Odessa Kilpatrick Elementary @okekoalas December 16, 2015

Thanks for a great first semester! From the staff of Odessa Kil-

patrick Elementary, we wish you a glorious holiday season filled

with wonderful moments with family and friends. Enjoy this spe-

cial time with your children! Many blessings to you and yours!

See you back in the Outback in 2016!

A Message from the Principal

Early Dismissal and Winter Holiday Schedule

Early Dismissal - Friday, December 18th

12:40 p.m.

Winter Holiday, December 21– January 3

Student Holiday, January 4th

Students return Tuesday,

January 5th, 2016!

Early Dismissal Schedule:

Students in grades K-5th will be released at 12:40 p.m.

AM PPCD and Pre-K is from 8:20 a.m. - 10:10 a.m.

PM PPCD and Pre-K is from 10:40 a.m. - 12:40 p.m.

Please drop books off under the OKE Giving Tree in the Library. The last date to donate is De-

cember 18, 2015. There are 3 ways to donate…

Donate gently used books under the Giving Tree

Donate cash or check to payable to OKE

Scholastic Club Leo (order forms located in the front office)

Order online! Go to scholastic.com/readingclub. Under the parent’s section, enter your

Class Activation Code (K48GH). Select “Shop by Flyer.” Select the Flyer “Club Leo en espa-

ñol”. Search by item number or choose a book that looks interesting. Add to cart . Pay by

credit or debit card.

We would like to congratulate our OKE Spelling Bee Winner and alternate for a job well done in the Annual Spelling Bee on Monday! Shweta Nanaware won the bee after 17 rounds of spelling with the word censure. Shweta is in Mrs. Martin’s 5th grade class. Adhithi Venkatraghavan was named the al-

ternate after 22 rounds. Adhithi is in Mrs. Chisholm’s 5th grade class. Shweta will represent OKE at the Katy ISD

Spelling Bee on February 9. Congratulations to all 20 of our students who participated in the Spelling Bee!

OKE Math Tournament Odessa Kilpatrick Elementary is very excited about hosting our 2nd annual Ele-

mentary TMSCA Math/ Science Tournament on Saturday, February 6, 2016. The

contest is open to all 3rd – 5th grade students. We use the TMSCA format for

this competition. Email for registration information. Please feel free to forward

this invitation to any other elementary schools

that might be interested in participating in the

contest. Thank you and we look forward to seeing

you at the competition on February 6, 2016!

Nesi Cotton - anncotton@katyisd.org

Natalia Gonzales - nataliaagonza-

les@katyisd.org

Thank you

Cesar Saldivia of

State Farm

for funding our Koalaty

behavior tags! We ap-

preciate you being a

wonderful

Partner in Education!

We will not have I-Station or FASTT Math on Thursday, De-

cember 17 or Friday, December 18. I-Station and FASTT Math

will resume on Mon-day, January 11.

I-Station

and

FASTT Math

Parents of 5th grade students are invited to an information session

regarding the secondary Pre-Advanced Placement (PreAP) program.

This session will be repeated three times on Monday, January 11,

2016 at 10:00AM, 1:00PM and 7:00PM at the ESC in Room 1200.

Parents may attend any of the three sessions.

Following Monday, January 11th, the presentation will be posted on

the GT and Advanced Academics webpage.

Contact Alene Lindley at AleneLindley@katyisd.org or 281-396-2383

with any questions.

Pre-AP Information Sessions For 5th Grade Parents

We have a large assortment of jackets,

glasses, lunch boxes, mittens, water

bottles and other student items in our

Lost and Found.

Any items left unclaimed by December

15th will be donated. Please note that

Lost and Found items are housed in

the Cafeteria. Smaller items are locat-

ed in the front office.

Lost and Found Library

News The library will be closed to morning AR testing on Thursday, 12/17/15 due to the Faculty Breakfast. The library will re-open at 9:30 AM.

The library and morning AR testing will be closed all day on Friday, 12/18/15 to accommodate Polar Express/Ira Sleeps Over Day.

Parenting with Love & Logic

Parenting Classes offered this fall for anyone interested.

Six sessions on Tuesday evenings from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Child Care will be provided to those 2 years and older.

Dates for the sessions are January 12, 19, 26

and February 2, 9, 16

OKE Open Learning Area

This course follows the video series parent training program titled “Becoming a Love & Logic Parent” developed by Jim Fay.

The sessions will be facilitated by Cheri Hayes and Krista Saldivia, teachers at Kilpatrick. The sessions have been designed to:

Teaching responsibility without losing their love

Setting limits

Avoiding power struggles

Guiding kids to solve their own problems

Teaching kids to complete chores

A fee of $10 for the Becoming a Love and Logic Parent workbook will be charged. Please return the form below with either cash or a check made out to Katy ISD in the amount of $10.00 with a phone number and a driver’s license number to reserve a space.

Reservations can be made no later than FRIDAY January 8, 2016.

____________________________________________________________________________________

I (we) would like to take part in the Parenting with Love & Logic sessions on Tuesday evenings.

Name (s):_________________________________________________

Student(s) name Age Teacher

___________________ _____________ ____________________

___________________ _____________ ____________________

___________________ _____________ ____________________

_______ Number of children that will be attending the provided child care. Please list each child separately above.

Odessa Kilpatrick Elementary

26100 Cinco Ranch Blvd.

Phone: 281-237-7600

Fax: 281-644-1570

Outback

Outlook

Polar Express/Ira

Sleep Over Day on

December 18th