Weekly Update
Straight from the Source
Good Afternoon Jaguars,
We are ready for a full week of learning with our students! I'm excited to get back into a routine that eases my mind, supports productivity, and the chance to take actions that support growth and success! Let's make it an amazing week. We will. We CAN. ONE team. Go Jaguars!
Important Updates-
- At Risk Audit by KISD-Tuesday, February 3rd. The at risk department is looking to make sure our classrooms and school is in compliance with safety policies such as sent out previously. Please ensure you do not have any small appliances in your classroom, light covers on ights on the ceiling, the doors or walls completely covered with paper, etc.
- Rooms-new communication tool will be rolled out in February-This is like Class Dojo or Remind. The district will be providing one consistent messaging platform across the district. An email will be sent to parents on families at 10 am on Tuesday, Feb. 3, letting them know that Rooms is coming soon to your campus.
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WHY ROOMS
- In response to parents asking for one location to receive communication, even with students in multiple schools; Rooms integrates in the KISD Mobile App
- Translation of 100+ languages to support seamless conversation in a parent’s preferred languages
- Visibility of conversations from district-approved platform provides more safety for teachers and families
- ROOMS online (Z00M) Training opportunities will be available to teachers on the dates and times below. More information to come-
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- Feb. 18 at 3:45 pm
- Feb. 19 at 4:15 pm
- Feb. 24 at 4:45 pm
Please Note: Registration for the 2026–2027 school year opens for current Killeen ISD students on February 9, 2026.
Character Trait Lunch Update-
Character Trait Lunch will now be held in the front hallway from the nurse's office to the double doors. The counseling team will retrieve students from the cafeteria to go to the character trait lunch.
Classes that normally use the front doors to go to recess will need to go out to recess via the first grade hallway.
We want the to be able to Level Up their life by May! #FUTUREready Leveraging students learning with maximized learning time means we will:
1.Provide instruction bell (7:30) to bell (2:50 (pre-k), 2:55 (Kinder, first,) 3:00 (2nd-5th).
2.Provide instruction from internalized lessons in PLCs that include instructional strategies to increase student learning:
- Student Discourse with visible sentence stems and vocabulary visible to students in the classroom environment
- Opportunities for students to practice strategies and skills modeled during explicit instruction with teacher guidance, collaboratively, and individually.
- Habits of Evidence-cold calls, choral responses, writing on white boards, sticky notes, or in journals, exit tickets, annotations of texts
Let's push daily attendance of 95% or better!
- Ms. William's sends her parents a celebration when her class hits 100% perfect attendance for the day! Check out the visual for how she is communicating and celebrating with families as well.
Our goal is to have 95% or better average daily attendance! Last week's average daily attendance was 93.74% which is a slight decrease from the week before 93.77%. Let's keep it improving.
Let's keep reaching for at LEAST 95% this week!
Mrs. Massey's class had the highest attendance rate for the month of December with 99% attendance. We now have a special Clifton Park Attendance Award that stays with your classroom for a month!
Whose class will be celebrated next month?
As we continue to work hard to ensure our students are giving their best, let's provide opportunities for leadership. Empowering students to make connections and lead each other will amplify positive, safe environments. Below are some ways we can empower our students:
1. Classroom Ambassadors or Greeters
2. Use non-verbal signals to check each other with the social contract
3. Good Things Leaders
4. Student Launchers at the end of the day-Lead a class chant or read a quote
5. Students may volunteer to lead morning announcements with Dr. Haider (just send them to the office at 7:25)
6. Social Contract Affirmers
7. Social Contract Raters
Kindness is the character trait for the month of February!
Kindness is the ability and willingness to express care and compassion for others. Kindness is a choice to use our time, talent, and resources to better the lives of others and the world through genuine acts of love, compassion, generosity, and service.
Kindness in Action:
- Celebrate small things. Start each day with Good Things as a class. Publicly and privately affirm kind and thoughtful actions and attitudes.
- Once a week, dedicate time for students to write notes of affirmation to classmates and school staff members.
CKH Challenge: Empower students to be greeters and social contract affirmers! Let' celebrate the good behaviors which positively contribute to our classroom cultures.
Ms. Dusek' Students Discuss their Thinking in Groups
Ms. Dusek's class was given wait time to respond to how to revise a paragraph first. Then students confident in their answer shared thinking as a group. Other students that were not confident talked in a group with Ms. Dusek facilitating and prompting students to determine their answer.
Adams Class-Math Talk Discourse
Ms. Adams class used math talk stems during collaborative work to share their thinking and respectfully disagree.
Ms. Padilla's Class Turn and Talk during SEL Lessons
Ms. Padilla's students turn knee to knee and eye to eye to talk about ways to talk with respectful words.
Share great instructional or other practices that reinforce our Jaguar Culture (We are there for each other!) you see across campus with Dr. Haider to shout out staff members!
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Shout out to Coach Haws for bravely directing parents to not turn left in the front parking lot at drop off!
Shout out to Ms. Smith for always supporting the Castle 3 room when help is needed!
Shout out to the Sunshine committee for lifting us up with some healthy snacks on Friday!
February
02/01-Nicole Langenegger
02/02-Rima Price
02/08-Tammy Wilkinson
02/15-Kathy Adams
02/16-Toishema Holley
02/25-Gloria Effinger
Dates to Remember
February-SPRING Conferences Open through March 31st
United Way Campaign
Feb. 2nd-6th-National School Counseling Week
Feb. 2nd-Staff Meeting (TELPAS training-3:30-4:30)
Feb. 3rd-4th Grade STAAR Stand Alone Field Test
Feb. 4th-
Feb. 5th-CIS/CIC PLC/Progress Reports sent home/Character Trait Lunch for January
Feb . 6th-
Feb. 9th-SBDM/PCC/Sunshine
Feb. 10th-Crossing Guard Appreciation Day
District iReady Showcase Visit (48 visitors on campus) 8:30-11:30
Feb. 11th-100th Day of School/FFD for students
Feb. 12th-Principal PLC/Parent Engagement Committee-Reading NIght Planning
Kindness Club fieldtrip for Valentine's Dance at Indian Oaks
Feb. 13th-Students and staff in school due to ice days
Feb. 16th-Staff and Student Holiday-President's Day
Feb. 17th-TELPAS Window Opens
Feb. 19th-CIS/CIC PLC/Black History Program-4:00-5:30
Feb. 20th-Potluck-Soul Food-Celebrate African American Culture/Coffee with Counselor
Feb. 23rd-Grade Level Leader Meeting-3:30-Dr. Haider's Office
Feb. 25th-Character Trait Lunch