Please join us as we celebrate our Grandfriends! #bethesunshine
Don't forget tomorrow, Friday, Sept. 1st is an early release day! #bethesunshine
Tomorrow is College Color Day! Wear your College Colors!
#bethesunshine
Walt Whitman said, "Keep your face always toward the sunshine—and shadows will fall behind you."
Amaya Hopkins, Brenda Sanchez, and Bridget Knight were recently recognized for doing just that! Thank you ladies for always smiling, empowering others, and being leaders on campus! #bethesunshine
HOCO 2023!
Community pep rally Sept. 13th @ Eagle Stadium!
Free hot dogs @ 7:30
Rally @ 8pm
#weAREdecatur
Be the Sunshine today! https://www.smore.com/khu6j
What a FANTASTIC way to start our Friday! Thank you DHS football players and cheerleaders for helping with drop-off this morning! Good Luck tonight! We are DECATUR! #bethesunshine
Please join us tomorrow night for Young 101.....#bethesunshine
Happy Monday! Please enjoy our Parent Newsletter for the week of August 21st!
https://www.smore.com/0buxv
#bethesunshine
Just wanted to remind everyone that tomorrow, Monday, August 21st, will be "Independence Day!"
Parents will not be allowed to walk students to class.
If you wish to walk your student up to the front door, please park in the parking lot and use the crosswalk.
Our amazing staff will be stationed in the hallways to help all students get to class.
We will also start counting students tardy tomorrow.
School starts at 7:50am. Students will be counted as tardy after 7:55am.
Please let us know if you have any questions.
#bethesunshine
Don't forget to join us Tuesday night, August 22nd, for Young 101. Visit your child's classroom, learn their grade-level expectations, and see what their daily schedule looks like. We will also have our first PTO meeting of the year! #bethesunshine
Buses will be about 10 to 20 minutes delayed on routes.
Monday will be Independence Day!
Parents will no longer be allowed to walk students to class, but our amazing staff will be waiting right inside the doors to help everyone to class! #bethesunshine
You can now view your child’s STAAR results in Skyward Family Access! Follow the directions
below:
1) Log into Skyward Family Access.
2) Click the “District Links” on the top right corner. Then select STAAR Results for direct access to your child’s STAAR results.
Honored to recognize our first 3
"Be the Sunshine" Leaders for the 2023-2024 school year.
Allie Worthington was recognized for empowering others. Priscilla Morphis was recognized for showing empathy and Angie Bernal was recognized for demonstrating adaptability. Thank you ladies for your leadership and hard work! Our year looks bright with so many leaders on campus!
#bethesunshine
STAAR and TELPAS Information!
State testing results for students are available in the Texas Family Portal today. The Texas Family Portal is a secure site to share any state testing results - STAAR, TELPAS, etc. Please check your email inbox for a personalized confidential email providing log-in information for this site. If you have any students in grades 4-12 who completed STAAR testing last year or any student K-12 who completed TELPAS testing (solely for English Language Learners), the results of that testing are available using this log-in information. Please let us know if you have questions or problems logging on.
We are proud to welcome, Emma Sherwood to the Young Family!
https://youtube.com/shorts/A3q6Ksx6cs0?feature=share
This is what Emma says about being a Kindergarten Teacher at Young.......
"This will be my first year teaching at Young, and I am so excited to teach kindergarten! In the past few years, I have been an after-school care teacher, pre-k teacher, Summer camp counselor, and a long-term substitute. Teaching children has always been my passion, and teaching kindergarten has always been my dream! In my free time, I enjoy playing the piano, watching movies, and spending time with family and friends. I am so excited to get to know all of my students and watch them grow throughout the school year!"
#bethesunshine
DISD ALERT!
There is a new app trending, Saturn, which allows students to upload their school info so they can connect with others. IT RAISES CONCERN.
NONE of the data in the app comes from the district, only users uploading their info.
Read more: https://5il.co/2207c
Kindergarten is shining brighter since Brenda Sanchez joined the team!
https://youtube.com/shorts/_DLvRfJ7yZo?feature=share
This will be Brenda's first year in education.
She is the youngest of three siblings and aunt to three nieces and three nephews. Years ago, Brenda worked at a daycare where she watched her oldest niece and now she has the opportunity to go to school with four of them. She has always had a passion for working with children and is grateful that she now gets to do it for a living with her family by her side.
#bethesunshine
Meet the amazing Intervention team!
https://youtube.com/shorts/79mlHuQJKPM?feature=share
Angie Bernal is starting her 11th year in education.
She just received her Master's Degree from Sam Houston in May. Woo Hoo!
Angie has 3 awesome and super cute kiddos. Autumn will be an 8th grader at McCarroll. Jack will be a 3rd grader and Jacob will be in kinder here at Young.
This is Amaya Hopkins's first year in education and she is so excited to be at Young! Amaya is definitely an asset to Young!
Lori Hart is beginning her 1st year in education.
She has been married for 30 years and has 3 grown daughters.
Lori has worked at numerous daycares over the years including one that she ran from her own home. Lori enjoys working with the 4-year-olds at her church and she is excited to join the Young family!
#bethesunshine