TOPS Elementary School Newsletter

Check out this three minute video where Philip shows Mrs. Watt some of his favorite learning spaces. This is a great reminder that students can work from almost anywhere as long as they have internet, their computer, headset, and a quiet area free of distractions.

I'd love for students to share a picture of them in their favorite learning environment. Snap a pic and send it to bwatt@texasonlineprep.org

-Mrs. Blanda Watt

September 14: In-Person Park Outing 10am-12pm

September 14: Virtual Outing 10am-11pm

September 17: Student Holiday/Staff Work Day

We have our first K12 TEXAS outing for 2018-2019 school year. We would love for you to take this opportunity to meet staff and other K12 students and families in your communities. “Back to School Park Day/Park Clean Up” Friday, September 14th 10am-12pm. This event is open to all students and families. Please click on the link below for details, and choose a location near you.

Teachers will only send out mass communications on Tuesdays and Fridays. Any other important messages should be posted in the weekly grade level newsletter.

Returning Voicemails and Emails

Our teachers are teaching classes and planning lessons and are not always able to answer your phone call or return your emails right away. Our school day is from 8:30am-4:00pm. Please make note of this friendly reminder from our School Handbook: Teachers will respond to student and parent emails within 24 hours of receipt. Note: This does not include after-hours, holidays, testing days, or weekends.

• Examples of return-email: “Parent emails at 7 pm on Monday. Teacher returns at 9 am on Wednesday.” This is permissible because the teacher would not receive email until Tuesday morning at 9 am.

Blanda Watt graduated from Wayland Baptist University with a bachelor’s degree in Spanish and religion. She completed her master’s in educational leadership with Lamar University in 2011. Blanda began her educational career at a private school in Fort Worth where she had the opportunity to teach students in PK through 12th grade and eventually served as elementary principal. In 2013, Blanda joined the K12 team as a high school English teacher and later became the ELA department chair. Blanda became the TOPS elementary school principal in September of 2017. She and her husband, Michael, live in a small town in west Texas with their four boys and two pet prairie dogs. Blanda enjoys completing jigsaw puzzles, binge watching Netflix, cooking, and dreaming on Pinterest.

Email: bwatt@texasonlineprep.org
Website: tops.k12.com/
Location: 1955 Lakeway Drive, Lewisville, TX, United States
Phone: 682.593.1514
Twitter: @TOPSMrsWatt