Stafford Elementary School

Stafford Weekly Announcement: Friday, 4 – Sleep Book – Wear school appropriate pajamas or dress as your favorite Dr. Seuss book character! Saturday, 5 – Friends of Italy Mardi Gras Parade, Downtown Italy, 2-8pm, parade starts at 7pm Monday, 7 - Incoming 7th-12th Grades Italy Cheer Clinic 7:30-9:30pm High School Dome Tuesday, 8 – PTO Meeting Cafeteria 4pm Wednesday, 9 - Spring and Class Picture Day – To order online and choose different background options please go to www.mylifetouch.com using picture day ID: EVTCKTRFV. Paper order forms have been sent home with students and extras are available at Stafford. If you do not order online, on picture day please send in completed order form with exact cash or checks made payable to Lifetouch. Incoming 7th-12th Grades Italy Cheer Clinic 7:30-9:30pm High School Dome Thursday, 10 - Incoming 7th-12th Grades Italy Cheer Clinic 7:30-9:30pm High School Dome Friday, 11 – Early Release for Students - Elementary 12:20pm Saturday, 12 – Incoming 7th-12th Italy Cheer Tryouts at 10am High School Dome Monday, 14 through Friday, 18 – Spring Break for Students and Staff Go Stafford! https://drive.google.com/file/d/1drzu1uPpaAb8YiyXZHO3QdA8eHo-4cvO/view?usp=sharing_eil_dm&ts=6220e78d

Happy Dr. Seuss Week! Chief McAuley, Lieutenant Willbanks, and Officer Rumsey with the Italy Police Department read Dr. Seuss books to Stafford students! We appreciate you taking the time out of your day to read to the kids, they really enjoyed it!

Stafford Weekly Announcement: Monday, 28 - Fox in Socks – Wear Crazy Socks! Board Meeting 5:30pm High School Italy Cheer Open Gym Incoming 7th-12th grades 6:30-8:30pm HS Dome Tuesday, 1 – Green Eggs and Ham – Wear Green! New Date - FFA Can Food Drive Ends - Benefits Manna House! Class with the most wins a donut party! Wednesday, 2 – Dr Seuss Birthday - Wacky Wednesday – Wear your mix-matched or wackiest clothes! Italy Cheer Parent Meeting Incoming 7th-12th grades 6:30pm High School Cafeteria Thursday, 3 – The Cat in the Hat – Wear a Hat! Friday, 4 – Sleep Book – Wear school appropriate pajamas or dress as your favorite Dr. Seuss book character! Saturday, 5 – Friends of Italy Mardi Gras Parade, Downtown Italy, 2-8pm, parade starts at 7pm Go Stafford! https://drive.google.com/file/d/13ppAaLy3Ob4UtxD-ZQMo_eGU1RUrq90p/view?usp=sharing_eil_dm&ts=6219362f

Early release on February 23. No school on February 24. Dear Italy ISD Families, Out of an abundance of caution, we will be releasing students early today before substantial precipitation is expected to begin. We will release Stafford students at 2:30p.m. and JH/HS students at 2:40 p.m. All after-school activities for today are cancelled. Given the forecasts for precipitation and freezing temperatures overnight, we have also made the decision to cancel school tomorrow, Thursday, February 24. Please contact your child’s campus if you have any questions or concerns. Thank you for your flexibility as we work to keep all students, families, and staff members safe. We will continue to monitor weather conditions and will announce a decision about any potential delays or closures on Friday as soon as we are able to do so.

2022-2023 Incoming 7th-12th Grades Italy ISD Cheer Questions? Please contact Coach Lacey Brown lbrown@italyisd.org **UPDATED DATE…Monday, February 28 - Open Gym 6:30-8:30pm High School Dome** Wednesday, March 2 – Parent Meeting 6:30pm High School Cafeteria Monday, March 7 – Clinic 7:30-9:30pm High School Dome Wednesday, March 9 – Clinic 7:30-9:30pm High School Dome Thursday, March 10 – Clinic 7:30-9:30pm High School Dome Saturday, March 12 – Tryouts 10am High School Dome

Stafford Weekly Announcement: Wednesday, 16 – 4th Six Weeks Report Cards sent home with students and are available on Parent Portal. Friday, 18 – Staff Development Day No School for Students Monday, 21 – Presidents Day Holiday No School for Students and Staff Tuesday, 22 - Kindness Week - Be a servant – dress as someone who serves others! FFA can food drive begins, benefits Manna House! Class with the most win’s donuts! Wednesday, 23 – Kindness Week - Have no excuses - wear college or kindness shirts! Thursday, 24 - Kindness Week - Don't judge others by how they look - wear sunglasses! (teachers may ask students to remove them during class time) Friday, 25 - Kindness Week - Stand up for one another - school spirit day! Can food drive ends, donations will be collected by 9am. Thank you for supporting FFA and Manna House! Go Stafford! https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jjq2Vke5NHxfK2_ONVbR6TvmeUM6Hl9H/view?usp=sharing_eil_dm&ts=620d1344

Stafford PTO is Hosting a Valentine’s Day Fundraiser. Val-O-Grams can be purchased during student’s lunch time on Thursday, February 10th and Friday, February 11th. They are $1 each and will have candy attached. If you would like to send a Val-O-Gram to your child, please write on the back of the announcement that was sent home with your student or a piece of paper, their name, grade, teacher and who it is from, and include exact cash. Please note that these will not include any personal messages. Thank you very much for supporting our wonderful PTO!

Stafford Weekly Announcement: Thursday, 3 – Closed Due to Weather Friday, 4 – Closed Due to Weather Monday, 7 - 100th Day of School 100 Minutes of Reading Challenge Form Due Wednesday, 9 – SHAC Meeting 4:30pm at the High School Thursday, 10 - PTO selling Val-O-Grams during lunch time, $1 each and will have a blow pop or airhead attached Friday, 11 – End of 4th Six Weeks PTO selling Val-O-Grams during lunch time, $1 each and will have a blow pop or airhead attached **New Date for Spring and Class Picture Day will be on Wednesday, March 9th** Go Stafford! https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_LKfAi9RBuchRPxOkUwSx69pTUW6kgTi/view?usp=sharing_eil_dm&ts=61fadcc5

Stafford Weekly Announcement: Tuesday, 1st - 1st Day of the Month Celebrations Thursday, 3rd – 100th Day of School Friday, 4th – 100 Minutes of Reading Challenge Form Due Today Spring and Class Picture Day: Order before picture day online at mylifetouch.com using picture day ID: EVTCKTRFV. If you purchase online, you do not need to turn in the form that was sent home with your student. If you do not order online, please complete the form, enclose exact cash payment or make checks payable to Lifetouch and return on picture day. Extra forms are available at Stafford. Go Stafford!! https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BH8FDVHz6rUVa3uZIMIubtrXhdJfoYLn/view?usp=sharing_eil_dm&ts=61f2d2ab

Thank you Italy ISD School Board for your commitment and volunteering your time! We appreciate your dedicated service to our students, families, staff, and community!!!

ITALY ISD 2021-2022 YEARBOOK - TURN MOMENTS INTO MEMORIES Learning and growing together has never meant more than today. Look back on fond memories as we move forward together with new experiences captured in the yearbook. Reserve a copy for your student today. Italy ISD Yearbook is still on sale and the current price is $40 until this Friday, January 28, 2022! Buy now before the price increases! This one book will include Stafford, JHS and HS! All orders must be placed online at www.Jostens.com or the links below. Elementary https://www.jostens.com/apps/store/productDetail/1141454/Stafford-Elementary-School/Yearbook/2022010804164856379/CATALOG_SHOP/YB_BOOKS/001_006_1ST-LINE_22/2022010804164861079/?fbclid=IwAR3XZXeN06Er1csYalJz-flQQIv7HSywV6-cRv9BSSoE4VlgLJgoPXN6QPg#design/0 JHS & HS https://www.jostens.com/apps/store/productDetail/1079390/Italy-High-School/Yearbook/2022010804164856379/CATALOG_SHOP/YB_BOOKS/001_006_1ST-LINE_22/2022010804164861079/?fbclid=IwAR1R6Oilq4U5xym40OqMkrgSgblre8uIzx_88EMLbYZ2mm2xRUERv5QNw6w#design/0 Win the Day, Go Gladiators! Jeremiah J. Glover Italy Yearbook Teacher Jglover@italyisd.org

Stafford Elementary - 100th Day of School Thursday, February 3rd - In honor of making it that long in school, we are going to do another reading challenge. Starting Thursday, January 20th by sending home the "100 Minutes of Reading Challenge" form. Kids will read for 10 minutes every day at home and keep track of it. They will turn in their form on Friday February 4th. They will be entered in a drawing to win 2 free movie or bowling passes compliments of ShowBiz in Waxahachie. Happy Reading! Mrs. Jones, Stafford Librarian

Stafford Weekly Announcement: Monday, 24th – Board Meeting at the High School 5:30pm Wednesday, 26th - Carter Blood Drive at the High School in the Carter Bloodcare Bus. Seniors if you would like to earn your red blood cord to wear at graduation, please see Nurse Hopgood to schedule an appointment! An adult may also donate on behalf of a senior. Any questions please contact Kim Hopgood 972-483-7411 or khopgood@italyisd.org Go Stafford! https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dJAh9W0uGL0nOmK2BhmZeBEkO24tQONv/view?usp=sharing_eil_dm&ts=61e9bd08

Stafford Weekly Announcement: Friday, January 14th - No School for Students Monday, January 17th – Holiday Martin Luther King Day - No School for Students & Staff Go Stafford! https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ULAKI-cw1lHRkvhGxYnVGBe0PkT-hPRT/view?usp=sharing_eil_dm&ts=61e04fc7

Italy ISD School Closure Friday, January 14, 2022 Due to rapidly increasing COVID cases and staffing shortages (both current and projected), we are changing this coming Friday, January 14 to an in-person staff workday. The day will be a student holiday. We have additional minutes built into the school calendar and this time will not have to be made up for students. Currently scheduled extra-curricular activities (UIL games, etc.) will continue as scheduled unless you are contacted by your coach or sponsor. All staff should report to their campus from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. All staff should be working in their classrooms or offices alone and refrain from any group gatherings including meals together. All staff must be in-person or have an absence documented for the day. While the COVID Omicron variant is quickly spreading and we expect mass population coverage soon, we will continue to monitor active cases each week to mitigate the spread. We apologize to our families for the inconvenience but feel this decision is in the best interest of Italy ISD students and staff. We are feeling the impact of staff absences throughout the district. This will allow for an extra day apart along with the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday on Monday, Jan. 17. Please contact your campus if you have any questions. Rachel Kistner Italy ISD Superintendent

Stafford Weekly Announcement: We hope that each of you enjoyed a restful and restorative break filled with special moments with your friends and family. Friday, January 7th 3rd Six Weeks Report Cards Monday, January 17th Holiday No School for Students and Staff Go Stafford! https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Pw-tEf2Fd1LmcWV8tvlZqO68R0BgI1OY/view?usp=sharing_eil_dm&ts=61d70d5b

A Merry Christmas to everyone from Stafford Elementary!!! May you enjoy this holiday season surrounded with your loved ones and celebrating this festive time! We will see you on Thursday, January 6, 2022!! Happy New Year! Go Stafford!

Stafford Weekly Announcement: Thursday, 16th – Last day to shop at the PTO Santa Shop 9-2pm Board Meeting 5:30pm at the High School Friday, 17th – End of 3rd Six Weeks Early Release Stafford 12:20pm and JHS/HS 12:31pm; Buses could potentially arrive 10-15 minutes early Saturday, 18th through Wednesday, 5th Winter Holiday Break Students will return on Thursday, January 6, 2022 We hope you enjoy this time off with your family and friends! Go Stafford!! https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Apvba939694ksrNZKPozp5r4oHrjfQv3/view?usp=sharing_eil_dm&ts=61bb715e

Future Lady Gladiators: Saturday, December 18th will be the last Free Basketball Clinic at 8am at the High School Dome for grades 2nd through 8th. You will have an opportunity to learn essential fundamentals of the game from the current Lady Gladiators of the 2021-2022 season!! Players don’t forget your water bottle and ball if you have one! Looking forward to seeing you there! Any questions please contact Coach Jamie Moore at jmoore@italyisd.org

Stafford Reminder, today Thursday, December 16th is the last day for the PTO Santa Shop from 9am-2pm. They accept Cash, Visa/Mastercards or checks payable to Stafford PTO. Or Gift Certificates are available at https://gift-certificates.schoolholidayshop.com if you prefer to not send your child with cash. Thank you all for supporting our amazing PTO!!