Patriot Family Gazette 11/12/2021

Patriot Nation,

What a great week at Jack! The display above was made possible by your contributions to honor our Jack Veteran Family members on Veteran's Day this week. It is amazing to see how our Student Lighthouse Team can come up with an idea, formulate a plan, and it turns out so amazing. What a great tribute honoring Veteran's this year! We are also wrapping up our Library STEM Challenge, with some very creative projects on display. We have one week left until Thanksgiving Break and we wanted make sure we told all of our families thank you for all you do to support us each day! Please mark your calendars for our upcoming Polar Express Read-A-Thon and Polar Express Reading Night in December.

We are so grateful for the opportunity to serve your Patriot! Have a great weekend and we will see you next week!

Brett Shelby

November

16- PE Showcase Rose Stadium

18- Thankful Thursday: Brrrrrr...It's getting Chili: Wear Plaid or Flannel

22-26 Thanksgiving Break

TBA Reflections on display at Jack

29- Polar Express info home to students

30- Polar Express Kickoff

Next Thursday we encourage your Patriot to join with our staff for Thankful Thursday! This week's theme will be: BRRRRRRR...it's getting cold, wear plaid or flannel.

Our Jack PTA provides resources and opportunities for learning experiences, volunteering, and just plain fun! Please consider joining by going to http://www.jointpta.org. We love our amazing PTA and the support they provide for our Patriots!

Our annual Polar Express Read-a-thon is coming soon! Be on the lookout for more information coming home and mark you calendars for December 9th! This year we will host our first ever Polar Express Reading Night! This night will be filled with holiday cheer, choir performances and more! Mark your calendars now!

Please see the link below for the Jack Library November STEM Challenge!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uvtuzvvoT57JEvx65MmGt3Kub8LVmjsD25z_9DX7Ct8/edit?usp=sharing

Below you will find the link to our handbook for our families. This will also be posted on our website. Please keep in mind that this handbook is a general guideline for our campus, and we also follow the TISD handbook for district guidelines.

We wanted to send out an advertisement about following us on Twitter @jacktylerisd and follow me @BSShelby! This is a great way to stay connected to the happenings here at Jack! Our educators are also encouraged to share what is going on in their classrooms using twitter so contact them to see if you can give them a follow! You can also follow us on Facebook, as we post updates frequently and weekly newsletters. Please encourage family members to join, as it is a great way to connect to the learning inside our building from afar!

December

Nov. 30- Dec. 15 Polar Express Reading Challenge Fundraiser

TBA Tyler ISD School Showcase @ CTC

1- PTA Board Meeting (optional)

TBA Spirit Night

8- KONA ICE

15- Polar Express Ends at Midnight

17- Christmas Parties/Announce Polar Express Winners

17- last day of 2nd 9 weeks

17- Early dismissal 1:30pm

20- Jan. 2 Christmas Break

January

TBA Teacher Treat Day

3- Acquisitions forms go out to faculty

3- Return from Christmas Break

3- 1st day of 3rd 9 weeks

TBA Spirit Night

12- KONA ICE

14- Acquisitions forms due to PTA

17- MLK Day NO SCHOOL

19- PTA Board Meeting 2pm

TBA Acquisitions committee meeting (before VOTE)

27- Math, Makers, and More!/General PTA Meeting 5:30pm

(Vote on Acquisitions and Nominating Committee Slate)

February (Counselor Appreciation)

2- Principal Meeting

9- Order and Distribute Acquisitions

9- KONA ICE

10- Student Early Release

11- NO SCHOOL/Winter Break

14-18 Lunch With a Loved One

TBA Spirit Night

TBA Teacher Treat Day

March

TBA Tyler ISD/PTA Council LITCON @ CTC, 6pm

2- Board Meeting 2pm

9- KONA ICE

11- Character/Science/Math Parades

11- last day of 3rd 9 weeks

14-18 Spring Break

TBA Spirit Night

21- 1st day of 4th 9 weeks

25- Book Fair Set Up

28- April 1 Book Fair

April

1- Book Fair Ends/pack-up

7- ArtWalk @ Fresh

TBA PTA Council Reflections Award Ceremony

4-8 Librarian Appreciation Week

TBA Spirit Night

13- KONA ICE

14- Early Release Day

15- GOOD Friday- No School

18-22 Administrative Professionals Week

18-22 Leadership Week (Living History TBA)

21/22- Leadership Day/Career Day

27- PTA Board Meeting 2pm

28- Leadership Night 5:30

May

2-6 Teacher Appreciation Week

2-6 STAAR Theme Week

4- Nurses Day

5- PTA General Meeting w/Kinder Showcase and Kinder roundup/5:30

5- Faculty Learning

TBA Spirit Night

TBA Jack Track: 4th and 5th grade

12, 17-20 STAAR Testing

18- PTA EOY Luncheon for Jack Staff

23-24- Field Day (Patriot Games)

26- Class Celebrations/EOY Celebrations

27- Last Day of School/Early Dismissal @ 1:30pm

27- last day of 4th 9 weeks