December 15, 2017
We Can, & We Will Be Somebody Who Makes Everybody Feel Like Somebody at Eanes Elementary!
Dear Eanes Elementary Families,
Thank you for a wonderful week at Eanes Elementary! We have many joys to celebrate this time of year, and we would like to take this time honor and thank our EE Parent Teacher Organization for the joy it brings to our campus. The support, generosity, and kindness we receive from our PTO sustains our faculty and enriches our students' experiences every single day. We could not do it without you, PTO! Just this morning, the funding for two, separate professional development workshops were approved at the PTO meeting, and we're thrilled to share this news and these opportunities with our staff!
We'd like to highlight just a few of the gifts bestowed upon students and staff members this school year alone by our EE PTO:
ALL EE Field Trips...and we've already been on quite a few!!!
4th Grade's Courage to Stand Program
EE Movie Night
Cultural Assemblies like this year's Dowser Dan presentation
EE Live Oak Student Scholarships
EE's special guest, Jesse Ruben
EE Sporting Equipment - Replacement and New Equipment Purchased Annually + Equipment Storage
As you can see, we've benefitted greatly from the generosity and support of our EE PTO. Thank you for helping us to be the very best school that we can be!
We Can, and We Will Be Somebody Who Makes Everybody Feel Like Somebody at Eanes Elementary!
With gratitude,
Lesley Ryan
EE Principal
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Winter Class Parties
December 22, 2017 Schedule
Kindergarten - 8:30 - 9:30 (Classrooms) & 10:00 - 11:00 (Upper Playground)
1st Grade - 10:10 - 10:55 (Classrooms)
2nd Grade - 8:00 - 8:45 (Classrooms)
3rd Grade - 9:00 - 9:45 (Lower Playground)
4th Grade - 8:00 - 8:45 (Lower Playground Recess) & 9:20 - 10:20 (Classrooms)
5th Grade - 8:15 - 9:50 (Cafeteria)
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Third Grade Market Days at EE
What a success we had with this year's Market Day in 3rd Grade! All proceeds raised from the past two days' earnings will go to Austin Pets Alive from the 3rd grade students. Thank you for paying it forward, Mustangs! Below are some photos of our entrepreneurs and of our the parents who came to share their expertise with students on their own entrepreneurial endeavors!
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Artsonia at Eanes Elementary
Benefits of Artsonia
Artsonia, the world's largest online student art museum, offers a free, educational program to schools, teachers and parents. Each year, thousands of art teachers nationwide showcase their students' artwork online at www.artsonia.com.
Founded over 15 years ago, Artsonia has been recognized with the national distinguished service award for outstanding contribution to the arts by the National Art Education Association (NAEA), as well as the distinguished service award by the state art associations in New Jersey, Illinois, Michigan and Colorado.
Benefits of Artsonia
Artsonia, the world's largest online student art museum, offers a free, educational program to schools, teachers and parents. Each year, thousands of art teachers nationwide showcase their students' artwork online at www.artsonia.com.
Founded over 15 years ago, Artsonia has been recognized with the national distinguished service award for outstanding contribution to the arts by the National Art Education Association (NAEA), as well as the distinguished service award by the state art associations in New Jersey, Illinois, Michigan and Colorado.
Benefits of Artsonia
Artsonia, the world's largest online student art museum, offers a free, educational program to schools, teachers and parents. Each year, thousands of art teachers nationwide showcase their students' artwork online at www.artsonia.com.
Founded over 15 years ago, Artsonia has been recognized with the national distinguished service award for outstanding contribution to the arts by the National Art Education Association (NAEA), as well as the distinguished service award by the state art associations in New Jersey, Illinois, Michigan and Colorado.
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Click HERE for the EE Staff Shout Out Link
**We've had over NINETY special messages sent that we've been able to share with staff members so far! Thanks for making our staff members' days with your kind words!!**
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Eanes Education Foundation (EEF) Information
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School Calendar
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Healthy Mustangs
Check out the following link for great ideas for snacks for your young, EE Mustang!
https://snacksafely.com/snacklist-20170906.pdf
EISD has chosen to highlight self-awareness and self-management as our SEL focus for the second nine weeks.
SELF-AWARENESS: “There is an emerging body of research that indicates mindfulness can help children improve their abilities to calm down when they are upset and to make better decisions,” which is being self-aware.
“Establishing a gratitude practice … is a fundamental component of mindfulness.” Teaching kids to be thankful is one way to practice gratitude. “My family does this at dinner when we each share one thing we are thankful for.” The article “8 Ways to Teach Mindfulness to Kids” gives additional strategies on how to teach your child to be mindful.
Daniel Goleman introduces the strategy of using “Breathing Buddies” to help younger children learn how to be mindful: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scqFHGI_nZE
SELF-MANAGEMENT: Self-control or self-management is an important skill for children to learn. “Studies have shown that impulsivity in childhood has been linked to substance abuse, risky sexual behavior, criminal activity and aggression in adolescence and adulthood.” One way to help children learn how to control their impulses is to teach the child how to “think through the problem.” Teach your child how to solve the problem rather than reacting “to a feeling”. “Teaching Kids Self-Control” gives specific strategies parents can use to teach their children how to “learn to be thoughtful and practice restraint.”
EISD Flyers
Get Your Lift Tickets for Winter Camp
Time to secure your lift tickets for fun as Kidventure Camp brings Winter Camp to Eanes Elementary January 2-5, 2018. Camp is being offered on a daily basis and registration is taking place now! To learn more and register, go to www.kidventure.com/winter-camp/
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EANES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
4101 Bee Cave Road, Austin, Texas 78746
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