Mr. Cook's Corner

Spring Box Tops Competition! We can do it!

2012-01-17T13:31:00.001-06:00

Box Tops for Education Contest

The Spring school wide classroom contest begins on Tuesday, January 17. The class in each grade level that collects the most Box Tops for Education will earn extra PE time with class choice of activity. The contest ends Friday, March 9th , but you may continue to send in Box Tops until the end of the school year.

Our goal this year was to raise $1,000.00 for our school. We surpassed that goal in the Fall and have collected over $1200 thus far. So, why not raise another $500.00 this Spring? Collecting Box Tops is an easy way to earn money for our school by purchasing items you need on a daily basis. Go to www.boxtops4education.com for a list of participating products or shop and earn at your favorite online stores through the Box Tops Marketplace®.

When submitting Box Tops, place them in a bag with your child’s name on it and drop the bag into the Box Tops container in your child’s classroom. Your child will receive a $2 voucher to Learning Express Toy Store for each bundle of ten or more Box Tops submitted.

HEB is having its 70 Bonus Box Tops promotion this January. You will receive 70 Bonus Box Tops at checkout when you buy any ten participating Box Tops for Education products in one trip between 1/18/12 and 1/31/12.

Thanks for your continued support and participation in the Box Tops for Education program!
Sincerely,
Colleen Miller and Dawn Stokes
Box Tops for Education Coordinators

New 4th grade website up and running!

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Be sure to check it out - it's at the top of my links list!

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----NATIVE AMERICAN TEXAS TRIBE LINKS------

GENERAL

http://www.texasindians.com – Texas Indians

CADDO

http://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/kids/caddo/index.html - The World of the Caddo

http://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/tejas/index.html - Tejas: Life and Times of the Caddo- Tejas: Life and Times of the Caddo

http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/CC/ghc1.html

LIPAN APACHE

http://www.texasindians.com/apach.htm - Lipan Apaches

http://www.texasindians.com/ap2.htm - Texas Apaches

http://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/plateaus/peoples/apache.html - Apache

http://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/AA/bma33.html

COMANCHE
http://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/st-plains/peoples/intruders.html

http://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/CC/bmc72.html 
JUMANO

http://www.texasindians.com/jumano.htm - Jumanos

http://www.rockart.org/gallery/index.html - Jumano Rock Paintings

KARANKAWA

http://www.pbs.org/opb/conquistadors/namerica/adventure1/b2.htm#txt - Karankawas

http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/KK/bmk5.html - Karankawa Indians

http://www.texasindians.com/karank.htm

TONKAWA

http://www.tonkawatribe.com/history.htm - Tonkawa Tribal History

http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/TT/bmt68.html - Tonkawa

http://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/st-plains/peoples/intruders.html

http://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/kids/forts/1.html

Fall Conferences! Hurrah!

2011-10-03T08:24:00.020-05:00

Conference times are here! Please either comment on this post or respond via e-mail so I can mark down your time. I go by time-stamp, so first come first served. If you have a special case and cannot fit yourself into any of these time slots, please e-mail me so we can arrange a meeting time that fits your schedule.

I will update and refresh this page as often as I can given my daily schedule, but the open slots should be pretty current.

Monday, Oct. 10th
7:30-7:55: Hughes
8:00-8:25: Buraimoh
8:30-8:55:
9:00-9:25:
9:30-9:55:
10:00-10:25: Betron
10:30-10:55: Segrest
11:00-11:25: Sayyar
11:30-11:55: Gribbin
1:00-1:25: Bradford
1:30-1:55:
2:00-2:25:
2:30-2:55:Mims
3:00-3:25: Lee
3:30-3:55:
4:00-4:25: Lofton

Tuesday, Oct. 11th
3:00-3:25: Simchick
3:30-3:55:
4:00-4:25:

Wednesday, Oct. 12th
8:20-8:45: Willingham
3:00-3:25: Stenson
3:30-3:55: Jones
4:00-4:25:

Thursday, Oct. 13th
8:20-8:45: Greene
3:00-3:25: Ashtari
3:30-3:55: Rogers
4:00-4:25:

Friday, Oct. 14th
8:20-8:45: Shvets
4:15-4:40:

School Calendar of Events

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2011-2012 Dates for Caraway Elementary & Caraway Parent Teacher Association

August 19 8:30– 10:00am Meet the teacher, school supply drop-off and refreshments

August 23 School Begins, PTA hosts all family reception in front of school on blacktop

August 26 2:45 pm PTA hosts Popsicles in the Park (Oakview Park, next to the school)

September 5 No School (Labor Day)

September 6 6:30 Back to School Night Open House; 7:00 General PTA Meeting

September 14 Early Release 12:45 pm

September 30 7:00-9:00 HOOT Family Picnic & Movie Under the Stars in front of school

October 5 National Bike and Walk to School Day

October 10 No school (Columbus Day and Parent/Teacher Conferences)

October 13 6:00-8:30 pm Family Skate Night, Playland Skate Center

October 24-28 National Red Ribbon Week, Drug Prevention Awareness

October 26 Early Release 12:45 pm

October 27 6:00-8:00 pm PTA Hosts Science Night for Families

November 1 7:00 General PTA Meeting (open to all families) & 5th Grade Program

November 5 12:00-3:00 pm Caraway Harvest Festival (formerly known as carnival)

November 10 6:00-8:30 pm Family Skate Night, Playland Skate Center

November 23-25 Thanksgiving Break

December 7 Early Release 12:45 pm

December 19-30 No School-Winter Break

December 29 3:00-5:00 pm Family Ice Skating Event, Chaparral Ice in Northcross Mall

January 3 School resumes

January 12 6:00-8:30 pm Family Skate Night, Playland Skate Center

January 16 No School (Martin Luther King Holiday)

February 1 Early Release 12:45 pm

February 7 7:00 General PTA Meeting (open to all families) & 1st Grade PE Program

February 15 6:00-8:30 pm Family Skate Night, Playland Skate Center

February 20 No School (President’s Day)

March 3 Family Dinner Night

March 7 Early Release 12:45 pm

March 12-16 Spring Break

April 3 7:00 General PTA Meeting & 3rd Grade Program

April 6 No school (Holiday)

April 12 6:00-8:00 pm PTA Hosts Science Night for Families

April 19 6:00-8:30 pm Family Skate Night, Playland Skate Center

May 2 Early Release 12:45 pm

May 7-11 National Teacher Appreciation Week

May 10 6:00-8:30 pm Family Skate Night, Playland Skate Center

May 11 Field Day

May 15 7:45 am Breakfast Honoring All Parent Volunteers & PTA Officer Installation

May 25 Last Day of School (assuming there are no bad weather make-up days)

May 28 Memorial Day; Bad Weather Make-up Day #2 (if needed)

May 29 Bad Weather Make-up Day #1 (if needed)

The 2011-2012 year begins!

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Welcome to Mr. Cook's Corner! In case you didn't know, this is THE spot for you to be! If this is your first time around the website, feel free to look around. If you've been here before, well....feel free to look around again (and welcome back)!

Be sure to check out all the cool links on the right hand side. Some pages have videos, some have slide shows, some have general information, some have everything your brains could possibly imagine!

If you're a former student (a Cook "alumni" member), welcome back - you better find a way to come visit me this year! If you're lucky enough to actually be IN my class, then a special welcome to you - the most incredible year in your academic life is about to happen!

All the best,
Mr. Cook