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Kiker Elementary Newsletter
Kiker Families and Caretakers,
Happy Wednesday! I hope that everyone enjoyed an extra day off of school for our "Texas Snow Day"!☃️❄️☃️ There were still a few patches that had not yet melted this morning and the kids love it!
Last week I visited several of our classrooms and enjoyed getting to see new learning take place right before my eyes. There are so many "Aha!" moments as our students develop their skills. This month our character education theme is Perseverance. We strive to teach our students to never give up and to work through challenges along the way. You'll notice a photo below of the "Magical Yet" that some of our kindergarten students have on their desks. This is a reminder that although a skill may not be mastered in one moment...we can rephrase our thinking to say, "I haven't mastered it yet!"
As a friendly reminder, students have access to two great online programs if you'd like to have your child do any additional practice at home. These are completely optional and available on the AISD portal for easy access. Both programs are individualized and adapt to each student and their individual levels.
1) Reflex: 2nd -5th grade math fact fluency 🟰
2) IXL: 1st - 5th grade standards based practice questions. 🎯
Please 🌟pay special attention to NEW AISD registration information for Pre-K! It's hot off the press. Additionally, if you have not already registered your "returning" child for next year it would help us out immensely for staffing purposes if you could get that completed this week.
Hope you all have a wonderful week,
Mrs. Abrams, M.Ed.
Principal
Our Kiker Life Skills class works on a variety of skills. One of their weekly activities includes recipe making! The kids (and teachers) have an awesome time making their recipes together. If you would like to contribute towards purchasing those ingredients and/or making a monetary donation, we have set up a system to make that easy for you to do!
Kiker Elementary collaborates with outside vendors to bring a variety of experiences to our after school program. They are all individual businesses. For that reason, specific questions about clubs, schedules, etc. should be directed towards them before contacting Kiker staff as they will have the most detailed information. You can click on the title or the graphic to the right to find out all of the details!
*A link to this document will also stay in "Popular Links" at the end of this newsletter throughout the year.
Submitting An Absence Note
Please visit the Austin ISD website's Attendance FAQs or contact the Kiker front office if you have additional questions.
- You will need your student's first and last name, student ID#, date of absence(s), reason for absence and parent/guardian name to ensure proper documentation.
- If one note covers MULTIPLE DATES, please make sure documentation specifies date range. You're not required to fill out the form multiple times.
- This form can be used to submit documentation note or picture of a note with appropriate information, signature, etc.
- Please allow 72 hours (3 business days) for attendance to be corrected. Thank you!
