Kerrville ISDSix-Weeks Highlights

KISD’s district-wide Character and Kind-ness Program is off to a great start! From our elementary students ready to show they C.A.R.E (Character and Respect Ev-eryday), to the Wildcat, Spike and Antler Leadership Teams at BT Wilson, Hal Peter-son Middle School and Tivy High School, great examples of leadership and kindness are being shared amongst our students on a daily basis. Fifth grade students across the district have paired with kindergarteners to help them navigate the lunch lines and learn how to tie their shoes, while Tivy Football players have visited elemen-

tary schools during lunch to share encour-aging words and stories with 3-5 graders.

Pictured above, Golden Girl Kortnie Franzen visits with Starkey Elementary 3rd Graders.

At right, 5th Grader Cassidy Bell helps kindergartenerLindsay Fowler learn to tie her shoes at Daniels Elementary.

District-wide Kindness Program Launches

The Early Childhood Center recently host-ed a Kindness Carnival for students and families. The evening began with a meeting designed to increase parent understanding about teaching children kindness, respect and manners. After the meeting, families re-ceived tickets to play games in the courtyard. Children had the opportunity to play hop-scotch, “fish” for prizes, spin the wheel, and even dance with their teachers. Throughout

the night, teachers modeled kindness and man-ners in their interactions with the children.

Early Childhood Holds Kindness Carnival

Pictured above, Jafet Esparza goes fishing for a prize.

At left, Nicole Olivarri successfully tosses a hula hoop around the ECC bear.

HPMS Hope on Holdsworth Event Huge Success

The HPMS Team Up Chal-lenge Students continued their mission to stop hun-ger in Kerr County this year by holding their 3rd Annual Food Drive in Sep-tember, instead of May as in the past. This change was made in an effort to stock local food pantries prior to the busy holiday season. Despite rain, students and pantries met at the stadium to accept donations, and ultimately more than 6,000 pounds of food was collect-ed, benefiting local agen-cies such as the Salvation Army, St. Vincent de Paul, Mustard Seed Ministries, Christian Assistance Min-istry and the Centerpoint Alliance for Progress. Thank you to all that continue to support the kids’ mission!

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Tivy High School Student Coun-cil Sponsor and Media Technol-ogy Teacher Lee Pool brought technology to the Voting Pro-cess for Student Council Offi-cer Elections this year. Mr. Pool used Google docs, a free ser-vice, to create a voting ballot for Student Council. Pool set up laptop stations in the cafete-ria during all three Tivy lunch-es. Students simply had to show their student ID, sign their name

and vote on the computer. The benefits are many, including real

time results and simulation of an actual election process they’ll perform when they’re 18-years old and are eligible to vote in city, county and national elec-tions. This is the first time Tivy has utilized the laptop-voting process and they were pleased with the efficiency and detailed results Google docs provided.

Tivy HS students voted on laptops to streamline Student Council Officer elections.

Tivy Streamlines Elections with Laptops

For eighteen years, Kerrville ISD stu-dents going through BT Wilson 6th Grade School have had the wonder-ful opportunity of attending Out-door Ed at the H-E-B Foundation Camp. Students spend two nights and three days doing activities de-signed to get them engaged with nature. Parents and other communi-ty members volunteer their time to lead classes or be small group lead-ers. Throughout the camp, student groups are expected to do their share by serving lunch, washing dishes, or cleaning up after an activity. Out-door Ed provides students with en-gaging opportunities not possible within a classroom. The relationships forged among students and teachers are a great way to ensure a year full of meaningful learning.

BT Wilson Outdoor Ed is Nature’s Gift to Kids

BTW Students practice cane pole fishing during a class at Outdoor Ed.

To support KISD’s newly launched Kindness Initia-tive, each KISD school has formed a Character Coun-cil to serve as ambassadors of leadership for the stu-dent body. At Tom Daniels Elementary, Fourth grade students asked First grad-ers to take on a big task and prove their trustworthiness by taking care of their class hermit crabs for a week! Fourth grade students brought the crab to the First graders and explained how to care for their pets, including how much food to give, and what NOT to do (remove the mesh cov-ering!) In addition, they’ve asked the First graders to help them name their pet!

DES 4th Grade Character Council

Lauren Williams and Landon Likin beam as they hold their new pet for the week.

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Tally Elementary recently in-ducted 4th and 5th graders to the Student Council for the 2013-2014 school year. Mem-bers have already begun plan-ning their activities for the year. As they have in the past, they will sponsor the Freeman Fritts Veterinary Clinic with their “Bedding for Buddies” fundrais-er. The Student Council makes posters, does morning announc-ments, and visits classes to en-courage students to bring dona-tions of old blankets and towels for the clinic. The students then visit the shelter to deliver the donations, which often includes bags of food for dogs and cats. Other projects for the year in-clude Red Ribbon Week, Veteran’s Day and Pennies for Patients Fundraiser.

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Important DatesNov. 8 - End of 2nd Six WeeksNov. 27, 28, 29 - Thanksgiving HolidaysDec. 2 - KPSF Grant Deadline

Tally Elementary Inducts 2013-2014 Student Council Members

Nimitz Elementary Fall Carnival Fun

Nimitz Elementary held their 26th Annual Fall Carnival October 17. Attendees enjoyed tra-ditional carnival booths such as a cake walk, confetti eggs, washer toss and a duck pond. A silent auction and sales of raffle tickets for three top prizes was also held. All proceeds from the event will further fund educational resources for students and teachers at Nimitz.

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