Walking through the halls, Ms. Castillo keeps an eye on the kids. “We

want to make sure you are safe,” she says. She also helps parents and

teachers. Ms. Castillo is our new assistant principal. She came from Sam

Houston Elementary to Travis Magnet. She enjoys being an assistant

principal because she wants us to be lifelong learners. Her goal is to

learn every student’s name. We like you, we think you’re nice and

we’re excited to have you at Travis. We wish you a great year.

A New Assistant Principal by Mrs. Quinonez’ Class

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Up Coming Events

11/15 6:00 PTA

5TH Grade

11/18 Storytelling Festival

Hat Day for ECISD

Crime Stoppers

11/21-11/25

Thanksgiving Break

The Travis Secretary by Mrs. Quinonez’ Class

Click, clack, click, clack. If you walk into the office, you can

hear Ms. Dominguez doing her work on the computer. She

doesn’t hold a grudge and tries to see your point of view.

She respects people. She carries through Mrs. Taylor’s re-

quests. She does payroll and work orders. She is always

very busy. She feels honored to be at Travis. She’s made a

lot of friends here at school. She takes care of teachers,

and she says she’s pretty lucky. Mrs. Dominguez

I want to stay around kids and

education to help students become

lifelong learners.

Do you know what truancy is? Truancy is

a series of absences that can affect you. Truancy will cause a parent many prob-

lems because there is a truancy Texas law.

It is the Texas Education Code: Section

25.094. Ector County Independent School

District works with Student Assistant Ser-

vices, the district police department and the

Municipal Court to help stop truancy. The

consequences are fines and parents can even

go to jail. If students are not in school, how will they

learn? Truancy will hurt their education.

They will get behind in school and possibly

fail. It will affect their future. If they fail

their classes, they will miss out in sports and

may not get a college degree. There are many ways to improve school at-

tendance. One way schools can help students

get to school is by providing transportation to

everyone. Teachers and parents can motivate

students by encouraging them to go to school

every day. Giving Travis Bucks and attendance

awards will help kids feel good about coming to

school. Teachers can call or make home visits

to discuss why the student has many absences.

Teachers and parents can work together to im-

prove attendance. As you can see truancy is a serious problem.

It can be a problem for parents and the student.

There are ways to improve students’ attend-

ance.

Fifth grade students enjoy being in fifth

grade. They say that they are learning

many things in preparation for the

STAAR test. For example, in math they

are learning area and perimeter. Switch-

ing classes helps them learn different

subjects with all fifth grade teachers. They

say that all fifth grade teachers are nice

and funny. “They make us laugh,” said Brianna. The only thing they dislike is going to

Communications Lab one day a week. Getting along with their classmates makes

school a better place to learn. “Mrs. Taylor and Ms. Castillo lead us in the right direc-

tion by showing everyone respect.” Fifth graders are good role models for everyone

at Travis.

Truancy: A Serious Problem for Everyone by Mrs. Duckworth’s

Fifth Graders on the Right Track by Mrs. Shirley’s Class

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The Mystery Person This person likes to travel and has been all over the states and even drove

to Alaska! She loves Asian food, has had 38 different species of animals and

has seen over 100 bands in concert! She lived in New Orleans for 12

years. Can you guess who this teacher is? Answer on page 4

Winning first place in the fire

prevention poster is a breeze

for some students. Congrat-

ulations!!!

Page 3 Volume 1, Issue 2

Rodrick, in the

Diary of a Wimpy

Kid, pulls a prank

on the first day of

school. He wakes

Greg up at 3:00

a.m. when he’s

changed his clock

from 7:10 a.m. to

3:00 a.m. This

book has a lot of

funny comics, pranks and cool charac-

ters. It will make you laugh!

Students were asked

about their favorite main

dish during Thanksgiving.

Turkey or ham?

Bar Graph: A visual dis-

play used to compare the

data.

What’s Your Favorite?

Annette, Cain, Jorge, Alexia and Mario

Mrs. Quinonez’ Class

I love science because you

sometimes get to do fun

experiments. Travis is also fun because of the teachers.

They are the ones who

make it fun. Here at Travis

we have everything I like.

Mrs. Franco

Phone: 432-456-4291

E-mail: priscilla.franco@ectorcountyisd.

org

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Remembering the first Thanksgiving gives us a

holiday to give thanks, to eat, pray and love. It started with the pilgrims back in 1620 when

the pilgrims traveled on the Mayflower to the new

world. One hundred ten pilgrims were on the

Mayflower. They landed at Plymouth Rock after

65 days of cold and damp weather. The Pilgrims

first winter was very cold and hard. Pilgrims did not have enough food to feed all

of the 102 colonists. They met an Indian named

Samoset who helped them. As a result Native

Americans taught them to plant and fish. Togeth-

er they all celebrated a good harvest. The first

Thanksgiving was a time to give thanks. Later George Washington declared the fourth

Thursday of November a day of giving thanks. To-

day we still do as the Pilgrims and Native Ameri-

cans did on the first Thanksgiving. We eat turkey

and have a big feast with our family and friends.

We give thanks and pray together. Today we play

games and watch football. Remembering the first Thanksgiving helps us

keep in mind the things we should be thankful for

as we eat, pray and love.

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Jokes and Riddles Giving Thanks by Mrs. Shirley’s Class

Benjamin Franklin thought the wild turkey should’ve been the national bird

for the United States. We’re glad he didn’t get his way!

Domestic turkeys are so heavy they are unable to fly.

If you’re far away from a turkey you will hear them gobble up to a mile

away.

People like to eat turkey. The average person eats up to 18 pounds of tur-

key a year.

Thanksgiving is the time when more turkey is eaten. We advise all turkeys

to run and hide!

Fifth Grade Teacher

Ms. Horton

Why do turkeys always gobble?

They never learned good

manners!

Why did the turkey play the drums

in his band?

He already had drumsticks!

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