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Spears Elementary
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8500 Wade Blvd.
Frisco, Texas 75034

Map/Directions

Phone: 469-633-2900
Fax: 469-633-2950

Email: spears@friscoisd.org

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Principal: Martha Moroch

Motto: "Together Everyone Achieves More"
Mission: The mission of Otis Spears Elementary School is to empower children to become lifelong

learners through knowledge and experiences.

A Message from the Principal

Martha Moroch, Principal

We want Spears Elementary to be a school that truly reflects our motto “TEAM…Together Everyone Achieves More!”  We hope that you will join the Spears TEAM and pledge to be a partner in your child’s education by joining PTA and volunteering in our school.  Please read through the Spears Elementary Volunteer Handbook on our school website www.friscoisd.org/schools/elementary/spears. Print and sign the Statement of Commitment in the handbook and return it to your child’s teacher.  With that, and your cleared background check through FISD, you’re ready to volunteer!  Complete

the background check on-line at https://forms.friscoisd.org/backgroundcheck/.


I am honored to be the principal of Otis Spears Elementary School and am excited to be part of the outstanding Frisco Independent School District. As a lifelong educator, my experience includes twenty-nine years in public school education, and for the past seventeen years, I have served as an elementary principal. I love working with the wonderful students, supportive parents, and an exceptional faculty and staff at Spears Elementary. We work hard as a TEAM because Together Everyone Achieves More. All parents are invited to participate in their child's education and to be involved in our school community. We have an awesome PTA with many opportunities for volunteering. Please visit Spears Elementary and become a part of our school TEAM. Visitors are always welcome!

Dana Solomon, Assistant Principal

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Welcome to School Year 2010-2011!

I see our students as problem-solvers, innovators, and life-long learners that will meet the challenges of the 21st Century and shape the world into something better than what we've known. Your children inspire me each day in these beliefs, and I feel grateful to play a part in their first steps into the future!

Spears Elementary’s accomplishments are impressive, and I consider it a privilege to serve on such a dynamic educational team. My family and I moved to the area from Shreveport, Louisiana eight years ago.  My husband Gene and I have been married for 20 years, and we have two children.  My son Justin is 18, and he attends the University of Texas at Austin.   My daughter Rani is 13, and she is an 8th grader at Griffin Middle School. We have enjoyed becoming Texans and the opportunities for education, recreation, and cultural awareness available in this beautiful state. 

I graduated summa cum laude from the University of Texas at Dallas with a degree in Interdisciplinary Studies along with Teacher Certification and earned my Master’s degree in Educational Administration from Concordia University of Texas.  I have been working for the last four years with Fisher Elementary students. I am dedicated to our students’ educational success, and I look forward to a school year full of fun and exciting learning opportunities at Spears!  


Need to Report an Absence?

Please notify Elsa Gomez, data clerk at gomeze@friscoisd.org and copy your child’s teacher. You can also call the main number at

469-633-2900.

 

A parent, doctor or any medical note is required within 3 days of the absence. If a signed note is not received within the required time frame, the absence will be considered unexcused.

     

Please include the following information

  • Child’s name
  • Child’s teacher
  • Parent contact number
  • Reason for absence

For more information on FISD Absence Policies Click Here.


NEWS and ANNOUNCEMENTS Team Spears Logo NEWS and ANNOUNCEMENTS


New Online Registration Process Coming Soon!

FRISCO ISD IS GOING GREEN

Frisco ISD is implementing an exciting new enrollment system this year from Infosnap.  In an effort to reduce paper waste, improve accuracy, increase efficiency, and save parents time, we will be replacing some of our previous paper practices with online alternatives. This new process will begin in the 2010-2011 school year.  Parents will receive a letter and/or email from Frisco ISD with a unique website login and information on how to complete the required forms online.  These forms will be required for student schedule pick up at the secondary level and to finalize class placement at the elementary levelThis letter from Frisco ISD will not arrive until late July.  Parents will be instructed to go online to fill out the information required annually.  At the end of the online session, a signature page will be generated. This form must be signed and delivered to the school office along with a current proof of residence to pick up student schedules on the dates listed above.  Acceptable proof of residence is a current electric or water bill, lease or rental agreement or contract on a new home.  Parents without internet access at home can utilize the public library; schools will also be providing opportunities for access and a district night for assistance and support will be communicated in the letter.

In another effort to save paper, gas, to reduce clutter in the schools, and to address safety concerns, FISD will utilize a community website folder for distribution of all non-school related materials from youth-oriented groups in lieu of distribution tables at each campus.  With the above referenced online registration and reenrollment process, we believe we will improve our ability to capture accurate email addresses of all our parents and this will enable us to more effectively send periodic reminders to link parents to the electronic folder displaying information on community, youth-oriented services and programs. This practice will take place with the beginning of the 2010-2011 school year. New information will be updated on the FISD website at the end of June. Parents without internet access may utilize the public library or ask school staff for assistance in printing items of interest.


Pets on School Grounds

No pets are allowed on FISD property while students are at school unless authorized by the principal for a preapproved instructional purpose. Those walking students to or from school with pets will not be allowed on FISD property.

Martha Moroch

Principal


racoonSign Up Your Little Rascal in the Little Raccoon Club!football

Frisco High School Touchdown Club and Dula Orthodontics are sponsoring the Little Racoons Club to show your support for Frisco High School Football! Click here to see how a $10 membership will benefit you.


Teacher's wear red to celebrate heart health

SPEARS STAFF WEARS RED TO CELEBRATE HEART HEALTH


DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE TEACHER YOU WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE?

The Frisco RoughRiders would like to help! 

Each month throughout their season the Frisco RoughRiders will recognize a special teacher nominated by you!  This teacher will get a fantastic award and so will the nominee.  Proceeds will also benefit the Frisco Education Foundation so everyone scores a homerun!  All the details along with the nomination form can be found by clicking here Frisco RoughRiders

NCLB Report Card

Please click on the attachments to see important information on FISD’s obligations under the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001:

Attachment in English:  NCLB Report Card parent letter_English 2-3-10

Attachment in Spanish:  NCLB Report Card parent letter_Spanish 2-3-10


A Message Concerning One of Our Students

Bruno Almeida is a 4th grade student at Spears.  He was recently diagnosed with leukemia and has been in and out of Children’s hospital since November.  Many friends and families from Spears have reached out to help Bruno.  If you would like more information about Bruno, his illness and treatment, and how his friends and family are helping him, please visit:

www.caringbridge.org/visit/bruno or www.giveforward.org/peaceloveBRUNO


IMPORTANT!

Updated Carpool Guidlines

Parents- If your child is a car rider in the mornings,you must wait in the line to drop offyour child next to the curb. There is no other drop off area and no crossing guardin the parking lot. As an option, parents may park their cars and walk with their children into the school. Please do not double park on Wade or park close to or in front of the entrance/exit to the parking lot.

Also, it is a State Law that no hand held cell phones may be used with in a school zone. This includes the parking lot at Spears Elementaryin the mornings and afternoons.

Please see the attached information. These procedures are in place to ensure the safety of all students at Spears. If you have questions, please call the school office, 469-633-2900.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Click here for attached information


Click here for information on Grading Policy Guidlines


Spears Staff Donated to Cancer Causes

The Staff at Spears Contribute to Cancer Awareness


The staff at Spears Elementary raised money for two cancer charieties during Cancer Awareness Week. The Donations totaled $575 dollars with $385 going to the Ocular Melanoma Foundation and $190 to the Lee Nation Denim Day benifiting breast cancer research.


Transportation News for Parents

Dear Spears Parents,

We wanted to make you aware of recent changes in our bussing policies. To avoid over-crowding on our buses and to ensure our students' safety, we will not be able to honor requests for students to ride with bus-riding friends. We will handle transportation emergencies on a case-by-case basis. If you have an extreme emergency, please notify the office. Thank you for your continued support and cooperation!

A Message From the Transportation Department

If you have transportation questions, please call the Dispatcher at 469-633-6562 or 6560,6561.  These lines will have someone available from 6:15 am until 5:30 pm, Monday-Friday.  If the lines are busy please leave a message we will call you back.  If there is a transportation related emergency, after 5:30 pm, please call 911.  

Thank you,

Karen Sadler

Director of Transportation


New Laws Concerning Child Passenger Safety Seats

There is a new law effective September 1, 2009, that is listed below regarding child passenger safety seats:

TRC § 545.412. Child Passenger Safety Seat Systems; Offense.

  • (a)  A person commits an offense if the person operates a passenger vehicle, transports a child who is younger than eight years of age, unless the child is taller than four feet, nine inches, and does not keep the child secured during the operation of the vehicle in a child passenger safety seat system according to the instructions of the manufacturer of the safety seat system.
  • (b)  An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $25 for the first offense and not more than $250 for a second or subsequent office.

Tickets for this offense cannot be issued until June 1, 2010.  Police officers are allowed to issue a warning before that date.  However, the old law remains in effect until then and requires children younger than five and less than 36 inches in height be in a child safety seat—and tickets can still be issued for this violation.


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Questions About Student Performance
For information on student performance, testing, scores and campus comparisons,

reference the Texas Education Association (T.E.A.) website: http://www.tea.state.tx.us/


The Parent Institute
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Federal and State Educational Initiatives
Learn about "No Child Left Behind", State mandated testing, accountability, school ratings, school report cards (AEIS) and more.