Message from Ms. Burke

Dear Team and Family –

Thank you again to everyone who was able to join us for Quarter 1 celebrations on Thursday! It was so awesome to see our scholars being celebrated for their hard work thus far. We are very proud of all of our scholars, and we look forward to even more perfect attendance, honor roll, IA, and College House celebrations in Quarter 2. This Friday, we invite all Academy scholars and families to join us for our Fall Festival. We will be picking pumpkins, decorating them, having a costume contest, games, food and more! It is a great time for us to come together as a Team and Family and just enjoy. We hope all of you will join us We are also hoping to have new spirit shirts on sale during the festival.

Looking forward to a fantastic, Wolf Week!

Fall Festival

This Friday IDEA Walzem will be having our fall festival. We hope to see you all there. We will be having a pumpkin patch with pumpkin decorating, costume contest, bounce houses, food and drinks. Event starts at 5 and ends at 7. We are accepting donations for this event. Special shout out to 2nd grade parent Laura Davila for working with the Director of Operations of Boars head Mr. Brian Shows to get 200 hot dogs donated to our campus. We really appreciate all of your hard work! If you would like to make donations, please feel free to drop them off at the front office or Drop off/pick up line. Thank you all so much!

October 23, 2017

ANTI-Bullying Month

Thank you for participating in our spirit week last week. As this month is Anti-bullying month, please help teach your scholars just how important being respectful and treating people how they would like to be treated. Thank you all for your hard work and dedication to your scholars and our campus.

Red Ribbon Week

This week, Walzem Academy along with campuses across the nation will be celebrating Red Ribbon Week. This is a week where we declare to say NO to drugs. We will be having spirit week this week October 23rd- October 27th.

Monday- Mustache you not to do drugs. (Scholars may wear a fake mustache)

Tuesday- Too smart to do drugs (Nerd day)

Wednesday- Drugs scare me (Wicked sock day)

Thursday- Turn your back on drugs (Backwards day)

Friday- Focused on the future (Career day)

IDEA WALZEM6445 Walzem Road

San Antonio TX 78239(210) 239 - 4600

Items that are not Permitted in School

Fast food bags are not a healthy choice for breakfast or lunch. Please avoid sending your scholar to school with these items. Scholars may also not bring candy, gum or large bags of chips to school. We are working toward a healthy kids’ initiative this year! All Pokémon cards and toys should stay at home and any incentives earned at school must remain away during instructional time.

Wolf Binders

Please be sure to check your scholar’s wolf binder on a DAILY basis. There may be important notes from teachers, you can see how many wolf bucks your scholar earned that day, and there may be something that you need to return to school. The Wolf Binder is key to daily success for your scholar. Please help us reinforce responsibility, organization and safe-keeping!

ADA (Average Daily Attendance)

We’re about to start our 11th week of school and our attendance is already struggling. This week’s attendance was 96.96% which is below IDEA’s goal of 97.5%. Please help us by bringing your child to school every day and on time to ensure your child’s academic success since every minute counts.

AR Testing

Scholars can AR test, in their quest to become Word Masters and Royal Readers, any morning during homeroom. Scholars must first check in with their homeroom teacher. Only scholars are permitted in the AR Zone during this am time. We currently have 66 word masters. Let’s continue to encourage our scholars to have a book in hand and read, read, read! Congratulations to our newest Royal Reader Kaylin Sotello!

Grade Level Class DOJO Winners – Leaders of the Pack!

Please help us congratulate our might kindergarten scholars for winning our DOJO Challenge last week. This means that Monday kinder scholars may wear crazy shoes. They may also wear and their Leaders of the Pack bracelet. Keep up the great work, Kinder!

Halloween Costume for 10-31-17

This year we are excited to have a Walzem Campus theme for Halloween costumes. Your scholar can dress up as a book character (this can include comic book characters). Please make sure that costumes do not have weapons or a mask. There will be so much excitement trying to guess the book characters.

Happy October!!!!

IDEA WALZEM6445 Walzem Road

San Antonio TX 78239(210) 239 - 4600

Star Student & Core Value Winners

Please help us congratulate our 6 Star Students and our 6 core value winners. This week’s core value was Closing the Achievement Gap. These scholars exemplified this core value each day this week by working hard completing their lessons and giving 100% on their IAs. Please continue to encourage your scholars to give their absolute best every day!

Star Student Core ValueKinder Andrew Fields Parker Williams1st Andre Haygood Roman Guerra2nd Nevaeha

SanchezZykiah Gipson

3rd Daniel Hernandez

Janelle Ramirez

4th Sariah Hilbrandt Viviana Sauceda5th Chris Vargas Julain Deleon

CNP

HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU SPEND PACKING YOUR CHILD’S LUNCH?

Too much time and too much money when it can be for FREE!!!We offer whole grains, low-fat and fat-free milk, lean meats, and fresh fruits and vegetables daily! Apples, oranges, pears, strawberries, grapefruit…broccoli, baby carrots, romaine lettuce, cucumbers, etc. We love to serve your child the best of the

best, with fresh fruits and vegetables offered as part of the school lunch which costs you nothing because our lunches are FREE!!!  And remember Breakfast is FREE also. So make sure your child enjoys our great meals. Health Aide Corner

Hi families over the past several weeks we have noticed a trend on why scholars are absent. Stomach viruses & colds are among the leaders of reasons. Please remind your scholars to wash their hands and use hand sanitizer whenever possible. While we can’t help when our scholars get sick we can try and be proactive in preventing illnesses. As we approach Flu season the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) recommends to get the Flu shot by the end of October. Please reach out to your scholars Pediatrician for any questions regarding the Flu and seasonal illnesses.

IDEA WALZEM

6445 Walzem RoadSan Antonio TX 78239

(210) 239 - 4600

IDEA WALZEM6445 Walzem Road

San Antonio TX 78239(210) 239 - 4600