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Principal’s Minute Dragon Details APRIL 2015 WALNUT GROVE ELEMENTARY WGES CALENDAR APRIL 2015 K Packets Available 04/01 4 th STAAR Make Up Day 04/01— 04/02 We have School!! 04/03 PTO Exec 04/03 Easter Sunday 04/05 Board Mtg 04/06 K Packets Due 04/09 All Pro Dads 04/10 PTO Gen Mtg 04/10 Fundraiser Sleepover 04/10 Nat’l Library Week 04/12— 04/18 Nat’l School Librarian Day 04/14 CiCi’s Night 04/20 Volunteer Week 04/20— 04/24 Board Meeng 04/20 STAAR Math - 3 rd & 4 th 04/21 STAAR Reading - 3 rd & 4 th 04/22 Earth Day & Secretaries Day 04/22 STAAR Make Up Days 04/23-24 K Round-Up/Parent Info—6p 04/23 1st Grade Field Trip – FW Zoo 04/24 Teacher Appreciaon Week 04/27— 05/01 Reading CBA-2 nd 04/23 Volunteer Recepon 04/28 Talent Show Dress Rehearsal 04/28 High Tech High Touch—4 th 04/29 Math CBA—2 nd 04/29 Wring CBA—2 nd 04/30 Scholasc Report Finds Reading Aloud to Children Has Lasng Impact Recent findings from Scholasc’s “Kids and Family Reading Report “ show that reading aloud to children through elementary school has lasng benefits. According to the report, 41 percent of frequent readers ages 6-10 were read aloud to at home, while only 13 percent of infrequent readers were being read to. Other results showed that: For children ages 6-11, addional factors that predict reading frequency involve reading aloud specific characteriscs kids want in books and spending less me online using a computer. Nine in 10 parents (91 percent) say their children are read books aloud at home before age 6, primarily to develop vocabulary and language skills and to foster reading enjoyment. Nearly one in four parents of children ages 6-17 (23 percent) stopped reading aloud to their children before age 9, most oſten cing reasons related to their child reading independently. Six in 10 parents with children ages 0-5 (60 percent) received advice that children should be read aloud to from birth; however, just under half of parents in the lowest-income households (47 percent) received this advice vs 74 percent in the highest income house- holds. Please take a moment to review the Reading Tips on pages 3-6. Have a great April, Dr. Betty McIlvain, Principal Happy Retirement! Debra Alberni, beloved WGES Librarian, has announced her rerement, effecve May 31 st . We wish her all the best! Teacher of the Year WGES is proud to announce Barbara Boss, outstanding 1 st grade teacher, as our Teacher of the Year! WGES Night at Dragon Varsity Baseball Join us at the Varsity Baseball game on April 3 rd . WGES’s own Sydney Fraser (4th grade) will sing the Naonal Anthem and AJ Paon (1st grade) will be the Bat Boy. Come on out for a fun night at the ball park! Kindergarten Round Up is coming! April 23 rd at 6pm WGES Cafeteria Kinder packets available on-line April 1 st and due back to campus on April 9 th .
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Principal’s Minute
Dragon Details A P R I L 2 0 1 5 W A L N U T G R O V E E L E M E N T A R Y
WGES CALENDAR APRIL 2015
K Packets Available 04/01
4th STAAR Make Up
Day
04/01—
04/02
We have School!! 04/03
PTO Exec 04/03
Easter Sunday 04/05
Board Mtg 04/06
K Packets Due 04/09
All Pro Dads 04/10
PTO Gen Mtg 04/10
Fundraiser Sleepover 04/10
Nat’l Library Week 04/12—
04/18
Nat’l School Librarian
Day
04/14
CiCi’s Night 04/20
Volunteer Week 04/20—
04/24
Board Meeting 04/20
STAAR Math - 3rd & 4th
04/21
STAAR Reading - 3rd & 4th
04/22
Earth Day & Secretaries Day
04/22
STAAR Make Up Days 04/23-24
K Round-Up/Parent
Info—6p
04/23
1st Grade Field Trip –FW Zoo
04/24
Teacher Appreciation
Week
04/27—
05/01
Reading CBA-2nd 04/23
Volunteer Reception 04/28
Talent Show Dress
Rehearsal
04/28
High Tech High
Touch—4th
04/29
Math CBA—2nd 04/29
Writing CBA—2nd 04/30
Scholastic Report Finds Reading Aloud to Children Has Lasting Impact
Recent findings from Scholastic’s “Kids and Family Reading Report “ show that reading aloud to children through elementary school has
lasting benefits. According to the report, 41 percent of frequent readers ages 6-10 were read aloud to at home, while only 13 percent of
infrequent readers were being read to. Other results showed that:
For children ages 6-11, additional factors that predict reading frequency involve reading aloud specific characteristics kids want in
books and spending less time online using a computer.
Nine in 10 parents (91 percent) say their children are read books aloud at home before age 6, primarily to develop vocabulary and
language skills and to foster reading enjoyment.
Nearly one in four parents of children ages 6-17 (23 percent) stopped reading aloud to their children before age 9, most often
citing reasons related to their child reading independently.
Six in 10 parents with children ages 0-5 (60 percent) received advice that children should be read aloud to from birth; however, just
under half of parents in the lowest-income households (47 percent) received this advice vs 74 percent in the highest income house-
holds.
Please take a moment to review the Reading Tips on pages 3-6.
Have a great April,
Dr. Betty McIlvain, Principal
Happy Retirement!
Debra Albertini, beloved WGES Librarian,
has announced her retirement, effective
May 31st. We wish her all the best!
Teacher of the Year
WGES is proud to announce Barbara
Boss, outstanding 1st grade teacher,
as our Teacher of the Year!
WGES Night at Dragon Varsity Baseball
Join us at the Varsity Baseball game on April 3rd. WGES’s own Sydney Fraser (4th grade) will sing the National Anthem and AJ Patton (1st grade) will be the Bat Boy.
Come on out for a fun night at the ball park!
Kindergarten Round Up is coming!
April 23rd at 6pm
WGES Cafeteria
Kinder packets available on-line April 1st and
due back to campus on April 9th.
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Odyssey of the Mind News
It was another exciting year for Southlake Carroll’s Odyssey of the Mind Teams! This year’s tourna-ment hosted 68 teams from across North Texas, one of five regions holding tournaments. The top 4 teams in each problem and division advance to the State Tournament, held in Houston on April 11th. A record 19 teams will be advancing from CISD! Nine of our advancing teams earned First Place in their Problem/Division. We are proud of the hard work and creativity displayed by all 23 SC teams, these kids (and their coaches) worked hard on their solutions and it showed. We are so thankful for the support we get from our school district. Congratulations to all the participants, especially our WGES students!
Vehicular Problem 1 Division 1 Third Place WGES Coach: Hal Ungar Students: Keshav Darnule, Derek DeSoyza, Chahak Goswami, Julia Ungar,
Jackson Wang Classics Problem 1 Division 1 First Place WGES Coach: Shelli Nickel Students: Payton Nickel, Bella Khazzam, Sophia Abiodun
Cook Children’s Bunny & Bear Drive
Walnut Grove Elementary collected a
record-breaking 183 bunnies and bears
this year! Congratulations to Carys Henry,
WGES Bunny & Bear Ambassador, for all
her hard work!
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