Good evening Doss Families – Welcome back from Spring Break! It was great to see all the students and staff back on campus and ready to achieve their personal best. This week 3rd – 5th graders will be taking a SCAs (short cycle assessment) Math on Wednesday and Reading on Friday. These assessments will be administered in a STAAR-like format and will give students an idea of what the STAAR test…
Good evening Doss Families – Happy Spring Break! I hope you are all enjoying the week off, may we all return refreshed, energized, and ready to achieve our personal best. Austin ISD Pride Week is March 20 – 24, 2023. You may click the link to see the Doss Pride Week Letter. Reach out to Principal Sheridan if you have any questions. I am a dog person, I think they are the…
Good morning Doss Families – Hope you all enjoyed the beautiful weather this weekend. We have one week to go until Spring Break! Doss Student Leadership Team is hosting “Hats Off to Spring” spirit day this Friday, March 10th, wear your favorite hat to school. As a reminder, there will be no school from March 13-17. With many Austin ISD students living in food-insecure households, accessing healthy food may be challenging…
Good morning Doss Families – Thank Doss PTA for hosting a successful Hootie Hula – Daughter Dance. It was wonderful to see the students dressed up, dancing the night away, and documenting their joy with the photo booths. A huge shout out to Ms. Crawford for chairing the Doss Science Fair and her helpers Ms. Beardsley and Ms. Wiley. We sent 16 Doss students to the Regional Science Fair last Saturday.…
Good afternoon Doss parents and families. I hope you are having a great Friday. Walkthrough Photos Week 8 Well, this will be my final principal message as my last day at Doss will be Thursday, October 13th. As I move closer to my last day, know that I and the admin. team are preparing to ensure a smooth transition to temporary and, eventually, new leadership. As Mr. Castillo’s letter stated last evening, Dr.…
Doss parents and families, I am writing to inform you that my last day to serve as principal of Doss Elementary will be on Friday, October 14th. I have accepted the principal position at Kealing Middle School here in Austin ISD and will begin effective Monday, October 17th. I am extremely grateful for my time serving the Doss community over the past three and a half years. We have been through…
Good afternoon Doss parents and families! I hope your Friday is going well. Week 7 Walkthrough Photos On Tuesday, October 4th from 5:00-6:30 P.M. the PTA will host both a Bond and Trustee Candidate vertical team/community meeting. The purpose of this meeting is to provide a brief discussion of the 2022 Bond and allow parents/staff to ask questions. We will also host both District 4 AISD Board Trustee Candidates just after the…
Good morning Doss parents and family. I hope your Friday is off to a great start. Week 6 Walkthrough Photos (Not Many This Week)I had my monthly meeting with Dr. Mays and his leadership crew on Tuesday morning this week. We began our session with learning about how we received our names and a brief story about our lives. While it took a while to complete the activity, it was a great…
Good afternoon Doss parents and families. I hope you are well today. Week 5 Walkthrough Photos We had yet another fabulous and busy week here at Doss! We were incredibly grateful to have our elevators working after a few week hiatus. After working daily with our maintenance team, it seems there was an update done on our elevators over the summer that interfered with communications within the hydraulic systems. This issue…
