Bartholomew Bats!


Our school is located in Round Rock, Texas which is near Austin. Austin and Round Rock both have huge populations of Mexican Free Tailed Bats that live under our bridges. A colony of bats lives beneath the Ann Richards/Congress Avenue Bridge in Austin and in Round Rock, another colony resides under the Interstate 35 bridge over McNeil Road. Each evening from March to about October, the bats fly out from beneath the bridge and search for insects to eat. The emergence of the bats is a wonder to watch. We are also thankful that all these millions of bats eat the bugs by our homes.

Our class mascot is the Bat to honor the mammals that live so close to us and help us. (also because Bat and Bartholomew both start with the letter B!) The bats in Central Texas live together in a group and help take care of the young. Then they migrate together as a team. Our class will also live together in our classroom, work together as a team, and help each other out. We are the Bartholomew Bats!





Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Hard-working Day

Hi,

Everything went smoothly for our first day of STAAR testing. We will be completing Day 2 of the writing test tomorrow.

Remember:

Early to bed tonight.
Good breakfast tomorrow.
Healthy snacks are welcome.
No visitors at school.
Cell phones will be collected.
Positive attitudes and perseverance is encouraged!

Here is an email from the district.

Dear Parents and Guardians,
The 2012 Parent Climate Survey is now available.
Each year Round Rock ISD seeks parent input about the quality of the school environment and its academic programs.
We welcome your thoughtful feedback to help us identify our existing strengths and areas that need improvement.
We encourage you to complete one survey per student.
The survey will be available through April 30, in English: http://tinyurl.com/parent12english and in Spanish: http://tinyurl.com/parent12esp Thanks for your participation!


Thanks for everything and let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Sincerely,
Pam Bartholomew
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