PAW PRINTS
Volume 4, Issue 8
Spring Branch
Elementary School
Inside this issue:
Principal’s Message
1
Important Dates
2
IMPACT News
2
You’re Invited!
Kindergarten
Roundup /
Registration
Night
April 6, 2017
5:00-7:00 pm
March, 2017
A message from the principal. . .
Even though it is only March, we
are already making plans for next
school year.
On Thursday, April 6th, Spring
Branch will host our Kindergarten
Registration Night from 5:00 to
7:00 pm. We want to invite any
child who will be turning five years
old prior to August 1, 2017 to
attend with their parent (s). We
will have enrollment information
and activities to prepare you and
your child for kindergarten.
Summer Success enrollment
information will be available as
well.
Please call 521-5455 and let the
office know if you have a child that
will be attending kindergarten
next year.
Parent teacher conferences will
take place on March 21st and
22nd. It is important that every
parent/guardian attend the
conference with their child’s
teacher.
At your conference you will receive
information on Summer Success
enrollment. We encourage you to
enroll early by visiting the district
website at www.isdschools.org.
Enrollment begins on March 13th.
Those who enroll by April 13th will
be eligible for a $50 attendance
incentive gift card.
Summer Success is scheduled to
take place from May 30th to
June 29th. Spring Branch
students will be attending
Summer Success at Blackburn
Elementary. Classes will be
held Monday through
Thursday. Our Kids Safari
program will offer “Fun Friday”
activities as well for a nominal
fee. You may contact 521-5508
for more information.
Finally we want to congratulate
the Spring Branch Teacher of
the Year, Ms. Valerie Valle and
our Classified Employee of the
Year, Ms. Jeanine Howard.
Both of these individuals were
selected by the Spring Branch
staff to represent our school.
We are very fortunate to have
both of them on our team.
tary School
Spring Branch Elemen
Upcoming Events:
3/14 2nd and 3rd Music Program
Cookie Dough Orders In
3/17- Book Fair
3/22
Character Plus
Word of the Month:
Initiative
To act and make
decisions on your own
3/21- Parent Teacher Conferences
3/22
3/22
3rd Grade to the Truman Library
3/244/3
No School Spring Break
4/5
PTA Board
4/6
Kindergarten Registration Night
4/14
No School
Impact News: Smart Sometimes
Taken from Parenting Gifted Children by NAGC (National
Association for Gifted Children)
Chapter 29: I’m a Kid, Mom, Not a Robot: What HighAbility Children Want Their Parents to Know About Them
Inconsistencies in how your child applies his or
her intelligence may baffle you at times. “How can she be
so smart in science but get such low grades in math?” you
asked. Or, “For a kid who comes up with brilliant solutions
to problems around the house, why isn’t he a better reader?
We know he’s smart.”
The short answer is this: More than innate intelligence is at play in problem solving, reading, understanding
math, succeeding in science, and every other type of learning. Different tasks require different types of thinking. For
example, reading well requires one type of thinking whereas creating solutions to problems around the house or inventing new ways to use odds and ends accumulating in the
basement or garage call for thinking that is quite different.
These thought processes aren’t interchangeable, but your
youngster may well apply both types to separate situations.
The human mind is extremely complex, which accounts for the variation of strengths and talents between and among individuals – sometimes, in the same
family. A person’s use of various types of thinking
also helps explain why demonstrating high ability in
one area doesn’t necessarily carry over to others. This
is perfectly normal for high-ability youngsters as well
as for other children. Let’s listen to what Tiffany wants
her parents to know about this particular issue.
“I’d like my parents to accept the fact that
I’m smart in some subjects but not in others. That’s
just the way it is”, asserts Tiffany, 13, who says her
parents pressure her to do as well in math as she does
in drama. Asked to elaborate a bit, Tiffany notes that
she’s interested in and, in fact, passionate about drama.
From her earliest recollections, she played school,
church, and weddings and, when her playmates weren’t around, she played every role herself. “The time I
was in my first school play, our director told me I was
a natural,” she comments with a broad smile. “But I’m
no natural in math! I’ll really like my parents to understand that even bright kids aren’t good at everything.
We’re not robots!”