Make your Mark

Parent/Student Newsletter November 1, 2024

Hitting the mark....

Tomorrow, November 1 is the last day of the 2nd six weeks, which also means this school year is already 1/3 of the way over. We are still hoping for those cooler temps to come and stay! We did a big lost and found claim a few weeks ago, but already our lost and found is overflowing. Encourage your child to come look for any missing items they may be looking for.

Our book fair was a great success and we hope that you and your child enjoyed some time shopping together.

During November, our 3-5 will be taking some practice STAAR - this data is extremely valuable to our teachers to help them as they plan units for the remainder of the year. Whether you like STAAR or not, it is our tool of measurement for making sure we are teaching what the state says we need to, so we take them serious and hope you will encourage your child to try their best.

The Veteran's Day program is coming soon. We are doing things a bit different this year, trying to give all our students the opportunity to participate - we know the evenings get busy, so we hope the day program will be successful. Students will not be allowed to be checked out from the auditorium. All parents and families in attendance will be asked to stay seated while we dismiss our students and then we will dismiss you. We want to pack the auditorium with red, white and blue and watch our PK-2nd graders perform. In addition to honoring our country's veterans, we will also be checking off some required teaching components (TEKS) of a performance or being a good audience member. Our students have been working very hard to prepare for this, so we hope all our parents of PK-2nd will be able to join us! We will Facebook stream for those unable to attend.

Click the link below to honor your Veteran at our Annual Veteran's Program

https://forms.gle/P37EshV3bBR7ACXj9

Upcoming Events

Fall Events

November 4 - No School for students/teacher In-service

November 6 - RLA interim test 3-5

November 11 - Veteran's Day Program PK-2nd 2:00 p.m.

November 13 - Math interim test 3-5

November 25-November 29 - Thanksgiving Break

December 2 - Jingle Jog

December 4 - Science interim 5th

December 5 - Fall picture retakes

December 13 - host UIL meet

December 20 - early out

December 23-January 3 - no school

March 7 - Reading Picnic

March 20 - Color Run

April 9- 3rd-5th Grade RLA STAAR

April 16 - 5th Grade Science STAAR

April 23 - 3rd-5th Grade Math STAAR

May 2 - Field Day

Dress Code Highlights from handbook

Hair must be of natural color - no tinsel or colored braids, no ponytail/man-buns for boys, bangs must be out of your eyes, no designs may be cut into hair

Shirts - no tank tops for boys, girls must be 3 adult finger-width at shoulder, no bare mid-riffs

Shorts/Skirts - shorts and skirts need to be no shorter than 3" above the knee. This includes any cheer organization skirt.

Pants - no rips, tears or frays 3" or more above the knee, no tights or leggings, biker shorts unless the shirt is down to 3" above knees

Earrings - boys are not allowed earrings of any kind

Students not in dress code will be asked to change in the nurse's office or call a parent to bring additional clothing.

Attendance/Early Outs

Please remember that daily attendance is a critical piece of academic success. All students should arrive on campus between 7:35 and 7:55. Students have no more than 3 days to bring a note back in the event of an absence for it to be counted as excused. Parents are limited to writing 3 notes per semester. Any consecutive absences of more than 3 days requires a doctor's note. Excessive absences can result in Saturday School assignment and/or court fines for truancy. Every 3 tardy or leaving early will result in an unexcused absence.

Students may not be picked up from school between 2:30 and dismissal on Monday - Thursday or after 1:30 on Friday. This begins a very active and moving campus, so we do not do pick-ups. Please arrive prior to then or wait until after school.