First Grade News
May 7, 2019
Dear Parents
Thank you for following our First Grade communication. Please continue reading for some valuable information.
This Week's Learning Objectives
Math: We're continuing our unit on Income where we will discuss wants and needs; spending and saving; giving.
Science: We are continuing with our unit, Designing Walls. Over the next week, students will be working as materials engineers to answer the question: How can we design a wall using rocks and a mortar mixture?
PISD Summer School
Upcoming Dates
Monday, May 6 -10 : MAP testing (Reading)
Monday, May 6 -10 : Teacher Appreciation Week!
Friday, May 10: Last day to enroll for PISD Summer School Programs.
Monday, May 13 - Friday, May 17: STAAR testing. No visitors allowed on campus
Tuesday, May 14: Walking Field Trip to Capstone Park
(Please remember to return your signed Permission Slip to your teacher)
Wednesday, May 23- First Grade EOY party in gym (8:45 - 9:35am)
Cheetos Cheese Balls needed!
Note from Plano ISD
Plano ISD to Begin Collections for Unpaid Meal Charges
This month, families with unpaid meal charges will begin receiving notifications from Plano ISD regarding the amount owed and how to pay their balances. We want you to be aware of this impending communication and the related guidelines and payment options.
The goal of Plano ISD’s school breakfast and lunch program is to provide healthy meals to children during the school day. In order to serve healthy, high-quality meals to all children, we must make sure we are financially secure, and parents play a key role in this effort.
Procedures for Students with Unpaid Meal Charges:
If you are unsure if your family has a meal account balance, you can view your balance via the Plano ISD Mobile App (downloadable at www.pisd.edu/mobileapp), or you can access and pay the balance online using Paypams, https://paypams.com.
A student is allowed up to two reimbursable breakfast meal charges (where served) and two reimbursable lunch meal charges. Once a student incurs these charges, communication to the parents/guardian is initiated. This month’s direct notification will include comprehensive guidelines and instructions, and will be sent in addition to the regularly scheduled notifications.
- Parents/guardians may make payments in students’ accounts through the online payment system or in person at the campus site.
- For online payments, visit https://paypams.com. You will need to know your login information.
- To access the Free and Reduced Price Meal Application visit https://fans.pisd.edu/fma.
Qualifying for the Free and Reduced Meal Program will apply only to charges incurred after successful enrollment, and cannot be applied retroactively to existing balances.
For questions or inquiries about payment plans, contact the food and nutritional services manager at your child’s school. You may access those phone numbers as follows:
- Elementary Schools: https://www.pisd.edu/Page/4521
- Middle Schools: https://www.pisd.edu/Page/4548
- High Schools/Senior High Schools: https://www.pisd.edu/Page/4549
First Grade Volunteers-- ONE SLOT LEFT!!
Please consult this link if you have signed up to help first grade. We depend on you once you sign up! If you have to delete your sign up on last minute notice, please email your teacher so we can open up the opportunity to someone else to sign up and help.
Thank you!
Library Week
Schreiber: Tuesday library/Wednesday makerspace (alternate weekly)
Morris: Monday
Vazhavilla: Wednesday
Moore: Tuesday library/Thursday makerspace (alternate weekly)
Reed: Thursday
Designing Walls - New Science Unit
Dear Parent or Guardian:
We are writing to tell you about our next Science unit. Over the next few weeks, students will be working as materials engineers to answer the question: How can we design a wall using rocks and a mortar mixture?
Throughout this unit, students will show their learning by:
observing and comparing components of soil
gathering evidence of how rocks, soil, and water help to make useful products
creating mortar mixture designs and constructing walls made of earth materials
testing mortar mixtures using a demolition ball
Because science and engineering projects are hands-on, materials are often needed. Several materials necessary for this unit are listed below, and if you have any of these materials available, your donation would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you for your continued partnership in your child’s education!
1st Grade Teachers
rocks ceramic tiles plastic spoons
clay powder paper plates sand
Lysol Wipe Donations
Thank you!
Parents - We want your feedback!
At Andrews we value parents as partners in education! Next time you come in the front office, look for the sign with directions on how to access a survey where you can provide us with feedback. The survey is short and will only take a few minutes to complete!
We will be changing the survey questions each month in order to get feedback on multiple aspects of our school.
We look forward to receiving your feedback!
Helpful Websites...
- The PISD Parent Portal https://parentviewer.pisd.edu is the primary resource for all online services provided to parents.
- Andrews PTA www.andrewspta.org
- Meal Viewer www.pisd.edu - You can now access all school cafeteria menus in the palm of your hand! We have launched our menus in MealViewer, an app and website that allows everyone to access lunch menus. www.pisd.edu ->For Parents ->Food & Nutritional Services (FANS) ->Menus and Nutritional Information. From there you can click on the MealViewer logo and access online instructions.
- PayPAMS https://PayPAMS.com - Parents can set up automatic payment plans, view account balances and history, receive automatic notification on balance status & more!