Crockett Cougar Chatter

Happy February Cougars,

This month is significant because it is not only a leap year, American Heart Health Month, and Black History Month, but also a month full of love, friendships, and appreciation. I want to start by congratulating our Campus Teacher of the Year, Tashala Thompkins, and our Campus Teacher of Promise, Coach Tyler Darland! Your dedication to our students is essential and I am grateful to have you both as part of the Cougar family. Another huge shout-out to our wonderful counseling team for having a successful Course Selection night this past week. We honor them by celebrating National School Counseling Week! Thank you Mr. Harter, Ms. Durham, Mx. Castillo, Ms. Lamm, Ms. Black, Ms. Arias, Ms. Michelle Snyder and Ms. Janice Snyder for supporting our student's dreams in high school and beyond! I'm pleased to work with a team that works diligently to provide the best learning environment. Crockett and AISD will celebrate our School Resource Officers, Officers Guilbe and Guijarro, February 12-16 and our Food Service Staff February 26-March 1. Thank you all for your service to our community!

If you would like to recognize a valuable Crockett staff member submit a RAVE or nominate a Crockett Staff Member for a Salute Award by February 9th!

Our students continue to make history here at Crockett by making into regionals in wrestling and swim. Orchestra and guitar students received superior ratings in their categories! The Business Professionals of America students earned a place at BPA’s STATE Leadership. Crockett Musicians performed in our gym along with the Austin Symphony. Our Seniors continue to receive those exciting college acceptance letters!

As we currently work with the students on Course Selections for next school year. I would like to remind our families that we are holding students accountable towards the Texas 90% Attendance Rule. Students can lose credit in their courses if they have more than 4 unexcused (UNX) absences in that class. Please turn in doctor notes in when absent to crockett@austinisd.or and see the flyer below for opportunities on how to improve grades, make up hours for attendance, or earn credits to assure that we on staying on track to complete graduation requirements.

Bee Cave Bob, the armadillo did not see his shadow meaning spring is right around the corner with only 5 weeks until Spring break! Hang in there as I leave you with a quote, "Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world." –Harriet Tubman

Always Victorious together,

Shana King

Proud Principal

February 2: TSI Testing

February 3: Crockett's Vertical Team Enrollment Clinic in Cafeteria from 9am-12pm

February 5-13: National Honor Society Flower Sale-see flyer below for more details

February 8: English 1 STAAR Field Test (all 9th graders will test periods 5/6)

February 8: Talent Show 6pm in the PAC

February 9: Staff Development/Student Holiday

February 10: Saturday School Begins

February 13: CAC Meeting at 5:30pm & PTSA Meeting at 6:30pm in the Library

February 16: TSI testing

February 17: Random Acts of Kindness Day
February 19: Student and Staff Holiday**

February 20: Cheer Parent/Student Meeting at Crockett Cafeteria 5:30pm

February 21: Financial Aid Workshop (Seniors only) 5-7:30pm Crockett Library Dinner provided

February 29: Black History Month Celebration

March 1: TSI Testing

March 3-6: Cheer Tryout Clinic 5:00-6:30pm

March 7: Cheer Tryouts 5:00-8:00pm

March 11 - 15: Spring Break

March 18-23th: Austin ISD Pride Week

March 19: CAC Meeting at 5:30pm & PTSA Meeting at 6:30pm in the Library

March 28: Spring Fest! 5-7:30pm- see flyer below for more details

March 29: Student and Staff Holiday**

April 5: Cougar Pageant 6:30pm in PAC

April 9: CAC Meeting at 5:30pm & PTSA Meeting at 6:30pm in the Library

April 10: Staff Development/Student Holiday

May 11: Senior Prom

May 14: CAC Meeting at 5:30pm & PTSA Meeting at 6:30pm in the Library

May 23: Last Day of School!

May 28: Save the Date: Crockett 2024 Graduation @ Burger Arena (12:30pm)

** [Bad Weather Makeup Day]

2023-2024 AustinISD School Calendar- English & Spanish

Hello,

Our next PTSA meeting is February 13th at 6:30 in the Crockett Library, and we will have a guest speaker!

Our Speaker will be Dr. Julia Clark who is a licensed psychologist in the state of Texas and will speak about "Supporting Your Teen’s Mental Health".

Todays’ teens are facing a multitude of mental health challenges and rates of depression, anxiety, and suicidality are significantly higher than in the past. As a parent of an adolescent, navigating the parent-teen relationship can be overwhelming, confusing, and stressful. Many parents voice that that would like to have closer relationships with their teens, and are not sure how to go about best supporting their adolescents through today’s stressful world. This presentation is designed to help parents learn skills specific to the parent-adolescent relationship. Teens are welcome to join their parents for the event

Specific topics covered:

1. Typical teen behavior vs behaviors that are cause for concern

2. Validation of emotions while holding boundaries

3. Problem-solving collaboratively rather than combatively

Families can sign up for the FCC's Affordable Connectivity Program. If eligible, it provides free internet from the service provider of their choice paid for by the FCC until further notice per household. Parents do not need to be citizens to participate. If the child participates in free lunch at school, the household is automatically eligible.

Here is the official site for further information:https://www.fcc.gov/acp

This information comes from the organization, Austin Free-Net and they will offer families support in signing up, "We are happy to help parents sign up, they can contact us via our hotline: (512) 236-8225 oraccess@austinfree.net "

T-Mobile also has the Project 10Million that can assist families. See attached flyer for access to both of these programs!

Who is ready to bring back Mr. Cougar but for the 2020s set? Crockett Theatre and the Crockett GSA are partnering up for an entertaining evening of student performances on Friday, April 5th at 6:30pm. in the PAC. We are bringing back this fun & creative pageant for our students. This now named Cougar Pageant will feature lip syncing with choreography, formal wear and a question & answer portion from the Judges. This is a fundraiser for our clubs! $1=1 vote, $5=7 votes.

The winner will win a $50 Amazon gift card!

• Business Professionals of America (BPA) held their Regional Leadership Conference’s competitive events on January 17 and 18 after school. Several students including Ruby Ramirez, Briana Coreas, Shyan Saadat, Vanessa Pastor, Veronica Olmedo, Avita High, and Kieran Brown competed in various business-related events.

The following students earned a place at BPA’s STATE Leadership Conference in Corpus Christi, Texas February 28-March 2nd.

Congratulations to Kieran Brown-2nd place Advanced Word Processing, Avita High-2nd place Fundamental Spreadsheet Applications, and Victoria Olmedo/Vanessa Pastor/Avita High-3rd place Administrative Support Team.

• Congratulations to our Swim Team, who qualified 5 of our 6 relays to the Regional Meet on February 9-10!!

  Girls' 200 Medley Relay: Emily Rivera, Alyssa Hayes, Lex Hawbecker, and Yaretzi Martinez

  Girls' 200 Freestyle Relay: Josie Michna, Sage Salamero, Jessica Esquivel, and Gabi Sanchez Vazquez

  Boys' 200 Freestyle Relay: Nahil Bonequi, Anthony Vigoa Rodriguez, Rodrigo Martinez-Tapia, and Ruchith Balasooriya

  Girls' 400 Freestyle Relay: Gabi Sanchez Vazquez, Alyssa Hayes, Yaretzi Martinez, and Lex Hawbecker

  Boys' 400 Freestyle Relay: Jonah Peyton, Alberto Garcia Lascurain Delgadillo, Isaac Padilla, and Mathis Seidel

• Our orchestra and guitar students were very successful at the UIL Region 18 Solo & Ensemble Evaluation. All five participants received superior ratings in their categories!!

  Guitar - both have qualified for the state competition in May.

  Austin Nieto (12th grade)

  Joshua Garcia (10th grade)

  Violin

  Lucinda Garmhausen (9th grade)

  Gwendolyn Ellis (10th grade)

  Viola

  April Yu (9th grade)

Amazing performance from the Austin Symphony Orchestra, and congratulations to our Crockett students who performed with them!

Art students Molding our Future on the pottery wheels!

Thank you to Mr. Bugge's Construction Tech2 class for creating beautiful display boxes for the

Visual Art Display cases.

Destination Life Transition Conference in Round Rock, TX (for all) Saturday, February 24, 2024

The Destination…Life Regional Transition Fair and Conference helps Central Texas families prepare and support their student(s) with disabilities for life beyond high school. Families can expect to gather information and gain access to experts on how to help their student(s) with disabilities ranging from early childhood through high school to successfully transition to adulthood.

Summer Employment Opportunities for Students with Disabilities or with Barriers

Summer employment and transition services for students with disabilities are designed to provide valuable work experience and support to help students transition from school to the workforce. The three outlined programs aim to enhance students' vocational skills, increase their independence, and prepare them for future employment opportunities.

Driving with Disabilities

This State of Texas trail-blazing program focuses on improving the interaction between law enforcement and drivers with disabilities that have unique communication needs. Please visit the website for more information if your student has a disability that impacts their ability to communicate with law enforcement, such as autism/Asperger's, mild intellectual disability, Down syndrome, Parkinson's disease, speech and language disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, brain injury, cerebral palsy, deaf, or hard of hearing.

• Wednesday, Feb. 7 at Colovista Golf Course for the Cedar Creek Invitational #2
• Late March/Early April at Morris Williams Golf Course for the District Tournament

• Friday, Feb. 2 against McCallum at McCallum JVB-5:15 JVA-6:30 VAR-8:00
• Tuesday, Feb. 6 against Northeast at Crockett JVB--- JVA--- VAR-6:00 (senior night)

• Friday, Feb. 2 against McCallum at Crockett 9th-5:15 JV-6:30 VAR-8:00
• Tuesday, Feb. 6 against Northeast at Northeast 9th-5:15 JV-6:30 VAR-8:00
• Friday, Feb. 9 against LBJ at LBJ 9th-5:15 JV-6:30 VAR-8:00
• Tuesday, Feb. 13 Navarro at Crockett 9th-5:15 JV-6:30 VAR-8:00 (senior night)
• Feb 19-20 Bi-District Playoffs
• Feb 22-24 Area Playoffs
• Feb 26-27 Quarterfinals
• Feb 29-Mar 3 Regionals

• Feb. 2- Feb. 3: District Tournament @ Delco Center 8am/9:30am VB/VG
• Feb. 9- Feb. 10: Regional Tournament @ Delco Center TBA VB/VG
• Feb. 16- Feb. 17: State Tournament @ Berry Center in Cypress, TX TBA VB/VG

• Feb. 3 against Connally at Burger JVA-11am VAR-1pm
• Feb. 6 against Wimberly HS JVB-6:30pm
• Feb. 9 against Lockhart at Garrison JVA-5pm VAR-7pm

• Feb. 13 against St. Andrews at Garrison JVA-5pm VAR-7pm
• Feb.16 against SA Cole at Garrison JVA-5pm VAR-6PM
• Feb.17 against Bowie at Bowie HS JVA-10am
• Feb.17 Alumni Game at Crockett HS VAR-11am
• Feb. 20 against Manor New Tech at Garrison JVA-5pm VAR-7:30pm
• Feb. 23 Lockhart Tournament at Lockhart HS VAR-2pm/4:30pm
• Feb. 24 Lockhart Tournament at Lockhart HS VAR-9am/2pm
• Feb. 29 Austin ISD Varsity Tournament at Burger 9:30/2:30pm
• Feb. 29 Austin ISD JVA Tournament at Navarro/LASA 10am/1:30pm
• Feb. 29 Austin ISD JVB Tournament at Crockett 10am/2pm
• March. 1 Austin ISD Varsity Tournament at Burger 10am/2:30pm
• March 1 Austin ISD JVA Tournament at Navarro 9am
• March. 1 Austin ISD JVB Tournament at Crockett 2pm
• March. 2 Austin ISD JVA Tournament at Navarro 11:15am
  
• March. 2 Austin ISD JVB Tournament at Crockett TBD

Each month, Student Council asks the student body to nominate their favorite teacher for the esteemed honor of being Teacher of the Month. Student Council is excited to congratulate our January Teacher of the Month, Mr. Ward!!

According to his students, Mr. Ward deserves to be Teacher of the Month because:

• He is very nice and helpful

• He is really cool and awesome and funny

• He makes learning fun and gives us snacks and is super supportive.

• He always wants us to be our best and do our best. He wants us to be at an Academic Scholar level. He also calls us that which makes me feel like I could do way better than I did before. Always tells us to ask for help because he will help and walk us step by step until we understand it

• He gives out snacks! and he is really good at explaining things and helping students

• He is kind, respectful, funny, and just an overall great, well-rounded guy. Plus, he has awesome fashion taste.

We had several amazing teachers nominated this month, so we also want to give a shout-out to all of our nominees! Check out what students had to say about why they nominated these other awesome teachers:

Ms. Coro because she is sweet and so understanding.

Ms. Dunn because she's fire.

Ms. Lane because she is the most incredible art teacher.

Mr. Sepulvado because he teaches great and effectively while getting along with the class

Mr. Tomlinson because he's super chill and makes me feel welcome

Mr. Gannaway because he is the nicest person.

Mrs. Orr because she is super kind and understanding and awesome.

Ms. Hope because she has helped me with more things than just photojournalism like homework, getting better with cameras, and making me want to come to class. It's really amazing.

Ms. Harris because she's a great teacher.

Ms. Robinson because she is very kind and a wonderful teacher.

Crockett empowers an inclusive community of learners and leaders by building resilience, strengthening of character, and ensuring that ALL students are prepared to succeed in college, career, and life.

Crockett learners will lead with courage, compassion, and service. We will:

• collaborate with people of different beliefs and cultures;
• adapt to change and challenges;
• cultivate self-discipline to persevere in achieving goals;
• act responsibly, ethically, and with integrity;
• and think critically and creatively to solve problems.

Parent Support Specialist: Michelle Torres michelle.torres@austinsd.org

Counselors Secretary: Janice Snyder janice.snyder@austinisd.org

Counselor of Cohort 2024: Geoffrey.Harter@austinisd.org

Counselor of Cohort 2025: Reagan.Castillo@austinisd.org

Counselor of Cohort 2026: Susan.Durham@ausitnisd.org

Counselors of Cohort 2027: Jennifer.Lamm@austinisd.org & Deborah.Black@austinisd.org

Wellness Counselor: Yureimy.Arias@austinisd.org

Registrar: Kathy Alvarado Romero kalvard@austinisd.org

Book Keeper: Christopher Simmons christopher.simmons@austinisd.org

PEIMS Coordinator: Helen Mendoza-Morales helen.mendoza-morales@austinisd.org

Principals Administrative Assistant: Jennifer Rodriguez jennifer.rodriguez@austinisd.org

Attendance Specialist: Kathy Batista Boddy kathyuska.batista@austinisd.org

Attendance Email: crockett@austinisd.org

504 Coordinator: Malin Lindelow malin.lindelow@austinisd.org

Truancy + Graduation Coach: Taryne Hallett taryne.hallett@austinisd.org

SPED Dept Chair: Cynthia Coppinger cynthia.coppinger@austinisd.org

Bus Stop Finder

Online Registration Instructions

Instrucciones de registro en línea en español

How to Create a Portal Account

Cómo crear una cuenta de padres en español

How to retrieve Parent Portal Username/Password

Recuperar el nombre de usuario/contraseña del Portal

Fever: Temperature over 100º. Do NOT give medicine at home to bring the fever down and then send to school. If the child has a fever, they may be contagious and need to be kept at home.

• Your child must be fever free (without fever reducing medication like Tylenol or Ibuprofen) for 24 hours before coming back to school

Pink Eye (Conjunctivitis): What to look for:

• Redness of the “white part of the eye”
• Yellow, green or clear discharge from the eye (lashes may be stuck together)
• Itchy eyes
• Eyelids may be red or swollen
• The child must be cleared in writing by a US medical provider in order to return
• Everyone at home should wash hands often with soap and water and avoid touching the eyes

Diarrhea: Frequent loose bowel movements (more than 4 episodes per day)

• If running fever, student must stay home until fever is gone and bowel movements are “normal” for 24 hours without using diarrhea suppressing medications
• Have student drink plenty of fluids and seek medical evaluation for persistent temperature and diarrhea

Immunizations:

• Texas State Law requires certain immunizations for children to have in order to be in school. Notice will be sent home by the nurse to notify parent when shots are due.

Persistent Cough / Cold Symptoms:

• Persistent cough / cold should be seen by a medical provider to make sure there is no flu, bronchitis or pneumonia

Vomiting:

• Any vomiting, especially with a fever or other symptoms.

Sore Throat:

• A minor sore throat is not usually a problem. A severe sore throat may be Strep even if there is no fever. Keep the child home from school and contact a medical provider to be cleared to be in school. Documentation from a US medical provider in writing is needed for clearance.

Rash:

• Children with a skin rash should be seen by a medical provider to be cleared to be in school

Notify the Crockett Main Office as soon as you test positive!

• Test Date is Day 0.

• Isolate at home for 5 Days.

• Return with a mask on from Days 6-10.

• Contact the Main Office at 512.414.2532 and email attendance specialist at crockett@austinisd.org.

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Shana King

Principal

Email: shana.king@austinisd.org
Website: https://crockett.austinschools.org
Location: 5601 Menchaca Road, Austin, TX, USA
Phone: 512-414-2532
Twitter: @AustinCrockett