Davidson In Review

This Week at Davidson (November 14th through November 18th)…

3rd Grade Fall Performance: Pirates! The Musical

on Tuesday, November 15th

3rd grade students entertained with an outstanding performance of

“Pirates!” The Musical on Tuesday, November 15th in the Gym-

nasium. The amazing voices of our 3rd grade students filled the

gymnasium and made us all smile. A special Thank You to the

parent volunteers for the spectacular scenery which made us all

feel a part of the pirate life! Thank you Mrs. Calarco and Ms.

Lopez for all your hard work!! What a fabulous job, Dragons!

College Spirit Day Wednesday, November 16th

Students and staff were encouraged to wear their favorite college

shirt to school on Wednesday, Novem-

ber 16th, in recognition of College

Spirit Day. Mrs. Fortenberry and Mrs.

Alvarado were on the morning an-

nouncements to provide some fun and

informative facts about the University

of Houston—Victoria which is located

right here in Katy! Go Jaguars!!

Progress Reports Go Home: November 15th

Progress Reports went home with students in their

Tuesday folders on Tuesday, November 15th.

Have You Been Following Us On Twitter?

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Follow us on Twitter each day and check in on what’s going on in

the classrooms. If you’ve missed out, here are a few of the recent

tweets on #kdepride.

Davidson In Review

This Week at Davidson (November 14th through November 18th)…

5th Grade Growth and Development Program

On Friday, November 18th, a Growth and Development pro-

gram for 5th grade students was offered at KDE by Physical

Education teachers and the school nurse. The purpose of the

program was to convey to the students the physical, emotional,

and social changes taking place in the pre-adolescent bodies of

both boys and girls. For any questions or concerns, please con-

tact School Nurse, Callie Hildebrand, at 281-234-2525.

PTA Spirit Stick Sale!

Friday, November 18th, students had the opportunity to pur-

chase all new Spirit Stick designs this year. All spirit sticks are

$1.00 and were sold during lunches. PTA also had Davidson

logo Spirit Rings to hold your spirit sticks for $5.00. Missed

the sale? Mark your calendar for Friday, December 9th, when

PTA will be hosting their next Spirit Stick sale during lunch

times.

Read Deed Run Students Collect Food Donations

RDR students collected food donations around Pine Mill

Ranch on Wednesday, November 16th. All food was donated

to Eternal Food Ministries. They will have an outreach this

weekend to help those in need. Thanks to all those who con-

tributed!

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Thank You Katy Orthodontics!!

Dr. Dhutia & Team from Katy Orthodontics donated beautiful

colored t-shirts, complete with our awesome Davidson Dragon

logo, to each student and staff member at KDE! The t-shirts

were distributed on Friday, November 18th. Kindergarten re-

ceived red shirts, 1st grade received orange, 2nd grade received

yellow, 3rd grade received green, 4th grade received blue, 5th

grade received purple and the Office Team, Special Programs

Team, Student Support Team, Special Ed Team, Cafeteria

Staff and Custodians received white t-shirts. THANK YOU

Katy Orthodontics for the awesome KDE dragon t-shirts!!

2nd Annual KDE Rainbow Photograph A Success!

On Friday, November 18th, KDE students and staff wore their

brightly colored t-shirts provided by Katy Orthodontics and

gathered in the KDE parking lot to form a beautiful Davidson

rainbow. Photographers with Strawbridge Studios were on hand

to capture the panoramic rainbow for KDE. THANK YOU

Strawbridge Studios for the amazing photo!! You Rock!

What’s Happening at Davidson

Week of November 21st to November 25th…

Thanksgiving Break = NO SCHOOL

There will be no school for the Thanksgiving Break: Wednesday,

November 23rd; Thursday, November 24th; and Friday, Novem-

ber 25th. School will resume on Monday, November 28th.

Kindergarten Watch My Scarecrow Grow Program

Ends

The Kindergarten Reading Program “Watch

My Scarecrow Grow” ends on Tuesday, No-

vember 22nd. Please contact Mrs. Matovich

in the Library if you have any questions at

crystalamatovich@katyisd.org

Houston Grand Opera’s The Princess and the Pea

at Fulshear Library

The Fulshear Library is hosting Houston Grand

Opera’s The Princess and the Pea on Wednesday,

November 23rd at 3:00PM for grades 2-8. Seating

is limited. For more details see the attached flyer.

GT/Challenge Services (1st to 4th Grades)

Parent letters went home to all 1st – 4th grade students in Tuesday

folders on November 8th. Parent Checklists will be due by Decem-

ber 9th. There was a GT awareness meeting for grades 1st-4th at the

Educational Support Complex on November 14, 2016. Scan this

QR code for additional GT information. Please see attached flyer

for more important GT information.

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Grand Opening and Dedication of

Little Free Library #43807

Located in Pine Mill Ranch

In Memory of Angela Iliescu Come join us at the Little Free Library grand

opening and dedication ceremony on Tuesday,

November 21st at 4:00PM as we honor the life

and memory of Angela Iliescu. Angela was a

student at Keiko Davidson Elementary and she

was a dedicated reader. This beautiful library

was built in honor of her. Through this Little

Free Library she will be able to continue to share her love of

reading with the entire community.

We hope that you can come by the Pine Mill Ranch Clubhouse,

meet with your neighbors and learn about this beautiful new

library. Feel free to bring a book (or two) to help stock the li-

brary. We gladly accept your donated books – it is part of what

keeps the library a vital part of the community. If you have

more books than the little library will currently hold, feel free to

send your book donations to the steward of this Little Free Li-

brary: Crystal Matovich, the Library Media Specialist at Keiko

Davidson Elementary.

Please see the attached flyer for more details and to learn how

Little Free Library Works.

KDE School Yearbook Sales

Davidson PTA has begun the

sale of the 2016-2017 KDE

Yearbooks. Yearbooks are on

sale now until February 24th,

online. We are encouraging parents to order online this

year. To place an order, and make payment click on

www.jostensyearbooks.com. You'll capture the memories

forever for the low price of $30.00.

Still Need to Purchase Yankee Candles for the

Holidays? There’s Still Time to Order Online!!

Looking for that special something to purchase as a gift for the

holidays? We’ve got you covered! Place an order online by

November 20th for Christmas delivery and KDE students and

staff will benefit as our Yankee Candle Fundraiser continues!!

Click on the link below to get started:

www.yankeecandlefundraising.com and enter (Group #

990064991)

Looking Ahead…

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Wear White For December Core Essential: JOY

on Thursday, December 1st

Students and staff are encouraged to wear WHITE

on Thursday, December 1st in recognition of De-

cember’s Core Essential: JOY. Finding a way to

be happy, even when things don’t go your way.

The animal is the Cardinal, and the color is white.

The class in each grade level with the greatest per-

centage of students wearing the Core Essential

color will receive the KDE Core Pride Award Cer-

tificate to hang on their door for the entire month! In addition,

classes with 75% participation will be entered into a drawing

for a mystery prize!

OTHS Crimson Cavalettes Fall Dance Clinic on

Saturday, December 10th

Tompkins High School proudly

presents their annual Crimson Cava-

lettes Fall Dance Clinic on Saturday,

December 10th from 8:30AM—

12:00PM. Participants may be age

4 through 9th grade. No experience

is required and all levels are welcome! See the attached flyer

for registration and additional information.

Family STEAM Night Friday, December 2nd

The Robert R. Shaw Center for STEAM presents Family

STEAM Night on Friday, December 2nd from 6:00PM-

8:30PM for Katy ISD students grades 3-8. Come and enjoy a

variety of awesome hands-on activities in Science, Technology,

Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics with your family. Learn

together and have fun at the same time! Please see the attached

flyer for more details.

Texas 2X2 Read-a-Thon for Grades K-2 at

Fulshear Library Saturday, January 28th

Kinder through 2nd grade students are invited to come to the

Fulshear Library on Saturday, January 28th from 10:00 PM—

12:00 PM for the Texas 2X2 Read-a-Thon. Please open the

attached flyer for more infor-

mation.

Katy ISD’s Dyslexia Parent Education Night:

Tuesday, November 29th

Katy ISD is hosting a Dyslexia Parent Education Night on Tues-

day, November 29th from 6:00PM-8:00PM at the Education Sup-

port Complex. It will be an informative evening exploring dys-

lexia and available resources to support struggling readers.

Please see the attached flyer for additional information.

Tompkins Crimson Cavalettes Holiday Home

Tour: December 2nd & 3rd

OTHS Crimson Cavalettes are presenting a special Holiday

Home Tour to get you in the holiday spirit on Friday, De-

cember 2nd and Saturday, December 3rd. Please see the

attached flyer for details.

Davidson Dynamics Winter Concert: Tuesday,

December 6th

Mark you calendars now! The Davidson

Dynamics will be performing their Win-

ter Concert at 6:00PM in the KDE Gym-

nasium on Tuesday, December 6th.

Davidson Dynamics Field Trip to Memorial Her-

mann-Katy/Legacy at Falcon Point Assisted Living/

Katy Mills

The Davidson Dynamics Field Trip to Memorial Her-

mann, Legacy at Falcon Point Assisted Living Commu-

nity and Katy Mills will take place on Thursday, Decem-

ber 8th. Choir students will receive more information

from Mrs. Calarco and Ms. Lopez.

KDE Spelling Bee

The KDE Spelling Bee will take place during the day

on Monday, December 12th in the Gymnasium.

Good luck to all the participants!

Did You Know?...

Communication from School Most all of our parent communication is electronic. If you or your

family member are not receiving communication, please check

your email account on file.

Follow Us on Twitter! #kdepride We want to make sure that all of our students and parents see what

amazing things are happening in our Davidson classrooms.

Teachers will be tweeting throughout the day. Please follow our

twitter feed at #kdepride.

A View Into Elementary Instruction

A new link for parents of elementary students has been added to

the new District Parents site (http://www.katyisd.org/parents/)

under the tab titled “CURRICULUM.” The title of the link is A

VIEW INTO ELEMENTARY INSTRUCTION and contains videos

describing balanced mathematics and balanced literacy, Pre-K

through Grade Five mathematical instructional videos on a variety

of topics, a sample Intermediate Word Study Lesson sequence,

parent resources for Word Study and Fine Motor Skills/

Handwriting, and access to Elementary Coordinators for parent

questions regarding instructional videos. We’re excited to share

that many of the videos are direct from our own KDE webpage!

This link is continuously being updated with additional

instructional videos and resources. You are encouraged to

check back often.

Campus Calendar Events

When looking toward future events, be sure to check the online

campus calendar on our Webpage at: http://www.katyisd.org/

campus/KDE/Pages/calendar.aspx.

From our home page go to Quick Links on the right hand side,

then to Calendars. You’ll find our Campus Calendar as well as the

KISD Instructional Calendar.

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TIP: Technology Information for Parents Instructional Technology has created an informational site for

parents, called T.I.P. This site contains instructional videos for

parents on a variety of KISD applications such as Canvas,

MyKaty Cloud, Office 365, technology outages as well as infor-

mation on Digital Responsibility to name a few. The Division of

Technology as well as other departments will continue to add

information to this site to inform parents of the digital tools that

are available to them outside of school. https://

katyisd.instructure.com/courses/82971

KDE Science Resource Page for Parents

We are excited to share our new launched KDE science resource

page on our Webpage! Visit http://www.katyisd.org/campus/

KDE/Pages/Science-Resources.aspx Simply click on the links

below each grade level to view science vocabulary, essential un-

derstandings, and activities that you can complete at home with

your child to support science instruction at

Davidson Elementary during each grading

period.

KDE Absence Reporting Form

Davidson Elementary offers the opportunity for parents/guardians

to report their child’s absence via the campus webpage on the

district website. Visit: http://www.katyisd.org/campus/KDE/

Pages/ABSENCE-REPORTING.aspx. You will be able to fill out

the form indicating your child’s absence for that day’s absence

and submit it with a few clicks of your mouse. The information

will go directly to ADA Mrs. Susie Moon. If you should have any

questions, please contact Mrs. Moon at barba-

rasmoon@katyisd.org or 281.234.2530.

Celebrate Your Child’s Birthday on

KDE’s Marquee Would you like to celebrate your child’s birthday on the KDE

Marquee? You may now purchase a week of special birthday

wishes for your child! Due to space, a maximum of ten birthdays

each week will be displayed on a first come, first serve basis. The

week will run from Friday to Friday. Pick up a Birthday Marquee

Request Form, choose your week, and send it in to school with

your child.