Teacher Update September 2023

Important Links

Curriculum, Instruction, Assessment

● Content Resource Site

● HCISD Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment Expectations

● HCISD Lesson Planning Guidelines

● District Assessment Calendar

● Academic Calendar

Teacher Resources

Grading Resources

● Grading Timeline - Elementary

● Grading Timeline - Secondary

● TEAMS Guide for Teachers

● TEAMS Update 2023-2024

● TEAMS Skillbook for PreK

● TEAMS Guide for Monitoring Grades

● Exchange Day Info and PD Options

Technology Schoology

● Technology Help Desk

● Parent Resource Site

● Student Resource Site

● Schoology District PLC Codes

● Schoology Parent Resources

SEND A HAYS HIGH FIVE HERE!

The Hays High Five program is a way for you to salute any Hays CISD employee who goes above and beyond what is expected. Whether you're a parent impressed with that special touch your child's teacher added to a moment, or you're a coworker who thinks the campus PEIMS clerk doesn't hear often enough about the great job she is doing - you can send a Hays High Five! Anyone can award any Hays CISD employee.

Department Pages

Digital Learning

Professional Development

● INSPIRE New TeacherAcademy

Guidance and Counseling

Human Resources

Intervention

Multilingual Department

Pre-K

Student Services

AdvancedAcademics

● Gifted and Talented

Athletics

Career and Technical Education (CTE)

FineArts

Literacy

● Elementary

● Secondary

Mathematics

● Elementary

● Secondary

Science

● Elementary

● Secondary

Social Studies K-12

Special Education

Content Pages

Student Health Services

Digital Learning

We offer FREE, after-school coding courses taught by qualified, tech industry professionals. No prior coding experience required.All classes are hands-on and project based in order to build portfolios. Our students participate in 9 months of classes in order to qualify for a paid, technical internship.

This is an opportunity for female High School students.

We are excited to announce our EdCamp Hays! More information to come soon about this PD event, but save the date on your calendar!This does count for Exchange Day Credit for anyone who still needs a few hours!

Saturday, October 28 from 8:30-11:30

Amplify Users: If you’re experiencing testing issues and you are using Chrome, try this:

To resolve this issue, please go into the MoreTools console of your browser and select Clear Browsing Data using the "AllTime" selection underTime Range within theAdvanced settings (see instructions w/screenshots below).

PLEASE NOTE: Make sure you do not have any unsynced data on the device prior to clearing browsing data. Clearing your cache on a device that has unsynced assessment data will result in the loss of said data.

1. Click on the three dots in the top right of your browser window.

2. Click on MoreTools and then Clear Browsing Data…

3. Click on theAdvanced tab, set theTime Range toAllTime.

4. Check the boxes next to Cookies and other site data, and Cached images and files.

5. Click Clear Data.

Professional Development

Exchange Days

*Applies Hays CISD staff with less than 216 calendar/contract days

Below are the documents with staff instructions of how to document and submit the Flexible Staff/Exchange Days in Eduphoria:

● All professional development including online or webinar trainings must be completed on non-contract work days or hours

● Professional development, workshops,and trainings can all count towards Exchange Day credit

● Complete professional development for Day#1 Exchange Day credit prior to October 20, 2023. Exchange Day Forms will be available beginning June 5.

● Complete professional development for Day#2 Exchange Day credit prior to December 29, 2023. Exchange Day Forms will be available beginning June 5.

● Exchange Day forms will be completed for each day and staff members will need to provide a certificate of completion with each form.

Eduphoria Strive Resources

● How to Submit 23-24 Exchange Day Form

● Eduphoria Strive PDRequesting outside credit for PD

● Eduphoria StriveHow to print a certificate

● 23-24 Exchange Day Options for Professional Employees

● 23-24 Exchange Day Options for Paraprofessional Employees

Professional Development

“Just in Time” Professional Development

We are excited to bring back this professional development opportunity for the teachers of our STAAR tested courses. These half-day sessions will allow teachers to dive deeper into their respective content areas and plan for upcoming units of instruction. ELAR teachers will also have the opportunity to calibrate and score papers for extended constructed responses. Details below:

● “Just in Time” PD Schedule

○ Focus is on STAAR tested courses AND a session for 1st and 2nd grades in the spring semester

○ Half day sessions are utilized to maximize sub coverage for a campus

■ FYI - Elementary sessions are divided into Group A and Group B to assist with sub coverage

● Campus administrator approval is required to attend

● Pending administrator approval,please register in eduphoria one week prior to the session and get with your Principal’s secretary for retaining a substitute teacher.

● Teachers should NOT be entering substitutes into SmartFind for the “Just in Time” sessions. The Principal’s secretary must coordinate and enter the sub job for the teachers.

Professional Development

NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS for 23-24 Aspiring Administrator Academy

A yearlong professional development opportunity designed to prepare those who aspire to move into administration. The learning is designed with a focus on developing and enhancing leadership skills and knowledge of the five dimensions of the Portrait of a Hays Administrator: Creative Visionary,Effective Communicator,Dedicated Professional,Lifelong Learner,and Inspiring Catalyst.

The Curriculum and Instruction Department is now accepting applications for the 2023-24 Aspiring Administrators Academy. Emergent leadership is one of the most critical factors in having successful schools. Hays CISD is committed to finding emergent leaders within the district and developing them to become future leaders in the district. If you are interested in moving into a campus level administrative position (academic dean, or assistant principal) the Aspiring Administrator Academy is an excellent opportunity for you to receive training on the skills necessary to be a successful administrator.

Applications will be reviewed and candidates will be selected based on a set criteria that includes:

1. Completed Aspiring Administrators Application using the Google Form link. This application must include completed open ended response questions,resume,recommendation letters,video task, leadership experiences and professional development experiences.

2. Master’s Degree completion w/Principal certification or progress in a master’s program and within 6 hours of completing the certification program.

Who is eligible to apply? Teachers,Directors and Coordinators,Counselors,Instructional Coach, Interventionist and/or other Professionals who have conferred or are pursuing a master’s degree with principal certification.

What is the application process? In the application,you will be asked to upload several documents including your leadership experiences,professional development/workshops that you have created/presented,resume,and 3 Letters of recommendation. There will be a set of open ended response questions that you will answer and there is a 300 word maximum per question. You will also create and upload a video task. All instructions are included in the application. Once the applications have been reviewed,we will be setting up interviews for the final part of the application process for the selected applicants.

When is the application due? Applications are due on Friday, September 22, 2023 at 4:00 pm. Once the deadline to apply passes all applications will be reviewed to determine the applicants that will move forward to the in person interview process. The selected applicants will then be notified by the Curriculum and Instruction Office of their selection via email.

Where do I apply? Interested applicants must apply for the academy using the Aspiring Administrator Academy Application

Please email Erica Garza @ Erica.garza2@hayscisd.net for any questions and additional information about the application.

INSPIRE New Teacher

ATTENTION all INSPIRE Teachers

Please review the calendar of the INSPIRE district training sessions below and talk with your campus secretary about securing the substitute for the 3 half day trainings. The trainings are split up into smaller groups based on your grade level and/or content areas and you will only attend the session that applies to you.

● You will NOT need to use personal time for these days. Your campus secretary will assist with the substitute process.

● INSPIRE Training Dates (reference District Training sessions in Sept., Oct., and Jan./Feb)

○ First sessions begin September

● Our goal is to have you attend all three sessions. We recognize with seasonal illnesses and substitute concerns this may not always happen. We will work closely with your campuses to try to support your attendance at each session.

● If you are unable to attend a session due to conflict or other reason,please reach out to Courtney Talley and Carolina Duncan via email.

Click the image above to watch a video about the power of teachers.

Thank you for all that you do! Your hard work and dedication is much appreciated.

Human Resources

National Board Certified Teacher Cohort 1 and 2 are Underway!

Let’s celebrate and support our teachers that are working towards National Board Certification, the highest and most respected certification in education!

Each cohort meets once a month for 2 hour sessions where they learn about the national board teaching standards, reflect on teaching practices and receive guidance on requirements! Cohort 1 is starting year 2 and Cohort 2 is beginning their journey in year 1!

If you would like to know more about the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, you can visit their link here.

Cohort 1

Jill Burns - Johnson HS

Katlyn Powell - Sunfield ES

Kristiania Lorentzen - Marzullo-Chapa MS

Megan McCune - Chapa MS

You can also learn more about the NBCT program at Hays CISD by visiting our website: www.hayscisd.net/nbct

Cohort 2

Michelle Arredondo - Camino Real

Chris Baca - Blanco Vista ES Carson

Crouch – Johnson HS Elaine Smith

– Blanco Vista ES Amanda

Gonzales – Buda ES Bryn

Hafemeister – Lehman HS

Glenda Maag-Medel – Blanco Vista

Kimberly Norton – Elm Grove ES

Tiana Owens – Blanco Vista ES

Peyton Perez – Fuentes ES Galen

Rosenberg – Johnson HS Jennifer

Rodriguez – Camino Real Diana

Rendon – Camino Real ES

TIA Steering Committee 23-24: If you are interested in participating in the TIA Steering Committee, please share your interest with your principal!

The TIA Steering Committee is an integral part of the TIA system at Hays CISD. They provide valuable feedback, insight from teachers and serve as ambassadors of the TIA Plan at their campus. The TIA Steering Committee meets as needed and meetings are usually 45 minutes long.

Intervention

7th Gr Dyslexia Screener Window

Aug. 21 - Sept. 8th, 2023

Thank you for your patience as we tried to figure out the “behind the scenes” problems.

BOY Universal Screening Windows

● August 28 - September 8

● BUBS September 18-22

● CIRCLE September 11 - October 6 (DistrictTeam will administer 4 measures and Pre-K will administer 2 measures )

Please send home to families results from the BOYscreeners.

You may also share the following: Flyer

Letter from District - English

Letter from District - Spanish

MTSS During meetings with parents, please share the one pager with them. This is an overview document fromTEAthat explains MTSS

Emergent Tree:

By now you have established classroom expectations and defined safety, respectfulness and responsibility. Please have these classroom expectations posted in your classroom.

Multilingual Department

Thank you to everyone for a wonderful start to the new school year!

Do you need translation and/or interpreter services for languages other than Spanish? Complete the Foreign Language Translation Request Form for assistance.

You can request Spanish/English translation/interpretation services through the following link.You can also find the request on the Staff Resources page of our district website. Hays CISD Translation/Interpretation Services

Please share the flyer linked below for our first Multilingual Parent Night of the year. It will be hosted at the Camino Real Elementary Cafeteria on Tuesday, 9/19 from 6-7pm. This parent meeting is for the parents/families of the students in the bilingual or ESLprogram in the district. 9/19 Multilingual Parent Night Flyer

Interested in pursuing your bilingual teaching certification? See the information below.

The free 190 Bilingual Target Language Proficiency Courses for certification courses have been published!

https://www.txel.org/bilingualcourses

Need your ESLcertification? Check out the information below for the TExES ESLSupplemental Test #154 prep course.

ESLAcademy Flyer, 2023-24

Bilingual/DLAssessment & Professional Development Information:

● 2023-24: Bilingual/DLmCLASS Measures Per Grade & Language

● Our first Bilingual/DLmeeting is scheduled onTuesday, 9/19 from 3:35-4:35 at Camino Real Elementary. We will begin our session in the cafeteria. Sign up: Eduphoria Log-In

● HCISD Bilingual/DLStipend PD Offerings: 23-24

From the desk of Logan Stroud, Hays CISD World Languages District Lead Teacher:

World Languages September Newsletter

Language Learner Rock Star Information:

The Multilingual Department is looking for Language Learner Rock Star Teachers in Hays CISD! On a monthly basis, we want to recognize staff who are making a positive impact on our Language Learners, academically and social-emotionally.

Criteria for nominations: implementation of Bilingual/ESL/LOTE practices, including but not limited to, the 7 Steps to a Language Rich Classroom, Sheltered Instruction, Talk Read, Talk Write and/or meeting students' language domain needs.

Thank you for all that you do!

Know someone who is a Language Learner Rock Star? Nominate them today for the Language Learner Rock Star Award.

Language Learner Rock Star Award Nomination

Multilingual Department

Bilingual Secondary ESL World Languages

Ms.Arevalos’2nd graders at TGES reviewing las sílabas con /b/ during HMH destrezas fundamentales

Small group math instruction with our recent arrivals by Ms. Vidaurri at SMS

La Sra.Thornburg guiding her Spanish 2 students through el calentamiento/warm-up

Our CRES bilingual 5th graders are getting organized in Ms. Hernandez’RLAclass setting up their Reader’s Notebook

Great example of content based language instruction (CBLI)!

Mr. Valdez & Mr Portillo set the stage for a little healthy competition playing Blooket while reviewing content on the 13 colonies in US History class.

Ready, Set, Go for our NES, SES, & SHES Spanish Enrichment teachers! ¡Vamos!

Pre-K

Our fabulous Pre- K Team is off to a great start for the 2023-24 school year!!

● TEAMS Pre-K Skillbook Window - October 5-10

● Letter Name/Sounds Inventory WindowSeptember 11 - October 6

● Due in Eduphoria October 13th (How to)

● Video Guidance

● BOYCIRCLE Window - September 11 - October 6

● ADistrict CIRCLE Team will administer 4 measures for TIAto all Pre-K students: Letter Naming, Vocabulary Naming, PhonologicalAwareness and Mathematics

● Pre-K Teachers will administer 2 measures for each student: Early Writing Skills and Social Emotional observable checklist

Save the Date: District Pre-K PLC ~ October 6th ~ 10-12 @ BES Library

Student Services

TeachersandStaffplayacriticalrolein helpingourstudentsgettoschool.

Through your relationships and positive connections with students, you are giving them motivation to come to school.

Researchindicatesthatstudentswhomiss lessthantwodaysofschoolinSeptember willcontinuetomisslessthantwodaysof school,eachmonth,duringtheremainder oftheschoolyear.-

Please take the time to talk with your students about the importance of coming to school every day and every period. They really need to hear this message from you often.

TeacherResponsibilities:

1. Teachers record official attendance each school day at the ADAsettimeusingtheTEAMSsoftware.

a. Secondary teachers must take attendance every day andeveryperiod.

2. If a teacher makes an attendance posting error the teacher must work with the campus attendance clerk to follow all procedurestocorrecttheattendance.

3. Ifastudentisabsent,classroomteachersareexpectedtocall hometocheckonthestudentandwhenthestudentwillbe back.

a. Teachers are expected to keep a call log for these attendanceparent/guardiancontact.

4. Attendancerecordsmustbekeptaccurately.Teacherscannot enter present for all students without ensuring that all studentsarepresent.

If you need assistance with taking attendance, reach out to yourattendanceclerkoroneofyourcampusadmin.

Help

studentsbecomean AttendanceHERO!

your

Help us communicate to families and students that school attendance is essential to academic success.

We often see that students, parents, and families don’t realize how quickly absences, excused or unexcused, can add up to academic trouble.

Yourmessagingiscritical!

Dr. Brian Dawson

Gifted and Talented (G/T)

Professional Development: Fall online courses are now open and will close on November 30. Alist of available courses and the State’s guidelines are available at THIS LINK. If there any questions, contactTish Cawley at tish.cawley@hayscisd.net or x45035. This year,Tish is offering sessions via Zoom (link to session) where she will answer questions related to content, which courses need to be taken, and how to access courses. Sessions are come and go and will run from 4:00 to 5:00 pm on the following dates.

○ September 6

○ September 20

The G/Tteam is excited to support you in meeting the needs of advanced learners . Please let us know when you would like us to attend a PLC or planning session. For elementary, RLAextension choice boards are now linked on the Content Resource Site. We are currently working on math extension boards.

Gifted and Talented (G/T)

Katie Flanagan kicked off Simon’s IDEAS Club and introduced students to this year’s challenges!

Students in Ms. Durrett’s class at Barton created Skedoodles to practice creative thinking!

Advanced Academics

APTeachers: Thanks for getting students intoAPClassroom!

Please be sure to use the progress checks and other resources there.

OnRampsTeachers: Please remind students that the deadline to pay for OnRamps courses is September 15, 2023.

Students who have not paid by that time will be dropped from the course and placed in the corresponding high school course.

Hays CISD subsidizes to make the cost $124 per course ($25 for students who qualify for free/reduced lunch). Since the Rhetoric (English) and U.S. History courses are worth two college credits, there will be one payment due for the fall semester and one for the spring semester (for a total of $248 [$50 for students who qualify for free/reduced lunch]).

There are two ways to pay.

● One is through RevTrak, our online store (Please note that there is a 4% surcharge for online payments.) If a student is enrolled in more than one OnRamps course, each course will need to be added separately. Directions for how to do this are on the lower right of the payment page.

● The other is to take cash or check for the course(s) to the campus bookkeeper. These individuals are:

○ Bonnie Conder—HHS

○ Stephanie Garza—LHS

○ Carmen Molina--JHS

Special shout out to the APBiology team who already has students taking the Unit 1 MCQ Progress Check!

APTeachers: If you attended anAPSI this summer, please email a copy of your certificate to joy.philpott@hayscisd.netAND upload a copy of the certificate into eduphoria to receive G/Tcredit.

OnRamps Teachers: Want G/TCredit for your summer PLI? Upload the certificate into eduphoria. Email tish.cawley@hayscisd.net when you’ve uploaded certificates. Directions on how to upload certificates are here.

APand OnRamps teachers will meet from 10:00-Noon on October 6, 2023. Location

TBD

Hays CISD Athletics

We are off to a wonderful start to the ‘23-’24 Hays CISDAthletic season! We have already begun HS Volleyball, Cross Country,Tennis, Water Polo, and Football. Middle School Athletics starts Football, Volleyball, and Cross Country this week. We would like to highlight several awesome things that have gone on already to start the school year! Hays VB coach Marci Laracuente won her 400th game as a head coach! Billy Martinez and his grounds crew continue to do a great job keeping our fields playable and decorating Shelton Stadium for home football games! On Friday, September 1st we will be hostingThe Clary Clash Water Polo tournament that includes all 3 Hays CISD teams. We have one home game at Shelton Stadium this Friday that features the Johnson Jaguars vs Lake Belton. There are several programs that have embraced community service such as the Jaguar football team (pictured above) helping greet students at Elm Grove Elementary. It is going to be an exciting year!

CTE (COOLEST TEACHERS EVER!)

McCormick Middle School’s Janson Bass was Pugged!

Oscar the PUG made his first stop of 23-24 at McCormick MS to visit Mr. Janson Bass because we think Mr. Bass is Pretty Unbelievably Great! Mr. Bass has spent so much time during our teacher prep days mentoring new teachers to CTE and we very much appreciate all of the time he has dedicated to helping them!

Our CTETeam is so glad to have all of our teachers back for this school year! We were able to get lots of fantastic first day of school pictures from many of our campuses.

Mark your Calendar!

Upcoming Date

COW Day 11/14/2023

*More details to come!

FINE ARTS

FineArts District PLC Dates for 23-24:

All fine arts teachers will attend at the PAC.

● October 6th: 10am - 12pm

● October 31st: 1pm - 4pm

● January 3rd: 10am - 12pm

● February 16th: 10am - 12pm

● April 1st: 10am - 12pm

Art Teachers:

We need to complete all TAEAMembershipApplications

● Elementary:

○ Complete this form and send to sylvia.ortega@hayscisd.net to process payment.

● Secondary:

○ Johnson HS VerticalTeam: Update your profile online and call Tracye Mendez for payment info over the phone.

○ Hays HS VerticalTeam: Update your profile online and send your login information to Madelaine Bishop to log-in and process payment for you.

○ Lehman HS VerticalTeam: Update your profile online and send your login information to Amy Vargas to log-in and process payment for you.

Eligibility:

The first eligibility check point of the year happen on September 22nd.

● See the district calendar for all dates.

● Here is the link to our shared eligibility google drive. This has eligibility resources plus folders to drop in eligibility verification forms as required.

Elementary Literacy

Ms. Valdez and Ms. Medeiros in Kinder at BVES rocking their HMH read alouds with explicit vocabulary instruction and sentence stems for predictions.

Ms. Klein in 2nd grade at BVES teaching a grammar lesson on complete sentences. She consistently used randomness to check for understanding.

Ms. Peck in 2nd grade at BVES reinforcing central idea using the anchor chart from HMH. She did an excellent job questioning her students and uses scaffolds as needed.

A5th grade student at KES prepares to write a response about author’s purpose by consulting the anchor charts in her reader’s notebook and the text in HMH..

Ms. Maag-Medel in 5th grade at BVES keeping her students engaged and excited about grammar.

Two 5th grade students at KES work together on a partner reading protocol using the M1W1 fluency passage.

Elementary Literacy

Hays CISD ReadingAcademies

Our first ReadingAcademy training session is on September 13th.

● Time: 8:00-3:30

● Location: Old Upper Buda Elementary Cafeteria- 300 N. San Marcos St.

● Sign up in Eduphoria- September 13th Eduphoria Link

● Make sure you bring a charged device and your Unique ID to the training (directions were sent by email)

● Work with your campus secretary to ensure you have a substitute secured for the training day

ReadingAcademy Training Dates: ●

● You can go ahead and secure substitutes with your campus secretary and sign up in Eduphoria

Reach out to us if you have any questions.

We look forward to seeing you soon!

- Denise Schweitzer, MandyTaylor, andTeri Stapp

Secondary Literacy

Welcome Back to a New School Year!

I hope your year is off to a great start!

“Just In Time” Trainings

6-10 will have two opportunities to come together to calibrate and score ECRs this year! More info coming soon!

Dates:

6th: 1/9 AM & 2/28 PM

7th: 1/9 PM & 3/1

8th: 1/12 & 2/28 AM

Eng I: 11/14 AM & 2/29 AM

Eng II: 11/14 PM & 2/29 PM

Screener Updates:

Reports need to be sent to parents within two weeks of administration of the screener

HMH:

- How-to print reports

- Parent letter template - English Spanish

Reading Plus:

- How-to print reports

- Parent letter template

- Resources for Parent & Family Support

MindPlay:

(Thank you for your patience with MindPlay! Everything should be working now!)

- Video: How-to print reports

Shoutout to LHS Eng I for trying out the WelcometoAmericalesson!

Shoutout to MMS for planning for close reading!

ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS

Ihopeyouryearisofftoa greatstart!I’mlooking forwardtoseeingthe amazingworkyoudowith ourmathematicians. PleaseletmeknowhowI canhelp.

STEMScopes

As we begin year 1 with STEMScopes curriculum, i will be keeping spreadsheet for STEMScopes feedback. Feel free to send me any feedback you have or add it directly to this document.

GT UpdateSummer Book Studies

If you signed up to do either Mathematical Mindsets or Building Thinking Classrooms as a book study for your GT Update, remember to schedule an observation with me and/or Tish Cawley before October 30 to get the GT update credit. Once the observation is complete, we will update EduphoriaI can’t wait to see what you’re trying out!

MAP Growth

The deadline to send family reports home is 9/8 - you can have them printed through printshop! Here are instructions on how to get these reports downloaded. If needed, be sure to send home the Spanish companion explanation sheet We also have a flyer to help parents understand how we use MAP.

Building Thinking Classrooms?

There is a FREE webinar hosted by Hand-to-Mind with Peter Liljedahl specifically about getting started with some of the practices - 10/5 from 5 to 6pm CDT - registered participants will have access to an on-demand recording as well. Register and get more information here.

Just In Time Trainings - More info coming soon! 4th & 5th grade - October 17th or 19th

Welcome Back!

I hope everyone has had a great start! Let me know if I can help with anything as we move forward :) I can’t wait to see what students can accomplish under your guidance this year!

“Just in Time” Sessions

return of District PLC - Location TBA

Discuss with your principal before registering!

GT UpdateSummer Book Studies

If you signed up to do either Mathematical Mindsets or Building Thinking Classrooms as a book study for your GT Update, remember to schedule an observation with me and/or Tish Cawley before October 30 to get that update credit. Once that observation is complete, we will update EduphoriaI can’t wait to see what you’re trying out!

Did you read Building Thinking Classrooms?

Are you wondering how to start implementing?

There is a FREE webinar hosted by Hand-to-Mind with Peter Liljedahl specifically about getting started with some of the practices10/5 from 5 to 6pm CDTregistered participants will have access to an on-demand recording as well. Register and get more information here

Teachers of students who took MAP

Remember that the deadline to send family reports home is 9/8 - you can have them printed through printshop! Here are some instructions if you’re fuzzy on how to get these reports downloaded.

Elementary Science

UpcomingAssessments (on Eduphoria)

2nd Grade- Unit 1 Sep 11-21

3rd Grade- Unit 1 Sep 25 - Oct 5

4th Grade- Unit 1 Sep 11-22 Unit 2 Sep 25 - Oct 5

5th Grade- Unit 1 Sep 25 - Oct 5

Reminder:

Please reach out to your admin team about getting supplies to ensure your students get the hands on experiences they need.

Austin Regional Science Fair is now GreaterAustin Regional Science and Engineering Fair (GARSEF).The website has changed, and it is now located at www.austinscience.org

The 2024 fair will take place at the Palmer Event Center on February 21-24. Teacher orientation is Sep 7 (3-4:30) online.

Great and FREE science resources

● https://www.gbra.org/education/elementary-classroom-tools/

● Wildlife by Design (AHarrod@texas-wildlife.org)

Secondary Science

CI: District

Campus Approval Required then Register in Eduphoria via Classlink. Location: Old BES Room 308.

Campus Approval Required then Register in Eduphoria via Classlink. Location: Old BES Room 308.

2/22

New-to-district, 7th grade science teacher, Max Brandenberger, modeling for students in the classroom.

11/3 8:15 - 11:15 am

Nucleic Acids, Protein Synthesis, & Epigenetics

1/18 8:15 - 11:15 am Taxonomy

PLC Support Resources

TEKS Instruction Guides (TIGs)

6th Density

7th Cells & Cell Theory

8th Chemical Reactions Biology Homeostasis & Molecule

Social Studies

District PLC 8th Grade Social Studies Sessions

Talk with your Principal and register in Eduphoria via Classlink. Location TBA.

10/3 PM

District PLC & Resource Plan for CBA 1 and DBQ

2/22 PM

CBA 2 reflection and Plan for Interim & STAAR

District PLC US History Sessions

Talk with your principal and register in Eduphoria via Classlink. Location TBA.

11/3 PM

District PLC & Resource Plan for CBA 1

2/13 All Day CBA 2 reflection and Plan for Interim & EOC

Our 2ndAnnual Hays History Day event will be January 20, 2023 at Hays High School.This event ties into theTexas History Day event and the National History Day event and is a fantastic opportunity for students to display their knowledge and interest in humanities from grades 4-12. It is also a great option for GTShowcase projects.

History Day Flyers have been sent to all campuses for Open House on Sept 12. We will hold a CampusAdvisor meeting on zoom on Sept 14th and a Community Information Meeting on September 21st. Sign up for the zoom meeting here!

Elementary Request Form for More Social Studies Support

Are you receiving the HaysCISD Social Studies monthly newsletter? If not sign up here!

Student Health Services

Staff Flu Clinics

The staff flu clinic schedule is linked here.The location will be determined by your campus nurse and will be updated when available. If you are interested in the flu clinic at your campus, please sign up here: :

https://forms.gle/DZqw5hoYMkUhRGQw7 Please follow the directions at the top of the sign up form. If you have any questions regarding insurance, please call Plum Creek Pharmacy at (512) 262-7881. Plum Creek

Pharmacy will also be offering Covid Boosters during the clinics. Children of employees (age 7 and up) may participate with the parent/guardian present.

Medication Safety Reminder

The Hays CISD medication procedures is linked here:

https://www.hayscisd.net/Page/727 Students should not be self-carrying medication unless the appropriate documentation is on file with the campus nurse and the campus nurse has assessed the appropriateness.. If you have questions about medications on campus or a concern with a student, please contact your campus nurse to discuss.

Student Health Services Monthly Newsletter