Helen Ball Elementary School

If you are interested in being a presenter at our Helen Ball Career Day, please click on the link provided. https://5il.co/2zdm4

We have changed our storybook pumpkin contest to a storybook tissue box contest this year. Please visit the link below for more information. https://5il.co/2yy1l

The SISD community is invited to participate in the CNS Advisory Committee to explore menu selections for the 2024-2025 school year. Help us create delicious and nutritious meals that will fuel minds and develop healthy habits that last a lifetime. Email mplace01@sisd.net for more information.

Join us in 2 weeks for our Reading is Sweet Fall Scholastic Bookfair! Click the link for more information. https://5il.co/2vva4

Join us for our Parent Cafe. Please see the flyer for further details. https://5il.co/2unrq

Perfect Attendance Dress up days. Please see flyer for schedule & details. https://5il.co/2unrr

Grandparents, join us for a Rock Your Decades Grandparent's Day Dance on Sept. 11, 2024. See the flyer for more details and schedule. https://5il.co/2uns0

Back to School Immunization Clinics for all SISD students. See flyer for more details and schedule. https://5il.co/2tn2j

SISD welcomes military families to an event on August 10 from 9-11:30 a.m. at the District Service Center, 12440 Rojas Dr. See the flyer for more details. https://5il.co/2t4y8

Dalmatians, Join us for our Back to School Open House! Can't wait to see you. #TimetoShine

Summer Office Hours: 7:30 a.m. - 12 p.m., 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. (closed 12 p.m. - 1 p.m.)

Dalmatian Families, The Summer Reading Challenge will be a Bingo card with 4 activities. Students can complete the bingo by completing 1 line, or they can complete the entire card to receive a frozen treat from their librarian when we return for the 24-25 school year. You will see the new Summer Reading Bingo appear in Beanstack no later than Saturday, May 25th. Click the link below for a link on how to download Beanstack on your personal device. Happy Reading!

Hello, Heart Heroes! Are you ready?! Kids Heart Challenge is coming to our school soon! We have exciting things planned this year to get us moving, helping others and having fun. Get a head start by signing up today and helping your student choose a daily health challenge. Visit our school page at https://www2.heart.org/site/TR?fr_id=9733&pg=company&company_id=438297L or download the AHA Schools app!

SISD's Volunteer Sports Program will host orientation meetings for track and field starting Jan. 17. Visit https://www.sisd.net/vsp for meeting times and locations. VSP allows Pre-K to 6th grade students in #TeamSISD to have fun, get exercise & experience friendly competition.

Dalmatian readers, Please make sure to spend your prize money in the prize store. Any prize money not spent within 10 days after our Read-A-Thon ends will no longer be available. The prize store cannot be reopened once it is closed. All prizes will be shipped to the school. Thanks so much, Helen Ball Elementary School

Thank you for your donations!! Our Dalmatians will greatly benefit from these funds as they will be used for our library. We are looking to bring some author's to our campus this year. We will be sending out one last challenge before the Read-A-Thon ends... The class with the highest donations so far are 1. Ms. Barrera 2. Mrs. Rubio 3. Mrs. Preciado & 4. Mrs. Martínez. Good Luck!

Win a Nintendo Switch for Your Child Attention Dalmatian families, We have some exciting news to share. Your child has a chance of winning a Nintendo Switch! Read-A-Thon is giving away one Nintendo Switch per school. Your child can enter the drawing by raising $100 in donations during our Read-A-Thon. Help your child raise $100 or more by the end of our Read-A-Thon Here's how it works: 1. If you haven't already, create your child's Read-A-Thon account 2. Share the message through text messages, email, and Facebook using the easy prebuilt tool on your child's dashboard 3. Watch the donation dollars come in 4. Each $100 raised gets one entry in a schoolwide drawing Help support our school and your child! Thank you!

Let's level up our learning! We have an exciting week of learning planned for the October Intersession (October 2nd-October 5th). Scholars in Kindergarten through 2nd grade will be participating in an acceleration camp to help them level up their reading and math skills and Fourth and Fifth Grade will be providing Reading and Math acceleration. PK and Kinder will be participating in the SISD ESL Academy which will provide language enrichment opportunities. EELA will serve students in 3rd-5th to provide language enrichment opportunities. Most importantly, scholars who have more than 5 absences will be able to meet promotion requirements. Thank you in advance for supporting your scholar's learning journey! Ready, Set, Accelerate! #LevelUpLearning

Join us for Coffee with the Principal on Sept. 19th at 9 am in the library.

It's time for the Helen Ball Elementary School Read-a-thon! Read-a-thon promises to be a fun, exciting journey that starts Monday September 18, 2023. We will get your children excited about reading. We know you have limited time but want the best education for your child. That’s why we hope everyone will activate their reader's account as soon as possible. This is where you can record and view your reader's progress. We encourage you to activate your reader’s account today by clicking on https://www.read-a-thon.com/readers/r//1 and following the simple instructions. Take home flyers will be sent home on 9/11/23 so that you can have your access code. Thanks so much, Helen Ball Elementary School