Falcon Chronicle

Hello Falcon Families:

This week is our last week before Thanksgiving break....it seems just like yesterday we were barely starting October. As we close out this week, this will be the end of the 6-weeks progress reports. Teachers will take grades this week and then grades will be due for the progress reports on Monday, December 1st. When we return from Thanksgiving break we will have 3 weeks to close out the semester. It will be fast and furious, so please make sure you are checking your student's grades and contacting teachers if needed.

Please take a moment to read through the information below. We appreciate all your support, and please do not hesitate to reach out with any questions.

Sincerely,

Nicole Rosas-Saunders, Principal

210-661-1140

nrosassaund@judsonisd.org

“STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education is a method of hands-on teaching and learning where students learn to apply academic content by creatively solving real-world problems with innovative design-based thinking to prepare students for future career opportunities.”

At Kirby STEM academy we are focused on providing our students opportunities to develop the following strong STEM Fluency skills:

- Communication

- Collaboration

- Critical/Creative Thinking

- Productive Struggle

At the conclusion of their 6th and 7th grade years, student will be completing a grade level project tied to a real-world scenario for the greater San Antonio area.

The students in Mrs. Thompson's Social Studies class created poems.

.Students answered a variety of questions about the word "Taxes".

examples: 1. what's the color? what's it smell like? What makes it happy or angry? Who's it's worst enemy?

What is underlined is the words/phrases they contributed by answering the questions.
Then we put it in a generator to make a poem. The next day in their small groups they read the other classes' poems and voted in their small groups after a short turn and talk about them for which was the best.

Our counselors have provided a platform for parents to provide input and needs for the campus to help drive our agendas for Coffee with the Counselors and Principal. Please take a moment to click on the link if you would like to share information with us.

https://forms.gle/2rSSfhCsmyZZQ53o8

We have noticed that more and more students are getting to class late, because of this, we have initiated our Tardy Sweeps. Please read the information below pertaining to the process.

Tardy Sweeps:

If your student is caught in a tardy sweep, it result in a day of ISS. Tardy sweeps are announced during the passing period by admin with at least 3:00 mins left in the transition period. If your student is not in the room when the tardy bell rings, they are escorted to ISS for the remainder of the day. Admin performs these sweeps. The ISS will either be served that day or scheduled for the next day.

Hi families-

If you dropping off food for your student for lunch that is not a packed lunch (ie. McDonalds, Chick-fil-A, etc.) your student will have to eat this food in the front office. Outside meals are not allowed to be brought into the cafeteria.

If you have a question about this process, please reach out to Mrs. Rosas-Saunders nrosassaund@judsonisd.org

School Hours: 8:00-3:30

Early Pickup: Students will not be released for early pick up after 3:00. Please ensure if you need to pick your student up early, it is before 3:00 pm.

Morning Drop-Off: If it is 7:50 and you have not dropped your student off at the gym, please drop them off at the front office. We begin releasing from the gym at 7:45 and the doors will be locked at 7:50. As a reminder, tardies to 1st period still count, please make sure you have your student arriving on time.

ID pictures have been completed. All students are required to wear their IDs every day. IDs are required to attend any JISD athletic events at any campus. A student can be denied entry and not receive a refund for their ticket if they do not have their school ID visibly on them at the event.

Please take a moment to go into your Skyward account to complete additional forms, these include distribution of the student code of conduct, health related services, nutrition forms, etc.

We will have stations at Open House to assist with these forms if you would like help.

Wednesday, November 19th: Boys Soccer @ Heritage, 8thg rade @ 3:50, 7th grade @ 4:50

Thursday,November 13th: Girls Basketball vs Metzger, 7th grade @ MMS, 8th grade @ WAGNER;

November 24-28: Thanksgiving Break

December 15-18: Semester Exams

December 18th: End of 1st Semester

This year 6th and 7th grade will not be given devices to take home. They will have access to a chromebook in each of their core classes, and when their elective class needs them for a lesson, they will have access to chrome carts.

8th grade are issued devices to have with them each day.

The students are not responsible for paying the $25 fee this year, but if they damage a device (their own or a class device) they will be responsible for the cost to repair the device. If the damage is done intentionally, their will also be school consequences.

Please read through the JISD Student Code of Conduct for more detailed descriptions.

The tardies do not reset for the entire 9 weeks. Below you will find the tardy policy.

TARDY POLICY: this is PER class

1. 1st tardy- verbal warning
   
2. 2nd tardy- student conference
   
3. 3rd tardy- parent call , teacher referral and Lunch detention
   
4. 4th tardy- verbal warning
   
5. 5th tardy- student conference
   
6. 6th tardy- parent call, teacher referral and ISS
   
7. Any additional tardies will result in a parent conference

Tardy Sweeps:

If your student is caught in a tardy sweep, it result in a day of ISS. Tardy sweeps are announced during the passing period by admin with at least 3:00 mins left in the transition period. If your student is not in the room when the tardy bell rings, they are escorted to ISS for the remainder of the day. Admin performs these sweeps when we notice students are not getting to class on time. The ISS will either be served that day or scheduled for the next day.

Principal Kirby STEM Academy: Nicole Rosas-Saunders - nrosassaund@judsonisd.org

Associate Principal : Florinda Cardenas- fcardenas@judsonisd.org

Principal Kirby Middle School: Taryn Bowie- tbowie@judsonisd.org

7th grade Assistant Principal: Cesar Bazan-cbazan345@judsonisd.org

6th grade Assistant Principal: Derrick Stevens- dstevens@judsonisd.org

Cherish Mitchell (A-K)- cmitchell@judsonisd.org

Angelica Trevino (L-Z)- atrevino@judsonisd.org

Rosalinda Rodriguez-Garza (Social Worker)- rrodriguez485@judsonisd.org

This is the new anonymous reporting app for bullying in Judson ISD. If your student is having issues, but doesn't want to speak to a teacher, counselor or admin, please have them report all the information in this anonymous reporting app. They can provide names, details, dates, and even pictures or videos.

https://appweb.stopitsolutions.com/incident_report/

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