The Weekly Armadillo
Monday, May 20, 2019
"The Best School in Town"
Vision
To create an exceptional learning environment where all students are prepared to successfully compete in a global society.
Mission
To prepare all students to achieve the highest standard of intellectual, physical and social growth.
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The Powerful Effects of Drawing on Learning
Edutopia: The Research Is In
May 14, 2019
The science is clear: Drawing beats out reading and writing to help students remember concepts.
Click on the following link to access a short video:
https://www.edutopia.org/video/powerful-effects-drawing-learning
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Communicating Through Drawing
Drawing can be a risk-free way to communicate how you are feeling. Throughout the week, after different activities, have your students draw how they are feeling and if they wish, have them describe their drawing with the class or chosen friends.
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Hey! Look us over, we are the BEST!!
Nathan Adams Armadillos always beat the rest.
We're spectacular people with wonderful spirit
Who never let you down!
Nathan Adams, best in town!
W. T. White Senior Run at Nathan Adams
Congratulations for earning a Masters Degree, Ms. Showalter!
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Kudos to Mrs. Johnson our amazing Assistant Principal for sharing her awesome testimony to help keep us motivated.
Kudos to Juliana Alvarez, Girl Scout, for doing a great job decorating for Armadillo Café.
Kudos to Ms. Gibson for all her help with copies!
Kudos to Ms. DiMinchi for her sweet treats.
Kudos to Ms. Johnson for her commitment to all of us. We’ll miss you so much!
Kudos to Sowards, Crowder, & Burney for planning a fun field day. Thanks to all the additional staff for helping run the events!
Kudos to everyone for making Field Day a successful event!
Kudos to Ms. Blake for modeling and teaching her students to be good citizens by helping pick up after themselves and others when water bottles didn’t get thrown away properly at field day.
Kudos to All the specials teachers for all the work they did to make Field Day successful. We were wild about Field Day.
Kudos to Mrs. Mullaley for caring.
Kudos to Ms. Di Miminchi for being thoughtful and upbeat.
Kudos to Mr. Herrera for helping me with technology.
Kudos to the Third Grade Team for helping to keep the playground free of water bottles.
Kudos to Mrs. Manwani for all the thoughtful things you do every day.
Kudos to Ms. Moore for taking care of my kids.
Kudos to Ms. Robinson and Ms. Jordan for always being on the run for us...literally.
Kudos to Mrs. Salazar for taking care of us.
Kudos to Mrs. Johnson for a fantastic STAAR Testing week!!
Kudos to the Fourth Grade Team for getting together the class filed trip.
Kudos to everyone that made those wild field day shirts for us possible.
Kudos to Ms. Myers for going the extra mile (literally) for one of our team members.
Kudos to Ms. Moore for an awesome job with the textbooks.
Kudos to Nurse McAdams for helping our kiddos with their attendance for credit projects.
Kudos to our fantastic Specials Team for an awesome field day event. #muchfun
Kudos to Dr. Morales for checking in our STAAR scantrons.
Kudos to Ms. Jones for the very cute sandals.
Kudos to all for getting through STAAR testing.
Kudos to Mrs. Johnson for the hours of labor she spent organizing testing.
Kudos to Mrs. Whitfield for always checking in on me.
Kudos to Mrs. Manwani for all the work you do to support our kids, especially covering classes when somebody is out.
Kudos to Myers, Melikyan, Agbebaku, Emad, Carter, and Hernandez for taking on my kids while I tested Monday and Tuesday. They all had a blast being with you!
Kudos to Robinson and Jordan for always being so flexible to cover a leave early pass.
Kudos to all teachers and staff who were outside ALL day Friday running the events for Field Day.
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5/20 EOY Awards Summary Sheets due (email yours to Ms. Salazar)
5/20 EOY Staff Party at Marios
5/21 Attendance for Credit Meeting (3:20-3:35 in 131)
5/21 Talent Show @ 6:00 in the auditorium
5/21 PTSA Meeting/ Armadillo of the Month/ Talent Show
5/22 Meet Your New Teacher Night (5:30-6:30)
5/23 4th Grade Trip to Austin
5/27 No School/ Memorial Day Holiday
5/28 Attendance for Credit Meeting (3:20-3:35 in 131)
5/29 Last Day of School for Students
5/30 Hall Party Breakfast (sponsored by the Teacher Assistants)
5/30 Last Day of School for Teachers
EOY AWARDS CEREMONIES
May 24
9:00 3rd Grade
1:00 2nd Grade
May 28
9:00 4th Grade
1:00 5th Grade
May 29
8:30 Kindergarten
10:00 PreK
1:00 1st Grade
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Created by Adrian Luna, Principal
Nathan Adams Elementary School
Dallas Independent School District
Email: aluna@dallasisd.org
Website: www.dallasisd.org/nathanadams
Location: 12600 Welch Road, Dallas, TX 75244
Phone: 972-794-2600