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Ms. Patricia Kidwell, technology teacher at Shackelford, passed away on February 5th, 2010. Ms. Kidwell was an institution at Shack. She was an original faculty member when our school opened in 1975, and she touched literally thousands of North Arlington lives in her career, including many of our current parents' lives. She will be dearly missed. We will post information regarding her memorial services when we receive it.
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We would like to thank you for visiting the Shackelford website. It is our hope that the website will be a useful tool for collaborating in the education of our students.
The website will be updated regularly, allowing students and parents alike to have up-to-date information concerning class work, homework, quizzes, tests, and tutoring.
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Want your legacy to live on at Shack?
· Submissions must be no larger than 3.5x5 inches (a note card)
· Only true red, navy, and white allowed (with black outlines)
· Designs should reflect our mascot, The Patriots
· Designs must be reproducible (the logo will be everywhere at Shack), so, utilizing a computer design program is best, but you can freehand draw
o Mr. Gillispie, Mrs. Robbins, Ms. Luckett, Ms. V and Coach Bell can help you with computer assistance
· Turn in designs by Friday, 2/12, to Mrs. Rodriguez in the office
· Shack staff will select top five designs, then we’ll have a school-wide vote on the top five on Wednesday, 2/24
· Anyone can submit an entry (no limit on entries), but name must be on the back
Do your best and leave your mark on Shack!
Design our new logo!
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| A Letter from our Principal
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Shackelford families,
In meetings with teachers over the first two six-week grading periods, I have learned that the overwhelming majority of failing six-week grades is due to students not turning in assignments, which results in zeros in the gradebook. This is unacceptable to me, and I trust it is unacceptable to you as well. With homework support both before and after school, Monday through Thursday, and numerous teachers offering tutorials before or after school, there is no excuse for failure at Shackelford. To combat zeros in the gradebook, we are implementing Zap (Zeros aren’t permitted), effective immediately upon return from the winter holiday.
Zap will work in the following fashion. Each discipline (mathematics, language arts, etc.) will have a dedicated Zap day: Monday – math, Tuesday – language arts/reading, Wednesday – science, Thursday – social studies/electives. Students will be responsible for making sure that all assignments for that discipline are turned in by 8:55 am on that discipline’s Zap day. If there are missing assignments (zeros in the gradebook), then the student will be required to stay after school that day to get them done. Completed work will receive no higher grade than a 70. We have buses that run Monday through Thursday at 5:00 pm, so students that normally ride the bus will not be without transportation. Should the student choose not to stay on his/her Zap day, the student will be assigned a two hour principal’s detention on Friday from 4:00 – 6:00 pm, with no bus service. If the student chooses not to attend the principal’s detention, he/she will be assigned two days of on-campus suspension. At first glance, this may sound a little tough, but it’s really simple: do your work, turn it in, and Zap doesn’t affect you. Teachers will apprise the kids in advance of any work that is missing. Your child should never have to stay after for Zap if he/she does what he/she is supposed to do. Students will call home on his/her Zap day to let you know if he/she has to stay at school.
We hope that your child never has to stay for Zap, but we are committed to the elimination of zeros for assignment grades, and we aren’t afraid of utilizing our students’ free time to get there. Please support us in this endeavor, and thanks for all you do for us and your kids!
Andy Hagman
Principal, Shackelford JH
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What does St. Mark, Cistercian, Hockaday, Parish, Oakridge, Keller Middle School and Shackelford Junior High have in common?
They all recently competed in a MathCounts competition in which two of our very own Patriots took a First and Second Place.
Congratulations:
Justin L. - 1st Place Algebra 1
Lucy L. - 2nd Place Geometry
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Attention students and parents Shackweb is undergoing a transition.
At the top of the page there is a new tab called "Core Classes". Under this tab you will find Math, English, History, Science and Reading. For information or assignments in any of these classes just locate the subject and click on the teacher. If you are looking for information regarding a class other than those listed above, mouse over the Electives tab. There you will find the remainder of classes offered here at Shack.
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| Computerized Calling System
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Computerized Calling System!
You should have already received several calls from Shackelford via its automated calling system. Messages are sent out on a regular basis concerning progress reports, report cards, meetings and activities at Shackelford, and other important information. We will be using a new system that uses multiple lines for callouts so all homes being called will be called much more quickly than in the past. This new system can only be used after 4:00 so you will only receive calls in the evening and on weekends. Also, this year, the system does have the ability to delete duplicate phone numbers, so if you have more than one child at Shackelford, you will be called only once. The phone number that will show up on your caller id is 682-867-3600. If you have a call-screening device such as caller ID you may want to let the calls get answered by your answering machine for later playback.
If you find you are missing messages, you might try the following:
1. Make sure the outgoing message from your answering machine is loud and short. The time between your last word and the “beep” should be as short as possible.
2. Say “hello” with a loud voice. The machine starts after it both “hears” a voice and then “hears” silence.
3. Let Shackelford know immediately if your home phone number changes.
4. If possible, instruct small children not to answer calls from 682-867-3600 in the evening and on weekends. The machine will call again later if no one answers or if a message machine is not present.
5. And last, if you do not have a screening device, keep a pen and paper by the phone and instruct whoever answers to write down what the message is about. If all else fails, you can call Shackelford and the main office receptionists will have a copy of any message for a day or two.
The new system has the ability to call any alternate number that is in our data base for you if there is no answer on the phone number you gave Shackelford as your home phone. We will not activate this feature for most messages but may for any very important phone calls that need to go out to small groups of students or households.
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