The Falcon Flyer
October 18, 2024
From the Principal!
I hope you all had a great Fall Break! This week kicked off our second nine week grading period! if you haven't had the chance to do so, please log in to your Skyward account to view your child's report card for the first nine week grading period. Starting next week, we will begin having our grade level SOAR assemblies to recognized our students for academic honor roll, perfect attendance, and character awards. We want to give a shout out to our 5th grade students who were awarded extra recess today for being the grade level with the highest attendance percentage for the final three weeks of the grading period! We also want to give a huge THANK YOU to our incredible PTO for hosting a "Crocktober" luncheon today for our staff. It was amazing!
We are so excited for next week and our annual Fall Festival! We hope you are all able to join us on Thursday evening! I also want to encourage all to wear PINK on Friday as we help raise cancer awareness. Friday will also be the PINK OUT game for our BHS Greyhounds!
As we venture into the second nine week period, I want to continue to stress the importance of regular daily attendance for all of our Falcons. This week was our first week to fall short of our 96% goal for attendance coming in at 95.78%. We are hopeful to keep our positive momentum and finish the first semester on a strong note. Regular and timely attendance is vital to help our students find comfort and success in their school day. We appreciate your help and support in getting them here each day and on time!
Please read through this week's newsletter for important dates, information, and exciting things happening around campus! As always, if we can help in any way, then please don't hesitate to reach out to our front office. Have a wonderful and restful weekend!
Troy Latiolais
Principal - Fabra Elementary
Important Upcoming Dates
- October 21st - 25th - Book Fair Week!
- October 22nd - Picture Re-take Day
- October 24th - Fabra Fall Fest!!! 5pm - 7pm
- October 25th - PINK OUT - Cancer Awareness!
- October 28th - Nov.1 - Red Ribbon Week!!
- October 30th - 5th Grade Field Trip to BMSN - Jungle Books
- November 1 - 5th Grade Scoliosis Screening
Current Daily Attendance Rankings by Grade!
This week's campus attendance rate was: 95.78%. Our campus goal for Average Daily Attendance is 96%. Our current attendance rate for the year is 96.86%.
Our year to date attendance percentages by grade are:
1st - 97.28%
3rd - 97.25%
5th - 97.07%
4th - 96.94%
K - 96.57%
2nd - 96.49%
Pre-K - 96.42%
Fall Fest Info from the PTO!
Fabra's annual Fall Festival is only 2 weeks away! We are looking forward to an amazing family night! Find all of the information about the event, and pre order your wristbands here: https://fabrapto.membershiptoolkit.com/2024fallfestival
This year we are requesting donations of 2-liter sodas from Pre-K-2nd families and baked goods from 3rd-5th grades. Please drop off donations prior to October 24th.
Thank You, PTO!
Thank You, Greyhound Cross Country!
Green Machine Run Club!
This year, Fabra will again be participating in the YMCA Turkey Trot on Saturday, November 23rd. We have taken home the prize of largest group to participate for the past 3 years and are hoping to make it number 4! Below is a discount code for adults and older siblings. Just be sure to select Fabra as your school when registering. All students will be able to register at the $25.00 registration fee up until the day before the race. However, there is a section where you enter which school you attend, so it is very important that you select FABRA. We would LOVE to have YOU participate in the Turkey Trot with your student. Enclosed is a special $5.00 discount coupon for adults registering in the 13th Annual Boerne YMCA Turkey Trot, taking place on November 23rd at Boerne Main Plaza. It will be valid from October 5th through Oct. 27th at midnight.
FabraTurkey24
Here is the link to register:
https://www.athleteguild.com/event/boerne-tx/2024-boerne-family-ymca-13th-annual-turkey-trot-5k-10k
We are looking forward to another great year with the Green Machine Running Club!
TEPSA Student Council Workshop!
Early Act Club - Donations!
The Fabra Early Act Club is again recycling plastic bags for HEB and collecting shoes for Good for the Sole. If you have any plastic bags at home or shoes that no longer have a need for, please feel free to bring them to Fabra so we can help put them both to good use!
Thank You, Falcon Fathers!
Library News and Updates!
CAUGHT READING
We've caught quite a few Falcons reading during choice time. When students are caught reading, they get a ticket with their name on it. Every Wednesday, I pick one ticket from the jar on the announcements, and that student gets to choose from some fun library swag.
Here is this week's winner, Isabella Palacios, 2nd grade.
The Book Fair started on Friday! Here are some helpful hints.
· Friday, the 18th and Monday, the 21st are preview days. No book sales will take place. Please do NOT send students with money on
Friday and Monday!
· Book sales start Tuesday, the 22nd, and go on until 9:00 am on Friday the 25th.
· Students will only be sent to the book fair if they bring money or have an eWallet starting Tuesday.
· You are welcome to come and shop with your child.
· They will be previewing the book fair and creating wish lists before they can buy any books.
· I ask that if they bring money, they put it in a Ziplock bag with their name on it.
· We do charge sales tax at a 6.75% rate.
· We take cash, checks, and credit cards.
· The book fair will be open during Fall Fest!
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WE NEED VOLUNTEERS FOR THE BOOK FAIR!
If you would like to volunteer for the Book Fair, here is the link for the Sign-up Genius. We need helpers for the preview on the 18th and 21st and the book sales days on the 22nd and 24th. I'm also looking for cashiers.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B054AAFAA2DAAF94-52001938-fabra
BOOK CHECKOUT- WE WILL NOT HAVE BOOK CHECKOUT NEXT WEEK DUE TO THE BOOK FAIR!
· Please have your students keep their library books for another week.
LOST OR DAMAGED BOOKS
If your child damages a book, please have them bring it to me. I can fix a lot of things. Make sure they bring the damaged book into the library and show it to me, and we can figure out what to do about it. I emphasize to the students that I will never be mad at them over a book.
· If a book is lost, you have some options
· You can pay the replacement cost. I will send home an overdue notice with the amount on it.
§ We take cash- try to have the exact amount as I don't often have change.
§ We take checks made out to Fabra Elementary.
§ You can also pay using a credit card on RevTrak which you can find on our website.
· You can purchase a replacement that is used as long as it is a HARD COVER and in good or better shape.
LIBRARY VOLUNTEERS
We need volunteers to shelve and repair books and check books in and out to students. If you want to volunteer in the library, here is the link to a Sign-up Genius. Feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions- catherine.lopez@boernisd.net
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B054AAFAA2DAAF94-51154645-library
We need volunteers to shelve books, repair books and check books in & out. Please review the available slots below and click on the button to sign up. REMEMBER: You must complete the background check that is available on the Fabra website before you can volunteer. Thank you!
Calling All Falcon Fathers!!!
Spend the day at Fabra!
Falcon fathers, grandfathers, uncles, and other father-figures....Would you like to volunteer for at least one day each year? During the day, Falcon Fathers may read to a classroom, play at recess, help out in P.E, eat lunch with students and any other assigned activities where they actively engage with not only their own students, but other students as well. On the day of their participation, Falcon Fathers are given a brief review of their involvement and get to wear an official Falcon Father t-shirt.
Please limit your initial sign-up to only ONE date, and additionally sign-up for the "Waitlist" slot if you would like to be notified of last minute openings that would allow you to participate again.
Click this link to see available dates and sign up:
Fabra PTO: 2024-25 Falcon Fathers (signupgenius.com)
All Falcon Fathers will need to complete a full background check with the district prior to volunteering. Here is the link below:
Every Day Counts!
How to Reach Us!
Website: https://www.boerneisd.net/FES
Location: 723 Johns Road, Boerne, TX, USA
Phone: 830-357-4200
Facebook: facebook.com/FabraElementary
Twitter: @FabraElem