Akin News 8/16/18
Happy 1st 2 Days of School at Akin Elementary
Note from Principal
Dear Parents,
What an amazing few days of school! Thank you to all our families for your patience as we work through our systems at our beautiful school kicking off year 3. We would like to welcome our new Assistant Principal, Yvette Venegas, to our Administrative Team helping our Aviators this year!
You may have heard from your child’s teacher or from our PTA members about the many volunteer opportunities that exist at Akin. We are extremely excited to have your support with our students and upcoming events. With your support, PTA will sponsor many family events and programs to build our campus community. We have a great need for volunteers to spend as little as half an hour with Wednesday folders, the campus marquee, working for the teachers, helping with Watch Dogs and so much more. Throughout the school year, PTA will have many other projects that could use your assistance as well. All of these volunteer opportunities not only benefit your child, but benefit all of our students at Akin Elementary. Please consider becoming an Akin volunteer. Contact information for volunteering: PTA-http://akin.my-pta.org/content.asp?PageID=2
Thank you to our PTA this week for all of the special treats for our staff-we appreciate you!
Sincerely,
Mrs. Webster
Rebecca Webster-Principal
(512)570-8000 ext. 18010
Recognize an Aviator Soaring to Greatness!
Transportation Changes/Appointments
Please send a written note with your child for any transportation changes. Include date of change, your child’s first and last name, teacher’s name, regular transportation and how they are going home for that day. If this is a permanent change, please make sure that you notate that. You may also notify the main office at 570-8000 before 1:30 pm of any transportation change for the day. If your student needs to leave before the end of the school day for an appointment, please make arrangements to pick him/her up before 2:30 p.m. Thank you for helping us ensure student safety at all levels!
Grade Level Newsletters
Kinder Weekly Newsletter
1st Grade Weekly Newsletter
2nd Grade Weekly Newsletter
3rd Grade Weekly Newsletter
4th Grade Weekly Newsletter
5th Grade Weekly Newsletter
Drop-off/Dismissal
Main-front doors open at 7:20 am. K-2 grade students go to the cafeteria and 3-5 grade students go to MPR until 7:30 am. Teachers will escort students to the classroom and portables from these areas. We do this so that our teachers have 15 mins. to prepare for the school day and ensure the day starts off right for our Aviators (Teachers in the portables, too)!
Dismissal: Car riders-K-1st (Blue line), 2nd & Siblings (Pink line), 3rd-4th-5th (Green line)
We ask that families stay in line/in your vehicle and we will bring your student to you in each of these areas listed above. Please make sure to drop students off and pick them up on the curb side in each car rider area. Do not drop off students in the parking areas due to student safety.
Walkers will be escorted to the corner of Bull Nettle Dr. and Barley Rd. to the crosswalk.
Watch Dog Dads Needed
Calling all Watch D.O.G.S.
Please sign up (online) to come to our school for a day to be a positive male role model, enhance school security and smile and have fun with the kids. Watch D.O.G.S. is an innovative program of the National Center for Fathering, focusing on improving education in our nation's schools by using the positive influence of fathers and father figures. For step-by-step instructions on how to become a Watch D.O.G.S. volunteer (new and returning dads) click this link: http://akin.my-pta.org/content.asp?PageID=8&NavigationID=1&Sequence=11&Directive=Navigate
PTA
On behalf of the PTA board I would like to welcome everyone to another great year at Akin!
Our PTA has some amazing things planned this year like a playground sun shade, an innovation lab, field trips & more! We need you to help make it happen. Please visit the airport gift shop to purchase PTA memberships & spirit gear. http://akin.my-pta.org/content.asp?PageID=6
Be sure to join us at Menchie's Frozen Yogurt Wednesday, August 21st from 3:00pm - 9:00pm for our first Spirit Night of the year. Mention you're with Akin and 25% of your purchase will be donated back to the Akin PTA!
Menchie's is located at 909 East Whitestone Blvd ~ next to In & Out & Chipotle.
Upcoming Events
Aug. 28th Parent Orientations
1st Grade 5:30pm-6:15pm
2nd Grade 6:15pm-7:00pm
Aug. 29th-PTA's Back to School Bash 6:00pm-7:30pm
Sept. 2nd Labor Day Holiday
Sept. 4th Parent Orientations
3rd Grade 5:30pm-6:15pm
4th Grade 6:00pm-6:45pm
5th Grade 6:30pm-7:15pm
Sept. 6th Grandparent's Lunch
Birthday Celebrations for our Aviators!
At Akin, we believe every child is special and enjoys celebrating his or her birthday.
Our administration met with a team of teachers and parents to get input about the best ways to celebrate student birthdays. Factors that were considered to create new campus guidelines included:
Protecting instructional time
Considering grade levels who have recess before/after lunch
A variety of student food allergies
School cleanliness
Based on these considerations, we will celebrate a student’s birthday by
announcing their name on the morning Akin News.
If you would like to celebrate your child’s birthday at school, please feel free to bring cookies, cupcakes or donuts for all students in the class after 2:30pm. Please make sure to notify your child’s teacher in advance.
Please do not bring cookie cakes, birthday cakes, goodie bags, drinks, party decorations, etc.
You can also celebrate your child’s birthday by:
Visiting with your child at lunch and bringing their favorite meal (outside food cannot be shared with other students)
Inviting students from class to a party held off campus (all students in class must be invited)
Donate a book in your child’s name to the library or his or her classroom
Akin Elementary
Welcome Back Aviators!
Akin Wednesday-Aviator T-shirts
College Friday-College T-shirts
Email: beckie.webster@leanderisd.org
Website: http://akin.leanderisd.org/
Location: 3261 Barley Road, Leander, TX, United States
Phone: 512-570-8000
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Monta-Jane-Akin-Elementary-1529557087106762/
Twitter: @mjakinelem