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Shawnee Trail Elementary Week of October 18, 2017
Inspiring Lifelong Learning, Fostering Diverse Connections, and Strengthening Our Communities
School Portrait Retake Day is Wednesday, October 25th, at Shawnee Trail Elementary!
SchoolPix Inc. will be taking retakes for any students who were absent on picture day and for all new students. For students who purchased pictures on original picture day and would like a retake, please fill out the customer service form enclosed in your portrait package. Please return the form along with the entire portrait package to your child's teacher on retake day. Original packages must be returned to the photographer on retake day in order to receive a replacement package.
If you have any questions or need assistance, please call SchoolPix Inc. customer service at 972.334.9140 or email us at info@schoolpixinc.com
IF WE REACH 400 PTA MEMBERS!
We have 300 PTA members so far. If we reach our goal by November, the teachers and specials team will have a scooter race in the teachers parking lot on Friday, November 17th!
Read-a-Thon Results
Also please be sure to have your kiddos go redeem their Rat Bucks for their prizes by 10/26/17..
Thanks,
Shawnee Trail PTA
Author, Jonathan Stokes, is Coming to Shawnee Trail!!!
Author, Jonathan Stokes, will only be visiting select Frisco ISD schools and Shawnee Trail is one! If you are interested in pre ordering an autographed copy, please attach an envelope with exact change to the order form or make your checks payable to Barnes & Noble. Forms & payment must be turned in no later than Thursday, November 9th.
Counselor Connections
October 26th -TESTING, TESTING, TESTING!
Who: Parents having questions about STAAR, CogAT, ITBS, and Acceleration
Where: Borchardt Elementary School Café 4300 Waskom Drive, Plano Texas
When: October 26, 2017 from 6-7
Please contact your school counselor for more information. SHAWNEE TRAIL ELEMENTARY L. Gale Lamb @ lambli@friscoisd.org
Character Focus -Optimism
Optimism is being hopeful about future outcomes combined with the agency to shape that future.
Being optimistic doesn't mean you don't get upset when bad things happen—it's normal to get upset! But the optimist recognizes that most bad things are temporary and looks for opportunities to change circumstances for the better through new efforts or strategies.
This isn’t your traditional “glass half full” optimism (which some might call blind positivity) because optimistic people seek to directly connect their own power and actions to the future they want. For example, after getting a bad grade on an exam, an optimistic student believes that studying harder or differently will earn her a better grade on the next one. Another critical part of optimism is not “catastrophizing” a situation. For example, when a friend doesn't want to play that day, the optimistic kid imagines that his friend is having a bad day, not that no one wants to be his friend.
Don't Forget
Monday, October 23-Friday, October 27
· Red Ribbon Week
Monday, October 23
· 3rd Grade Field Trip, Opera, Reedy HS, 11:30 am- 1:30 pm
Wednesday, October 25
· School Pix retakes
Thursday, October 26
· Parent Program- “Testing, Testing, Testing” (Borchardt ES), 6- 7 pm
Friday, October 27
· Good Morning Shawnee Trail, 7:50 am
Saturday, October 28
· Gary Burns Fun Run
Friday, November 3
· Good Morning Shawnee Trail, 7:50 am
· Pajama Day
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Email: schaeffp@friscoisd.org
Website: http://schools.friscoisd.org/ES/shawnee-trail/site/home
Location: 10701 Preston Vineyard Drive, Frisco
Phone: (469) 633-2500
Facebook: facebook.com/shawneetrailelm
Twitter: @shawneetrailelm