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SUNDAY, JANUARY 20, 2013 UVALDE LEADER-NEWS 19UCISD NEWSDALTONTAMRA WASHTamra Wash’s class hasbeen very busy. Manyexciting events and lessonshave been presented.The classroom themethis month is “AwesomeAnimals.” Students arelearning the differencesbetween wild, zoo andfarm animals. Studentshave learned names ofunusual animals and differentways of sortingthe animals, for examplefeathers, stripes, hornsand spots.They are also studyinglife cycles of differentanimals such as butterfliesand frogs, and namesof different insects. Theyare learning songs like“Five Little Monkeys,”“Five Green and SpeckledFrogs” and “Little BunnyFoo Foo.”Some upcoming eventsfor Dalton are group pictureson Jan. 29 and StorybookTheater on Jan. 30.ANTHONNORA POLLARDAnthon ElementarySchool staff reminds parentsto be aware of thecold weather and howtheir children are dressed.Please be sure they havewarm clothing and thattheir names are on coats,jackets and other outerwear.Parents are asked tomake sure the school officehas current emergencycontact information. Thisis especially importantwhen children get sickat school and need to bepicked up by a parent.Please do not drop offchildren before 7:15 a.m.as there are no teachersor staff on duty until thattime. Their safety is ourbiggest concern.The second-grade classesof Kristan DeCock, IrmaGatica, Alfred Lopez, LizzetteMcClerry, RoxanneMiller, Sylvia Muñoz andSandra Silva are happyto be back at school andready to start the newyear. The teachers want towelcome all their studentsback.The students have beenbusy writing New Year’sresolutions and will trackthe progress of those resolutions.In reading studentshave been reading informativetext and writingdown facts and questionsthey locate in their informationaltext. They haveread books about MartinLuther King to locateimportant information.Muñoz’s studentsread the story “PenguinChicks” and wrote importantfacts about penguinsand Antarctica.In math second-gradershave been studyingmultiplication using reallifeexperiences to formgroups and work problems.To go with their studyin science about weather,clouds, wind and otherweather elements, studentshave been takingturns as meteorologists bygiving the weather reportover the public announcementsystem to the wholeschool each morning.In social studies they arelearning about inventionsand how they have affectedpeople and communities.Patricia Trevino’s class,Lisa Alegria’s third gradeand Kathy Cortez’s fourthgrade.Velma Moreno is theLions Club Teacher of theMonth. We are very proudand honored to be her colleagues.She loves teachingstudents to become independent,confident andsuccessful readers.Our featured grade levelthis week is first grade.They are working onauthor’s purpose and mainidea in reading.If you need to know whattime it is just ask a firstgraderbecause they arelearning to tell time to thehour and half hour. Theyare learning this skill byusing analog and digitalclocks.Weather is the focusof science. Students arestudying weather patternsusing data compiled over aone-week period. They areenjoying learning aboutlandforms in social studies.Parents are remindedthat first-grade tutoringends at 4 and studentsneed to be picked uppromptly.All parents of Bensonstudents are asked to makesure they have read andunderstand the BensonElementary AttendancePolicy. A form was senthome Jan. 7 for the policythat took effect Jan. 9.As you know, we havehad a very cold week inUvalde. If your child ismissing a coat, please visitthe stage in the cafeteriawhere all lost clothing isplaced.The Uvalde CountyJunior Livestock Show willbe Thursday and Friday,Jan. 24-25. The entire communityis invited to attend.There are events happeningall day and evening onboth Thursday and Friday.Dr. roy ramirez, DCMargie, Cookie and Dr. Roy Ramirez• Auto, Work & Sports Injuries• Massage Therapy• Acupuncture119 E. Leona • Uvalde(830) 278-4880Most Insurance plus BCBSaccepted.HEY SENIORSOpen Tues. to Fri.10 a.m. - 5 p.m.The children participatingwould love your support.ROBBTHE FOLLOWING was written by thirdgradersZachary Martinez and Cruz Gonzales.There are many excitingthings are happeningin Mrs. Irma Garcia’sclass this week. We learnedabout procedural textand how they are usedin every day life. We gotto see examples of recipes,instruction manuals,and different examples ofdirections. We also hadto write our own, “howto” paper in class. For afinal project, we followeda recipe for grilled cheesesandwiches. They weredelicious! Additionally, welearned about slow landchanges caused by weatheringand erosion, andthe solar system. We willbe doing a project of thesolar system that is due bythe end of January. Parentsbe on the look out fornotes sent home with moredetails.For the first time ever 3rdand 4th graders will havea Student Council election.Students who meetcriteria, will campaign toget their peers to vote forthem. Teachers and staffwill also chose remainingcandidates to be on the StudentCouncil. We can’t waitto see how it works andwho is elected! Best of luck3rd and 4th grade! Also,parents be sure to sendyour child with HEB bagsso we can recycle them.Student will be takingCommon Assessments(CA’s) next week on allsubjects. Please make sureyour child is present everyday so that they receive theinstruction needed to besuccessful! We at Robb Elementarylive by the mottoLIVE. LEARN. LOVE.LEAD!IT’S NOTTOO LATEYearbook deadlineis January 29.Call today for anappointment!(Pre-paid appointments only)Specific Saturdays areavailableUvalde Photo“Uvalde’s Complete Photography Studio”900 N. GETTY STREET, UVALDE • 278-6493 • 800-281-2990FLORESTHE FOLLOWING was written bysixth-graders Delaney Kolb, Jennifer Soliz,and Samantha Zamarripa with additionalreporting by Austin Atkinson, Charles Jefferyand Tori Villarreal.This week at FloresElementary we are discussinghabit 7, synergize.Synergize means to worktogether. For example, ifyou are on a soccer teamand you are NOT workingtogether, the chancesare you are going to lose.If your team IS workingtogether then thechances are you are goingto win. Working togetheris important, and checkback next week for habit1 again.On January 26, 2013,the U.I.L. students will becompeting against Pleasanton.The only exceptionis the students in writingU.I.L. events because theyjust send in their storiesthat they have alreadywritten. We will be travelingto Pleasanton to compete.Please be at schoolwhen you are told to bethere. If you have anyquestions please contactMrs. Eddy, the sciencelab activity teacher. GoodLuck!Everyday after schoolthere will be intramurals.Intramurals are asport played after schoolat Flores Elementary for5th and 6th graders. Thefirst sport was basketballand the sport playingright now is soccer. Thesport will change a couplemore times. This is from 4p.m. -5:30 p.m. It is importantthat you pick up yourchildren before 5:30 p.m.in the Gym. This is a funsport that everyone canplay, have fun!✞✞UCISD preparesfor assessmenttests in MarchStudents of UvaldeConsolidated IndependentSchool District areworking to prepare forstate assessments scheduledto begin in March.Texas Assessment ofKnowledge and Skillsexit-level retest examsfor English languagearts, math, science andsocial studies will beadministered March 4-7,and the Texas EnglishLanguage ProficiencyAssessment in listening,speaking, reading andwriting for kindergartenthrough 12 th -graderswill be given March 18through April 10.The State of TexasAssessment of AcademicReadiness modifiedEnglish I writingand English III writingwill be administeredon April 1. On April 3,fourth-, fifth-, seventhandeighth-graders willtake the modified Stateof Texas Assessments ofAcademic Readiness, orSTAAR, tests in EnglishI reading, writing andmath. The modified EnglishII reading exam willbe given on April 4.On April 22, the TAKSexit level English languagearts retest will beadministered. April 23-25the STAAR modifiedmath, reading,scienceand social studies exitlevelexams and retestexams will be administered.May 6-17 the STAARmodified assessmentexams will be administeredfor algebra I,geometry, algebra II,biology, chemistry, physics,world geography,world history and U.SHistory.Retesting on STAARexams for math, socialstudies, science, reading,English and writing I,IIand III will be administeredin May, June andJuly.THANK YOUOur heartfelt thanks to all whoextended comforting sympathy,prayers and help in our recent sorrow.For the beautiful service, floralofferings, food, cards and other kindnesses,we are deeply grateful. MayGod Bless you.The family of Juan Ruiz Lara ✞✞BENSONTRACEY DALRYMPLEThe classes with perfectattendance for the week ofJan. 7-11 were Viola Trevino’sfirst grade, MarlainaCrossan’s second grade,