LV Intermediate Parent Newsletter
December 16, 2018
Upcoming Events...
January 21 Student Holiday - No Classes
January 23 Awards Assembly during lunch period
January 25 Early Dismissal at 11:35 with Academic UIL Meet at LVES beginning at 12:30
February 14 Valentine's Day Parties
February 18 Student Holiday - No Classes
February 19 Grade 4 Writing Benchmark and Grade 5 Math Benchmark
February 20 Fifth Grade Reading Benchmark
Your Help is Appreciated
Thank you for your continued support,
Mrs. Davis
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Reaching for the Stars...Believe It to Achieve It!
Information for UIL Academic Meet on January 25
Parents of UIL Students,
Our District UIL Meet will be on Friday, January 25, 2019 at Lago Vista Elementary. Even though it is an early release day, all Lago Vista Elementary and Intermediate UIL contestants will need to stay at school and not go home at early dismissal. Intermediate students will be bused to the Elementary campus, and all UIL students will be held in the gym and cafeteria until it’s time for their event.
Students may bring cell phones, and are also encouraged to bring books, games, hand-held devices, etc. to keep them occupied while they are waiting for their event. There will be Wi-Fi access.
There will be a Snack Bar in the cafeteria for students and guests to purchase snack items to eat and drink.
If you plan to attend the meet, your child may go home with you when he/she has finished competition. If you will not be attending, please make the appropriate transportation arrangements. There will not be a sign-out sheet for Lago Vista students. Audiences are not allowed in any of the competition rooms.
UIL Meet Schedule
1:00 2nd Grade Storytelling Prelims
3rd Grade Storytelling Prelims
4th Grade Oral Reading Prelims
5th Grade Oral Reading Prelims
5th Grade Maps, Graphs & Charts
2:00-3:00 3rd & 4th Grade Music Memory
5th Grade Music Memory
5th Grade Dictionary
2:00-3:30 4th & 5th Grade Art
3:00 2nd Grade Storytelling Finals
3rd Grade Storytelling Finals
4th Grade Oral Reading Finals
5th Grade Oral Reading Finals
3:00-3:30 4th Grade Number Sense
5th Grade Number Sense
5th Grade Listening
3:30-4:30 3rd & 4th Grade Spelling
5th Grade Spelling
YEARBOOK ORDERS--Please order a yearbook to support our school
It's that time of year, again! Keep those precious 2018-19 memories alive for your child with our second annual Lago Vista Intermediate School Yearbook. They are only $20 and are available for purchase online:
School Code: 13169319
Paper order forms are available in the front office, and they have gone home in Wednesday Folders.
Yearbook sales is one of the very few fundraisers that we have at the Intermediate campus. Please help by purchasing a yearbook. We exceeded our goal of 95 books sold last year, and would love to see that happen again! Our goal this year is 100.
FAC Luncheon
Awards for the Second 9 Weeks
All “A” Honor Roll - 4th Grade
Anya Alanis
Emerson Andrew
Sadie Badger
Hannah Barley
Chloe Bell
Winter Callahan
Kingston Cannon
Claire Everett
Joel Faz
Justin Fessler
Brandon Freeman
Hannah Grill
Eliana Helton
Anna Heston
Archer Houston
Dhylan Johnson
Kristin Johnston
Jolee Jordan
Kailee Keister
Fletcher Matheson
Riley Maxwell
Ava O’Connor
Corban Owens
Olivia Parra
Samuel Presley
Ariana Randels
Kandice Richardson
Molly Roberts
Rylee Roberts
Eva Taylor
Taylor Teague
Ainsley Townsend
Emily Viruette
All “A” Honor Roll - 5th Grade
Daniel Anglin
Noah Arambula
Joshua Bailey
Malaya Del Rosario
Morgan Donahe
Curtis Federoff
Josie Gillette-Oatman
Oryin Harris
Marlie Hawkins
Clara Hepp
Scotia Horton
Madison Husk
Victoria Lee
Aiden Neel
Lily Olson
Luna Quintero
Allisen Shipp
Lilah Smith
Macy Thompson
Haley Wray
Jack Xuereb
“A/B” Honor Roll - 4th Grade
Lanee Arredondo
Dominic Bailey
Krysalyn Carter
Jackson Cook
Andrew Davis
Juliette Hoofnagle
Lilyann Houston
Hudson Keeran
Marshall Lawless
William Lopez-Ulloa
Kennedi McSkimming
Hailey Meade
Amalie Melendez
Marek Michetich
Kyelynn Mills
Daniel Montes
Austin Moore
Sydney Mosser
Katelee Raggio
Leandro Seda
Connor Shafer
Jaxyn Siebens
Melissa Soto
Deijah Sourile
Avery Thompson
Jess Welton
Madison Williams
“A/B” Honor Roll - 5th Grade
Evan Bailey
Baily Barto
Amberlyn Beall
Alyssa Black
Caeley Carmack
Daniel Casburg
Lillian Coale
MaryEmma Davis
Alexis Fanning
Sydney Fanning
Jonah Farrington
Makenna Fiscus
Daniel Fowler
Juan Garcia
Ronnie Haywood
Pierce Hergenreder
Alena Hernandez
Jesus Hidalgo
Nathan Hiebert
Garrison Houston
Daniel Kannmacher
Makenzie Koska
Seren Mitchel
Hudson Neel
Kasey Noack
Kristen Norris
Carli Parker
Anna Piedra Diaz
Matthew Purkey
Claire Ragland
Angelina Rempel
Douglas Runkel
Ania Saldana
Talen Sellers
Abbigail Simmons
Ripley Sinclair
Jasmine Sisca
Jessica Smith
Konnor Smith
Mariana Tonche Valadez
Aceton Turner
Aaden Vasquez
Preston Vaughan
Aidan Velasquez
Isabel Villarreal
Aiden Voita
Luke Walker
Parker Williams
Perfect Attendance – 4th Grade
Krysalyn Carter
Jon Celcer
Andrew Davis
Claire Everett
Justin Fessler
Jordan Garcia Ortega
Lilyann Houston
William Lopez-Ulloa
Mileny Martinez
Juilio Martinez Perez
Hailey Meade
Jose Salazar
Lillian Coale
MaryEmma Davis
Malaya Del Rosario
Perfect Attendance – 5th Grade
Joshua Bailey
Scotia Horton
Lillian Larocca
Mikal Miller
Tyler Oliver
Chloe Ottaway
Douglas Runkel
Ania Saldana
Preston Vaughn
Isabel Villarreal
School Board Appreciate Month
Information from the Office
Attendance Reminder:
If your child is out of school for any reason, please be sure to inform the front office the reason for the absence. For your convenience, Mrs. Dohm as 2 electronic ways to get her notes:
Email: lisa_dohm@lagovista.txed.net
Fax: 512-267-8363
Attendance Percentages This Week
4th Grade: 95.54%
5th Grade: 96.20%
Total: 95.89%
ATTENDANCE MATTERS
The vast majority of our students with excessive absences fail to pass their classes. Students need to be at school everyday.
Our schoolwide attendance goal for this year is 98%. Our state funding is based on the percentage of students at school at 10:00 am every day. Higher attendance rate = more money for resources for your student.
For students who miss school, here is some very important attendance information:
- 3 or more unexcused absences in a 4 week period - warning letter sent home, phone conference with at-risk coordinator and attendance improvement plan.
- 5 or more unexcused absences in a 6-week period - warning letter sent home, phone conference with administrator, attendance behavior plan reviewed.
- 7 or more unexcused absences in an 8-week period - warning letter sent home and Behavior Intervention Plan meeting called with the parents, student, and assistant principal.
- 10 or more unexcused absences in a 6 month period - truancy charges are filed. Parent, student and school administrator will be summoned to appear in truancy court.
Reminder about our Re-Do Policy
Please remember that your student brings home graded work in the Wednesday folder each week. Please review that work and encourage your child to correct and return any work that received a grade below 79. Your child is also schedule a time with his/er teacher to correct tests.
From the Student Handbook
Re-do/Re-test Policy (Grades 4-5)
We encourage students to use feedback provided by grades by reflecting on their mistakes
and using it to improve their understanding of concepts being assessed. Please understand
that the re-do/re-test option is not a free pass for students not to study or to turn in carelessly
completed work. In order for a student to have this opportunity, they must do something to
show the teacher that they are committed to improving their performance. This might include
additional time with the teacher, extra practice assignments, or making corrections on
previously completed work. A student may earn up to a 79% on a re-test or re-do of an
assignment. Students may not redo daily grades for which they received a zero.
Daily Grades
1. Students who receive a 79% or lower on a daily assignment will have one opportunity to
re-do an equivalent assignment, as determined by the teacher, for a maximum grade of
79%. Students may not re-do assignments for which they received a zero due to not
completing or turning it in.
2. Students must initiate the process to re-do an assignment. Emailed requests from
parents to re-do an assignment will not be accepted. Handwritten parent notes presented
to the teacher by the student will be accepted in Grades 2-5. The ultimate goal is to
create learners who are able to be effective self-advocates.
3. Students must complete the “re-do” assignment in the calendar week after the
failing grade was earned. (For example, whether a student earns a failing grade on
Tuesday or Friday, they must complete the re-test by the end of the following week. This
is the case, even in the event of “short” weeks containing fewer than 5 days.)
4. Assignments may be given as a home assignment or redone at school. The teacher will
determine which option is most appropriate for each assignment.
5. A student may earn up to a 79% on their re-do of the assignment.
6. A student may not earn a grade lower than the original grade.
Dressing for Recess
Please help us by dressing your child for colder weather. We want our students to be able to enjoy recess outside this time of year. Please be sure that they dress warm enough to be comfortable outside.
Make Sure You Know About StayALERT (...and Talk About it With Your Kiddos!)
Lago Vista ISD uses StayALERT to help keep our schools safe. StayALERT is a bilingual, confidential website, e-mail, phone and texting avenue for students, teachers, staff, parents and community members to be able to confidentially report unsafe behaviors, suspicious activities, bullying, acts of violence, harassment, and a host of other potential disruptors to school safety.
Users may anonymously report concerns 24-7-365 via the StayALERT website, an e-mail, a phone call to a recorded and monitored line, or via a text message from a cell phone. Photos and video clips pertaining to the StayALERT report may be included. No special app required! Reportable information will be forwarded in a timely manner to a pre-designated school official for review.
To make a report, use one of the methods below:
Website: stayalert.info
Call or Text: (206) 406-6485
Email: report@stayalert.info
Counselor Corner
In January, our class guidance lessons focus on being a good and important part of our family, school and nation. We will be role playing scenarios which help to solidify making positive choices. Please reinforce this important quality as it builds sense of self and service to others and our country.
https://www.doinggoodtogether.org/bhf-book-lists/picture-books-about-citizenship
This site contains literature and probing questions to involve your children in thinking about citizenship. At this age, our students are eager to grow in their sense of self and duty to themselves and to others. Let’s build on the desire to be a good citizen.
Leaders in Action
We meet each week, on Thursday and Friday. Our current project is to support teachers by decorating positive signs to display and refer to in each class.
Stay tuned for our next activity which will be a project in which we collect funds to improve our cafe. We hope to purchase 2 microwaves to alleviate lines in the cafe.