Yorktown Elementary

361-564-2252 ext. 4

Superhero Newsletter

Principal: Pamela Edwards

Counselor: Dina Menn

Secretary: Rebecca Broll

YISD’s Sport’s Corner:( *---home game)

FOOTBALL11/5 JH Wildcats @ 5:00 pm*11/6 Wildcats @ 7:30 pm

For Football & Volleyball Playoff games please check the website for updated

information. WILDCAT STRONG!!!

KITTY KATS BASKETBALL11/2 Kitty Kats @ 6:00 pm

11/9 JH Kitty Kats @ 4:00 pm11/16 JH Kitty Kats @ 5:00 pm*11/17 Kitty Kats @ 5:00 pm

11/19-11/21 Kitty Kats (Varsity) Tournament---TBA

11/19-11/21 Kitty Kats (JV) Tournament---TBA

*11/23 JH Kitty Kats @ 4:00 pm11/24 Kitty Kats @ 5:00 pm

11/30 JH Kitty Kats @ 4:00 pm

WILDCATS BASKETBALL*11/9 7th @ 5:00 pm/8th @ 7:00 pm

*11/16 7th & 8th @ 5:00 pm11/17 JV @ 5:00pm/Varsity @ 6:15pm*11/20 JV @ 5:00 pm/Varsity @6:15pm

11/23 7th @ 5:00 pm/8th @ 7:00 pm11/24 Varsity @ 7:00 pm

*11/30 7th @ 5:00 pm/8th @ 7:00 pm

Important Dates:Parents---11/6 is the last day to purchase a Thanksgiving meal if you would like to join your child for lunch in the cafeteria on 11/2311/6---Picture Retakes & Last day of the 6 weeks11/11--Veterans Day Program at 9 a.m. in the gym11/16--- 5th grade READING BENCHMARK11/17---4th grade WRITING BENCHMARK 5th grade MATH BENCHMARK11/18---3rd & 4th grade MATH BENCHMARK11/19--- 3rd & 4th grade READING BENCHMARK11/20---5th grade SCIENCE11/24---Early Release @ 12:1511/25-11/27---Have a Blessed Thanksgiving Holiday

School News:New Tardy procedure---If a child is tardy, after 8 a.m., an adult must walk them in the building and sign them in to school.Absent---If your child is going to be absent, please call the school by 8 a.m. to let us know if they are sick, going to the dr., etc…You may call in before school and leave a message at 564-2252 Ext. 4. Thank you!!

“The more you read, the more things you know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” Dr. Seuss

Counselor Corner: UIL News:Students have been preparing for the upcoming Writing

UIL meet that will be held at Y.E.S. on November 12th. Students participating in Art Smart and Speaking Prelims

will travel to Pawnee on December 1st. All other events will be held in Fall City on December 8th.

As we finalize teams, permission forms with more information will be sent home. We appreciate Mrs.

Knobles for being our UIL Coordinator. Thank you Mrs. Knobles!!!

BENCHMARK TESTING:In order to help prepare our students for STAAR,

we will have benchmark testing as follows:Monday, November 16th

5th grade READING Tuesday, November 17th

4th grade WRITING 5th grade MATH

  Wednesday, November 18th 3rd & 4th grade MATH

 Thursday, November 19th 3rd & 4th grade READING Friday, November 20th

5th grade SCIENCEY.E.S. is asking for your help with the following reminders

to help us better prepare for testing days:*Please make sure your child gets a good night’s rest.

*Wish your child good luck and encourage him/her to do their best on their test.

*Make sure your child eats a healthy breakfast at home if they do not eat at the cafeteria.*Make sure your child is at school by 7:55!

Thank you Y.E.S. parents for your continued support in the education of our children!

Reminders: If your phone number

or address changes, please notify the school

immediately!

How parents can help this month:

Helping teachers---All you need to do is come to the

office and fill out a Criminal Background Check. We

WELCOME parent volunteers!!

The State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) will be

administered this Spring 2016. For elementary, the STAAR

measures the statewide curriculum in Reading at

Grades 3-5; Writing at Grade 4; Mathematics at Grades 3-5;

and Science at Grade 5. 

Your child will be participating in the following STAAR testing:

Tuesday, March 29th

4th grade WRITING 5th grade MATH

 Wednesday, March 30th 5th grade READING  Monday, May 9th

3rd & 4th grade MATH5th grade MATH retest

 Tuesday, May 10th

3rd & 4th grade READING5th grade READING retest

 Wednesday, May 11th

5th grade SCIENCE

**Due to the importance of the STAAR test, please make sure there are no scheduled appointments or no early pick-ups on these days. Students do have the tendency to rush when they know they will be picked up early. For more information about the STAAR program, visit the TEA Student Assessment website at http://tea.texas.gov/student.assessment/staar/.

Thank you for your continued support.

Sincerely,Dina Menn, Counselor/Testing Coordinator