The Weekly Update #4

Week of April 7-11:

National Library Week and National Assistant Principals Week

April 7: Wear blue or purple for National Library Week and Assistant Principal Week (the favorite colors of Mrs. Barber and Mrs. Riland). We also want to show our appreciation to our library assistant, Mrs. Watts.

April 8: 5th Grade RLA STAAR - Closed campus to visitors

April 9: 4th Grade RLA STAAR - No parent lunches; Closed campus to visitors

April 10: 3rd Grade RLA STAAR - Closed campus to visitors

April 11: End of Progress Report 1 for Cycle 4; Order Your Yearbook for School Delivery – Deadline

🎉 A HUGE thank you to Rowlett Martial Arts Center for generously donating snacks for our 3rd-5th grade students taking the RLA STAAR test this week! 🥨 Their support helps fuel our students' minds and reminds them that their community is cheering them on.

Not only did they donate snacks for our 3rd–5th grade students, but they also recently gave a monetary donation to our school by having students in their program earn pledges for doing kicks! It was a big hit! We appreciate you, Rowlett Martial Arts Center!

- Thank you to Rowlett Martial Arts for donating this week's STAAR snacks for all 3rd-5th graders.

- Friday is the last day to order yearbooks. To buy your Keeley yearbook, go to Treering.com/validate and copy this code: 1013195777253116. Questions? Email keeleyyearbook@gmail.com.

- The Talent Show and our next PTA meeting will be Thursday, March 17. Our PTA meeting will be at 5:30 p.m., and the talent show will start at 6 p.m.

- To get in the loop on the latest volunteer opportunities, please contact our Vice President of Volunteers, Heidi Hendrix, at hjblaylock@gmail.com.

Pre-K: 98.56% -Highest! Yay!

Kinder: 95.32%

1st: 97.08% - Good job! Yay!

2nd: 92.66%

3rd: 96.14%

4th: 95.41%

5th: 95.58%

Let's reach 98% this week!

• Our district values your feedback! We are asking you to take a brief survey to tell us about your experience with Keeley Elementary School. To ensure we continue to provide high quality, rigorous learning experiences that meet the needs of our learners and prepare them for college and career, we need your feedback. We want to know what you think. Please complete the survey by April 16th.

• https://surveys.panoramaed.com/garlandisd/FamilySpring2025/surveys

Order Your Yearbook for School Delivery – Deadline: Friday, April 11

Don't miss out on making this year's memories extra special! Customize your pages and place your order before it's too late!

🌟 Here are a few helpful tips to make sure our students are test-day ready:

🛏️ Get a Good Night’s Sleep
Aim to get 9–10 hours of sleep the night before the test. A well-rested brain is a sharp brain!

🍳 Eat Breakfast
Start the day with a good breakfast—think of anything that gives you energy and keeps you focused.

⏰ Be On Time
Make sure students get to school on time or even a little early! Rushing can cause anxiety, and we want students calm and confident.

Our school has worked so hard this year—let’s go show what we know and get that "A"!

The Keeley PTA Nominating Committee is now accepting Board nominations for the '25-'26 school year! We have positions to fit almost every schedule. The only requirements for nominees are to be a Keeley PTA Member, want to help Keeley's students and staff, and support our mission of making every child's potential a reality.

Full details, including a full list of our Board positions, can be found here: https://bit.ly/3FLB90B

For questions, please contact our PTA Secretary, Brandi Cooper, at bmadere@yahoo.com.

A huge thank you to Crossroads Church for their hard work during their Serve Day at Keeley Elementary on Sunday! 🙌💙 We appreciate their time and effort in cleaning, repairing, and refreshing our campus.

We also want to give a big shoutout to our amazing PTA for last year’s generous donation of the landscaping. Thanks to Crossroads, we were finally able to install the landscaping today!

It takes a village, and we are so grateful for the love and support from our community! 💙

We hope to have a Keeley Family Serve Day one day soon. :)

Congratulations to our Staff Member of the Month, Mrs. Dieterich! We appreciate how much she does for our entire campus!

Please check the schedule carefully, as some dates or grade levels may be missing due to campus testing or field trips.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0F4BADAF2CA0FA7-55050711-keeley#/

Parent Lunch Reminders

1. Sign-Ups: If you’re signed up for lunch but can no longer make it, please either remove your name from the sign-up list or contact the office so we can adjust it for you. Additionally, if you’ve reserved spots on both Wednesday and Friday, please choose one day to attend and remove the other from the list, or let the office know so we can take care of it. This helps us manage schedules more efficiently and gives families a fair opportunity to enjoy lunch with their child. We added Wednesdays to give more families the opportunities to attend. Thank you for your cooperation.

2. Food & Seating: For the safety of all students, parents may only bring food for their own child, and other students are not able to join you and your child. We appreciate your understanding in helping us follow this policy.

Please see the attached file regarding yearbook information.

Keeley Wish List:

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2WHRJG09A6FRL?ref_=wl_share

April 15: 5th Grade Science STAAR - Closed campus to visitors

April 17: PreK/Kn Field Trip; Talent Show/PTA Board Meeting

April 18: Staff/Student Holiday

April 21-MAP Window Opens (K-2)

April 22: 2nd Grade to Planetarium (2 classes); 5th Grade Math STAAR - Closed campus to visitors

April 23: 4th Grade Math STAAR; 2nd grade to the Planetarium (2 classes); No Parent Lunches; Closed campus to visitors; National Administrative Professionals Day (Nancy, Lily, Alissa)

April 24: 3rd Grade Math STAAR; Closed campus to visitors; Fine Arts Night

April 25: Volunteer Breakfast

April 29: Martial Arts on campus after school

• Weather Procedures

  Garland Independent School District posted in Garland Independent School District

For the safety and security of all students and staff, Garland ISD uses the "I Love U Guys" Standard Response Protocol and Standard Reunification Method as the foundation of all responses to weather events, fires, accidents, intruders and other threats to personal safety.

GISD wants all students, parents and staff to understand these responses, expectations and actions.

For more information, visit the "I Love U Guys" website at https://iloveuguys.org/

• Download SRP-SRM_English_Parent-Handout.pdf

• SRP-SRM_Spanish_Parent-Handout.pdf

• Download SRP-SRM_Vietnamese_Parent-Handout.pdf

Please feel free to reach out to us at A144@garlandisd.net if you need anything.

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