October 2021 Newsletter

Upcoming Events

10/1: Fathers Take Your Child to School Day
10/2: National Custodian Day: Thank you to our wonderful custodians- Mrs. Guzman, Mrs. Gomez, Mrs. Bautista, and Ms. Perez!
10/3: Spirit Shirt Orders ends today
10/5: Honor Choir Meeting, 4th grade
10/6: Girls Club Meeting
10/7: Honor Choir Meeting, 5th grade
10/7: Boys Club Meeting
10/7: PTA Meeting with 5th grade Music Performance
10/8: Fall Break (No School)
10/11: Fall Break/Columbus Day (No School)
10/12: Staff Development Day/No School for Students
10/13: Girls Club Meeting (Virtual)
10/14: Honor Choir, 5th grade
10/15: Last day of Hispanic Heritage Month
10/19: Honor Choir, 4th grade
10/20: Honor Society Meeting
10/20: National Unity Day (Wear orange.)
10/22: National Pink Out Day for Breast Cancer Awareness (Wear pink.)
10/22: Brighter Bites Food Distribution
10/23: Pre-K Family Literacy Day
10/25-10/29: Red Ribbon Week
10/26: Reading Unit Test #2: 2nd-5th grade
10/26: Honor Choir, 4th grade
10/27: Science Unit Test #2: 2nd-5th grade
10/28: Math Unit Test #2: 2nd-5th grade
10/28: Honor Choir, 5th grade
10/28: Student Council Meeting
11/1: Staff Development Day/No School for Students
11/2: Staff Development Day/Election Day/No School for Students

Extra help on campus: College Tutors and Retired Teachers

The U.S. Congress provided financial support for districts and schools through the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund to address the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

As we know too well, the pandemic has caused major disruptions in instruction in our students education. To help with this, the district hired numerous college tutors to assist with student interventions.

At WAES, we welcome:

Ms. Ford, supports Kindergarten Reading
Ms. Diaz, supports in K-2nd Reading
Ms. Cleto, supports 2nd-3rd Math and Reading
Mr. Valdez, supports 4th and 5th Math
Ms. Malveaux, supports 4th and 5th Math

*College tutors are supervised at all times by the classroom teacher and/or instructional coaches.

In addition, we have two retired teacher assisting our students. We welcome to WAES Mrs. Brown, who supports K-3rd Reading and Ms. Bazile, who supports 3rd-5th Math.

Lastly, we have a homegrown students/aspiring teacher, Mrs. Martinez that supports our kindergarten classes.

If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to contact our front office.

Report Card Conferences

The 1st nine weeks report card will be ready by October 15th. Per usual, during the 1st nine weeks report card, all teachers will be holding conferences with you from October 18-30. Please be on the lookout for more information from your child's teacher.

Brighter Bites in October!

The Houston Foodbank through it's program, Brighter Bites, offers a box of produce to families enrolled at WAES. The distribution this month will take place on October 22 during dismissal. Be on the lookout for a special message the morning of each distribution day and then reply using the special code displayed near the carpool lane. Thank you for your patient and support as we continue to perfect this process.

Woodland Acres Elementary PTA

Our first PTA meeting for the year will take place on October 7th via Zoom at 4:00 p.m. Log in to see which classes had the greatest PTA membership, upcoming PTA events and also enjoy a performance by our 5th grade students! We look forward to "seeing" you!

Zoom link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6846258640?pwd=RHhMVU00Y0dvdVg0OXBnZWxzWlM1QT09

Meeting ID: 684 625 8640

Passcode: WAESPTA