Eagle Eye April Maldonado, Principal

Donna Burkhardt, Assistant Principal

Eagle Springs Elementary 12500 Will Clayton Parkway ~ Humble, Texas 77346 Main (281) 641-3100; Fax (281) 641-3117; Attendance (281) 641-3103 School Hours: First Bell 8:00; Tardy Bell 8:05; Kindergarten Dismissal 1:50 Grades 1-5 Dismissal: Car Riders 3:10; Bikers/Walkers/Bus Riders 3:20

Upcoming Dates:

PTO General Meeting 6:00 p.m.

1/25

Early Release 11:30 a.m.

1/27

Choir Practice Resumes

1/31

Souper Bowl Food Drive Begins

1/31— 2/4

Progress Reports

2/4

Friendship Parties

2/11

5th Grade Field Trip

2/11

Watch Us SOAR!

January 25, 2011

Issue 19

LUNCH MENU

1/25 Beef Steak

Fingers or Chili Cheese

Dog

1/26 Corn Chip Pie or

Oven Fried Chicken

1/27 Early Release

Brown Bag: Grilled

Cheese Sandwich

1/28 Hamburger or

Cheeseburger or Grilled

Cheese Sandwich

1/31 Pepperoni Pizza

Bites or Beef Ravioli

2/1 Chicken Nuggets or

Cheese Enchiladas

DR. SCONZO TO HOST PARENT/COMMUNITY MEETINGS!

HISD Superintendent, Guy Sconzo, is hosting open parent/community member meetings about the Legislature and possible impacts on the district’s budget. Nine meetings are scheduled over the coming weeks at campuses across the school district. The meetings

will begin at 7pm and will include time for questions and answers.

“This will be one of the most difficult Legislative sessions in Texas’ history as the state has a $27 billion shortfall,” Sconzo said. “Drastic cuts in state financial support are ex-pected at every level including public education despite a rapidly growing population of school children. I want to invite our parents and community members to attend these meetings to develop an understanding about where we are now and what we have to do.”

MEETING WILL BE HELD AT 7PM ON EACH OF THE FOLLOWING DATES:

Wednesday, January 26th @ Humble Middle School Teaching Theater Thursday, January 27th @ Timberwood Middle School Teaching Theater Wednesday, February 9th @ Riverwood Middle School Teaching Theater Thursday, February 10th @ Atascocita High School LGI Red House

Wednesday, February 16th @ Creekwood Middle School Teaching Theater Thursday, February 17th @ Sterling Middle School Teaching Theater Tuesday, February 22nd @ Woodcreek Middle School Teaching Theater Wednesday, February 23rd @ Kingwood Middle School Teaching Theater Wednesday, March 2nd @ Atascocita Middle School Teaching Theater

NATIONAL GO RED DAY!

ESE is GOING RED to support the American Heart Association!

Students are invited to wear RED on Friday, February 4th in observation of the

National Go Red Day!

Group Picture Day ~ Wed. February 2nd!

Dress Your Best and SMILE!

Order forms will be coming home soon.

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ESE SCIENCE FAIR Monday, March 7th, 2011

Plan early for a successful project! Go to Ms. Arceneaux’s webpage to find the rules, a science fair planner, and a sample project board.

We are still in need of parent and community volunteers to serve as judges for the science fair at other campuses. ESE must provide 6 judges per day

from 8am to 2pm on January 20th, February 17th and March 9th. If you are interested, or know someone who might be, please email

Ms. Arceneaux at anne.arceneaux@humble.k12.tx.us.

Eagle Notes...

JANUARY 31st — FEBRUARY 4th

Brown bags will be sent home with the students in which to send in donations of canned, non-perishable food items. There will be a winner in each grade level as well as an overall school winner at the end of that week. Thank you in advance!

Red, double-insulated cups, like the ones shown here, will be available for purchase in the commons, prior to the General PTO Meeting on Tuesday, January 25th. These cups are sturdy and stylish and there is a limited supply! Cups are $10 each and can be paid for with a check made payable to ESE.

Parent Orientation for Incoming 6th Graders ~ February 1st ~ 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. TMS Main Gym ~ 18540 Timber Forest Drive

Around Campus...

C.L.A.W., the Student Council of ESE,

would like to extend a huge THANK YOU to everyone who participated in the Coin Drive for the Leukemia and Lymphoma

Society to help children affected by cancer.

Thanks to your generosity, ESE raised $3,172.16! Congratulations to

Mrs. Reynolds’ 2nd Grade Class for bringing in the highest classroom total of $512.52!

Attention Parents of 5th Grade District Honor Choir Students

Mr. Whorton will meet with those students who signed up for the 5th grade District Honor Choir

from 3:30 to 4:00 in the music room on January 25th, 27th and 28th.

This is in order to prepare the students for their auditions on January 29th. These meetings are not mandatory; however, Mr. Whorton does suggest that the students try to attend at least one of them. Please email Mr. Whorton if you have any questions at dwight.whorton@humble.k12.tx.us

Just a reminder that the ESE Choir will resume practice on

Monday, January 31st at 3:30 in the Music Room.

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Around Campus Cont…

Library News… The Magazine Subscription Reading Rally in the Li-brary begins on Wednesday, January 26th! It only runs for 3 days - through Friday, January 28th. Please look for a flyer and the booklet in your child’s folder. Magazine subscriptions can be purchased through the booklets or online at

http://www.gaschoolstore.com and enter the code: 559930.

The Library hosted 2 author visits this past week. Margie Palatini, picture book author, visited with the third graders via SKYPE! Sey-mour Simon, non-fiction author, visited with grades 3-5 and discussed his books on space and animal behavior. Both presentations were a HIT with the students! Be sure to check out the ESE website for a video from Mr. Simon’s presentation.

This week in the Library the students will be checking out and learning about how animals survive in the winter.

Finally, in honor of the Super Bowl, the Library’s 2nd Annual Super Bowl of Reading will begin on Monday, January 31st. Classes will pick a team and read their way across the foot-ball field toward their own end zone. The first class to cross the goal line, or whoever gets the closest, wins! Look for parent signature papers in folders soon.

SPANISH IMMERSION

Please come to an informational meeting for current Kindergarten students regarding the Spanish Immersion Program (SIP) in Humble ISD. SIP teaches Spanish through the content area classes beginning in grade 1. The first graders will have 90% of their day in Spanish, transitioning to 50% in fifth grade. Entrance criteria do apply for this program. Current Kindergarten students may register for the program beginning Tuesday, March 1st.

The informational meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 1st, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., at Pine Forest Elementary School, 19702 Lake Houston Parkway. Applications for the program will be available at this meeting. SIP begins in first grade at either BBE: Bear Branch Elementary (if students are from schools in the Kingwood attendance area) or PFE: Pine Forest Elementary (if students are in the Atascocita, Humble, Fall Creek or Summerwood attendance areas). Applications are due on Thursday, April 3rd by 4pm and must be turned in to either BBE or PFE, depending upon the area of attendance as de-scribed above. Applications will also be available at BBE and PFE after the in-formational meeting March 1st.

4th Grade Parent Reminders

♦ Please be on the lookout for a writ-ing homework project folder that will be coming home this week

♦ A parent volunteer Meeting will be held on February 8th at 10:30 a.m. in Room 404 to discuss the upcom-ing 4th Grade Writing Camp. We are in need of parent volunteers to help with collecting props; decorat-ing the hallway, classrooms and stage; and distributing t-shirts.

♦ Our Reading DBA is Wednesday, January 26th.

♦ Ten AR points are due on Monday, January 31st.

A Message from Mrs. Whigham…

I would like to express my sincere gratitude for the generous toy dona-tions that the ESE family made to Jordan’s Toy Drive in memory of my son, Austin, who passed away on Octo-ber 17, 2009 from Ewing’s Sarcoma. All of the toys were delivered to Texas Children’s Hospital, and the children with cancer who spent their holidays in the hospital were all happy recipients of those toys! The smiles on their faces as the toys were distributed will forever be a picture in my mind. Our ESE students and families made this all possible. You all are amazing!!

~ Mrs. Whigham

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New Textbook Adoptions

Instructional Materials in the following subject areas are being considered for adoption for the 2011-2012 school year:

Pre-K Systems (including Spanish Components and Teacher Edition); English Language Arts, Grades 2-8 ; Spanish Lan-guage Arts, Grades 2-6; Speech, Grades 6-8; English I - IV; English as a Second Language, Grades K-8; English as a Sec-ond Language, Grades K-8, Teacher Edition; Spelling, Grades 1-2 (consumable); Spelling, Grades 3-6 (non-consumable); Handwriting, Grades 1-3 (consumable)

Instructional Materials will be displayed for citizens’ review and input at the

Administration Building (Room 240)

20200 Eastway Village Drive - January 31-February 4, 2011

Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.,

Tuesday and Thursday, 3:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

There will be citizen-input forms available, which may be completed by interested patrons. These forms will be read and considered by the District Instructional Materials Committee before making final textbook selections. We encourage our patrons’ interest in the instructional materials adoption process.

Recommendation for adoption of textbooks goes before the Board of Trustees at the March 8th Board meeting.

Top 5 Classes for January:

Baker 3rd Grade ~ 513 Petzold 1st Grade ~ 297 Land 1st Grade ~ 276

Reynolds 2nd Grade ~ 197 Beach 3rd Grade ~ 183

Keep sending in those January collection sheets and clip those box tops! There is one week left for the top class to win a visit from Ernie and an ice cream party!

PTO General Meeting ~ January 25th @ 6:00 pm ~ ESE Cafeteria

Ms. Smalley will be presenting the E-Books program for students to utilize from home. PTO will also announce the fundraiser amount from the Spring Creek Fundraiser held in

October. Popcorn and drinks will be served for everyone who brings their popcorn invitation with them!

We will also be discussing possible future projects of the PTO (ex: additional playground equipment) to benefit the children at ESE. See you there!

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Patriot’s Day Thank You

Thank you to all our volunteers who helped make this year’s Patriot’s Day successful! I have received a lot of positive feedback from our students, who not only learned a great deal about Colonial life, but had fun while learning! At this time I would like to recognize the many people who were involved in making this event possible:

♦ Parents - for your time and effort in setting up and helping out in the various rotations.

♦ 5th grade teachers – Mrs. Drew, Mrs. Miller, Mr. Cannon, and Mr. Dufrene.

♦ Ms. Arceneaux and Mrs. Gower –for allowing us to use their classrooms.

♦ Ms. Smalley - for allowing us to use the library.

♦ Chef Mark and the cafeteria staff – for storing and cleaning needed items and for preparing our Patriot’s Day luncheon.

♦ Mrs. Maugans – for taking care of announcements in the Eagle Eye.

♦ Our photographers – Kathy Watts, Paul Braun and Carmelita Forero.

♦ Mr. Wharton – for graciously leading our Patriot’s Day parade, working with our 5th graders to prepare them for their singing performance, and for cafeteria set up.

♦ Larry and Betty Stevens, members of the Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution – for their informative and entertaining presentation on daily Colonial life.

♦ Betty Peters and the Celtaire String Band – for their enjoyable and interactive performance on Colonial music.

♦ Julia Allison – for her educational demonstration on spinning and weaving.

♦ Panera Bread - for generously donating the pumpkin muffins used for the Tavern!

A BIG THANK YOU to the ESE PTO for appropriating the funds necessary for Patriot’s Day! It certainly made the task of organizing Patriot’s Day easier! Thank you to our Principal, April Maldonado and ESE’s Administrative staff for their help and support! Last, but not least, I want to express a sincere note of appreciation to the following people who were involved in planning and organizing from the very start: Debbie Doxey, Roxanne Brown, Debbie Braddy, Lori Venegas, Crystal Kirtikar, Courtney Richmond, and Mandy DeCola. I want to extend a special thanks to Theresa Drew who helped coordinate the 5th grade students’ and teachers’ involvement and to Denise Cobb for her invaluable in-sight and direction. We could not have done it without you! With Patriot’s Day behind us, we now have Manners Banquet to look forward to! Please mark your calendars for Friday, May 6th! Be on the lookout for flyers that will be sent home regarding Manners Banquet details in the near future.

Thank you again!

Sincerely,

Pele M. Tate

5th Grade Lead Room Parent