Crockett Cougar Chatter

Happy March!

We wrapped the month of February with a beautiful Black History Month celebration with guest speakers, community partners, salon services from our cosmetology students, and performances from our very own Tex-Anns, guitar, choir, and BSA members.

As we look forward to Spring Break next week, I wish to see many of our families on Wednesday, March 6 at our principal coffee and community conversation with Trustee Gonzales. You are invited to join us in person or via ZOOM. Please see the flyer below for more information.

I am looking forward to traveling over Spring Break. I am excited to see performances by our Crockett Jazz Band in New Orleans, and then head to the Great Smokey Mountains for hiking and relaxation.

Upon our return from the break, we begin the start our the 4th 9-week grading period, as well as AISD Pride Week March 18-22. The spring semester is full of memories, fun, and excitement, but typically flies by! I assure each one of our Cougars that with hard work comes great rewards. Stay focused and attentive to your grades, and find opportunities to make up attendance hours if needed. Graduation 2024 is right around the corner.

Wishing you and your loved ones a safe, healthy, relaxing, and Always Victorious Spring break!

Shana King

Proud Principal

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

March 5: SAT Day for Juniors

March 6: Principal Coffee and Community Conversation with Trustee Gonzales 5:00-6:00pm

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 9 & 10: Sports Physicals on Campus- see flyer below for more details

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! Crocket ECHS Familes!

We hope you all can make it to our next PTSA meeting.

Tuesday, March 19th at 6:30 pm in the Library

(right after the CAC meeting)

Come find out more about the upcoming "Love Your Crockett Community!" events

and Teacher & Staff Appreciation Week in May!

Interested in serving on the PTSA Executive Board next year?

Please, let us know!

Your Crockett PTSA

Questions? Email: mhaskell63@gmail.com

AISD PRIDE WEEK

GSA will be hosting something every day

(More specifics to come)

Austin ISD Pride Week Themes

Monday, March 18 - All Are Welcome

Tuesday, March 19 - Differences are Awesome

Wednesday, March 20 - Austin ISD Shows Respect

Thursday, March 21 - Pride and You - Creative Expression

Friday, March 22 - Local Pride and Spirit Day

Saturday, March 23 - Pride Y'all! Connect and Celebrate

Time TBD - Austin ISD Performing Arts Center

• Congratulations to both Boys' & Girls' Basketball teams for making the playoffs!
  

• Theatre had a fantastic day at UIL. We advanced with our production of "Do Not Go Gentle"! Competition has never been tougher but we have a fantastic team this year.

  
  

  Outstanding Tech student award was given to Cleo Miller.

  Honorable Mention Award for Acting was given to Emma Villalobos

  All Star Cast awards were given to Jack Young and Zach Halliday

  And Crockett took one of the two coveted Best Performer awards which went to Ambrose Banks!

Heller musical theatre award nominations

Eliza Brown for marketing

Ren De La Cruz for Stage management

Nathan McCoy for lighting

Asha Corbett for performance

Noella Chipman leading male nominee

And the theater department received a nomination for Scenic Design for Little Shop of Horrors!

• Four members of our top group will be doing three performances over the next week:

Malachi Cardenas

Gryffin Toavs

Krystal Leon

Joshua Garcia

Wednesday they are at Quack's across the street. Line up will include a Costa Rican classical guitarist Adrián Montero and John Henry Johnson will be accompanying. We'll open, they'll play their set, and we'll all play a piece together.

Tickets and details here.

Thursday is the same as Wednesday, but at a different venue. They are at The Rosette. Tickets and details here.

They've worked really hard on this music and would love your support!

• VASE/UIL results for the Art competition at Canyon Lake High School on Saturday March 2nd . Congratulations to all our students who participated. Very Proud of all of them!

1st place: 30

2nd place: 3

1 State Qualifier: Nadia Rerucha

Each student goes through an interview and artwork evaluation with a judge one on one. These students are being judged by professional artists and art instructors.

Happy National Athletic Training Month to our very own Student Athletic Training Program. The month of March is to recognize and honor all the Athletic Trainers nationwide for their hard work and dedication. Here at Crockett, our Student Athletic Trainers help keep our athletes and coaches safe. They are a vital part of a successful athletic program.

The Student Athletic Training Program consists of- Brianna Tovar, Mary Anna Lopez, Hailee Zambrano, Paola Sifuentes, Andreanny Hernandez, Jonathan Barba, Christopher Cruz, Ileeahna Hernandez, Jacelyn Espadas, Merseis Espadas, Joseph Jojo Altes, Lucas Delgado, Maddi Murrell, Melony Laborico, RaeLynn Hudson, and Sharon Sierra.

Thank you, Athletic Trainers, for all your hard work on and off the field, and for your dedication and commitment to serving our athletes!

Attention all athletes, band members, cheer, and Tex-Anns. We are hosting our annual sports physicals at Crockett High School Main Gym. Please be sure to save the dates- May 9th & 10th.

See the flyer below for more details.

Congratulations to our Parent Support Specialist, Michelle Torres as you she was recognized along with other PSS in the district for their work and role in the community. Council members presented a proclamation that makes February 15 Austin ISD Parent Support Day!

The Neighborhood Services Unit with the City of Austin/Austin Public Health is excited to announce rent and Austin Energy funding is available.

Lines will open Monday, February 26th at 8:00 a.m.

• The first day of each week we will open the phone lines for community members.

• Phone Screening does not guarantee assistance but does start the process.

• Community members must live in Austin, Travis County, within the Austin Full Purpose jurisdiction and meet additional criteria for rent assistance.

• Assistance is available for past due rent. Utility Assistance is available for Austin Energy customers.

• Our central phone number for rent and utility assistance for Austin Energy customers is 512-972-5780.

• The central phone number is answered by several staff members and appointments will be set in the order calls are received.

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!

• Late March/Early April at Morris Williams Golf Course for the District Tournament

• Feb 29-Mar 3 Regionals

• 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
• March 7 Wimberly Texan Classic at Wimberly HS 11:15am/3:45p
• March 7 Austin ISD JVA Tournament at LASA 10am/12:15p
• March 7 Austin ISD JVB Tournament at Crockett 10am/12p
• March 8 Wimberly Texan Classic at Wimberly HS 11:15am
• March 8 Austin ISD JVA Tournament at Navarro 2:30pm
• March 8 Austin ISD JVB Tournament at Crockett 2pm
• March 9 Wimberly Texan Classic at Wimberly HS 11:15am/6pm
• March 9 Austin ISD JVA Tournament at Navarro 10am
• March 9 Austin ISD JVB Tournament at Crockett TBD
• March 11 McCallum (VAR) at Garrison 7:30pm
• March 11 JVA at McCallum HS 5pm
• March 11 JVB at McCallum HS 3pm
• March 12 McCallum (VAR) at Garrison 7:30pm
• March 12 McCallum (JVA) at Crockett 5p
• March 12 McCallum (JVB) at Crockett 3pm
• March 19 LASA (VAR) at Nelson 7:30pm
• March 20 LASA (JVA) at Burger 7:30pm
• March 20 LASA (JVB) at Burger 5pm
• March 22 LASA (VAR) at Garrison 5pm
• March 23 LASA (JVA) at LASA HS 11am
• March 26 Navarro (VAR) at Garrison 7:30pm
• March 26 Navarro (JVB) at Garrison 5pm
• March 27 Navarro (JVA) at Nelson 5pm/7:30pm
• March 28 Navarro (JVB) at Navarro Field 5pm

• March 5 Navarro HS at Garrison 5:30/7:00pm
• March 7 AISD JV Tourn. Noack #3 TBA
• March 8 Travis HS at Garrison 5:30/7:00pm
• March 9 Eastside HS at Crockett HS 12:30/2:00pm
• March 19 Valor JV/Northeast Varsity at Garrison 5:30/7:00pm
• March 22 Ann Richards JV at Crockett HS 5:30pm JV
• March 23 LBJ HS at Noack#4 11am
• March 26 McCallum HS at Noack#4 5:30/7:00pm
• March 28 LASA HS at Garrison 5:30/7:00pm
• April 1 Navarro HS at Noack#4 5:30/7:00pm
• April 5 Travis HS at Garrison 5:30/7:00pm
• April 9 Eastside HS at Butler#2 5:30/7:00pm
• April 13 Northeast HS at Noack#3 11:00/12:30pm
• April 16 Valor JV/LBJ Varsity at Garrison 5:30/7:00pm

• Feb 29 & March 1 Akins Tourney
• March 8 Crockett (Coach Knedlik's) Tourney B day
• March 22 Del Valle Tourney B day
• March 27 Del Valle Beginner A day
• March 24 & 25 Wed & Thur District Meet @ TBD

• March 2 SAS Invitational at St. Andrews School
• March 7 AISD Invitational at Burger Stadium
• March 22 South Austin Relays (Bowie) at Burger Stadium
• March 28 Don Holland Cougar Relays at Burger Stadium
• April 2-4 District 26-5AAAA at Burger Stadium
• April 10 Area Qualifiers Meet at Georgetown East View
• April 19-20 Regional Meet at Humble Stadium
• May 2-4 State Meet at UT Austin

March 1 Ann Richards vs Crockett at Burger Annex JVA 6pm VAR 7:30pm

March 5 Crockett at McCallum House Park/Noack 2 JVA Noack #2 6pm House Park VAR 7:45pm

March 8 Northeast vs Crockett at Burger Stadium JVA 6pm VAR 7:30pm

• March 6 Northeast at Noack #1 Nelson JVA 6pm JVB 4:45pm VAR 7:45pm
• March 9 LBJ at Burger Annex JVA 9am JVB 12:30pm VAR 10:45am

Each month, Student Council asks the student body to nominate their favorite teacher for the esteemed honor of being Teacher of the Month. Today Student Council is excited to congratulate our February Teacher of the Month, Ms. Robinson!!

According to her students, Ms. Robinson deserves to be Teacher of the Month because:

• She is amazing and I love her.

• She's awesome and great with communication

• She is the sweetest and most caring teacher in all of the land

• She has always worried, worked hard and makes sure her kids are having the best learning experience. She also always has a big heart for everyone even on her lowest days.

• She's the best and funniest to hang out with.

• She makes learning fun and I can tell she loves teacher her class. She's enthusiastic and very funny!

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. Oropez because she has been really helpful to students and cheers students to do their work and helps students. She always has a smile on her face and puts a smile on other students' faces too.

Coach Davis because she is patient with her students and actually listens to feedback from her students.

Coach Gloria because he the realest one and always checks on his students and athletes.

Profe Krautkraemer because he's a really nice person who always takes time out of his day to help us students do the best we can at school.

Mr. Cruz because they are arguably cooler than any other teacher in this school.

Mr. Tomlinson because he has the best teaching style at Crockett, hands down.

Mr. Irwin because he is a very kindhearted teacher who helps us make our art better.

Mr. Ward because he is a great chemistry teacher and I love his class.

Ms. Dunn because she's an amazing teacher who cares about her students dearly and she's a wonderful adviser for NHS.

Ms. Miller because they work so hard and are a great teacher.

Ms. Hope because she is an amazing mentor and has such an impact.

Mr. Sepulvado because they are the funniest teacher I have. They always find ways to make the class entertaining.

Congratulations, again, to Ms. Robinson and all of our other amazing teacher of the month nominees.

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

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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