STAR NEWS
Beaver Tech Family Newsletter
Week of 2/9/2024
A word from your Proud Principal Mrs. Garcia:
We had a great week and celebrated lots of success! Our students are thriving and our campus culture is reflective of our passion for learning and for student success. Thank you parents for your continued support. I look forward to another great week.
Upcoming Dates:
Spring Parent Conference Window- February 12-March 1 - Teachers will be reaching out to set up Spring Conferences and discuss student progress.
Tuesday, February 13- Picture Day & Friendship Celebrations
Friday, February 16- PTA Meeting at 5:45pm and Kinder Program at 6:00PM
Monday, February 19- No School
Other Information from GISD : The Texas Education Agency (TEA) released the 2022-2023 Federal Report Cards
(FRCs). These reports are required under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). Please see information here.
IMG_1733.movOpen Lab in the Mornings
I am so proud of the hard work our students are putting in first thing in the morning! We have had a great turn out of students that come into the Computer Lab from 7:30-8:00am to work on programs like IReady, Lexia and Achieve 3000! All these programs and lessons are geared specific to student needs and help students grow academically. Currently, we are opening the Lab to 2nd-5th grade students due to space and availability.
If your child is at school early, encourage them to attend!
UIL
Thank you to all the students that competed in UIL this year!
A BIG congratulations to the students that placed! We appreciate all the hard work and dedication. Our UIL competitors make Beaver SHINE BRIGHT.
I also want to say thank you to our staff that coached the UIL Teams. Teachers that coached these events do it on their own time with no additional pay. Thank you to the staff that gave of thier time to ensure our students were ready for this competition. You are simply the best.
You make Beaver Tech a great place to be.
Picture Day
FEBRUARY 13
Individual Spring pictures and class pictures will be taken on
Tuesday, February 13! Come picture ready!
Friendship Celebrations
FEBRUARY 13
This year our Friendship Celebrations and Picture Day will be done on the same day, February 13. We are combining both events, in order to avoid two consecutive days of interrupted instructional time and maximize our time. This way, we can ensure they are ready to continue learning the rest of the week!
Tuesday, February 13 (not 2/14) will be our Friendship Celebrations in class. Our STAR Motto focuses on being Supportive Team Players and that is what we want to celebrate! We know that we are better TOGETHER. This year our Friendship Celebrations will focus on qualities that bring us together like kindness, respect, and collaboration. This year's Friendship Celebration will be exclusively for the students. Parents will not be asked to attend this celebration. This is an opportunity for our students to celebrate each other and build the classroom culture.
However, teachers will be sending out more information on details of the classroom celebration and items that may be needed to make this classroom event a success!
Parent University Flier (Spanish) (7).pdfParent University Flier (9).pdfFrom GISD:
The Family and Community Engagement Department is excited to announce our second
Parent University of the school year! The details are:
Date: Thursday, February 29th
Location: Sellers Middle School
Time: 6pm – Registration Begins
6:30pm – Session 1
7:00pm – Transition
7:15pm – Session 2
* Childcare will be provided! *
Topics will include Pre-K choice of school, Secondary Math, College Readiness (including testing information), Pre-K Readiness,
GISD’s Armed Security Officer Program, and more! We will have interpretation available along with door prizes and a FREE Food truck
provided by our community partner, Credit Union of Texas!
Registration will open on: Thursday, January 25th
School Supply Drive
The month of February we will work as a school to collect school supplies for our classrooms! See the attached flier for the items our classrooms need!
Help us by supporting our classrooms!
Any little bit helps!
Counselor Corner
National School Counseling Week: Feb. 5-9
Thank you to everyone for such a special week! I am so grateful to work with our Beaver families and cherish the trust you put in me to help serve your students. Special thanks to the Bui family, the Bortters family, and the Alonso family for decorating my door, bringing me a special lunch, and for sending flowers and other wonderful gifts to school! ♥️
Kindness Month
Kindness Month has arrived! Every February we work together to highlight kindness, respect, and consideration towards others. Our students will have lots of opportunities to show kindness and think of others this month through different kindness challenges.
Classroom Kindness Challenge - Students work together to complete kindness challenges throughout the month! As challenges are completed, classes will fill up their heart charts.
Family Kindness Challenge - Students will take home a Kindness Scavenger Hunt to complete with their family. Every student that completes it will have a fun picnic lunch with Ms. Sinclair!
Community Kindness Challenge - We will work as a school to collect school supplies for our classrooms! See the attached flier for the items our classrooms need!
Let's grow kind kids by giving them intentional opportunities to show kindness to their classmates, their school, and the world around them!
Kindness Challenges
Family Scavenger Hunt
School Supply Drive
STARS Highlights
Parents,
Do you want to show a Beaver staff member some appreciation? Is there a staff member that you really appreciate or something about Beaver that you love? Share it. SHOW SOME LOVE!
At Beaver we believe in building a positive environment through appreciation. Join us!
Thank you to the parents that have shared their appreciation! I take the information and share it with the teacher. It really makes their day, so thank you!
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