Smoke Signals: Staff Edition
January 22-26, 2018
Calendar events for the week...
Monday, 1/22:
- Be sure to sign cards for board members!
Tuesday, 1/23:
- DLT - Burkhalter off campus
Wednesday, 1/24:
- 10:30 - 3rd grade ELAR data meeting
- 2:20 - 4th grade ELAR data meeting
- 3:30 - staff meeting
- RTI - conference room all day
- Science Fair
- 6:30 pm - parent training: personal safety, library
Friday, 1/26:
- 4th grade field trip
- 11:00 - 1:00 Brown bag lunch: personal safety, library
- Club day #1
Saturday, 1/27:
- 4th & 5th grade UIL - Ennis
Spring Events...Mark your calendars!
Februrary
2/3 - WISD STEM Expo, Waxahachie Ninth Grade Academy
Week of 2/5 - 2/9 - Spring Book Fair
2/7 - Goodies with Grandfriends; No Homework Night
2/8 - 2nd, 4th Math DCA window; 5th ELAR DCA window
Week of 2/12 - 2/16 - Random Acts of Kindness Week
2/13 - 3:30 - Valentine's Dance
2/14 - Valentine Parties
2/15 - Spring Pictures
2/19 - Bad Weather Day
2/20 - Benchmark Window - 4th Writing, 5th Reading & Math
2/23 - DEAR Day
2/23 - Club Day #2
2/27 - CAT Meeting #3; 4th ELAR DCA Window
March
3/1 - 1st grade program
3/5 - Benchmark Window - 3 & 4 Reading & Math, 5th Science
3/9 - Donuts with Dads
3/12-16 - Spring Break
3/29 - No Homework Night
3/30 - Good Friday, No School
April
4/9 - No Homework Night
4/10 - STAAR 4th writing, 5th Math
4/11 - STAAR 5th Reading
4/19 - Ladies First Field Trip
4/24 - CAT Meeting #4
4/25 - Brown Bag Lunch - Topic: Preparing for Junior High
4/26 - 2nd Grade Program
May
5/4 - No Homework Night
5/11 - Muffins with Moms
5/14 - STAAR 3 & 4 Math, 5 Math Retest
5/15 - STAAR 3 & 4 Reading, 5 Reading Retest
5/16 - STAAR 5 Science
5/18 - End of year party/field day
5/21 - Seniors Serve Day
5/22 - 5th grade Talent Show
5/22- 6:30 - Kindergarten Program
5/23 - 8:30 - 1st grade awards; 9:30 - 2nd grade awards
5/24 - 8:30 - 3rd grade awards; 9:30 - 4th grade awards
5/25 - 8:15 - 5th grade Elephant Walk, 8:30 5th grade awards
5/25 - Early Release, Last day of school
5/28 - Memorial Day, Staff & Student Holiday
5/29 - 31 - Professional Development, student holidays
June
6/14 - Last day for office staff
Week of 6/25 - STAAR, 3rd Administration
Information about science fair this week...
STEM Expo
Waxahachie ISD will host our first district-wide STEM Expo on Saturday, February 3, 2018 from 10:00am – 2:00pm.
What: STEM challenges, STEM demonstrations and STEM competitions for all ages! Perot TECH Truck! WISD Elementary Science Fair! Robotics Competitions! Door Prizes! Food Trucks!
Where: Waxahachie Ninth Grade Academy
When: Saturday, February 3, 2018 10:00am – 2:00pm
Who: All WISD Families and Waxahachie Community Members
Cost: FREE!
Please help us advertise early so families can save the date! Prizes will be given to campuses with the highest attendance. Ideas for advertising: Include WISD STEM Expo information in weekly parent newsletters & class digital communication forms, talk about the WISD STEM Expo on the announcements each day as students give a STEM related tidbit/fact/vocabulary challenge, encourage student groups to make WISD STEM Expo posters for the hallways, create a campus based incentive for the class with the most people in attendance at the WISD STEM Expo, reward all students who attend the WISD STEM Expo with a prize such as a “homework pass” and most importantly…get excited YOURSELF because we all know that is the best way to get our KIDS excited too!
We will award monthly prizes for staff members who have the most tweets/posts using #wisdstemexpo2018. STEM prizes will be awarded for the months of November, December, January and February.
If you have any questions, please contact me!
Sincerely,
Melissa Abadie
Elementary STEM/Science Curriculum Coordinator
Waxahachie ISD
Follow us digitally at the following links...
Shackelford Elementary
Assistant Principal: Rusty East
Counselor: Monica Taylor
Email: tburkhalter@wisd.org
Website: http://schools.wisd.org/default.aspx?name=ses.homepage
Location: 1001 Butcher Road, Waxahachie, TX, United States
Phone: 972-923-4666
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Shackelford-Elementary-1448766682078574/?fref=ts
Twitter: @ShackelfordWISD