---------------------------- Teacher & Employee of the Month Scyene Important Dates Enrollment News 2017-2018 Enrollment Packet deadline for completion is Thursday April 13, 2017. After this date your child's name will be placed on the waiting  list. Ms. Samuels, Campus Administrator ---------------------------- Congratulation Teacher & Employee of the Month Mrs. Carson – Teacher Ms. Brown - Employee 2017 SPRING FLING APRIL 13, 2017 ---------------------------------- From the Curriculum Directors Desk; ‘The Magic is in the Teaching We’re on Course for Distinction’ Greeting Parents, The time has arrived for the STAAR and ITBS Test. It is important for your child to attend school daily. Continue to check your child’s backpack for homework and school news. It is important for you to be aware of how your child is progressing. Continue to monitor your child’s reading progress and math skills regularly. Thanks Again! Ms. Washington, M.Ed.-Curriculum Director From: Coach Williams P.E./Health Parents, We will focus on healthy foods vs. unhealthy foods during the month of April in our health class. Students will be given a list of foods and will identify if they are healthy or unhealthy. I am urging students to choose more fruits and vegetables over the junk foods when going to the grocery store with their parents. Remember, being healthy in all phases of life will bring happiness and longevity. * aa3: April 1 April Fool’s Day April 4 PTO Meeting 5:00PM April 6 Progressive Reports Issued April 11 Board Meeting 6:00PM April 14 Inclement Weather Make-up April 17 Inclement Weather Make-up April 17 Taxes Due April 19 Bank Day 9:00AM April 26 Administrative Day April 27 Report Cards Issued Staff Development January 7,2014: Classes resume 4 Board of Directors: Ms. Donna Houston-Woods, Chair Ms. Sandra Nickerson, Secretary Ms. KrisSandra Demus, Treasurer Mr. C.W. Whitaker, Parliamentarian Mr. Gregory Carter, Member Mr. Calvin White, Member Ms. Hilda Walker, Member Ms. Aiesha Redmond, Member Mr. Terrance Sauls, Member Mr. David Wilson, Teacher Rep. Staff Birthdays: April 5 Denise McDowell April 24 Ms. Fordham Principal’s Corner: Mr. Henderson Greetings Parents and Guardians: We are grateful for all the support you have given us this school year. We are more than half way to the finish line. It is important for our students to meet all academic requirements by being successful on the STAAR and ITBS testing. Please continue to support our efforts for the students to end on a high note. Thanks!

A special note from the teachers!  KC Hello parents! Math: we are adding and subtracting numbers, working on numbers before and after 1- 100, and solving word problems. Reading: learning more high-frequency words, 155 words on our word wall, 200 by June! Reading Dr. Seuss, books with a partner. ELA- writing: complete sentences and learning correct punctuation. Writing sentences 5’x a week. Social Studies & Science: learning about different types of weather and its effect; and what we can do to ensure a better life for people around us, and in the future. Ms. Taylor 1A Greetings from 1A. This month in Language Arts we will continue learning about adjectives that compare, synonyms and antonyms, and prepositions. Reading: we improving our comprehension skills by practicing strategies of asking questions, analyzing story, summarizing, and skills of compare and contrast, making inferences, sequence of events, cause and effect. Spelling: we will be learning word soring with controlled vowels er, ir, ur, ar, and diphthongs or, oar, ore, ou, ow Ms. McDowell 1B Hi Parents! Math: we will learn about fractions and time to the half hour. Social Studies: we will continue to learn about traditions. Science: we will learn about nonliving and living things and plants. Ms. Felts 2A Greeting Parents; Reading: We are reviewing skills previously taught to prepare for the upcoming ITBS next month. Math: reviewing previously taught skills to prepare for the upcoming ITBS next month. Please continue to practice basic adding and subtracting with your child. Science: we are discussing basic Food chains in our ecosystem. Social Studies: we are discussing producers and consumers. Ms. Carson 3A Grade Dear Parents, Third-grade continues to work on STAAR. We are working in STAAR Ready Math and STAAR Ready Reading books. Our STAAR strategies are PLORE for reading and CUBES for math. Third-grade students are preparing and working hard to succeed on STAAR. Ms. McLaurin ESL ESL News at Scyene This month we are working on identifying and reading the ABC’s in Pre-K, and the commonly seen words in K-3rd Grade. 2nd-3rd has begun discussing and learning to read vocabulary they see in their assignments and tests. Pre-K will share things they do with family and friends . We will work on our writing skills, including simple sentence in K-3rd. K-3rd will also be working on their reading skills, working to read and understand. Mr. Bryan Pre-K A B and C Spring Greetings, Pre-K Students are having a great time learning new things. Science: we will be learning about how things grow. Social Studies: we will be discovering all things Texas ex. ( Tree, Flower, Bird ) It is a Great Time to be in Pre-K!! Mrs. Pleasant Ms. Saulsberry Mrs. Powers KA Greetings Parents, English/Language Arts: we are learning about all kinds of weather and Seasons. They are learning what adjectives are as well as continuing to learn how to write simple sentences. Math: we are learning about Geometric shapes, recognizing and building figures with them. We are continuing to count by fives, tens, and add and subtract using our fingers and manipulatives. Thanks for all you do with your child at home. Ms. Boyd KB Reading: we are to reading and writing our sight words, high frequency, and word wall words in complete sentences! We also have over almost 200 words on wall that we have been using to formulate sentences! Social Studies: we are learning about the meaning of Responsibility, how to be responsible for things in our classroom, neighborhood, and home. Math: we are learning to count money, count by 5’s, 10’s, skip counting and counting in other different ways to 100! Ms. Shead Hello parents! Ms. Taylor