Paw Print
August 24th 2026

Mark Your Calendars
Monday, November 2
- College Pride - Wear your college SWAG!
- School Climate Survey will be emailed today
- TC ARD at 8:20
- 6th Grade Field Trip
Tuesday, November 3
- Election Day - No School! - Get out and VOTE!
Wednesday, November 4
- House Pride - Wear your house SWAG!
- 5th Grade Field Trip
- Kinder ARD at 12:35
- House Meeting in the auditorium 3rd - 6th grade 2:00 pm
- Food for Thought - Chipotle on Midway
- Dad's Club Meeting at 7:00 pm - in the library
Thursday, November 5
- 5th Grade ARD at 8:20
- Prek/Kinder Tour
- Boys Basketball at Marcus Elementary
Friday, November 6
- School Pride - Wear your school SWAG
- Fashion Friday - Students may wear free dress for $1.00
- TC ARD at 8:20
- 3rd Grade Field Trip
- Glow Party for students who raised $150 for PROWL - 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Saturday, November 7
- Discover Dallas at Fair Park
Monday, November 16
- Discover Withers at 6:00 pm - Volunteers needed to talk to parents.
Discover Withers and New Student Recruitment
We are entering recruitment season as families begin choosing schools for next year, and we want Withers to be at the top of their list! Tours have already begun and will increase over the next few months. Each visit is an opportunity to showcase the exceptional learning, welcoming environment, and school pride that make Withers special.
Please take a moment to ensure your classrooms and hallways are shouting excellence! Updated student work, organized spaces, engaging instruction, and warm greetings help families picture their children thriving here. Thank you for bringing your best each day and helping families leave with no doubt that Withers is the right choice!
Discover Withers has been rescheduled for Monday, November 16. This off-campus event will offer prospective families a smaller, more personal setting to learn about Withers and the amazing things happening here each day. We need a couple of volunteers to welcome families, answer questions, and share what makes our campus special. Please let me know if you are available to attend!
Excellence at its best...
1. Daily Updated
- Lesson Objective and Success Criteria, Unpacked TEKS document
- Time Stamped Agenda
- DOL - Daily Exit Ticket
- Teacher Exemplar including students common misconceptions, teacher strategies and HOT questions.
- Clip board in hand or posted with Teacher Exemplar
2. DO NOW Fluency/ Bell Ringer (Spiral Review) NO longer than 5- 8 minutes.
3. Direct Instruction NO longer than 15-20 minutes and must include student engagement strategies (turn and talk, table talk, Read-Draw-Write, White Boards, Think-Talk-Write).
4. Students must talk and write every day.
5. Feedback for Learning during independent practice.
Kudos for all you do!
- Thank you Vears, Genesis, Garcia, Umpierre, Frias, Palacios, Heyn, Andrades, Velasquez and Ruiz for helping make the Boo Bash a success.
- Mr. Clay and Easley for supporting the campus while we were short handed.
- Garcia, Ordaz and Palacios for creating our Ofrenda for Dias de los Muertos
- Sanchez and Mahoney for supporting a student in need.
- Coach Davis for staying late to assist a student.
- Barr, Ortiz, Rodriguez and Hill for being flexible when their field trip was cancelled last minute.