Message from your Principal
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Happy Super Bowl Sunday, everyone! I hope you all are having a great weekend! Intersession is fast approaching and invitations will be going out this week. Who are we inviting? Our goal this intersession is to have most of the campus at Ensor for the first four days of vacation. We aren't looking at only those that are failing but also those that have the potential of getting meets or masters in STAAR. We not only want to invite those that are struggling, but also those scholars who have the potential of achieving more. We hope you can support us with our meets and masters camps. Intersession will run Monday through Thursday the week of March 4th, from 8 am to 1 pm. Ensor is the highest academic achieving middle school in the district because you all have supported us in the past and we hope you can continue to support us this coming intersession. Thank you so much in advance.
We want to remind you about our school dress code on campus. Infractions we are seeing lately are saggy pants, facial piercings, and non-Ensor hoodies. Please remember that they can wear a zipper down jacket but we must be able to see the uniform underneath. We will continue to change those out of dress code back into uniforms and ask those wearing unauthorized hoodies, to take those off. Jeans are ONLY allowed on Fridays with an Ensor/Eastlake spirit shirt or their uniform polo. We thank you for your support.
We have a Valentine's Day dance on Wednesday. Eagles are welcome to wear red or a valentines day shirt, but must have uniform bottoms. No jeans or dresses are allowed that day. Please remember, those that are failing, have excessive absences, or have recieved ANY referrals this nine weeks, cannot buy a ticket. With it being Valentine's Day, we are still not allowing deliveries or allowing stuffed animals, flowers, or gifts to be on campus with our scholars.
For those scholars that have LOC, please ensure we are turning in our tutoring logs. They can go with any teacher for tutoring for math, science, social studies, or reading class and receive hours for their loss of credit. We also have the tech lab available every Thursday for those that need to make up hours after school. Please ensure we are pushing our kids to stay.
For this week we have TELPAS tutoring on Thursday after school and we also have TSI testing for ALL 8th graders on Friday. This TSI exam determines whether your child is "college ready" and if they pass this exam, they will be allowed to take dual credit courses in high school. Dual credit means that the course counts for high school as well as college credit. This saves the parents LOTS of money and saves the kids time in the future. Please tell them to take this exam seriously and to do well, especially if your child is signed up for early college next year. Good luck to all our 8th grade testers!
That's it for me, Eagles! I wish you all an awesome week!
Parents, please remember that a scholar cannot receive loss of credit (LOC) for his/her excused absences, only for unexcused absences. Please ensure you send a parent note/doctor's note to school or you can send an email with the reasoning for the absence (if seen by doctor, please attach note) in place of a physical note.
Upcoming Events
2/14-Wednesday-Valentines Day Dance-Must be passing, no referrals for the 9 wks, and good attendance.
2/14-Wednesday-Girls Basketball vs Clarke at Eastlake High School, Boys Away at Clarke
2/15-Thursday-TELPAS Tutoring After School-3:30-4:45
2/16-Friday-TSI Testing for 8th Grade ONLY
2/17-Saturday-Saturday School-Be on the lookout for invitations from our kids
Benchmark Testing Schedule for the Following Week-Must be in Attendance
Tuesday 2/20-Reading all Grade Levels
Wednesday 2/21-Math all Grade Levels
Thursday 2/22-Science 8th Grade ONLY
Friday 2/23-Social Studies 8th Grade ONLY
Want to Become a Parent Volunteer at Ensor?
Please contact Ms. Campos, our parent Liaison, at 915-937-6031 or email her at adsmin.campos@sisd.net
Attendance
Attendance is a prerequisite to learning. If your child isn't present, they can't be here to learn the material. Parents, we need your help to ensure your child is here all day everyday. If they are sick and go to the doctor, please bring in notes to our attendance clerk within 48 hours in order to excuse the absence. LOC and attendance court will only occur for unexcused absences. So again, bring in those parent or doctor's notes to prevent court and LOC.
Bus Riders
Parents, please assist us with having our scholars have their IDs on them everyday when riding the bus. They will be scanning on and off the bus and this is for safety reasons. If your child doesn't have a bus ID, please send them to the front office so we can sign them up to get one.
After school Tutoring
Our after school tutoring bus will begin this week on Wednesday. Tutoring will be from 3:45-4:45 pm. Buses will depart at 4:55 to head home and buses will run the rest of the year Monday-Thursday. Please let us know if you have any questions.
School Dances and Pep Rallies
School events are a privilege to attend. If your child has excessive absences, is failing a class, or has any referrals or excessive detention, they will not be allowed to attend dances or pep rallies for that nine weeks. At the start of a new nine weeks, we will reset and they will again get an opportunity to buy tickets. We want everyone to have an opportunity to have fun but our Eagles need to work hard and earn that privilege.
Breakfast
Parents, please help us in promoting our breakfast that begins in the cafeteria at 7:15 am. It is free for all our Eagles and service is till 7:50. We thank you for your support.
After School Pick Up
You may pick up in any of the parking lots after school. Parents, we ask that if your child does not have any business at Ensor, tutoring/athletics/clubs, that they be picked up by 3:45. Any scholar here at 3:45 will be escorted into the gym where they will work on homework or IXL math and reading plus. After school is when we see issues arise. To prevent issues, we are getting our scholars off campus immediately. Also, those who leave campus to the ice cream trucks, eateries, or corner store after school, will not be allowed back on campus. They must stay on campus if they are waiting for a ride. This is all for the safety of our Eagles.
Dress Code
Jeans are only allowed on Fridays with a school spirit shirt! All other days, scholars must be in uniform. We have updated the dress code. Uniforms are still the same color scheme (red, white, or blue polo with khaki or blue bottoms). Dress code will be enforced. Any scholar out of dress code after the first week will be required to attend detention. Please see more information below. We have the complete dress code on our website.
Laptops
Please bring your fully charged laptop to school every day. If you currently don't have a laptop, please see Mr. Aranda, our Librarian, to obtain one. Thank you all for your patience when your laptop needs repairs.
Bell Schedule
We have a new bell schedule. First bell rings at 7:45 AM every day of the week. We have eight periods with a 30 minute lunch. The bell schedule has been provided below for your viewing and planning. The first 12 minutes of everyday begin with SEL lessons (social emotional learning). This is a time where our scholars will learn how to deal with situations at school and how to cope with all the stresses of being a pre teen. It is extremely important to ensure our children are healthy emotionally so that they can be successful academically.
Cell Phone Policy
We have a "NO CELL PHONE" policy at Ensor. Scholars will NOT be able to use their cell phones/earbuds during the day and must be in their back packs. They may use our phone in the front office and all messages will be delivered to scholars when left by parents. Ensor does not allow cell phone/earbud use from 7:45 AM to 3:30 PM and also during "after school tutoring." If confiscated, the phone or earbuds will be turned into the front office and parents will need to pick up items. First confiscation is free, the second time and all other times after that, there will be a $15 charge. We thank you for your support.
School Supplies
A complete list of school supplies can be found on our school web page.
Pedestrian Safety
Pedestrian safety is an initiative we are continuing in TeamSISD. I want to remind you to please slow down when you are driving around the school. Please refrain from using your cell phones and be aware of scholars who may be crossing. I also want to remind our children about the importance of using crosswalks when walking to and from school or getting off and on the bus.
Message from Nurse Hernandez
Scholars, if you are sick or get sick please stay home! Get tested especially if you feel you have had contact with someone who has tested positive recently. If you test positive, ESWIPE! I will contact your parents about the details regarding your absences but the makeup work is up to you to email your teachers accordingly.
What to do if you are sick
· If I am experiencing symptoms
Please stay home if you have a fever (>100.3 F) and have to treat it with medication like Tylenol or anything that is a fever reducer. If you tested negative, you could come back after 24 hours of being fever free without the use of medication. Feel free to email me if you have any questions about your symptoms or what to do if you are feeling sick.
· If I have had contact with someone who has tested positive
If you don’t have any symptoms, you can come to school. If you have had contact and started feeling symptoms (usually it starts with a headache and/or a sore throat) stay home and get tested.
If I test positive for COVID-19...
1. Stay Home! You are to quarantine for 5 days from the day you started symptoms or tested positive (if asymptomatic).
2. Email Nurse Hernandez at mherna6979@sisd.net and attendancejohnensor@sisd.net with NAME OF SCHOLAR, ID NUMBER, and a COPY OF DOCTOR'S NOTE/PICTURE OF POSITIVE TEST.
3. Email your teachers about your schoolwork. Each of your teachers might have a different process so email them individually if needed.
4. If you have any other questions, please ask your parents to email Nurse Hernandez
Your school nurse,
Nurse Melissa Hernandez
Who is Your Child's Administrator?
Please contact us for any questions or concerns. Thank you!
6th Grade-Ms. Luz Palmer lpalme@sisd.net-Oversees Attendance and LOC
7th Grade-Ms. Renee King rkingp@sisd.net-Oversees AVID, buses, technology
8th Grade-Mr. Moises Loya mloya04@sisd.net-Oversees Athletics, facilities
Who is Your Child's Counselors?
6th Grade-Ms. Nicole Gomez norteg@sisd.net
7th Grade-Ms. Belinda Ortega borteg06@sisd.net
8th Grade-Ms. Anita Montano amonta08@sisd.net
