Message from the Principal

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Message from the Principal CONTACT US IDEA Monterrey Park 222 SW 39th Street San Antonio, TX 78237 (210) 239 – 4200 www.ideapublicschools.org Office Hours: 7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. _____________________ Curtis Lawrence College Prep Principal Jessica Pacheco Principal’s Administrative Assistant

Greeting parents, As our curriculum becomes more intense, it is important that scholars are in class, and are present for our weekly district assessments. Please see the dates on the first page when school will be closed for a half day or all day so that you can schedule doctor’s appointments and weekend trips accordingly. The 6th Graders continue to have the highest rate of Lifework incompletion and we need your assistance in making sure that they complete ALL of it including getting your signatures. If you have questions about the work, please feel free to call or text the teachers. They will contact you back within 24 hours

Ramon Gutierrez Assistant Principal of Instruction

Ken Tyrell Assistant Principal of Operations

Maya Martin Academic Counselor

I leave you with the words of the poet José de Diego: If suffering comes unabated, If weariness weighs down your spirit, Do as the once barren tree: FLOURISH And like the planted seed: RISE Do as the river rich with new rainwater…GROW

Mr. C. F. Lawrence Jr. College Prep Principal

IDEA Monterrey Park College Prep 222 SW 39th Street San Antonio, TX 78237 (210) 239-4200 www.ideapublicschools.org

Scholars of the Week

Each week we recognize our scholars of the week in our weekly Friday Assembly. Last week, these were the scholars who exemplified our CORE values in their academic work, effort and progress on our campus. Angel Mendoza

Bryan Guzman

Roland Andrade

Evelina Rodriguez Christian Garcia

Araceli Martinez Dalton DeLeon

Upcoming events Early Release DAY & Family Fitness Da BiWeekly Assessments YMCASiclovia

Ruler night for Parents!

Maeleen Rocha

Conner Borden

Isai Jimenez

Date

Location

September 25th

IMPCP

EACH FRIDAY September 27th

IMPCP

October 8th at 5:30 PM (DATE Change)

IMPCP

300 Alamo Plaza San Antonio, TX 78205

Jacinda Esquivel

IDEA Monterrey Park College Prep 222 SW 39th Street San Antonio, TX 78237 (210) 239-4200 www.ideapublicschools.org

Family Fitness Day September 25th AMP MENTORING ON CAMPUS! Our first collaborative meeting of AMP mentoring occurred last Saturday. Our scholars focused on the first phase of the program, titled, Manly Deeds. Our scholars reviewed how to conduct themselves in public and also focused on how to tie a tie!

This Friday our wonderful Physical Education department will hold its first Family Fitness Day. This event will begin at 3:30 and our scholars are welcome to this event. This event is open to the whole family! We will have exercise demos, cooking demos and much much more! We hope you can bring the whole family out!

CLUB CORNER

September 25th Early Release and College Cup I This Friday will be our first Early Release day. Our scholars will still have instruction on this day, but it is IMPORTANT for our scholars to be present the entire day.

Homerooms will do battle and have BWAs this Friday.

Club AMP Mentoring Capoeria Robotics Student Council Fun with Finances by Girl Scouts

Meeting Day And Time Saturday October 17th 10am- 2 pm

Location

Tuesday and Thursday 3:45 pm- 5:15 pm Tuesday 5:00 pm- 6:00 pm

IMPCP- 211

Wednesday 3:45 pm - 4: 30 pm Wednesday 3:45pm- 5:15 pm

IMPCP

IMPCP- 217

IMPCP-202

IMPCP- 211

IDEA Monterrey Park College Prep 222 SW 39th Street San Antonio, TX 78237 (210) 239-4200 www.ideapublicschools.org

Bears Get Active! Remember to change into your Physical Education uniform every A day to receive full credit in class. This week PE will be on Tuesday. 

Royal blue or navy blue shorts  All shorts must be loose fitting and knee length  For thin shirts, please wear an under shirt  If there are financial concerns, please contact Mrs. Martin. Sports team Donation reminders To our athletic families, if you have not done so, please donate to create our athletic concession stand. This will help with fees to continue our program, as well as keeping cost low for end of the year activities. Volleyball Team information! Our Lady Bears have a current record of 2-1. Their next game will be Monday September 21st vs IDEA Walzem.

Event

Location

Day & Time

Game

IMP-Gym

Practice

IMP-Gym

Monday, September 21st, 5:00 PM Thursday, Sept 24th 4:40-6:00 PM

Football Team information Our Football team currently stands at 0-2, but they have 2 games this week! Event Game vs. Bexar County Practice

Location IMP-Field

Game vs. Basis

IMP- Field

IMP-Field

Day & Time Tuesday September 22nd 6:00pm Wednesday September 23rd 4:40 pm - 6:00 pm Friday September 25th 6pm

Admission Fee for Athletics Events at Monterrey Park Gym. In order to continue to support our athletic program for years to come at Monterrey Park, our athletic events will now require a $1.00 admission fee. This fee will help to go back into the budget which supports uniforms, equipment and overall support of our athletic program.

5 LIFEWORK ASSIGNMENTS 1. ELA (English Language Arts) lifework must be completed daily. 2. Reading log must be signed daily even on weekends & holidays (Read Every day). 3. Planner must be signed daily (this is where they write their lifework assignments) 4. Math lifework must be completed daily. 5. Science/Social Studies lifework must be completed daily.

IDEA Monterrey Park College Prep 222 SW 39th Street San Antonio, TX 78237 (210) 239-4200 www.ideapublicschools.org

West Wing If your scholar did not complete his/her lifework, then s/he must attend West Wing from 3:45 – 5:15pm. Failure to attend can result in additional consequences, i.e. released from Sports teams, loss of communal lunch, loss of recess, and other extra-curricular activities.

Birthdays In College Prep, the scholars will be celebrated during Friday Assemblies. We will not celebrate birthdays by bringing candy, cakes, cupcakes, balloons nor treats of any kind to school, nor be out of uniform.

School Store: Bear Den The Bear Den will be open for scholars to purchase items with their scholar dollars from 7:10 – 7:30am, Mondays & Fridays.

Uniforms The uniform consists of IDEA polo shirt, khaki Dickies, black belt, all black shoes and white socks. If any of their items are missing, they will be loaned unattractive plastic booties to wear over their shoes, tube socks, and an identifiable belts, and will lose scholar dollars. On Fridays, scholars are allowed to wear a college shirt or IDEA spirit shirt, jeans pants (with no rips, tears or frayed), black belt, white socks and black shoes. Jackets: ONLY the IDEA jacket can be worn inside the building during the school day.

DOWN TO THE BEAR OPS MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS If your student has a doctor’s appointment please try to schedule outside of school hours if possible. If not please schedule after 10:00 am and return with a doctor’s note.

Event

Gates open: drop off Tardy Breakfast Class Gates open for pick-up Clubs West Wing Tutoring

Begins

Ends

7:05am

8am

7:45am& after 7:30am 7:45am 7:45am 3:45pm 3:10pm 6pm 4:15 3:45 4:15

5:30pm 5:15pm 5:30pm

AFTER SCHOOL PICK UP Late student pickup policy starting September 21st if your student is not in bear care and is not picked up by 4:30 pm they will be escorted to bear care and you will be charged $5.00 per day. If your student is in Bear Care and is not picked up by 6:15 pm you will be charged $5.00 per day. Please do not drive into the service entrance during drop off or pick up. Walkers can park on the street and walk up the service entrance. This is for student safety.

CELL PHONE POLICY To ensure the focus is on instruction during school hours, scholars will not be allowed to use their phones on school grounds. If a scholar takes their cell phone out during the school day the following consequences will occur:

First offense: Cell phone will be returned at the end of the day to the scholar. Second offense: Cell phone will be returned at the end of the day to a parent. Third offense: Cell phone will be placed on a 30 day hold in the school office and returned to a parent/legal guardian with a $10.00 fine. Fourth offense: Cell phone will be returned on May 27th at 3:45pm and returned to a parent/legal guardian with a $10.00 fine.

IDEA Monterrey Park College Prep 222 SW 39th Street San Antonio, TX 78237 (210) 239-4200 www.ideapublicschools.org

BOOK POLICY We want each scholar to be constantly learning. In order to relentlessly give our scholars new information and vocabulary, every scholar will have at least one book in their possession at all times.

EARLY PICK-UPS When scholars leave early, they miss key instructional time. This can lead to students falling behind. For this reason, we encourage you to avoid taking your child out of school early. Please schedule appointments after school hours.

Our College Prep Teachers

Mrs. Jamie Pellant 6th Grade ELA 210.289.4759

Mrs. Nancy Bailey 7th Grade Math 210.625.2523

Mrs. Jessika Bade i-Learning Hotspot 210.289.4897

Mr. Jason Wallace 7th Grade ELA 210.288. 9724

Ms. Daniela Ferrel 6th Grade Science 210.296.7711

Mr. Keith Pilger Life Skills 210.284.7739

Ms. Jahiarra Mitchell Interventionist/6th Grade Team Leader 210.331.3854

Mr. William Trueblood 6th/7th Grade Social Studies 210.305.9423

Coach Jermaine Brown Coach Juri Franzen PE Teacher & PE Co-teacher Athletic Coordinator 210.774.0348 210.331.4586

Ms. Keisha Coleman 6th Grade Math 210.620.0785

Mr. Scott Smith Special Education 210.639-2666

Sasha Jones AR Zone 210.775.8657

IDEA Monterrey Park College Prep 222 SW 39th Street San Antonio, TX 78237 (210) 239-4200 www.ideapublicschools.org