Holmquist Elementary
February 15th - February 20th
Kimberly's Message
Shout Outs
- Ms. Lowe and Ms. Martinez gave favorable feedback to the teachers in grades PK, K and 1. They were amazed by the differentiated workstations and students were able to explain what they were doing. They were equally impressed with posted anchor charts in classrooms. A special thank you to Ms. Arestein, Ms. Cavazos, and Ms. Purdy.
- Ms. Jones for covering classes this week.
- Ms. Sandoval for covering classes and always writing positive notes about students.
- Ms. Phillips for celebrating students when they do well
- Dr. Reyna was recognized at the district office on Monday for being nominated as HAABE TOY for Alief.
- Ms. Dennison was excited that the Chairman of IStation liked her Tweet.
- Ms. Nyan and Ms. Amador for an awesome Black History Week
- A special shout out to Ms. Purdy, Ms. Siddiqui, Ms. Moreno and Ms. Cavazos for attending the Spelling Bee to support our Spelling Bee winner Trichelle. She came in second place!
- Ms. Kucharski is in 1st place for her grade level AR challenge
- Ms. Johnson is in 1st place for her grade level AR challenge
- Ms. Cheng facilitated her first ABC committee
- Coach Foster and Coach Sallee for working on the Field Day shirts and activities for Field Day
- All Saturday Writing Camp Tutorials teachers
- Mr. Gonzalez for ordering Promeathean Boards for all upstairs teachers. Downstairs teachers and portables, you guys will be next
- Welcome Back Amy. We missed you
- Ms. Hill for covering as registrar and receptionist today.
- Kelli for starting our Biggest Losers Club.
Weekly Calendar
Saturday, February 13th
Happy Birthday Ms. DeSauto
Building Open and Writing Tutorials
Sunday, February 14th
Happy Valentine's Day
Monday, February 15th
Staff Development Day and President's Day
7:45 - 3:30
Tuesday, February 16th
EDC 107
Hummingbird Store Open - See Schedule
Principal Talks - 9:30
Fame Meeting - 3:40
Wednesday, February 17th
EDC 108
Wear Red with Jeans
Hummingbird Store - See Schedule
Tech Committee - 3:50
Digital Learning Day
Thursday, February 18th
EDC 109
Happy Birthday Ms. Amador
STAT/RTI
Progress Reports Go Home
Principal Meeting
ART Meeting - 4:00 p.m.
Jeans Day for Staff - Staff Survey Reward
Health Fair - you may wear warm-ups, jogging pants, yoga pants with long shirt, NO SHORTS
Friday, February 19th
EDC 110
Kimberly at REEP
Kids Smile Field Trip
Attendance Reward for students
Saturday, February 20th
Writing Camp
Hummingbird of the Week
Mr. Legra was born in Holguin, Cuba. He has a very supportive family and two beautiful babies. He loves technology and is always looking for ways to integrate it in his lessons. His E-colors are green/red and he believes education is the key to any door of opportunity. He likes challenges and being a 3rd grade LA teacher was a challenge for him causing him to grow as an educator. His family and mom motivates him. His word is success. "Success starts with believing in yourself.
Hummingbird Class of the Week
Ms. Monroy's Girls on the Run Group
ON Time Club- Pick up your Jeans pass by Monday from Ms. Toney. Jeans Pass for Tuesday, February 16th. The pass must be worn if you are wearing jeans.
Building Positive Relationships
Lead Your Students/ Lead Your Colleagues
- Model the behavior you want - by your actions and words
- Connect with the people - take an interest in their likes and dislikes
- Involve them in your decision - make decisions together
Easy-Going Kids Need Love and Logic Too
The great thing about strong-willed, stubborn kids is that they give us quick feedback on our parenting prowess…or lack of it! Yep! As soon as our skills begin to slip, things get ugly.
Easy-going kids are another story. Unfortunately, they let us get away with far too many threats, lectures, reminders, warnings, unenforceable limits, etc. Because they're so sweet, it often takes far too long to realize when our parental behavior heads south.
Easy-going kids need Love and Logic, too. They need to make plenty of choices within limits. They need to make plenty of small mistakes. They need to own and solve their problems. They need to experience our empathy as they cope with consequences. They need all of these things…and much, much more…so that they have what it takes to survive in today's complex, oftentimes dangerous world.
The greatest danger for easy-going kids is that they won’t make enough mistakes when they are young...and the consequences of such mistakes are still small. We lose far too many sweet kids because their parents were tricked into using poor skills because of their sweet behavior.
Upcoming Events
Monday, February 22nd - Staff Meeting - All Staff- Do not make appointments on this day
Friday, February 26th - Writing Samples due
Friday, February 26th - Go Texan Day - Wear Western Attire
Tuesday, March 1st - Numeracy Professional Development by Ms. HIte
Field Day March 10 and March 11 - Details will follow soon