Old Town Star Staff News
January 19th through January 30th
Our ROCK STAR of the Week Is...
Marlene Hicks , one of OTE's Star PE Teachers!!! You are entitled to a week long jeans/shorts pass and the "traveling parking space trophy!!!" CONGRATULATIONS to you!!!!
A little about Coach Hicks ...
How many years have you been an educator?
24
Tell us about your family....
I am married to Tracy Hicks and we own "Hicks Fencing Company". My stepson, Trey, plays baseball for McLennan Community College. Tracy and I live in Georgetown with our 3 dogs, 8 chickens and a turkey.
What do you like to do for fun?
I love to get together with my sisters and RUN!
What's the one thing you enjoy most about working with students and/or families at Old Town?
I enjoy teaching my students new things and seeing their faces light up when they "get it"!
Tell us about one strength you possess.
I am organized!
*If you haven't already done so, please tell us a little about yourself here!
Weekly Reminders...
- Be sure to pick up your students from Special Classes on time. Feel free to hold administration accountable to this as well at the end of meetings!
- Return your Semester Award templates to Marie by Tuesday, January 20th!
- Return your Teacher Nomination forms by Tuesday, January 20th!
- Submit all your samples of feedback given to your writers by Monday, January 26th!
Our Next Week...
Monday, Jan 19
MLK Day – No school
Tuesday, Jan 20
Minor Campus AM – AP Mtg
Environmental Art Club 3:00
Wednesday, Jan 21
Mya’s Coaching Day
Popcorn Day
Star Store 3rd – 5th grade
Vertical Team Mtg. @ 3:05
Thursday, Jan 22
Mya’s Office Day
ARD Mtgs. (see separate schedule)
OTE Times Mtg 3pm
Friday, Jan 23
CAT Mtg 8:00am
SST’s 3rd – 5th
Mya off campus AM for PTA Council Luncheon
“Success is achieved by developing our strengths, not by eliminating our weaknesses” -Marilyn vos Savant
Link of the Week!
Here's a couple of great Chrome Extensions - Tab Scissors and Tab GlueEver
Wish you had dual monitors so you could work on two things at once? These two Chrome extensions can help you with that! Log into your gmail account, click on new tab at the top right of your current tabs and then the 9 colored squares on the left hand side.
Go to the Web Store and type in Tab Scissors, both the tab scissors/tab glue extensions will show up. Click on the "free" button and then "add" to install them on your chrome browser. You will now see them in the top right hand corner next to the URLs.
Click on the scissors to split your screen into two screens (when you have multiple tabs open) and then glue to put them back together.
Aiming for the Stars...
What another full and exciting week!!! A GINORMOUS THANK YOU to Hans and Frans, Mr. Guevara and the entire Family Fit Night Special Committee for another super fun and memorable event for our families!!! Special Appreciations to our Office Team for always being so flexible and providing top notch customer service!!!
As always, THANK YOU for your hard work in preparing to deliver world class instruction to our STAR Texans! YOU ARE THE BEST!!!
ENJOY YOUR WELL DESERVED THREE DAY WEEKEND!!!
The Week After...
Monday, Jan 26
Mya’s Coaching day
Semester Awards – 8:00 1st grade & 9:00 5th grade
BAS MOY testing window opens for Kinder
Samples of Writing Feedback due to Mya
Happy Birthday Kathy Callaway!
Tuesday, Jan 27
Minor’s Coaching Day
Semester Awards – 8:00 4th grade & 9:00 2nd grade
Vertical team planning
Science Fair projects due today
Student Council Mtg 2:45
SOS Mtg 3:05pm
PTA Executive Board Mtg 6:30pm
Wednesday, Jan 28
Mya’s Coaching Day
Bluebonnet Voting
Faculty Mtg. @ 3:05
Thursday, Jan 29
Mya off campus RRHS Vertical Team Meeting
Science Fair!
ARD Mtgs. (see separate schedule)
OTE Times Mtg 3pm
OTE Variety Show rehearsal 3-5:30
Friday, Jan 30
BAS MOY testing window closes for 1st through 5th
Last Day for BAS Data Entry
CAT Mtg 8:00am
3rd Grade Semester Awards 1:00pm
Kindergarten Semester Awards 1:50pm
SST’s Kg – 2nd
Old Town Elementary Mission
Email: mya_mercer@roundrockisd.org
Website: http://schools.roundrockisd.org/oldtown/
Location: 2200 Chaparral Dr, Round Rock, TX
Phone: (512) 428-7600
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/OldTownElementaryPTA
Twitter: @OTESchool