Stay In-the-Know: This Week’s Top News You Can’t Miss
- Carnival Week is here! Check the PTA section for a calendar of events, volunteer links, and everything else you need to know
- Make sure you sign up as a booth volunteer through the link sent by your room parents
- Thank your bus drivers! This week is AISD Transportation Employees Appreciation Week
- 1st 9-weeks Report Cards can be accessed and viewed by this Thursday,10/22
Casis Weekly (10/19/26-10/23/26)
- News from The Principal — AISD Transportation Employees Appreciation Week, Field Trip Fees Due, Bullying Prevention Month Recognition, 1st 9-Weeks Report Cards, School-Wide ‘Crazy Hat Day’ at Casis, Administrative Coffee Chat for October, Character Strong Implementation & Practices, Important Dates, Traffic Safety Procedures
- PTA News — Casis Carnival, Lost & Found Reminder, Thank You Volunteers
Have something you want to include in the Casis Weekly? Please send information to PTA VP of Communications Emily Peavey by Wednesday to be included in the following Monday issue.
Cougar PRIDE Families,
It’s going to be another great week at Casis! The majority of Parent Conferences have been completed and last week’s Fall Picture Day was a success. We’re so excited that ‘Carnival Week’ is finally here. This highly anticipated annual event will get kicked off with a building contest, front-of-the-line pass contest, and even a Parade. Wow! And then of course, we’ll conclude the week with our ‘Cosmic Casis’ Carnival. It will be out of this world! While learning certainly remains our top focus, we’re going to have a lot of fun this month. Please see other important information for the week below.
Mr. Tinnon
NEWS FROM THE PRINCIPAL
AISD TRANSPORTATION EMPLOYEES APPRECIATION WEEK
Monday, October 19 – Friday, October 23 is set aside to appreciate the work of all district Transportation Workers in AISD. Our bus drivers ensure that students go between home and school safely every day. These employees get very little recognition for transporting our most precious cargo – our children. We publicly thank and recognize these wonderful individuals for their service and commitment to students. They are a very important member of our school district and learning communities. We are so appreciative of our AISD Transportation Workers!
FIELD TRIP FEES DUE
Field trips are wonderful extension experiences for students outside of the classroom learning environment. At Casis Elementary, we will offer a few field trip opportunities for each grade level throughout the school year. Parents will be asked to pay a bulk one-time ‘Field Trip Fee’ to cover the costs of these planned educational outings. Please see the following letters from each grade level, sharing the planned field trips and their associated fees: Pre-K, Kinder, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, & 5th Grade. Additionally, here’s a flyer that gives guidance on how to process payment: Fee Payment Flyer. All families were asked to pay this fee by Friday, October 16. If additional time is needed to pay these fees or if there are other extenuating circumstances, please reach out to your classroom teacher(s). We are hopeful to get full participation from all of our families, but regardless, please know that no student will be excluded from any of the year’s field trip events.
BULLYING PREVENTION MONTH RECOGNITION
October is Bullying Prevention Month and Wednesday, October 21, Austin ISD will celebrate UNITY DAY to show support for bullying prevention and to unite for kindness, acceptance, and inclusion. Everyone is asked to wear the color ‘Orange’ to represent safety, visibility, and protection across our school community. We encourage everyone to wear orange, as a display of our collective efforts to show that we care and to stand united together against bullying in schools and the world.
1ST 9-WEEKS REPORT CARDS
Families can expect to access and view Report Cards for the 1st 9-Weeks on Thursday, October 22. The AISD Portal/Frontline Parent Self Serve platforms give parents/guardians direct access to their child(ren)’s grades.
SCHOOL-WIDE ‘CRAZY HAT DAY’ AT CASIS
We’ll celebrate ‘Crazy Hat Day’ on Friday, October 30. In lieu of costumes, all grades (students and staff) are invited to wear a fun, unusual, or unique (purchased or home-made) hat of their choice. Please see ‘hat wearing’ guidelines: (1) Must be appropriate in nature (no violent or inappropriate depictions/words), (2) No halloween-type masks are allowed, and (3) Teacher discretion as to when worn during the class time. We look forward to seeing all of the wonderfully interesting ‘crazy hats’ in the hallways of our school. And Mr. Tinnon will be giving away a hat to staff members every hour on the hour throughout the whole day. Hope that everyone joins in on this fun annual event!
ADMINISTRATIVE COFFEE CHAT FOR OCTOBER
Casis Administration will host a series of meetings during the school year, to engage with parents about various school topics and happenings. During these informal meetings, Mr. Tinnon, Ms. Beckham, and Ms. Davis will share school information and dialogue with parents about school topics of their choice. The goal of this platform is to build our shared knowledge and make community connections. Our next ‘Administrative Chat’ will take place on Friday, October 30 at 8:00a.m. in the Casis Community Room. We look forward to having some very authentic conversations with our learning community.
CHARACTER STRONG IMPLEMENTATION & PRACTICES
AISD and Casis Elementary will continue implementing Character Strong, the district Character Education and Behavioral Support program. This program is meant to provide students with the necessary skills and strategies to be the very best humans that they can be in the world. Students will hear morning messages and receive lessons from their teachers about topics like respect, gratitude, honesty, courage and more. Teachers will be providing weekly lessons and sending home monthly information to families about the different program topics learned each month. The lessons derive from a program called, “Purposefull People”. Here’s a Family Introductory Letter about Purposefull People. Each month we will cover a different Character Strong topic and resources will be shared to help families have meaningful conversations at home about the learned trait. Here’s an Overview of the monthly topics that will be taught. The Character Strong trait for the month of October is Responsibility. Here’s the Family Connection Newsletter – Responsibility for this month’s theme, as well as a list of recommended books for both school and home: Responsibility Book List. We are so excited to be ‘Character Strong’ at Casis Elementary!
IMPORTANT DATES
Mon., Oct. 19 – Fri., Oct. 23 – AISD Transportation Employee Appreciation Week
Thurs., Oct. 22 – Casis Carnival Parade at 8:10am (Front Circle Drive)
Fri., Oct. 23 – ‘Cosmic Casis’ Carnival Event at 5:00pm – 8:00pm
Fri., Oct. 30 – Annual School-Wide Crazy Hat Day
Fri., Oct. 30 – Administrators’ Coffee Chat at 8:00am (Community Room)
TRAFFIC SAFETY PROCEDURES
Please adhere to the guidelines in your particular arrival/dismissal area (Front Circle Drive or North Parking Lot). See Arrival & Dismissal Plan here. We continually ask for your patience and cooperation in exercising safe practices in your area.
Additionally, please see the following reminders/updates:
- Walkers should use crosswalks at all times.
- Bikers should park bikes at bike racks and walk bikes through crosswalks.
- Drivers should ALWAYS be aware of our foot and bike traffic.
- Drivers should consider TURNING OFF ENGINES when not moving forward.
- Avoid Parking in the Casis Village, if conducting school business.
- Front Circle Drive & Hillview are available for parent parking during the day.
- The North Parking Lot is designated for staff parking only.
- Vehicles using the North Parking Lot during arrival and dismissal (3rd – 5th) should be aware of all walkers who are using the parking lot crosswalks.
- Vehicles cued on Northwood for Circle Drive afternoon pick-up should remain in one moving line to avoid double-parking.
- Vehicles who need to enter the North Parking Lot for morning/afternoon drop-offs/pick-ups of 3rd – 5th graders may safely by-pass the ‘Circle Drive’ vehicles to enter the parking lot.
We ask that everyone exercise extra caution and patience. Adherence will help to maintain safety for all. We truly appreciate everyone’s compliance with the above requests.