From the Editor Most Parents Would Agree That One of the Hardest Parts of Parenting Is

From the Editor Most Parents Would Agree That One of the Hardest Parts of Parenting Is

<p> From the Principal</p><p>December is a wonderful time of the school year. Christmas bells are ringing and basketballs are bouncing! I love it all!!! Merry Christmas to All! So much for the emotional stuff! Now with the important issues at dear old Sands. </p><p>Attendance is a big issue at this time of year. If your HOOFBEATS child is running fever, please keep him/her at home. A Monthly Newsletter produced by Sands CISD If not, please send them. Research shows that children who are in school most of the time, do DECEMBER 2009 better in school. Being late for school hurts a child’s learning, too. A student who is 10 minutes late every day will miss 30 hours of instruction during From the Editor the year. Please help us with attendance because schools are funded by their attendance.</p><p>Most parents would agree that one of the hardest A big “Thanks You “and “Congratulations” to all parts of parenting is restraint. By restraint, I mean students who were involved in Elementary and shutting our mouths when we get the urge to talk Junior High UIL. With all the other activities, UIL is about grown- up topics in the presence of our kids. extremely hard to find time for and I really appreciate you finding time. Also, many thanks to Little ears are always listening. Waiting until the teachers and parents for their work with these little ears are sleeping to tell your husband or wife a students. Last but not least, congratulations to the bit of gossip, or something that happened to you that Sands Mustangs football team, coaches and day, something that may have involved a parent or cheerleaders. Lots of extra time, hard work, and one of your children’s friends, for example, is dedication was seen throughout the season. Great sometimes difficult to do. We are very social people job! and restraint to some of us is sometimes painful. Finals for secondary will be December 16th-18th, You would think that we would learn from our with early release days being on December 17th and mistakes; but sometimes we don’t. Once I made a 18th. crude statement in front of my boys to my wife in jest, a few weeks later one of my boys made the The last piece of information is for parents. Parents, same statement in the same context that I had made please become involved with your child’s education. it in. I realized that not only had my son been Your child’s success depends on your involvement. listening to what I said, but he understood what I said, how I meant it and stored it in his brain, to use As always, my door is open! in a later time Zelda Bilbo, Principal Some parents, when not struggling to contain the inappropriate grown-up talk, struggle to maintain their composure in those inevitable moments of self doubt and frustration. One slip is all it takes. Soon, From the Counselor 2009 will be over and many of us will make New Please view the Counselors page located at: Year’s resolutions. In an attempt to make the world http://sands.esc17.net/Counselor/counselor.htm a better place, we must start by making each of us for important Internet links and other useful information better. We can start by trying to be more cautious concerning the school, testing, financial added etc. with the words we say and how we react. There have been new additions to the website. What do the small ears in your house pick up? Are you a ruthless editor in front of your kids, or do you slip from time to time? Scott Ragle FFA Light Weight Finewool - 7th Heavy Weight Finewool - 4th Fruit and Meat sales items will be here this Heavy Weight Finewool Cross - 7th week.</p><p>Sands FFA Places at El Rancho District 2010 Howard County Junior Livestock Show Leadership Contest Schedule Wednesday, January 6, 2010 – Lamb weight cards Twenty Sands FFA Members participated at the due by 11:00am District Leadership Contest at Stanton on Goat weight cards due by 12:00 pm. Wednesday, November 18th. The members did Lamb show begins at 3:00 pm extremely well, bringing home six 1st places and one Goat show immediately following 3rd place. The results are as follows: Thursday, January, 7, 2010 – Rabbits weigh in from 1st Junior Creed Speaking – Angelica Diaz 4:00pm – 5:00pm 3rd Junior Creed Speaking – Anthony Villegas Rabbit show begins at 6:30pm 1st Senior Chapter Conducting – Landon Parker, Steer weight cards due by 6:00pm Michael Gomez, Brian Moore, Ryan Stockton, Hog weight cards due by 8:00pm Reuben McMorris, Alberto Ybarra, and Junior Rogers. Friday, January 8, 2010 – Steer show begins at 1st Jr. Chapter Conducting – Jake Browne, Preston 9:00am Zant, Callie McMorris, Jenifer Franco, Marisela Hog show begins at 1:00pm Munoz, Erik Flores, and Alex Robles 1st Job Interview – Ashli Stockton Saturday, January 9, 2010 – Buyers BBQ lunch will 1st Jr. Quiz: Jake Browne, Preston Zant, Jenifer begin at 12:00 pm (noon) Franco, and Eric Flores Premium Auction will begin at 1:30pm 1st Sr. Quiz: Michael Gomez, Alberto Ybarra, Kynnie Campbell, Reuben McMorris Howard County Junior Stock Show Entry Fee For 2010 The Junior and Senior Quiz teams went on to place 4th each in Area II Contest on Nov. 21st at Howard Steers & Heifers - $25.00 per head College. Lambs, Goats, Barrows - $20.00 per head Rabbits - $5.00 per head The Annual Sands Local Livestock Show will be held on Saturday, December 19th at UIL the Sands High School Bus Barn. Sheep and 2009 Zone UIL Results Goat weights need to be turned in by 9:00 a.m. so they can be put into classes. You can weigh at home or there will be scales Kindergarten Oral Reading available here. Pigs will be separated by 2nd – Alexa Plata Breed. The show order is as follows: 5th – Savannah Avey Steers, Rabbits, Lambs, Goats, Pigs, 1st Grade Oral Reading Honorary Pig Show, Honorary Goat Show. 4th – Layla Ybarra The Honorary Pig and Goat show is for 7 2nd Grade Creative Writing years and under. There will be pigs and goats 4th – Jaqueleen Vidal available for the kids to show. Come out and 3rd Grade Ready Writing support the Sands FFA Livestock Exhibitors 5th – Will Thomas and watch the Sands Local Show on 6th – Franz Friesen Saturday, December 19, 2009 at 9:00 a.m. 3rd Grade Storytelling 6th – Jalen Ybarra Junior FFA Member, Reagan Hamlin 3rd Grade Music Memory th participated at the Fall Spectacular in San 4 (tie) – Ryston Archuleta th Angelo, Texas on November 14th 4 Grade Ready Writing 1st – Noah Wigington th She exhibited several Lambs and placed in the 5 – Samantha Blount 4th Grade Spelling following classes: 2nd – Noah Wigington 1st Place Team – Austin Blount, Zane Parker, 3rd – Samantha Blount & Sergio Plata 3rd Place Team – Noah Wigington, 7th Grade Spelling Samantha Blount & Landry Connell 2nd – Austin Blount 4th Grade Music Memory 5th – Davis Browne 1st (tie) Samantha Blount & Landry Connell (perfect 1st Place Team – Austin Blount, Davis Browne & Sloan papers) Shaw 2nd Place Team – Samantha Blount, Landry Connell, 7th Grade Number Sense Andrew Ragle, & Noah Wigington 3rd – Austin Blount 5th Grade Spelling 6th – Sloan Shaw 5th – Eric Garcia 2nd Place Team – Austin Blount, Sloan Shaw, 2nd Place Team – Eric Garcia, Jacy Paker, & Reagan & Davis Browne Hamlin 7th Grade Maps, Graphs, & Charts 5th Grade Oral Reading 1st – Austin Blount 5th – Jacy Parker 5th – Zane Parker 5th Grade Music Memory 2nd Place Team – Austin Blount, Zane Parker, & Sergio 2nd Place Team – Eric Garcia, Plata Leyna Kennedy, Laynah Archuleta, & Lisa Rempel 7th Grade Listening Skills 5th Grade Art Memory 2nd – Austin Blount 4th – Lisa Rempel 5th – Zane Parker 5th Grade Dictionary Skills 6th – Sloan Shaw 4th – Reagan Hamlin 1st Place Team – Austin Blount, Zane Parker, & Sloan 6th Grade Ready Writing Shaw 5th – Dyllan Tindol 7th Grade Math 6th Grade Math 3rd – Austin Blount 2nd – Dyllan Tindol 8th Grade Ready Writing 5th – Austin Nichols 4th – Kendra Staggs 1st Place Team – Dyllan Tindol, Austin Nichols, & Susie 6th – Jorge Pena Rempel 8th Grade Science II 6th Grade Spelling 3rd – Kendra Staggs 3rd – Austin Nichols 3rd Place Team – Kendra Staggs, Jerad Staggs, & Jorge 6th – Dyllan Tindol Pena 6th Grade Number Sense 8th Grade Maps, Graphs, & Charts 1st – Susie Rempel 6th – Aaron Ragle 5th – Dyllan Tindol 8th Grade Listening Skills 2nd Place Team – Susie Rempel, Dyllan Tindol & Dylan 4th (tie) – Pedro Sorola Segundo Editorial 6th Grade Maps, Graphs, & Charts 6th - 1st Austin Nichols 3rd – Dylan Segundo 6th Susie Rempel 5th – Austin Nichols 7th - 2nd Zane Parker 1st Place Team – Dylan Segundo, Austin Nichols, & Susie 3rd Austin Blount Rempel 8th - Kendra Staggs 6th Grade Listening Skills 3rd (tie) – Dylan Segundo FYI 7th Grade Ready Writin 3rd – Zane Parker th Students will be making care packages to sent to the 5 – Davis Browne troupes overseas. If you know of someone who is a 6th – Austin Blount relative or friend of a student or employee overseas 7th Grade Modern Oratory please let Monica Staggs have their address. 5th – Colten Hughes 7th Grade Impromptu Speaking See Monica Staggs for more information. 2nd – Colten Hughes 7th Grade Oral Reading Student Council poinsettias will be delivered this 6th – Austin Blount week. 7th Grade Spelling 2nd – Austin Blount Sands Holiday Tour of Homes th 7th Grade Science I Thursday Dec. 17 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. 1st – Austin Blount Tickets are being sold for $10:00; See Mrs. Ragle 2nd – Zane Parker Featured homes: Stan & Carla Blagrave - Mike & Sharon Coleman Jerry & Marilyn Staggs - Tommy & Monica Staggs Scott & Michelle Zant</p><p>Cheerleaders are have Sands Mustang bracelets on sale for $3.00 -The Cheerleaders would like to thank everyone that supported the send-off on Saturday. It was a success because of you! Thank you for supporting the Mustangs during this 2009 Football Season.</p>

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