Little Braves News

Wow! It's 2025!!

We hope you all had an amazing break and were able to enjoy your family and friends. We are so excited to have kids back in our halls- we've missed you!! It was wonderful to see all our smiling faces this morning! Thank you for getting them back to school! We are starting on the Spring Semester and back to a more normal schedule for a little while. We will look at all of our Middle of Year data and make plans for the Spring Semester based on where kids are at currently. We will begin our SEL unit on Responsibility this month.

I have no doubt the Spring Semester will fly by just as quickly. Please ensure to check student folders every night and read through the newsletters for updated information!

Please see below for the schedule for January and some reminders for our return to school.

Love, Mrs. Waller

• January 1st- Happy New Year!
• January 6th- PD Day for Staff- No School for Students
• January 7th- First day back for students
• January 8th- Report Cards for 3rd Six Weeks Sent Home
• January 14th-16th- MOY MAP Language for K-2
• January 20th- No School for Students or Staff- MLK JR Day
• January 22nd- GT Field Trip to Texas Tech- (Permission Slips coming home this week for all students identified as GT)
• January 29th- 4th Six Weeks Progress Reports Sent Home
• January 31st- 100th Day of School (Individual Notes will come home from teachers)

Also in January:

We placed 4th overall. Here are our individual places:

Kindergarten Oral Reading:

3rd Place Karly Mitchell

First Grade Oral Reading:

6th Place Emmy Waller

Second Grade Chess:

1st Place Jake Waller

3rd Place Team: Jake Waller, Wyatt Killian, Lucas Lucio

Second Grade Creative Writing

3rd Place Charlotte Berry

4th Place Jake Waller

Second Grade Music Memory

1st Place Kamdyn Mitchell

3rd Place Team: Kamdyn Mitchell, Aubrielle Williams, Alik Turcios

Second Grade Storytelling

6th Place Wyatt Killian

Third Grade Chess

1st Place Nehemiah Bryand

4th Place Daniel Reyes

3rd Place Team: Nehemiah Bryant, Daniel Reyes, Robert Williams)

Third Grade Ready Writing

2nd Place Jayce Almaraz-Ortiz

Third Grade Spelling

1st Place Alaia Turcios

1st Place Team: Alaia Turcios, Bodie Simmons, Sterling Killian-Cox

Fourth Grade Art Smart

2nd Place Lillie Vasquez

3rd Place Team: Lillie Vasquez, Rosalee Garcia, Johnny Amador, Jacelynn Reyna, Paisley Aguayo

Fourth Grade Chess

4th Place Rosalee Garcia

Fourth Grade Music Memory

4th Place Lillie Vasquez

3rd Place Team: Lillie Vasque, Rosalee Garcia, Brenali Flores, Azariah Hickman, Salomah Vega

Fourth Grade Oral Reading

6th Place Myah Moncivaiz

Fourth Grade Ready Writing

2nd Place Kayla Jackson

4th Place Lillie Vasquez

Fourth Grade Spelling

4th Place Lillie Vasquez

3rd Place Team: Lillie Vasque, Alejandro Morales, Brynleigh Sayre

Fifth Grade Art Smart

3rd Place Team: Mason Berry, Berkleigh Eubank, Leiah Fira, Elyanna Garza

Fifth Grade Chess

1st Place Lupe Rodriguez

Fifth Grade Dictionary Skills

6th Place Jayleigh Escobar

Fifth Grade Maps, Graphs, and Charts

6th Place Raidyn Parker Smith

Fifth Grade Music Memory

4th Place Eric Garcia

5th Place Elyanna Garza

3rd Place Team: Eric Garcia, Elyanna Gara, Dakota Gutierrez, Jayleigh Escobar

Fifth Grade Spelling

3rd Place Adalyn Sandoval

Pictures will be in February Newsletter. We will hand out 3rd six weeks awards this month!

Information on Nominations for Gifted and Talented testing posted on Facebook shortly! Testing will be conducted in February for any kids who have been nominated for GT testing.

Texas Education Code (TEC) Section 25.092, also known as the 90% rule requires students in grades K-12 attend at least 90% of class days to receive credit or a final grade. The rule applies to ALL absences including excused absences. It applies regardless of whether the student has a 504 or IEP plan. If a student falls below the 90% attendance rate, they may:

• Complete an attendance recovery plan approved by the principal to earn credit.
  
• Be referred to the Campus Attendance Committee.
  
• Have truancy filed with the county.

Students who are below the 90% mark on attendance will be required to make up missed days through attendance recovery. Letters will be coming home this week in student folders for all students below the 90% threshold (9 or more absences).

All students with perfect attendance for each six weeks of the second semester will be entered into a drawing for a large attendance prize! Each six weeks prize will be announced at the beginning of this six weeks.

The 4th six weeks prize is a bicycle! Get your kids to school for their chance to win this awesome incentive!

Cold weather is HERE! , please remind your students the following about dress code. Students out of dress code will be asked to call home for a change of clothes.

- 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

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.

January's theme/character trait is Responsibility

There was a tight race between houses for our 3rd Six Weeks House Cup Competition!

The winner of the house cup for the third six weeks is: SERVITIUM! Congratulations to all students in the Servitium house! We will have a HOUSE lunch this week and present them with their class trophy. Thank you for working hard and being amazing PAX Leaders!

Parents must come into the front office to check in Tardy Students. This is ANY student arriving after 8:00am. Please bring them to the front office and not to the drop off line.

Thank you!

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!

REMINDER ON WHAT TO DO: Please pull in the line to drop off students. Pull all the way up to the cafeteria door to let students out and into the building unless a staff member is there to walk them to the door.

WHAT TO AVOID: Please avoid pulling in to the staff parking lot and afternoon pick up lane and having students walk. Our cafeteria truck delivers there in the AM and we want to ensure student safety and avoid them having to pass in front of the delivery trucks.

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!

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