Welcome to the first edition of the Maverick Messenger. Here is where you will find important announcements and updates from the office of the Principal, and important happenings with staff and students around the campus.

• Thank you for your diligence this first 4 weeks. The Admin team is busy ensuring that you are able to provide engaging instruction in your classrooms. Please let us know if there is anything else we can do to help.

• Thank you for submitting your campus goals into Strive. It is evident that clear and compelling thought went into the development of your goals. I noticed that many of you referenced our campus goals as one of your goals, AWESOME!

1. Increase or maintain student attendance to 96%.
2. Increase student engagement in classrooms and across the campus.
   
3. Integrate Literacy strategies across all content areas.
   

• I truly enjoyed viewing all of the pictures that you posted on twitter of the many acts of service that you performed this past weekend for The Day! KUDOS and a BIG THANK YOU to you and your organizations. Gentle reminder, this will be a yearly activity across AISD. We will have "The Day" each year on the second Saturday in September. So start planning your service projects now.

Can you believe how fast the school year is rapidly passing. We are already mid -September. We are busier than ever and it feels like we can't keep up with the demands of what we are asked to do. If you feel that your momentum is fading, take a few moments to read this interesting take from George Couros on some tips on how to maintain the first day of school excitement that we had just 4 weeks ago.

Click below.

6th - D. Koonz, K. Lee

7th - S. Sherman

8th- C. Reyna

9th- D. Bettge

10th - R. Partida

12th - N. Duke

13th - J. Hancock

16th - R. Lamora

18th - C. White

21st - K. Kettler

22nd - M. Davis

24th - K. Cluck

25th - S. Jones

29th - J. Jeffries

30th - E. Riley

Sept. 8-14 — National Arts in Education Week

Sept. 8, Sunday — International Literacy Day

Sept. 8, Sunday — National Grandparents Day

Sept. 11, Wednesday — Texas First Responders' Day

Sept. 15-21 — Celebrate Freedom Week

Sept. 17, Tuesday — Constitution Day

Sept. 18, Wednesday- Faculty Meeting @ 6:40 and 3:05

Sept. 20, Friday Frenzy Fox 26 news @5:30 a.m.

Sept. 20, Junior Ring Presentation~ 3rd period

Sept. 23-27, HomeComing Week

Sept. 26, End of first 6 weeks (true eligibility grading period)