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Welcome from our Assistant Principal, Maria Guerra!

Hello, I'm Maria Guerra, and this is my 17th year as an educator and 4th year as an administrator. I started my career at Ball ECC, and was a bilingual pre-k teacher for 8 years. I was so happy to return as an assistant principal in 2022. I am excited to work with the tiniest Matadors, as I enjoy working with students as this age level. My expertise ranges from pre-k to secondary, specializing in bilingual education, behavior management, classroom management, PBIS, helping build relationships with families, and having strong attendance goals. I'm excited to work with the families and children this year. Hablo español.

• It's very important that your student has their name tag on in the morning. We have to know their name and class they belong with. They do not always talk to us right away.
  
• Parents, the afternoon car line is improving on a daily basis. Please make sure you are in line by 3:20pm. On Tuesday, our car line in front ended at 3:30, and many parents were late picking up their children. If you arrive after 3:30, you have to bring your government ID (not a picture on your phone) into the office to be checked and and have your child signed out.
• A friendly reminder that parents are not allowed to walk students to class. Our experience is the transition is much easier when you give a quick goodbye outside. We have lots of adults helping our students to their classes.

If you have a yellow car tag, please follow the yellow arrows. This line may back up very far on San Antonio Street. Please make sure you are getting in at the back of the line.

If you have an orange car tag, please follow the orange arrows. This line comes into the back of the school from Cemetery Avenue, which can back up to Williams Street (off of San Antonio Street).

Please show patience and kindness to one another. We know the car line can be frustrating, but the line does move more quickly as the year continues.

Doors open at 7:20 for students. School hours are 7:45-3:10. Breakfast is served every morning in the classroom, beginning at 7:30. The tardy bell rings at 7:45.

August 31 - Seguin ISD Shoe Drive - Alligator Dental is hosting a car wash at 1336 E. Court St, from 10am-3pm. All proceeds from the car wash are being donated to Seguin ISD for shoes. The cost is $10 per car (see flyer).

September 2 - School closed in honor of Labor Day.

September 5 - Parent Volunteer Training, 9-10am.

**September 6 - National Read a Book Day

**Due to limited space, our cafeteria is not able to host lunch for grandparents day. Our cafeteria is closed to visitors on September 6th. We want to wish all of our grandparents a wonderful day and our love and kindness are with you all!

Team 1 has five amazing educators who love what they do!

Pictured from left to right: Mrs. Achay (Sunflowers), Mrs. Green (Sunshines), Mrs. Ramirez (Hedgehogs), Mrs. Puente (Unicorns), and Mrs. Gutierrez (Orcas). Together they have 80 years of teaching experience!

Something they would like all of our families to know:

"We have a group of very kind students. We are excited about this school year! We are thankful our families have raised such fine individuals to be our students. We look forward to seeing how much everyone grows and learns." 🌻🌞🦔🦄🐋

• Arrival: Car Line Begins at 7:20 in the front of school. We will stop unloading at 7:50. You then have to park in a parking spot and sign your child in. Tardy Bell is at 7:45 am. Please do not park along the curb and get out.
• Dismissal: You must have a car tag to pick up your student in the car line. Please make sure the tag is visible from the passenger side of the car window (right). Back Car Line tags are orange, Front Car line tags are yellow.
• We do not allow parents to walk up to the school to pick up students. There are some exceptions to this if parents live in the surrounding area and do walk over. This must be approved by the principal.
• Please make sure your child's car seat is on the right side of your car so that our staff assisting your child out of the car do not have to walk around to the other side of the car.
• Parents, please unbuckle your child. Our staff do not unbuckle students for safety reasons.
• Parents, please pull all the way forward if you need to buckle your child. We do not want to hold up the car line.

• Every student will have a take home folder. Please check it daily for notes and communication from the teacher.
• We use the Seesaw platform to share pictures of students working, homework assignments, and notes from school. Please make sure you join your teacher's class.
• Please join the Ball Early Childhood Facebook page for all the fun and excitement.

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1. A doctor's order or action plan must be on file for all medications to be administered on campus, including over-the-counter medications. All medication authorizations should be renewed yearly. Medication authorization forms are located on each campus in the nurse’s office or online at Seguin ISD Medication Form

2. All medications are to be brought into school by an adult and in its original container or prescription bottle. For prescription medications, please request your pharmacist to separate the prescriptions into two bottles, one for school and one for home. Please bring directly to the nurse.

3. Students are NOT allowed to have medications in their possession on school grounds, including cough drops and asthma inhalers. Please see your campus nurse to discuss your child’s health plan.

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Seguin, TX 78155

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