LV Intermediate Parent Newsletter
February 28, 2020
Upcoming Events...
March 3 Grade 4 TELPAS Testing for ESL students
March 4 Grade 4 TELPAS Testing for ESL students
March 8 Daylight Saving Time Spring Forward 1 Hour
March 10 Grade 4 Bob Bullock Field Trip
March 10 Grade 5 TELPAS Testing for ESL students
March 11 ESL Parent Meeting at 8:00am at Elementary
March 12 Grade 5 TELPAS Testing at ESL students
March 16-20 Spring Break
March 23 Middle School Course Selections for Fifth Grade Students and Parent Meeting at 6:00pm
April 1 Campus Educational Improvement Committee Meeting at 4:30
April 7 Grade 4 STAAR Writing and Grade 5 STAAR Math
April 8 Grade 5 STAAR Reading
April 10 Student Holiday
April 22-24 Camp Champion Field Trip for Fifth Grade
Students are studying Picasso in art and creating masterpieces.
Dream House Projects
Destination Learning
Keeping Our Kids Healthy
- Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds;
- Cover coughs and sneezes with a disposable tissue or your arm/sleeve; and
- Avoiding touching your eyes, nose, or mouth.
As a reminder, it is Lago Vista ISD policy that students with a fever of 100 degrees or greater must stay out of school and not participate in after-school activities until they are fever-free for 24 hours without the aid of fever-reducing medication. Furthermore, students with diarrhea or vomiting must also stay home until they are symptom-free without symptom-suppressing medications for at least 24 hours.
Taking these steps will help minimize the exposure of illnesses like the flu and the possibility of spreading them to students and staff who are not sick. Thank you for helping us create the safest and healthiest learning environments for the students and staff of Lago Vista ISD!
KTB Art Calendar Contest Open
The Don't mess with Texas® Art Contest is officially open! Keep Texas Beautiful and the Texas Department of Transportation invite Texas students in kindergarten through twelfth grade to submit their best litter prevention-inspired artwork to be considered for the Don’t mess with Texas Calendar. Students with the top 14 designs will have their work featured in the calendar.
Students who create the top 14 winning designs will have their artwork assigned to a month or featured on the cover of the 2021 Don’t mess with Texas calendar. Each winner will also receive:
- Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1 tablet
- Gift basket with Buc-ee's merchandise
- Their artwork framed and returned
- Opportunity to have their artwork shared on Don’t mess with Texas and Keep Texas Beautiful websites and social media
- Teachers representing students who produce the top 14 designs will win a $100 H-E-B/Central Market gift card.
Let the young artists in your life know about this contest! Submissions must be postmarked no later than April 24, 2020.
BECOME A FRIEND OF THE LVISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION
Parents, we need your help! Are you adept at social marketing? Is managing money part of your repertoire? Do you enjoy planning parties? The Education Foundation is looking for volunteers to help with fundraising, fund management, and event planning. Our meetings are at 6 pm on the 2nd Wednesday of each month in the Viking Hall board room. Please join us or get in touch – email us at LVISDEFTX@gmail.com.
The Lago Vista ISD Education Foundation helps support the school district through teacher grants, PSAT costs and much more. Please consider becoming a Friend of the Foundation.
Fourth Grade loved the hats given to them!
Thank you, Saint Mary, Our Lady of the Lake Knitting Group!
ATTENDANCE MATTERS
The vast majority of our students with excessive absences fail to pass their classes. Students need to be at school everyday.
Our school wide attendance goal for this year is 98%. Our state funding is based on the percentage of students at school at 10:00 am every day. Higher attendance rate = more money for resources for your student.
For students who miss school, here is some very important attendance information:
- 3 or more unexcused absences in a 4 week period - warning letter sent home, phone conference with at-risk coordinator and attendance improvement plan.
- 5 or more unexcused absences in a 6-week period - warning letter sent home, phone conference with administrator, attendance behavior plan reviewed.
- 7 or more unexcused absences in an 8-week period - warning letter sent home and Behavior Intervention Plan meeting called with the parents, student, and assistant principal.
- 10 or more unexcused absences in a 6 month period - truancy charges are filed. Parent, student and school administrator will be summoned to appear in truancy court.
Attendance this Week
Grade 4 96.03%
Grade 5 93.14%
Total Attendance 95%
COUNSELOR'S CORNER
Random Acts of Kindness Game
Here is a fun, engaging game to use with your children. What a challenge that will leave your family feeling encouraged to spread kindness in our community! Let’s connect positive character traits to home and school.
https://www.schoolcounselor.org/asca/media/asca/Careers-Roles/SCInfographic.pdf
You are welcome to refer your child to me. I may be reached at cynthia_gumbert@lagovista.txed.net or by phone at 512 267-8300 extension 3504. I am here for your child and their academic and social and emotional success, and well being.
February Viking Character Trait of the month is fairness. We exhibit fairness by:
Taking Turns.
Telling the truth.
Playing by the rules.
Thinking about how your actions will affect others.
Listening to people with an open mind.
Not blaming others for your mistakes.
Not taking advantage of other people.
Not playing favorites.
TxConnect is Now Ascender
ASCENDER has taken over with a few changes.
- The app for your cell phone no longer works. The company is working on creating another one.
- Until the app is created, you must go through the district website. www.lagovistaisd.net
- On the Main Page, go to Parent Connection, halfway down the page on the left.
- On new page, scroll down about halfway, look for Keeping Track of Grades. You will then click on the ASCENDER link.
- Log in like you normally did with TxConnect.
- If you have any questions or trouble, please call 512-267-8300 #3500.
STAYALERT SYSTEM REMINDER
Lago Vista ISD uses StayALERT to help keep our schools safe. StayALERT is a bilingual, confidential website, e-mail, phone and texting avenue for students, teachers, staff, parents and community members to be able to confidentially report unsafe behaviors, suspicious activities, bullying, acts of violence, harassment, and a host of other potential disruptors to school safety.
Users may anonymously report concerns 24-7-365 via the StayALERT website, an e-mail, a phone call to a recorded and monitored line, or via a text message from a cell phone. Photos and video clips pertaining to the StayALERT report may be included. No special app required! Reportable information will be forwarded in a timely manner to a pre-designated school official for review.
To make a report, use one of the methods below:
Website: stayalert.info
Call or Text: (206) 406-6485
Email: report@stayalert.info