Eagle Eye Principal ~ April Maldonado Assistant Principal ~ Donna Burkhardt Eagle Springs Elementary 12500 Will Clayton Parkway ~ Humble, Texas 77346 Main (281) 641-3100; Fax (281) 641-3117; Attendance (281) 641-3103 School Hours: First Bell: 8:00; Tardy Bell: 8:05 Kindergarten Dismissal: 1:50 / Grades 1-5 Dismissal: 3:20 Upcoming Dates: 4th Grade Writing Camp 3/21 Report Cards Go Home 3/23 STAAR Test 3/27 STAAR Test 3/28 — 3/29 PTO Spring Carnival 3/31 Good Friday Holiday 4/6 Student Holiday 4/9 Kindergarten Roundup 4/20 LUNCH MENU 3/20 Turkey Pot Roast or Grilled Cheese 3/21 Chicken Mini Tacos or Chicken Rings 3/22 Pepperoni or Cheese Pizza or Baked Potato w/Cheese 3/23 Hamburger or Cheeseburger or Jala- peno Cheese Dip Cup w/ Nacho Chips 3/26 Chicken Nuggets or Beef Skillet Lasagna 3/27 Vegetable Bean Chili or Southwest Cheese Quesadilla Watch Us SOAR! March 20, 20 12 Issue 27 From the Principal’s Desk… STAAR Testing for 4th & 5th Grade Next Week Next week our 4th and 5th grade students will be taking the STAAR test. The 4th grade will take the STAAR Writing test for 2 days on March 27 and 28. The 5th grade will take the STAAR Math on March 27 and the STAAR Reading on March 28. Tips to help our students be prepared to do their best: Get a good night’s sleep Eat a healthy breakfast Bring two number 2 pencils Provide a positive, encouraging environment at home the morning of the test. We know our students will do a GREAT job! The campus will be CLOSED to all visitors/volunteers and parents on the following scheduled STAAR Testing Dates: March 27, March 28, April 24, 25, 26th. Thank you for your understanding!
STAAR Testing for 4th & 5th Grade Next Week Next week our 4th and 5th grade students will be taking the
STAAR test. The 4th grade will take the STAAR Writing test for 2 days on March 27 and 28. The 5th grade will take the STAAR
Math on March 27 and the STAAR Reading on March 28. Tips to help our students be prepared to do their best:
Get a good night’s sleep
Eat a healthy breakfast
Bring two number 2 pencils
Provide a positive, encouraging environment at home the morning of the test.
We know our students will do a GREAT job!
The campus will be CLOSED to all visitors/volunteers and parents on the following scheduled STAAR Testing Dates: March 27,
March 28, April 24, 25, 26th. Thank you for your understanding!
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The Humble ISD Education Foundation is having their annual gala on Friday,
March 30, 2012. The event will be held at the Humble Civic Center, begin-ning at 6:30 pm. This year's theme is Around the World: An Odyssey in Edu-cation. So get out your favorite international attire and enjoy a delicious buffet dinner, music by Doppelganger, and a silent and live auction. Funds
raised at this event will go back to support Innovative Education grant re-
quests submitted this year by Humble ISD employees. Read more about the exciting auction items available
and to purchase tickets at http://www.humbleisdfoundation.org/Events/gala.asp.
TMS Booster is having a Spirit Night!
Tonight—March 20th-from 5:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.
At Christopher’s
A percentage of your purchase will be given to support the Booster!
Christopher’s is an Italian restaurant located in the shopping center next to Culver’s.
Please tell your friends, neighbors and family!
We look forward to visiting with you on Tuesday and appreciate your support!
PRINCIPAL FOR THE DAY
ESE welcomed Mr. Stephen Long from
Outback Steakhouse as our Principal for
the Day on March 7th.
Mr. Long enjoyed his visit at our campus
as he joined us for the third year!
We sincerely thank Mr. Long and
Outback Steakhouse for their support of
our community and our students!
Eagle Notes...
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Press Release
Two-Way Dual Language Program
You are cordially invited to an informational meeting for students eligible for
Kindergarten in the 2012-2013 school year, regarding Humble ISD’s Two-Way Dual
Language Program, located at Humble Elementary. The Two-Way Dual Language
Program teaches Spanish and English to native and non-native speakers of English in a mixed group setting
through literacy and the core content areas. The Two-Way Dual Language program at Humble Elementary ad-
heres to the 50/50 model which provides 50% of instruction in Spanish and 50% of instruction in English. The
goals of the program are to develop students who are bilingual, bicultural and bi-literate. Entrance criteria ap-
ply for this enrichment program. The informational meeting will be held on Thursday, April 12, 2012 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Humble Elementary, 20252 Fieldtree Humble, Tx. 77338. For further information please
If you have not signed up for your one hour volunteer shift
for the upcoming carnival, look for information in your
child’s Tuesday folder. Please select the time you would
like to volunteer and return it to school as soon as possible.
Proceeds from the carnival go directly back to our school.
OUR success depends on YOUR help!
THANK YOU!!
Congratulations to our Warrior Run Finishers!
Paige Coats, Sam Hamlett, Carrie Romero, and Brandi
White completed the Warrior Dash on March 17th in
Splendora, TX. This race included 3.2 miles of obstacles
including crawling through mud, jumping over fire,
climbing up walls, etc. to benefit St. Jude Children's
Research Hospital.
Shoes were also donated at the race
to benefit those in need.
Way to go ladies!!
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4th Grade Writing Survivor Camp
March 21st—26th
A BIG THANK YOU to all the 4th grade parents that worked many hours and days to decorate
for Writing Survivor Camp!
It looks GREAT!
News from the Nurse’s Office This is the season where our school nurse is seeing lots of kids coming in with allergy symptoms. Here are some helpful tips and common questions to educate
students, staff and parents that may help decrease your
allergen exposure and identify symptoms and treatment.
Seasonal allergic rhinitis, spring allergies, is one of the most common
conditions in the US and affects at least 10% of the people.
Q: My family likes to take spring and summer vacations, traveling by car, what tips are there for aller-gies?
Be prepared to treat or prevent allergy symptoms by having medications available and starting preventa-tive medications before you leave. Close your windows and use the car air conditioner to help keep out pollen and mold spores. Outdoor air pollution can worsen allergy symptoms; to avoid this, plan biking or hiking in the early morning or at night when the air quality is better. Consider asking changing hotel rooms if allergy symptoms worsen as soon as you step in.
Q: How can I find out what the pollen levels are in my area?
The National Allergy Bureau (NAB) has approx. 75 certified pollen counting stations throughout the US; consult their website: www.aaaai.org/nab. The NAB currently provides the most accurate and reliable pollen and mold counts by using air sampling equipment to collect airborne pollen and spores. The city of Houston is the closest pollen counting station in our area. They share pollen counts with the newspaper and TV stations.
Q: When does the spring allergy season end?
Allergy seasons vary significantly. In general terms, early spring is the time for tree pollens. Grass pollen is usually present in the late spring, early summer and weed pollens are present in the late sum-mer and early fall. In the Houston areas, it might last for 10 months.
Around Campus Cont… Library News
Author Willie Claflin will be pre-senting at our school on April 12th. If you are interested in ordering a book for him to sign, please fill out the order form attached to the Eagle Eye and return it to the
library with your payment by March 30, 2012. Only checks will be
accepted made payable to ESE.
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The Carnival is approaching quickly! We are very excited to have so many fun new items to
offer including a rock wall, sandy candy, monkey bouncer, jousting, obstacle course and an
18 foot giant slide! Donations (including cash donations in lieu of basket items) will be
accepted through Friday, March 23rd.
Also, carnival bracelets can be ordered through this Friday as well.
