Reagan Insider
February 16, 2024
Principal Message
Ray Community,
We hope you are excited for a three day weekend. While the campus' front office will be open if you need us on Monday, teachers will be in professional learning across the district. Next week at Reagan we will begin TELPAS testing. This will occur on Monday and Tuesday and if your child needs to test, you will have been contacted already.
Fifth Grade students will have their middle school visits on Friday February 23rd. You will need to make sure you have given permission for this visit. If you have not received a permission form, please reach out to your child's teacher and they will make sure you get one.
We are working with our PTA DEI chair to create a parent focus group. This focus group will look at parent concerns, needs, and challenges as it relates to parent involvement at Reagan. If you are interested in being a part of this focus group please fill out the form at the following link.
Have a wonderful weekend,
Alison Pennington
Principal
Twitter: @ReaganELemCP Instagram: @reaganelem_rays
Important Dates to Remember
February 19: Staff development - No School
February 20-March 1: TELPAS
February 23: 5th grade Middle School visit
March 1-31: Women's History Month
March 1-8: 2nd grade "Cookies, The Musical"
March 4-8: Reagan PTA Spring Book Fair
March 4-8: TX Educational Diagnosticians Week
March 5: Reagan PTA Spring Book Fair LATE NIGHT
Destination Imagination News
Superstar Rays, Reagan Elementary's Destination Imagination team, won the Scientific Challenge, Elementary Level High IC (Instant Challenge) at the Destination Imagination Tournament this weekend. Team members: Anvi Aggarwal, Sahana Sheth, Kyle Sanders, Satvik Maheshwari, Shavani Meyyappan, and Nihal Gurram, Aarya Ranjan was on the team but was unable to attend the tournament.
5th Grade Middle School Visits
Reagan 5th-grade students are scheduled to visit their zoned middle school on 2/23/2024.
Students will be bused to their zoned middle schools (Henry or Stiles) for a tour and an introduction to many of the activities offered. Students will eat lunch at the middle school before returning to Reagan. If you would like your child to purchase a meal, they may use their student ID number (current lunch account) or bring cash. Students also have the option of bringing a sack lunch. If your child is a voluntary transfer to Reagan and is not zoned for Henry or Stiles, please contact DeAnna.Martin@Leanderisd.org if we have not already discussed your child's situation. Please double-check your child's zoned middle school as Leander ISD has made changes to the zoning that was in place for the 2023-2024 school year. Be sure your address and contact information are correct in the Home Access Center. This is the information the district uses for our feeder pattern. Please complete the Acknowledgement form so your child can attend the visit with his/her peers.
Leander ISD Instructional Materials Selection
All LISD parents and students have the opportunity to provide input on the adoption of primary instructional resources. A list of the courses adopting new resources this year, opportunities to view the resources, and opportunities to ask questions are provided on the Leander ISD Instructional Materials Selection website.
YEARBOOKS ARE ON SALE NOW!! $20 until March 17, then they go up to $25.
https://bit.ly/reaganyearbook2223
5th Grade Parents: Don't forget to purchase your Prideline to honor your graduating 5th grader. Just costs an additional $10.
**5th GRADE PRIDELINES must be purchased no later than February 20 and designed NO LATER THAN February 28.
3rd Annual Global Languages and Cultures Film Festival call for submissions
We invite all multilingual students to submit videos for the 3rd Annual LISD Global Languages and Cultures Film Festival on Saturday, February 17, 2024 at Danielson Middle School from 10 am to noon. We are interested in student created videos by all age ranges (EC-12), a variety of genres and topics.
Here is a link to all of the information you need to submit videos.
QUEST Parent Screening Request for 1st thru 5th graders - Spring 2024
QUEST Parent Screening Request for 1st thru 5th graders - Spring 2024
Request Deadline March 1, 2024
Does your child possess some of these Common Characteristics of Gifted Children (source: What is Giftedness?):
- Ability to comprehend material several grade levels above their age peers
- Surprising emotional depth and sensitivity at a young age
- Strong sense of curiosity
- Enthusiastic about unique interests and topics
- Quirky or mature sense of humor
- Creative problem-solving and imaginative expression
- Absorbs information quickly with few repetitions needed
-Self-aware, socially aware, and aware of global issues
These MAY be indicators that the QUEST program could be beneficial to your child. Screening for the QUEST GT program is based on referral by any adult who knows the student. If you feel your child may have an educational need for gifted services, complete the Referral Forms in the links below in order for them to be screened for the GT QUEST program for the 2024-2025 school year. Referrals for Spring 2024 will open on October 2, 2023, and are due by March 1, 2024. Parents will be contacted by April 1, 2024, if more information is needed. Notification of testing results will be sent out by the last day of school for the 2023-2024 school year. Students who qualify for the program after testing will begin QUEST classes beginning in the fall of 2024.
Students may be referred for QUEST screening in Spring 2024 by filling out both of the parent input forms using the following links: (Forms Due March 1, 2024)
***Kindergarten is LISD’s universal screening year. All Kindergarten students will be screened for QUEST***
Elementary Broadcast Camp @ CPHS
Cedar Park High School's award-winning broadcast program is hosting an elementary broadcast camp on Monday, Feb. 19 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Broadcast students will lead and help the kids make a newscast by the end of the day!
Details:
- Monday, Feb. 19 (Staff PD Day) 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
- 3rd-5th graders
- Snacks & Lunch Included
- Cost is $60
Parents can click here to register their child.
Kelly Yang Author Visit
PTA
MARK YOUR CALENDARS! Amplify Austin Day is coming! On March 6th & 7th, Austin hosts AMPLIFY, a CITY - WIDE Fundraising Event supporting local non-profits. LEEF (Leander ISD Educational Excellence Foundation) has invited us (Reagan Rays) to participate in their campaign and has offered us 75% of funds raised! We are so thrilled for this opportunity and invite YOU to help spread the word around our community on Social Media. There are many Austinites out there who want to do good and as a 501C3 your PTA welcomes this opportunity to raise funds for our campus and programs we offer at Reagan. The DONATION LINK goes live on March 6th, as it's a 24 hour Amplify Event.
Black History Month
Lunar New Year
Reagan Elementary had an amazing time celebrating Lunar New Year with delicious Korean dishes such as japchae (stir fried glass noodles with vegetables) and bulgogi (thinly sliced meat with a delicious marinade). Huge thanks to the following parents who contributed to our on-campus celebration:
Chaeyoung Kil - EunHee Yun - Eunjeong Kim - Eunkyung Cho - Eunkyung Lim -
Hayoung Jung - HyeYoung Kwon - Jieun Oh - Jihye Suh - Kyoungmi Choi -
Kyunga Jang - KyungAe Lee - Michelle Choi - MinAe Kim - Naeun Kim -
SeonMi Park - Seunghyun You - Sohyun Ki - SungHee Choi - Yaelim Suh -
YoonJeong Shim - Yoonji Seo - YouMi Kim - Yukyung Cho
Reagan PTA General Membership Meeting
Our next Reagan PTA General Membership Meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, February 21st, at 6:30 PM in the Reagan Library.
PTA members are highly encouraged to attend. The Bylaws and Standing Rules Committee will be presenting their amendment recommendations to general membership for approval. Additionally, elections will be held to select our 2024 Nominating Committee in preparation for our May election meeting.
If you are a current PTA Member and would like to be considered for the Nominating Committee, please click here to complete our interest form.
For more information about the Reagan PTA, contact Brittany Upton at reaganptapresident@gmail.com
Silent Auction
The Reagan Silent Auction Fundraiser is BACK and we need your help to make this event bigger and better than ever! The Silent Auction Committee is currently on the hunt for in kind donations to add to our ever growing list of donors. We would LOVE to feature our Reagan community members in the auction this year. If you have an item, goods, or services that you would like to donate, please contact Brianne Addison at brianne.bourque@gmail.com.
BIRTHDAY GRAM DELIVERIES FOR THEIR SPECIAL DAY!
BIRTHDAY GRAM DELIVERIES FOR THEIR SPECIAL DAY!
It's so fun to see their faces LIGHT UP when the Reagan Ray surprises a child with a Birthday Gram from their loved ones while at school! What better way to make them feel special during the school day than to celebrate them with a gift of goodies they can show off to their classmates. The kids are loving them & The Reagan Ray has a blast singing and dancing in the halls! Order online Today!
SPIRIT STICKS EVERY FRIDAY MORNING 7a-7:30a in front of the cafeteria!
SPIRIT STICKS EVERY FRIDAY MORNING 7a-7:30a in front of the cafeteria!
Ray Keychains & lots of NEW Spirit Sticks are available now!!
Sticks $1
Reagan Key Chains $2