⭐ 11/2/23-11/16/23 ⭐

Book Character Costume Fun:

What We're Learning:

Math: We will use strategies and algorithms, including the standard algorithm, to multiply up to a four-digit number by a one-digit number and to multiply a two-digit number by a two-digit number. Strategies may include mental math, partial products, and the commutative, associative, and distributive properties and solve with fluency one- and two-step problems involving multiplication and division, including interpreting remainders.

RLA: We will begin our unit on children's literature. We will be understanding the elements of drama, figurative language, analyze voice, draw inferences, point of view. In writing we will work on composing a personal narrative using adjectives in the comparative and superlative forms.

Science: We will investigate how forces can influence an object’s motion and explore the effects of force through a descriptive investigation using the scientific method.

Social Studies: We will investigate and discuss what motivated the European explorers to establish settlements in Texas and identify the accomplishments of significant European explorers.

Up Coming EVENTS for LHISD and SRE:

Nov. 2 Grade Level newsletters Sent to Families
Nov. 3 SRE Run Night for Fighting Panther Club!
Nov. 9 PTO Smokey Mo's Spirit Night! 4-8pm
Nov. 9 Santa Rita News Sent to Families
Nov. 10 4th Grade Veteran's Day Performance @8am
Nov. 10 Pre-K-2nd Morning Assembly
Nov. 13 PTO Meeting 6-7pm
Nov. 13 Board Meeting 7-10pm
Nov. 14 SRE Thanksgiving Luncheon!
Nov. 16 Grade Level newsletters Sent to Families
Nov. 17 Morning Assembly 3rd-5th @7:40
Nov. 17 Turkey Trot Pre-K-2nd @8am/3rd-5th @1:40pm
Nov. 20-24 Thanksgiving Break

SRE Fundraiser! (Holiday Catalog)

The Santa Rita Elementary School's fundraiser has started, and we need your help! Funds raised will go towards campus items that are not funded by campus budget such as teacher and staff, conferences, workshops, and professional development opportunities, recess materials, classroom furniture, staff and student celebrations, and so much more! Please make sure to check your child's take home folder for more information.

It's as simple as 1, 2, 3!

Register TONIGHT at www.ShopFund.com
Share custom support links with family & friends via Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Email, Text and more.
Student Goal: Minimum of 5 Online Supporters.

Fundraiser Links:

On behalf of myself and the staff at Santa Rita Elementary School, thank you for doing your part to make our fundraiser a success!

PTO Fundraiser

This is your chance to get your fall family pictures taken AND support SRE PTO!! One of our very own SRE moms is a professional photographer and has offered to do a weekend of photo shoots for us at Brushy Creek Park. She is generously giving 50% back to the PTO. This is perfect timing for your Christmas cards! She will have a Christmas set up as well as pictures without the set up. Reserve your time slot today at the website below.
http://sarahsaiz.pixieset.com/booking

We are still needing volunteers to help make the following campus events a success!

Fall Festival
Thanksgiving Lunches
Skating 101
Turkey Trot

Please click on the links below to sign up today! Please remember that you must complete the LHIS Volunteer background check in advance. Thank you so much for supporting our school!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F044BA9AE2AA75-45643311-thanksgiving

Santa Rita Elementary: Fall Fest Volunteers (signupgenius.com)

Santa Rita Elementary: Skating 101 (signupgenius.com)

Santa Rita Elementary: Turkey Trot (signupgenius.com)

After School Care at SRE!

Need Afterschool care? The Y Afterschool is here to give your kids supervised fun as soon as the school bell rings, till 6:30pm!
In Y Afterschool your child will have the opportunity to participate in programs such as enrichments, crafts, STEM activities, and so much more! A snack is provided for students daily.
Registration is available online.

Ricardo Rios
Site Director | Licensed Child Care
Phone: 512-246-YMCA
rrios@ymcactx.org
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SRE Turkey Trot- November 17th During Specials

Prek-2nd at 8am
3rd-5th at 1:40

Watch D.O.G.S.

WATCH D.O.G.S. Santa Rita Elementary School

@Dads: 3 Steps to Sign Up

1. Background Check: Submit your Liberty Hill ISD Volunteer Application

https://apps.raptortech.com/Apply/MzQ0OmVuLVVT

2. PTO: Complete your Santa Rita Elementary PTO Google Form

https://www.sres-pto.org/membershipform

3. SignUpGenius: Request your Volunteer Day

http://sres-pto.org/volunteer

PTO will send a confirmation email invite

(Check your spam folder)

GT Website

Please check out the link below to view the SRE GT website and learn more information!

https://sites.google.com/libertyhill.txed.net/kids parent support/home

We Need You!

We will have lots of opportunities to get involved this year.

Be a volunteer! Get started by completing the volunteer application online. It must be updated every school year.

Join our PTO! Membership is free. Nowhere else can you get so much for so little! We have the best parent partners ever!! Check out their website for volunteer opportunities, Spirit Nights and more!

Calling all Dads! WatchDOGS is a unique organization that partners the school with male role models. It's an incredible opportunity to volunteer at Santa Rita while getting a sneak peak into your child's school day. It's an experience you won't want to miss, and you will make an big impact on your own child and so many others!

Student Reading Mentors Needed! Enjoy working with children, love reading and want to make a big impact on a child's life? Education Connection is just for you!! Consider investing just 30 minutes a week, and bless the life of a child.

More opportunities to come soon!

Lost and Found

We ask that you to label all lunch boxes, water bottles and jackets. This will help us to get lost items back to your child.

Angel Tree Info

Specials Rotations:

THU.11/2/2023	FRI. 11/3/2023	MON. 11/6/2023	TUE. 11/7/2023	WED. 11/8/2023
PURPLE	SILVER	GOLD	RED	ORANGE
THU. 11/9/2023	FRI. 11/10/2023	MON. 11/13/2023	TUE. 11/14/2023	WED. 11/15/2023
YELLOW	GREEN	BLUE	PURPLE	SILVER

Attendance

Communication is key! We are here to support you.
Our campus attendance goal is 97%
90% attendance or better!
Arrival after 7:40 requires you to check your child in the front office
Please send a doctor’s note when your child is at an appointment
Vacations or traveling to other countries are not considered excused absences
For family loss, excused absences are for the travels days needed the day before, day of services, and day after. All other absences outside of these 3 days is not excused absences.
Truancy Measures initiated: when absent 3 days or parts of days in a 4-week period

Bell Schedule & School Calendar

Doors Open: 7:10
Students eating breakfast will go to the cafeteria.
If not they will go to their grade-level hallway.
1st Bell: 7:25
Students can go to class
Breakfast is still open

Tardy Bell: 7:40
Class begins
Exterior doors close
Breakfast ends
Please arrive on time
Dismissal Bell: 3:00

Helpful Tips

Please do not let tardies become a habit. Our car rider line is running smoothly, and we are eager to start the day off right.
The school encourages families to label their students' items such as water bottles, jackets, lunch boxes, etc. Let's work together to keep our lost & found empty.
Around 3:15, our car rider line will close. After that, students can be picked up at the front office.
If you need to pick up your student, please do not assign them as a walker. We have a car rider line for those picking up.
Continue to follow traffic patterns, staff guidance, and crossing guards.
LHISD Academic Calendar
Parents & guardians, please remember that if your child is not in the building by 7:40am, then your child is considered tardy and must be walked into the building by an adult. We are having students crossing crosswalks unattended and we have students being dropped off on the sidewalk and they don't know their teachers’ names. All SRE staff report to classrooms at 7:40am. After this time, your child is your responsibility due to no available staff supervision.

Families, please check your child's backpack and school items each morning to make sure they have everything that they need. There have been many forgotten items brought to campus after instruction has begun. Here are some tips to support with this:

Have backpacks packed every night
Use sticky notes as reminders
Have students complete an inventory checklist- backpack, snack, water bottle, lunch, etc.
Have your child develop a routine of organizing items to ensure that nothing gets left behind

November Character Trait- Fairness

FAIRNESS
Reasonable, just, and appropriate

Fair does not mean equal, but it does mean that everyone gets what they need or deserve based on circumstances. It’s important that students learn that fairness applies to everyone, but it may not look the same. Students with different ages and abilities may have a school day that looks different, and that’s ok!
Understanding fairness requires children to look beyond themselves and think of others in a positive way. Fairness helps children learn patience, and it lays the foundation for developing empathy.

How parents can help:
Respond calmly to frustrating events, it helps them do the same
Help them learn through rule-based games…play by the rules, wait your turn, and tolerate frustration when it doesn’t go their way!
Allow children to lose and make mistakes
Allow and encourage children to talk about how they feel, and support them with coping skills

November Guidance Lesson

PK-5th grade will be learning and practicing problem solving and understanding the size of the problem.

Important Information:TRANSPORTATION:

If you need to make a transportation change for your student, you MUST e-mail: srestransportationchanges@libertyhill.txed.net, by 1 pm in order to make that change. Teachers will not be able to accept written notes, emails, or phone calls for transportation changes.

Helpful Links:

Santa Rita News

COVID-19 Guidelines

SRE School Website

LHISD District Calendar

Lunch Information and Menus

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SRE 4th Grade News

4th Grade Newsletter 11.2