Cielo Vista Elementary Newsletter
Boletin de la Escuela
Principal's Corner
Bobcat Families,
Just a few reminders on Attendance and Tardies. Please remember that school starts at 8:00 a.m. allowing students the opportunity to eat breakfast and instruction starts at 8:15 a.m. All absences must be submitted through the Cielo Vista Attendance QR code and medical notes must be submitted within 5 days to excuse the absences including leaving early during the school day.
Please remember that it is important to have our students report to school on time to ensure they participate in the morning routine.
Just a reminder after the 3rd unexcused tardy a Notice of Absences is generated and a Attendance Agreement is developed which could lead to a possible court filing if there is not an improvement.
Please know that we are here to support you and provide any assistance you may need getting your students to school on time. Feel free to contact us 915-236-8375
Ms. Garcia School Counselor
Ms. Natividad Family Intervention Specialist/Social Worker
Ms. Guerra Principal
Mrs. Miller Assistant Principal
"Success in school begins with showing up. Your attendance shapes your academic journey"
Attendance Procedures
Bobcat families as the holidays approach we begin to get a lot of absences. Please make sure to bring your child to school everyday. Your child attendance matters. If you have absences to report please use the qr code or email Ms. Beard at cielovista_notes@episd.org. Remember we will no longer be accepting phone calls to excuse an absence. A written form of communication is required.
PEIMS CLERK
Claudia Beard
915-236-8375
Identification Requirement for Adults
Anyone entering the building must show an identification at the front door to gain admittance. Please ring the doorbell and hold your ID in the front of the camera. The clerk will then unlock the door for you. As you come in, please walk straight to the office to be signed in. We thank you for your cooperation on our safety procedures.
COUNSELORS CORNER
During the month of December, students will be learning about and practicing gratitude and kindness during their SEL (Social Emotional Learning) classroom lessons. Gratitude is an important quality to instill in students to create a culture of kindness in the classroom, the community, and beyond. Practicing gratitude teaches students about having empathy for themselves and others, which allows them to develop strong relationships and effectively manage setbacks and challenges. Gratitude helps us feel happier and get the most out of life. When gratitude is practiced and we are feeling down, it reminds us about all the good things that we have. Gratitude and kindness are learned and it is important to teach students to think every day about what they are grateful for and to be kind both in words and actions. Kindness is an important social skill the plays a huge role in creating a positive learning environment for all. When we have kinder students, kids are better able to work together, share, express differing opinions in respectful ways, and help each other when someone is in need.
Kindness can mean many different things. Sometimes, it is doing something nice for someone else. Sometimes, it is treating someone the way they want to be treated in the moment. Other times, it is doing our part to clean up and take care of the environment. Kindness is even about being loving and thoughtful to ourselves.
Encourage your children to come up with a list of ways to be kind. Kids should come up with lots of different acts of kindness, from opening the door for someone else to helping someone with a homework assignment. What’s most important is that learners notice we can show kindness in big and small ways every single day.
Ask kids to think about and describe a time when someone was kind to them. Have them think about how that made them feel. Have them then share times when they were kind to someone else. Have them also think about how that made them feel.
It’s critical for children to see that kindness creates more kindness. It is a chain. When we are kind to someone, it not only makes that person feel good, but it makes us feel good, too. The kinder acts we do, the kinder our entire world becomes.
Students will be reading in their classrooms “Kindness Starts with You (At School)” by Jacqueline Stagg and Each Kindness” by Jacqueline Woodson. They will also practice gratitude through the viewing of two videos and completing activities on gratitude throughout the month of December. Below are the videos you and your child can watch to practice living with gratitude.
1. Video-What Is Gratitude and 4 Ways to Practice (Rocket Kids).https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hABaXMcpLWI
2. Video-Rise and Shine. 5 Minute Gratitude and Positive Affirmations Morning Meditation for Kids and Classrooms. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvo_uCfn0V8
Cesiah García, M.Ed. Consejera cgarcia5@episd.org
Important Dates
December 6- Fitness Friday join your child during PE
December 9-20- Holiday Cheer Week
December 12- Culture Night 5:00pm-7:00pm
December 12- 4th grade performance
December 17- Orchestra Performance 5:00pm
December 19- Fitness Thursday join your child during PE
December 20- Early Release 12:00pm
December 23- January 7- No School, Holiday Break Students
January 8- Students Return for Spring Semester
January 20- No School, Martin Luther King Jr. Day
February 4- Early Dismissal at 12:00pm
February 4- Spring Parent Teacher Conference
February 12- Early Release 12:00pm
February 17- No School, Presidents Day