December 16th, 2019 Pony News
Game On! Let's Create Champions!
How do we support the Mission and Vision each day?
Let's finish strong.
Please take some time to review procedures and expectations with your students. If you are doing anything differently than your regular routines, help everyone by reviewing and practicing expectations so students can be successful.
For example, if you are doing rotations among classes, what are the specific expectations? Are your expectations the same as those of the teacher next door? What attention getting signals will your fellow teachers be using? The extra minute or two that you take to teach (or re-teach) "Ponies...Rock" or "Class, class...Yes, yes," may actually save several minutes of instructional time.
Some of our Ponies are excited for the holiday break, but some are anxious. DO YOU KNOW THAT 82% OF OUR PONIES ARE CONSIDERED ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED?
Let's make each day count for our students.
CONGRATULATIONS to Mrs. Echevarria and Mrs. Norton for earning the Texas School Counseling Association CREST award!
Cycle 1: Campus Leadership will create a focus approach to look for specific skills in lesson plans during observations.
Using the language of the TEKS during instruction
Attention Signals
CYCLE 2: STAFF WILL RECEIVE TRAINING ON COOPERATIVE STRATEGIES- Stand Up - Hand Up - Pair Up / Clock Buddies
Thank you to Mr. Colon and Ms. Rodriguez for allowing us to record their classes.
Staff Learning
Agenda:
Celebration
Teacher of the Year
Cultural Proficiency
Please read this article prior to the Staff Learning: Two Minutes to Better Behavior
Small Group Things in Common - 5-10 minutes
I Station Check ins
I am looking forward to our I Station Check Ins on Monday December 14th.
Don’t forget to:
- Print and bring your classroom distribution report graph.
- Print and bring your ISIP report by skill.
- Bring your guided reading binders.
- Complete the data from November and December on the LVES Spot Light 2019-2020.
Last Day of School Before the Holiday Break
As you are planning ahead for your holiday classroom parties, please keep in mind the following information:
Early Release Schedule Information:
- Friday is an early release schedule. See schedule below.
- 2 hour early release for staff.
Classroom Party Information:
- Classroom Holiday Parties will be held on the last day of school prior to the break, Friday, December 18th. Team Leaders, please email Mrs. Burleson the time your grade levels will be holding your holiday parties.
Things to do BEFORE Leaving for the Holidays:
- Please help us by having all holiday decorations down prior to leaving on Friday.
Our Pony Week!
Monday, December 16th
- K to 2nd istation check ins
Tuesday, December 17th
- Learning Leaders-Valdes
- Grade Level Team Meetings - After School
Wednesday, December 18th
- Staff Learning 3:15 to 4:30 - Specials Host
Thursday, December 19th
- Burleson RTI (1st, 3rd & 4th)
- Tutoring Cancelled (Please inform your students and parents there is no tutoring on this day.)
- Staff Party
Friday, December 20th
- STUDENT & STAFF EARLY RELEASE
- Holiday Show
- Jingle Jog in Specials
- END OF 2ND NINE WEEKS .
On the 12 Days of the Holidays...
Thursday, December 5th will begin our 12 Days of Winter Holidays fun! We have lots of fun things planned and several opportunities for staff to win various prizes, so bring your holiday spirit and let's have some fun! Click HERE for more details.
Shout-Outs!
All Shout-Outs will be placed in a bucket, and students will draw one name for a week-long jeans pass, and draw three (3) names for week-long Pony Pride Parking spaces.
- Thank you Mrs. Becker for helping with all the club organization.
- Thank you club sponsors for helping our students have another experience outside of academic demands (this includes student council, Destination Imagination & Hayes Art Club)
- Mr. Reed for always being flexible, kind, and especially sweet to my class.
- Third Grade Team for being great to work with!
- Elizabeth Ramos is the very best for always willingly and with a smile offering to translate for me. I am so thankful for you!
- Mrs. Jennifer Rodriguez, thank for covering my bus duty. You rock!!!
- Mrs. Vando, for all your help and support. You are amazing!!!
- Thank you to the Instructional Specialist Team (Ms. Oden, Mrs. Rutherford, Mrs. Rowland, Mrs. Mudd, Mrs. J. Rodriguez, Mrs. V. Hernandez, Mrs. Arocha, and Mrs. Salazar). You guys are amazing, I am so lucky to be part of such a great team!
- Thank you to Ms. Ramage & Mrs. Ramos for all your help. It is greatly appreciated.
- Mrs. Guerrero, thank you for all the things you do to support our students and staff. You are a rock star!!!!
- Thank you Mrs. Valdes, because you are always taking care of our students and our staff. You are an unsung hero!!!
- True leaders serve from the heart, thank you Mrs. Valdes, Ms. Lawson. Mrs. Burleson, and Mrs. Meyer. You are true leaders. Thanks for all you do.
- Thank you Ms. Becker & Ms. Perryman for letting me join your classes. I enjoy every moment working with your students.
- Huge thanks to Ms. Sandra Hernandez, Mrs. Morales, Ms. Sharica Jones, Ms. Dickinson, Mrs. Elda, Mrs. Foster, Mrs. Medrano, Ms. Maxine Gibbs, Ms. Jackson, Mr. Reed, and Mr. Dixson. Thanks for your kindness, flexibility, and all you do to serve our students.
- Thanks Ms. Marla Rodriguez for your positive energy.
- Alicia Rowland, thank you for sharing your kind and thoughtful nature, along with your creative talent.
- Ms.Hernandez and Ms.Salazar for organizing and hosting the Spelling Bee!
- Mr.Dixson for handling the late students in the morning!
- Ms.Vando for setting up the Penguin Shop and the Jungle Truck! The kids (and staff!) loved it!
- Ms.White and Ms.Baker and Ms.Foster for always having festive student work displayed in the hallway!
- Ms.Echevarria and Ms.Norton for handling the lessons in the morning for all the students!
- Ms.Oden for helping take care of LOTS of details while Ms.Betty recovers!
- Thank you Mrs. Graydon & Mrs. Cichy for documenting a lot of data for RTI's & completing a bunch of DRAs.
- Thank you staff for helping me collect the vocabulary cards.
- Thank you Mrs. Heim for completing a bunch of DRAs for 4th grade RTI data.
- Thank you club teachers - our students are excited and it is fun to watch.
- Thank you Mrs. Salazar & Mrs. Hernandez for all things spelling bee (&Mr. Thomas for helping with sound)
- Thank you Mrs. Norton for running around and collecting all the pieces to help with sound for biweekly counselor sessions
- Thank you Ms. Green for all the slime materials!
- Thank you Mr. Fitzgerald for completing 20+ ABCs for data purposes.
- Mrs. Veronica Oporto, thank you for always being so kind to all students and staff.
- Ms.Hayes for making our school look so nice with all the students' artwork! We love it and it looks so festive!
- Ms.Valdes and Ms.Lawson and Ms.Burleson for all the fun holiday activities! So much fun !
- Thanks to second grade team, (Ms. Maurier, Mrs. Oporto, Ms. Lombrano, Mrs. Pugh, Mrs. Vowell, Mrs. Jones, and Ms. Becker) for a wonderful collaborative planning time. You guys are rock stars!!!!!
- Thank you to Mrs. Salazar for being a wonderful partner on making the Spelling Bee happen!
- Thank you Mrs. Kilam for offering your tea to our district visitor during the Spelling Bee! She was impressed with your tea selection!
- Thank you Mrs. Troyer and Mr. Colon for coming to support your students during the Spelling Bee! Not all of our parents were able to make it so it is so nice for our students to have a familiar face in the audience!
- Thank you to Mrs. Rockne. I really appreciate what you did! (Mrs. Valdes).
- Thank you to Mrs. Salazar and Mrs. Hernandez for all of their hard work during Spelling Bee.
- Thank you to everyone that made Winter Night Celebration a success. Mrs. Hayes, thank you for making our school so beautiful.
Happy December Birthdays!
Jessica Gibbs, December 14th
- Kristen Pugh, December 17th
- Vicki Butler, December 31st
- Sandra Hernandez, December 31st