Eagle Eye Principal ~ April Maldonado

Assistant Principal ~ Donna Burkhardt

Eagle Springs Elementary

12500 Will Clayton Parkway ~ Humble, Texas 77346

Main (281) 641-3100; Fax (281) 641-3117; Attendance (281) 641-3103

School Hours: First Bell: 7:50 Tardy Bell: 8:05

Kindergarten Dismissal: 1:50 / Grades 1-5 Dismissal: 3:20

Student Holiday 1/19

Souper Bowl of

Caring

1/26~

1/30

Fifth Grade

Fieldtrip

1/27

EARLY RELEASE 1/28

Family Night 1/29

Group Pictures 2/5

Friendship

Parties

2/13

Student Holiday 2/16

LUNCH MENU

1/7 Beef Corn Chip Pie

or Chicken Rings

Specials today is A

1/8 Turkey Hot Dog or

Pizza Munchable Kit

Specials today is B.

1/9 Cheeseburger,

Hambruger or Macaroni

and Cheese

Specials today is C.

1/12 Chicken Rings or

Beef Steak Fingers

Specials today is D.

1/13 Pepperoni or

Cheese Pizza or Baked

Potato

Specials today is E.

Watch Us SOAR!

January 6, 2015

Issue 17

UPCOMING EVENTS

We were so very excited to see all of those smiling faces this

morning. We are looking forward to a wonderful and exciting new

year with lots of fun learning activities ahead.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS for THURSDAY, JANUARY 29TH

We are planning our annual Family Night and it is sure to be a lot

of fun. Stay tuned for more information to be coming soon.

January is School Board Appreciation month in Texas.

We are very blessed to have a dedicated school board in Humble

ISD that is passionate about students and their learning!

We want to thank these caring individuals for their time and

energy. Their support is the foundation of our strong schools

in Humble ISD!

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SKATING 101 will be starting January 9 through January 27th. Students in grades

3 ~ 5 will learn the basics and safety of in-line skating during their PE classes. The cost to rent

the skates and pads is $10.00 and a permission slip is required. Please see the permission

slip on page 6 for more information.

STUDENTS should have long socks and a hat. If they do not bring a hat a shower cap will be provided.

Gloves and long pants are also recommended during cold weather.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED to assist with putting on skates and pads and assisting those that are

having a little trouble keeping their balance. NO SKATING REQUIRED! 4th grade will skate at 8:40, 3rd

grade at 9:50 and 5th grade at 10:55. If you are able to help coach please email Maggie Woods at

esevolunteer@gmail.com.

Patriot’s Day will be held on March 6th. This event immerses our fifth grade students in a day in

the life of a Colonial child. It is a wonderful learning experience but requires a lot of parental help.

Students and volunteers must be in costume for this event.

Please watch your child’s folder for more information coming soon.

CHOIR will not be practicing in January and will resume practice on

February 2nd. The Choir instructor from TMS will be visiting our 5th grade

students during their specials to inform them about their middle school

programs. Please take some time to talk your 5th graders about what musical

electives they might be interested in for next year.

CLAW will be meeting on

Thursday, January 15th after

school. The meeting will end

promptly at 4:15 and students

will be released in the front of school.

MATH OLYMPIADS will

hold their first meeting for

2015 on Thursday, January

8th. The meeting will end

promptly at 4:30 and students will be

dismissed at the front of school.

This is the LAST CHANCE to order your 2014-15 Yearbook. Yearbooks are still on sale for $35.00 each. All order forms must be turned in no

later than January 21st or can be placed online at www.balfour.com. Any orders received

after this date will be returned. Any extra yearbooks that we receive will be sold on a first come first

served basis on a date and time to be announced. Please see the yearbook order form on page 7 for details.

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Box Top Weekly Update

Congratulations to our December winners:

Mrs. Herron’s 1st grade class

with 238 Box Tops! The class will be rewarded with an Ice Pop Party this week. Our January

contest will run from 1/5 to 1/30. So far this year we have collected

21,000 Box Tops. Keep up the good work!! For more information about

the Tyson Project A+ bonus book offer go to www.projectAplus.tyson.com.

Thanks for Clipping! ESE Rocks!

Kids Will Love You for Holding Them Accountable By Jim Fay Your life and that of your kids can be better if you hold your children ac-countable for their misdeeds. Many parents want to do this, but hold back

out of fear their kids will see them as being mean. Love and Logic® offers the secret to holding kids accountable and actually leaving children liking their parents better. You can ease into this with the "E's" of Love and Logic. The art of becoming a Love and Logic parent is to tap into the two ways children learn best. The first is by copy-ing and modeling after their parents. Here we see the first "E" of Love and Logic – example. Kids learn more from what they are shown than what they are told. The next way we learn is through experience, the second "E" of Love and Logic. Our mistakes become our best teachers. Unfortunately many parents, in the heat of the moment, close their children's minds to learning through experience by resorting to anger, threats, and lectures. This switches the child's mind into the "fight or flight" mode of operation. You can open your child's mind to learning from experience by using the third "E" of Love and Logic – empa-thy. This is the secret to causing your youngster to like you better after you have had to discipline. A heavy dose of empathy before holding children accountable will go a long way to helping them learn from their misdeeds. And it will do wonders for your relationships with them. Let's say Junior wrecks the family car. When you learn about the accident, you experience a wide range of emotions: Worry for the child's safety, anger over his irresponsibility, relief that he's OK, and stress over the cost of repairs. During the heat of the moment, parents traditionally respond in ways that actually encourage more irresponsi-ble behavior. Some parents get angry, lecture, and threaten. Some parents rush to the rescue and blame others. Allowing kids to misbehave without logical consequences creates irresponsible children who make bigger and bigger mistakes as they grow older. These kids aren't much fun to be around. Love and Logic parents approach a situation such as the wrecked car with a belief that mistakes are great prac-tice for the real world. In the real world of adults, no one will be around to lecture Junior about his irresponsi-bility. However, there will be responsibilities for the cost of repair and the inconvenience of the loss of trans-portation. This is the point at which the Love and Logic parent opens their child's mind and heart to learn from the conse-quences. They provide a heavy dose of empathy to match the consequence. "Oh, son, we're so glad you weren't hurt. We bet you feel just awful about this. But not to worry, you'll be driv-ing again someday, just as soon as you get the damage paid for. Now give us a hug." Notice the child in this situation is going to have a difficult time seeing his parents as being mean. Junior doesn't get a chance to be defensive. He can feel his parent's love. The "bad guy" is his bad decision. His parents are the "good guys." His mind is now open to learn from his mistakes. Look for an opportunity to experiment with this Love and Logic technique. You'll be amazed at the power of this approach.

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These students know how to be Safe, Organized, Accountable and Respectful.

They are great role models and are excellent examples of what it means to be a

SOARing EAGLE!

Kindergarten First Grade Second Grade

Avery Pepper Tylan Hall Jaci Curry

Third Grade Fourth Grade Fifth Grade

Lily Sharp Jackson Farias Tyler Ewing

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Congratulations to our first Eagles of the Month for 2015. These students

have been exceptional role models in the class and throughout our campus.

They help to show others appropriate behavior and how to work hard to

achieve their goals. Thanks for being such great SOARing Eagles!

Jose Hernandez Miles Bailey

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