Director’s Blog

October 1, 2021

Announcements

The 6 weeks progress reports were handed out to the students this morning.  If your child did not receive or bring home their progress report, you may log into Family Access to see your child’s current grades. Reach out to the teachers if you have further questions.

6K will begin the Speak Up Speak Out PBL in the next two weeks.  Look for information about the requirements for this project from Mrs. Femmel.  The best projects at KSAT will advance to the local Civic Fair sponsored by UTSA for an opportunity to advance to the State Civics Fair. That competition is in February 2022 at the state capital in Austin.  The past few years, we have advanced teams to the state competition.

7K is waiting for the weather to cooperate so they can launch their first rocket for the year. With the recent rain, we are hopeful this will happen soon. They also recently visited the Botanical Garden to begin their Garden PBL. More information on the project will be coming soon.

8K visited the Engineering Technology Academy (ETA) at Roosevelt this week.  All KSAT students who end the year in good standing, receive automatic admission to ETA. To complete the busy day, the students began a new Minecraft Engineering Project. The task was to form a team of 3 or 4 “Minecrafttronauts” that had to use a variety of skills and knowledge to work their way through a series of teacher-designed escape rooms. Upon completion, they “traveled” to Mars in a rocket and were greeted with a set of tasks that included the design/construction of an escape room complex and a special mystery task awaiting them in the center of NASA’s Mars settlement.

Important dates:

• October 11 is a School Holiday.
• There will be early release on October 20 and 21. Students will be released at 1:50 pm.
• Picture day will be October 26. Mark your calendar.  More information will be coming about that day

Recruiting season will begin in late October.  If you have 4^th or 5^th grade children or friends,  or if you have an 8^th grade students looking for a high school program that fits their interest, please encourage them to attend one of the Magnet Nights found at the link.

KSAT on Social Media

In addition to the KSAT Twitter page and the Facebook page, KSAT has a YouTube Channel. We are working on new video content to post for this year.

Final Thoughts

We are at the end of week 7. September went by very quickly.  At this time, I feel like we are in a good rhythm and students are acclimated to being back on campus. Remember to reach out to the teachers for specific grading questions.  If there are situations you feel needs my attention, certainly send me an email as well.

Have a great weekend.

 

Stephen Watson Ed.D.

Director of the Krueger School of Applied Technologies

Twitter : @SWatsonKSAT

Facebook: @KSATNEISD

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