The Weekly Spur
Week Twenty-four: February 22-26, 2016
February is Black History Month
February 1-5 is National School Counseling Week - WE LOVE OUR COUNSELOR!!!!
George Washington's Birthday
George Washington's Birthday is celebrated as a federal holiday on the third Monday in February. It is one of eleven permanent holidays established by Congress. George Washington was born in Virginia on February 11, 1731, according to the then-used Julian calendar. In 1752, however, Britain and all its colonies adopted the Gregorian calendar which moved Washington's birthday a year and 11 days to February 22, 1732. Washington's Birthday, however, did not become a legal holiday until January 31, 1879 when Congress added February 22nd to the list of holidays to be observed by federal employees in the District of Columbia.
Word of the Week, Quote & Call back:
W.O.W.: Loyalty: faithfulness to another
Quote: “An ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness.” By Elbert Green Hubbard
Call Back: You have a friend……in ME!
What's on tap this week?
Don't forget your Thank You's for Thank You Thursday!
Monday, Feb. 22 -
Tuesday, Feb. 23 -
Wednesday, Feb. 24 -
Thursday, Feb. 25 - Thank You Thursday! PTA Restaurant night at CiCi's
Friday, Feb. 26 - Early Release/Staff Development Day, Second Monitored TELPAS Calibration in computer lab, PTA Dance 5:00-6:30
Happy Birthday to You - this week!
February 22 - Stephanie Crabtree
February 23 - Stephanie Wright
February 27 - Chelsea Lippe
February 28 - Chris Alt
A look ahead...
Texas Public Schools Week - Feb. 29-Mar. 4
Monday, Feb. 29 - Student TELPAS Practice session with Mendell (schedule to come)
Tuesday, Mar. 1 -
Wednesday, Mar. 2 - Faculty meeting/STAAR Training, Read Across America Day, GE Consultant on Campus
Thursday, Mar. 3 - GE Consultant on Campus
Friday, Mar. 4 - 4th Grade Field Trip to Austin, TELPAS Writing Collection Window Closes
Monday, Mar. 7 - 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade TELPAS online Reading test (more info to come),SLT Meeting, PTA General meeting @6:00pm
Tuesday, Mar. 8 - 3rd & 4th grade Math Benchmark, 5th grade Science Benchmark
Wednesday, Mar. 9 - 3rd & 4th grade Reading Benchmark, 5th grade to Camp El Tesoro until Friday.
Thursday, Mar. 10 - 2nd grade TELPAS online Reading test (more info to come), PLC
Friday, Mar. 11 -
Pictures for the Yearbook - please share!
Here is the info for uploading pictures to eshare. If you have a flash drive and/or memory card, Jennifer Andrews can take those as well... So far they need pictures from meet the teacher all the way through Christmas parties.
You can also upload your pictures to eShare or use the HJeShare app!The eShare code is CSESpurs. In the next week, PTA will be pulling pictures and designing pages and would love to have your pictures to choose from, too
PTA Information:
*PTA has created a BOX TOP GARDEN. Depending on how many box tops you have turned in depends on how many petals are on your flower. The first petal represents 25 or less box tops and every petal after represents 10 boxtops. **Just a reminder, SPED will be picking up your box top envelope every Friday, not PTA. **
*If you have any pictures from your classroom that can be shared, please send them to Crystal Barnhill or Jill Wagenknecht. We will forward them to the yearbook committee. Thank you in advance!
4 Things Innovative Schools Have In Common
Here is a link for an interesting article entitled:
"4 Things Innovative Schools Have In Common"