Akin News 2/28
From the desk of Wendy Gonzaba
Thank you for keeping the focus on student learning:
Studies have shown that positive reinforcement has much more of an effect than any other disciplinary method. It allows students to realize they have done something right and praiseworthy, which in turn causes repetition in good behavior. Students rely on our encouragement to succeed, and need to hear that they are doing a good job in order to stay on the right path for growth socially, emotionally and academically.
"Behavior and academic achievement are inextricably linked. A student's academic success is directly related to the student's attention, engagement and behavior." (Buffum, Mattos, and Weber)
When you recognize the positive behaviors of our Aviators, you are helping them in creating a path of repeated good behavior and much higher potential for academic achievement also!
Thank you for giving our Aviators the opportunity to Earn Their Wings and SOAR to Greatness Every Day and Everywhere!
Stacking Chairs Each Day
Cafeteria Procedures
Please continue to ensure that teachers on duty are actively monitoring and that students are being held accountable for cleaning up food and trash off the tables and the floors before being dismissed from the cafeteria.
Updates:
Next week:
- TELPAS Writing Collections are due ( 2nd - 5th)
- Texas Public Schools Week
- Texas Diagnosticians Week (Hug or High-Five our Awesome Mrs. Kincaid!)
Monday 3/4
- Practice STAAR for 5th grade - Science
- Academic Leads Coalition meeting
More Updates
Tuesday 3/5
- Faculty picture in the MPR 7:15am - Wear your best smile! :-)
- C2 meeting in the library 7:15am
- 3rd grade PLC
Wed. 3/6
- 4th grade PLC
Thursday 3/7
- Science Module Pick-Up
Friday 3/8
- Bluebonnet Breakfast Celebration - Library
- Chess Club - Community Room
- Book fair Set-Up
- Box Tops Winner Popcorn Party at 2pm
Updates Cont'd
We need your assistance to assist us in reaching 100% in UT engagement survey participation!
We have extended the deadline
to March 24, 2017
Please view this webcast from Leander ISD Superintendent Dr. Dan Troxell regarding the 2018-2019 Employee Engagement Survey
Your participation is greatly appreciated and gives you a voice. It is your opportunity to give feedback anonymously. The survey will help us gauge employee satisfaction, management/leadership effectiveness to guide objectives for change to best serve you. It’s important for us to hear from you. Your feedback will give Leander ISD valuable, actionable data to assist with continuous improvement across the District. Be on the lookout for the link in your email!
Innovation at Akin!
We would love to hear, and share out, what you did in your classroom to support Digital Learning Day on February 28th!
Innovation at Akin-tell us your story: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1_fAk0ItjuoG34-olq5OZxt4_vOF0TSBTHfp9EcSYpv8/edit
Yearbook Team needs you!
Yearbook needs your help! This year's yearbook is being put together as we speak, but we don't have enough pictures to fill all the pages. We would like to have a few pictures for each classroom page, and pictures to fill up the grade level and event pages.
That's where you come in. We need you to download the Balfour app and upload all the great pictures you have. Attached is the login information that you need to use. Don't forget to give us student names and activities, so we can caption our photos.
Here are some of the events we've had, if you have any pictures from any of these please upload them as well:
Veteran’s Day, Apex, Family Flight Night, Math Pentathlon, Basketball, Inline Skating, Watch Dogs, C-squared Meetings, 100 days of school, Stiles Christmas Concert, Dose of Disney, Principal’s Pilot Awards, Award Assemblies, Career Day, Story Book Parade, and the Pumpkin Contest. Thank you Elise and Crystal!
Don't get caught in an Istation lurch!
Akin Aviators!
Congratulations to our Bluebonnet Book team for an outstanding finish at the competition this week!
Wednesdays Aviator t-shirts
Fridays College t-shirts
Email: beckie.webster@leanderisd.org
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Phone: (512)570-8000
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