The Weekly Howl

As we celebrate the season of gratitude, I want to take a moment to express my heartfelt thanks to each of you for your continued support, trust, and dedication to our school community. It is because of your partnership that we are able to nurture an environment where our students thrive both academically and personally.

Thanksgiving is a time to reflect on the many blessings in our lives, and our school family is truly one of mine. Your involvement, whether through volunteering, supporting events, or simply cheering on our students, enriches the fabric of our community. Together, we are shaping the future and creating lasting memories for our children. I hope this Thanksgiving brings you and your loved ones moments of joy, warmth, and togetherness. May it be a time to connect, recharge, and celebrate all that we have to be thankful for.

Wishing you a wonderful Thanksgiving filled with happiness and gratitude.

Join us on Friday, December 13th for BISD's Cookies, Cocoa, & Toy Drive or stop by Boerne ISD's Central Office beginning December 2nd to drop off an unwrapped toy*, gift cards for teens, or make a donation and we'll purchase the toy on your behalf, simply visit https://boerneisd.revtrak.net/district-wide/toy-drive-donation-h/

Blue Santa will deliver the toys to children in Kendall County this holiday season. Thank you for your support!

*We kindly ask that donations for the toy drive not include Nerf or plastic guns.

We are so excited to welcome Dwight to the wolfpack! He is Lou's brother and we are so excited to have him visit.

Friendly and sweet, Dwight is a thirteen-year-old Australian Labradoodle. With his non-shedding coat and his calm, intuitive, people-loving nature, he makes for a wonderful therapy dog. He lives in Boerne, Texas on three acres he shares with Lou the therapy dog, four other dogs, three cats, and a couple of humans.

Dwight’s certifications include AKC Canine Good Citizen and Community Citizen, PAWS for Service of San Antonio, READ (Reading Education Assistance Dog), and CARE (Crisis Animal Response). He currently works with students in Boerne ISD where he has over 250 visits in the district. Dwight’s favorite things include his toy elephant, hiking, playing ball, and swimming the Guadalupe River. He also adores the occasional grilled nugget from Chick-Fil-A.

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Wow!! Our wolfpack sure loves book and it shows! Thank you so much for supporting our book fair. You still have time to shop our book fair online for that title that was maybe sold out. Our Viola Wilson book fair is open for shopping until Nov.24th. Once again this incredible showing of support would not be possible with out our generous volunteers with their time and experience. Thanks to all the parents, volunteers and faculty members for making our Fall book fair such a success. Keep your eyes peeled for information about our Spring book fair in May.

Link: https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/violawilsonelementary

If you are interested in applying for our crossing guard position at the entrance of Corley Farms, please let me know. We are looking for someone to help us at arrival and dismissal.

If you are needing to make a transportation change for your child, please be sure to call the office by 2:00 p.m. This will help the front office and ensure our carline remains as efficient as possible.

We also will not be accepting parents walking up with car tag numbers during dismissal. The only dismissal options for students are YMCA, car rider or bus rider. If you forget your tag- you will be asked to park and come inside with a valid ID.

Thank you for understanding that student safety is our number one priority.

At VWES, we are working hard to review campus expectations with students. We are working on students having a Voice Level 0 in the hallways. In addition, the expectation is that students are displaying scholarly behavior in all areas of our beautiful school.

We are having some difficulty with student behavior in the cafeteria and in common areas. Please help us by speaking with your children at home regarding the importance of being respectful, kind and safe at school.

We continue to work on our carline in the hope of making it faster. We are working on beginning our Safety Patrols who will help us unload more cars which should speed up the carline.

In the meantime we kindly ask that you:

• Drive your child all the way where adults are present for drop off. Please do not drop students off at the curb where no adults are present. Your child's safety is our number one priority and we want to make sure students are safe at all times.
• Please do not cut in front of other vehicles. This could cause a traffic accident and we want to make sure everyone is safe.
• You are welcome to use the parking lot by using the entrance closest to the recess area.

We continue to work with our SRO to make any improvements to our arrival. Thank you for your patience.

If your child arrives at 7:35 or later, you will need to park and sign your child in. Our carline is improving each day and we thank you for your patience. We would like to remind you that we will ask you to park and sign your child in if they are not in their classroom at 7:35 a.m.

Please be sure to label your child's items with their name. This includes water bottles, sweaters, sweatshirts and jackets, lunch boxes, pencil bags, etc.

We want to be sure to get these items back to their owners as quickly as possible.

It is so important for our wolves to be at school everyday. We have a goal of 97% attendance each day. Each classroom will have the word Wolfpack in their classroom. Each time everyone is present a letter will be filled in. Once the class fills in all the letters, they can earn a class reward determined by the teacher.

Please help us by getting your children here on time. If your child is needing to be excused please email our Registrar, Lorena Rios at lorena.rios@boerneisd.net.

Thank you!

Beginning this year, the Board of Nursing has clarified that any medications, including over-the-counter (OTC) medications such as Tylenol, cold syrups, allergy pills, etc. must have a medical provider's signature on the medication form. In the past, we have been allowed to administer OTC medications simply with parent permission/signature. This is no longer allowed. Per the Texas Nurse Practice Act, approved providers include MD, DO, APRN, PA, dentist, or podiatrist.

Birthday treats must be store bought with a nutrition label. This is a BISD procedure that has been in place since 2018. Treats from bakery's must also include nutrition labels.

Please view the BISD Severe Food Allergy Management Plan for more information at https://www.boerneisd.net/Page/8985.

Page 13 states: All foods brought to campus for special occasions such as birthday parties, holiday parties, any special occasion MUST have an FDA approved label with ingredients and allergens legibly listed.

Birthday treats may be dropped off in the front office. Visitors will not go to classrooms. Teachers will celebrate the last 15 minutes of the day, prior to dismissal. Flowers and balloons are not to be sent to school for delivery for any student

Teachers or students may not pass out invitations to select children in a homeroom class. Either all the class must receive one or all the boys or all the girls must receive one. This is done for good reason - it is never pleasant to be the one who is not invited. Thank you for understanding.

Visitors will only have lunch with their child and for food allergy/safety reasons, visitors may not bring food for other students. Friends will not be permitted to eat with you. We do ask that you limit the use of phones/pictures as much as possible to insure student privacy. You may arrive a few minutes before the student's lunch time and wait in our office.

All lunch visitors must sign in and out with the front office. First time visitors must have their ID. If you are unable to sign in on our Raptor system, you will not be able to enter the campus nor will be able to have your student join you.

No delivery food for students will be accepted by someone other than a family member for the safety of our students. This includes but is not limited to Chick-fil-a, Uber Eats, Grubhub, etc.

If a family member is dropping off lunch, please make sure the child knows it is coming, notify the teacher and be sure it is received before the student's lunch time. Any student that does not have a lunch within the first 10 minutes of their lunch time will purchase a lunch from the cafeteria.

PK- 11:30-12:00

K: 10:20-10:50

1st: 10:50-11:20

2nd: 11:25-11:55

3rd: 12:30-1:00

4th: 12:00-12:30

5th: 11:50-12:20

We are so thankful for all of our volunteers! We could not this without you!

If you are on campus as a volunteer, please do not deliver items personally to your child's classroom. If you need to get something to your child, please go to the front office. If you are needing to speak with your child's teacher please email him/her to set up a conference.

Thank you for understanding!

Please be sure to submit new email addresses and phone numbers in Skyward regularly.

• 11.22.24- Dehann Riou's Birthday
• 11.22.24- Substitute Teacher Appreciation Event
• 11.23.24- Michelle Benavides' Birthday
• 11.24.24- Vinson Canady's Birthday
• 11.25.24-11.29.24- Thanksgiving Break
• 11.28.24- Marna Randall's Birthday
• 12.05.24- Start of 12 Days of a Winter Wonderland

We have updated our See Something Say Something reporting system. Please note that, all reports are now confidential and no longer anonymous, however we will still protect your identity if you wish. This update is important to assist administration and law enforcement to investigate reports more efficiently. Please check out our updated PSA below: (Then paste this video link) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEcPbAMGPXg&t=4s

1313 Homestead Ridge

Boerne, Texas 78006

(830) 357-4700