The Weekly Spur
Week Twenty-eight: March 28-April 1, 2016
Women’s History Month
American Red Cross Month
Fire Prevention Month
Music in our Schools Month
Read Across America (March 2, which is Dr. Seuss’ birthday)
March 7-11 National School Breakfast Week
St. Patrick’s Day (March 17)
Pi Day (March 14),
April's Fool Day
This holiday is unique in the fact that it's roots are not easily traced. Unlike other yearly celebrations that have origin stories and rich histories to draw from, April Fools' Day can only be linked to a few theories. Although these theories have been widely accepted over the years, the stories vary in their genesis, with the only common thread being making a fool of others.
Though this day has been observed on April 1 for centuries, the holiday also goes by All Fools' Day, which is a nod to the possibility that the holiday did not originate in April. However, the most common folklore relates to the French calendar being changed in 1582, from a new year beginning on April 1 to January 1 — and it seemed the joke was on those who didn't get the ye olde memo. "People who were slow to get the news or failed to recognize that the start of the new year had moved to January 1 and continued to celebrate it during the last week of March through April 1 became the butt of jokes and hoaxes," according to the History Channel's website.
Word of the Week, Quote & Call back:
W.O.W. – Effort: doing one’s best in an endeavor
Quote: “I CAN is 100 times more important than IQ.” Author Unknown
Call Back: I think …… I CAN!
What's on tap this week?
Don't forget your Thank You's for Thank You Thursday!
Monday, Mar. 28 -
Tuesday, Mar. 29 - STAAR Writing Test Grade 4, STAAR Math Test Grade 5
Wednesday, Mar. 30 - STAAR Reading Test Grade 5
Thursday, Mar. 31 - Report Cards
Friday, Apr. 1 - Kinder Trip to Casa
Happy Birthday to You - this week!
none this week
A look ahead...
BOOK FAIR WEEK!! April 4-8
Monday, Apr. 4 - PTA Board Meeting 5:30, Kinder Program 6:00
Tuesday, Apr. 5 - UIL after school till 6:00
Wednesday, Apr. 6 -
Thursday, Apr. 7 -
Friday, Apr. 8 - Cliburn Music Program Grades 2-4 at 10:00
Saturday, Apr. 9 - UIL 7:00-3:00
Monday, Apr. 11 - End of School Fundraiser, EMSISD Reading Festival @ SHS 5:00-6:45
Tuesday, Apr. 12 - Play It Safe Program
Wednesday, Apr. 13 -
Thursday, Apr. 14 - Teacher Self Report Sections II and III Due, PTA Carnival 5:30-7:30
Friday, Apr. 15 - Bad Weather Make-up Day!
Pictures for the Yearbook - please share!
Here is the info for uploading pictures to eshare. If you have a flash drive and/or memory card, Jennifer Andrews can take those as well... So far they need pictures from meet the teacher all the way through Christmas parties.
The eShare code is CSESpurs. In the next week, PTA will be pulling pictures and designing pages and would love to have your pictures to choose from, too
PTA Information:
*PTA has created a BOX TOP GARDEN. Depending on how many box tops you have turned in depends on how many petals are on your flower. The first petal represents 25 or less box tops and every petal after represents 10 boxtops. **Just a reminder, SPED will be picking up your box top envelope every Friday, not PTA. **
*If you have any pictures from your classroom that can be shared, please send them to Crystal Barnhill or Jill Wagenknecht. We will forward them to the yearbook committee. Thank you in advance!
Response to Intervention: Resources for Educators
Here is a link for an interesting article entitled:
"Response to Intervention: Resources for Educators"