Smoke Signals: Staff Edition
December 4 - December 8
This week's events:
Monday, 12/4:
- 5th grade Go Van Gogh
- 5th grade RTI
- 1st grade RTI
- 3:30 Sunshine Committee meeting
- 3:30 - Showstoppers Choir practice
Tuesday, 12/5:
- 12:00 - PTO Meeting
- 3:30 - CAT Meeting #2
Wednesday, 12/6:
- 2:00 - Peims meeting, Bigler off campus
- 3:30 - Club Committee Meeting
Thursday, 12/7:
- 4th grade math DCA window
- 3:30 - Storybook Week Committee meeting
- 6:00 - Showstoppers Choir perform at Legend Oaks
Friday,12/8:
Saturday, 12/9:
- 9:00 - Showstoppers Choir at Santa Run
Coming up next...Mark your calendars!
December
12/2 - 2nd & 3rd grade UIL Meet in Red Oak
12/4 - Go Van Gogh, 5th grade
12/5 - PTO Meeting
12/11-15 - PTO Christmas Store, library
12/14 - 3rd grade program
12/18-21 - Holiday Book event
12/19 - Night of Wonder
12/21 - Class party day
January
8 - Work day, no meetings scheduled
9 - winter convocation, staff development day on campus
27 - 4th & 5th grade UIL, Ennis
Shackelford selected to participate in Kinsa FLUency program!
- Giving each family a FREE digital Thermometer
- Showing all families "what's going around" for preventative care
- Reducing sick days through early detection and increased awareness
The more families that participate, the more successful the program will be in keeping our students healthier throughout this flu season.
Signing up for the program is as easy as 1,2,3:
- Download the FREE Kinsa app for iOS or Android
- Create profiles for your famil ymembers
- Go to "Groups' and search for our school using our location. Join our school group. An email will be sent to you when your thermometer arrives to the school.
Families who choose to participate must sign up before December 31!
We are excited and proud to be chosen for this exclusive program and look forward to a healthier flu season this year!
STEM Expo
Waxahachie ISD will host our first district-wide STEM Expo on Saturday, February 3, 2018 from 10:00am – 2:00pm.
What: STEM challenges, STEM demonstrations and STEM competitions for all ages! Perot TECH Truck! WISD Elementary Science Fair! Robotics Competitions! Door Prizes! Food Trucks!
Where: Waxahachie Ninth Grade Academy
When: Saturday, February 3, 2018 10:00am – 2:00pm
Who: All WISD Families and Waxahachie Community Members
Cost: FREE!
Please help us advertise early so families can save the date! Prizes will be given to campuses with the highest attendance. Ideas for advertising: Include WISD STEM Expo information in weekly parent newsletters & class digital communication forms, talk about the WISD STEM Expo on the announcements each day as students give a STEM related tidbit/fact/vocabulary challenge, encourage student groups to make WISD STEM Expo posters for the hallways, create a campus based incentive for the class with the most people in attendance at the WISD STEM Expo, reward all students who attend the WISD STEM Expo with a prize such as a “homework pass” and most importantly…get excited YOURSELF because we all know that is the best way to get our KIDS excited too!
We will award monthly prizes for staff members who have the most tweets/posts using #wisdstemexpo2018. STEM prizes will be awarded for the months of November, December, January and February.
If you have any questions, please contact me!
Sincerely,
Melissa Abadie
Elementary STEM/Science Curriculum Coordinator
Waxahachie ISD
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Shackelford Elementary
Assistant Principal: Rusty East
Counselor: Monica Taylor
Email: tburkhalter@wisd.org
Website: http://schools.wisd.org/default.aspx?name=ses.homepage
Location: 1001 Butcher Road, Waxahachie, TX, United States
Phone: 972-923-4666
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