WILDCAT WEEKLY
VOLUME 3 ISSUE 25
February 23, 2024
From the Office
Although the weather has been feeling like spring, we are still two weeks away from spring break and there is a lot happening around campus before then! Most of our scholars will be taking one of more assessments for TELPAS, STAAR Interims, NAEP, and/or SAT. There is more information in this week's Wildcat Weekly about each of those assessments. Additionally, our Family Engagement Night on Thursday, February 29th will include lots of information and resources about assesssments and the impact they have on your scholar. Be sure to mark your calendar to join us on the 29th from 6:00-7:30. We'll see you then!
Congratulations to the fabulous Mrs. Melissa Schulman on being voted the YMLA 2023-2024 Teacher of the Year! Our scholars are lucky to have you and we are extremely proud to have you represent YMLA!
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JROTC Raider Challenge
Scholar Artists Headed to State!
We are extremely proud of two scholar artists whose artwork is headed to state, James Kashindi and Kamsi Nnadi. Mrs. Schulman, thank you for your leadership and guidance in developing the artistic side of our scholars! Good luck scholars!
Canine Aquabatics
~James Kashindi~
Pep Talk
~Kamsi Nnadi~
Emerging Bilingual (EB) scholars are taking the Reading/Writing and Listening/Speaking TELPAS tests over the next few weeks. Most TELPAS testing will be finished before spring break.
STAAR Interims
Next week we are administering STAAR Interims for Math, Science, and Social Studies. Interims are shorter, STAAR formatted assessments that help teachers better support scholars.
NAEP
Fifty of our 8th graders will be participating in one of the NAEP. Reading or Math, assessments on Tuesday, March 5th. Learn more about NAEP here, https://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/parents/
SAT
All scholars in 11th grade will be taking the SAT on Tuesday, March 5th. Learn more about SAT here, https://blog.collegeboard.org/parents-guide-sat
Absence Notes
As with all of us, sometimes our young men lose things between home and school. When your scholar is absent, you can upload his absence note directly into Parent Portal, assuring it gets to the school and creates an electronic documentation of when it was uploaded. You are not required to upload your notes here, but it is an option.
Greetings from your PTSA.
We’ve spent a semester quietly building and brainstorming but we’re still able to accomplish great things with your support. We plan to work closer with our amazing school family, community members and supporters to become stronger this semester. We want to become a resource for you all. Here’s a quick snapshot of last semester’s successes and this year’s plans.
Last semester
-Helped fund school initiatives
-Submitted donation requests for several needs
-Expanding a partnership with a major school sponsor
-Recruited volunteers for several events
-Added over 50 PTSA members to our family
-Hosted our first PTSA general meeting
-Welcomed new Board Members
This semester
-Will host a school-wide fundraiser
-Will host two PTSA general meetings (dates coming soon)
-Will partner with the Wildcat Club to provide vendors and parent resources
-Build committees for more school support, communication and more.
We’d love for you to join us.
For scholar anonymity, you must be logged into a FWISD account to access this page. There are photos of school activities, information about other libraries, access to databases and more. This is your information hotline for the library!
brandie.bobo@fwisd.org
Oratorical Competition, Photography Club AND Battle of the Books: Come to the library for more information or to sign up!
brandie.bobo@fwisd.org
Here is information about free after school homework help. This service is provided by certified teachers to help scholars develop a better understand of their objective.
Volunteer at YMLA
Important Dates
School Dates
February 26th-March 1st - Interim Assessments
February 29th - Family Engagement Night
March 4th-March 8th - TELPAS
March 5th - NAEP and SAT
Friday, March 8th - MS Field Trip, Main Event
Athletics Dates
Saturday, February 24 - HS Track Meet
Friday, March 1st - Track and Field
Friday, March 1st - Soccer
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