Akin News
10/25/19
A Note From the Assistant Principals
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, Kendra Martin at kendra.martin@leanderisd.org or our Assistant Principals, Wendy Gonzaba at wendy.gonzaba@leanderisd.org, Yvette Venegas at yvette.venegas@leanderisd.org.
Way to Go C2!
Stop by our growing Lost-N-Found!
Our custodians are grateful for your generosity!
Report Cards Go Home Today!
Due to low attendance from families in Home Access Center and technical problems with our new district system, we have printed your child's report card, today. Please be on the lookout for this document in your student's backpack.
Student Information System Update: Digital Report Card Information
Leander ISD transitioned to online report cards and progress reports, which can be accessed (viewed and printed) by students and parents through the Home Access Center tool.
If you have not logged into your Home Access Center account, please do so prior to the release of report cards to ensure the system has all of your students.
To Register go to: Home Access Center
To learn more about digital report cards, grade book alerts, etc. go to: Knowledge Base.
Grade Level Newsletters
Kinder Weekly Newsletter
1st Grade Weekly Newsletter
2nd Grade Weekly Newsletter
3rd Grade Weekly Newsletter
4th Grade Weekly Newsletter
5th Grade Weekly Newsletter
Specials Monthly Newsletter
RSVP for our Veteran's Day Program
Watch Dog Dads Needed
Calling all Watch D.O.G.S.
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) click the link below to sign-up to be an Akin Watch D.O.G.S. http://akin.my-pta.org/content.asp?PageID=8&NavigationID=1&Sequence=11&Directive=Navigate
PTA
SOCKTOBER is here! Akin PTA is sponsoring a sock drive benefiting the LISD Clothes Closet. The LISD Clothes Closet serves students right here in our community and they are in desperate need of new socks. Collection bins for each grade will be located outside the Community Room starting Monday morning. Please consider donating new socks in any size! There will be a prize for the grade level collecting the most socks.
Upcoming Events
Oct. 28th
Socktober Donation Drive starts
Oct. 31st
PTA Reflections entries are due
Nov. 4th
Student Holiday/Staff Development
Nov. 7th
A+ Federal Credit Union Deposit Day
Nov. 11th
Veteran's Day Performances 8:00 & 9:30 in MPR
Nov. 14th
Thanksgiving Day Lunch-join us!
News from our Librarian
Abrams Publishing, BookPeople and Leander ISD Library Services
present Jeff Kinney on Tuesday, November 5, 2019 at 6:00 pm.
at Hill Country Bible Church
12124 Ranch Rd 620 N, Austin, TX 78750
The Wrecking Ball Show is crashing into Austin! Come meet author Jeff Kinney to celebrate Diary of a Wimpy Kid #14!
The Wrecking Ball Show is jam-packed with opportunities to build your own cartoons, destroy the trivia competition, manufacture some dance moves, and collapse with laughter. If you're not completely wrecked, stick around after the show for a photo with Jeff Kinney! The Wrecking Ball Show is one hour in length and fun for the whole family!
Buy your tickets here - http://bit.ly/WimpyKidLISD
PE Lessons
Hello Parents and Guardians,
All students in Kindergarten – 5th grades will receive instruction and information on drug awareness required by the State Health TEKS from the P.E. teacher and/or ADAPT Counselor on November 1st and November 8th.
Please preview the parent information at: https://tinyurl.com/yxr9san4
The parent information includes title and links to the videos which will be shown and has follow-up discussion questions for you to ask your child. You may preview videos the students will be watching by contacting the campus P.E. teacher.
Thank you,
Stephen Lunceford, Akin Elementary PE teacher and
Mary Ann Kluga, RN, PS, LCDC, ADAPT Coordinator
PTA Reflection Contest
Reflections
Calling all Akin Artists! PTA is thrilled to bring Reflections, a national arts program, to Akin. Reflections is a great way to showcase the talents of our students in a variety of categories including visual arts, dance, photography, film, literature and music! Registration & submission information is available outside of the Performing Arts classroom and at the PTA website.
"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:
KG (Hoffman) Maverick MacTaggart - Respect
1st grade (Marquez) Chase Freeman -Accountability
2nd grade(McDaniel) Zinnia Clark - Ownership
3rd Grade (Hipps) Landon Dickey - Accountability &Ownership
4th grade (Lucero) Kora Hairston - Ownership
5th grade (Peterson) - Mamadou Ba - Respect
Akin Wednesday-Aviator T-shirts
College Friday-College T-shirts
Email: beckie.webster@leanderisd.org
Website: akin.leanderisd.org
Location: 3261 Barley Road, Leander, TX, USA
Phone: (512)570-8000
Twitter: @mjakinelem