Holmquist News & Notes
May 9 - May 13
Kimberly's Message
Shout Out
- Ms. Cheng received a 2016 Alief ISD Education Foundation Mini-Grant
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Kindergarten Team-They were the first team to turn in all scantrons for the Reading DCA.
May I request a shout out for Mr. Revenaugh this week? He has been doing a wonderful job keeping the CCC lab clean with his morning group, and being an overall help in the lab in the morning. I’m not sure if this is how we request for a person to get recognition in S’mores
Belinda, Purdy and Siddiqui for staying late to interview a potential teacher yesterday.
Kelli for organizing the McTeacher night. Please sign up and encourage your students to come out. The more people, the more money!
Ms. McKenzie for organizing the pep rally. The kids always enjoy it and the teachers do too.
Ms. V. Rodriquez for decorating this week for Teacher Appreciation Week and for many other events
Coach Foster, Coach Sallee and Mr. Endsley for helping with the boys group. Things went really well and a special thank you to Ms. Williams for working with our volunteers
Ms. Waak for helping PK teachers with ISTation testing
Coach Sallee for helping out with the STAAR Pep Rally and assisting at the last minute - we appreciate your expertise
Mr. Bryant for helping in car rider dismissal area - Ms. Cheng
All 3rd and 4th grade teachers for encouraging their students to do their best
K, 1, and 2 for adopting a 3rd and 4th grade class
Ms. Amador, Ms. Nyan, Ms. Purdy, Ms. Watts, Ms. Guerra and all of ILT for making sure we are STAAR ready.
To every staff member - YOU ROCK!
Ms. Costello for the STAAR Video and Song
Ms. Johnson and Ms. Carter for the STAAR Cheer
All teachers that help with the 3rd and 4th grade cheer
Ms. Middleton for teaching our kids a dance to the STAAR Song
Weekly Calendar
Sunday, May 9th
Happy Birthday Ms. Baez-Salazar
Monday, May 9th
EDC 160
Happy Birthday Ms. Curry
Happy Birthday Ms. Ghani
STAAR MATH - Wear Jeans and Field Day shirt, STAAR Shirt or Holmquist Shirt
Tuesday, May 10th
EDC 161
STAAR READING - Wear Jeans and Field day shirt, STAAR shirt or Holmquist Shirt
McTeacher Night at McDonalds - 5 pm - 8 pm - Please come out to support the event
Wednesday, May 11th
EDC 162
Make Up STAAR DAy
ABC Meeting - Climate Surveys
Grant Celebration at Ad Building with Ms. Cheng 3:45
ABC Meeting
SDC Meeting
Free Jeans Day for Everyone
Thursday, May 12th
EDC 163
Happy Birthday Ms. Rosa
STAAR Make Up Testing
ESL Lead/Int Meeting
ART Meeting
STAT/RTI
Friday, May 13th
EDC 159
Math Specialist Meeting
STAT/RTI
Father/Daughter Dance
PLC STAAR WEEK of May 9th
Monday & Tuesday – No PLC
Wednesday – block PLC (free)
Thursday – fourth PLC (free)
Friday – third PLC (free)
June 3rd Make-Up Day
Staffing Plans for Next Year
Hummingbird of the Week
Saima Siddiqui was born in London, England.
She is the ESL interventionist on campus. She moved a a lot as a kid and grew up between North Carolina, Ohio, and Texas. All that moving makes her family and friends very important to her. She is a very active aunt with 8 nieces and nephews. She chose to work at Holmquist because she loves working alongside the teachers and she likes to watch the kids grow from year to year. She is motivated by the quote "every job is a self-portrait of the person who did it.". Her word is character because it matters to her, and when things start to get tough it reminds her that the way she conducts herself isn't about anyone else but her. She also chose forward because she wants to make sure that the focus is always onward and upward.