Puster Elementary Principal Message
March 21, 2019
Next week begins our KG roundup. We use this week to get as many kindergarten students registered for the upcoming school year as possible so we can determine how many staff members will be needed. In the event we need to add a teacher, it is always best to hire that person before we get to the summer. If you know of any families who will have kindergarten age students in the 2019-2020 school year, please encourage them to register next week.                             
 
Have a great weekend.

 Pride in Puster
Kevin
Dates to Remember

March 21 – 3 rd Grade Fold Dancing @ 6:00 pm
March 22 – Mother Son PTA Event @ Heard Museum 6:00 pm
March 25 – 29 - Kindergarten Roundup
March 25 – Choir and Chess
March 26 – Engineering K-1 and Spanish
March 27 – Starbooks Café 7:30 am
March 27 – Engineering 2-4
March 29 – 4 th Grade Field Trip to Austin
April 1 - PTA Board Meeting
April 1 - UIL - Spelling and Creative Writing
April 1 - Choir and Chess
April 2 - Spring Pictures - (Rescheduled from March 28)
 April 2 - Engineering K-1 and Spanish
April 3 - Engineering 2-4
April 5 - Puster Pride Assembly
April 5 - UIL - All Events at Hart Elementary
April 8 - Choir and Chess
April 9 - 1st Grade Field Trip
April 9 - STAAR - 4th Grade Writing
April 9 - Engineering K-1 and Spanish
April 10 - Engineering 2-4
April 19 - Holiday
Foundation for Lovejoy Schools
Ladies Night Out
Tickets go on sale on March 5 at 10:00 AM. Click here for the reservation page and here for the Foundation’s website.
Puster News
Benchmark Testing will be next Monday and Tuesday. Please see the table below for schedule changes.
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Engineering for Kids Grades 2-4
Kindergarten Round-Up

Kindergarten Roundup  is a registration opportunityfor parents of kindergarten age students for the 2018-2019 school year. i f you have a child who will be 5 years of age on or before September 1, 2018 please plan to attend this come and go event.
 
 
DOCUMENTS REQUIRED FOR STUDENT REGISTRATION:
 
Completed Enrollment Forms- we will have hard copies at our campus or they can be found at:  www.lovejoyisd.net , click on Parents/Parent Resources/Enrollment & Registration/New Student Registration Requirements and Forms
 
Copy of original birth certificate
Copy of Social Security Card
Current Copy of Immunization Record
  
Proof of Residency:
 
Copy of Driver License
Copy of current utility bill
Copy of current rental agreement

If building or purchasing a home in the district please contact Stacey_Dillon@lovejoyisd.net
469-742-8003
  *Only complete packets will be accepted*

Kindergarten Round-Up is a parent event only. Students and parents will be invited to the school in May for a Kindergarten Sneak Peek.
 
We Look Forward to Meeting You
Puster Elementary
An Important Message from the School Nurse
Cold and flu season is in FULL swing! Please remember to follow these guidelines set by the Texas Administrative Code: 
  • Cold and flu symptoms: PLEASE keep your student home until they are symptom free! 
  • Temperature of 100.0 degrees or more: Student must be fever free for 24 hours, without medication, before returning to school.
  • Vomiting or Diarrhea: student must be symptom free form 24 hours, without medication, before returning to school.
New Security Procedures
Driver's License must be presented and scanned with every visit and student sign out, no exceptions.

Absences
If your child is going to be absent please e-mail Kendra Card at:

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Yearbook Sales!
Order your yearbook today! The cost is $25 through Feb. 10. Starting Feb. 11 the price will increase to $30. Yearbooks sales end April 3. Go to this link to order your yearbook:

https://www.jostens.com/apps/store/customer/1792372/Robert-L-Puster-Elementary-School/

Watch D.O.G.S. 2.0 "Another Year, Another 100"
Take a day or ½ day to be a hero for your child. Get your picture on the Puster Watch D.O.G.S. wall with your child.

Signup below for your day. Let’s see how fast we can fill this up.

What is WATCH D.O.G.S. and how do you participate?

Watch D.O.G.S. is a program that helps bring dads and other male role models into our school. Dad's spend a day with their child at school and get to interact alongside the teachers, help with carpool, monitor hallways, help out in the classroom, help with specials...the possibilities are endless.
Have you completed the districts background check?

Lovejoy ISD Volunteer process for the 2018-2019 school year is not yet open. Should be soon.
Each Watch D.O.G. dad is encouraged to wear a Watch D.O.G.S. T-shirt on the day he is volunteering at the school. Your child/children may also want a "My Hero" shirt to wear that day too. Below is the link to purchase your t-shirts. Watch D.O.G. t-shirts are not required but it's encouraged.

Here is the link to purchase your t-shirts:




If you have any questions you can contact Henri Friloux at  henri.friloux@gmail.com  or 972-365-5478.
Puster Fine Arts News
3rd Grade Folk Dancing - Thursday, March 21st 6PM
Save the date for the annual 3rd grade folk dancing night! All 3rd graders will demonstrate folk dances from around the world and audience participation is encouraged. 3rd grade parents can access the online permission form  HERE .  

Puster "Night of the Arts" - Thursday, April 25th 6PM
Save the date for a celebration of the visual and performing arts at Puster. Mr. "R" and Ms. Tracy will be working to prepare artwork and a special choir concert. Please direct questions to  Anne_Tracy@lovejoyisd.net
Library Lowdown
Book Fair Update
Thank you to our volunteers and patrons of the Spring Book Fair! Book fairs are fantastic fundraisers for our library collection and programs. We are able to take a portion of the proceeds and buy new books for our shelves. Mrs. Peabody is working diligently to process over 150 new books selected from the fair. Additionally, we use some of the profits to fund the purchase of award winning titles from the annual Texas 2x2 and Bluebonnet lists. After book purchases are made, any remaining funds are dedicated to the makerspace. We appreciate your support of the book fair and want you to know that your purchases not only enrich your home libraries but also have a direct and immediate impact in our library.

We will have one more fair this year-- the BOGO book fair! Scholastic has kindly offered to provide a Buy One Get One free fair in May so that our students can stock up for summer reading. We don't earn proceeds for the library from the BOGO fair, but we are thrilled to have kids walk into summer with books they are excited to read. More information coming soon about this fair and our summer reading program!

Harmony Grove
The Puster community donated nearly $500 in cash and change for Harmony Grove. We used this money to buy some of the most popular titles from our fair for the 4th, 5th, and 6th grade library at HGSD. We were also able to send some additional materials that have been weeded from our library. We weed books for various reasons, including condition, age, content relevancy, and multiple copies of titles. We boxed up the best of these weeded books to send to Arkansas. When the Lovejoy and Hart librarians heard about Harmony Grove, they did the same, and the picture below shows the size of the shipment that made its way from our community to Harmony Grove. Thank you so much for your support and participating in this #pusterkind activity with your kids.
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Hop Into Spring Chess Tournament
March 30
This annual Lovejoy Tournament continues to be a hit around the metroplex. Come join your fellow chess players on March 30 at Sloan Creek for a wonderful day of chess play. This five round tournament awards the top three players in each section a trophy and fourth place receives a chocolate bunny. Gather up a team from your school and compete together. Registration is going on now. Please visit North Texas Chess Academy's website to register.
Lovejoy Offers Group Counseling

Lovejoy is offering group counseling for students for a variety of areas. The groups will meet weekly, during school hours, and will be facilitated by Lovejoy’s Social Worker, Noelle Gove, LCSW. The overall goal of the counseling groups is to address student’s social/emotional needs that may be impacting their experience and success at school. Groups are being offered, based on need, to every campus in the district, grades K-12.

If you are interested in your student participating in a group, please click here to complete the interest form. Noelle Gove will be in contact with parents regarding further details of the group and to obtain consent for student participation. This form is not a consent for counseling, but rather a survey of interest. 
New! SafeSchools App Now Available
SafeSchools has launched their new mobile application for anonymous reporting. You may click here for the SafeSchools Alert Mobile Application Download Instructions
Circle of Partners
On behalf of Lovejoy ISD we would like to thank Jones Solar and Roofing for participating in the Lovejoy ISD Circle of Partners . We thank Jones Solar and Roofing for their support of Lovejoy ISD and the important value they place on the education of our children.

Chadd Jones of Jones Solar and Roofing is pledging 10% of their profits on roofing and solar work completed in the Lovejoy ISD. Jones Solar and Roofing provides free inspections of your residential or commercial roof and property. They also offer free estimates on Solar/ Battery and Energy Efficiency upgrades to your home or business. Their website is: https://jonessolar.com/ or you may reach them by phone at 214.412.7444 for residential or commercial properties. Members of his family have been supporters of the Lovejoy ISD since 1979. Chadd and Liesl Thompson Jones are the proud parents of Puster Elementary 1st grader Maxwell.

Tutoring 101
Lovejoy ISD is pleased to welcome Tutoring 101 to the Circle of Partners . Tutoring 101 and Lovejoy ISD have formed a revenue generating/sharing partnership to bring their services to Lovejoy families. Please see below for several offerings.

Private tutoring is available for students in grades K-12 in all subjects. Tutoring 101 recommends once a week tutoring for an hour to increase grades and learn subject matter more deeply. A once a week appointment usually results in an increase of one letter grade or more. Turn those C's into B's.

What is your SAT/ACT score? Want a better one? What do you need it to be?
Invest in a PSAT/SAT/ACT Prep program not just a class. Tutoring 101 helps high scorers get top scores, average students raise their scores and poor test takers achieve the scores colleges want. Tutoring 101 students have earned admissions and scholarships, and have saved thousands of tuition dollars every year. 
  • Specialize in working with individual students and their specific needs
  • Day-of-test strategies
  • One-on-one/small groups
  • PSAT/SAT Classes: Tues or Thurs or Saturdays
  • ACT Prep Classes: Mon/Wed or Sat
  • One on One and Online Prep also available
  • School District Employee Discount
Learn about Tutoring 101’s all-inclusive PSAT/SAT/ACT programs:

  • 11th-12th Grade SAT/ACT  
  • 10th-12th PSAT/SAT/ACT 
  • 9th-12th Grade PSAT/NMSQT/SAT/ACT 
  • Duke Tip (7th Grade) 
 
Classes are conveniently located at Lovejoy High School. Call 972.359.0222 or email Robyn@Tutoring101.com for additional information.
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