Akin News 1/29/20
From the Desk of Beckie Webster
Thank you for keeping the focus on student learning:
Thank you to our counselor, Beth Lehn, for your hard work and dedication to our students. Supporting over 900 students is not a small job and we appreciate all that you do. Thank you Beth for your service to our students, teachers and community as we celebrate counselors during National School Counseling Week!
Yearbooks on sale!
Please make sure you have pictures from your class downloaded!!! See Jordan McDaniel for details.
Updates:
Teams: Please make sure you update your next week's newsletter on your team's website by today.
Monday, 02/03
- Quest Shark Tank/Presentations
- Academic Coalition Meeting 2:50-4:30 pm (Beckie's is bringing snacks)
- CPR/AED Certification class in the Library (See Nurse Misti's email)
Tues., 02/04
- Kinder PLC
- 4th grade Instructional Rounds 7:50-8:40 am-Lesson Observation-3:00 pm, reflection in office back conference room
- C2 Meeting 7:20-7:45 am in room 1412
Wed., 02/05
- 1st Grade PLC
- Wellness Wed.
More Updates
Wed., Continued
- Gaming Club begins in the Library 7:20-7:40 am
- 4th grade Timed Writing CBA/Practice STAAR
Thurs., 02/06
- A+ Deposit Day
- 2nd Grade PLC
- C2 Meeting from 7:20-7:45 am in Room 1412
- 3rd grade Instructional Rounds 9:50-10:40 am-Lesson Observation, reflection at 3:00 pm in office back conference room
Friday, 02/07
- Nothing ;)
Reminder:
Nurse Misti tracks flu cases, so please notify her if you have a student who has been diagnosed w/flu. Thanks!
Mentoring at Akin
Akin's Recycling Crew
Way to go Mr. Hawley, Ms. Lehn and our 5th grade students!!!
Thank you all for flexibility with our students! They are very excited to have this leadership job, but please let Mr. Hawley or I know if they become disruptive to your class.
If you would like the students to NOT enter your classroom, please place the blue recycling bin outside your door in the morning. Everyone except 3rd grade will be picked up at 8am (3rd grade will be picked up at 1:20). We are going to start with just M/W/F for pickups.
The custodians know not to empty your recycle bins as well. If you do not have a recycle trash can in your room, please let Mr. Hawley know so that we can get one to you.
LISD-UT Survey of Employee Engagement 02/03
UT Survey of Employee Engagement- Coming February 3, 2020
Since 2015, we have worked in collaboration with the Institute for Organizational Excellence at UT Austin regarding a project that provides meaningful comparison information. Soon, you will receive an email from The University of Texas regarding the Survey of Employee Engagement.
This survey is an important effort to hear from you as to possible areas of concern, as well as areas of strength. The information provided will help us with details needed to make meaningful decisions that foster employee satisfaction, retention, productivity, and commitment to our District’s goals and mission.
The survey is completely anonymous. The information provided by our employees will be kept at the University of Texas site for confidentiality and security purposes.
You will receive an email message with a link to the survey from “SEE_Survey1”. Please do not delete this message (see_survey1@austin.utexas.edu) when you receive it.
The survey should take approximately 10 minutes to complete and will remain open for three weeks. The survey’s automated system will send reminder emails during this period directly to you. Click HERE for more information regarding the UT Engagement Survey Process.
We will have some time during our Feb. 24th faculty meeting to complete the survey, too!
Field Trip/Field Day T-shirts go on sale soon!
4th grade tshirts go on sale Friday Jan. 31st. 4th grade store closes Feb. 21st. See attachment. 4th grade teachers have approved this color. Once store opens I will send you a link to add to smore.
5th, 3rd, 2nd, 1st grade shirts go on sale March 9th, and store closes for all these grades March 31st.
Akin Aviators!
Valentine's Party Times for Feb. 14th:
ELE 11:00 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.
Kinder 9:30 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.
1st 1:00 p.m. to 1:45 p.m.
2nd 1:15 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
3rd 10:40 a.m. to 11:25 a.m.
4th 11:00 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.
5th 12:05 p.m. to 12:50 p.m.
Please share the link below to your parents in the grade level newsletters so they do not have to wait in line on Feb. 14th. I will also share this information on the parent link. https://forms.gle/cBNhxCD9EFepTQDy8
Wednesdays Aviator t-shirts
Fridays College t-shirts
Email: beckie.webster@leanderisd.org
Website: akin.leanderisd.org
Location: 3261 Barley Road, Leander, TX, USA
Phone: 512-570-8000
Facebook: facebook.com/montajaneakinelementary
Twitter: @MJAkinElem