Cool Cat News
Principal Brief
March 19-23
Cool Cats,
I hope everyone has a wonderful spring break! I appreciate how hard you work and the many hours you put into serving our students. The office/admin team is providing a potato bar on Friday for you. We are celebrating St. Patrick's Day early! We Spud You!
Dr. Vinson shared this video clip at our principal meeting this week. It is a wonderful video about how the voice inside your head can help you out or break you down. Focusing on the things you can control in the present can help drive success. One of my favorite quotes was "Excellence is hard to keep quiet."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7a5TIzOmeQ&t=426s
Brett Ledbetter is the author of What Drives Winning. Below is his link to the website.
https://whatdriveswinning.com/
Thanks,
Shawna #proudprincipal #hartmanpride #nbrs2017
Upcoming Dates
3/9 T3 ends/grade due, G3 Field Trip to the Dallas World Aquarium, St. Patrick's Day
3/19 - Term 4 Begins APEX Fun Run Teacher Huddle 3-3:30 in the Library for classroom teachers
3/20 2nd Grade TELPAS Reading Test, APEX Pep-rally Pre-k 9:00am, Pre-Kpm 12:15, K-4 1:30pm in the GYM
3/21 STAAR Training - All Professional staff needs to attend, Major Savor Campaign begins
3/22 Term 3 Awards 7pm, Chick Fil A PTA Spirit Night, 4th Grade TELPAS Reading test, Para time clock training in library computer lab 3-4:15
3/23 Pay Day Hey Day Breakfast - Special Services, Spring Picture Day, Celebrate the Arts Honor Choir & Art Show
3/24 Saturday School
3/26 McDonald's Night (Prek) 5-7pm
3/27 3rd Grade TELPAS Reading Test
3/28 K-2 RTI Meeting
3/29 APEX Fun Run During Rotations PPCD 8-8:30am, 11:55-12:25pm, Pre-kam 8:30-9:30am, Pre-k Pm 12:25-1:25, WEHS Prestige Choir Concert @ 8:30am, DL Pre-k Parent Meeting in library at 9:30 and 2pm
3/30 Good Friday - No School
4/2 No School
4/3 Team Leader Meeting
4/4 Major Savor Campaign ends, staff meeting, Wylie Way Ripples of Hope Day, If you have a hope shirt please wear it. All staff may wear jeans.
4/6 Pep Rally 7:50am - Super Hero Theme! We would love for you to participate in the super hero theme. Thank you kinder for selecting the theme for us!
4/7 Saturday School
Laminating Film
The State Board of Education Recognizes Hartman on April 13! #nbrs2017
Brandy A.
Kara J.
Erin P.
Amberly B.
Vanessa H.
If I missed someone that would like attend let me know. We will leave on April 12th, spend the night in Austin and return on Friday (13th) afternoon. I will email more information when I have hotel rooms booked.
Angela Haskins will be the administrator on duty for Kinder Round up (12th) and Friday, April 13th.
Recess Help
Vocabulary Greatness! I love these engaging centers that help build vocabulary!
The Car Wash Station
Airport Security Checkpoint
Students had a lot to talk about at the x-ray station
Two-Way Conversations Nurture Young Children’s Language Skills
In this Education Gadfly article, Jeff Murray reports on an MIT study on a key characteristic of adult-child verbal interactions that boosts children’s language abilities: “conversational turns.” These are an adult utterance, followed by a child utterance (or vice versa), with no more than a five-second gap between them. The more of these reciprocal interactions children had (the researchers studied average 4-6-year-olds), the more brain activity they had in Broca’s area (the part of the brain that handles language production and processing), and the better the children did on standardized tests of vocabulary, grammar, and verbal reasoning. This was true regardless of socioeconomic status, parents’ educational attainment, or the number of words to which they were exposed at home. Lead researcher Rachel Romeo said conversational turns were “almost magical” in their power to build children’s language ability.
Please encourage your families to buy a yearbook! Thanks Natasha and Jenny for designing our yearbook this year!
R- Time Every Wednesday!
Rtime for Better Relationships! 10 minutes every Wednesday!
- Show good manners and respect at all times.
- Care for everyone and everything.
- Follow instructions with thought and care.