Cheetah News
September 24, 2018
Fall Family Picnic- Friday, Oct. 5th.
Come and join us during your child's normal schedule lunch time (below) for our Annual Fall Family Picnic. You can bring your kiddo a special lunch or purchase one from the cafeteria. Parking and lines will be long, we encourage you to come early to find parking and to Pre -Register for this event HERE.
Pre-registration will only work if you have had your Drivers Licence scanned this 2018-19 school year.
If you would like to volunteer, please click on the link below.
http://cypress.my-pta.org/Content.asp?PageID=2&Refresh=True
Lunch Times:
Kinder: 11:50-12:20
1st Grade: 11:05-11:35
2nd Grade: 11:20-11:50
3rd Grade: 12:30-1:00
4th Grade: 12:45-1:15
5th Grade: 12:05-12:35
PTA Reflections Program
• All grades and skill levels are welcome!
• Turn in your entry at the front office, with a
completed entry form.
• Download complete rules and entry forms
under the Reflections tab at cypress.my-pta.org.
• Contact us at CypressReflections@gmail.com
with any questions.
• Entries are due by October 25.This is a wonderful opportunity for your child to express who they are as an individual through one or more of the following mediums: Dance, Film, Literature, Music, Photography, or Visual Arts.
Destination Imagination
Destination ImagiNation (DI) is an extracurricular, school-sponsored program that fosters creativity and team-based problem-solving skills and life skills for students. Leander ISD's DI is open to all students in third through twelfth grades.
The goal of Destination ImagiNation is to cultivate the creative problem solving process and make it an unconscious part of the students' everyday lives.
Interested? Any Cypress student grade 3-5 may participate!
1. Fill out the two forms found in our QUEST website (link below).
2. Return the completed forms to Josh Kane - Cypress QUEST Teacher
by Friday, September 28th.
Parents, we need you too! In our website you will find how you can get involved.
Attendance
***Helpful Student Attendance Information***
As a reminder, students are tardy if they arrive after 7:45 AM, and they will be marked absent if they arrive after 8:45 AM. Please understand that these protocols are set in place by the state of Texas (TEA). If a student arrives after 8:45 AM and brings a Dr. note for that day, the absence will be deleted and they will be marked present.
***As a general reminder: we must receive all parent and Dr. notes within 48 hours of an absence. Please contact Stacy Magruder, Cypress Registrar if you have any questions. stacy.magruder@leanderisd.org
Important Dates
October 1st to October 5th
Custodial Appreciation Week
Friday, October 5th
Fall Family Picnic
Monday, October 8th & Tuesday, October 9th
NO SCHOOL - Staff Development
Wednesday, October 10th
Fall Pictures
October 15th to October 19th
Cafeteria Staff Appreciation Week
October 22nd to October 26th
Bus drivers & Crossing guards Appreciation Week
October 22nd to October 26th - Red Ribbon Week
Monday 22nd: Wear ALL Red
Tuesday 23rd: Crazy Socks
Wednesday 24th: Wear your pajamas
Thursday 25th: Wear Neon
Friday 26th: Crazy Hair
Wednesday, October 24th
Report cards go home
Friday, October 26th
PTA - Trunk or Treats in the Park
Wednesday, October 31st
Favorite Story Book Character Dress Up Day
Thursday, November 1st
Early Release - 12:00 pm
Friday, November 2nd
NO SCHOOL - Staff Development
Captain Underpants
Scholastic, BookPeople and Leander ISD Library Services
present
Dav Pilkey
author of the bestselling Captain Underpants and Dog Man series
Monday, October 15, 2018 at 6:30 pm.
Hill Country Bible Church-Austin, TX
Tra-la-laa! Please join us for an EPIC family fun event featuring a presentation and live drawing by Dav Pilkey followed by a book signing! Buy your tickets now to enjoy fun activities, exclusive giveaways, and photo opportunities with Dog Man and Captain Underpants!
Dav Pilkey has written and illustrated numerous popular, award-winning books for children including The Paperboy, a Caldecott Honor Book, and Dog Breath, winner of the California Young Reader Medal. He is best known as the creator of the wildly popular Captain Underpants book series, which has more than 80 million copies in print worldwide, has been translated into more than 25 languages, was released as a major motion picture by DreamWorks Animation in 2017, and launched as a new TV series on Netflix on July 13, 2018. Pilkey’s bestselling and critically acclaimed graphic novel series Dog Man, released in Fall 2016, was an instant #1 New York Times bestseller and has more than 10 million copies in print to date. Dog Man: Lord of the Fleas is the newest installment in the series, published by Scholastic on August 28, 2018.
As a child, Pilkey was diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia, which was frequently mistaken for bad behavior in class. Pilkey struggled in school and was often forced to sit in the school hallway, which is where he created both his Captain Underpants and Dog Man characters. Pilkey’s books are a magnet for reluctant readers and their humor is contagious for adults as well.
Tickets are required for this event and include a copy of Pilkey’s new book, Dog Man: Lord of the Fleas. Leander ISD families and staff have advanced access to ticket sales through September 30; remaining tickets will open to the general public on October 1. Don’t miss out on this very special literacy event!