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Kingsville ISD C & I Newsletter April Issue 2022

In this issue… 1. Calendar 2. Updates (include UIL Academic Recognitions, Science Fair Recognitions, Spotlight Feature) 3. Elementary Science Fair Timelines 4. GT Timeline 5. Quote of the Month

LET’S MAKE THIS SEMESTER OUR BEST YET! USING THE DISTRICT RESOURCES WITH FIDELITY AND INTENTIONALITY, COUPLED WITH CONSISTENT, EFFECTIVE TEACHER COLLABORATION = TEACHER KNOWLEDGE/ IMPROVED PRACTICE AND STUDENT PROGRESS!!!

CALENDAR: MAR 28-APR 22 STAAR ALT 2 WINDOW MAR 28 - APR 1 GT TESTING FOR GR 1-11 NOMINATED STUDENTS APRIL 1 REPORT CARD DISTRIBUTION MILITARY CHILD MONTH APRIL 4 NATIONAL CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH APRIL 4-8 AUTISM AWARENESS MONTH APRIL 4-29 NATIONAL SCHOOL LIBRARIAN DAY APRIL 5 LIBRARY APPRECIATION WEEK APRIL 5 NATIONAL ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL WEEK APRIL 7 T-TESS SUMMATIVE CONFERENCE WINDOW APRIL 12 STAAR ENG 1 EOC APRIL 12 BOARD WORKSHOP 5:30 P.M. APRIL 13 STAAR ENG 2 EOC APRIL 14 PARENT LIAISON/CIS MEETING APRIL 14 NATIONAL D.E.A.R. DAY APRIL 15 PRINCIPAL MEETING APRIL 18 PSAT - GRADE 10/HMK APRIL 18-29 4.1 IPR GRADES DUE APRIL 19 GOOD FRIDAY/NO SCHOOL APRIL 19 NATIONAL VOLUNTEER WEEK APRIL 19 EOY UNIVERSAL SCREENERS FOR GR. PK-2, GR. 7 APRIL 20 PSAT - 9TH GRADE RECOMMENDED STUDENTS APRIL 21 4.1 IPR DISTRIBUTION APRIL 22 BOARD MEETING 5:30 P.M. APRIL 27 AP MTG 1:30-4:30 P.M. APRIL 27 ITC MTG 8:00-4:00 MAY 2 STAAR ALT 2 WINDOW CLOSES MAY 2 PRINCIPAL MEETING MAY 2 ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONAL DAY MAY 2-6 NEW TEACHER ACADEMY MAY 3 KG DYSLEXIA SCREENER PD VIA ZOOM MAY 3 NATIONAL SCHOOL PRINCIPAL DAY MAY 4 TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK MAY 4 STAAR - ALGEBRA 1 MAY 5 BOARD WORKSHOP 5:30 P.M. MAY 6 STAAR - BIOLOGY MAY 6 NATIONAL INTERPRETER DAY MAY 9-13 STAAR - US HISTORY & GR. 8 SCIENCE MAY 10 STAAR - GR. 8 SOCIAL STUDIES & STAAR MAKE-UP DAY MAY 11 SCHOOL LUNCH HERO DAY MAY 11 SCHOOL NURSES WEEK MAY 11-17 STAAR - GR. 3-8 MATH MAY 12 STAAR - GR. 3-8 READING MAY 13 SCHOOL NURSES DAY MAY 13 POLICE OFFICER APPRECIATION WEEK STAAR - GR. 5 SCIENCE 4.2 IPR GRADES DUE STAAR MAKE-UP DAY

UPDATES: STAAR STAAR test is APPROACHING! English I and English II are during the first week of April and other content/grades are during the first two weeks of May. March 21st professional development allowed teachers an opportunity to review their data and make plans for student progress. Data also represented how students did last year on STAAR compared to STAAR Benchmark was also shared with you. This data is extremely important to determine at this point which students have regressed since last year and which have progressed. Remember that the key to STAAR is ensuring every student makes progress (and that no students regress). Please use this data to make plans to address student progress or lack thereof, conference with students and assist them in setting goals for the STAAR test. I have no doubt that with well laid out plans, ensuring bell to bell instruction and student engagement, working with students (and parents where necessary), and supporting student needs, KISD is destined to make the progress required this year! YOU GOT THIS! FAILURE RATES: The end of the 3rd grading period ended on March 25 and report cards were distributed on April 1. Principals will be receiving number of failure rates per content/per grade level, as well as student names, by content. Principals will be reviewing this information with teachers to determine recommendations for summer school and credit recovery opportunities. More info will be forthcoming on this topic. SUMMER SCHOOL Summer school teacher/para applications have been distributed. Deadline to submit applications is Friday, April 8. Summer School will be held from June 8-29, with a professional development/preparation day scheduled for June 7. CURRICULUM WRITING Curriculum writing has been scheduled from July 11-14 and July 18-21 from 8:00-12:00. We are looking forward to our continued work to improve our pacing guides and curriculum for your use. This summer we are wanting to continue to build on the pacing guides to include resources and assessments to allow for ease of planning and preparation for next year. Curriculum writing applications will be distributed in mid to late April and due no later than the end of April.

UPDATES: (con’t) SPOTLIGHT FEATURE Professional learning communities bring field expertise, current and evolving knowledge, and a collaborative environment proven to bring sustained school improvement. Professional learning communities foster transformative best practices through cooperation, emotional support, personal and professional growth. KISD would like to recognize two professional learning communities who are embracing PLC’s by creating norms, team roles, team agendas and teaming environments leading to high levels of learning for all students and educators. Hat’s Off to the Gillett Middle School Math and ELAR teams. We are inspired by your leadership and motivated by your journey to excellence.

UPDATES: (con’t) SPOTLIGHT FEATURE

UPDATES: CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING FOR PLACING IN THE ACADEMIC UIL COMPETITION ART SMART Name Grade Place William Davis Lovelady 4th 2nd Isaiah Daniel Adame 5th 1st Gianna Gabriel Selby 5th 10th Beatrice Rivera 6th 1st Noah Samuel Ovalle 6th 5th Thomas Lee Martinez 6th 7th 3rd Place Team for 4th Grade: William Davis Lovelady, Mason Spicer, Jaime San Miguel, and Nicholas Kawamura.

UPDATES: CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING FOR PLACING IN THE ACADEMIC UIL COMPETITION CHESS PUZZLE Grade Place Name 2nd 3rd 4th 8th James Casey Lovelady 6th 5th Davian Gutierrez 7th 6th Evelyn Nicole Lovelady 8th 6th David Angel Gonzales 8th 7th Melody Ann Silva Elizabeth Lovelady

UPDATES: CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING FOR PLACING IN THE ACADEMIC UIL COMPETITION CREATIVE WRITING Grade Place 2nd 3rd Name 2nd 4th 2nd 5th James Casey Lovelady 2nd 8th Alyrika Star Adame Olivia L. Silva Grade Place Alexys Denae Walker 5th 5th LISTENING Grade Place Name 5th 6th Zairah Shahnaz Qadri MAPS, GRAPHS, CHARTS Name Yesenia Ibanez

UPDATES: CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING FOR PLACING IN THE ACADEMIC UIL COMPETITION MATHEMATICS Grade Place Name 8th 7th Melody Ann Silva Grade Place 2nd 1st MUSIC MEMORY 2nd 7th Name 2nd 8th 5th 9th Alyrika Star Adame 6th 2nd Kathryn Mila Garcia 6th 9th Alexys Denae Walker Camille Alyna Obregon Beatrice Rivera Thomas Lee Martinez

UPDATES: CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING FOR PLACING IN THE ACADEMIC UIL COMPETITION ORAL READING Grade Place Name 4th 5th 5th 1st William Davis Lovelady 5th 8th Aria Marie Vest Sierra Recio-Perez Grade Place 4th 6th READY WRITING 5th 1st Name 6th 10th Loukas Kayden Mullins Zairah Shahnaz Qadri Juliann Love Barrientos

UPDATES: CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING FOR PLACING IN THE ACADEMIC UIL COMPETITION SCIENCE Grade Place Name 8th 9th Elizabeth Lovelady Grade Place 6th 10th SOCIAL STUDIES Name Grade Place 3rd 9th Arrianna Rose Garcia 4th 10th SPELLING Grade Place Name 2nd 4th Makailee Ray Gonzales Alayna Jade Garza STORYTELLING Name Kylie Renee Sanchez

UPDATES: GR. K-5 SCIENCE FAIR Grade Place Name Project Title K 1st Grace Isabel Longoria It’s Not All That It’s CRACKED Up to Be K 2nd Abegail Faith Pelegrino The Effect of Salt in the Buoyancy of an Egg Legada K 3rd Raiden Cole Alfaro Will An Orange Sink or Float With and Without Its’s Peel 1st 1st Evan Jayden Salinas Spread the Soap, Not the Germs 1st 2nd Brooklyn Mae Polhemus Sink or Float 1st 3rd Minudi Vihasna How Water Depth Affects the Water Pressure Amarsinghe 2nd 1st James Casesy Lovelady Is There Iron in Your Ceral 2nd 2nd Kathryn Mila Garcia Does More Money Buy Better Popcorn? 2nd 3rd Xavier Jackson Burt Perceptions on Flavor Taste, Length of Flavor, Chewiness and Bubble Potential Across Four Popular Gum Brands 3rd 1st Jenna Lee Alaniz Pearly White Teeth 3rd 2nd Avery Rose Moreno Rethink Your Drink 4th 1st Jamie Lee San Miguel Does Mint Actually Cool Things Down 4th 2nd William Davis Lovelady The Effects of Temperature on a Magnet 4th 3rd David Calderon, III How Do Drinks Affect Your Teeth? 5th 1st Jezenya Veronique Avelar Avo-cadabra 5th 2nd Zairah Shahnaz Qadri Potato Electronic Charger 5th 3rd Malachi Darius Ellong Physics of the Rube Goldberg Machine

UPDATES: GR. 6-8 SCIENCE FAIR Grade Place Name Project Title Powerful Produce 6th 1st Micah Nathaniel Trevino The Memory Game 7th 1st Estevan Jordan Salinas Pulse Rate How Does an Egg Float in Saltwater 7th 2nd Natalia Annabella Mulllins Are Fingerprints- Inherited? 7th 3rd Leia Inez Garcia How Does Color Affect Heating by 8th 1st Delilah Nevaeh Trevino Absorption of Light? Light Intensity 8th 2nd Sadie Jo Cortez 8th 3rd Kloie Gabryelle Zavala Coastal Bend Science Fair Grades 6th -8th Grade Grade Place Name Project Title 7th 2nd Estevan Jordan Salinas The Memory Game 8th 3rd Delilah Nevaeh Trevino Are Fingerprints Inherited? Both students advanced to First Round of Texas Science & Engineering Fair at TX A&M College Station Estevan Jordan Salinas received a medal for advancing to Second Round Texas Science & Engineering Fair at TX A&M College Stations

Elementary Science Fair Timeline 2021-2022 Date Event January 24-February 1 Campus Science Fair Information Meeting January 28 (Friday) Information Packet Distribution February 8 (Tuesday) Choose a Testable Question February 10 (Thursday) Research Question February 10 (Thursday) Formulate a Hypothesis February 17 (Thursday) Design the Procedure February 24 (Thursday) Get Final Project Approved (ITC and Teacher) March 10 (Thursday) Carry out Investigation, Collect Data, Make Sense of the Data (Analyze) March 24 (Thursday) Conclusion/Observations/Data March 29 (Tuesday) Virtual Science Board completed March 30 (Wednesday) District Virtual Project Submission Deadline (12:00 noon) March 31 (Thursday) District Virtual Judging April 1 (Friday) Virtual Award Ceremony April 7 (Thursday) Coastal Bend Science Fair Registration Deadline April 23, 2022 (Saturday) Coastal Bend Regional Elementary Science Fair (Virtual)

GT Identification Timeline 2021-2022 Date Event November 8th NNAT3 Assistant Principal Training November 10th NNAT3 Campus Teacher Training November 15-16th NNAT3 Testing Window November 16-17th NNAT3 Scoring Window (30 minutes) November 18th NNAT3 Make-Up November 19th NNAT3 Scored Rosters Deadline November 29th-December 2nd NNAT3 Conversion Scores December 3rd Conversion Score Rosters Due December 6-10 Cut Score Determination December 13th NNAT3 Upload to NWEA January 3rd NNAT3 Upload to NWEA Check January 10th NNAT3 Parent Letter Issued (Stage 2) January 4th-7th NWEA (R/M) Test Session Set-Up January 12th NWEA Asst. Principal Training January 12-14 NWEA Campus Planning January 24th NWEA Online Testing Device Check January 25th-26th NWEA Online Testing Window January 28th NWEA Student Test Rosters February 14th GT Parent Letters (Q/DNQ) February 19th GT Kindergarten Rosters to Teachers March 1st GT Kindergarten Services Begin March 1st GT Nomination Parent Notification Gr. 1-11 March 1st-11th GT Nomination Window Grades 1-11 March 22nd-April 1 GT Testing Grades 1-11

“Student outcomes don’t change until adult behaviors change.” -A.J. Crabill, Texas Education Agency Deputy Commissioner for Governance