Principal's Message

Greetings Cougar Nation!

This month we are celebrating School Board Appreciation Month, and we gifted our Board Members a swag bag containing a token of our appreciation and homemade cards with messages from our student body. Our Student Council Members presented them and prepared a speech thanking them for the technology, sports, amazing teachers, and staff members. We also recognized and thanked our School Resource Officer, Mr. Santana, for providing safety to our students, staff, and campus.

I want to congratulate our students that received awards today and thank their classmates for celebrating and supporting each other at today’s event. I want to thank all parents for ensuring your child arrives at school everyday, having those academic conversations, and working alongside us to ensure your child experiences academic success.

Report cards went out this week, and we are using them with Istation to identify students that need extra support. I advise you to access the Istation Platform as a parent and have your child login in at home to monitor their progress. You can find the link on our TGE homepage and A+ Parent / Student Portal or click on the button "Istation '' included in the S'more to log in. Our parental engagement can also assist you with gaining access.

After school tutorials will continue, and we will begin Saturday Academies on January 14, 2023 for those students that did not perform well on their benchmark or Istation. If your child receives an invitation, I ask that you make time to meet with their teacher to find out how you can work with them at home to support your child's academics.

I will continue to invite our parents to campus to assist with their children's academics, behavior and to volunteer as needed. Contact Ms. A. Vega, SMISD Parental Engagement Specialist at 956-565-6308 or email at anavega@smisd.net for opportunities to help on our campus. There is a process we ask that you follow for these opportunities, and we look forward to seeing you here.

Please note, our campus opens at 7:00 am to our students and staff. Do not drop off your child before then as we may not have personnel on campus at that time. School begins at 7:45 am with your child being given a nutritious breakfast in the classroom, and our day ends at 3:30 pm. We ask that your child stay through the entire day. Attendance is a critical part of your child's commitment to academic excellence, and we appreciate your commitment.

Keep in mind that our children's attendance is important. However, if your child is exhibiting any flu like system, keep them home, contact our front office and reach out to your child's teacher through Class Dojo for work. You can come by and pick them up.

Warmest regards,

Principal Camacho

Tony Gonzalez Elementary

"Every sunset is an opportunity to reset. Every sunrise begins with new eyes."-