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November 13, 2015

CONTACT US IDEA Carver 217 Robinson Pl San Antonio, TX 78202 (210) 223-8885 www.ideapublicschools.org Office Hours: 7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. _____________________

Guadalupe Diaz Principal Alyssa Vela K-2 Assistant Principal of Instruction Ivan Nikolic 3-5 Assistant Principal of Instruction Charlie Hernandez Assistant Principal of Operations Jennifer Spain Academic Counselor Sara Posada Administrative Assistant

ATTENDANCE K- 96.63% 1 - 96.90% 2 - 97.22% 3 - 97.92% 4 - 97.23% 5 - 99.14%

No tags = No pick up The use of the tags are not optional. Parents must comply with the new changes in dismissal. ANOUNCEMENTS Join us in watching the movie: Inside Out Thursday, November 19th from 6:00-8:30. The festivities will be held at IDEA Carver Academy 217 Robinson Place We are having Chela’s Tacos (food truck) and other snacks available for purchase. **This is a family event and all families need to be courteous and respectful during our time together. Please make sure you are supervising your child at all times

PARENTS WHO MAKE SCHOOL ATTENDANCE A PRIORITY ARE ALSO HELPING THEIR CHILDREN LEARN TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY.

10 minutes late to school each day = 33 hours lost of instruction in 1 year. ATTENTION: Students will be receiving a homework package to complete during the holidays.

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Win a Thanksgiving Basket! Carver Academy students with perfect attendance beginning Friday Nov. 13 and ending on Friday Nov. 20 will receive a ruffle ticket. Only one entry per student.

No Student Drop-Off Before 7:00 am

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Nov. 19 Picture Day Nov. 19 4th STAAR Night @4:30 PM Nov. 19 Movie Night 6-7:30 PM Nov 20 Free Dress Day Nov. 23-26 Thanksgiving Break Dec 14: Christmas Hat (Santa, reindeer, etc) Dec 15: Christmas Tie or Bow Dec 16: Ugly Christmas Sweater* Dec17: Christmas Socks Dec 18: Pajama Day *With exception of the listed item, regular uniform to be worn. **Students who choose not participate are required to wear their regular uniform.

November 13, 2015

Straight out from the classroom… Please read below, a brief description on what are scholars will be learning this week For Grades Kindergartner, first and second grades, please read their grade level newsletter. 3rd Grade Next week students will still be using procedural and expository text to draw conclusions, locate information, answer questions and use context clues to define multiple meaning words In math: students will be using arrays to represent and solve 1 and 2 step multiplication problems with multiples of 10 and 2 digit numbers 4th Grade Math- Students will be staring the unit on measurement. Reading- Student will be reading DRAMA to make inferences, and drawing conclusions. Please have you student read 30 minutes every night. Writing- Student will be determine the meaning of grade-level academic English words derived from Latin, Greek, or other linguistic roots and affixes. 5th Grade 5th Grade: Next Tuesday our 5th graders will be going on a Field Lesson to the Science Mill in Johnson City. This Field Lesson will further our students knowledge in the world of science. For this trip we are not in need of additional parents to chaperon our students.

Congratulations to the all Cougars of the week!

Kinder. Leijha De la Garza “Closing the Achievement Gap” 1st Diego Amador “100% Every day” 2nd Joslyn Stallworth “Whatever it takes” 3rd Keira Denkins “” 4th Jeremiah Shakir “Closing the Achievement Gap” 5th Ava Malone “No Excuses”

November 13, 2015

Go Cougars!