fundamentals of Frisbee throwing.
- Library:
SCHOOL MEAL ASSISTANCE + ADDING MONEY TO YOUR CHILD'S LUNCH ACCOUNT
If you would like to apply for school meal assistance (lunch/breakfast at a free or reduced price), please use the link below.
It will prompt you to sign up for a SchoolCafe account first (or sign in if you already have an account from last year), then you may click on the benefits link within. This is also the place to add funds to your child's breakfast/lunch account if they will be eating in the cafeteria this school year.
For questions, please refer to the Denton ISD Child Nutrition website below or call (940) 369-0230.
Child Nutrition / Homepage (dentonisd.org)
We are also needing a Part-Time Lunchroom Monitor to work daily from 10:00am - 1:15pm. Apply here: https://forms.dentonisd.org/Forms/AppHQVacancies (Child Nutrition Worker- Part-time). If you're interested, please fill out an application, and give us a call in the front office to let us know you're interested. 940-369-2600
Important Dates to Remember in March
Coming this Month!
Monday, April 1st
- Weather Make-Up Day: No School for students or staff
- Kindergarten Round-Up from 5:30 - 6:30pm
- Great Northern American Eclipse Viewing
- Third Grade Field Trip
Wednesday, April 10th
- Grades 3-5: Evers Park STAAR Reading Test
- No Visitors to Campus due to State Testing
- Early Release at Noon
Tuesday, April 16th
- 5th Grade takes Science STAAR Test
- No Visitors to Campus due to State Testing
- Grades 3-5: Evers Park STAAR Math Test
- No Visitors to Campus due to State Testing
- PTA Meeting: Voting on New Board Members & Fine Arts Showcase including our Dancing Eagles Dance Club and Guitar Ensemble
Coming in May...
5th Grade Track Meet is on Wednesday, May 1st at UNT
Field Day is on Friday, May 10th
Spring Carnival is on Thursday, May 16th
5th Grade Promotion Celebration is on Thursday, May 23rd at 8:30am
April 12th Early Release
Dear Families,
Denton ISD will provide engagement for students on the upcoming early release days, April 12th, 2024, from 12:00 pm until 3:00 pm for elementary children. The Extended School Day program will coordinate with each campus to provide engaging activities for students while teachers are participating in Professional Learning Communities. In addition, Denton ISD transportation will be provided at both the early release time (12:00pm) and the regular release time (3:00 pm) for all eligible elementary bus students. If you indicate on the form that your child will ride the bus, please notify the ESD office 24 hours prior to the Early Release Day if there has been a change in pick up plan.
Parents must sign up each month to participate. If your student currently attends ESD, you do not need to sign up.
If you have any questions regarding this, please contact the Extended School Day office at 940-369-0080.
Participation in this opportunity will require completion of the form below. All forms must be submitted no later than midnight on Sunday, April 7th, 2024 to participate.
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https://forms.gle/iLQYTA4px8aJJjtd8
Estimadas Familias:
El Distrito Escolar Independiente de Denton brindará actividades escolares para estudiantes el día de salida temprano, 12 de abril de 2024 de las 12:00pm hasta las 3:00pm para niños de primaria. El programa Día Escolar Extendido se coordinará con cada campus para brindar actividades escolares para estudiantes mientras los maestros están participando en grupos de aprendizaje profesional. Además, se proporcionará transporte de Denton ISD tanto a la hora de salida temprano (12:00pm) y a la hora de salida regular (3:00pm) para todos los estudiantes de primaria elegibles para utilizar el autobús. Si indica en el formulario que su hijo viajará en el autobús, notifique a la oficina de ESD 24 horas antes del día de salida temprana si ha habido un cambio en el plan de recogida.
Los padres deben inscribirse cada mes para participar. Si su estudiante atiende actualmente ESD (Día Escolar Extendido, por sus siglas en Inglés), no necesita registrarse.
Si tiene alguna pregunta, favor de comunicarse con la oficina de Día Escolar Extendido al 940-369-0080.
Para participar en esta oportunidad, requerirá completar el siguiente formulario. Todos los formularios deben ser enviados a más tardar el día 7 de abril de 2024 para participar.
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Attendance Matters
- Texas law requires students to be in attendance at least 90% of the time in order to receive credit for the semester.
- 90% means a student cannot miss more than 8 days in a semester for a class that meets every day.
- Attendance can be a better predictor of whether students will graduate from high school than test scores.
- Students in kindergarten and 1st grade who are chronically absent will not likely read at grade level by the 3rd grade.
- Parents/guardians can check their student’s attendance through the Home Access Center (HAC).
- If your child is absent, an electronic absence note must be completed. Parent notes must be uploaded within 3 days of the student's return. After 10 parent absence notes (10 days absent = 10 parent notes), students will be required to have a doctor's note. https://forms.dentonisd.org/Forms/absence-note
- District Attendance Website: https://forms.dentonisd.org/Forms/absence-note