Ensor Eagle News

Week of 8/7/23

Week 2

Message from your Principal

Hello Eagles! I want to thank everyone for a wonderful week at the nest! Parents, thank you so much for staying patient with us the first week. We are so happy with how we started the year and we can't wait to continue the momentum from week 1. Our Eagles are the best and I can already see that we are going to have an awesome year! Our Eagles are polite, they are extremely intelligent, and they strive to be the best in everything they do! Please let us know how we can support you this year. Thank you for all your support as we deliver the best education in the area.

Just a reminder to all Eagles wanting to join Stuco (student council), we will be meeting in the library Monday, August 7th, after school for our first meeting. The meeting will be about 45 minutes. See you there!

Have a wonderful week, Eagles!

Our Counselors, Ms. Ortega and Ms. Montano would like to say HI to all our eagles. Please click here to view.

Schedules

Please remember that your child's schedule is still tentative because we are continuing to balance class sizes for the school year and this happens the first two weeks of school. This means that your child's teacher (NOT CLASS) may change the first two weeks and this MUST be done. Those moving classes are chosen at random. We thank you parents for supporting us with this process. We are no longer excepting schedule change forms at this time. If you would still like a schedule change, we will begin this process again in January for the second semester. We began requested schedule changes on Thursday and Friday and will finish them this week. We again thank you for your patience.

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.

Athletics

Baseball/Softball-Tuesday, 8/8 @ Eastlake HS vs Desert Wind and Eastlake Middle

Boys Soccer-Saturday, 8/12 @ Ensor vs Montwood Middle-9:00 AM 7th, 10:30 AM 8th Grade

Girls Soccer-Saturday, 8/12 @ Montwood Middle-9:00 AM 7th, 10:30 AM 8th Grade

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, we will be working with our scholars the first week to get those issued out. Thank you all for your patience.

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.

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

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 tested positive

1. Stay Home! You are to quarantine for 5 days from the day you started symptoms or tested positive (if asymptomatic).

2. ESWIPE. Fill out the questionnaire fully because this will help with your clearance on coming back to school. Please have parents keep communication about illnesses with me and not attendance.

3. Email your teachers about your schoolwork. Each of your teachers might have a different process so email them individually if needed.

4. Once I receive the ESWIPE, I will reach out to your parents about the details of your case, and I will communicate with attendance to excuse your absences.

5. If you have any other questions, please ask your parents email me.

Feel free to email me as well if you have any questions or concerns!

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/7th Grade-Ms. Belinda Ortega borteg06@sisd.net

6th/8th Grade-Ms. Anita Montano amonta08@sisd.net