Mims Elementary School
May 2017

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30	1 Teacher Appreciation Week (We love our staff and appreciate all they do every day!) Events	2 Teacher Appreciation Week (Thank you staff for making Mims a great place to be!) Events	3 Teacher Appreciation Week (Thank you for giving so much of yourself for our students.) Events	4 Teacher Appreciation Week (Our staff is simply the best. Thank you!) Events	5 Last Day for Relay for Life Donations (We appreciate your donations for this very worthy cause. Thank you.) Events Teacher Appreciation Week (Thank you teachers and staff for making Mims the best place to be!) Events	6 Last Day for Tutorials - Cancelled 8 AM – 11 AM (Cancelled! Have a wonderful weekend.) Events
7	8 STAAR Math Test 10 AM – 11 AM (Grades 3 & 4, along with 5th grade retesters. Good luck students!!) Events	9 STAAR Reading Test (3rd and 4th graders along with 5th grade retesters. Good luck students!) Events	10 STAAR Science Test (Good luck to all our 5th grade students!) Events	11 Progress Reports Sent Home (Progress Reports for the 6th Marking Period will be sent home with students.) Events	12 Water Day Events	13
14	15 Mother's Day Program 7:45 AM – 8:15 AM (First grade program in the cafeteria.) Events Reading Rally 8:15 AM – 9 AM (Each grade level will dress up as characters from a selected book.) Events Literary Night 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM (Join us as each grade level offers literacy activity from the Texas Reads One Book selection, The Lemonade War by Jacqueline Davies.) Events	16	17 Kindergarten Field Trip to UTRGV (Kinder students will visit the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.) Events Elementary Girls Track Meet 8:30 AM – 12 PM (Veterans Memorial High School) Events	18 Career Day (Various presenters will visit our classrooms.) Events Last Day for Reading Renaissance 7:15 AM – 4 PM (Last day for students to read and test using the AR program. The program will end at 4:00. Reach Platinum Reader status before 4.) Events Elementary Boys Track Meet 8:30 AM – 12 PM (Veteran's Memorial High School) Events Parent Meeting - Summer Programs 1:15 PM – 3 PM Events	19 Platinum Reader Celebration 8 AM – 11 AM (Students who read a million or more words in the AR program will gather in the cafeteria for an artist celebration led by Olga McCord.) Events Cherrydale Party 1 PM – 3 PM (Our top sellers in the Cherrydale fundraiser will gather in the cafeteria.) Events	20 Relay for Life (Veterans Memorial Stadium in McAllen.) Events
21	22 3rd and 5th Grade Field Trip 8 AM – 2:30 PM (Students will be visiting the Museum of South Texas History in Edinburg.) Events	23	24 Field Day - Upper Grades 8 AM – 12 PM (Grades 3, 4 and 5 will participate in field day activities.) Events BOGO Book Fair Family Night 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM (A Scholastic Buy One Get One Free Book Fair will be our library.) Events	25 4th Grade Field Trip to STC and UTRGV 8 AM – 2:30 PM (Our fourth graders will visit South Texas College and University of Texas Rio Grande Valley) Events Field Day - Lower Grades 11 AM – 12 PM (Students in grades PK, K, 1 and 2 will participate in field day activities.) Events	26 Awards Ceremonies Events	27 Advanced Academic Services Fair for TPSP 8 AM – 12 PM (Veteran's Memorial High School Gym) Events
28	29 Talent Show 8 AM – 11 PM (Students share their talents and special gifts on stage in the cafeteria.) Events	30 Early Release for Students 7:45 AM – 12 PM (Students are released from school at noon. Happy Summer Vacation!) Events	31 "Kindle" Your Summer Reading! (Start reading on MyOn today for a chance to win a Kindle in September! Contest ends August 31!) Events Teacher Workday Events	1	2	3