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Dear Parents and Students,

Welcome back to the second semester! We're excited to continue our partnership in ensuring the success of our students. Regular attendance is crucial, so please encourage your child to be present in class. If they are absent, send them with an excuse note.

Congratulations to our students who achieved academic success last semester with 3.5 credits. We've had insightful class talks on safety, success, and the path to becoming sophomores next year.

As we gear up for the STAAR tests in Biology, Algebra, and English I, stress the importance of passing these exams to alleviate concerns throughout their high school journey. Interventions and prep has already started.

Additionally, our ESL students will be taking TELPAS in February, a state assessment that evaluates reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills.Your involvement in this partnership ensures our kids are set for success. Let's work together to prepare them for a successful sophomore year.

Sincerely,

Sana Aleem

Principal

The second semester has officially started and class of 2027 ENGC students are halfway through the year and on their way to becoming Sophomores in just a few months. The best way to stay on the right path to success is by establishing good work and personal habits both here at school and home. Parents and guardians, please be in constant communication with your student's teachers, counselors, and assistant principals through Home Access or Kinvolved and respond with a reply if the matter involves attendance, grades, or any interventions (tutorials) if their progress is below 75 at any point during the school year. We believe that a team approach is the key to ensure that all of our Freshmen finish strong with support and encouragement from home plus motivation and guidance here at ENGC! Go Mighty Rams!

CLASS TALKS & TRANSCRIPTS: The ENGC Counselors met with students on January 25th in their World Geography classes. Students received their transcripts and learned more about graduation requirements (26 credits), their GPA, and how many credits they currently have earned. Transcripts can also be found on Alief Home Access.

ENGLISH I STAAR FIELD TEST: Elsik Ninth Grade Center will be participating in the mandatory TEA English I STAAR Stand Alone Field Test on Friday February 9, 2024. It is important that all students are at school and on time on this day. Students who have a school issued device must bring the computer fully charged with the charger.

If you have any questions about the TEA STAAR Stand Alone Field test, please contact your Campus Testing Coordinator.

It’s time for your student to participate in a very important test, TELPAS! The Texas English Language Profieciency Assesment System (TELPAS) tests the English proficiency skills of English Language Learners in th areas of reading, writing, listening and speaking. Each ESL student will take TELPAS on two designated test dates. TELPAS Listening and Speaking will take place February 20-23 and 26. TELPAS Reading and Writing will take place during the week of February 27- March 1.

Students received recognition awards for As and Bs during the 2nd nine weeks of school. In the picture below Mrs. Nwaneri is presenting a certificate to one of ENGCs ESOL I students while his classmates cheer on.

The ENGC Library will start offering basic sewing lessons to ENGC students on Mondays starting January 8th. In order to reserve a spot, students will need to get a MakerSpace Mondays pass from the librarian, Mrs. Tuttle, or the library assistant, Ms. Adams.

See the schedule below for more information:

This 9 weeks World Geography will focus on geography, migration, weather, and the legacy of colonialism and imperialism in Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa, North Africa, and Southwest Asia.

Our major grades for this 3rd 9 weeks marking period include

• physical mapping

• CBA #3 over Latin America

• CBA #4 over Sub-Saharan Africa

Tutorials are on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2:45 - 4:30. Students are expected to have a tutorial pass from their teacher and stay the entire time.

Students will engage in more critical thinking and writing activities focusing on higher order thinking skills, which will prepare them for their upcoming EOC exams.

As always, feel free to use KinVolved to communicate with your child’s teachers any questions or concerns you might have.

In Unit 3 of our curriculum, we focus on what it means to be intelligent, hoping that our study of multiple texts and related discussions will encourage students to reflect on their perspectives and expand their understanding of what it means to be “smart.”

Our major grades will include

• Persuasive Letter

• Evidence-based response to “The Most Dangerous Game”

• Essay about how we define intelligence

Students can access the StudySync workbook materials online in the Alief Hub using the McGraw Hill LTI app.

The semester is off to a great start for the Art students! To welcome 2024 we set some goals and aspirations for the new year by drawing images and symbols of what we hope to achieve inside of a big ‘24’. Up next we will work on our self-portrait drawings, which is the most challenging drawing of the course but it always ends up being a favorite.

In February, select students will be participating in the statewide Art competition, VASE. So we look forward to bringing home some gold medals! The rest of the semester will be filled with some 3D artwork; ceramics, cardboard sculpture, and paper mache. Attendance and time management are key to being successful in this semester of Art I and Art II.

Spanish classes are currently working on Chapter 4 Que comemos y dónde? (What do we eat and where?) Next, classes will move on to learning about Deportes (Sports) Chapter 5. In the picture below students have completed a conversation activity and are preparing their exit tickets.

The Lifetime Fitness and Wellness Pursuits course offers current approaches for the foundation of personal fitness, physical literacy, lifetime wellness, and healthy living. The state requires that students must earn 1.0 PE credit to satisfy graduation requirements.

Assessments

• Fitness Gram Components (State Assessment)

• Aerobic (20 meter Pacer)

• Muscular Strength (Push-ups)

• Muscular Endurance (Sit-ups)

• Flexibility (shoulder Reach & Trunk Lift)

• Body Composition (Weight)

• Written assessments, Skill assessment

Resources

Lifetime Fitness & Wellness Resources

Smart Snack Guidelines

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