The Falcon Flyer

Howdy Fabra Families!

We are in the home stretch of the first semester as we head into the Thanksgiving Holiday break! There are just three more weeks of school left in the first semester when we return! We have an incredible turnout last night for our Family Title Night! Thank you Mrs. Lutz, Mrs. Hill, Mrs. Zachary, and all those that helped put on such a well-planned evening! We had a great time today giving all of our students 30 minutes of extra recess while our teachers were able to enjoy 30 extra minutes of planning. One thing our teachers can never get enough of is extra time for ALL the things throughout the day. We want to give a HUGE shout out to our PTO for organizing upcoming opportunities for volunteers to help provide lunch duty and recess coverage to give the gift of time. If you are willing and able to volunteer, look for the sign up links within this newsletter!

There are some exciting events for our Falcons happening this weekend. Our Fabra Green Machine Run Club will be participating in the YMCA Turkey Trot tomorrow morning! This event will be taking place at the Main Plaza! Additionally, our Life skills students will be at the Boerne Handmade Market on Saturday which will be held at 1910 Church. If you have a chance, go check them out and pick up some of the wonderful items they have for sell!

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 Thanksgiving Holiday!

Troy Latiolais

Principal - Fabra Elementary

• November 23rd - YMCA Turkey Trot - Go Green Machine!
• November 23rd - Boerne Handmade Market
• November 25th-29th - Thanksgiving Holiday - No School!
• December 2nd - 2nd Grade Musical Performance - 5:30pm
• December 6th - Dance Foundations Christmas Recital - 6pm @ BMSN
• December 13th - All Pro Dads Meeting
• December 13th - 1st Grade Reindeer Day @ 8:30am
• December 20th - Kindergarten Polar Express @9:30am
• December 20th - Early Dismissal @ 11:35am

This week's campus attendance rate was: 96.31%. Our campus goal for Average Daily Attendance is 96%. Our current attendance rate for the year is 96.72%.

Our year to date attendance percentages by grade are:

3rd - 97.34%

4th - 97.19%

1st - 97.04%

5th - 96.85%

2nd - 96.23%

K - 96.18%

Pre-K - 96.15%

Over the last month, the Calendar Committee developed and narrowed down options for the official BISD 2025-2026 academic calendar. We encourage all parents/guardians, employees, and secondary students to take a moment and review the two calendar options presented. Emails with unique feedback links from K12 Insight went out November 19.

The calendar with the most votes will be presented to the BISD Board of Trustees for approval on Monday, December 16.

Let's show our teachers how THANKFUL we are for them by volunteering to cover lunch and recess duty, so they can enjoy a short break in their day. An hour of your time will go a long way to helping them feel appreciated! Sign-up here: Fabra PTO: Lunch/Recess Duty Volunteers

If you're looking for other ideas to show your appreciation, check out this link to see ideas directly from the teachers and staff at Fabra: Teacher & Staff Favorites

All 3rd-grade classes are competing with over 300 elementary schools to see who can log the MOST READING MINUTES.

MRS. OWENS' CLASS IS IN THE LEAD WITH 5,880 MINUTES!!!! KEEP READING!

Parents: Make sure your child brings in their completed reading log with your initials EVERY MONDAY!

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, Ashlyn Johnson, 4th grade.

LIBRARY LESSONS

This week we have focused on what we are thankful for. I remind them that it's important to focus on all we have, not what we don't. This is the key to happiness.

Kindergarten was reading, "One is a Feast for Me".

1st grade is reading, "Miss Holly is Too Jolly".

2nd grade is reading, "Sideways Stories from Wayside School".

3rd grade - 5th grade are organizing books using the call number and their prior knowledge of the ABC's.

I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving. I am so grateful that I get to be your child's librarian. It is the BEST job!

LOST OR DAMAGED BOOKS: Please be careful not to leave any books while you travel over the break.

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

Library Volunteers

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!

www.signupgenius.com

BOOK CHECKOUT- WE WILL CONTINUE OUR REGULAR SCHEDULE FOR BOOK CHECKOUT NEXT WEEK!

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:

https://apps.raptortech.com/Apply/MzQ1Nzplbi1VUw==

Please be sure to call or stop by the front office with any questions you may have. You can also follow us on Twitter and Facebook for news and events as well as exciting things that take place throughout the year.

Website: https://www.boerneisd.net/FES
Location: 723 Johns Road, Boerne, TX, USA
Phone: 830-357-4200
Facebook: facebook.com/FabraElementary
Twitter: @FabraElem