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BARBARA BUSH ELEMENTARY BOBCATS – March 7, 2018 Houston Independent School District

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MARK YOUR CALENDAR March 9th 8:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. 3rd Grade Field Trip –

Museum of Natural Science

March 12th – 16th

NO SCHOOL SPRING BREAK

March 22nd 8:15 a.m. – 1:45 p.m. Name That Book K-2nd Grade – M.C. Williams

March 26th No Visitors – No Lunch Visitors

3rd, 4th, & 5th Grade – Math STAAR Practice

March 27th No Visitors – No Lunch Visitors

3rd, 4th, & 5th - Reading STAAR Practice

March 28th No Visitors – No Lunch Visitors

5th Grade – Science Practice STAAR

March 28th 9:45 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. 1st Grade Field Trip – Main Street Theater

March 29th 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. K Field Trip – Oil Ranch

March 29th 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Pre- K Egg Hunt – Nature Center

April 2nd 8:00a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Pre-K Lottery Information Session

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HANDBOOK HIGHLIGHTS The entire handbook is available at:

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HISD NEWS! HISD Board of Education Trustees are scheduling meetings in their respective districts to discuss the district’s 2018-2019 budget deficit.

Meetings may also address the difficult choices the district faces regarding improvement required campuses, HB 1842, and SB 1882. Questions from the audience are welcome.

Monday, March 19 at 6:00 p.m.

District VI Town Hall Meeting - Trustee Holly Maria Vilaseca

Revere Middle School

10502 Briar Forest Houston 77042

SPECTACULAR SCIENCE The Spectacular Science Word for the week of March 5th is fossils.

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SHIRTS OF MANY COLORS Wednesday, March 21st all students will begin tie-dying t-shirts in art class. These shirts will be worn for our fabulous Bush Olympiad and Family Picnic on April 13th. All students will need a laundered white t-shirt in order to participate. Please put your student’s name inside the neck of the shirt using a permanent marker. Enclose the shirt in a zip-loc bag in case we need to send it home to dry. Each grade level will be allocated a different color: pre-k – royal blue, kindergarten – sunshine orange, first grade – Kelly green, second grade – red and blue, third grade – yellow and red, fourth grade – blue and fuchsia (neon pink), and fifth grade - any or all of the colors listed. Donations of RIT dye in these colors would be appreciated! The shirts will become part of the dress code starting May 17th . If you are an HISD-approved volunteer, come and help on your child’s art day. However, due to limited space and safety concerns, please do not plan to bring siblings! Please check your child’s ancillary schedule and plan on joining us to tie-dye!

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SPRING IS IN THE AIR Next week is a great time to refresh and recharge in preparation for the final months of the school year. Enjoy time with your friends and families, but still leave a little time each day for learning. All children and adults need to read every day. Don’t forget to practice your math facts so you will not be rusty when you return to school on Monday, March 19. Have a safe and happy spring

break!

PRE- K LOTTERY Ms. Rose will hold a PK Lottery Information session on Monday, April 2, from 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. She will explain the lottery/registration process in detail, hand out the PK registration packets for Bush - zoned students, and share the important PK lottery dates. *All dates are subject to change. *

THANK YOU! We were delighted to see so many of our Bush families

at Movie Night! As Mother Nature blessed us with a wonderful evening, attendance was far higher than pre-sales had indicated. Thank you to all the families for their patience as we waited for more food to be delivered and thank you to all of our volunteers for their hard work!

HUGE thanks to all our sponsors: Hoops School for running the basketball clinic, Autocheck, BB’s cafe, British Swim School, Club Westside, Doody Calls, Elan Briar Forest, Febres Dentistry for Children, The Goddard School, The Goldfish Swim School, HEB Bunkerhill and Westheimer, Heritage Properties, Idea Lab, Joy Knox State Farm, Kumon (Tully & Memorial), Language World Kids, Memorial ER, Russo’s NY Pizzeria, West Houston Orthodontics and West Houston Veterinary Medical Associates.

UIL On Saturday, March 3, more than 30 of our Bush students participated in the second UIL competition of the school year at Waltrip High School. The turnout made HISD UIL history as it was the largest tournament to date – over 1200 students from 46 schools all over HISD participated! Our students did so well that we came in 2ndplace as a school team. Considering we had contestants in only 8 of the 17 categories of competition, 2nd place is absolutely INCREDIBLE! Our students placed in the following categories: Creative Writing: 2nd place – Joaquin Mendoza-Monty 4th place – Holt Nguyen-Lee 6th place - Naomi McKay Oral Reading 2: 1st place – Pravar Bhat 1st place – Manuela Farah Cunha Oral Reading 4: 2nd place – Priya Sekhri Oral Reading 5: 1st place – Avaneesh Parasni 1st place – Rahul Sanklecha Number Sense 3: 1st place – Ronak Hiwale 3rd place – Aidan Xu 4th place – Hrishik Yendluri 1st Place Team Winner: Bush Number Sense 4: 1st place – Allan Xu 5th place – Tisha Patel 6th place – Travis Feng 1st Place Team Winner: Bush Number Sense 5: 3rd place – Pratyush Prakash 4th place – Daniel Chen Mathematics 6: 7th place – Rahul Sanklecha 8th place – Avaneesh Parasnis

Spelling 2: 1st place – Pravar Bhat 7th place – Holt Nguyen-Lee Spelling 3: 1st place – Archit Mirasdar 1st place – Nimesh Ramanujakootam 10th place – Ronak Hiwale 1st Place Team Winner: Bush Spelling 4: 4th place – Tisha Patel Spelling 5: 3rd place – Pratyush Prakash 5th place – Jessica Wang Chess Puzzle 2: 4th place – Vamsi Yadagiri 4th place – Ryan Zhu 9th place – Yash Upadhyay Chess Puzzle 3: 1st place – Nimesh Ramanujakootam 1st place – Ronak Hiwale 7th place – Archit Mirasdar

Chess Puzzle 4: 4th place – Neel Chandalia 7th place – Travis Feng

Chess Puzzle 5: 2nd place – Avaneesh Parasnis 2nd place – Alejandro Rodriguez Medina 8th place – Ashkan Pourjavad 1st Place Team Winner: Bush

Listening: 3rd place – Madison Nguyen 4th place – Abhiram Jyosyula 1st Place Team Winner: Bush

We are so proud of ALL of our Bush UIL participants! Our Creative Writing team members are: Naomi McKay, Joaquin Mendoza-Monty, and Holt Nguyen-Lee. Our Oral Reading team members are: Pravar Bhat, Manuela Farah Cunha, Eliza Smith, Madelaine Coronado, Mary Munk, Priya Sekhri, Madison Nguyen, Avaneesh Parasnis, and Rahul Sanklecha. Our Number Sense team members are: Ronak Hiwale, Aidan Xu, Hrishik Yendluri, Travis Feng, Tisha Patel, Allan Xu, Austin Beaudreau, Daniel Chen, Pratyush Prakash, and Yosuke Tamura. Our Mathematics 6 team members are: Austin Beaudreau, Avaneesh Parasnis, and Rahul Sanklecha. Our Spelling team members are: Ronak Hiwale , Archit Mirasdar, Nimesh Ramanujakootam, Travis Feng, Tisha Patel, Priya Sekhri, Abhiram Jyosyula, Pratyush Prakash, and Jessica Wang. Our Chess Puzzle team members are: Yash Upadhyay, Vamsi Yadagiri, Ryan Zhu, Ronak Hiwale, Archit Mirasdar, Nimesh Ramanujakootam, Neel Chandalia, Travis Feng, Riggs McKay, Avaneesh Parasnis, Ashkan Pourjavad, and Alejandro Rodriguez Medina. Our Listening team members are: David Ajao, Abhiram Jyosyula, and Madison Nguyen.

Congratulations to all these students who represented Bush! Job well done!!

Bush Spirit Events! Place: Crespo Pizza & Italian Grill

1809 Eldridge Pkwy

Date: March 9th -March 11th

Time: 11:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Place: Idea Lab – Parents Night Out

14520 Memorial Drive Suite # 50

Date: March 23rd

BUSH BOBCATS – JOURNEY TO EXCELLENCE - 2017-18 It is the policy of the Houston Independent School District not to discriminate on the basis of age, color, handicap or disability, ancestry, national origin, marital status, race, religion, sex, veteran status, or political affiliation in its educational or employment programs and activities.