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8500 Wade Blvd.
Frisco, Texas 75034

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

Email: spears@friscoisd.org

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 www.volunteer.friscoisd.org.

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

students at work

Practice, Practice, Practice!

Parents, please be sure to encourage your students to practice their math facts at home. Students need continuous reinforcement and practice with addition, subtraction, and multiplication facts to set the foundation for building higher understanding in mathematics. Encouraging your students to practice will help them to be more successful and to achieve at higher levels academically. As always, thank you for your continued support. You really do make all the difference in your child's education! I am currently working on obtaining links to great websites your child can visit to practice their math facts. Stay tuned to our website for these links!

We're Off to a Great Start!

I am so proud of our Spears students! We are starting the new school year off very positively, and I want to thank our wonderful Spears parents for your support and encouragement. We want to start each day off promptly and prepared for a great day of learning. Please make every effort to get your student to school on time with his/her supplies and homework. We appreciate your partnership in the pursuit of your child's academic success.

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!

To Report a Student Absence:

Contact by Phone:

Elsa Gomez at 469-633 2907 or

Dana Solomon at 469-633-2902

or send and e-mail to spears@friscoisd.org

For more information on FISD Absence Policies Click Here.

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NEWS / ANNOUNCEMENTS

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.

DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE SPEARS TEACHER?

Let the Frisco RoughRiders honor YOUR favorite Teacher with special "VIP Treatment"

The Frisco RoughRiders are asking for your help to spotlight excellent FISD teachers to honor across the district. A complete application and more information are attached. The application is three pages so make sure you print the entire bundle if you are interested! CLICK HERE

Middle School Openings

Hunt Middle School scheduled to open in 2010 –

Hunt Middle School will be opening in 2010 to relieve Pioneer Heritage Middle School. The School Board reviewed draft zones for Hunt at their meeting on Monday, October 12. This information was sent home with our fifth graders, but if you are interested in more information regarding these draft zones and the zoning process go to www.friscoisd.org. Input is being taken from parents via phone, fax, and email and public input will also be heard at the November Board meeting.

Maus Middle School scheduled to open in 2010 –

Maus Middle School will be opening in 2010 to relieve Roach Middle School. The School Board will review draft zones for Maus at their meeting on Monday, October 12. If you are interested in more information regarding the zoning process and school locations go to www.friscoisd.org. Following the meeting, maps of the draft zones will be on the website and available for review at our schools. Input is being taken from parents via phone, fax, and email and public input will also be heard at the November Board meeting. A final decision will be made in December.

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.

Spears Elementary Volunteer Handbook 2009-2010

1) New information on visitor check in procedures for the 2009-2010 school year. Click here for more details

2) Update on the FISD Family Vacation Policy

Click here for more details

Postings from FISD regarding the Swine Flu:

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/

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