Posted by Stephen Watson on 12/3/2021 6:30:00 PM
Director’s Blog
December 3, 2021
Announcements
6K is hard at work on their Speak Up, Speak Out presentations. Students will present on our campus on December 14 with the top teams advancing to Texas A&M San Antonio on January 19.
7K had a launch this week. They had 45 successful rocket launches. Semester exams for high school courses are coming during the next two weeks. Check with your child for specific dates and help them prepare for these important exams.
8K Student Launch students will be presenting at Oak Meadow’s STEAM Fest on December 7th. Similar to 7K, 8K students will have an opportunity to demonstrate their understanding on semester final exams in their high school credit courses over the next two weeks. This is important preparation for the challenges they will face in high school.
On Monday December 13th, ETA will be visiting our students in Mrs. Thomas’ classes to discuss automatic admission into the ETA program our 8K students receive. Look for more information over the next couple of weeks and month for information on how to claim that seat at ETA. If you would like to investigate ETA, visit their website at https://www.neisd.net/eta .
Important dates:
Recruiting season will began in late October. There is only one middle school magnet night and one high school magnet night left. If you have 4th or 5th grade children or friends, or if you have an 8th 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.
Here is what you need to know for the week of December 6th:
- Monday, December 6 – PTA Board Meeting @ 4:30 pm in room 105. Save the
date for the next general PTA (and membership) meeting on December 14
@5:30 pm prior to the KMS Band Holiday Concert.
- Tuesday, December 7 - Picture retakes (uniforms are not required on this
day)
- Winter Choir/Orchestra Concert @ 6 pm in cafetorium.
The end of the first semester and the last day before the winter break is December 17.
The first day back from the break and the beginning of the second semester is January 3, 2022.
Final Thoughts
With the end of the first semester coming soon, review your child’s grades in SKYWARD Parent Access and if needed, work with your child and their teachers to improve their grades for the semester.
As the fall semester comes to an end, I want to inform you that I will be retiring from NEISD the last day of December. A new director will take over in the spring. It was a difficult decision, but my family and I believe that it is time. I have been in education for 34 years and in North East ISD for 31 of those years. I began in NEISD as a teacher at Eisenhower Middle School and have been an administrator for the past 22 years. I came to KSAT in the fall of 2013. During my time at KSAT, I enjoyed getting to know your students at lunch and as we have traveled to the Renaissance Festival, NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston and Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, the USS Lexington in Corpus Christi, the TARC National Fly Off in Washington DC and too many rocket launches and other field trips to mention. It has been a joy recruiting and working with the KSAT students and their parents over these past 8 years. I will miss the kids and the teachers greatly. KSAT is a wonderful place to work, and I hope that I have made at least some modest improvements during my tenure. Several have asked what I will do after I retire. I hope to play golf frequently and travel with my wife to visit our parents in Colorado and North Texas. Beyond that, I am open to other adventures and opportunities that may present themselves along the way.
Thanks again for entrusting your children to me and KSAT.
God Bless.
Stephen Watson Ed.D.
Director of the Krueger School of Applied Technologies
Twitter : @SWatsonKSAT
Facebook: @KSATNEISD
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