OTE Star Staff News
March 11 - March 22
Our Next Week...
March 11
Daylight Savings Time
March 11-15
Have an awesome Spring Break!!
March 12
Happy Birthday Courtney Sullivan!
Monday, March 18
Mya’s Coaching Day
3rd – 5th verify grades by 10:00am
Skating 101 4th & 5th grade all week
Tuesday, March 19
Minor’s Coaching Day
Mya’s Off Campus (Principal’s Mtg)
Wednesday, March 20
Mya's Coaching Day
Popcorn Day
Kg verify grades by 10:00am
SLT Mtg 3:10pm
Thursday, March 21
ARD Mtg. (see separate schedule)
3rd – 5th Character Ed Awards 7:45am
Dowser Dan Assembly 2nd grade 1:15pm
Reflections Awards Ceremony 6:00-7:30pm
Happy Birthday Margaret Dawson!
Friday, March 22
Kinder – 2nd Character Ed Awards 7:45am
CAT mtg. 8:50am
4th grade trip to the Alamo
SST’s 3rd – 5th
Saturday, March 23
Celebration of Families 9:30-3:30 @ Stony Point HS
RRISD Music Festival @ PAC
Star Gazing...
Congratulations to our PBIS Shining Stars this week:
S-Ms. Jan Meyer
T-Ms. Debby Murray
A-Ms. Tracie Johnson
R-Ms. Kelly Peters
Our Shining STAR Wand went to 5th Grade! Keep up the stellar work!!
BIG THANKS to Virginia, Andrea, Leslie, David, Marlena and Minor for sharing your time and service during our Campus Beautification Day last Saturday!
HUGE APPRECIATIONS to the OTE Office Team for your hard work and planning another successful Family Fit Night! We surpassed last year's turn out with over 50 families participating and 12 of these families went away with some really good door prizes! What an awesome evening it was! I had two students approach me this morning to thank me for holding the event! Too precious!
Did you know our Kitchen staff reported 100% A+ for their most recent Health Inspection? Way to go Barbara Blanton and team!!
Many of you are holding tutorials before and after school during the week. Thank each of you so much for your dedication, service and commitment to helping each of our students achieve academic success! You truly embody the district's motto of "Every student will learn...whatever it takes!" You are amazing!!!
Remember to appreciate someone today!
Hope you take time to do something stress free this Spring Break!
Out & About...
Technology with Ms. Sullivan's class!
Why should a restaurant owner know area and perimeter?
Mr. McConnell teaches students to generate their own questions in problem-solving
Division in the real world with Ms. House!
Battle of the Bluebonnets with Ms. Thrift!
Sharing our student created games with another class!
Zumba with Ms. Kelley and Ms. Ridley!
Boxing with BIG GLOVES!
Get those ropes up!
The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called 'truth'. -Dan Rather
Enrichment Tips of the Week...
Have you ever sat through a meeting or training and felt frustrated because you already knew the material? Did you feel it was a waste of your time, so zoned out? That is how many of our higher level and gifted students feel. The article below gives six easy tips to create a pretest so that our children have an opportunity to learn something new or dig deeper into the topic. Pretest only need to be around 10 questions and the teacher Moodle has everything you need to create one. Come see Sunny and I if you would like help getting one started or ideas for what to do with the kids who test out. http://www.byrdseed.com/six-traits-of-quality-pre-assessments/?icn=best
Have you ever wondered how you could include creativity into your curriculum? In the article at http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/feb13/vol70/num05/Assessing-Creativity.aspx you will find a variety of ideas and even a creativity rubric!
--Tracey & Sunny
Tech Tools...
http://www.teachthought.com/ to learn more about the latest trends in technology!
Also check out this comprehensive site that provides support, strategies and systems to handle nearly every student behavior known to man! http://www.pbisworld.com/
Professional Library: Resource of the Week!
The Week After...
Monday, March 25
Mya’s Coaching Day
3rd – 5th verify grades by 10:00am
Picture orders due today
Camp Write-A-Lot 4th grade 9:00am
Tuesday, March 26
Minor’s Coaching day
Mya’s Off Campus (Fort Worth Job Fair)
Report cards go home today
TELPAS Testing
Wednesday, March 27
Mya's Coaching Day
Faculty Mtg 3:10pm
Thursday, March 28
ARD Mtg. (see separate schedule)
3rd – 5th Character Ed Awards 7:45am
Principal’s Coffee 8:00am
Camp Write-A-Lot 9:00am & 1:00pm
Friday, March 29
Spring Holiday!
Happy Birthday Paula Eason!
Old Town Elementary
Old Town will be a positive place that challenges all students to achieve success through learning opportunities that promote critical, creative, and global thinking within a climate of mutual respect and high expectations.
Email: mya_mercer@roundrockisd.org
Website: http://schools.roundrockisd.org/oldtown/
Location: 2200 Chaparral Dr, Round Rock, TX
Phone: (512) 428-7600
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