Goliad Gazette
Week of December 4, 2023
Recognitions!
Friendly Reminders & Don't Forgets
Lesson Plans: Fully completed lesson plans for the following week are due by the end of the day on Fridays.
Grades: Grades must be updated on a weekly basis by Sunday evening for the previous week.
Staff Absences: Request for Personal Leave (and Un-Paid Leave) must be done via email in advance. If you know about a Personal/Family Illness Leave (due to a doctor's appointment), you should e-mail Dr. D. before submitting the absence on Frontline. Any last minute absences due to illness should still be communicated via text message.
Toy Drive: Donations of new, unwrapped toys will be accepted through Dec. 20. This is part of the Salvation Army, United Supermarkes, and NewsWest 9 toy drive.
Get Better Faster Scope & Sequence Walk-Through Focus
Aggressive Monitoring and Guided Discourse is a campus expectation and should be occurring on a regular basis. Both are effective instructional practices and will improve student learning and achievement.
December
Dec 5 - Picture Retakes
Dec 6 - UIL Shirts OR College Shirt w/Jeans
Dec 6 - UIL (No Committee Meetings)
Dec 7 - 12 Days of Christmas dress up begins (w/jeans)
Dec 8 - Christmas Party RSVP due
Dec 12 - RLA STAAR Interim #1
Dec 12 - Sneed - Music Performance @ The Settles (6 pm)
Dec 13 - Dr. D @ Admin Mtg
Dec 13 - No Staff Meeting (Nov 29 meeting replaced)
Dec 14 - Math STAAR Interim #1
Dec 14 - Reading Vertical Alignment Mtg @ 4 pm
Dec 14 - School Board Mtg @ 5:15 pm
Dec 15 - Last Day for Canned Food Items
Dec 19 - Recorders Performance @ 6 pm
Dec 20 - Roast Beast Luncheon
Dec 20 - Last Day to Donate New Unwrapped Toys
Dec 21 - Goliad Christmas Party @ Moss Creek Ranch
Dec 22 - Early Release
December & Daily Observances
December-
- Bingo Month
- Eggnog Month
- Gift of Sight Month
- Learn a Foreign Language Month
- Month of Giving
- National Cat Lovers’ Month
- National Human Rights Month
- National Pear Month
- National Tie Month
- Operation Santa Paws (Dec. 1—24)
- Read a New Book Month
- Universal Human Rights Month
- Worldwide Food Service Safety Month
- Write a Friend Month
Daily Observances-
- Dec 4 - National Cookie Day
- Dec 5 - Day of the Ninja
- Dec 6 - National Gazpacho Day
- Dec 7 - Pearl Harbor Rembrance Day; National Letter Writing Day, National Cotton Candy Day
- Dec 8 - National Brownie Day