January 15, 2016 CONTACT US ANNOUNCEMENTS busses depart at 5:15pm. There is no • There will be no school on 2151 Russell Lane additional 6:00 pm bus. Monday, January 18th in San Benito, TX 78586 • The RRC (library) is now open in (956) 399-5252 observance of Dr. Martin Luther King. the morning from 6:30 AM - 7:30 www.ideapublicschools.org AM. Students can print, AR Test, • 7th grade Duke Tip session is finish homework, or check out Office Hours: this Saturday from 8am to 7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. 1:30pm. books at this time. Joel Garcia • 11th grade ACT Prep is this • Month of the Dragon is here! Be Principal Saturday from 8am to 12:00pm sure to use #WADPISB - a new Ricardo Acevedo • Road to College Lessons for hashtag we are using all month long Cindy Keller middle school students begin (We are Dragon Pride, ISB). AP of Instruction next week. • We will be celebrating National Stephen Cisneros • We had a successful FAFSA night School Choice Week. January 25th Assistant Principal of Operations on Tuesday! Senior Parents: If – 29th. Details forthcoming! Lynda Soto you were not able to make it, • Grade-level Field Lessons are Director of College Counseling please make plans to attend our Stephanie Flowers around the corner. This is a unique next FAFSA night on Tuesday, Academic Counselor IDEA experience and a tradition January 26th from 5:30-6:30 pm. Monica Garza guaranteed to motivate your child Stephanie Lerma All seniors are required to submit about college. Please contact your College Counselors a FAFSA application to be child’s team if you have any Antonio Niño eligible for grants, loans and questions regarding this important Transportation Manager work study for college. and exciting experience. Zoila Luna • The College-Prep Book Fair has CNP Manage been postponed until further notice. SHOUT OUTS • Juniors and seniors who are Congratulations to all our Science ATTENDANCE participating in next Friday’s AP Fair students who will be advancing Physics and AP Biology NMSI Weekly ADA for 1/8 – 1/14 to the district fair at the end of the sessions will be allowed dismissal at month. We would like to especially th 2:30pm (after the last session). 6 – 96.73% recognize the following students: In th Students that are not picked up at 7 – 97.66% 1st place: Vianey Sierra-Prado, th 2:30 will remain in class with one of 8 – 96.55% Jennifer Vigil (9th) and Aaliyah th their teachers. It’s important that 9 – 98.21 Atteberry (7th ); In 2nd place: Cynthia 100% of our students attend 100% 10th – 97.83% Leyva, Lupita Lopez (12th) and of our NMSI sessions. 11th – 92.65% Angel Flores (7th); 3rd place: John 12th – 97.37% • After School Reminder: All clubs Tennyson (10th) and Anya Forbess. Overall = 96.71% and tutoring end at 5:00 PM and Way to go!

January 15, 2016 PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

Parents, report cards were mailed out recently with Quarter 2 and Semester grades for each of our students. Please check your mailbox for this report. It is important that you review semester averages since several of our courses are not year-long courses and therefore final grades. BIG REMINDER TO PARENTS OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS: 15% of final course averages will be based on a final exam for the year. Therefore, current averages above an 80% means the student is in good standing. Thank you for helping make our school the top in the nation’s best. Our teachers are outstanding at providing our students ample opportunities for success. GO TEACHERS!! GO STUDENTS!! GO PARENTS!! --Principal, Joel Garcia ______OPERATIONS CORNER

IDEA San Benito is now accepting applications for the 2016-2017 school year. We are also excited to announce that we next year we will be offering Pre-Kinder. There are a limited amount of seats, so hurry and apply. To apply please visit www.ideapublicschools.org and click on enroll now or call out office at (956)399-5252 and fill out an application over the phone. If you have any questions please gives us a call. ______DRAGON STUDENT SPOTLIGHT

Spotlight: Noah Pereida, 11th grade The junior team is proud to recognize Noah Pereida. Noah Pereida is a true joy to teach, whether he’s drawing free body diagrams in AP Physics or analyzing Gatsby in AP English. Noah works hard at everything he does and seeks to improve. He isn’t afraid to speak up in class, and our discussions are always richer for his brilliant insights. He balances a full AP schedule with online coursework. One of the most incredible things about Noah is his humility: He doesn’t realize how truly wonderful he is. Thank you for brightening our days, Noah. ______

Students showing their Dragon Pride