Trailblazer Talk

Hi Trailblazer Family!

Welcome back! I hope that you all had a wonderful Christmas and a great start to the New Year! We had so much fun last month and are looking forward to getting back on campus to have some more fun this month. Students start back to school on Tuesday, January 7th.

Thank you for all that you do to make SCE the best place to be!

• Texas law requires students to be in attendance at least 90% of the time in order to receive credit for the semester.

• 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.

• Texas is one of the few states in the country that funds its schools using average daily attendance.

• Texas law requires students ages 6-19 to attend school each day that instruction is provided. This also applies to students who are younger than six and have previously been enrolled in 1st grade and to students younger than six who are voluntarily enrolled in pre-kindergarten or kindergarten.

• Attendance also effects school distinction designations.

GT parent nominations for Kinder and first-grade students are January 7-17.

January's Character trait is Perseverance.

Helpful PTO Links!

-PTO Facebook Link

https://www.facebook.com/share/EhqzwRRDatqB3xnF/?mibextid=LQQJ4d

-PTO Instagram Link

https://www.instagram.com/sce_pto?igsh=MWo0bzJpOTh3OWhwdQ==

• Students are not allowed to have electronic devices including electronic watches
• Student checkout ends at 3pm
• Please drive slowly at SCE at all times and stay off of electronic devices

• 1/7/25: Students return from Christmas break