Voss Farms Elementary Newsletter Edition 4 | March 2019 PARENT CORNER Parent s, We only have two and half months of school. That is 11 weeks or 52 days. We all know they will go by quickly. If your child's teacher has talked with you about concerns they have concerning your child's progress please make sure you are working with them everyday. These are our last months to push hard to get child where they need to be so they are successful in the coming years. The thing that you can do that is most important is to read with your child everyday. If they are behind in their reading they need to practicing reading on the weekends also. We are pushing your child hard at school but we need your help also. If you have concerns and have not heard from your child's teacher in a while please contact them for a conference and see where your child is and how you might be able to help them at home. SAFETY M ISCELLANEOUS IMPORTANT DATES Safety for your child is always of concern to us. Please do not drop your child off in the parking lots and let them walk across by themselves. Cars may not see them and the last thing we want is a t ragedy. We have also added a sign as you enter the bus area reminding everyone that it is illegal to pass a bus that is unloading students even on school property. Remember you can drop you child off in the bus area only after all the buses and daycares have drop off which is about 7:25. There is no one in that area to monitor them if you choose to drop them off there. We are all busy and in an hurry but our children's safety always comes first. Looking for Career Day Volunteers On April 24th we will be having our Career Day for our 3rd - 5th graders. We would love to have parents to come and present to our students about their different careers . If you are interested and able to help us please contact the counselor Michele Casteel at [email protected] Student Independence With only 11 weeks of school left we are still working on independence with some of our students. If you are walking your students to their classrooms each morning we would like to ask that you allow them to walk down by themselves for the remainder of the year. This will allow them to gain independence and feel good about their accomplishment. March 18-22 Spring Book Fair 18 - Beginning of 4th 9 weeks 20 - Report Cards Available on TxConnect 21 - 6:00 Family Learning Night 22 - Awards Assemblies 8:30 - 2nd & 3rd 9:30 - 4th & 5th 28 - 5:30 Parent Dyslexia Mtg. April 4th Spring Pictures 9 - Progress Reports Available on TxConnect 4th Grade Writing STAAR Testing 5t h Grade M at h STAAR Test ing 10 - 5th Grade Reading STAAR Testing 16 - Kinder Music Program 19 - Good Friday Holiday May 13 - 3rd & 4th Grade Math STAAR Test ing 14 - 3rd & 4th Grade Reading STAAR Test ing 15 - 5t h Grade Science STAAR Test ing 23 - K - 2nd Field Day 24 - 3rd - 5th Field Day 27 - Memorial Day Holiday 29- Awards Assemblies