Stallion News

Stallion Community,

We hope you had a beautiful Thanksgiving break, as we prepare to return to Stallion Country, below you will find the updates for week 6 marking period 2.

• Monday, November 27: Mindful Monday, students follow their daily schedule.

• Tuesday, November 28: Together Tuesday, what is something that is easier to do together than alone? Students follow their daily schedule.

• Wednesday, November 29: We rise Wednesday, we rise by lifting others! Students follow their daily schedule. SIT meeting at 3:45 pm inside the library. MHS feeder pattern Principals meeting at Stallion Country!

• Thursday, November 30: Thumbs up Thursday, what are you proud of today? Students follow their daily schedule. Student yearbook picture day (details below).

• Friday, December 1: School spirit Friday, jeans are approved for students (no tears or holes). End of the 6 weeks, grades due.

Our Stallions will be taking their yearbook photos on Thursday, November 30th, all students are required to be in dress code.

If your child is absent from School, it is important that our families bring a letter from home or the Dr's office. Notes can also be emailed to our attendance PEIMS specialists, Ms. Amber Barajas or Mrs. Carmen Castanon at attendanceslider@sisd.net If you have any questions, please contact us at 915.937.5400.

We are offering after school tutoring services for our Stallions needing extended academic assistance. Tutoring begins after school and ends at 4:30 pm. If your child takes the bus, we offer an activity bus that departs at 4:55 pm, Monday through Thursday. The activity bus is not available on Friday's. Below you will find a listing by day regarding our day to day tutoring services.

We wanted to remind our Stallion community about our cell phone/ear pods policy. Our policy states:

• Cell phones must be TURNED OFF at 7:45 a.m. and should remain off during the entire instructional/afterschool tutoring portion of the school day. Any cell phone out and visible during the school day including lunch time will be confiscated and must be picked up at school by a parent, regardless of how or if the student is using the phone.
• 1st Offense: Phone will be confiscated. Parents may pick it up on Friday after 3:15 p.m.
• 2nd Offense: & any time after: Phone will be confiscated. Parent may pick it up after school Friday a $15 fine is paid as per SISD Board Policy on the second offense and any offense thereafter.

Our Stallion Scholars are expected to have their student issued laptops and chargers daily. We are considered a DNA 1-1 campus and these technology devices are used daily for classroom instruction. If you have any questions regarding our campus technology, please contact our Librarian at 915.937.5400.

When visiting our campus, it is important to bring an ID to request approval for entering our school building. Our campus is safe and secure and it provides our students a safe and supportive learning environment. Once you ring the door bell, you will be attended to by our receptionist over the door bell intercom system. You will be asked to state the purpose for your visit. If approved, our receptionist will be able to buzz you in to enter the front desk receptionist area. Note that any family member not listed on the students demographics will not be approved to visit with our Stallion scholar. A campus administrator is always available to assist you and your family. Our school office hours are Monday thru Friday, 7:30 am to 4:00 pm. If you have any questions, please contact us at 915.937.5400.

Stallion scholars make sure you are arriving on time, taking attendance for each class and actively participating. Our goal as a campus is 97% and above. Stallions, if you have any questions in regards to attendance, please reach to your teachers or our campus PEIMS attendance specialist, Ms. Amber Barajas at 915.937.5400.

Respectfully,

Brandon Rios

mrios11@sisd.net

#PrideInEveryStride

#StallionsUnited

#StallionsLeadTheWay

#TeamSISD

#Excellence

Thank you,

William D Slider School Counselors

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Hello my name is Eduardo Rangel, and I am the CIS coordinator located at Slider, I work for a non-profit agency called Communities in Schools and our mission is to surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life.

Students will be assisted with their homework, pending assignments, and upcoming tests. Social emotional learning activities will be provided, incentives as well for good behavior at school, student attendance will be monitored to prevent loss of credit or truancy court, if student has loss of credit, he/she will be assisted, and many more services !!

If you have any additional questions regarding the program or how to enroll student into the program, please feel free to contact me.

Eduardo Rangel

Phone: 915-937-5414

Email: eduardo.rangel@sisd.net

#Prideineverystride

The first and last ten minutes of each class period are important to the success of our students academics. Slider Middle School has initiated over the past few years the 10 by 10 rule and will continue enforcing this strategy with our students to help them with their academics.

Keep your child on track in middle school and pay close attention to attendance. Below you will find additional information to help our Stallion scholar.

Below is a flier to inform our community on which days our educators provided

tutoring services for our scholars. An activity bus is offered to students who normally take the bus Monday thru Thursday, bus departs at 4:55 pm.

It is the philosophy of the Socorro Independent School District and William D. Slider Middle School that all students should maintain high standards of dress. A committee of parents, students, and teachers adopted a uniform policy for Slider Middle School.

Shirts & Required Colors:

• Students will wear a white, navy blue, or forest green collared polo shirt with or without a Slider school logo.
• White, navy blue, or forest green T-shirts will be allowed only if they have the Slider school uniform logo.

Pants/Shorts/Skirts/Skorts Required Colors and Style:

• Students will wear khaki, tan, blue or black pants in good repair. No other colors permitted.
• Slim, regular, and relaxed-style pants and joggers are acceptable.
• Wide-leg and baggy-fit pants are not acceptable.
• The length of the pants must not touch/drag along the floor, and they must fit according to the waist size of the student.
• No military style cargo pants are permitted.
• Walking style/Bermuda style is allowed.
• NO ragged edge, daisy dukes, spandex or stretch pants (leggings), hot pants or short shorts are permitted.
• Shorts may not be rolled up. The length of skirts, skorts, and shorts must extend below the student’s fingertips when the student’s arms are extended at his/her sides.
• Capri style pants are permitted.
• Torn and slits of any kind are not permitted.

Jackets/ Sweaters Required Colors and Style:

• These must be zippered or button down and can be worn as seasonably appropriate.
• Jackets/coats must not cover the Slider logo while in the building.
• Thermals, turtlenecks, or solid school colored long-sleeve shirts may be worn under the Slider logo shirts during cold weather.
• Pull-over must be a white, navy blue, or forest green color with a Slider school logo.

Accessory Dress Requirements/Restrictions:

1. Caps, hats, bandannas, headbands, stocking caps and hoods etc. may not be worn. All of these accessories need to be left at home.
2. For reasons of health and safety the following will not be allowed: sunglasses worn inside the building, and jewelry/ piercings in lips, eyebrows, nose, tongue, chin etc.
3. No weapon like or oversized jewelry is allowed, including studded leather bracelets, oversized chains, or chained wallets. Beaded jewelry that uses fish line is particularly unsafe.
4. Shoes must be worn at all times. Closed toe and closed heel shoes are required. Shoes must have hard soles and be specifically designed for outside wear. Platform shoes (greater than 1 ½ inches) are not permitted for reasons of safety. Crocs (clogs) are not allowed on campus.

P.E. Uniform

The Physical Education Department at Slider Middle will require students to wear a P.E. uniform that has been approved by the Dress Code Committee.

• Students taking Physical Education classes are required to wear our Royal Blue PE Shirt.
  • The shirt can be purchased at: Pen Art Tee 11426 Rojas Dr, STE A 915-920-7588 or at Classroom Uniforms 11985 Pellicano Drive 915-855-7400.
• Athletic bottoms (i.e., running shorts, leggings, joggers, or sweatpants in any color)
  • NO SPANDEX

  
  

Jeans and free dress are only approved through incentives provided by campus administration. Announcements will be done through our weekly newsletter.

Safety is a top priority at Slider. Please make sure to ONLY use the left lane to pass slowly and the right lane for picking up or dropping off our scholars. We want to keep our scholars and school community safe.

Stallion community, do you need to get a hold of one of our educators or office personnel? Below is a copy of our campus directories.

Stallion community, if you are not receiving our weekly newsletters, please contact our parent liaison Mrs. Edita Machin at 915.937.5400.

We are always available to assist you.

Home of the Stallions

Website: https://www.sisd.net/williamdsliderms
Location: 11700 School Lane, El Paso, TX, USA
Phone: 915-937-5400
Twitter: @Slider_Middle