News and Announcements

🍎🦅 Eagle Café Lunch Times are here! 🦅🍎
Families are invited to join their student for lunch during the week of May 11–15, 2026 for the last Eagle Café of the school year! 🥪
Please review the flyer carefully for grade-level lunch times and important visitor guidelines. We look forward to welcoming our Waitz families to campus! ✨

💚🧠 Mental Health Awareness Week 🧠💚
Join us May 11–15 as we promote kindness, positivity, friendship, and self-care through fun themed dress-up days! 🌟
Together, let’s remind our students and staff that mental health matters and that no one is ever alone. ✨

📸✨ Happy School Communicators Day! ✨📱
Today we celebrate and thank Ms. McGinnis for helping keep our Waitz Elementary community connected, informed, and engaged every day! From capturing special moments to sharing all the learning and fun with families, your hard work and creativity do not go unnoticed. 💛🦅
Thank you for all you do for our students, staff, and families!

🎶🎵 Happy National Music Week! 🎵🎶
This week we proudly celebrate Mr. Gonzalez, our amazing music teacher at Waitz Elementary! 🎼✨
Thank you for inspiring our students, sharing your love of music, and helping our Eagles hit all the right notes each and every day. Your passion and dedication make a difference in the lives of our students! 🎸🦅
We appreciate you, Mr. Gonzalez! 👏🎶

❤️🩺 Happy National School Nurse Day! 🩺❤️
Today we celebrate and thank Nurse Treviño for the care, compassion, and dedication she shows our students and staff each and every day.
Thank you for helping keep our Eagles healthy, safe, and cared for. Your kindness and hard work make a difference at Waitz Elementary, and we appreciate you more than words can say! 🦅✨

🍎✨ Happy Teacher Appreciation Week! ✨🍎
This week, we celebrate the incredible teachers of Waitz Elementary who inspire, encourage, and help our Eagles soar every single day. 🦅
Thank you for your dedication, patience, kindness, and the countless ways you make a difference in the lives of our students. We appreciate all that you do! 📚❤️
Be sure to help us celebrate our amazing teachers this week! 👏🎉

🎶📚 Join us for Waitz Elementary Family Progress Night! 📚🎶
🗓️ May 5, 2026
⏰ 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Come celebrate music, literacy, and wellness with us! Enjoy student performances, literacy activities, the book fair, self-care activities, and pick up your child’s progress report. 🦅✨
We hope to see our Waitz families there!

📚🌟 Huge congratulations to 4th grader Ricardo Flores for achieving Platinum Reader status after reading over 1,000,000 words! 💪✨
What an amazing accomplishment and a true example of dedication and love for reading. Let’s give this reading champion a big round of applause! 🏆👏

🦅 Student of the Reporting Period 🦅🌟
Congratulations to Ethan Martinez, our Student of the Reporting Period!
Ethan’s hard work, leadership, and involvement around campus truly make him shine! From participating in Choir, UIL, Ballers, Guitar, and the Talent Show to serving as a Junior Librarian and Kid Reporter, Ethan continues to be a wonderful example of what it means to be a Waitz Eagle. 👏📚🎶
We are so proud of all your accomplishments, Ethan—keep soaring high! 💙✨

🍎💛 Happy School Lunch Hero Day! 💛🍎
Today we celebrate the amazing cafeteria ladies of Waitz Elementary who serve our students each day with so much care, kindness, and love. From warm smiles in the morning to making sure every child is fed and cared for, your hard work never goes unnoticed. ✨
Thank you for everything you do for our students, staff, and campus. You are truly an important part of the Waitz family, and we appreciate you more than words can say! 🫶🍽️