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| Shay with the student designed t-shirt. ARF!
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| Facilities Review Committee |
Lots and lots happening on campus this week. We had meetings and planning groups in and out most days; all productive and all very worthwhile. SEL committee met Monday to plan our training next week, The DBI trainers used a couple of HP spaces to get ready for their big roll-out presentations to MAC schools, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation met with me and staff to plan an upcoming fundraising walk during Coach's Fall Fitness Festival (Ellen Ray is an organizing champ!), and our newly formed Facilities Review committee met with district rep Marc Brewster to look at our deficiencies notebook and the impact our current space has on student learning, especially in core areas. Thanks bunches to parents Wendy Dunham-Tita and Juliee Beyt, as well as librarian Cheryl Mullins for their time and expertise. Of course, we are also in the throes of setting up the cafeteria for our own kick-off Monday morning. Textbooks rolling out, bulletin boards gettin' there, lessons being planned, and students being enrolled. Our numbers at this point sit around 675, we are definitely full with many new families having moved into our area, and we couldn't be more excited about the coming year. Our curriculum is in place and our staff continues to build their own instructional skill levels through trainings, reflection, and collaboration with others.
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| SEL committee planning, planning! |
Monday brought our newest teachers to campus to begin their first full week of training. Though I formally introduced them to you a couple of weeks ago, here's a cute pic of all of them, including their campus mentor Margaret Williams.
We also have two other new hires that you may not have heard about in recent days. Long time ASCC staff member Diana Estrada has taken a teaching assistant position closer to her home. Though we are truly sad to see her go, we are equally thrilled to have Veronica Lilly join our staff. She will work with the second and third grade children after school and help us with many other things as well. Veronica holds her Bachelor of Science in Geography from Texas State, has worked with Crenshaw's Athletic Club childcare programming, and has also subbed for us in the classroom and after school. Welcome Veronica!
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| Ms. Lilly |
Rounding out our recent hiring is Kristina Carmona in the new teacher assistant position for our SBS program; she will be working with teacher Chris Purkiss and SBS TA Charles King. Kristina is a graduate of St. Edward's University with a BA in Psychology, holds her teacher certification, and was most recently a TA at Kiker Elementary in Southwest Austin. We're equally glad to have her join our team.
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| Ms. Carmona |
Finally, check out the updated Lamar Info Board Elaine Castro just finished; we'll keep current news posted as we get it. Together, continuing to be Scottie Strong!
