SGE Family Newsletter

Estimados Padres,

Queríamos hacerles saber que, cuando necesitan ponerse en contacto con la escuela, y no hay ninguna emergencia, vamos a tener a una de las maestras ayudantes que puede hablar español en la oficina entre la 1:35 y las 2:35 p.m. Seguro que puedan llamar en cualquier momento si tiene alguna emergencia y es urgente hablar con el personal de la escuela.

Gracias,

Mrs. O’Hair

Directora de la Escuela Elemental de Shady Grove

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• Jan 31 - No School for Students/Staff Development
  
• Feb 2 - PTO Meeting, 6pm
• Feb 4 - 100 Day Parade, 2:00
• Feb 7-11 School Counselor Week
• Feb 10 - Bilingual/ESL Family Night
• Feb 14 - Valentine's Day Parties (Schedule Below)
• Feb 21 - No School for Students/Staff Development
• Feb 22 - School Bus Driver Appreciation Day
• Feb 24 - 4th Six Weeks Report Cards Post to Family Access

The lost-and-found has grown to be quite a large collection of jackets! Remind your student to check the racks for missing jackets.

Parents planning to attend the Valentine's parties, please plan to swing by the lost-and-found racks to claim your student's lost jacket!

Parents, please write your child's name inside of jackets that are sent to school!

Monday, Feb. 14th

Watch for notes home from your child's teacher regarding specific class party information.

PK 12:00-12:30

K 11:30-12:15

1st 2:15-2:45

2nd 1:15-2:00

UIL Information for 2nd Graders:

Monday: Creative Art Kelley Glidewell 3:25-3:55

Mon & Thurs Chess Puzzles Floyd VanDer Stoep 3:25-3:55

Tuesday Storytelling Cassandra Courtney 3:30-4:00

Wednesday Creative Writing Kelley Glidewell 3:25-3:55

Friday Music Memory Lorraine Bonsall 3:25-4:30

*Parents, please monitor communication from UIL teachers regarding schedule adjustments.

We're happy to recognize six new "Caught with Character" recipients this week! These students were recognized for:

-encouraging another student when he thought no one else was listening with, "It's okay, I know you can do it!"

-showing growth and striving for excellence

-being the classroom cheerleader

-demonstrating patience with classmates

-celebrating classmates' successes

-being a leader in the classroom

Academics + Character = Success

This is what it looks like when "Caught with Character" recipients get to make a positive phone call home from the principal's office! Big smiles and lots of pride!

Kindergarteners in a guided reading group!

Writing about favorite characters from Goldilocks and the Three Bears!

As a reminder, the 10-day COVID isolation rule for students has not changed. The current guidance from the Department of State Health Services (DSHS) is for COVID-positive students to isolate until at least 10 days have passed since symptom onset or testing positive, be fever-free, and other symptoms have improved. Fever-free means for 24 hours without the use of fever suppressing medications (Fever is a temperature of 100° Fahrenheit or higher).

It is possible that the DSHS isolation rule for COVID-positive students may be updated in the near future. Watch your email for news of any updates.

For students who are quarantining due to a household close contact, students must remain at home 10 days past the last day of exposure to the infected person. The 10 day rule for close contacts does not apply if: the student was vaccinated, the student has had COVID in the last 90 days, or the student receives a negative PCR after discontinuing exposure to the infected person.

You may review the District's COVID protocols, access the BCISD Self-Reporting form, and view the BCISD COVID-19 Case Dashboard by clicking the button below.

Is your child celebrating a birthday? Feel free to send individually wrapped birthday treats for your child's class. The teacher will serve them at an appropriate time according to each class's end-of-day schedule.

Please keep in mind the "individually wrapped" condition when planning the treat to send with your student. Individually wrapped treats minimize exposure to extra handling.

It's also a great time to review drop-off / pick-up procedures:

-When dropping students off in the car line, please ensure your child is on the sidewalk before pulling forward.

-Are you parking on Harvey St. by the grove of trees to drop-off in the morning? If so, please walk your child to a staff member in the front of the building rather than sending him/her to walk alone. Please also avoid blocking residential driveways and bus traffic.

-All students should enter the building at the front entry. The only students entering from the back of the building should be bus riders.

-As a reminder, cars must remain in a single file line on County Road 200. Once in the school's driveway, cars may merge into the appropriate PK/K or 1st/2nd grade lane. (We have observed that some cars are driving past the line of cars on CR 200, turning into the fire lane, and then cutting into their lane in front of all of the cars who are following the appropriate car line procedures. Be kind in line!)

-No in-person pick-up after 3:00pm until the car line is finished. As we work to dismiss our students in a timely and orderly fashion, we must keep the front entry/exit doors uncrowded. As a result, parents needing to check their students out must do so before 3:00pm or after the car line is finished.

Other general reminders:

-Help us keep the line moving as quickly and safely as possible by staying in your car, seating your student on the right side of the vehicle, and giving goodbye hugs and kisses before the drop-off line!

How do I request a change in transportation?

• Submit an email on the same day as the transportation change request by 1:30pm to: sge-transportation@burnetcisd.net
• Include the following details in the email:

-student's full name

-student's grade level

-student's homeroom teacher

-the transportation change you want made for today (bus to car, car to bus, etc)

In order to ensure a smooth dismissal process for all students, requests made after 1:30pm will not be processed. Notes, phone calls, text messages and emails sent to any other email will not be processed.

We are happy to announce that because of the continued decline in COVID case numbers, parents are once again permitted to visit Burnet CISD elementary campuses for lunch. Visitors will continue to be restricted during breakfast time so that the instructional day can begin without any delays.

Please read the following important information carefully prior to visiting during lunch beginning December 1st:

• Because of previous visitor restrictions, we realize there may be a high demand to come for lunch, especially in the first few weeks. Large number of visitors will cause a delay of the check-in process at front offices. You can help by having your ID ready when going through the check-in process.

• Visitor seating is limited, and we request parents limit their lunch visits to no more than one time a week. If we are unable to safely and efficiently accommodate the demand of lunch time visitors, we may need to implement protocols such as assigned days by alpha or a pre-registration system.

• Because of supply chain issues in the food service industry, any visitors for lunch must bring their own food to ensure that we can reliably feed all students.

• Only those individuals listed as an emergency contact for a child are permitted to visit for lunch.

• A separate table will be designated for lunch visitors and their student. Friends of the child being visited are not permitted to join. Outside food may not be shared with friends of the student.

• Lunch visitors are permitted in the cafeteria.

• Please be respectful of the student’s instructional schedule. The student should return to the classroom with his/her classmates when the lunch time ends.

The health of the community is a driving piece in the ability to keep the campus open to visitors. As stated in the BCISD Return to In-Person Instruction and Continuity of Services plan, the District DOES expect each individual to screen himself/herself prior to arriving on BCISD property. An individual with symptoms of a contagious illness should remain home.

Click the link to read the complete document.

BCISD Return to In-Person Instruction and Continuity of Services

7:15am Office Opens

7:15am Student Drop Off/Breakfast

7:40am School Begins

7:45am Tardy Bell

9:00am Students not in attendance are marked absent

1:30pm Transportation changes due, please email: sge-transportation@burnetcisd.net

3:20pm Student Dismissal

4:00pm Office/School Closes

Email: sge-transportation@burnetcisd.net
Website: https://sge.burnetcisd.net/
Location: 111 Shady Grove Road, Burnet, TX, USA
Phone: 512-756-2126
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ShadyGroveBurnet

2nd graders follow along with the music and visuals as they play their instruments!

PTO volunteers served teachers with tea, coffee, and pretzels with cheese on Friday!