DISTRICT UPDATE February 5, 2021

I think the groundhog saw his shadow!! At least it still feels like winter and I think the forecast is for more winter-like weather next week. That being said, I know you will continue to keep the teaching and learning on the “front burner” and that you will continue to challenge our students at the highest level. There will NOT be an update next Friday as I will be out of town and with that being the day students will celebrate Valentine’s day, I think we will just skip a week. We now have three people who have filed for the Board Election---Nelda Priddy has filed for re-election. Derek Otwell and Heath Matteson have also filed. Happy Birthday to: Nanya Young on February 6 Stephanie Callison on February 7 Michelle McIlvain on February 8 Torey Crosswhite on February 11 Troy Abels on February 13 Deanna Downs on February 13 Sonia Evans on February 14 Tracey Carr on February 16 Jodi Coan on February 18 DHS:

“Every Day Is A Great Day To Be A Bearcat” Enrollment: 220 Weekly: 94.36 YTD: 95.41 What’s happening at DHS… ❖ Mrs. Dickson still has some De Leon face masks for sale. There's a limited

supply; the cost is now $10. Get yours today before she sells out! ❖ Sport Pictures and Senior Cap & Gown Pictures are scheduled for

Wednesday, February 10. Sport Pictures that will be taken are Cheer,

Basketball, Softball, Baseball, Track & Golf. Order forms may be picked up in the high school office from Coach Stewart or Coach Quillin.

❖ FCCLA Fundraiser: Oreo Balls--- 6 for $5.00. Place order & pay by February 10 (before/after school or during lunch) Orders will be delivered during lunch on February 12. Questions? Email Mrs. Childers @ jchilders@deleonisd.net

❖ Sunday, February 7th - Cheer tryouts open gym 5:30-6:30 pm ❖ Mrs. Quinn and Mr. Burlison met with Seniors regarding the first set of

Scholarships and their return dates and the importance of each Senior taking the opportunity to fill out an application. The importance of the process was stressed as it has a direct effect on being selected as the recipient.

❖ Letters were mailed to Sophomores and their parents regarding a Zoom Dual Credit Meeting on February 11th at 6:00 pm. to discuss the requirements and guidelines for participation in this program.

Mrs. Holland’s 2020-2021 One-Act Play company traveled to Bangs on Saturday, January 30th to perform John Lennon & Me for clinicians. This was an opportunity for the cast and crew to practice their show in front of fresh sets of eyes. The clinicians bragged on the students and their ability to adapt to performing with face masks on while continuing to show emotions and tell a story. The clinicians gave a lot of good tips and the students embraced their helpfulness.

In Mrs. Kellum’s U.S. History class, they are closing out their unit on the Cold War by studying the American foreign policy of containment that drew us into the Korean War, Cuban Missile Crisis and the Vietnam War. The students will be going over detailed lessons concerning the American effort in Vietnam and the effects the war had here on domestic soil. Our next unit will be covering the Civil Rights movement.

While Mrs Kellum’s Economic class is studying the basic concepts of Economics such as scarcity, opportunity costs, trade offs and factors of production. In their lesson concerning Factors of Production the students were given a candy bar and instructed to write the factors of production that it took to create the candy bar all the way to putting it on the shelves for them to purchase.

PERKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL: This Week’s Average Daily Attendance: 96.11 Average Daily Attendance: 95.62 Total Enrollment: 176

From The Principal’s Desk It’s always a great day to be a Cubcat. Not much to report this week. We are so excited to be starting the 2nd semester. This also means that testing season is coming up soon. We know that our students are working hard and will do well. This week we had some exciting girls’ basketball. All games were close. As we get our first semester grades completed, we are now in the process of scheduling parent conferences as well as truancy meetings. In any school year, but especially one such as this, it is so vitally important for all students to be at school each day in order to learn.

In the Classroom From Coach Swanner: 7th grade Texas History: This week in Coach Swanner’s class, students are learning about The Lone Star State. We first covered how Texas gained its statehood and became part of the United States. Next, we went over the Early State Government System and learned how there were many issues in Politics with Texas joining the United States. To wrap up the chapter, students got a better understanding of The U.S.-Mexican War. They got to see how Texas and The United States helped each other to claim territories from Mexico, west of Texas all the way to the Pacific Ocean. From Mrs Stovall: ELAR----After reading several argumentative passages and essays the last few weeks, students had to brainstorm and come up with a topic

of their own. They began the writing process of an outline, rough draft, revising and editing, and finally a final copy typed up for their argumentative essays. Social Studies--This week the focus was on Asia as we looked at Ancient China and India. Students paired up to classify groups in the Caste System, read articles on The Silk Road and The Great Wall as well as taking a virtual tour of The Great Wall. Lastly, students have been working on IXL skills this week that pertain to The Silk Road and Hinduism of India. They will end the week with a review on a new website, Blooket.com, of all they have learned the last couple of weeks.

Athletics

2/1/2021 – The boys 7th grade won vs Lipan. The 8th grade lost a close game.

2/1/2021 – The girls 7th grade won vs. Lipan. The 8th Grade lost. Future Events

2/8/21– Girls BB @ San Saba

2/8/21 – Boys BB @ Lipan

De Leon Elementary

On a Learning Adventure

Attendance

Student Enrollment: 339 students

Weekly: HS/PK 92.55% K-5 96.65%

Yearly: HS/PK 93.33% K-5 96.65%

Pre-K/Head Start

This week in Pre-K and Head Start we learned through the wonderful world of

Nursery Rhymes! On Itsy Bitsy Spider day we learned about spiders and story

sequencing, Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star helped us out with alphabet recognition,

and so much more! We also had a special visitor come and visit us for Dental

Health Month, Mackenzie Jordan. She taught us the importance of brushing our

teeth, and going to the dentist twice a year.

Kindergarten

Kindergarten students celebrated Groundhog Day! We predicted if the groundhog

would see his shadow. He did and we will have 6 more weeks of winter! Students

explored and made shadows. In ELAR, students made inferences and identified

the problem and solution in a story. We are identifying coins in math...pennies,

nickels, dimes and quarters!

1st

Grade

This week during social studies, 1st grade students learned how people traded

goods with one another to get the things they needed and wanted. They learned

how the invention of money changed how people exchanged goods and services.

Students worked in small groups and brainstormed different things that they

could trade today with others. They also discussed what needs and wants their

families may have.

2nd

Grade

This week in second grade students enjoyed reading a book titled, Going Places.

When reading, students were able to identify the character’s internal and external

traits throughout the story. Students worked in groups to describe their

classmates internal and external character traits. In math, we started our time

unit and students were super excited to be working with their very own clocks to

learn how to tell time. In social studies students learned about our American

celebrations, community celebrations, and state celebrations. Students read how

these celebrations originated throughout history. In Science, students completed

their Natural Resource review and did very well on their science test.

3rd Grade

As third grade prepares for Valentine’s Day next week, we have been reading

Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch. In the book, Mr. Hatch accidentally receives a

Valentine’s gift that the postman mistakenly delivered to him. As Mr. Hatch

thought he had a “secret admirer” his attitude completely changed. He became

helpful, happy, and pleasant as he thought someone loved him. After a couple of

days, the postman realized his mistake and told Mr. Hatch what happened. This

devastated Mr. Hatch, and he went back to the grumpy, unpleasant man he was

before. To help students understand the importance of being kind and showing

love, we used sentence starters to write letters to make someone feel special.

Students wrote to anyone from their bus drivers, the custodial staff, to family

members. We also worked on “heart maps'' where students wrote sentences

about their favorite things. These works of art are displayed in the third grade

hallway.

4th Grade

We have enjoyed reading A Paradise Called Texas and following Mina and her

family as they searched for a new life. The journey was filled with hardship,

tragedy, and adventure. Students have worked very hard analyzing the text and

looking at different scenarios that the characters faced. Some students are even

looking forward to reading the next book in the series to continue Minas

journey. In social studies, we have read about the colonization of Texas by

establishing Spanish missions and the positive and negative effects it had on

Texas.

5th Grade

Fifth grade students began the week investigating fractions. Students compared

the fraction strips to find fractions with equal denominators so they could add or

subtract. We also practiced simplifying fractions to the simplest form using the

greatest common factor and finding equivalent fractions using the least common

denominator. We ended the week adding and subtracting fractions using the four

square model. This model helps students to take all the steps needed to perform

the addition and subtraction of fractions with common denominators and

simplifying.

De Leon Junior High & High School Extra-Curricular

Lady Cubcat Basketball

The 7th grade girls’ basketball team played very well on Monday against Lipan and came away with a victory:

De Leon: 28 Lipan: 19

The 7th grade also came away with a big win over Eastland on Saturday:

De Leon: 25 Eastland: 15

The 8th grade girls fought hard but fell to Lipan with a final score of:

De Leon: 24 Lipan: 48

The 8th grade also lost to Eastland on Saturday:

De Leon: 27 Eastland: 33

Lady Cat Basketball

The JV girls played very well together last Friday but fell to a good Lipan team: De Leon: 8 Lipan: 55

The Varsity girls also played very well on Friday but fell to Lipan with a score of:

De Leon: 48 Lipan: 72

The Lady Cats had a bye on Tuesday and will face the Santo Lady Cats tonight.

Bearcat Baseball

“Practice Players of the Week” Joe Leal & Owen Elliott