Jose de Escandon Elementary

Our Eagles have been showing up every day, and now it’s time to celebrate with some carnival fun! 🎯🎳🎪

📅 **Attendance Incentive: October 15 – November 5**

Let’s keep soaring by remembering to:\
✅ Be at school every day!\
⏰ Arrive on time!\
🏫 Stay for the entire school day!

Every day counts, Eagles! Let’s continue building great attendance habits while having some fun along the way! We can’t wait to celebrate with you! 🎉🎟️

💙💛 **Together We Soar!** 🦅
#EscandonEagles #AttendanceMatters #TogetherWeSoar #McAllenISD

Tuesdays are for Dyslexia Awareness! Our Eagles dressed in superhero attire! #DyslexiaAwareness

On Wednesdays we wear pink! #October #PinkOut

🦅🎃 EAGLES, WE STILL NEED YOUR HELP! 👻🍬 Let’s continue to fill those candy bags and feed some MONSTER MINDS! 🧠🍭 Bring in your donations by October 28th for a chance to earn a SWEET INCENTIVE! 🍬✨ Every bag counts! Let’s make this Halloween SPOOKTACULAR! 🧡💜💚

Thank you Mr. Saenz for helping us with our girls volleyball game! We appreciate your time! Go Eagles Go!!! #TogetherWeSoar

Congratulations to our boys football team for bringing in the W on Friday! We are so proud of you boys! Keep soaring inside the classroom and on the field! ✨🦅🥳 #TogetherWeSoar

Happy birthday Ms. Meza! We hope you have a magical day! 💕✨

“Lasso those thoughts and put ‘em on paper !“
Shout out to second grade Mrs. Bronold’s class for raising the bar in writing! Writing is difficult but when you teach them a framework that organizes their thoughts it does wonders! Modeling and modeling to those little ones will get them soaring high!! Annnnd of course goooo Eagles 🦅!!!
#TogetherWeSoar

The past two weeks have been full of amazing mathletes who go above and beyond to answer the question(s) of the week! We are proud that they take the initiative to take learning into their own hands and use this enrichment opportunity! Mr. T, thank you for doing this for our students! Congratulations goes out to Isai, Sky, Alejandro, Yasmin, and Andrea! We are sooo proud of you! #TogetherWeSoar

Leandro joyfully fed the candy monster this morning! No one but our candy monsters are having the breakfast of champions. 🤣 We do not recommend their indulgent diet! 🤭 Keep those treats coming in boys and girls and we will see who wins the challenge of having extra recess time! #CandyMonsters #CandyChallenge

Congratulations goes out to our very own Mighty Eagle MEF Grant winners! The projects funded are as follow:

2nd Grade Mrs. Rodriguez'
"Little Sprouts Gardening Club"

5th Grade Mrs. Regino's
"Every voice, every story: Building writing confidence through authentic publishing.

Ms. Sanchez'
"Building innovation spaces in the library"

Ms. Villarreal and Mrs. Munoz'
"Market Masters"

Shoutout to all of our fabulous staff whom submitted a proposal. We truly are better when we work together! #TogetherWeSoar #Grateful

Writing

💙💛 **ATTENDANCE MATTERS, EAGLES!** 💛💙

🦅 Congratulations to our **3rd and 5th grade Eagles for achieving 100% attendance!** 🎉🏆 Your commitment to showing up and making every school day count is something to celebrate!

Our overall attendance is **96%**, and we know we can soar even higher! 📈✨ Every day in the classroom is an opportunity to learn, grow, build friendships, and reach new goals.

Eagle Families, we encourage you to help us improve our attendance by making school a priority whenever possible. Your partnership makes a difference, and every student who walks through our doors matters! 💙💛

Let's work together to reach our attendance goals and keep our Eagles soaring! 🦅

**Every day counts. Every Eagle matters. Together, WE SOAR!** 💙💛

#AttendanceMatters #EveryDayCounts #EscandonEagles #EaglePride #TogetherWeSoar

Let’s make every day count! We’re just a few days away from a 3-day weekend, but first, let’s finish strong with great attendance! 🌦️ DÍA DEL CLIMA 🌦️ **MCALLEN ISD** 📅 **12 DE OCTUBRE — LUNES** 🏫 **DISTRITO CERRADO** Todas las escuelas y oficinas del distrito de McAllen ISD estarán **cerradas el lunes 12 de octubre de 2026 por el Día del Clima.** 💛🖤 **¡ESTAMOS TODOS COMPROMETIDOS!**

🦅🎃 EAGLES, WE NEED YOUR HELP! 👻🍬 Let’s come together to fill those candy bags and feed some MONSTER MINDS! 🧠🍭 Bring in your donations by October 22nd for a chance to earn a SWEET INCENTIVE! 🍬✨ Every bag counts! Let’s make this Halloween SPOOKTACULAR! 🧡💜💚

Join us from October 26th-October 30th as we celebrate making healthy choices during Red Ribbon Week.

Our littlest Eagles from Mr. Rosalez' class are working hard and growing their vocabulary and writing skills! They will be ready for Kinder in no time! These littles have BIG plans! #LittleEagles #BigPlans #TogetherWeSoar

On Wednesdays in October we wear pink!

🏆💙💛 **Happy National Coaches Day!** 💛💙🏆

Today, we celebrate the amazing coaches who inspire, encourage, and support our students and staff every day! A special shoutout to **Coach Maya and Coach Mary** for all you do to motivate our Eagles and help them soar! 🦅✨

We also want to give a special thank-you to our incredible **Instructional Coaches, Mr. Teniente and Ms. Preciado**, for guiding, supporting, and empowering our teachers and staff to grow and succeed. 📚💫

We are so grateful for each of you and the positive impact you make at Escandon! 💙💛

**Thank you for helping us #TogetherWeSoar!** 🦅
#NationalCoachesDay #EscandonEagles #TogetherWeSoar #CoachAppreciation

“Rock Your Red! Celebrate Dyslexia Awareness Every Tuesday!”

October Calendar of Events