We are happy to announce that we will be hosting a Saturday TELPAS camp for our Emergent Bilingual students in grades 3-8. If your child is an emergent bilingual student in these grade levels, they will receive a special invitation to attend!

TELPAS is an assessment program for students in Texas public schools who are learning the English language. The letters in TELPAS stand for the Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System. If you child is an emergent bilingual student in grades 2nd- 3rd grade, your child will be scheduled to take the TELPAS computerized assessment (our 2nd graders will be receiving portions of this camp during the instructional day).

Please be on the lookout for an invitation from your child’s teacher. While we understand that there are many events occurring during the weekend, please know that this is a worthwhile investment and opportunity for your child to be successful on this state assessment.

For more information regarding the TELPAS assessment, please click on the link below the flyer or contact our TELPAS testing coordinator, Ms. Jimenez at rjimen06@sisd.net .

Thank you in advance for your cooperation!

On Friday, January 20th, students who achieved A, A-B, or B Honor Roll for marking period 2 received a sweet treat during lunch time. We love to celebrate our students for their achievements, and we believe that they deserve it! We hope to celebrate more students at the end of MP3!! 🧁🍧

• Health Professions Academy (HPA) – Socorro HS

• Synergi4 STEM Academy – Montwood HS

• Libertas Academy for Law, Government and Public Administration – Americas HS

• Aztec Architecture Academy (AAA) – El Dorado HS

• School for Advanced Technical Applications TSTEM (SATA) – Eastlake HS

• Sparta Business Academy (SBA) – Pebble Hills High School

• International Baccalaureate (IB) – El Dorado HS

• Mission Early College High School (MECHS) • Fire Science Academy/EMT Cohort – Socorro HS • Empire P-TECH- El Dorado HS

• Falcon P-TECH - Eastlake HS

• Sparta P-TECH- Pebble Hills HS

• Montwood P-TECH

• NJROTC

Thursday, December 1st, 2022 – Friday, January 13th, 2023

• Advanced Academy Application window open for students to apply.

• Monitor that all students select programs or opt out.

Saturday, January 14th – Friday, January 27th, 2023

• Program Coordinators will check eligibility status and get principal approval.

• As per TEA, Early Colleges, SATA, and Synergi will continue to use a blind lottery.

Saturday, January 28th – Friday, February 17th, 2023

• Lottery opens on January 28th at 5:00 pm.

• Students are offered positions through the lottery.

• Students select or reject the programs that they are offered.

• Once there are no students left to accept an offer, the lottery is over.

• Target date for lottery closure is February 17th at 8:00 am.

Friday, February 24th, 2023

• By February 24th, program coordinators and directors will send students a letter of congratulations with information on important next steps.

Monday, March 6th – Friday, March 17th, 2023

• Spring ECHS Bridge camps

• TSIA2 Preparation Camps for interested students

• Edgenuity College Prep. TSIA2, ELA Part 1 to be completed prior to bridge camp.

Monday, April 3rd, 2023

• Deadline for middle schools to code all Advanced Academy/ECHS students to their appropriate high school.

Monday, April 3rd, 2023

• Final student lists must be emailed to Enrique Herrera.

Monday, May 1st, 2023

• Deadline for electronic transfer process for parents.

Monday, June 12th, 2023 – Friday, June 16th, 2023

• Advanced Academy Bridge camps

*** Timelines are subject to change.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16TH, 2023

ALL 8TH GRADERS WILL BE TAKING THE TSIA2 NEXT MONTH. THIS ASSESSMENT IS TO DETERMINE READINESS FOR DUAL CREDIT (COLLEGE LEVEL) COURSES IN HIGH SCHOOL. PLEASE VISIT THE LINK BELOW FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS ASSESSMENT. A POWER POINT PRESENTATION HAS BEEN SENT TO STUDENT AND PARENT EMAIL. ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 5 AND FRIDAY, JANUARY 6TH I PRESENTED THIS INFORMATION TO STUDENTS AND MOST STUDENTS CREATED A FREE ACCUPLACER ACCOUNT WITH PRACTICE TESTS/QUESTIONS FOR THE TSIA2. PLEASE CALL OR EMAIL ME WITH ANY QUESTIONS.

https://accuplacer.collegeboard.org/students/prepare-for-accuplacer/tsia-texas-success-initiative-assessment

MS.AZCARATE

MAZCAR01@SISD.NET

975-937-4400

We will be collecting donations of non- perishable food, gently used clothing, and toiletries during the month of January. Please feel free to send items with your child or drop them off in person (there will be a collection box by our front receptionist's desk). All donations will support non profit organizations in our area. Thank you in advance for your assistance!

Saturday, February 4, 2023
Eastlake High School
13000 Emerald Pass Ave., El Paso, TX 79928
Districtwide Mother-Daughter Conference 6th-12th grade girls only

Free Admission!
Registration/Continental Breakfast: 7:45 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.
Conference: 7:45 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Breakfast and lunch will be provided.

Donations of canned goods and non-perishable food items will be accepted. These items will be distributed to families in need in the Socorro community.

Comfortable clothing is recommended as there will be some physical activity in some sessions.

Attendance- Let's Be at School EVERYDAY!

School success begins with attendance! There have been some changes to our incentives:

• Each STUDENT with perfect attendance for 3rd 9 weeks will be invited to attend a pizza party, a one- week free dress bracelet, and be entered into a raffle to win toys, gift cards, coupons, parties, and bikes!
• Each CLASS with 97% attendance or above for the week will earn a popcorn party on the Friday of the week they have reached that goal!
• Each GRADE LEVEL that meets or exceeds our 97% school-wide goal each 9 weeks will have a party of their choice!

We are currently calling and meeting with parents of students who are not meeting the 90% school year requirement to obtain class credit or have excessive absences. Please understand that we are calling in order to provide support and assistance to assure our students receive the best education possible.

Parents, in order to maximize our student’s instructional time, we ask that your child attend school daily and on time.

Lunch detention for students will be imposed for students who:

• Arrive after 7:45am for 2nd- 8th grade students

• Arrive late to class during transition (middle school students)

It is extremely important for students to learn responsibility and is expected to report to lunch detention. If student does not report to lunch detention, student will serve after school detention the following day.

A student is tardy if he/she is not inside the classroom or at the assigned area for class at the designated time, unless he or she has an authorized excuse (counselor, nurse, etc). Tardies may count against a student’s perfect attendance if the school’s School Improvement Team (SIT) adopts this as policy.

https://www.sisd.net/domain/9525

MS. AZCARATE -- MIDDLE SCHOOL MAZCAR01@SISD.NET