Rattler Community,

We are starting our last two week of school before our intersession break. As a reminder, Intersession camp will be held from Monday, Oct 2nd through Thursday, October 5th. Invitations will be going out and we highly encourage you to accept any invitations to attend intersession camp. Next week we will announce our theme and dress-up days for the week. Below you will find additional information on our upcoming events.

Thank you again for choosing TEAMSISD and Dr. Sue A. Shook Elementary for your child's educational journey.

Respectfully,

Cristina Sanchez-Chavira

Proud Principal of Dr. Sue A. Shook Elementary

School Office Number: 915-937-7102

Email: cchavi@sisd.net

#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

Skyward Parent Accounts

We are aware that a few parents are experiencing difficulty with accessing their parent Skyward account. We have reached out to district officials for assistance and will send more information as we receive it. Thank you.

Clever and Lexia

Skyward connects directly with Clever and Lexia. These problems have impacted our logins. We apologize and we are hoping the issue gets resolved soon.

Monthly volunteer informational meeting and orientation will only be held virtually on Teams through the link posted. Meeting will begin promptly at 5:35 pm with no late admittance allowed. During this meeting we will discuss the process of becoming a volunteer, how to volunteer at Shook, and upcoming opportunities.

Anyone wanting to volunteer at Shook must complete a district background check and attend at least one informational meeting held throughout the year.

Join us for a night of fun filled with engaging and hands-on science activities. Each grade level will be sponsoring an activity that kids and adults of all ages will enjoy. Shook students who complete at least three activities will earn a free dress pass!

We have received word from our vendor that spirit shirts will be ready later this week. We will be sorting and distributing these shirts the week of September 25. Thank you in advance to our volunteers for their help with this.

For those wanting to still purchase a spirit shirt please know that we have ordered a limited number of extras but will distribute preorders first and allow time for any missing shirts to be identified. With that being said, we will not be selling any extra shirts we may have until after the October Intersession. We will send the information in our weekly newsletter when we return on how you can purchase one of these shirts.

Recently we have seen students being dropped off in parking lots (teacher and parent). This is not a safe practice. To ensure your child's safety we HIGHLY RECCOMMEND that you use the parking lot as intended. Park and walk your child to the nearest sidewalk. Parking lots have many blind spots and are dangerous for students to be walking. Know that it does not matter how rushed we are; accidents occur in a second. Help us keep all of our Rattlers safe. Stay alert, attentive and be patient.

Students arriving late

Students arriving after 7:45 must be accompanied to the door. We are noticing students arriving well over the tardy bell and are being dropped off in the parking lot and they are walking up to the doors by themselves. Please make sure you are walking your child to the door.

Thank you again to all of our families who participated in our fall fundraiser. We sold 100 boxes of chocolate as a campus!

Students who paid for one box of chocolate have free dress this week. A pass will be given to their teacher to be placed in their agenda on Monday.

All other prizes have been ordered with the vendor and an estimated distribution date will be announced as soon as we receive one.

Any students who have not paid for their first box of chocolate will not have free dress this week until the payment is made. Once it is made, they will be able to participate in the free dress for the remainder of the week. If payment is not made this week, that student will not be able to participate in the free dress and all other prizes will be held. Thank you for your understanding.

3rd-5th Grade Parents,

Your students should have received their Science Fair Project packet from their teacher. During our informational meeting last week, we discussed the items within the packet to include the websites where ideas can be found or researched.

While every child in 3rd-5th grade is required to complete a science project, we encourage you to use your child's interests or questions about their world to guide them. Some teachers may allow students to select their own category while others may have them randomly draw. There are many possibilities in every category. If you want your child to have a higher chance of making it to the campus and/or district science fair, do know that the most popular categories are Life and Physical but the others can be just as fun and easy!

Should you have any questions, your child's teacher is your first go-to. We also have two amazing curriculum coaches on campus that can assist you with those questions. They can be reached at the emails below as they are always working with our teachers and at-risk students and are not necessarily at their office during the day.

Important Dates:
Project Due to Campus 10-17-23
Campus Science Fair for Class Winners 10-21-23
District Science Fair 11-4-23

Curriculum Coaches
Karina Beltran, kbeltr03@sisd.net
Fatima Chavez, fchave11@sisd.net

The packet your child received is attached in both English and Spanish.

Take a look at your child's grade level attendance to monitor how the grade level is doing.

Attendance percentages comparison from Week of Sept 11th to Sept 15th.

PK ATTENDANCE CONCERS

Our attendance demonstrates a concern with PK students' attendance. If your child is in PK, we would like to remind you that all students enrolled in Texas Schools fall under the Compensatory Attendance Law. Students that do not attend more than 90% of the school year could be subject to Loss of Credit or have to attend Truancy Court. Please make sure that ALL healthy children are attending school. If your child is ill, please submit a doctor's note or parent note for the first 3 days. Thank you.

Campus Average for the week: from 95.83% to 96.91%

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 have free dress on Monday for previous week. Students without perfect attendance that come in free dress, will have to call parents from the office to receive a change in clothing.
• Every 9 weeks the class with the highest grade level attendance will receive a Pizza Party.

Make Every Day Count Rattlers!

Hispanic Heritage Month.

Free Dress this week for all students that sold at least 1 box of chocolates.

Free Dress Passes will be sent home on Monday

Monday, September 18th

• Attire: Free dress for students with perfect attendance the week of Sept. 11th. OR Mexican Heritage Attire to kick-off Hispanic Heritage Month.
• Folklorico Practice for 4th and 5th 3:30-4:30

Tuesday, September 19th

• Attire: Uniform Tops and Bottoms
• Rattler Round-up Begins 3:30-4:30 (Tutoring)
• Latino Literacy Parent Meeting 3:45-4:45 in the library
  
• Virtual Volunteer Meeting: 5:30

Wednesday, September 20th

• Attire: Student Uniform (tops and bottoms), School Organization Shirt with uniform bottoms

• NEHS Meeting: 3:30-4:30

• Competition Cheer Team Practice on Campus
  

• Yearbook Picture Retake: MOVED TO OCTOBER (due to delay in prints for pictures in Sept)

Thursday, September 21st

• Attire: DRESS LIKE A Scientist: College Thursday: College or Univ. Shirt with uniform bottoms, Uniform tops and Bottoms

• NO RATTLER ROUNDUP: DUE TO SCIENC NIGHT
• Science Night: 5 to 7pm

Friday, September 22nd

• Attire: Spirit Day. Any Rattler T-shirt with Jeans.
• Family phonics Parent Meeting 3:45-4:45
  
• Eastlake Football @ the SAC 7:30pm

Friday, September 23rd

* Father Son Conference at Socorro HS

• Attire: Spirit Day. Any Rattler T-shirt with Jeans.

At The Ranch (Dr. Sue A. Shook Elementary),We are proud to support organizations making a difference in our community.

We are very proud to announce that our male educators will be taking part in this year's YWCA Walk a mile in her shoes event. Walk a Mile in Her Shoes supports YWCA El Paso's Sara McKnight Transitional Living Center for survivors of domestic violence. At this event, we ask men to walk in high-heeled shoes to actively engage in solidarity in confronting gender stereotypes and expectations. Together we can face the root causes of many gender violence instances.

Below you will see the accounts for the gentlemen that will be walking. Please take a moment to support our team members. We have other team members that will be joining. As soon as they do, we will share their links

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.

CAREER DAY is coming to the Ranch

on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023
Shook Community, if you are interested in joining and supporting our Rattlers for Career Day, please complete and submit the link below. by Sept. 8th.
School Counselors will be contacting interested parents/guardians/family members, or community members that would love to share all about their Careers the week of Sept. 11th.
Thank you in advance for your support!

https://forms.office.com/r/TAizM7i9JK

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!

Currently, some families that are starting to carry a balance forward over $50. As a reminder, in the fall we will be having a Student Appreciation Event that will only be available for students with a balance less than $10. This includes balances for the following:

• Technology
• Library Books
• Cafeteria Meals
• Chocolate Fundraisers

Please monitor these balances and take care of them before it becomes to late. Thank you all again for your support.

As we enjoy our free-dress days, we are noticing some concerns with not following dress code. As a reminder, the following is not allowed on campus at any age.

• Tops that show your mid-section such as halter-tops
• Shorts shorter than the tips of a Childs fingers when their hand is extended on their side
• Spaghetti straps or strapless outfits (one sided or both)
• Long earrings that can get caught while playing
• Acrylic long nails that effect pencil grip and can scratch other students in play.

*We must keep in mind that elementary students are very active and we must make sure that they are dressed appropriately to allow for proper movement and safe play.

Please see the link below for their student dress-code.

We have been noticing a concern with parents calling students during the instructional day. As a reminder, the SISD cellphone policies prohibits students using cellphones during the instructional day. We allow phones as long as they are put away in student backpacks. Many teachers have implemented a holding area for cell phones to make sure they are all put away with no worry of them being lost of stolen until the end of the day. Please review SISDs Cellphone policy listed below.

22-23 Student Code of Conduct (Still in place until 23-24 Board approved update) page 29

ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES

Use of district-owned equipment and its network systems is not private and will be monitored by the district. [See policy CQ for more information.] Possession and Use of Personal Telecommunications Devices, Including Cell Phones, and Other Electronic Devices The district permits students to possess personal cell phones for safety purposes; however, these devices must remain turned off during the instructional day, including during all testing, unless they are being used for approved instructional purposes. [For graphing calculator applications on computing devices, see Textbooks, Electronic Textbooks, Technological Equipment, and Other Instructional Materials.] A student must have approval to possess other personal telecommunications devices such as laptops, tablets, or other portable computers.

Students are not permitted to possess or use personal electronic devices at school unless prior permission has been obtained. Without such permission, teachers will collect the items and turn them in to the principal’s office. The principal will determine whether to return items to students at the end of the day or to contact parents to pick up the items.

The use of cell phones or any device capable of capturing images is strictly prohibited in locker rooms or restroom areas while at school or at a school-related or school-sponsored event. If a student uses a telecommunications device without authorization during the school day, the device will be confiscated. The parent may pick up the confiscated telecommunications device from the principal’s office for a fee of $15. Confiscated telecommunications devices that are not retrieved by the student or the student’s parent will be disposed of after the notice required by law. [See policy FNCE for more information.] In limited circumstances and in accordance with law, a student’s personal telecommunications device may be searched by authorized personnel. [See Searches and policy FNF for more information.] Any disciplinary action will be in accordance with the Student Code of Conduct. The district (or campus) is not responsible for damaged, lost, or stolen telecommunications devices.

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.

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