Dear Parents/Guardians,

We are organizing an international trip to Turkey, the bridge between Asia and Europe, for this Spring Break. We believe that this trip will change the students’ perspectives on life by experiencing different cultures and environments. This trip will be an unforgettable experience for our students.

Turkey Trip is ONLY for 8, 9 and 10 grades.

Fee: $1500

Deadline for Nonrefundable Fee :( $200) December 20, 2008

Deadline for Rest of the Fee :( $1300) February 1, 2009

Abramson Science & Technology Schoolwide Science Fair is approaching and we are searching for judges who are willing to take responsibility to search for the best of the best.

Our schoolwide science fair is on Saturday, January 24th.

If you are interested in being a judge in our schoolwide science fair please e-mail to eakhundov@abramsonst.org with the subject line "Judge Application".

At least, bachelors degree is required to be a judge.
Parents are not eligible.

AST has just started an Office Aide Program for students who are in 8th-10th grade. This Wednesday(11/19), SHAY ABDULLAH from 10th grade will be our first Office Aide. All nominees have to be in good academic standing(At least A's and B's). Mr.Abdullah will be assisting the front office personnel all day WEDNESDAY from 8:00am-4:00pm.

We believe education at school is not limited to only the classroom setting. AST students need to experience a day in the office helping office personnel as well as building leadership responsibilities.

This will create an environment that exposes students to take initiative and learn the importance of responsibility, how to interact with other adults, secretaries, our Medical Assistant i.e. They will learn through hands on experience how an office environment functions here at school.

Abramson Science & Technology has started Accelerated Reader Program in the school.
Accelerated Reader (AR) is reading management software used by students all over the world. This program provides teachers with an effective way to monitor all forms of guided reading practice. And with Accelerated Reader Renaissance Place, teachers get even more detailed, objective data to target instruction and ensure success for every student, regardless of level, from emergent reader to college prep! Abramson Science & Technology is committed to the Reading Renaissance Plan which focuses on growth for each child no matter the level. Students are continuously guided to appropriate books within their zone of proximal development (ZPD). This assures that every student is challenged without being frustrated.
AR books in the Abramson Science & Technology Library are colored coded for easy selection.
All our students from Kindergarten to Tenth grades are busy reading books and taking tests.

Book Mobile visited Abramson campus for our special Kindergarteners. It was a wonderful day for all of our students to meet new books and writers.

The Abramson Spelling Bee team is up and running! The team of seventh and eighth graders have been studying, practicing and spelling with Ms Stephens in perparation for the New Orleans Regional Spelling Bee in March and, hopefully, the Scripps National Spelling Bee, held in Washington D.C. this May. They are working hard and are looking forward to the pay off at competition. This winter, we will hold a spelling bee here at school so that they can practice in front of an audience before the big event!

Abramson Parents, Students and staff went to picnic at Joe Brown Memorial Park on Tuesday, November 4, 2008. Wildcats Family came together to share time and food. We played games and talked about how we can make our school better.

The Parent Portal allows parents to view their child’s attendance, conduct, discipline, grades, progress reports, and transcripts (high school). Parents must first register with the school by filling in and returning the student and parent information worksheet, which was sent home with students in the last week. If you have not filled in and returned this form, you should check with your school secretary and do so now. That worksheet includes the parent’s names, addresses and phone numbers. The mailing address for each parent or guardian who wishes to register with the Parent Command Center is required, including the zip code.
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We went to Houston with students and teachers to visit Galveston, Moody Garden, Houston Downtown and Turkish Festival. It was a wonderful trip and we got lots of fun.

The Honor Roll Assembly for Abramson Science & Technology students were held on October 29, Wednesday in the Conference Room. The students were awarded Superintendent Honor Roll, Principal Honor Roll, and Teacher Honor Roll according to their GPAs. Good Job Wildcats. Keep up the good work.

Abramson’s Girl Scout Troop is up and running again this year. We are so excited to see some new faces and also to welcome back the beautiful old faces from last year. Our meetings will be held on the first and third Thursdays of each month from 4:15-5:15 p.m. in the school cafeteria. There are no buses this year to take the girls home after the meeting so please arrange for someone to pick up your daughter. We will also have an outing every month on the first Saturday. Our first outing is going to be to the movies to see High School Musical 3! Be sure your daughter is registered so that she can join us at the movies on November 1st! If you would like your daughter to be a part of this please contact Mrs. Hernandez about more information nhudgins@abramsonst.org.

Teachers and students of AST you are invited to participate in creating a little merriment in the building by decorating your homeroom classroom door. The theme of this contest is: Fall / Autumn Be Creative and Educational. Yes, we are beautifying our school, but let’s be real, in the end this is about friendship and the power of coming together! Go Wildcats!
Judges will come around to judge the doors during homeroom on Thursday, October 30th. Prizes will be distributed on Friday, October 31st.

Abramson Science & Technology organizes a school-wide science fair.. Each student will have the chance to solve his or her own science mystery by doing a science project, a mandatory assignment for your child's class. School-wide science fair will be held on Saturday, January 24 2009.

Robotics club is started for middle school. An exciting introduction to the NXT Robotics System. Learn how to design, programming & teamwork skills. In pairs, using LEGO building elements, motors & sensors, students build different robots & program them with a computer to move, react & make sounds to solve challenges.

Dear Parents;

Abramson started to send Wednesday Envelope every Wednesdays. In the envelope, you will get information about up coming events, disipline report card, attendance report card, etc..Please do not forget to ask your kid(s).

Overall goal of home visiting is to help strengthen relationships between parents and teachers. Home visiting programs are an effective way for teachers to get parents involved in their child's education and to let parents and children know how much they care.

We have started to homevisits.
Expect a visit from us anytime!

We had a great time with 7th and 8th grade students. We visited Austin, San Antonio and Houston. Abramson Wildcats are getting experience during visiting different places. We have been in Alamo, NASA, Texas State Capitol,Riverwalk, and so many places.

New Orleans Hands On group came to Abramson with 145 volunteers to do beautification projects. In addition to that, they contributed $1852 donation to help our reading project.

The Abramson Spelling Bee team is up and running! The team of seventh and eighth graders have been studying, practicing and spelling with Ms. Stephens in preparation for the New Orleans Regional Spelling Bee in March and, hopefully, the Scripps National Spelling Bee, held in Washington D.C. this May. They are working hard and are looking forward to the pay off at competition. This winter, we will hold a spelling bee here at school so that they can practice in front of an audience before the big event!

Abramson offers different sport activities and tournaments for our students to improve their athletic skills and to make them socialized. Moreover, these activities help to build more enjoyable school atmosphere.

Abramson encourage our students to get more involved in science projects. Our goal is to prepare young minds to real life. We would like them to take this opportunity and do their best to realize the importance of science applications. Join us and understand how funny the science is.

WILD CATS on stand. Abramson Science & Technology students brought Honorable Mention from International Sustainable World Energy, Engineering and Environment Project Olympiad. Brandon and Alex showed great effort and success in Houston. More than 50 countries and 40 states sent best of the best students and project to Texas to participate the project olympiad. It was just a beginning for WILD CATS. Go WILD CATS.

Rokie Challenge basketball game was so much fun. 74 of Abramson students joined the fun at downtown Arena. It was a great chance for all of us to see the future MVPs of the NBA.