Akin News
10/04/19
A Note From the Principal
Dear Parents,
I’m so excited to tell you about the Apex Leadership program that will be at our school for another week! The Apex program teaches leadership traits and fitness to our students who are raising pledges for our all school Fun Run on Friday, October 11th.
Apex’s leadership and character theme this year is Apex GAME ON! Students will join the Apex Squad on an exciting journey as they learn what it takes to be a game changing leader:
§ Go Getter
§ Appreciate
§ Move Forward
§ Explore
§ Others First
§ Now What?
Apex Fun Run
During the Apex Fun Run program, students are challenged to get pledges for the laps they will run on Friday, October 11th to help our school. Students will run for 30 minutes during Specials time and will run an average of 26-36 laps around the Apex Raceway. The maximum amount of laps is 36 and each lap is 1/16th of a mile. Through Apex’s online pledging system, sponsors can pledge $1/lap, $2/lap, $5/lap, or any other amount for students and can pledge from anywhere in the world! We have had such amazing success with this PTA fundrasier in years past and we are thrilled to have the Apex Team back at Akin. This year, we’re raising funds to pay for student programs, instructional materials, and technology supports for students.
Thank you again for your continued support – we’re so excited to be on this amazing journey with you! Game-On!
Mrs. Webster
512-570-8000
Reports are going electronic for all K-5th grade students!
Student Information System Update: Digital Report Card Information
Leander ISD transitioned to online report cards and progress reports, which can be accessed (viewed and printed) by students and parents through the Home Access Center tool.
If you have not logged into your Home Access Center account, please do so prior to the release of report cards to ensure the system has all of your students.
Report cards for elementary can be accessed in the Home Access Center the week of Oct. 21st.
To Register go to: Home Access Center
To learn more about digital report cards, grade book alerts, etc. go to: Knowledge Base.
Welcome our New Registrar
Hello Aviator Families! I’m Kendra Martin and I am the new registrar here at Akin. I am originally from Chicagoland and our family moved to Texas 5 years ago. I have been married to Steve for 18 years and we have 2 teenagers, Nate and Ellie. We spend a lot of time on the football field and watching dance! I have worked part time in the financial industry for the past 10+ years. I am excited to be a part of the Akin family and look forward to meeting you!
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
Specials Monthly Newsletter
Full house at our ESL Parent Outreach Meeting!
Students practicing bus evacuations!
Reading in Mrs. Meleck's class!
Watch Dog Dads Needed
Calling all Watch D.O.G.S.
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 more information on this program AND for step-by-step instructions on how to become a Watch D.O.G.S. volunteer (new and returning dads) click the link below to sign-up to be an Akin Watch D.O.G.S. http://akin.my-pta.org/content.asp?PageID=8&NavigationID=1&Sequence=11&Directive=Navigate
PTA
Akin PTA is excited to announce that Apex is here! Apex provides an amazing 2-week interactive leadership program combined with a fun run fundraiser that helps schools all over the country raise much needed funds. During the fun-filled program, Apex promotes 3 core values: Leadership, Good Character and Fitness.
Apex is a critical fundraiser for Akin. Money raised from Apex will fund a new STEAM/Robotics lab, provide field trips, student enrichment programs, building improvements and professional development for teachers. THANK YOU for your support.
Upcoming Events
Oct. 7th-11th Custodian Appreciation Week
Oct. 11th PTA's Apex Fun Run during Specials time
Oct. 14th & 15th Student Holiday/Staff Development
Oct. 17th Spirit Night at Baskin Robbins
PE Lessons
Hello Parents and Guardians,
All students in Kindergarten – 5th grades will receive instruction and information on drug awareness required by the State Health TEKS from the P.E. teacher and/or ADAPT Counselor on November 1st and November 8th.
Please preview the parent information at: https://tinyurl.com/yxr9san4
The parent information includes title and links to the videos which will be shown and has follow-up discussion questions for you to ask your child. You may preview videos the students will be watching by contacting the campus P.E. teacher.
Thank you,
Stephen Lunceford, Akin Elementary PE teacher and
Mary Ann Kluga, RN, PS, LCDC, ADAPT Coordinator
PTA Reflection Contest
Reflections
Calling all Akin Artists! PTA is thrilled to bring Reflections, a national arts program, to Akin. Reflections is a great way to showcase the talents of our students in a variety of categories including visual arts, dance, photography, film, literature and music! Registration & submission information is available outside of the Performing Arts classroom and at the PTA website.
"I Earned My Wings at Akin Elementary!"
Every week students who have earned their wings are entered into a drawing to be recognized for SOARing to Greatness with positive behavior at Akin Elementary.
This week's winners are:
KG (Dixon) Sienna Little - Respect & Accountability (She is absent today)
1st grade(Johnson) Zade Peters - Accountability & Respect
2nd grade (Carson) Lincoln Folts - Respect
3rd Grade (Behrs) Aneesh Katta - Respect
4th grade (Hall) Evan Vega - Ownership
5th grade (Brown) - Abigail Menefee - Ownership & Respect
Akin Wednesday-Aviator T-shirts
College Friday-College T-shirts
Email: beckie.webster@leanderisd.org
Website: akin.leanderisd.org
Location: 3261 Barley Road, Leander, TX, USA
Phone: (512)570-8000
Twitter: @mjakinelem