Little Braves News

Welcome to the third six weeks! October was so much fun from book fair and literacy night, to field trips, and halloween festivities. We have lots of exciting things to look out for this month. We are still loving the school spirit on dress up days (we have more coming up for the week before Thanksgiving- see below). This month we are making plan for middle of year assessments and interim STAAR assessments. This will give us GREAT information on where your students progress is for this school year and how we can tweak things for next semester. Please continue to reach out to your students teachers if you have any questions or concerns. We find it extremely valuable to have open communication with parents regarding your child's educational and behavioral goals.

Love, Mrs. Waller

• Time Change- Make sure you rolled those clocks back an hour!
• November 4th- No school for students
• November 5th- 1st day of third six weeks
• November 5th- Mock Election
• November 11th and 12th- Elementary UIL Competition at O'Donnell
• November 13th- Thanksgiving Lunch
• November 18th-November 22nd: Principals Cabinet Fundraiser Week
• November 22nd- Early Release for students
• November 25th-29th- Thanksgiving Break for staff and students

Save the dates:

We will have our Elementary Christmas Program in December. Stay tuned for dates and information!

Our UIL Contest is coming up next week (November 11th and 12th).

All UIL Contracts were due on October 16th- If you have not returned, please sign and do so as soon as you can.

You will get an updated letter this week with information about the days your student is attending UIL. November 11th is a much longer day than the 12th. Students will be asked to arrive earlier (7:30 bus leave time) and may be with us until after 5:00-6:00pm based on timing of events. We are SO excited to take our students to compete!

Please encourage them to practice with ANY practice materials that have been sent home so they are ready to go for contest! Please also encourage best behavior (as always) on these days. We are representing CCISD and want everyone else just to see how awesome we are!

As the cooler months roll in, please remind your students the following about dress code:

- Hoods on hoodies may not be worn on heads during the school day

- Hats may not be worn in the building (unless a designated "hat day" dress up day)

- Pajama Pants are not permitted at school (unless a designated dress up day)

- Slippers and blankets are not permitted at school

Please send in Dr's. Notes with your students who are absent for it to be an excused absence. Dr's notes must be submitted within three days of each student absence for it to be counted as an excused absence. You will be receiving call outs for all student absences.

Reminder that students are not allowed to carry any medicine or cough drops on their person. They must be turned into Nurse Thomas and a form completed for her to administer. This includes but is not limited to: cough drops, inhalers, OTC Meds, and prescription medications. All medicines must be given by the school nurse if they need to be given at school. Thank you!

Students practiced exercising their right to vote today with a mock election! They created registration cards, checked in to the voting center, cast their vote, and left with an I voted sticker! Today's vote was for their favorite lunch option.

Every week we are doing a Social Emotional Learning lesson. SEL teaches students about self awareness, self management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision making. Each week, these lessons will tie into the overall theme or character trait for that month! We tied this unit into our classroom and campus procedures and expectations. Our PAX Behavior system and our Brave Bucks.

November's theme/character trait is Courage

Our Principal's Cabinet wants to raise money for our local animal shelter! We will be hosting a $1.00/Day fundraiser! To participate in dress up days, each student will bring $1.00/day to donate to the animal shelter! See Graphic Below.

Mrs. Williams has been passionate about our Brave Store and financial literacy system. She was able to stock the store this summer and kids will return this week for shopping from their second six weeks earnings! It was so exciting to see kids trying to decide whether they would spend all of their money, save for a future item, or a mixture of both! Talk to your students about the Brave Store!

We believe a child’s education is the foundation to reaching their fullest potential. The Box Tops app makes it easy to earn cash for the school of your choice, whether it’s your child’s school or a local school that could use a little help.

Download the app HERE to start scanning and earning for CES today!

Join our PAC Tribe to help out at school!

• What does PAC do?
• PAC celebrates our students of the month with a small gift
• PAC Give-to-a-kid: They give treats to students each month
• Pumpkin Decorating
• PAC helps us on event nights, with our brave store, and many other opportunities to support our students!

For student safety and security, all visitors must check in to each campus front office and get a visitors badge before going anywhere else on campus. For Elementary, please make sure to check in with Mrs. Lara before proceeding into any building. Thank you!

Your students' attendance is very important to us! Please make sure your students are at school on time every day!