Happy Friday! Happy National Teaching Assistant Day! We are so blessed for each and every one of our incredible Teaching Assistants here at Fabra! These incredible ladies pour in so much time, energy, support, and love to our entire staff and students. They are a vital part of making Fabra the wonderful place it is! Thank you to all of our Falcons that wore teal or spirit wear today in order to increase awareness for food allergies!

Today we got to celebrate three grade levels for their incredible attendance for the second three-week period! First Grade, Second Grade, and Fifth Grade all had over 97% attendance with Second grade being the highest in the school twice in a row! Great Job! We can't stress the importance of timely attendance enough. You may have noticed that students who arrive late to school will be handed a tardy slip upon entering campus. Reminder, a student is tardy when they are not in their homeroom class and ready to learn when the 7:35am bell rings. Students who are dropped off or arrive at 7:35 or even just a minute are two before are tardy by the time they make it to class. Please help your student have a great start to their day by having them at school by 7:25 am. This gives them plenty of time get to class, unload their belongings, and be ready for the instructional day.

Please read through this newsletter for information regarding upcoming events as well as information for the upcoming weeks. As always, please reach out to us if we can help in any way. Have a wonderful weekend!

Troy Latiolais

Principal - Fabra Elementary

Each Fall our Green Machine Run Club participates in the annual YMCA Turkey Trot. This year’s event will be held on Saturday, November 18th! We have won the award for the largest group to attend for the past two years and are planning to make it three in a row! Please consider registering your child (and yourself) to participate in this event! We will have staff members participating but we do encourage parents to participate as well! Students will be able to register at the $25.00 registration fee up until the day before the race. There is a section where they must enter their school and you need to be sure to select FABRA. Older school aged siblings can take advantage and register under Fabra as well! The parents the price will increase by $10.00 on Oct. 1st, so take advantage of the lower fee. We look forward to another great year with the Green Machine and can’t wait to participate in the Turkey Trot event. *ALL run club members will be receiving a shirt this year, free of charge! We invite and encourage them to wear them on Thursdays once they receive them and to each event we participate in as well!

Click Here to Register! https://www.athleteguild.com/event/boerne-tx/2023-boerne-family-ymca-12th-annual-turkey-trot-5k-10k

Fabra will be resurrecting the Early Act Program with the help of the Boerne Sunrise Rotary Club (Tuesday mornings) and the Boerne Noon Rotary Club (Friday lunch). Early Act is a school wide program that will allow students from 2nd to 5th grade to participate.

The mission of Early Act is to promote goodwill, understanding, and peace through active participation of its student membership and effective leadership.

The object of Early Act is to provide young students with the opportunity to serve and lead in their school, community, and global community. The first project will highlight one of Boerne’s own, Noah Patton, current BHS senior and founder of Good for the Soul. Fabra will be collecting gently used sneakers in the fall to give to children in need.

Meetings will take place once a month starting in October in the Fabra Library from 3:15 pm - 4pm. Attached is a link you may use to sign up. If you are looking for more information please contact the club sponsor, Naomi Jendrusch at naomi.jendrusch@boerneisd.net

Fabra Early Act Club - Click here

We have a few performance dates for you to add to your calendar!

Jan. 16 BHS Girls Varsity Basketball halftime performance @ 6:3pm BHS Gym

Feb. 3 San Antonio Spur's Basketball halftime performance @7:00 pm AT&T Center

April 25 Fabra Dance Spring Show @ 6:00 pm BMSN gym

I will send more information about these performances at a later date.

We are selling Dance Team t shirts to parents and family members. If you would like a t shirt to wear to our performances, I have included an order form. Please return order form and money to the gym office. Checks payable to Fabra Elementary.