Don Haskins PK-8 School

Interim Superintendent Martha Aguirre kicks off the Right Here Right Now attendance campaign with the Operation Search Telethon. 📞🌟👏

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Good Morning Parents:

Please join us on Tuesday September 9th, 2025 at 5:00 PM for a Cybersecurity Awareness Presentation. Important information regarding your child safety will be shared.

Parents want to learn how to access the ROOMS application and how to create an Schoology Parents account? Please join us on Wednesday September 3rd at 5:00 PM for our Zoom Presentation. For more information please see the attched flyers.

HAPPENING NEXT WEEK: El Paso ISD Employee Health Fair 🩺❤️‍🩹

Enjoy health screenings, vaccines, massage therapy, giveaways, and over 80 vendors! 🌟

💉 Vaccinations
• Flu
• COVID
• Pneumonia
• Tdap
• MMR (measles)
• Shinges
• RSV

⚕ Health Screenings
• Glucose
• Cholesterol
• Blood pressure
• BMI
• Diabetes risk
• Knee and injury
• Vein screening
• Spinal and neck screening

Learn more ➡️ www.episd.org/benefits

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September 1st marks the start of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. The El Paso ISD family offers our heartfelt support to all those bravely facing this disease.

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El Paso ISD will be closed on Monday, September 1, in observance of Labor Day. We wish our community a safe weekend! 🌟

View the academic calendar ➡️ www.episd.org/calendars

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Dear El Paso ISD families,

As a precaution all High School football games are delayed and Middle School Baseball and Softball are cancelled for this evening, Thursday, Aug 28.

📣 El Paso ISD is inviting our community to join the Action Planning Oversight Committee (APOC)!

We’re looking for:
🌟 Students
🌟Families
🌟 Staff
🌟 Alumni
🌟 Military reps
🌟 Community orgs

With the Equity Assessment now complete, EPISD and MAEC are beginning the next phase—developing an Action Plan. This Action Plan that will turn recommendations from the assessment into concrete policies and practices to guide the district moving forward. We want your ideas, experiences, and perspectives to guide this important work.

📅 Apply by Sept 5 ➡️ bit.ly/APOCForm25 or call 915-257-9769 and leave a voicemail with your name and contact info.

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🌟REMINDER: FEDERAL IMPACT AID FORM🌟

Thank you to the El Paso ISD families who have completed the Federal Impact Aid Form, if you haven’t please take a moment to complete it in the Parent Portal. ✅

Complete by Thursday, Sept. 18. ➡️ bit.ly/ParentPortal_25

This form allows El Paso ISD to apply for financial compensation for tax revenue lost due to Federal activities within district boundaries.

Thank you for your support! 🌟

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Good Morning Parents and Legal Guardians:
Friendly reminder that tomorrow Wednesday August 27th, 2025 at 8:30 AM, we will be having a PTA general meeting and a VIPS Training. Please join us and learn about upcoming events and the volunteering opportunities that Don Haskins PK-8 has for you.

Best Regards!

El Paso ISD parents,

The annual Federal Impact Aid Form is now open! ✅ This form allows El Paso ISD to apply for financial compensation for tax revenue lost due to Federal activities within district boundaries.

Your participation is essential to supporting the operational budget of El Paso ISD.🌟

Please complete the form in the parent portal by Thursday, Sept. 18. ➡️ bit.ly/ParentPortal_25

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El Paso ISD Board of Trustees and Interim Superintendent Martha Aguirre were thrilled to recognize students, staff, and community members for their dedication to El Paso ISD during the board meeting on August 19, 2025, at the El Paso ISD Administration Building.

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The Healthy Living 2025 Fall schedule has arrived! 🌟 Kick off the school year strong 💪 with FREE wellness activities for all employees, available at locations across the district! ✅

Check out some of the exciting options:
🎨 Art
📚 Book Club
❤️ CPR
🧶 Crochet
💃 Dance, Stretch & Relax
🍳 Healthy Cooking
📷 Photography
🎾 Pickleball
🧘 Pilates
🏺 Pottery
🏋️‍♀️ Strength & Conditioning
🎾 Tennis Cardio
🧘 Yoga

Learn more ➡️ www.episd.org/healthyliving

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Parents and Legal Guardians:

Please join us on Thursday August 21st, 2025 at 8:30AM for our Annual Title I Part A and Benefits of Family Engagement Meeting. Important Information will be share.

Haskins Families, Yearbook orders are currently being taken at the discounted price of $35. Order now and you could receive free icons with personalization. Please reserve your copy at: https://www.jostens.com/apps/store/productBrowse/3178573/Don-Haskins-PK-8-School/2026-Yearbook/2025073118150729074/CATALOG_SHOP

Why did the chickens cross the road? 🐔 To keep Western Hills Elementary School students safe, of course! 💛💙 Shoutout to Mando and Mike for making safety egg-stra fun! 🛑🚸

Help us keep students safe and thriving by joining El Paso ISD’s Volunteers in Public Schools program! 🌟

Learn more and apply today! ➡️ www.episd.org/volunteer

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Our Interim Superintendent Martha Aguirre reflects as we wrap up the first week of school, 🏫 📝📚 and expresses her gratitude for our incredible teachers, staff, students, and families for a great return. 🌟 You are what makes El Paso ISD so special. 💙 Let’s keep rising together! 🚀

Watch here ➡️ https://bit.ly/episd_0808

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