Gonzalez Premier Express
Week of February 8, 2016
Vision
Announcements
RACING TO PREMIER
We continue to make great strides toward our vision of becoming the Premier elementary school in Dallas ISD.
Let's make sure that we
provide opportunities to generate “rich classroom discussion” in the classroom. The rationale behind this goal is that good discussions produce higher-quality student thinking, expression, and achievement. Reformers’ aim is to replace traditional teacher-dominated discussions with “students talking in class about their ideas, asking questions of peers, engaging in debates with peers, explaining their reasoning, and sharing some roles traditionally assumed by teachers.
- are able to stimulate students’ curiosity about something they’re naturally motivated to learn; by doing so, they’ll be better prepared to learn things that they would normally consider boring or difficult.
Attendance and Parent Portal
Parent Portal provides parents/guardians with three key benefits: Secure on-line access to their children's grades, assignments, and attendance; email or text alerts of absences and grade average changes; and two-way communication tool for parents and teachers. As a school, we have already surpassed last year Parent Portal participation percentage from 82% to 83%. The grade level with the highest participation percentage is PreK with 93%. Most of our grade levels are in the 80s. Let's continue to work with our parents to take advantage of this great resource.
THANK YOU
- Mr. Evangelister for his leadership and creativity as the choir performed during morning announcements in the 100th day celebration. Our students had a great time and did a fantastic job!!!
STEM Day
Ms. Menchaca, Ms. Rangel, and Ms. Leal participated as presenters during STEM Day. Mr. Balbuena supported the STEM department with the organization and logistics of this day. Our students throughout the District had an opportunity to participate in fun activities .
Data Tracker
Ms. Cuevas - Prek - C
George Washington Poster Art Contest
100 DAYS OF SCHOOL
Events
February 8-
- Reasoning Minds Middle of the Year Assessment Window continues thru Feb 26
- Prek-2nd Friendship Adventure with Ronald McDonald @ 9:30 am Auditorium
- Instructional Leaders Meeting 3:30
February 9-
Ms. Shelby e-mailed and placed a hard copy of the MOCK STAAR schedule and logistics for next week. As you may know, doing mock STAAR testing has two purposes. One of the purpose of mock testing is to progress monitor student performance and make adjustments based on the data; the other purpose is to ensure a great testing environment by monitoring the logistics of this plan. Therefore, it is very important that we take this mock testing seriously and that we talk with students about its importance. Also, this is one of the last times that you will formally be with the group that you will be testing during the actual STAAR day; so, I encourage all of you to collaborate so that the testing teacher will be more familiar with your students and provide information
- MOCK STAAR: 4th Grade Writing - 5th Grade Math
- Bandan Kora African Drum Ensemble
- 2:00 STAAR PrepU workshop at Dorsey Elementary - Encourage our parents to attend.
February 10-
- Nurse Day
- 8:45 - 10:30 - Coffee with the Principal / STAAR Forum Prep U Workshop
MOCK STAAR 5th Grade Reading
1st grade Field Trip. The Children’s Theater
February 11-
- Achieve 3000 PLC (1:30-4:30)
3rd -5th BL Cadre
Kinder In House Field Trip 12:00pm Dallas Arboretum (Auditorium)
Texas Ballet Theater CityDance 3:15-4:15
- Weekly PD - Weekly PD – TELPAS and Writing Samples Collection
February 12-
- A team of Dell representatives will be on campus at 8:30 a.m. in the Library for 3 hours to apply mandatory updates for the configuration of student and staff Dell Latitude E7350 laptops. Staff members will drop off their laptops at the Library in the morning. Laptops must be labeled with staff member's full name and room number. This can be done by placing a sticky note or a sheet of paper inside
February 13-
- NO Saturday School
February 14 -
- Cheerleaders will participate in their first formal competition in Denton
February 15 - NO School
Keep in your thoughts and prayers
Ms. Poe and her family.
Ms. Shelby and her family - her stepmother passed away last week.
WE WISH YOU A HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
- Ms. Valencia - February 13
- Ms. Price - February 13
Gonzalez Elementary
Email: jcordoba@dallasisd.org
Website: www.dallasisd.org/gonzalez
Location: 6610 Lake June Road, Dallas, TX, United States
Phone: 972-502-3300