Date Event Time Location Mon., Oct.31 Book Character Parade/50 th Day of school 8:45 Gym Wed., Nov.2 2 nd Grade Silver Knight Science 8:30-3:30 LGI Wed., Nov.2 4 th Grade Field Trip Thurs., Nov.3 4 th Grade Field Trip Thurs., Nov.3 Fall Picture Make up day Thurs., Nov.3 PTA General Board Meeting 10:30 LGI Fri., Nov.4 Early Dismissal 12:40 Mon., Nov.7 1 st -4 th Grade GT Checklist will be sent home Wed., Nov.9 W.O.W.- Workers on Wednesday 9:00-3:00 LGI Thurs., Nov.10 Adventure Dash Fun Run TBA Playground Field Fri., Nov.11 Veteran’s Day Saturday, Nov.12 Silver Knights Under the Stars: 5th Year Anniversary Celebration 5:00-8:00 Playground Wed., Nov.16 Bluebonnet Breakfast 7:30 Library Wed., Nov.16 Spelling Bee Qualifier (4 th /5 th graders) Wed.,Nov.16 Kindergarten Silver Knight Science 8:30-3:30 LGI Thurs., Nov.17 4 th Grade Musical Gym Fri., Nov.18 Fall Class Parties TBA Classrooms Wed., Nov.23 No School-Thanksgiving Break Thurs., Nov.24 No School-Thanksgiving Break Fri., Nov.25 No School-Thanksgiving Break *Events that need Volunteers are written in blue on the calendar. Shafer Elementary: Shafer PTA: Shafer Elementary Silver Knights KNIGHTLY NEWS What You Need to Know for the Week of Oct.31, 2016 Shafer Elementary is turning five, and all Silver Knights, alumni and families are invited to join in the celebration! Save the Date: Saturday, Nov. 12!
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Date Event Time Location Mon., Oct.31 Book Character Parade/50th Day of school 8:45 Gym Wed., Nov.2 2nd Grade Silver Knight Science 8:30-3:30 LGI Wed., Nov.2 4th Grade Field Trip Thurs., Nov.3 4thGrade Field Trip Thurs., Nov.3 Fall Picture Make up day Thurs., Nov.3 PTA General Board Meeting 10:30 LGI Fri., Nov.4 Early Dismissal 12:40 Mon., Nov.7 1st-4th Grade GT Checklist will be sent home Wed., Nov.9 W.O.W.- Workers on Wednesday 9:00-3:00 LGI Thurs., Nov.10 Adventure Dash Fun Run TBA Playground Field Fri., Nov.11 Veteran’s Day Saturday, Nov.12 Silver Knights Under the Stars: 5th Year
Anniversary Celebration 5:00-8:00 Playground
Wed., Nov.16 Bluebonnet Breakfast 7:30 Library Wed., Nov.16 Spelling Bee Qualifier (4th/5th graders) Wed.,Nov.16 Kindergarten Silver Knight Science 8:30-3:30 LGI Thurs., Nov.17 4th Grade Musical Gym Fri., Nov.18 Fall Class Parties TBA Classrooms Wed., Nov.23 No School-Thanksgiving Break Thurs., Nov.24 No School-Thanksgiving Break Fri., Nov.25 No School-Thanksgiving Break
*Events that need Volunteers are written in blue on the calendar.
Shafer Elementary: Shafer PTA:
Shafer Elementary Silver Knights
KNIGHTLY NEWS What You Need to Know
for the Week of Oct.31, 2016
Shafer Elementary is turning five, and all Silver Knights,
alumni and families are invited to join in the
celebration!
Save the Date: Saturday, Nov. 12!
Visit the PTA Website & click on the Volunteer Tab for the latest volunteer needs. http://shaferelementary.my-pta.org/content.asp?PageID=2
Calling all parents or anyone interested in working with our silver knights as they spend part of their day exploring hands-on Science experiments! You do not have to be a rocket scientist to help. All of our labs are planned and ready to go. We simply need more hands and eyes to set up, clean up and help keep the experiments running smoothly so that the students can focus on learning!
Volunteers Needed
Silver Knight Science 2016 will begin our labs with 2nd Grade on Wednesday, Nov.2
Kindergarten on Nov. 16
To volunteer, click on the schedules on the PTA website: http://shaferelementary.my-pta.org/content.asp?PageID=2
It is time to begin planning International Knight!
We will be holding our second organizational meeting on Friday, November 11, at 10
a.m. in the LGI. We have the following people interested in coordinating a booth, so please contact them if you would like to help with a particular country. We are also seeking more representatives of nations. We would love to see this event feature the many different cultures at Shafer. For now, these eight countries will be showcased: Mexico- contact Anna Carpenter, [email protected] Vietnam- contact Tina Dinh, [email protected] China- contact Annie Xiao, [email protected] Canada- contact Fadia Al-Sakaf, [email protected] Columbia- contact Claudia Suarez, [email protected] Venezuela- contact Alicia Gutierrez, [email protected] Guatemala- contact Mabel Florentino, [email protected] Nigeria- contact Temitope-Odusanya, [email protected] If you have any questions, please get in touch with the event chair, Fadia Al-Sakaf at [email protected]. The event will be held on Jan. 26 If you would like to volunteer to represent your country, please clik on the following link:
https://goo.gl/forms/ZaDw7yMySdadj4ks1
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Attent on: All Kids
November 1 - N, there will be a box in the foyer of your school. Please bring all yourextra Halloween candy and dump it in the box. The school wi h the biggest donationwill earn cash for their PTAI This is a competition between T local schools. Donateyear candy today and help your school winl
All candy will be onated to The Ballard House in aty.
This is a fun ay to get all the extra sugar & goodies out of the house and donated toa good cause 8 earn your school some cashll
Where do you consider home? Lockhart, Texas - the TX BBQ
Capital
Tell us about your family: I have been married to my amazing
husband, Brian, for 23 years. We have a son, Benjamin, who is
an Automotive Technician with CarMax, and a daughter, Sarah,
who is a sophomore at the University of Arkansas.
Home: Grants, New Mexico
Family: I have been married 28 years to my husband Brian. I have 3 children. Patrick my oldest is 22 and attends the University of Wyoming, Connor my middle is 19 and is taking a semester off of school and Rileigh my youngest is 16 and she is a sophomore at Cinco Ranch. We have 2 dogs Cinnamon and Oreo.
Education: Lubbock Christian University- BA in Education
What is your favorite moment you have ever had as a teacher or a student? There are favorite moments that happen daily.
Where would you like to travel in the future? Ireland
What is the most important lesson you have learned in life that you would like to share with your students? Don't take things for granted.
Tell us something that might surprise us about you. I lived in Guam for 2 years as a child.
What are you currently reading, watching or listening to? Listening to Pandora
What is your favorite thing to do in your free time? Watch my daughter dance and travel
Why did you become a teacher? Because I love children and wanted to make a difference If you were not a teacher today, what would your career be? Flight attendant
What three traits define you? Fun, caring compassionate Who has inspired you the most or had the biggest influence on you? Why? My parents. They were both teachers and are wonderful parents.
Where is your favorite place you have ever traveled to and why? We went whale watching off of the San Juan Islands in Washington. Absolutely a spectacular sight to see and experience.
What is the biggest misconception about teachers? That our job is easy If you could have anyone (living, dead or fictional) as your principal, who would it be? Ronald Reagan