Dec. 19-22

"Great Teacher focus on the behavior they expect of their students, not on the consequences for misbehavior." From What Great Teachers Do Differently"

Have a great break everyone!

Dec. 12-16

Great teachers establish clear expectations at the start of the year and follow them consistently as the year progresses. 

Don't forget this week celebrates you and all you do for US. This is just for YOU not the students
Monday- Hats off to you- Wear your favorite or silly hat
Tuesday- You make my dreams come true- Wear PJs
Wednesday- You're such a genius awesome team- Wear jeans and your favorite team gear
Thursday- You're a genius with super powers- Wear jeans and a super hero shirt

We also have some really special little gifts for each of you as we kick off the 12 days of Christmas. Stop by the lounge on Monday morning, because yall are ONE GROUP OF SMART COOKIES!

Blog for Dec. 5-9

#2- Great teachers establish clear expectations at the start of the year and follow them consistently as the year progresses.

Staff Motivation for the week of Dec. 12-16 for all you do.. This is strictly for staff NOT students

Monday- "My hats off to you for all you do" - Wear your favorite or silly hat

Tuesday- "You make dreams come true" - Wear PJ's

Wednesday- We are such an awesome team- Wear your favorite team wear

Thursday- "You're a genius with super powers"- Wear jeans and a super hero shirt

Blog for the week of Nov. 28

Nov. 14-18

Your during the day interventions should be taking place twice a week until Dec. 8.

Nov. 28th is data day. On this day please meet in the conference room and please bring your phones and have the Lead 4 Ward app downloaded on your phone. Planning days are coming up in December. The planning days will focus on areas of improvement and planning for those areas with the instructional coaches. Our focus will be reading in PK-4. More information about the planning day will be discussed at data day on Monday, Nov. 28th.

Nov. 29th will be Imagine Learning training for ALL teachers in 2-6 that administer the TELPAS writing. The training will take place in the lab. 

Boys Town training will also take place for those of you who were signed up. Please attend the Boys Town training if you are also scheduled for the Imagine Learning training and Ronnie will have a make up day for those of you who missed it. 

Start planning your grade levels skit for our Holiday get together on Dec. 20. Grade level that wins get a month of jeans in January. 

Nov. 7-11

Happy November Birthdays to...

3-Sergio Gamboa
5-Cynthia Powers
6-Grace Santillano
Marina Scialdone
12-Adriana Arenas
22-Gaylynn Caraveo
Christina Caraveo
26-Daisy Sosa

Please watch the YOUTUBE video before the blog..

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFnMTHhKdkw

VIP DATES

Vertical Team Meeting- Nov. 14 3:00-3:45

NO PLC Nov. 14

TTESS Training for ALL staff on Nov. 15

Sharon Wells @ EP Nov. 16-17 & Thanksgiving Lunch Day on Nov. 17

PD for staff Nov. 18

Staff planning time on PD Thursday on Nov. 17

Oct. 31-Nov. 4

It's going to be a great week

Thank you for all you do!

Oct. 24-28

Grit is ...

working on something you LOVE and care about and willing to stay LOYAL to it

DO YOU HAVE GRIT?

Team leaders we have our next meeting on Oct. 27 @ 3:00. Please read the next assigned chapters in Kids Deserve It and be ready to discuss. Thank you for all you do as team leaders. 

Oct. 31 is our character dress up day. We are asking all staff to dress up in your favorite character costumes. We will have our annual Halloween parade on this day starting at 8:00. This year we will have our lower grades begin to march first and lead up to the upper grades. Please line up the kids like we do for parades but our Pre-K's will be at the beginning of the line followed by kinder and so on. All our upper grades should be at the end of the line. 

We will also have a dance on this day. Mrs. Arenas has already contacted each of you in regards to dance times.

We've got something special planned for the Nov. 18 professional development day. You're going to be so THANKFUL! Details coming little by little...

Oct. 17-21

Let's Do This!

No video blog this week everything is written because I don't have the energy to put myself on camera this evening!

Don't forget that we have PD Thursday, this Monday from 3:00-4:00. The focus will be guided reading. I sent an email yesterday stating what groups would be with who and where.

Safety and attendance committee's you have a meeting this Wednesday at 3:00. Please make plans to attend. 

The benefits enrollment meeting is this Thursday in the library from 3:15-3:45. All YISD employees must attend this informative meeting even if you are not making changes. The reps will be here on Oct. 24 all day in the lab. EVERYONE must sign on to either update or keep the same plan.

Fall pictures are this Thursday. Students will be in full uniform. Staff that did not take a picture that is on the board is asked to wear you long sleeve blue shirt so we can have a picture taken of you and our board can be complete with the entire EP family on there. 

9 week technology projects for ALL students are due Friday, Oct. 21.

Red Ribbon week is next week. We are asking all East Point staff to please participate in the weekly activities. 

Thank you to those Pre-K-2nd grade teachers and support that have volunteered to present at the parental involvment conference. Unfortunately myself and the APs will in Saturday training but we are confident in knowing that everyone will do a great job. 

Thanks to those of you who referred students to RTI. Our official RTI meeting is Oct. 19.

Science night is this Thursday from 5:30-6:30. We are hoping to see everyone there. Thank you to Mrs. Martinez and our science vertical team for putting this together. 

Next Monday is our data day during your 45 minute conference period. Please bring your laptops.

Team leaders we have our next meeting on Oct. 24 @ 3:00. Please read the next assigned chapters in Kids Deserve It and be ready to discuss. Thank you for all you do as team leaders. 

We will have our end of 9 week pep rally on Oct. 26th which is early release day. The pep rally will begin at 8:15.  Please begin to submit your names for 2 students with the most growth to be recognized at the pep rally. Names should be email to Marianne by Mon. Oct. 24 end of day. 

This year we are beginning a new tradition with a pumpkin patch. Just as we do for creative Christmas Trees, we will be asking students to bring in NON-carved pumpkins decorated. Fliers will be going out soon. Please promote this for us so it can be just as successful as our Creative Christmas trees. 

Oct. 31 is our character dress up day. We are asking all staff to dress up in your favorite character costumes. We will have our annual Halloween parade on this day starting at 8:00. This year we will have our lower grades begin to march first and lead up to the upper grades. Please line up the kids like we do for parades but our Pre-K's will be at the beginning of the line followed by kinder and so on. All our upper grades should be at the end of the line. 

We will also have a dance on this day. Mrs. Arenas has already contacted each of you in regards to dance times. 

Don't forget that we have a planned lock down this month.

PLC has been changed from Oct. 25th to Oct. 27 because of our district instructional rounds. Please make note.

October 10-14

Happy October Birthdays

8-Susana Martinez

10-Erika White

13-Leina Rubio

15-Gaby Rodarte

Charla Huston

17-Diana Griego

20-Yvonne DeRouen

31-Tere Soltero

"Integrity is when you have to make a decision that may be difficult but what's right."

Monday there is a CEIC meeting at 3:00

RTI paperwork is due Wednesday. NO EXCEPTIONS!

Sharon Wells training is THIS week at Tierra Del Sol. Call subs in NOW! Same person that went last time will go again and bring back to team. Dates are indicated on calendar. 

3rd grade and NEW to 4th grade teachers you have Empowering Writers training on Oct. 13. Call in your subs NOW!

Don't forget to wear pink this Friday in honor of Breast Cancer Wear Awareness. 

New book of the months were given out last week. Please ensure that you a reading aloud EVERY DAY. This is part of the CIP. EVERYONE should have responses outside of their door within the next 2 weeks. You don't have to wait until you read the entire book to create Language to Learning visuals. Erika provided us samples and you also have a great resource with WFTB response to text book.  5th grade and 2nd grade you are responsible for the bulletin boards in the main hallway. Your deadline to have student responses on the board are Nov. 16

Benefits enrollment meeting on Oct. 20 @ 3:15 and then they will be here all day on Oct. 24 in the lab all day. Everyone must sign on and accept, decline or make changes to your benefits. 

* PLC on October 25 will be changed to October 27 because we are hosting the district instructional rounds for assistant principals at our campus from 8:00-11:00. 

Integrity is overcoming distractions by doing the right thing.

WE LOVE OUR CUSTODIANS! HELP US CELEBRATE THEM ON MONDAY.

Don't forget that PLC is on Monday NOT Tuesday because of student-led conferences. 

Book Study Rooms for Monday, Oct. 3, 2016. We will NOT start until everyone is there! We are supposed to end at 3:30 but if everyone is not on time we will go until 3:45. 

K-2 with Herrera and Jurado - instructional coaches room

3-6 with Boyd, Martinez and De Rouen- in conference room

Support and SPED with Mc Nulty, Medina and Arenas- in Mc Nulty's room

Next Monday there is a CEIC meeting at 3:00

Sharon Wells training is next week at Tierra Del Sol. Call subs in NOW! Same person that went last time will go again and bring back to team. Dates are indicated on calendar. 

3rd grade and NEW to 4th grade teachers you have Empowering Writers training on Oct. 13. Call in your subs NOW!

* PLC on October 25 will be changed to October 27 because we are hosting the district instructional rounds for assistant principals at our campus from 8:00-11:00. 

Sept. 26-30

Integrity- Overcoming distractions by doing the right thing

Thank you for ALL each of you do!

Looking forward to a YUMMY potluck this week!

Sept. 19-23 newsletter

        Vertical Team Meeting Rooms Monday, Sept. 19 3:00-3:45

Reading - Ms. Barnes- Room 705

Writing - Ms. Rodarte- Room 303

Science - Mrs. Huston- Room 606

Math- Mrs. Hinojo- Room 402

Social Studies - Ms. Ponce - Room 306

Sept 12-16 Newsletter

Happy September Birthdays

9-Georgia Alvarez

14- Linda Martinez

16- Veronica Herrera

22- Me

24- Brenda Gonzalez, Melissa Aboytes

27- Gwyn Flato

29- Catalina Rincon

Sept. 5-9

2nd week of school

We made it through our first week. It seems as though we have been in school for months:)

This week we celebrate our 50th Anniversary! 50 years of EXCELLENCE  and each of you are now part of history at East Point Elementary School. Just a reminder that on Thursday we will have a celebration parade at 8:30 celebrating former faculty of East Point. On Thursday, we are asking everyone to wear a throwback East Point shirt. On Friday, those of you that are purchasing the 50th Anniversary shirt are asked to wear them on that day, everyone else is asked to wear an East Point shirt on this day.

CEIC members please remember we have a CEIC meeting this Wednesday at 3:00.

Dual language teachers in Pre K- 1 will have a training on Imagine Learning Espanol from 3:00-3:45 in the lab on Aug. 30. This has been on the calendar so all dual language teachers do need to be in attendance.

Don't forget about your timelines for DRA and IStation testing. 

Please submit and post your SMART goals by end of the week please.

ELL dual language tutoring for 2nd -6th grade students begins on Sept. 7. Tutoring for all students K-6 starts September 13.  You will receive the letters and rosters via email. Please send out your tutoring permission slips a week prior to the start date. Grade level chairs, please provide a tutoring list to the front office so we are aware of what students you have for tutoring.

A friendly reminder that your Teaching Partner responses are due on Sept. 15. Your TTESS goals and paraprofessional goals are due by Sept. 16.

Grandparent's Day celebration will be next Friday. I discussed the times in last weeks blog so please take note.

16 de septiembre parade will be on Sept. 16. We will have our first Social Studies parent night on the 15 of September from 5:30-6:30. There will be a sign in and out sheet for teachers.

Our first early release is on September 28. Instead of having PD on early release and then staying late on Thursdays until 4:15 we will change our practice on early release days. We will stay until 4:15 on early release days and then on the next day you can leave at 3:30. That would give you an extra afternoon of planning and getting ready for the next week.

Happy August Birthdays to... Hope your day is as special as each of you.

29-Sarah Ponce
31-Adonica Bottom

First week of School

Our babies will be coming through our hallways Monday morning. You don't get to make a first impression on a child or a parent on the first day of school. Make this day memorable and an opportunity for them to want to come back each and every day.

A special shout out to Tony Paiz who has also created a blog for his class. Way to go Mr. Paiz.

Our district has implemented guiding tenants. WE have all been asked to follow and incorporate the following... Accountability, Integrity, Collaboration, Innovation, Consistency, Stewardship and Respect.

Please make sure everyone has updated your voicemail on your classroom phones, changed your email signatures to reflect your correct school and grade level and logged on to Eduphoria to update your profile. Please have all of these done before leaving on next Friday.

We have two upcoming BIG events coming in the next 2 weeks. Our 50th Anniversary Celebration and Grandparents Day.  On Thursday, September 1, 2016 we will have a brunch for former East Point employees. We will have a celebration parade at 8:30 for these individuals. On Friday, it will be Welcome Open House all day for former students. Specific details will be sent to team leaders. We will have large jumping balloons during the day for our students (used during their PE time) and then from 5:30-7:30 we will have the community carnival celebration.We will be on rainy day schedule on this day so that an abundance of students won't be outside at once. Water events will ONLY be for the evening carnival.

The following Friday we will celebrate with Grandparent's Day. Pictures will be all morning. Classroom presentations from 7:45-8:30, breakfast from 8:40-9:40. Parade begins at 9:55. 

Since many events occur AFTER hours we have been encouraged to get volunteer badges as staff. The grade level or team that gets their volunteer badges will then receive either the choice of an hour lunch where we can cover your teams rooms so you can go as a team to lunch OR leave at 2:00 on a specified Friday that no special events or holidays are occurring. This has to be a team effort. Once the entire team has their badges and shows them to any admin, you will be declared the winner. We have also added the team who gets the most volunteer hours for the month will get that ever delightful 2 weeks of dark denim. Each of you put in so many extra hours, why not log those hours in and get some incentives for your team. If you remember part of TTESS includes community involvement beyond the school day.

50th anniversary T-shirts will be available to anyone who would like to purchase them for $10.00.

5th and 6th grade teachers, please make sure the front office has your rotation schedule.

Everyone is asked to look at your Kim Sutton basic facts materials this week. We are aware that there are items that need to be copied. In order for us to have the order back before we begin, I need the math vertical team members to get your teams packet ready for the first 9 weeks by THIS Friday so we can send it off to print and have it back in enough time for everyone to start on the designated day. Please stop by and see Margie for Kim Sutton place value materials, colored pattern sticks and number lines for students. Those items are already here.

Para's please submit your fliers for clubs to Leina by Friday.

Happy August Birthdays to... Hope your day is as special as each of you.
22-Ruby Gomez
26-Toni Hargrove
Maria McNulty
29-Sarah Ponce
31-Adonica Bottom

Have a great week everyone! Until next week...

Welcome East Point Elementary. This is my first post on my blog.Weekly newsletters will be posted here. This is yet another opportunity of technology growth for myself and I hope that someone will try a blog for your class. It was really easy. If I can do it ANYONE can do it. Thank you Susana for helping me. I have kept all my technology goals for the summer and I'm so proud!