Odessa Kilpatrick Elementary @okekoalas April 13, 2016

Thank you to our wonderful

Volunteers. We had so much

fun celebrating you on Monday.

Congratulations to our

Volunteer of the Year nominees,

Elisha Frost-Rivera, Kim

Beidle, Jennifer Hoeferlin, and

Shona Begg.

2016 – 2017 Registration Dates & Times

ALL REGISTRATION TIMES ARE 8:00AM – 12:00PM

(UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED)

NOTE: Parents/author ized adults must first electronically register their child by going to

www.katyisd.org/registration and selecting New Student Registration. This process may be

done from any computer or hand-held device. Parents/authorized adults are also required to go

to the appropriate campus during the dates and times specified below in order to complete the

registration process. Parents who arrive after the scheduled ending time will be asked to return

on the next scheduled registration day to finalize enrollment.

COMMUNITY FLYERS.

This summer, incoming 6th, 7th and 8th grade students, are invited to regis-

ter for the 2nd Annual CTE STEM Maker Camp scheduled for Monday, June

20th – Thursday, June 23rd or Monday, July 18th – Thursday, July 21st from

8:00AM-3:00PM at Cardiff Junior High. The $150 per child fee includes lunch for

all four days and a t-shirt. Transportation is not included and must be provided

by the parent/guardian. Students will rotate through stations to learn and create

in the following categories:

Laser Engraving

Structures

Lathe Turning

Leatherworking

Electronics

Science of Food

Robotics

Registration is available online only via your student’s My Payment Plus ac-

count and opens on Monday, April 18th at 7:00AM. The first 100 completed regis-

trations per session will be accepted and each student may register for only one

session (both sessions cover same content). Payment via My Payments Plus is

due at time of registration and is non-refundable.

Contact Marcia Boggs, Secretary to the Director of Career and Technical Educa-

tion, MarciaABoggs@katyisd.org or at 281-396-2633 with any questions.

CTE STEM MAKER

SUMMER CAMPS

GT Screening for Kindergarteners has been completed.

GT Screening for Grades 1-4 —The GT screening

process is underway for students in grades 1-4.

Testing takes place throughout the Spring Semes-

ter, and final placement notices will be sent home

the first week of June, 2016.

GT Screening for 5th Graders has been completed.

Gifted and Talented Update

Due to testing security, our campus will be closed to all visitors on several days

throughout the school year on testing days. The following days are scheduled

for STAAR testing:

Monday, May 9, 2016 – 3rd and 4th Grade Math, 5th Grade Math Re-test

Tuesday, May 10, 2016 - 3rd and 4th Grade Reading, 5th Grade Reading Re-

test

Wednesday, May 11, 2016 - 5th Grade Science

Thursday, May 12, 2016 - Make-Up Sessions

Friday, May 13, 2016 - Make-Up Sessions

Visitors to the building, volunteers, lunch visitors, and birthday treats will not be

allowed on these scheduled testing dates. Thank you for your patience while we

try to provide optimal testing conditions for our students.

On these “Closed Campus” days, we will NOT have I-Station, FASTT Math, and

Accelerated Reader in the morning before school.

S.T.A.A.R. Testing Dates—Campus Closed

The last day for AR Testing will be Friday, April 22nd.

The last day to check out library books is Friday, May 6th. All library books are due Friday, May 13th.

A librarian from the Cinco Ranch Public Li-brary will be meeting with all students at OKE on Tuesday, May 31st to introduce their summer reading program to our students.

PUBLIC NOTICE A public meeting has been scheduled for Monday, May 2, 2016, at 1:00PM in the Katy Inde-pendent School District Educational Support Complex, Room 1200BCG located at 6301 South Stadium Lane, Katy, Texas regarding the ESEA Title I, Title II, Title III, IDEA B Special Ed-ucation, High School Accelerated Instruction and Carl D. Perkins CTE programs as imple-mented in the 2015-2016 school year and as proposed for 2016-2017 school year. The staff and the public are invited to comment on these programs. A written statement for the rec-ord must accompany all comments made.

Parent Survey (English): https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/7V93ZX2

Parent Survey (Spanish): https://es.surveymonkey.com/r/SXNY9MS

The OKE student council is teaming up with the Texas Chil-

dren’s Hospital to help bring a smile to the patient’s faces.

Student council is looking for donations of the following items:

New books, magazines, playing cards, puzzles, and board

games.

Coloring books and crayons. Crayons must be non-toxic.

Crossword puzzles, dot-to-dots or trivia games.

Craft packets that include pre-made craft supplies that pa-

tients can work on in their rooms. Examples include activity

booklets, door hangers, nametags, or small crafts patients

can complete in their rooms unsupervised.

Play-doh mini

All items must be new for infection control purposes.

No markers, buttons, ribbon, glitter on tray mats.

Items will be collected in the bin in the front office from

April 4th-15th

Odessa Kilpatrick Elementary

26100 Cinco Ranch Blvd.

Phone: 281-237-7600

Fax: 281-644-1570

Outback

Outlook

1st Grade

Reading Restaurant

April 14th

5:00-6:00 p.m.

in classrooms

2nd Grade

Poetry Night

April 14th

5:30 – 6:30 p.m.

in the OLA