Hello Candlewood Families and Community! I hope everyone had a great weekend! We have finally finished with all the STAAR testing. Next week we will be celebrating our teachers and staff at CWE for National Teacher Appreciation Week!! We have amazing surprises in store for them. We will also have our spring book fair going on each day while school is in session and until 6:30 on Thursday, May 11th. We have many amazing events to finish up the school year and hope to see you attend. Check them out below.

Congrats to Ms. Riggs! She is our Eagle of the Week! Ms. Riggs is always helping all students achieve in school. She was a huge asset in getting our students ready for STAAR and takes time to help in the library and make it a pleasant spot for our Eagles to hunt and read for books. We appreciate all you do for our campus Ms. Riggs.

• Vision
  

  Ensuring Every Eagle S.O.A.R.S (Strives, Overcomes, Achieves, and Rises) to their highest potential.

  Mission

  Every member of the CWE family commits to providing a positive, purposeful, and collaborative environment, ensuring our life-long learners “S.O.A.R.” strive, overcome, achieve, and rise to their highest potential in a safe and secure school.

  Candlewood's Campus Commitments

  Compassion- We will demonstrate kindness and empathy by listening to our school community with open minds and open hearts.

  Teamwork- We will effectively collaborate by communicating and listening to the needs of our students.

  Work Ethic- We will consistently demonstrate fidelity to our campus goals.

  Integrity- We will hold ourselves and each other accountable for our actions.

  Community- We will work together to establish a supportive and positive environment.

  Candlewood Creed

  I am a Candlewood Eagle.

  I have great expectations for myself.

  I accept the challenge to be the best that I can be.

  I will make today the very best day of all.

  I promise to SOAR like an eagle and SHINE like a star.

  
  

  
  

5/14 Mother's Day

5/18 PreK Splash Day

5/19 K-5th grade Field Day

5/23 Career Day

5/24 Kinder Graduation

5/25 5th Grade Bridging Over Ceremony and last day of school-Early Release

To meet the needs of our growing community and continue to provide quality instruction to our students in a safe and secure environment, the Judson Independent School District developed a staggered process for registration for the 2023-2024 school year. Although the registration process is staggered, the district continues to provide options for our community by continuing the School of Choice option, which allows Judson ISD families to choose any school within the district to attend regardless of attendance zone, and the Out of District option for families living outside the Judson ISD boundaries that wish to attend one of our schools.

Accessing Grades in Skyward

Parents, many of you have asked how to check your child’s grades. Here is the step by step information.

As JISD transitions to Skyward, we want to make sure families have all the tools needed to stay informed about their student's academic progress. The following resources will guide you through the process to view grades in Skyward Family Access. Please click the link below:

Join us for a fun evening full of activities, resources to take home and tips to make sure both you and your little one are ready for the ultimate Pre-K experience at Judson ISD! 🤩📚

✅ Whether your little tot is starting the Pre-K3 or Pre-K4 program, we want to make sure you know what to expect and have everything you need.

✏️ For the full list of Pre-K Parent Academy dates & more information visit: https://www.judsonisd.org/prek

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The Judson ISD Volunteer Application is on Talent ED. Anyone wishing to volunteer with Judson ISD that is not related to a child that is enrolled at Judson ISD, volunteering for more than a single event, student teachers, service center, or shared services agreement is required to complete the application.

The following still applies: as of September 12, 2022, Parents, guardians, and/or grandparents of a child that is enrolled at a Judson ISD campus who choose to volunteer are no longer required to complete the Volunteer application. They will be required to check-in using the RAPTOR System at the campus/location when visiting their child. A government issued photo I.D. is required for RAPTOR check-in. Extended family members will also be required to check-in using the RAPTOR system. All Districts are required to adhere to Government Code §411.097 and Texas Education Code Sec. 22.0835 with regard to criminal history records.

Improving daily attendance is one of our main initiatives this school year. We track our attendance daily and give shout outs to individual classrooms for having perfect attendance. Each week, Candlewood students have an opportunity to earn grade level dance parties, receive party favors, Eagle bucks or tasty treats. Last week, 3rd grade won the Weekly Attendance Banner for having an average weekly attendance of 94.3%. Congratulations third grade! ATTEND TODAY, ACHIEVE TOMORROW!

Texas School Law states that students must be in attendance at least 90% of the time to receive credit for a course. A student will NOT receive credit for a course if he/she exceeds the number of allowable absences. Please be advised that if a student is absent without an excuse for 3 or more days or parts of days in a four-week period truancy measures should begin. If a student is absent 10 or more days within a six-month period, the student’s parents and/or the student are subject to prosecution under the Texas Education Code after a Truancy Warning Notice is issued.

For further explanation of attendance, refer to your Student/Parent Handbook.

https://www.judsonisd.org/cms/lib/TX50000485/Centricity/Domain/3990/2022-2023%20JISD%20Student%20Handbook%20and%20Code%20of%20Conduct.pdf

If a student is absent from school, even for just one class/period, he/she must bring a note to the Attendance Office. Notes received will be coded. Notes can be turned in between the school hours of 7:00 a.m till 3:15 p.m. Notes can also be emailed to the Attendance Office using the email created for each campus. Please keep in mind only 3 parent notes can be used for an excused absence as per our policy in the student handbook.

Candlewood Elementary- CWEattendance@judsonisd.org

Our campus opens at 6:45 AM every morning. As a reminder, when arriving to school you can use the front or back entrance to the school until 7:30 AM. After 7:30 AM, students must enter through the front and be signed in by a parent/guardian because the student is considered tardy. If a parent/guardian is going to enter the campus, please pull into an actual parking spot so traffic is not delayed. If a parent/guardian plans to go past the front office, they are required to provide a picture ID so we can run it through the Raptor system and provide a visitor's pass.

If a student must be checked out of school for a Medical/Dental Appointment or other planned event, etc, The parent/guardian must sign out the student in the Attendance Office and show valid photo identification before leaving campus with the student. Please allow time in your schedule for the Attendance Office to retrieve your student from their class. (Students could be testing, in Athletics, or in a Lab)

If a student becomes ill at school, he/she needs to report to the school nurse. The nurse will determine if he/she needs to be excused due to illness. The parent/guardian will be contacted, asked to come, and sign out the student in the Attendance Office. If the student is sent home by the nurse, this is considered an excused absence (DOES NOT count towards the student’s attendance under the compulsory attendance laws) for the remainder of that day. Subsequent absences will need a parent note in order to be excused. Should the nurse choose not to send a student home due to illness and the parent chooses to sign out their student, this is an unexcused absence until a parent note is received.

Please do not check out a student after 2:30 PM. It is very difficult as we are serving dinner, packing and preparing for the day, and transitioning students into dismissal.

We have started a new challenge at Candlewood. Students can become official Zearn masters if they complete at least 3 lessons per week for all 4 weeks in a month. Did you know 1st-5th grade CWE students have access to extra practice in math and reading at home? Have them log into their Amplify Reading account or Zearn Math account at anytime from home to practice reading and math skills. It is a campus goal for students to complete at least 3 lessons a week on Zearn.

Summer school will be June 5th-22nd on Monday-Thursday. This is a total of 11 instructional days. It will be at Masters Elementary. It is required for all 3rd-5th grade students who did not meet their 30/60 hours of additional intensive intervention for HB4545. We will register students on the following days at Candlewood:

May 16, May 23, May 30, and May 31.

Candlewood Elementary hosts the Boys and Girls Club at our campus daily. Students receive homework help and participate in a variety of other enrichment activities after school. They are currently looking for more 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students to enroll and be part of their pre teen club. (see flyer below) If you have any questions, please reach out to the branch director, Ms. Autumn Redmon, at aredmon@begreatsa.org or call to schedule an appointment at 210-400-8120.

Email: aredmon@begreatsa.org
Location: 3536 Candleglenn, San Antonio, TX, USA
Phone: 210-400-8120

Being able to communicate is vital to being an effective school and family team. Throughout the year we will communicate information in at least 5 ways. We use our school website found on the JISD webpage, School Dojo, Candlewood Facebook page, paper flyers, school marquee, family engagement bulletin board (front foyer), and Blackboard (school automated calls with texts and emails). If you ever need to talk to admin directly, please ask for our Assistant Principal, Dr. Martinez, or our Principal, Mrs. Diaz. Please let us know of any other suggestions to use to communicate important information or events.

As we begin the second semester, we would like to revisit the Campus Communication Protocol flowchart. The purpose of the flowchart is to streamline our communication with families so that we can respond to questions or concerns in the most efficient way possible. The importance of communication between school and home cannot be overstated and at Judson ISD Parents we truly value the school-home connection. Thank you in advance for your support as we enter the second semester, we are looking forward to a successful close to the school year.