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We have only 10 school days left in November, and I want to emphasize something incredibly important: Your teen misses more than just assignments when they are absent from school.

Every day, our students participate in grade level instruction, classroom discussions, guided practice, hands on learning, and interventions designed to help them grow. When students are absent, they miss the explanations, teacher feedback, and learning experiences that cannot always be recreated by simply completing missing assignments.

Did you know? Students who accumulate 19 or more absences, whether excused or unexcused, may be at risk of losing credit and potentially being retained. Texas attendance requirements generally require students to attend at least 90% of the days a class is offered to receive credit or a final grade. Attendance recovery opportunities may be available, but preventing excessive absences is always the better approach.

Families, We Need Your Help!

Whenever possible, please schedule routine doctor's appointments early in the morning and bring your teen to school afterward. Even attending part of the school day can help students stay connected to learning. Of course, students who are ill should remain home until they are well enough to return.

Take a look at the Instruction section of this newsletter for a glimpse of the learning taking place in our classrooms. These are the opportunities students miss when they are not at school.

It takes all of us (families, students, teachers, and administrator) working together to prevent learning gaps, protect academic progress, and reduce the risk of losing credit or being retained.

You have the power to make a difference in your teen's education simply by helping them get to school consistently and on time.

“Every day in school is an opportunity to learn something today that makes tomorrow's learning possible.”

💙 Quarter 2: let's get it! 💙

One Family, One Destiny

From Growth to Greatness

November

SEL Skill of the Month: Integrity

Safety Drill: Fire Drill

Monday, November 9

• CEIC #1
• YISD Honor Choir practice 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
• Esports 4:00 p.m.
• Silver Diamonds Practice
• Cheer Pictures
• Jazz small group practice

Tuesday, November 10

• YISD Board Meeting 6:00 p.m.
• Girls Soccer: DV @ Knolls 6:00 p.m.
• Veteran's Day Concert @ DVMS 6:00 p.m.
• RCC Meeting 7:50 a.m.
• Esports 4:00 p.m.
• Cheer practice
• Jazz band practice
• All Region @ PHHS

Wednesday, November 11

• No School- Veteran's Day

Thursday, November 12

• Thursday Night Academy
• Boys Soccer: Knolls vs DV @ DVHS 6:00 p.m.
• Esports 4:00 p.m.
• Guitar practice @ EMS 5:30
• STEM Practice 4:00 p.m.
• Silver Diamonds
• Cheer practice
• Jazz Band practice

Friday, November 13

• Fire Drill
• MVES Pep Rally (cheer/drums/football players)
• DVHS Xmas Fair @ DVMS 4:30 p.m.
• Silver Diamonds practice
• Band Jazz Small group practice
• All Region Clinic @ PHHS

Saturday, November 14

• Cross Country @ Hanks Shaver Park
• Tennis DV @ PHS
• DVHS Xmas Fair @ DVMS
• Silver Diamonds practice
• Band All Region Concert @ PHHS 6:00 p.m.

• American Education Week
• YISD Honor Choir practice 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Supporting Student and Family Mental Health and Wellbeing

We know that finding the right mental health care or support services can sometimes feel overwhelming. To help make this process easier, Ysleta ISD partners with Care Solace.

Care Solace provides a complimentary, confidential, and fast care-coordination service to help students, staff, and family members connect with verified local mental health care and substance use treatment providers—regardless of whether they have insurance.

How Care Solace Can Help:

• 24/7/365 Support: Multilingual support is available around the clock.

• Dedicated Assistance: A Care Companion will guide you through the entire process, helping you research options, call providers, and book appointments.

• Completely Confidential: You can search anonymously online or speak privately with a coordinator.

How to Connect:

• Call: 888-515-0595 at any time (available 24/7/365 in multiple languages).

• Online: Search anonymously at caresolace.com.

• Through School: Reach out to our counselors Mr. Rivera or Mrs. Mascorro and we can submit a referral on your behalf.

No matter what you or your family might be experiencing, help is available.

Scholarship Opportunities:

https://debbiesdream.org/youth-opportunities-and-scholarships/

6th:

• Unit 3: In the Dark October 13 to December 14 (37 days) 👈

• Writing Portfolio Entry #3: Informational Paired - Fall ECR scoring due November 13 👈

• Writing Portfolio Entry #4 Informational ECR (revised draft) due November 20

7th:

• Unit 3: Moment of Truth (37 days) October 13 to December 14 👈

• Writing Portfolio Entry #3: Informational Paired - Fall ECR scoring due November 13 👈

• Writing Portfolio #4 Informational ECR due November 20

8th:

• Unit 3: No Risk, No Reward (37 days) October 13 to December 14 👈

• Writing Portfolio Entry #3: Informational Paired - Fall ECR scoring due November 13 👈

• Writing Portfolio #4 Informational ECR due November 20

6th/6th Adv:

Unit 5: Equivalent Expressions October 27 to November 13 👈

• Generating Equivalent Expressions November 3 to November 13 👈

Unit 6: One Variable Equations and Inequalities November 16 to December 8

• Write and Solve Equations November 16 -November 19
• Write and Solve Inequalitites November 20- December 2
• Application: Real world problems December 3- December 4
• Determine if given value makes the inequality or equation true or false December 7-December 8

• Banking and Credit December 9- Decemer 11
• Credit report, money and college (future planning) December 14 - December 15

7th:

Unit 5: Ratios, Rates and Percents November 2 to November 18 👈

• Measurement Conversions November 9-10 👈

• Solve Problems with Percent November 12 to November 18

Unit 6 Personal Financial Literacy November 19 to December 4

• Compare sales, rebates and coupons November 19- November 30

• Budgets December 1-2
• Calculate interest December 3 -4

7th ADV/8th:

Unit 5: Non Proportional Relationships November 5 to December 4 👈

• Write equations in the form of y=mx +b/multiple relationships November 5- 12

• Identify and represent non proportional relationships November 13 -17

• Real world slope and y intercept Nov 18 to 20

• Intersecting Linear Equations November 30- Dec 1

• Functions Dec 2 to 4

Unit 6 Statistics with Bivariate Data December 7 to December 15

• Bivariate Data December 7 to December 11

• Mean Absolute Deviation and Random Samples December 14 - 15

• Unit 2: Systems of Linear Equations and Inequalities Nov 9 to December 17 👈

• District checkpoint Q2CP3 Nov 12-19 👈

• District checkpoint Q2CP4 December 9 to 16

• Interim Opportunity 1: November 2 to November 6

6th:

• Unit 4: We are Family - Europe November 4 to December 15 👈

7th:

• The Republic of Texas
• Immigration: Changing Demographics
• Early Statehood

8th:

• Setting the Precedent: The first 6 presidents
• Formation of Political Parties
• Domestic issues of the Early Republic
• National Security and Foreign Policy of the Early Republic

• Jacksonian Democracy
• Conflicts and Compromise
• Removal and Resettlement of the Cherokee Indians

6th:

Unit 3: Force and Motion (20 days) October 13 to November 9 👈

• Newton’s Third Law (6 days) November 2 to November 9 👈

Unit 4: Energy (17 days) November 10 to December 10 👈

• Kinetic and potential energy November 10 to November 17 👈

• Energy conservation and transformation November 18 to December 2

• Transverse and Longitudinal Waves December 3 to December 10

7th:

Unit 5:Thermal Energy (15 days) November 9 to December 11 👈

• Thermal Energy November 16 to December 2

• Temperature and Kinetic Energy December 3 to December 11

8th:

Unit 6: Global Weather Systems (10 days) November 6 to November 20 👈

• Influence of Weather on Climate November 6 to November 13 👈

• Ocean Currents and Air Masses November 16 to November 20

Unit 7 : Climate Change (10 days) November 30 to December 11

• Natures Impact on Climate November 30 to December 4
• Human Impact on Climate Change December 7 to December 11

To ensure a safe and respectful environment at all extracurricular athletic events, students and spectators are expected to demonstrate appropriate behavior.

• Event officials have the authority to immediately eject a student or spectator for inappropriate behavior. A verbal warning is not required before an ejection.

• Inappropriate behavior may also result in the individual being banned from district property in accordance with district policy.

• Assaulting a UIL official in retaliation for performing their duties results in an immediate prohibition from participating in future UIL or school-district extracurricular activities.

Bottom line for our families:

🏆 Support our students. Respect the officials. Represent DVMS with pride.

Saturday, November 14

• Del Valle vs PMS @ Parkland HS

YISD Sick Day Guidelines: Key Points for Families

• Fever: Keep your child home with a temperature of 100°F or higher. Students may return after being fever-free for 24 hours without fever-reducing medication. Do not give fever medication simply to lower the temperature and then send the student to school.

• Vomiting or diarrhea: Students should remain home and return after they have been symptom-free for 24 hours. For diarrhea, the guidelines specify 3 or more loose/runny stools within 24 hours and that the student should also be able to tolerate a normal diet before returning.

• Severe or uncontrolled cough: Keep your child home when coughing is severe or uncontrolled, even without fever. Coughing accompanied by fast or difficult breathing, wheezing, or fever should be evaluated by a healthcare provider.

• Flu-like illness: A student with a cough and fever of 100°F or higher should stay home until the cough is mild and the student has been fever-free for 24 hours without medication.

• Pink eye/conjunctivitis: Students with symptoms should remain home until evaluated by a healthcare provider. If bacterial, they may return after 24 hours of antibiotic treatment, and a healthcare provider's note is required to return.

• Unexplained rash: Students should remain home until evaluated by a healthcare provider to determine whether the rash is contagious. A healthcare provider's note is required to return.

• Possible strep throat: Significant sore throat, especially with pain when swallowing and other symptoms, should be evaluated. Students may return after 24 hours of antibiotics AND 24 hours fever-free without fever-reducing medication. A healthcare provider's note is required.

Dear Ysleta ISD parent/guardian,

Texas law now requires school districts to distribute information to parents and guardians about the safe storage of firearms. The attached information will help you learn about options – as well as how to talk to your child and others – regarding the safe storage of firearms.

It is unlawful to store, transport, or abandon an unsecured firearm in a place where children are likely to be and can obtain access to the firearm. Under Texas Penal Code 46.13, a person commits the offense of making a firearm accessible to a child if the child gains access to a readily dischargeable firearm, and the person with criminal negligence:

• Failed to secure the firearm; or

• Left the firearm in a place to which the person knew or should have known the child would gain access.

The penalty for allowing a child access to a firearm can range from a Class C misdemeanor (punishable by a $500 fine) to a Class A misdemeanor (punishable by a $4000 fine, a year in jail, or a combination of the two). Texas exempts the purchase of firearm safety equipment from Texas Sales and Use Tax.

Remember, a gun should be stored unloaded in a safe or locked container, with ammunition stored elsewhere. You can learn more and find additional resources from the Texas Department of Public Safety at https://safegunstoragetexas.com.

Sincerely,

Ysleta ISD Office of Emergency Management & Preparedness

915-434-0106 | 915-434-0193

gun safety

• Our school drop off zone is in front of the school.
• Scooters, bikes, and skateboards need to be locked to our bike racks. DVMS will not be holding student transportation inside the building.
• Students should arrive to school no later than 8:15 a.m. in order to begin to head to their morning locations.
• The first bell to transition to first period will be at 8:15 a.m.
• The tardy bell for middle school students is at 8:30 a.m..
• Students need to be INSIDE their classroom at this time. Ready to learn.

After-school Pick Up:

• Please make sure your child knows where you will be picking them up after school.
• Students are dismissed at 4:00 p.m.

Important Traffic Expectations:

We understand that school traffic can be a challenge.

We also need your help and patience in making sure that EACH of our students arrive home safety.

Please:

1. Observe school traffic.

2. Do not be on your cell phones as we need you to be vigilant of students.

3. Always move up.

4. Please obey speed limits.

5. Follow the directions of safety personnel.

6. Please do not make two lines at pick up. Cars need to be lined up on the right side.

We can do this safely if we all play a part!

Main Office: 915-434-3300

Principal Veronica Frias: 915-434-3301

DVMS Secretary Rocio Vasquez: 915-434-3305

Del Valle Middle School Nurse Macias: 915-434-3311

Attendance by Alpha:

A-L for 6th, 7th and 8th

Priscilla Tovar: 915-435-3315

M-Z for 6th, 7th, 8th

Claudia Garcia: 915-434-3323

A-L for 6th, 7th and 8th Counselor and Assistant Principal

Counselor Janet Ortiz-Mascorro: 915-434-3316

Assistant Principal Mr. Alcala: 915-434-3303

M-Z for 6th, 7th, 8th Counselor and Assistant Principal

Counselor Jose Rivera: 915-434-3304

Assistant Principal Sara Ramirez (M-Z) 915-434-3302

School Librarian Christina Moncayo: 915-434-3350

Instructional Technology Coach Whaley Berry: 915-434-3355

Communites in Schools Irene Arzola: 915- 435-3378

Del Valle Middle School

Email: vfrias@yisd.net
Location: 8674 North Loop Drive, El Paso, TX, USA
Phone: 9154343301