Rattler Community,

We are starting week four and during these past three weeks teachers have been getting to know students. This week Progress Reports will be going out. Progress Reports are used to share any concerns with parents before their final report card. Make sure you review it and reach out to your child's teacher if you have any concerns. Educators have already started reaching out to some of our families to set up a team plan to address any concerns. Every child is different, and we must work as a team to provide support for them as they go through this educational journey. If, you have any concerns that you are seeing on their progress report, please do not hesitate to reach out to your child's teacher. Especially if they are new to our campus and we do not have any data to refer back to.

Please take a moment to read our newsletter and see what events are coming up. As a reminder, we are one community, and we must work together to help all of our Rattlers. Continue to be courteous to each other as well as to our staff. This is the type of community we are, and we all need to protect it in order to maintain it.

If you are reading our newsletter on a desktop or laptop, you will notice our table of content feature. This will help you navigate through our email with ease.

Thank you again Rattler Community for your support. Thank you for entrusting TEAMSISD and Dr. Sue A. Shook Elementary with your child's education.

Respectfully,

Cristina Sanchez-Chavira

Proud Principal of Dr. Sue A. Shook Elementary

School Office Number: 915-937-7102

Email: cchavi@sisd.net

TWITTER: DSShook_ES

#RelentlessRattlers

“We will be relentless in our pursuit for perfection. We won’t ever be perfect – but in the process, we will achieve greatness.” — Vince Lombardi

Shirts are a bright orange 50/50 cotton t-shirt. Students can wear these shirts on Fridays with jeans. (If they do not have a spirit shirt, they are expected to wear their uniforms.) These shirts are also great for parents to show their Rattler pride at district or campus events as well as when volunteering. Please visit the MySchoolBucks website to sign into your account and select "School Store" to browse all items. There are three icons of the spirit shirt due to the price difference in larger sizes.

YS-AXL = $15
A2X = $17
A3X = $18

It is preferred that parents purchase their shirt through the webstore by the district due to accountability requirements. To pay cash, a parent must visit the front office during the school day to pay with exact change to our Secretary, Mrs. Rose Ross, in order to complete the transaction and receipt process. Students are not allowed to bring cash to the office to complete the process. Mrs. Ross is available Monday-Friday from 8-1 and 2-4 pm. Once received, we are unable to process exchanges.
Shirts will arrive approximately two weeks after sales close.

This week we will kick off our fall fundraiser. Students will receive a flyer with information on our chocolate fundraiser on Wednesday. The distribution of boxes for those participating begins on Thursday.

This is our largest fundraiser and allows us to run a successful year for our students and support the following expenditures. (70 % )

• purchasing materials for upcoming family nights of learning
• playground equipment to be used during recess that is replaced throughout the year.
• provide incentives for different events such as popcorn and pizza for classes with perfect attendance.
• Student appreciation events
• Campus events such as Author Visits
• Every student who sells at least one box of chocolate will earn a week of free dress at the end of September. For students selling at least two boxes, they will be able to silly string Mrs. Chavira! The full details of prizes can be found on the flyer. Thank you in advance to our Rattlers who participate!
• 30% Teacher appreciation events

Every student who sells at least one box of chocolate will earn a week of free dress at the end of September. For students selling at least two boxes, they will receive a full can of silly string to silly string Mrs. Chavira! The full details of prizes can be found on the flyer. Thank you in advance to our Rattlers who participate!

Please note That since chocolates are a food product, we are unable to accept returns. Any boxes requested, will be the financial responsibility of the family to cover costs. Fundraiser balances are always carried forward and will need to be covered for students to take part in any campus events.

Students calling each other names and being mean to each other is part of social development in elementary school. Our role as a school is differentiating between bullying and conflict among students.

In grades Kinder through 2nd grade and beginning of 3rd grade. Students are still learning about social boundaries, and we work diligently to teach them the effects of name calling or being mean to ensure they develop a sense of empathy and learn that this is not proper behavior. By the time students reach the end of 3rd grade, 4th and 5th grade, they understand the results of their behavior. Behaviors by a mean girl or boy becomes a kind of social torment that often exists without parents and teachers noticing. This mean behavior may include tactics like backbiting, ostracizing, rumor-spreading, and manipulation, which can cause serious psychological harm to their targets. Even though they are older, our role is still to ensure to teach them proper behavior. If this behavior continues even after intervention, we will follow our student code of conduct to establish consequences such as parent contact, removal of privileges, removal from leadership campus organizations. Note that we do look at the difference between bullying and conflict. Many times, the cause is a conflict between the students, and we can redirect them. Know that we are here to support our Rattlers to help them learn how to make good choices and have tools that will serve them well in middle school and high school. Please take a moment to talk to your children about the difference between bulling and conflict as well as how to be empathetic to other students.

Did you know that from 3:15 when we start our dismissal process, we are done in approx. 15 min? We are fast and efficient, BUT we are noticing some adult behavior that is not supporting our process.

CONCERN OF THE WEEK: Parents running off their vehicle in the middle of the street to run for their child. This is very dangerous. You are placing yourself, your child and our support staff at risk of a motor vehicle accident. If you have noticed, we are ALL hands-on deck and we are doing our best to facilitate traffic to keep everyone safe. Your patience for 15 min is greatly appreciated. We will work with our families, do not hesitate to reach out if our 15 min systems are not effective. We will brainstorm with you and find a solution to your concern.

Letters continue to go out for pending balances at the campus level. Please note that any student with any balance (lunch, fundraiser or technology) will not be able to take part in any campus event such as dances. In December we will hold a campus Student Appreciation Event and all balances must be cleared to below $10 by December 1st in order to participate. Please take care of your campus balances. You can see pending lunch balances by logging into my schoolbucks and call the campus and speak to administration or our parent engagement liaison Mrs. Brittany Burnette.

Application Direct Link https://www.myschoolapps.com/Home/PickDistrict
More Information https://www.sisd.net/article/1166210

MAKING EVERY DAY Count and ensure students that are healthy are attending school daily. Below you will find attendance by grade. Our goal is to keep the state-mandated average of 97% attendance.

Attendance percentages comparision from Week of August 7th to August 14th.

Thank you for helping us keep healthy kids at school.

When your child is out, you can email a personal note and/or doctors release to: attendancesueshook@sisd.net

Early pick-ups

• Early pick-ups are not processed 30 min before dismissal.
• PK/Kinder: No later than 2:15
• 1st-5th : No later than 2:45

INCENTIVES

To thank our students that Make Every Day Count, we will have the following incentives.

• Students with perfect attendance for the week will receive a free dress pass for Monday, This incentive will begin this week with our first free dress day, on Monday, August 14th.
• Every 9 weeks the class with the highest grade level attendance will receive a Pizza Party.

Make Every Day Count Rattlers!

Student Group Applications: See below information for our student Leadership organizations. Note that all student organization require an application process. Our goal is to teach our Rattlers that all leadership organization are open to students that serve as role models and can maintain passing grades because they are doing their best in all they do. See below the criteria for the two groups opening up this week.

🦺 Campus Safety Patrol: 3rd -5th grade students

• Students must be able to arrive by 7:10 am daily.
• Proper Role model with no behavior concerns dedicated to doing their best in all they do.
• Require a teacher recommendation.
• Application Essay
• Interview process

📡 SWAT: Students Working Together to Advance Technology: 5th grade organization.

• Students must be able to arrive by 7:15am daily.
• Proper Role model with no behavior concerns dedicated to doing their best in all they do.
• Require a teacher recommendation.
• Application Essay
• Interview process

Become a campus leader! We are looking for you to make a difference at school.

Monday, August 21st

• Attire: Free dress for students with perfect attendance. All 5 days during the week of August 14th . All others: Uniform Tops and Bottoms
• 5th grade SWAT student application window opens
• 3rd, 4th, 5th grade Safety Patrol Applications open

Tuesday, August 22nd

• Attire: Uniform Top and Bottoms

Wednesday, August 23rd

• Attire: Uniform Top and Bottoms or 22-23 Club Shirt with uniform bottom
• Progress Reports go out.
• Chocolate Fundraiser Campus Kick-off

Thursday, August 24th

• Attire: College Thursday: College or Univ. Shirt with uniform bottoms

Friday, August 25th

• Previous year's spirit shirt with jeans OR uniform shirt with jeans and Pink Socks from Pink Socks Life.
• August All-Star Awards 8:30 am with invitation. (Balloons or gifts will not go back to class with students. Please see the invitation for details on our All-Star Awards process)

• FIRST Saturday Camp: Saturday Camp for 3rd and 4th grade students.

STAAR scores can be found on Skyward. Access information is found below. This Saturday we will be working with students to address any gaps they are carrying from 3rd or 4th grade. We encourage our Rattlers that are receiving an invitation to attend. During this time students are able to receive targeted small group support to meet their needs. Saturday camp is this Saturday, August 26th from 8:30am to 11:30am.

STAAR Scores for our current 4th and 5th grade students that tested last year can be found in the State family portal at www.texasassessment.gov

• Parents/Guardians and Students will need access codes to retrieve the scores.
• The portal access codes are available in their Skyward accounts under the Texas Assessments Tile. Their access code is a hyperlink and will direct them to the www.texasassessment.gov site and log them in directly.

The following image has a screenshot of a Family Access Skyward account and how to retrieve the access code.

As you may have noticed, the administration supports traffic duty. We ask for your support and patience. Our goal is to keep students and families safe as well as to facilitate our drop-off and pick-up process.

Effective Monday, we will be implementing the following traffic safety protocols. Please note that we will be requesting the county to help us with signage.

• Due to the new street, we will no longer be able to park along Paseo de Suerte on any side. We are running a three-way street, please see the map below to see the traffic flow that supports our dismissal process.
• Anyone coming out of Lorenz street will have to turn right to drive away from the traffic congestion on Paseo de Suerte and Paseo del Este. See map.

Student Safety and Community Safety is our priority. It takes a second for an accident to occur and for this reason, we need to make sure that we have a clear mind and are not rushed when we approach our campus.

General

• Remember to be courteous to all drivers.
• Please refrain from honking or cutting drivers off. We need to always be courteous to each other. We are part of the same community.
• We understand that we do not have enough parking for all parents. All schools struggle with parking. Please be aware of where you are driving and who is around you.
• Always use crosswalks or approach administration or support personnel to cross you. We are our children's roll models. Would you like your child to think it is safe to cross anywhere down a street?

Car Drop-Off Etiquette

Car drop-off must be used by students that are independent enough to exit their vehicles with their backpacks on. Support your parent community by doing the following.

• Always remain in your vehicle. *If you need to exit your vehicle to help your child, then your option should be to park and walk your child.
• Always park at the top of the lane, first sign. Please do not stop at the door walkway. This limits the number of kids that can exit the vehicle.
• Make sure students are ready to exit the vehicle. If your child requires much assistance from you, please park as you are encouraged to not exit your vehicle.

Car-pick-up Etiquette

• Always display on your DASHBOARD your YELLOW car sign. If you do not have a car sign, please park to pick up your child.
• Do not exit your vehicle. Always remain in your vehicle. We will bring your child to you.
• Never park in our pick-up area
• Do not utilize the exterior or 2nd lane to have kids run to you OR pass the vehicles before you.

In the event you feel a driver or parent is impacting student, please do not engage. Notify administration. We will do the following.

• The administration will contact the parent and advise them of proper procedures
• Second or severe offense: Vehicle information will be given to police service.

Thank you, Rattler Community, for your support. Let us make sure we keep our Rattlers safe.

Are you interested in becoming a volunteer? While we are still finalizing our date for the informational meeting, you can complete your district background check now through this link. https://my.sisd.net/public_apps/dps-cch-public/#!/home/

Background checks must be done yearly with them being valid from July 1 to June 30 of the current school year.

For our campus, you will not only need to be cleared by the district but also attend one of our orientations that will be held throughout the school year. We will hold these both mornings and evenings to accommodate all parents. These orientations will allow you to learn about the process of coming into the campus and the various opportunities available. More information about these orientations will be shared once finalized.

We would love to have your help!

Decisions for inclement weather are made no later than 2:15 pm for ALL grade levels.

This means that we may call for inclement weather and the weather will immediately clear OR we may not call for inclement weather on time. Note that we use forecasts, radar maps, and national/local advisories to make decisions. Inclement weather can be called in the event of precipitation, low temperatures, or high winds.

2:45 Dismissal

PK and Kinder

• Students will be picked up in their classrooms. Side doors for arrival will be opened. All parents will have to park and enter the building to pick up their child from their classroom.

3:15 Dismissal: All siblings will report to their younger siblings' classroom

1st -3rd

• All main building doors will open and parents will come in to pick up their child from the classroom.

• Students will be in the modular building. Please use your car tags so that we can call students out and they will exit from the modular to car pick up. This process will take a little longer.

Please be patient during this process. Student safety is the priority.

As a reminder, devices that students receive will be used year after year by them and it is important they take care of their device. All parents sign a device user agreement during registration and devices that are broken beyond repair will have to be replaced by parents or guardians. Continue to monitor student care. Students' devices that show negligence will be picked-up, have to be financially replaced and students run the risk of losing the privilege to take their device home. Help us teach our students how to be responsible and practice device care.

The Texas School Safety Center (TxSSC) requires schools to schedule and hold drills for different safety protocols. For the next two weeks, students will be learning about the SECURE DRILL.

Secure is called when there is a threat or hazard outside of the school building. Whether it's due to violence or criminal activity in the immediate neighborhood, or a dangerous animal in the playground, Secure uses the security of the physical facility to act as protection.

The Secure Protocol demands bringing students into a secure building, locking all outside access points. Where possible, classroom activities would continue uninterrupted. Classes that were held outside, such as gym class, would return to the building and if possible, continue class inside the building.

Drills

In Texas, Secure drills must be performed at least once per school year. At least one of these drills should be performed while outdoor activities are in progress.

Please take the time to talk to your children regarding the consequences that can come from making threats to an individual or campus or through social media. Socorro ISD and Dr. Sue A. Shook Elementary, take all campus or student threats very seriously. Incidents that involve students making threats to other students, adults, and/or the school will be handled using the SISD Student Code of Conduct and if necessary may lead to an investigation by our campus SRO.

Please talk to your child about the consequences that come with making threats to others. We appreciate your support.

Systems are working and this week we will begin to work on arriving on time. Students' tardiness will go into effect soon. Note the following

• Doors and Gates will open at 7:00 am
• First Bell will ring at 7:30 am
• MUSIC will play over the intercom at 7:40 for the last 5 minutes before the tardy bell.
• Tardy Bell will ring at 7:45
• Breakfast in the classroom will be served from 7:30-7:45 am
• Instruction will start promptly at 7:45

Thank you, parents, for not blocking our walkways and stopping at the endpoints. This helps us have a visual of the students coming in and support any students that need guidance.

Email: cchavi@sisd.net
Website: https://www.sisd.net/site/default.aspx?domainid=4099
Location: 13777 Paseo Del Este, El Paso, TX, USA
Phone: 9159377100
Twitter: @DSShook_ES

Mrs. Chavira: Principal

Email: cchavi@sisd.net

Assistant Principals

Mr. Estrada: restra18@sisd.net

Mrs. Hurtado: nhurta@sisd.net

Counselors

Mrs. Duarte: cduart@sisd.net

Ms. Galvez: mgalve01@sisd.net

Librarian

Ms. Jones: bjones01@sisd.net

Parent Liason

Mrs. Brittany Burnette: bburne01@sisd.net

Community in Schools

Ms. Sonia Esparza: sonia.esparza@sisd.net