Akin News
Friday, March 8th, 2019
A note from the Assistant Principal
Attendance = Success!
Regular and punctual attendance is important to your child’s academic success. Please help your child in getting to school on time, children should be in their classrooms and ready to learn by 7:45am. Texas State Law requires students to be in attendance 90 percent of the days offered, if your child misses more than 10 days or parts of days (comes in late to school or leaves early) within a 6-month period they will be considered truant.
If you know of an absence and your child will miss more than 3 consecutive days of school please come by the office to fill out a notification of absence form, which will be turned into our Assistant Principal.
Also, if your child is absent for any reason please remember to send in an absence note within 48 hours of them returning to school. The note should have the student’s first and last name, the dates they missed school, the reason for the absence, and a parent’s signature.
If you have any further questions regarding attendance please contact our Registrar, Kelly Merritt at Kelly.Merritt@leanderisd.org or our Assistant Principal, Wendy Gonzaba at wendy.gonzaba@leanderisd.org.
SPRING INTO ACTION AT FAMILY FITNESS NIGHT
Come on out for a hoppin’ good time at Family Fitness Night on Wednesday, March 13 from 6pm to 7:30pm! We will have fun activities for the kids, Eat the Alphabet, vendor booths and prizes! Plus, your kids can exercise their mind as well as their body by picking up some good books at our Scholastic Book Fair!
Lost and Found
Our lost and found is filling up. Please make sure your student's name can be found on his/her coat, water bottle and lunchbox. Please stop by the cafeteria and find your homeless items. We will be donating all items to Leander Clothes Closet on March 29th.
Thank you!
School Transfer Requests/Kinder Registration
LISD has begun accepting transfer requests for the 2019-2020 school year. Akin Elementary will remain a closed campus for the next school year; however, the district will accept transfer requests for Akin (1st – 5th grades) only for students who are currently attending Akin on a transfer. Transfer requests may be submitted between Feb. 25th – March 24th , any requests submitted after this time will not be considered until August due to student enrollment numbers.
Transfer applications for kindergarten students during the 2019-2020 school year will be accepted upon completion of Pre-K & Kindergarten Registration which has been set for April 25th here at Akin. The transfer request window for Pre-K and Kindergarten will be from April 24th – May 3rd. You must first register your child with LISD, once you receive their student ID number then you may submit an online transfer request. Any requests submitted after this time will not be considered until August due to student enrollment numbers.
All transfer requests must be submitted online and a $30 non-refundable processing fee will be charged. Please click here to submit your request. More information may be found on the Akin Elementary website.
Human Growth and Development Lessons for 4th & 5th grade Students
Leander ISD 4th and 5th grade students are about to study an important lesson on the early stages of puberty, which many students may be beginning to experience.
Students will watch the following videos during Specials on March 14th. When viewing the DVD, boys and girls will be separated to ensure privacy.
4th Grade Girls - “Just Around the Corner for Girls”
4th Grade Boys - “Just Around the Corner for Boys”
5th Grade Girls - Growing Up! For Girls
5th Grade Boys - Growing Up! For Boys
The videos will review the following topics: reproductive systems, health/nutrition, hygiene/grooming, self-esteem, and physical/emotional changes.
Click here: https://goo.gl/forms/JE1Zy21GexRcWbqP2 to preview the video and/or read the transcript. Please note, the materials can be viewed online from Monday, March 4th to Wednesday, March 13th, 2019. Parents/Guardians may also preview the videos outside of this time frame in the front office during the school day by scheduling an appointment with the campus counselor.
If you have any questions about the lesson or the resource used, feel free to contact me at Beth.Lehn@LeanderISD.org.
Mrs. Lehn-Akin Counselor
Transportation Changes
Please send a written note with your child for any transportation changes. Include date of change, your child’s first and last name, teacher’s name, regular transportation and how they are going home for that day. If this is a permanent change, please make sure that you notate that.
You may also notify the main office at 570-8000 before 1:30 pm of any transportation change for the day. If your student needs to leave before the end of the school day for an appointment, please make arrangements to pick him/her up before 2:30 p.m. Please do not email transportation changes.
Thanks!
Fire safety in PE!
Thank you PTA for the snacks-we appreciate you!
Dramatic play in Mrs. VanVelzen's Kinder class!
PTA Updates
SPRING INTO A GOOD BOOK
Please join us next week for our Scholastic Book Fair! Shopping hours are before school, during lunch and recess hours, and after school until 3:30pm. Wednesday has evening shopping hours from 6-7:30 and we close on Thursday at 1pm. Check out the new ewallet information that came home with your child. And sign up to volunteer at akin.my-pta.org.
Watch Dog Dad Program!
Watch D.O.G.S. is an innovative program of the National Center for Fathering, focusing on improving education in our nation's schools by using the positive influence of fathers and father figures.
For more information on this program and for step-by-step instructions on how to become a Watch D.O.G.S. volunteer (new and returning dads) go to http://akin.my-pta.org/ to visit our PTA website, then click on Watch D.O.G.S. to sign up. Come have fun with us at school!
Upcoming Events
Mar. 11th-14th Book Fair
Mar. 12th Spring Photo orders due
Mar. 13th PTA/Coach Steve's Family Fitness Night 6-7:30 pm
Mar. 15th Student Holiday/Staff Development
Mar. 15th-22nd Spring Break for students
Akin Field Day/Field Trip t-shirt store will reopen on April 1st-11th.
Akin Yearbook
Yearbooks are on sale for $20 until they are sold out. Last year we ran out, so buy them as soon as you can. Click on the link below to order your yearbook today!
https://www.balfour.com/shop/yearbook?smi=134859
If you have any questions, you can contact the yearbook sponsors at elise.richardson@leanderisd.org or crystal.lucero@leanderisd.org.
Aviator WINGS Winners!
"I Earned My Wings at Akin Elementary!"
Every week students who have earned their wings are entered into a drawing to be recognized for SOARing to Greatness with positive behavior at Akin Elementary.
This week's winners are:
Oliver Kearns - Niestradt
Braden Ellison - Wright
Bhumi Murki - Carson
Christian Gomes - Sommer
Madeline Mohney - Lucero
Conner Courville - Milledge
Way to go Aviators and keep SOARing to Greatness...Everywhere!