Happy School Nurse Day! Today, we want to give a HUGE shoutout to our incredible nurses, Nurse Gomez and Nurse Mata! Thank you for your unwavering dedication and care for our Unicorn students and staff. You make Garza a healthier and happier place every day! 🩺💙
Dress Up Week is off to an awesome start! We loved seeing everyone's creativity today. Can't wait to see what fabulous outfits you all come up with for the rest of the week! Let's keep the spirit going!
Feeling incredibly grateful for our amazing volunteer parents who stepped in to take care of our class so we could enjoy the PTO Luncheon! Your support means the world to us. Thank you for your kindness and generosity! 💕💙
Big shoutout to our incredible PTO for organizing the most amazing luncheon today! Your hard work and dedication are truly appreciated. Thank you for making our day brighter!
Big shoutout to our incredible PTO for organizing the most amazing luncheon today! Your hard work and dedication are truly appreciated. Thank you for making our day brighter! 🙌
Emotional Intelligence
Core Competency 4
Empathy
What is empathy?
The ability to understand and share the thinking and emotions of others.
At R. Garza Elementary, we believe that with acceptance, kindness, and strength we stand united.
Book Companion
Because I Had a Teacher
Written by Kobi Yamada
Read Aloud
https://youtu.be/3vU2Fx0hDPo?si=hnph0xwVPgSCzt9j
CLASSROOM and HOME
Discussion and Writing Prompts
Where would we be without OUR WONDERFUL TEACHERS?
They are the special individuals who inspire us, support us, and encourage us.
As we celebrate, TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK and THE WORLDS they open up for us, let’s take a moment to THANK THEM for BELIEVING in our SMARTS and the DIFFERENCE they make in our lives!
Shout out to our Garza Robotics Team for showcasing and participating at the McAllen ISD’s STEM Expo. We are so proud of your HARD WORK. 🤖🦄💙
Our Unicorns loved celebrating Physical Education Week 🦄💙⚽️🏐🏀🧢
A huge shout out to our April Unicorns of Month!! Congratulations!!!🎉🥳👏💙🦄 (2 of 2)
A huge shout out to our April Unicorns of Month!! Congratulations!!!🎉🥳👏💙🦄 (1 of 2)
Thank you Mayor Villalobos and Public Works Department for your McAllen Shines presentation. Our Garza Unicorns were excited to be deputized and ready to take care of McAllen 🦄💙
Miss Ortega’s class celebrated Día del Niño and May the Foce Be With You Day. 👧🏻🧒🏽🪅🧑🚀
Our Unicorns dressed up as teammates to end our Physical Education spirit week 🏀 ⚽️🏐💙
Hats off to PE 🧢 and Dress like a Principal or Coach pics 👩🏫 ❤️
Big shoutout to Mrs. Valenzuela! Thank you for your outstanding leadership and dedication to Garza. You truly make a difference every day! #BestPrincipal 💙🩶🦄
Our Unicorns choose to dress up as the school principal or a PE coach as we celebrate Principal Appreciation Day and PE Week.
Today our Unicorns wore their favorite sports jersey or shirt to celebrate Sports Week 💙⚽️🏐
Emotional Intelligence
Core Competency 3
Motivation
What is motivation?
The ability to work toward a goal and finish it even when it is challenging.
At R. Garza Elementary, we know and believe that we can do anything that we set our minds to do.
Read Aloud
https://youtu.be/JhD5ZKH_Fy4
CLASSROOM and HOME Discussion and Writing Prompts
Think about what Auggie says, “People just need to change the way they see.” How would the world be different for us if we saw each other with kindness?
Mrs. Garza's class kicking off PE week with sunglasses!! 😎⚽️🏀🏐🥎🎾🏈💙
Students in Mrs. Bulthius class wearing sunglasses to support and kick off PE week! 😎🏃🏀🏈🎾🥎🏐⚽️
