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Important Dates for October

October 2 PTA Meeting—7:00 p.m.
October 8/9 Student Holidays — No School
October 12 Field Trip 4th —Outdoor Learning Center
October 12 End of 1st Nine Weeks
October 16/18 Parent Conferences 4:00-7:00 p.m. **More details to come from teachers.
October 17 Report Cards sent home
October 19 1st Nine Weeks Assembly:
7:45 a.m. – PK-AM (Classroom)
7:45 a.m. – PK-AM/K/1/2
12:00 p.m.—PK-PM (Classroom)
2:00 p.m. – 3/4/5
October 22-26 Drug–Free Red Ribbon Week
October 23 Field trip—Kinder—Dallas Arboretum
October 24 Track Meet—5th grade Standridge
October 26 Picture Retakes
October 30 Field trip—5th Grade– Crow and Opera

Friday Lunch Schedule for Visitors

We have been blessed to have so many visitors for lunch; however, we have a limited amount of space in our cafeteria. In order to have adequate space for all visitors, we have designated specific Fridays in which visitors are allowed for lunch based on student last name.

Example: If a student’s last name in TEAMS is Montenegro-Hernandez, visitors are permitted on the M-Z dates.

Oct. 5th Student Last Name M-Z
Oct. 12th Student Last Name A-L
Oct. 19th Student Last Name M-Z
Oct. 26th Student Last Name A-L

Nine Week Awards

We will be recognizing students each Nine Weeks at our assemblies.

Magnificent Mustang

Homeroom students will vote for 2 students who have demonstrated the Nine Week FBE Pledge criteria as listed below. Students may be selected by their peers for more than one Nine Weeks.
1st Nine Weeks – Be Respectful
2nd Nine Weeks – Be Responsible
3rd Nine Weeks – Be Honest
4th Nine Weeks– Be My Best

Mustang on the Move

The key is significant IMPROVEMENT!
Teacher selects ONE per class that he/she teaches.

Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten, 1st Grade

• Perfect Attendance – no tardies
• Magnificent Mustang – 2 per Homeroom
• Mustang on the Move

2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade

• Perfect Attendance – no tardies
• Magnificent Mustang – 2 per Homeroom
• Mustang on the Move
• A Honor Roll – all As
• A/B Honor Roll – any combo of As and Bs
• B Honor Roll – all Bs

Collectible Awards – Dog Tags

Notes from the Nurse

• Cold and flu season is coming; remember to wash hands often to avoid illness.
• Children must stay home with fever (100.4º), vomiting, and diarrhea.
• Once a child no longer has those symptoms for at least 24 hours, he/she may return to school.
• Please call the office when your child is absent and send a note when he/she returns to school.
• If there’s any change in your child’s medical condition, please notify our school nurse.
• Notify the office with any phone number changes.
• If medication needs to be given during school hours, a parent must bring the medicine to the school and speak with the nurse.
• Do not send the medicine with your child.

Check out the new art in the halls of our school.  Farmers Branch Elementary art teacher, Ms. Weber, helped the planet by using recycling marker and bottle caps.  This new art also helped beautify Farmers branch Elementary school by using these items in a unique and colorful way!

Mrs. Acuna, the counselor at Farmers Branch Elementary, not only helps us with social and life skills she helps us remember the importance of a growth mindset!

 Mrs. Acuna is always encouraging the Mustangs to keep in mind that mistakes help us grow as people and as learners.

Prime, composite, factors, and multiples!  Fourth grade is exploring mathematics concepts and are asked to explain their thinking.  

Do you know how these concepts help us with multiplication, division, and solving word problems?  If not, ask a 4th grade Mustang!