Hackberry Howl
Vol. 2 No. 29
Countdown the 10 BIG Ideas from the Carpenter!
# 9 Negative Thoughts are Nails
Don’t nail yourself down with negative thoughts.
Via The Carpenter: A Story About the Greatest Success Strategies of All:
“Negative thoughts are the nails that build a prison of failure. Positive thoughts will build you a masterpiece.”
"ROCK STAAR" Shirts
***You will pay for your shirt when you pick up.
Teacher Spotlight- Brandon Freer
What is your position at Hackberry Elementary? 5th Grade Science and Social Studies Teacher
How many years have you been with Little Elm ISD? 1 Years
What college did you attend? What are your degrees? Dallas Baptist University Major in Biology minor in Chemistry and Kinesiology
Hometown? Blue Ridge, TX
Do you have children? 3 children- 1 boy and 2 girls
Do you have pets? 1 dog named Boomer
What is your favorite color? Lime Green
What is your favorite quote or saying? Being Positive will not guarantee you you will succeed but being negative will guarantee you won't.-Jon Gordon
Where is the farthest you have traveled? Guatamala
What organizations are you involved in? Gracepointe Church, Denton Boys Baseball
Recommended Reading
Cultures Built to Last: Systemic PLCs at Work -Rick Dufours
Quote of the Week!
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Howl Outs!
Sanders sends a super HOWL for our 5th grade team for getting into the ROCK STAAR spirit and ROCKING the video performance. BEST TEAM EVER!!!!!!
Morales Howls to our 5th grade team for going all out with the ROCK STAAR song. We had a lot of fun!
Marquez HOWLS to the 5th grade team; including the student teachers. Recording the rock video was really fun. I enjoyed the laughter! Sometimes that's all we need to brighten the day :0)
Brodsky howls to Delvalle for her positive attitude and making everyone laugh every day!
Brodsky howls to Phan for smiling through the chaos of this time of year.
Brodsky howls to 1st grade and Branch for the chicken lessons this week.
Sylvia Howls to Mrs. Diaz for her extra help.
Ms. Gomez Howls to the Kindergarten team for collaborating and giving suggestions to create very well aligned lesson plans for the following weeks.
Measles howls to Karla for cropping our chicken hatching video to show our kids!
Measles howls to Karla & Whiddon for helping me out when I forgot my computer at home!
Mr. Berg Howls to Mrs. Morales for helping to get the our 5th Grade STAAR Video going!
Mr. Berg Howls to Mrs. Sanders for 1) amazing hair yesterday and 2) for being a great team leader!
Mr. Berg Howls to Mrs. Ratliff for being so accommodating for Mrs. Marquez and I.
Mr. Berg Howls to Mrs. Marquez for being such a great partner teacher and always going the extra mile for our students!
Hatcher sends a howl to Lawley for bringing the 3rd grade team Czech Kolaches from West on Monday morning. Great way to start the week off!
Hatcher sends a howl to Lawley and the Specials teachers for helping us with great documentation on several of our kiddos!
Hatcher sends a howl to Mendez for being a great sport about singing for our STAAR video!
Hatcher sends a howl to Biggs for being a great addition to the 3rd grade team. We love your excitement with learning.
Whiddon HOWLS to Karla for helping edit 15 hours of footage into a WONDERFUL video of our little chick hatching! What an amazing experience for our kids!
Ms. Lawley HOWLS Mrs. Zaidi and Mrs. Masai for helping with Lawley/Hatcher's science fair project.
Richardson HOWLS to GRANPHAN for all their hard work with TELPAS.
Dalia Howls out to Beulah, Ellen and all those who ran the 5k, for the encouragement. They were right, finishing feels great!
TOM HOWLS OUT TO:
Howl out to Ms.Sanders and the 5th grade team for an outstanding newsletter that is sent out weekly.
Howl out to Ms. Warren for filling in and covering a couple of classes this week with short notice.
Howl out to Ms. Olson- Student teacher for volunteering to come up and work Saturday school.
Howl out to the 5th grade team for dividing out students into groups in preparation for STAAR boot camp the next two school weeks.
Howl out to Ms. Karla who made sure our new "chicks" had plenty of youtube videos.
Howl out to Mr. Richardson for working extremely hard in preparation for our STAAR benchmarks next week.
Hackberry Calendar
- 3rd/4th MATH Benchmarks-NO LE3
- 2nd Grade PLC (meets in the 2nd grade wing)
Tuesday, March 7
- 3rd/4th READING Benchmarks-NO LE3
- NO 3rd grade PLC/NO LE3
- Kinder PLC-1:50pm
Wednesday, March, 8
- Make-up Benchmarks
- 4th Grade PLC
Thursday, March, 9
- 5th Grade PLC-7:30am
Friday, March, 10
- 1st Grade PLC
Spring Break!!!!!!!!!!