Akers' Updates
February 7, 2020
School News
Vision Focus: Leadership
Looking Ahead
Tuesday, February 11 - Chat and Chew with the Principal - K/1/3
Tuesday, February 11- Texas Roadhouse Night
Wednesday, February 12 - Chat and Chew with the Principal - 2/5/4
Thursday, February 13- Skate Night 6:00-8:00
Tuesday, February 18 - Chat and Chew Bfast - PK, PPCD, SpEd, LG, Specialists
Friday, February 21- Go Texan's Day
Friday, February 28- Father Daughter Dance
March 9-13- Spring Break
Chat and Chew with the Principal
Tuesday, February 11 - Chat and Chew with the Principal - K/1/3
You bring your own lunch, I'll provide dessert!
Wednesday, February 12 - Chat and Chew with the Principal - 2/5/4
You bring your own lunch, I'll provide dessert!
Tuesday, February 18 - Chat and Chew Bfast - PK, PPCD, SpEd, LG, Specialists
You bring NOTHING - I'm bringing breakfast casseroles!
Looking forward to extended time to chat with each team!
Feelin' the Love on Fridays in February
Tweet of the Week!
Staff Shout Outs
- Tara Myers for jumping in full force for the 99th day with me! - Alayna Macalla
- Edith for watching the REDS girls so that we could get to our 99th day celebration. - Tara
- Kelly New for being a team player and stepping up when needed! - Alayna Macalla
- Edith Patel for covering the REDS dance team for us on the 99th day! - Alayna Macalla
- A big huge "Thank You" to Katie for getting the Watch DOGS in order! You are a life saver. - AnnDrea
- Thank you to all the teachers who let us disrupt your classes while we tested for GT. We are finished testing the 209 students! Whew! - AnnDrea and Cherise
- Thank you Carmen for stopping to help us with Spanish LAS testing. You're the best! - AnnDrea and Cherise
- Shout out to Pre-K for doing an amazing job during the drills last week! - Jodi
- Shout out to all Life Skills paras for holding down the fort until I returned from maternity leave. I am so grateful for all of you. - Brenner
- kinder (and all the staff) for making the 100th day magical for all kiddos!!! - Devereaux
- Jamie Grein for ALWAYS helping me out no matter what it is & answering my questions! You’re amazing! - Kayla Hold
- Bailey Burke for all of the support that you give to me! - Kayla Hold
- Sherry Johnson for always supporting second grade! - Mary Ellen Truncali
- Deanne, Belinda, Terri, Sammie, Katie, and Monica-what a special breakfast you provided us fifth grade teachers! The time together was most enjoyable. Thank you all!!!! - Leslie
- Jamie-I'm glad we can be "old" together! - Leslie
- Wynter Fuller for doing an amazing job on our slide show for Writing Night. - Jamie Diodato
- Jennifer Boyd for doing a great job at presenting during our writing night. - Jamie Diodato
- Molly Redner for doing a great job presenting during our Writing Night. - Jamie Diodato
- Mr. Stabe - thank you for staying late on Tuesday night to help us set up for writing night! It made a huge difference have all that technology set up. - Molly Redner and 4th grade writing teachers
- #team4th! I love our magical plan for celebrating writers before their benchmark! - Molly Redner
- Molly Redner for such an inspiring #EachOneTeachOne session! I needed a reminder about Making Magical Moments a part of our routine! - Edith
- Bri Miller for her fun EachOneTeachOne Session! I NEED to start SeeSaw! Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us! - Edith
- Our Second Grade Team for joining in the fun and dressing up like 100 year old ladies! Not only was it a blast for us, but our students loved it, too! - Edith
- ATeam for our delicious SOUPer Bowl Luncheon! It was such a yummy treat! Thank you for going above and beyond for our Staff! - Edith
- Kirsten and Katie ..... Thank you for all you do to help in the workroom when I am out. - Deanne
- Cherise Garcia, Many thanks for integrating the wonderful ideas and themes with "No Place for Hate" in observance of The Holocaust Remembrance Week. - Carmen Walker
- Bailey Burke, Thanks for organizing the "free" Animals assembly for Pre K - 1st. I so enjoyed all of the wonderful memories captured in the pictures. - Carmen Walker
- Thank you for all who are helping us with the transportation cards in the morning while we are shorthanded!! Ya'll are awesome! - Monica & Ginger
- First Grade Team (Bellomy, Devereaux, Laurell, Martinez, Stelly, Huettel, Bowles, Lowery, & Sanches): You bring such joy to our Kindergartners each and every day. Thanks for making the 100th Day of school so memorable. - Carmen Walker
- Fourth Grade ELAR Team (Fuller, Boyd, Redner, Diodato), Thanks for doing such an awesome job on the Writing STAAR presentation. The parents were very engaged. The Teamwork was amazing! - Carmen Walker
- Third Grade ELAR Teachers (Hill, Macalla, Myers, Bernier), Thanks for being so innovative with your Flipped 3rd Grade Reading STAAR presentation. I'm so proud of you all! - Carmen Walker
- Fifth Grade ELAR Team (Bales, Silvestri, Irshad), Thanks for doing such a wonderful presentation on 5th Grade Reading STAAR and SSI. The parents had loads of fun trying out those challenging STAAR Reading questions. - Carmen Walker
- Mr. Stabe, Thanks for assisting with the set-up of the Promethean Boards in the cafeteria for ELAR STAAR night. Your expertise was greatly appreciated! - Carmen Walker
- Small Group Testers (Mr. Palomares, Ms. Ng, Ms. Szkody, Ms. Kirsten Hill), Thank all of you so much for your support with Language Arts Small Group Testing on 1/28/2020. Please know how much I appreciate your helping hands! - Carmen Walker
- Molly Redner & Kelsey French, Thank you both for doing such a phenomenal job on the Podcast on 2/5/2020. It was fun being interviewed by Avery and Munira. - Carmen Walker
- Laurell for sharing all of your 100th day awesomeness with us! - Jessica Huettel
- Stelly for sharing your old lady glasses with us! - Jessica Huettel
- Stelly for watching over our kiddos when our staffing took longer than expected on Tuesday morning. Thanks! - Jessica Huettel
- Brittany Laurell for sharing her old lady wig with me! - Amy Bowles
- Shout out to Katie!! You go above and beyond to help us daily wherever there is a need. We love and appreciate all that you do to help our Redhawks soar! - Sherry J
- Kristi, thanks for sharing the wonderful idea about the task card boxes with the 3rd grade team. Thanks for donating one of the boxes to help students who attend the Math Moves Me Sessions. - Sherry J
- Wynter, Tara, Liz, Jill, thanks for attending the DI Appraiser Training last Saturday. Our school was well represented at the AM session. - Sherry J
- Ashlee, thanks for your willingness to share your experiences about teaching GT students with others in the district. - Sherry J
- Kelsey, Ashley, Ina & Liz, thanks for the encouragement and support as we reached out to SRC to help supplement the need we had for soil to better meet the needs of our students. - Sherry J
- Carmen, thanks for being an amazing partner! - Sherry J
- Kelsey & Molly R. congrats on Episode 5 of Rehawks Talk. It was a pleasure being a guest on your program. - Sherry J
- 3rd & 4th Grade Math Teachers, thanks for embracing data meeting with the students and leading the path for blended learning. - Sherry J
- Melissa, thank you and your amazing first graders for helping Zero the Hero celebrate counting with the Kindergarten classes. - Sherry J
- Belinda, thanks for helping to capture the magic while Zero the Hero and her Cousin #10 celebrated the 100th Day of school with Kinder. - Sherry J
- Jodi Ng! Thank you for taking time for me. As a friend, colleague, and fellow mother, you are top notch! I appreciate you and your advice more than you know! - Molly Redner
- Kindergarten, 2nd, 5th grade teachers and all who celebrated the 100th day of school! I loved your amazing celebrations. You are experts at making learning magical for kids - and grown ups (I loved that tunnel)! - Molly Redner
- Shout out to Liz for always taking care of me in science, I am beyond grateful for all you do! - -Kelsey