LaCoste Families,

I hope that you had a wonderful winter break sharpening the saw with your families! We had a great first week back with students! Our students were excited to see their teachers and friends. Our goal for the remainder of the school year is to have 96% attendance daily. We ask that you schedule appointments after our official attendance time of 9:35 am. Students who arrive after 9:35 am are considered absent for the day. As part of our action plan for increasing attendance, we will include weekly percentages in our newsletter by grade level, classroom incentives for perfect attendance, recognition for the highest attendance percentage by grade level, and individual drawing incentives for students with weekly perfect attendance. We are excited to take action in achieving 96% attendance and exceeding our own expectations with your support!!

District wide we have implemented a QR code for tardies and early outs. Please be sure to have your phone available to scan the QR code if you are arriving after 7:50am or taking your child home for the day before 3:10pm. As a friendly reminder, if you are arriving after 7:40am you must park in a parking spot and walk your child to the front doors. Thank you for ensuring your child’s safety.

Please be sure to monitor your child’s lunch account and to discuss with your child your expectations for their purchasing of snacks. Please log in to your Titan account to pay outstanding balances as well. Our lunch monitors have noticed an increase in students purchasing multiple snacks at once. Parents can place purchasing restrictions as needed on their child’s account via Titan. You may also email rachel.valles@mvisd.org with any questions in regard to their lunch account.

At the December Board meeting Mrs. Rakowitz our campus Counselor was recognized as a staff member who goes above and beyond for our campus! Student leaders from our different student leadership positions on campus were also recognized by our board members for going above and beyond!

Congratulations!

1st grader Adelynn Valadez is a great leader in our classroom. She does her class job and often helps with other jobs when students are absent. Adelynn also has worked really hard to meet her goals in Istation Math and Reading.

Kindergartener Josiah Cardenas is a student who is always proactive as he begins work, stays on task and completes assignments to the best of his ability. He is also an excellent leader during Phonics lessons as he participates fully putting forth excellent effort. Josiah can always be found putting first things first as he is a very good listener and follows classroom rules consistently.

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.

Last week’s winner was Emmanuel Garza!

Emmanuel was caught by his mom Mrs. Garza

This week’s winner is Wade Haley!

Was caught by his mom. First day of winter break, he woke up and chose to read instead of technology!

Upcoming Dates:

Jan. 9th - Law Enforcement Appreciation Day/ Report Cards Posted

Jan. 16th - No School - MLK Day

Jan. 23rd - Board Meeting at Potranco Elementary

Jan. 27th - No School

Jan. 30th - Progress Reports Posted

Jan. 31st - 100th Day of School

Feb. 2nd - Texas Military Heroes Day

Feb. 6th - 10th - School Counselor’s Week

Feb. 16th - MVMS Counselor’s pre-registering with 5th grade/ GT Specialist on campus/ Love of Learning - Math/Reading Family Night

Feb. 17th - Class Picture Day/

Feb. 21st - UIL Competition - Storytelling/Spelling

Feb. 22nd - UIL Competition - Listening/Social Studies/Oral Reading

Feb. 23th - PTO Meeting/UIL Competition - Creative Writing/Ready Writing/Dictionary Skills/Number Sense

Feb. 28th - UIL Competition - Music Memory

Feb. 27th - Mar. 3rd - Dr. Seuss Week

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