February 13, 2020
PRINCIPALLY SPEAKING
“C’mon, take me to the Mardi Gras where the people sing and play…” - Paul Simon - “Take Me to the Mardi Gras”
What a wonderful evening we shared last Saturday! Carly and I always love getting to see everyone, and we appreciate the date night! I want to once again thank Paige Darby, Mary Katherine Stout, and Kate McGrath for chairing this event and Jen Brannan, Katie Cranis, Kristen Dharamsi, Virginia Miracle, Stephanie Owens, Lyra Powell, Christie Schultz, and Beth Shields for all of their time, efforts, and coordination aimed towards a successful evening. As anyone there can attest, you certainly know how to throw a party!
I would also like to recognize several others for their efforts as well. A very special appreciation to:
Chrissy Compere for making ACC look like NOLA.
Hillary Cumberworth for sharing her time and talents with our students to create the class art auction items.
Kay Lee Fordham & Elizabeth Thompson on the countless hours donated to all things silent auction.
Kelly Bennett, Michelle Brandl, Katie Tucker, and Diana Uhlaender who were responsible for the ever-popular jewelry pull.
Logan Pike for making online bidding possible and the hours of entering in data to make it an easy process and allowing those not able to attend to be included and support our school.
Kristen Yen (Westlake Bakes) for hand-decorated 300 amazing cookies and donated them to the event. I can’t imagine how much time that must have taken!
Rob Johnson and his team for making FTE a priority and the production of the incredible video shown at the event. (I am including the video in this newsletter as I think everyone should see it.)
Our numerous sponsors for attention and support of our school and we hope to return the favor.
It truly takes a village, and without a shadow of a doubt, we have the best around!
Lastly, thank you for allowing me a portion of the evening to speak about our goal of sending staff to the Ron Clark Academy for an a once-in-a-career opportunity. I phrased it as “Disneyland” for teachers, and I don’t think I’m overselling it. Initially, our goal was to hopefully send 8 – 10 teachers to Atlanta and learn from our educational heroes. Because of your support, it looks like we’ll be sending 12! I cannot emphasize what an incredible position this puts us in. The experience at RCA will cast the widest net possible and impact every student in the building while providing meaningful, engaging professional development for our staff. As you will remember, we’ve been using Ron Clark’s Essential 55 as a road map for our own Core 10 agreements. Campus-wide, we have intentionally been preparing and hoping for this opportunity. Thanks to your support, this hope has suddenly become very real. We are already looking at possible dates for our trip and have begun the process of finding the staff cohort that will lead us forward.
I simply cannot thank you enough.
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Is there a FTE Staff Member You Would Like to Recognize...
Falcon Finest Acknowledgements
Please join me in spreading those feel good vibes around our campus. Everyday our bus drivers, custodians, office staff, and teachers are doing incredible things. If there is a FTE staff member you would like to recognize for their contributions, please let me know by clicking the link below.
SCHOOL NEWS
FTE BOOK DRIVE
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SAVE THE DATE ...FTE SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR
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DON'T MISS OUT ... PURCHASE YOUR FTE YEARBOOK TODAY!
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BOOSTER CLUB
Save the Date...
Save the date for our next Booster Club meeting on Thursday, February 20th, with Westridge Middle School Principal Dianne Carter at 9:15 in the library.
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Oh what a night! We are blown away by the support of our FTE Community in making our Auction night one to remember! Thank you to our entire auction committee for planning such a fun night for us all. Mary Katherine Stout, Paige Darby, and Kate McGrath (chairs). Chrissy Compere (decorations chair). Hillary Cumberworth (class art chair). Logan Pike (ClickBid). Kay Lee Fordham and Elizabeth Thompson (Silent Auction). Kelly Bennett, Michelle Brandl, Katie Tucker and Diana Uhlaender (Jewelry Pull). And other volunteers: Jen Brannan, Katie Cranis, Kristen Dharamsi, Lyra Powell, Virginia Miracle, Stephanie Owens, Christie Schultz and Beth Shields. If you won an item at the auction, someone from our committee will be in touch with you soon!
We are so grateful to all of our sponsors that supported this event. Please support them like they supported FTE!
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Tickets for our third & fifth grade Parent Social are on sale now on the FTE Booster Club website Forest Trail Elementary Booster Club - Login.
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Enter Promo Code "FTE2020" during the month of February to save $10 on a sit through the Bambino App! Bambino will also donate back to FTE Booster Club each time the code is used. Code can be used one time per account.
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Ready to Get Involved?! Calling for FTE Booster Club Executive Board Nominations:
Want to Get More Involved at FTE? - While we still have a few months to go until the end of another great school year, it is time for the Booster Club to ask for your continued support for FTE. We would like to invite you to consider a leadership position in the FTE Booster Club for the next school year. The Booster Club will be looking for nominations for the following Executive Board positions for the 2020-21 school year:
Co-President Elects (2) – Shadows co-presidents during the school year, attend general booster club meetings and executive meetings (each once per month), responsible for Muffin Morning organization for the 2020-21 school year. Support and attend booster club activities. Will serve as Presidents for 2021-22 school year.
Treasurer-Elect – Shadow treasurer for the 2020-21 school year and will serve as Treasurer for 2021-22 school year. Attend general booster club and executive board meetings (each once per month). Support and attend booster club activities.
Secretary - Records minutes for general booster club and executive board meetings. Support and attend booster club activates. Attend general booster club and executive board meetings (each once per month). Responsible for social media postings on Facebook and Instagram.
Technology Chair- Maintains FTE Booster Club website. Attend general booster club and executive board meetings (each once per month). Support and attend booster club activities.
The Booster Club appoints an ad-hoc Nominations Committee, which reviews all the nominations received for these Executive Board positions and recommends a slate of officers. The names of the Nominations Committee members, a call for nominations for the Executive Board positions, as well as a list of Committee Chair positions, will be presented to the members at the March meeting. The slate is announced at the April meeting, and voted upon in May. If you are interested in nominating yourself or a friend for any of these positions please e-mail our current FTE Booster Club Presidents at ftebccopres1@gmail.com and we will include the names in the nominations process. Thank you for your continued support of the FTE Booster Club!
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Box Tops for Education
All clips and scans are due Wednesday, February 26th. Any questions? Contact Box Tops chair Kelly Bennett at kellybennett711@gmail.com.
THE DISTRICT & BEYOND
 Attending one of these meetings is strongly suggested for parents of any prospective student applying for Spanish immersion in the 2020-21 school year. Visit the Futuro website for more information: www.eanesisd.net/futuro
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 Each year in the United States, nearly 260 children aged 17 and under gain access to a firearm and unintentionally shoot themselves or someone else. Nearly 600 more die by suicide with a gun each year. Join us for a conversation about safe firearm storage, and what we can do to prevent these tragedies from happening.
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 Two types of mulch available. Pre-order until Feb. 28. Free Delivery March 7th in EISD Neighborhoods. Spreading available upon request. www.westlakeband.org/store |
UPCOMING EVENTS
Feb 13 2020 FTE - C DAY All day |
Feb 13 2020 FTE - POPCORN SNACK DAY All day |
Feb 13 2020 Westlake Speaker Series, "Not Your Parent's Marijuana" 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM |
Feb 14 2020 FTE - A DAY All day |
Feb 14 2020 FTE - VALENTINES PARTIES All day |
Feb 17 2020 FTE - STUDENT HOLIDAY / PRESIDENTS' DAY All day |
Feb 18 2020 FTE - B DAY All day |
Feb 18 2020 Spanish Immersion Information Meeting 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM |
Feb 19 2020 FTE - C DAY All day |
Feb 20 2020 FTE - A DAY All day |
Feb 20 2020 FTE - POPCORN SNACK DAY All day |
Feb 20 2020 FTE - PRINCIPAL'S COFFEE / BOOSTER CLUB MTG. 8:45 AM - 10:30 AM |
Feb 20 2020 EISD Speaker Series, "A Conversation About Kids and Guns" 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM |
Feb 21 2020 FTE - B DAY All day |
COMMUNITY ED & BEYOND
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