Boone Bear Facts
Thursday, November 9, 2017
Note from the Principal
Thanksgiving Wish for All
I would like to wish all of our Boone families a very happy Thanksgiving Break. During our week off from November 20 - November 24, I hope the time is spent enjoying time together with family and friends. I am astounded by just how quickly this first semester has flown by. I am amazed on a daily basis by the thoughtfulness, caring, and just plain love I see from everyone in the Boone School community. This is truly a wonderful and magical place. If home is where the heart is, then Boone is truly the biggest home in Texas!!!
Important Reminder about November 10th
Just a quick reminder that Friday, November 10th, is a student holiday for our students at Boone, Covington MS, and Crockett HS in addition to the other schools in the Crockett Vertical Team. This is NOT a student holiday for ALL schools in the Austin ISD. The day will be an additional day of Professional Development for our teachers and staff. If you have students at other campuses in the Austin ISD make sure you contact that campus directly to see if students will be in school or not.
Perfect Attendance Awards and Tardies
I would like to clarify the requirements for a student to receive a Perfect Attendance Award for a nine weeks grading period. Perfect Attendance Awards will be awarded to students who have no absences of any sort, excused or unexcused, and no more than two unexcused tardies within a nine weeks period. This was not clearly announced during the first nine weeks and students were awarded Perfect Attendance Awards solely based on absences. Being on time to school on a daily basis is just as important to academic achievement as being at school every day.
Holiday Attendance Reminder
Boone Families,
As we prepare to take a short break from school for Thanksgiving, we want to express our gratitude for everyone who helps make it possible for as many of our students as possible to come to school every day, on time, ready to learn. We are thankful for our wonderful students, families, teachers, support staff and community volunteers. We appreciate each one of you so much.
School will be closed for the week of Thanksgiving starting Monday, November 20th through Friday, November 24th. School will re-open on Monday, November 27th.
We especially appreciate everyone's efforts to avoid taking extra days off during the Thanksgiving holiday. Just a few missed days here and there can add up to too much lost learning time and leave your child behind in school.
Counselor's Corner
Boone’s Career Days are Coming Soon!
January 25-26, 2018
Speakers Needed
We are hosting our fourth annual Career Days on Thursday, January 26 and Friday, January 27 at Boone Elementary School. One of our objectives at Boone, in addition to the district’s goal for college and career readiness, is to promote the importance of career planning. In order for our students to learn more about careers, we are inviting you to speak with our 3-5th graders about your career. If you are interested in presenting to a class or classes on either of these dates please email or call Ms. Lozo. Nicole.lozo@austinisd.org 512-841-5376.
In addition to Career Days, PK-5 learn about jobs/careers, college, and individual interests in their classroom guidance lessons with the counselor.
Talking to your Children about Staying Safe
Dear Parents & Guardians,
Protecting our children and empowering students to keep themselves safe is very important to the members of our learning community. Even at this young age, children must understand the meaning of privacy and what they should do when their privacy is not being respected. PreK-5 th grade will be learning about privacy and identifying the parts of the body that are private. Bathing suit cutouts for boys and girls will be used to indicate the areas under the bathing suit as private. Anatomical terminology will not be used. Students will also learn assertive words and body language to use when they feel their privacy is not being respected. In the next few weeks, have your child demonstrate for you what to say to protect his/her privacy and be open to talking with your child about private places. Please see the attachment in the body of this email.
Two excellent books to share with your child that stress the importance of private spaces are The Right Touch: A Read Along Story to Help Prevent Child Sexual Abuse, by Sandy Kelven, Illumination Arts Publishing Company, 1998, and My Body is Private, by Linda Wlvoord, Albert Whitman & Company, 1984.
For additional information on preventing child abuse, the web page http://www.preventchildabuse.org is an excellent adult resource. Thank you for your support, Nicole Lozo, M.Ed. School Counselor
Art News Reminder
You have until November 17th to order from Original Works to benefit the visual art department at Boone! Items with your child's art will be a perfect holiday gift! Proceeds go for art supplies and equipment for the school and professional development and training for the teacher.
Use your child's original code that was sent home in last week's Thursday folder to order online. https://www.originalworks.com/gallerylogin/
PTA News
Yearbooks are on sale now, and you can purchase them online!
http://link.entourageyearbooks.com/view_account.asp?l=4195B5AB-C0CD-44F3-B921-A9CDE2DE4D64
Yearbooks are only $15 if you purchase by November 30 - then the price goes up. Buy yours today!
Photos needed! Do you have photos of school events? Your kids's musical, class field trip, any classroom activities? We want them for the yearbook! Send photos to booneptayearbook@gmail.com. And keep them coming!
PTA Workshop
We are looking for volunteers to help our teachers and staff during the school year. Fridays will be the PTA workshop! Teachers and staff will leave work to be done by volunteers in the office that will be completed on Fridays. The work will vary and can include items to be laminated, cut, copied, etc. Anything that will help our teachers and staff support our students!
You do not have to commit to the entire day, morning, or afternoon. Any amount of time helps! Check out the sign up genius and sign up when you are available, just put the times you can come in the comments section.
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0e4aafab2da5fc1-ptaworkshop
THANK YOU!!!
Amazon Smiles - Support Boone!
Shop for everyone on your gift list this holiday at smile.amazon.com/ch/74-2431784 and Amazon donates to PTA Texas Congress Boone Elementary PTA.
Boone Elementary Sponsors
Thank you to all our sponsors for supporting Boone Elementary through our Banner Partnership Program. Look for their banners on our fence line next week!
If you are a business owner interested in becoming a sponsor with our school, please email Kim Glessner at kimglessner@gmail.com. All money raised will go toward library and tech upgrades, and other resources for improving students’ education.
Calendar of Events
11/10 - Student Holiday
11/14 - 4th Grade Writing Benchmark
11/16 - Upbeats -4th Grade Choir Musical 5:00 p.m.
11/16 - PTA General Meeting 6:00, Family Night 6:30 - 7:30 p.m.
11/17 - Upbeats -4th Grade Choir Musical 7:45 a.m.
11/20 - 11/24 - Thanksgiving Holidays
11/28 - PTA Spirit Night @ Bush’s Chicken 5:00 - 8:00 p.m.12/1 - Davis & Suarez to Discovery Hill Science Center 9:00 - 12:00
12/4 - 12/8 - Book Fair
12/4 - PTA Spirit Night at Altitude 5:00 - 8:00 p.m.
12/5 - Jacques & Ramos to Discovery Hill Science Center 9:00 - 12:00
12/7 - 1st Grade Winter Program 5:00 - 5:30 p.m.
12/8 - 1st Grade Winter Program 7:45 - 8:15 a.m.
12/8 - 5th Grade to Covington Fine Arts Extravaganza 9:00 - 11:45 a.m.
12/11 - PreK to Zach Scott Theatre 9:00 - 11:45 a.m.