LaCoste Families,

Our campus is in need of improvement with student attendance. It is important for your student to have consistent attendance in order to learn and continue to grow throughout the school year. We wanted to provide you with the attendance expectations in our district handbook. Please be sure your student is on campus by 7:40 daily. If arriving after 7:40 you will need to park and walk your student up to the front doors.

Elementary Student Handbook

Regular school attendance is essential.

Absences from class may result in serious disruption of a student’s education. The student and parent should avoid unnecessary absences.

Two important state laws—one dealing with compulsory attendance and the other with how attendance affects the award of a student’s final grade or course credit—are discussed below.

Compulsory Attendance

Prekindergarten and Kindergarten

Students enrolled in prekindergarten or kindergarten are required to attend school and are subject to the compulsory attendance requirements as long as they remain enrolled.

Ages 6–18

State law requires that a student who is at least six years of age, or who is younger than six years of age and has previously been enrolled in first grade, and who has not yet reached their 19th birthday, shall attend school, as well as any applicable accelerated instruction program, extended-year program, or tutorial session, unless the student is otherwise excused from attendance or legally exempt.

State law requires a student in kindergarten–grade 2 to attend any assigned accelerated reading instruction program. Parents will be notified in writing if their child is assigned to an accelerated reading instruction program based on a diagnostic reading instrument.

A student will be required to attend any assigned accelerated instruction program before or after school or during the summer if the student does not meet the passing standards on the state assessment for his or her grade level and/or applicable subject area.

Compulsory Attendance—Failure to Comply

School employees must investigate and report violations of the compulsory attendance law.

A student absent without permission from school, any class, any required special program, or any required tutorial will be considered in violation of the compulsory attendance law and subject to disciplinary action.

Ages 6–18

When a student ages 6–18 incurs three or more unexcused absences within a four-week period, the law requires the school to send notice to the parent.

The notice will:

• Remind the parent of his or her duty to monitor the student’s attendance and require the student to attend school;
• Request a conference between school administrators and the parent; and

• Inform the parent that the district will initiate truancy prevention measures, including a behavior improvement plan, school-based community service, referrals to counseling or other social services, or other appropriate measures.

We are still in need of Parent Volunteers to represent LaCoste - There is no cost to the volunteer for conference registration or hotel!

We are looking for 2 parents to attend the statewide Parental involvement conference December 8-10 to represent LaCoste. The 2 parent volunteers will be responsible for bringing back information to share and present on with the family engagement committee. If you are interested in attending the conference please email ruth.bernard@mvisd.org . We encourage you to look at the attachments below for more information.

We want to showcase our LaCoste leaders in our trophy case on campus. We’d like to showcase students that are leaders OUTSIDE of school. Is your child proactive with the Girl Scouts or Boys Scouts? Does your child synergize with cousins in raising animals for the stock show? Maybe your child is part of a youth group that helps in picking up trash on the weekends? Capture a picture and send it to us! cara.rakowitz@mvisd.org Please indicate your child’s name and what organization they are a part of.

PreK-2nd

Combined with exercise and stretching. We are working on their conditioning for running. We run lines in the Gym, in two different formats, to help with their conditioning. Coordination drills to help introduce and tie into the volleyball unit. We also had a team conversation about keeping our hands to ourselves, following the expectations in PE and during the end of PE when we are lining up for showtime.

3rd-5th

(We will always work with you regarding if your child or children need to sit out in PE due to a medical reason. A note must be provided for documentation.)

LaCoste Elementary students often go above and beyond! With that in mind, we love to acknowledge when they do. Reading is an important everyday activity. It shows great examples of the Leadership Habits we know are the foundation of our success. We like to “Catch Students Reading”. Examples of that would be; students independently choosing to read as a leisure activity or students achieving a reading goal they had set for themselves, like finishing their first chapter book or reading their first book independently. Parents can also "Catch Students Reading" at home! Please click the button below to submit your child's name for the drawing.

Each week a name is randomly drawn from those submissions. Their name is displayed on a bulletin board in the library, given a prize for their accomplishment, mentioned in our morning campus announcements and posted in our Parent Newsletter.

This week’s winner is Karla Aguilar!

Karla was caught by Mrs. Villarreal as she was participating with Heggerty .

You can be a star when you get caught reading!

Sept. 26th - Beginning of 2nd 6 Weeks

Sept. 29th - Report Cards Posted

Sept. 30th - American Indian Heritage Day

Oct. 2nd - Custodial Appreciation Day

Oct. 6th - Open House 4:00pm -5:30pm

Oct. 10th - No School - Columbus Day

Oct 12th - Fire Safety Presentation by LaCoste Fire Department

Oct. 17th - 21st - National School Bus Safety Week

Oct. 17th - Progress Report Posted / GT Parent Night 5:30pm - 6:00pm

Oct. 18th - Fall Individual Picture Day

Oct. 24th - 28th - Red Ribbon Week

Oct. 28th - Fall Fun Day Sponsored by PTO/ 2nd Grade Field Trip

Oct. 31st - No School/Staff Work Day

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