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CES Newsletter Week 35 April 27

Posted Date: 04/24/26 (04:00 PM)


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CES Newsletter Week 35 April 27

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Did You Know?

Welcome to this week's edition of the Comfort Elementary School Newsletter!

DID YOU KNOW?
Loteria arrived in Mexico the last half of the 18th century. It began as a Spanish colonial card game played for amusement by the social elite, but was eventually played by all social classes.  Unlike bingo, loteria is played using a board filled with colorful illustrations and instead of numbers being drawn, cards with corresponding images are selected from a stack. There is yet another twist, the announcer does not simply say the name of the image, traditionally he recites a poem or phrase to hint at what the card depicts before revealing it by name.    

Prior to the Spanish colonization of Mexico, the Aztecs of Mesoamerica played a similar game of chance called Patolli, which means beans in Nahuatl, the Aztec language. High wagers were placed on a Patolli game, sometimes resulting in the loss of home, freedom and family members.  The main objective of the game is to move a marker across 52 squares on an X shaped game board. Beans, or patolli, with a painted white dot on one side would determine the passage of a player’s markers.

CES Pride,
Amy Ellis
Family Night Information Spanish

¿SABÍAN QUE...?

¡Bienvenidos a la edición de esta semana del boletín informativo de la Escuela Primaria Comfort!

¿SABÍAN QUE...?
La Lotería llegó a México durante la segunda mitad del siglo XVIII. Comenzó como un juego de cartas de la época colonial española, jugado por la élite social como pasatiempo; sin embargo, con el tiempo, terminó siendo jugado por todas las clases sociales. A diferencia del bingo, la lotería se juega utilizando un tablero repleto de coloridas ilustraciones y, en lugar de extraerse números, se seleccionan cartas con las imágenes correspondientes de una baraja. Existe un giro adicional: el anunciador no se limita a decir el nombre de la imagen; tradicionalmente, recita un poema o una frase para dar una pista sobre lo que representa la carta antes de revelar su nombre.

Antes de la colonización española de México, los aztecas de Mesoamérica jugaban un juego de azar similar llamado *Patolli* —palabra que significa "frijoles" en náhuatl, el idioma azteca—. En el *Patolli* se realizaban apuestas muy altas, lo que en ocasiones resultaba en la pérdida del hogar, la libertad e incluso de miembros de la familia. El objetivo principal del juego consiste en desplazar una ficha a través de 52 casillas dispuestas en un tablero con forma de X. Unos frijoles —o *patolli*—, pintados con un punto blanco en una de sus caras, determinaban el avance de las fichas de cada jugador.

Con orgullo de CES,
Amy Ellis

 
Think positive, brain and smiling light bulb.

Counselor's Corner

Practice Calm and Positive Thinking and Practice Perseverance

Hello Parents,

Students have been learning about perseverance in our guidance lessons this month. Perseverance can be reinforced by teaching your child to use positive self-talk such as "I can do this" or "I WILL keep going." These statements can help combat that little negative voice that likes to wear us down and tell us "we can't..."

Positive self-talk helps students learn how to stay calm, especially when things start to get tricky, or more challenging.

Take care,
Mrs. Irvin
 

Upcoming Events

April
  • April 27 - May 7 End of the Year Testing (PK - 5th)
May
  • May 5 Constituting America (4th/5th)
  • May 5 Magik Theatre
  • May 6 5th GT at Nimitz
  • May 7 Field Day
  • May 11-15 BOGO Book Fair
  • May 11 Mr. Blue Shoes
  • May 11 CES Talent Show 6:00 pm
  • May 12 Bike Rodeo
  • May 13 4th Grade Field Trip
  • May 14 Josh the Otter Water Safety (2nd/3rd)
  • May 14 UIL Field Trip
  • May 18 Senior Walk
  • May 19 3rd Grade Field Trip
  • May 20 5th Graduation/Blast Off/EOY Awards 1:30 (1st and 2nd); 2:45 (3rd and 4th)
  • May 21 Kindergarten Graduation (8:30)/ Last Day of School 
 
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Important Reminders

CES Schedule/Instructional Day!
 
  • 7:20 - Doors Open
  • 7:25 - Breakfast in the Class Begins
  • 7:45 - Tardy Bell (If tardy, you must sign in your student in the office).
  • 7:45 - Instruction Begins
  • 3:55 - Dismissal
 
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Contact info

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