Bobcat Bulletin October 14th-19th

Posted Date: 10/13/24 (4:41 PM)

Bobcat Bulletin

October 14th-19th

Elementary Parents,

We look forward to our first goals day this week. Elementary students will dismiss at noon for the next two Tuesdays in order to meet with parents. We will have normal lunch on these half days. If you have not scheduled a time with your student's teachers, pleae reach out to them.

I had the joy of getting to sit through several full lessons this week in classrooms. Your students are learning a lot and being challenged!

Picture Day on Monday!

Mrs. Gibson

Secondary Familes,

I just want to remind everyone that we have Fall Pictures scheduled on Monday. (Dress nice) On Tuesday, the High School will run a normal full day schedule. Elementary will be on a different schedule on this day. Congratulations to a great season to our Volleyball teams as they close out the season! Good luck to our band as they compete in the UIL marching contest this Saturday!

Mr. Pond

Candy Donations

Our Fall Festival is a community event being put on by many of our secondary classes and organiztions. We would love to see lots of kids there to enjoy the games and treats. Elementary classes are raffling off some great baskets of goodies. There will also be a cake walk and a haunted house. Admission for most games are free. The cake walk and haunted house are additional fees. There will also be a vendor that will be making custom t-shirts on site as well as food trucks!

Thank you to all that have donated so far!

In order to help the clubs, organizations and classes with candy, we would appreciate any candy donations. Donations can be brought to the school or there will also be a box for donations at the Horseshoe. We thank you in advance for any donation of candy!

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Football Information

October 17--JH/JV FB @Home 5pm

October 18th-Varsity FB at Ropes 7pm

Lady Cat Basketball is Coming!

Volleyball season is over and it is time to start basketball. See schedule below.

Band News:

The Smyer Band performed their full UIL Show for the first time on Friday and Saturday of this week. Every performance is getting better. At the Westerner the Smyer Band ranked 17 in 2A Bands. We are excited to get back on the field and prepare for UIL Contest on Saturday.

Award Winners this week:

Marcher of the Week- Katie Steele

New Marcher of the Week- Ally Brown

Section of the Week- Saxophone Section

UIL Marching Contest- The Bobcat Band performs at 3:05 pm at Lowrey Field in Lubbock Texas. The tickets are $5.00.

Claws Closet

Thank you so much to PAWS Club and Atmos Energy for their generous donations to Claws' Closet!! Thanks to Amy Stone and UMC Hospital for setting up a food drive towards our Claws' Closet. Also, thank you to EVERYONE that has donated food for this project! Super Students will continue to receive food deliveries on Fridays to take home for the weekend. Please do not forget, we are ALWAYS accepting shelf stable food donations to Claws' Closet. If you would like to make a monetary donation, you may get with a PAWS Club member for that. It is never to late to sign your child up for Claws' Closet...just reach out to summer.stracener@smyer-isd.net or cathleen.langill@smyer-isd.net and we can get your child/children added to the deliveries!

Blood Drive

Smyer ISD will host a blood drive through Vitalant for the Smyer Community. Adults and children 16 years of age or older may participate if you weigh at least 110 pounds, and meet all donation criteria. *Minors must have the proper consent forms filled out by parent/guardian prior to the child donating. Vitalant offers "Honor Cords" for graduating seniors that donate at least 3 times with them before graduation. SISD had 3 seniors get this honor last year!! If you are interested in participating in the blood drive or would like to know eligibility requirements or would like more information, please contact Nurse Summer- summer.stracener@smyer-isd.net. Donating blood may help save a life, we appreciate anyone that is able to help!!

December 3, 2024 from 9:30 am - 1:15 pm in the Smyer ISD parking lot/Vitalant mobile buses

Attendance Matters

This school year we are going to focus on student attendance. Some say it takes 10,000 hours of quality practice in somthing (sports, music, reading, math) to become an expert in it. When a student misses school they are losing the ground to become the best they can be.

If a student misses 10 days in school year = 4,930 minutes/82 hours of instruction lost

If a student misses 10 days a year every year during their elementary years, they will have missed: 34,510 minutes/575hours of instruction. WOW!

We want our kids to be set up success and not struggling to make up the exposure they lost from being absent! This year we are going to have a STRIVE for FIVE goal--no more than five absences for the school year.