Akin News
Friday, May 3rd, 2019
TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK
Next week is Teacher Appreciation Week, and we want to spoil our teachers and staff! With everything they put into teaching our children daily, they deserve to be appreciated. A sign – up is posted on the PTA website of items needed each day to make this week a success for our fabulous teachers and staff. SIGN-UP is live and ready for you! Your student should have also brought a flyer home outlining what they can do each day to show some love to their teachers. And let’s not forget about all the other teachers and staff that help make our school amazing!!
A Note From Coach Steve
Parents,
Outdoor activities for Field Day will be rescheduled for May 24th due to the weather! We have a lot of fun activities, including water activities, lined up for the students. They are welcome to wear water shoes as well as swimsuits/trunks during the activities but they must wear school appropriate clothing over top of them. The students will have an opportunity to change after they finish with Field Day so please be sure to send your child to school with an extra set of dry clothes, including socks and shoes. Our students had so much fun today during Specials on the inflatables-thank you PTA!
RESCHEDULED FIELD DAY VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
Our new day will be Friday, May 24th, 2019. Same time schedule. Sign-up is available on the PTA website at www.akin.my-pta.org under the Volunteer tab. Come have fun with us. Thanks for all you do!
Feel free to email Coach Steve at Stephen.Lunceford@leanderisd.org if you have any questions.
Steve Lunceford
PE Teacher
Akin Elementary 512-570-8000
Our Musical at Akin-Aladdin!
Aladdin is here! Please join us this Sat. with tickets in hand for two shows: 2:00pm & 7:00pm
We will not sell tickets at the door, but we will have concessions for purchase.
The tickets are limited and are general seating - no reserved spots. Our students and staff have worked so very hard to put this show together-you all will love it!
Chipotle Spirit Night
Make dinner a selfless act by joining us for Akin Spirit Night. Come in to the Chipotle at 909 E Whitestone Blvd Ste A in Cedar Park on Monday, May 6th between 5:00 and 9:00pm. Up to 33% of the proceeds will be donated to Akin Elementary PTA.
5th Grade Celebrations!
The 5th grade class of Akin Elementary is “graduating!” Please help make this celebration extra special for them by donating refreshments or volunteering to help set up, serve, and clean up. Check out the needed items on the PTA website.
Watch Dog Dad Program
End the School Year Right!
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) go to http://akin.my-pta.org/ to visit our PTA website, then click on Watch D.O.G.S. to sign up. Come have fun with us at school!
Upcoming Events
May 4th Aladdin Musical 2:00 pm & 7:00 pm
May 6th-10th Teacher Appreciation Week
May 6th PTA Spirit Night at Chipotle 5-9 pm
May 6th 2nd Grade Student Led Conferences
May 8th National Nurse's Day-Thank you Nurse Misti
May 10th Kinder Field Trip-Sweet Berry Farms & 1st Grade Writer's Tea
STAAR Testing:
5/13 3rd & 4th Grade Math
5/14 3rd & 4th Grade Reading
5/15 5th Grade Science
Final Results Are In!
Our last group of Akin Math Pentathletes have competed at the area tournament. And, boy, did they do a great job! Here are the results:
Ambika Ashok-Silver
Lakshitha Vengadeswaran-Bronze
Aditri Gilakattul-Bronze
Honorable Mentions
Venkat Gunupuru
Mannit Surti
Garrett Coupar
Newton Le
Sebastian Pietig-Garcia
Congrats Aviators!
T-shirt Winner for 2019-2020 school year!
Aviator WINGS Winners!
"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 (Van Velzen) Ethan Borges - Ownership
1st grade (Blume) Pranathi Chilipi- Ownership
2nd grade (McDaniel) Ese Ighile - Accountability
3rd Grade (Rogers) Greyson Peters - Respect
4th grade (Dickey) Mackenzie Hilterbran - Respect
5th grade (Milledge) Charlotte Grandstaff - Accountability
Way to go Aviators and keep SOARing to Greatness...Everywhere!