Greetings families!

Happy New Year! May this year bring better health and well being to all students, staff and families. I am eager for 2022 to get under way, 2021 had brought about some great changes with us being able to start the school year in person and on time, as well as opening up our campus again for volunteers, lunches, and Watch DOGS. This semester will bring back several of our much anticipated PTA events including Beckopoly and our 1st Grade's Fairy Tale Ball! Please review all upcoming dates to see when these exciting opportunities take place.

We are aware that there have been some common cold, flu, strep and still Covid going around during the break. Please remember to keep your child home if they have any cold/flu symptoms. Our health and safety protocols are still that students should be fever free and nauseous/vomitting/diarrhea free for 24 hours, during any school year. In our Covid protocol guidelines, we still monitor for any of the below symptoms. If your child requests to go to the clinic because of any of the symptoms and displays two or more of those symptoms, we will send your child home for the remainder of the day. Please reach out to Nurse Davis mdavis03@nisdtx.org if you have any questions.

• Feeling feverish or a measured temperature greater than or equal to 100.0 Fahrenheit

• Loss of taste or smell

• Cough

• Difficulty breathing

• Shortness of breath

• Fatigue

• Headache

• Chills

• Sore throat

• Congestion or runny nose

• Shaking or exaggerated shivering

• Significant muscle pain or ache

• Diarrhea

• Nausea or vomiting

I look forward to getting our 2nd semester in 2022 under way!

Always True Blue,

Amanda Bunch

January 6th- Community Superintendent input meeting at District Administration building @ 5:30pm

January 10th - Deadline to submit business proposals for Beckopoly

January 17th - MLK Holiday - NO SCHOOL

January 18th - Beckopoly 5:30-7:30pm

February 7th - 11th - Kindness Week

February 8th - Multicultural Night 5:30-7:30pm

February 14th - 1st Grade Fairytale Ball

February 18th - Father/Daughter Dance 5:30-7:30pm (Changed from original date of Feb. 4th)

March 1st- Open House

March 4th- Beck GALA

March 14th-22nd- Spring Break

Interested in after school programs? Check out the flyer below.

Watch D.O.G.S

We welcome all Watch DOGS (Dad's of Great Students) to come volunteer. If you are interested in volunteering, please select a date and time slot that you want to volunteer on the sign up. When you arrive at school on the date you've signed up for, please check in with the front office. They will sign you in and you will receive a schedule based on the grade-level of your student.

Watch D.O.G.S. schedules follow the schedule of your student for either the a.m. or p.m. time slot. While your student is in class, your child's teacher may have some tasks they would appreciate help with, we like to have our D.O.G.S. do a safety check around the building and report any needs to our Office Manager, and overall support students in class where needed.

Dads, please be sure you have already completed the online background check before signing up. A new background check is required for each school year.

Please note one change to Watch D.O.G.S., we now have time slots set up for 1/2 days, either 7:40-11:30am or 11:30-3:00pm.

Want to get involved?! Please email beckelempta@gmail.com to share your interest.

Make sure to save the date for these upcoming events, more information will be shared soon.

• Beckopoly - January 18th - 5:30-7:30pm - Is your student an entrepreneur looking to build their business? This is their chance to create and sell! Submission deadline is January 10th, sign-up form should be available this week.

• Father/Daughter Dance - February 4th - 5:30 -7:30pm - Details TBD

• Kindness Week - February 7th-11th - Details TBD

• Multicultural Night - February 8th - 5:30 - 7:30pm - Details TBD

• 1st Grade Fairy Tale Ball - February 14th - Details TBD

Parents,

As we approach spring and summer I just wanted to reach out to you about the opportunities we have for Boys Basketball. Our Bobcats Program is designed to better prepare our future Bobcats to be better skilled and get a head start as they enter Junior High and get closer to High School. This spring we will offer individual skills training and will host a free tryout for our Select team. Information for both is listed below. If you have any questions please feel free to reach out.

Skills Training:

Skills Training is for boys in any grade that want to develop their skills before playing on a select team or to get ready for Junior High Tryouts. Trainings are twice a week typically on Wednesday and Saturdays. Players will work on fundamentals to improve their short term game as well as game and court recognition to improve their basketball IQ. Trainings will be planned out with an individual long-term development approach in mind. If interested please fill out the form in the link below and I will email you with further details on times and how to submit Payments.

Cost $150

Dates: January 29- Feburary 3^rd

Time: TBD

Place: Medlin MS

Sessions: Twice per week (8 Total Sessions) Wednesdays and Saturdays

Skills Registration Form:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd7QKDfEpl41P8UV5ewmconzzvQP_tXGLXcljGPoXH611c19Q/viewform?usp=sf_link

Bobcats Select Basketball:

Our Bobcats select team will play in select tournaments for Grades 5-8 from April-June. This is a great opportunity for our future Bobcats to play together while learning our System from Coaches they will be playing for in Junior High and High School. We will hold a free Tryout on February 26 for those that are not able to attend our skills training. If you attend the skills training there is no need to attend the tryout. Players will get evaluated through the skills trainings and will get an invite based on skill level. If you are not able to attend the skill trainings but interested in playing on the select team please fill out the form below and I will send further details on the Tryout as we get closer.

Tryout Registration Form (Only for those not attending Skills Training)

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe2e65u1l71oO25avpZuI8n0xdwPFxCNlVR9c8Kg_UatUaCRQ/viewform?usp=sf_link

Casey Sitton

Byron Nelson Basketball

Men’s Varsity Assistant

Casey.Sitton@NisdTx.org

Provide your input for our next superintendent

• Community input meetings for superintendent search set for January

  • The Northwest ISD Board of Trustees wants your input for our next superintendent! In addition to the ongoing online survey, the search firm assisting trustees will hold two meetings for community input, one hosted in person and one hosted virtually.
    
    Search firm Leasor Crass will hold an in-person meeting at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, January 6, 2022, in the Northwest ISD administration building. The meeting will be hosted in the PDC rooms, with signs directing attendees to the location. The virtual meeting will be hosted on Zoom the following day, 9 a.m. Friday, January 7, 2022. A link will be emailed to families before the week of the meeting.
    
    In Texas, school boards oversee the employment of superintendents at public school districts. In this role, Northwest ISD trustees will hire the next district leader, using community input to guide their search. Trustees plan to interview candidates in February. Trustees are currently expected to name a lone finalist at a March board meeting. By state law, a 21-day waiting period will take place before a vote to hire that individual can take place.
    
    To see a full timeline of the search and learn more about the process, view the superintendent search page of the Northwest ISD website.