The Mustang Message

Dear Mustang Families,

We have managed to make it through another really cold spell here in Texas! Hopefully all of the cold temperatures are no behind us and spring will be here soon!

🖥️Online Pre-Enrollment Coming Soon: This year KISD will be moving to online pre-enrollment for all returning students at the elementary level in Kinder-4th grade. This process will begin on March 17th, but you need to make sure you have access via Skyward Family Access so you can complete the online forms. You are welcome to call the office, 830-257-2208, or stop by between 8am-3pm and Mrs. Harris or Mrs. Westra would be happy to help you. We will also have computers set up at our STEAM Night and can provide support to families then as well.

🥼STEAM Family Night: Our annual STEAM Night will take place on Thursday, February 27th from 5:30-6:30 p.m. This is a great event for the entire family! We will have various activities set up for families to engage in, and the Book Fair will be open late that evening too!

📚1st Annual Vocabulary Parade: We are thrilled to have our 1st Annual Vocabulary Parade on Tuesday, Feb. 25th at 8 a.m. Families will be asked to line the sidewalk out front of the school building to watch the parade and we will come by starting at 8 a.m. Please see additional details for the event in the Campus Events section of The Mustang Message.

📖The Book Fair is Here!: Our Spring Book Fair is over the next two weeks. Students will have a chance to make wish lists and then purchasing will begin on Wednesday, Feb. 26th. The Book Fair will be open daily from 7:15 a.m.-4:00 p.m. each day, except Friday, Feb. 28th. Students must have an adult with them to shop before or after school. The Book Fair will also be open late for STEAM Night.

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

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 Kindness?

Kindness is the ability and willingness to express care and compassion for others. Kindness is a choice to use our time, talent, and resources to better the lives of others and the world through genuine acts of love, compassion, generosity, and service.

Why focus on Kindness?

• Kindness boosts positive emotions. Acts of kindness create neural pathways that enhance feelings of well-being and the natural flow of feel-good endorphins and neurotransmitters.
• Kindness is self-replicating. When we perform an act of kindness, it is likely to encourage others to act in a similar way.
• Kindness reduces stress and anxiety. Kindness promotes positive relationships with other people. Anything that helps you to build bonds with other people helps decrease anxiety.

Kindness in Action:

• Celebrate small things. Start each day with Good Things as a class. Publicly and privately affirm kind and thoughtful actions and attitudes.
• Create opportunities for students to affirm each other regularly. Once a week, dedicate time for students to write notes of affirmation to classmates and school staff members.
• Model Kindness. Be mindful of body language, tone, and mindset. Kindness is learned by example!

February 22nd: Kerrville Public Schools Foundation Trivia Night Fundraiser

February 25th: School-wide Vocabulary Parade at 8 a.m.

February 26th - March 6th: Spring Scholastic Book Fair

February 27th: Family STEAM Night from 5:30-6:30 p.m.

March 1st: KISD Job Fair

March 4th: 4th and 5th Grade RLA Benchmark

March 4th: Student Council Meeting at 7:10 a.m. (Flex Room)

March 5th: 3rd Grade RLA Benchmark

March 10th-14th: Spring Break

March 18th: 5th Grade Science Benchmark

March 21st: World Down Syndrome Day- Rock Your Socks!

March 21st: Mustang Stampede Kickoff Pep Rally at 8 a.m.

March 25th: 4th and 5th Grade Math Benchmark

March 26th: 3rd Grade Math Benchmark

April 4th: Mustang Stampede

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.