Akin News
12/13/19
A Note From our Assistant Principals
Attendance = Success!
Regular and punctual attendance is important to your child’s academic success. Please help your child in getting to school on time, children should be in their classrooms and ready to learn by 7:45am. Texas State Law requires students to be in attendance 90 percent of the days offered, if your child misses more than 10 days or parts of days (comes in late to school or leaves early) within a 6-month period they will be considered truant.
If you have planned for a trip and your child will miss more than 3 consecutive days of school please come by the office to fill out a notification of absence form, which will be turned in to our Assistant Principals.
If you have any further questions regarding attendance, please contact our Registrar, Kendra Martin at kendra.martin@leanderisd.org or our Assistant Principals, Wendy Gonzaba at Wendy.Gonzaba@leanderisd.org & Yvette Venegas at yvette.venegas@leanderisd.org.
Holiday Parties
If you plan to attend your child's holiday party, please pre-register to avoid the wait time in line by Wednesday, 12/18 at 3:00pm.
December 19th:
ELE Party 11:00-11:45
December 20th:
8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. 1st Grade
9:45 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. 4th Grade
10:40 a.m. to 11:40 a.m. 3rd Grade
12:00 p.m. to 12:45 p.m. Kinder
12:45 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. 2nd Grade
1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. 5th Grade
Please check lost-n-found (We will donate items on 12/20)
Thank you to our amazing crossing guards!
Mrs. Meleck's class working hard!
Grade Level Newsletters
Kinder Weekly Newsletter
1st Grade Weekly Newsletter
2nd Grade Weekly Newsletter
3rd Grade Weekly Newsletter
4th Grade Weekly Newsletter
5th Grade Weekly Newsletter
Specials Monthly Newsletter
Create a Snowglobe!
PTA
Thank you to our amazing families for the generous donations for the Hot Chocolate for our teachers & staff. It was a fantastic event and could not have happened without the support of our community.
Last Call for Lost & Found! Any items remaining on Friday, December 20th @ 2:30 will be donated to the LISD Clothes Closet.
Watch Dog Dads
Calling all Watch D.O.G.S.
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) click the link below to sign-up to be an Akin Watch D.O.G.S. http://akin.my-pta.org/content.asp?PageID=8&NavigationID=1&Sequence=11&Directive=Navigate
Upcoming Events
12/17 Stiles Band & Choir Concert for K-2nd grade
12/17 PTA's Spirit Night Great American Cookie & Marble Slab Creamery, Cedar Park
12/19 Wiley Band & Choir Concert for 3rd-5th grade
12/19 & 12/20 Early Release for High School Only
12/23-1/6 Winter Break
1/6 A+ Green Apple Deposit Day
1/20 Student/Staff Holiday
Have you set up your account in Home Access Center?
Student Information System Update: Digital Report Card Information
Leander ISD transitioned to online report cards and progress reports, which can be accessed (viewed and printed) by students and parents through the Home Access Center tool.
If you have not logged into your Home Access Center account, please do so prior to the release of report cards to ensure the system has all of your students.
To Register go to: Home Access Center
To learn more about digital report cards, grade book alerts, etc. go to: Knowledge Base.
Active Aviators
What is Active Aviators?
Active Aviators are students who like to be active before school. (Active Aviators is a fitness club for boys and girls)
Who can be an Active Aviator?
Any student can be an Active Aviator K-5th grade.
What do I do if I am interested in being an Active Aviator?
Any student who is interested in being an Active Aviator, please join us on Thursdays at 7am.
Parents please drop off students in back of school at gym doors. Active Aviators will meet every Thursday up to and including Dec 19th.
Please contact Coach Steve at stephen.lunceford@leanderisd.org with any questions about Active Aviators.
IMPORTANT DATES:
Report for duty at 7:00 a.m. in the back of school/gym doors on 12/19.
"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 (Nelson) Alden Ware - Accountability
1st grade (Johnson) Katherine Stewart-Smith -
Accountability & Ownership
2nd grade(Hodgson) Jaime Hastings - Ownership
3rd Grade (Marquardt) Luam Kassahun - Ownership
4th grade (Lovell) Erick Baxter - Respect
5th grade (Roy) Sharanya Mandava - Ownership &
Accountability
Akin Wednesday-Aviator T-shirts
College Friday-College T-shirts
Email: beckie.webster@leanderisd.org
Website: akin.leanderisd.org
Location: 3261 Barley Road, Leander, TX, USA
Phone: (512)570-8000
Twitter: @mjakinelem