CSE Weekly News - October 10, 2025

CSES News - October 10, 2025

Volume 12

Howdy, Tiger Families!

We are so proud of the way our students are building strong habits and showing their best each day. Thank you for partnering with us to help them thrive both inside and outside the classroom. We hope you have a great 4-day weekend with your families!

Reminder: No school on Friday, October 10th, or Monday, October 13th.

Our Aerial Photo is Friday, October 17th!!! Please have your child wear their Class Shirt! Class Shirts should be coming home on Tuesday with students.
LifeTouch school pictures are ready! To order, log in to your account on mylifetouch.com or create an account using your student's student ID number. All families can also log on and order a FREE Digital SmileSafe card. More about the Smilesafe program here. Thank you!
Term 1 Attendance: We met our goal of 97% daily attendance for the 1st term! Our goal for the 24-25 and 25-26 school year is 97%. Last year, we met our goal in the 1st term only! Let's see if we can get 97% daily attendance in term 2 too!!! We've got this Cypress!
- - - - Campus Term 1: 97.36%
        PK: 97.34%
        K: 96.65%
        1st: 97.71%
        2nd: 97.50%
        3rd: 97.53% (1st place!!!!)
        4th: 97.36%
        5th: 97.34%

The DSISD Gifted & Talented referral link will be live and open on the DSISD GT Website from October 1-November 14. During this window, parents may complete the referral form for their student to be tested for the DSISD Gifted & Talented Program. As a reminder, DSISD does not hold whole grade level GT screeners and tests by parent referral only. For more details on the DSISD GT program, please visit the DSISD GT website.
CSE's Neighborhood Garden: Our school’s fall garden is coming to life, and our students are so excited to get their hands in the soil and watch their plants grow. To make this possible, we need a little extra help! We’re currently looking for donations of garden soil to fill our garden beds. If you’re able to pick up a bag (or two!) of soil on your next trip to the store, it would be such a huge help to our garden program. Additionally, if you have any connections to local landscaping companies, nurseries, or garden centers that might be willing to donate soil, compost, or mulch, we’d love to hear about it! Every bag donated helps our students learn, grow, and enjoy the experience of caring for a living garden. Thank you for supporting our school garden and helping our kids “dig in” to hands-on learning!
DSISD's Counseling Department has put together 4 virtual Lunch and Learn opportunities. Check out this flyer for details on dates, topics, and how to register.
Red Ribbon Week is Oct. 27-30. Check out this flyer for the dress up days and at home activities to help promote healthy choices at home.

CSES Mission: We Trust! We Accept! We Persevere!

~Amber Daige and Jessica Barr

Principal and Assistant Principal

Supporting at Home!

🐯 This week’s tip: Storytelling!

Telling stories from your own life—or asking grandparents to share theirs—strengthens listening, speaking, and sequencing skills. Encourage your child to retell the story in their own words or ask questions to keep the conversation going.

🐯 3rd-5th Skyward Gradebook Information:

Have you noticed 3rd-5th Grade students have three different categories of grades in our Skyward gradebooks? You will see a Formative category, which accounts for 30% of a 3rd-5th Grade student’s final grade, a Summative category, which accounts for 70% of a 3rd-5th Grade student’s final grade, and a Practice or PRAC, which does not have a numerical impact on a student’s grade. Summative Assessments and assignments have the greatest impact on a student’s numerical grade. They are assessments and assignments that are conducted when a student has had adequate instruction and practice to be responsible for material mastery. Summative assessments and assignments are designed around clearly defined learning targets and/or standards (TEKS). Summative assessments and assignments are not necessarily indicative of a student’s IQ in intelligence, rather, summative assessments and assignments provide information about the amount of learning or mastery of a standard that has occurred by a certain point.

Leader in Me (LIM)

Habit of the Month - Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind

Habit 2 - Summary Guide.pdf

Habit 2- Taking it Home.pdf

Check out the PTA website and their most recent newsletter!

Join the PTA's 1st annual Cypress Spooktacular!

Mark your calendars! Our PTA is putting on a fun, festive, and safe afternoon Halloween event perfect for the whole community and your entire family!

When: Sunday, October 26th

Time: 3:00pm-5:00pm

Activities: Trunk-or-Treat, carnival games, arts and crafts, pizza, and more!

Don't forget to wear your costume!

Pumpkin Contest Alert! Bring your already decorated pumpkin to the event to enter for a chance to win a prize! You don't need to be present to win.

We can't wait to see you there!

Calling all Students!

Enter the Reflections Program Contest!

Welcome to the Center for Learning and Innovation

Welcome to the Cypress Springs Center for Learning and Innovation

Library Schedule:

Pre-K and Kindergarten students will visit the library every week.
1st–5th grade classes will come to the library every other week.

Book Checkout & Returns:

Students may check out books during their scheduled library time. (Pre-K through 1st grade: one book, 2nd-5th grade: two books)
All books are due two weeks after they are checked out.
If a book becomes overdue, families will receive a friendly reminder email.
If a book is lost or damaged, fines can be paid using THIS LINK

Bluebonnet Challenge

We have introduced this year's challenge to students in grades 3-5. HERE is the link to this year's challenge, please reach out with any questions!

Literati Book Fair

Our first book fair of the year is right around the corner! Please visit THIS LINK to find out more information, view teacher wishlists, purchase gift cards, and online shopping options. Click THIS LINK to see our much needed (and appreciated) volunteer opportunities!

Important Dates:

10/27-10/31: Literati Book Fair Preview Week

11/3-11/7: Literati Book Fair Shopping Week

Happy Reading!
Mrs. Maddux (meagan.maddux@dsisdtx.us)

Counselors Corner

OCTOBER NEWSLETTER

25.26 CSE Counselor Newsletter.pdf

Book Study (7).pdf

Community Information

Kids College FALL 2025 - FINAL!.pdf

DSISD Pens.pdf

Our DSISD 18+ program has been hard at work preparing the stock of DSISD School Spirit Scribbler Pens — and they’re finally ready for you to purchase!

JROTC Student Led Military Club proudly partners with Toys for Tots and the Marine Corps to help raise toys and money for Austin children. We are grateful for the support of all the schools in DSISD and the many local businesses and neighborhoods who host boxes and promote this great cause.

Host locations will collect toys from Oct 1 - Nov 25 and then military club students will collect all the toys and organize them at the high school. The Marines will pick them up in the first week of December and distribute them to families in need throughout the month of December.