Important Dates
4/27 - 5th grade SCIENCE STAAR
4/28 - NO SCHOOL
5/1- 5/5- Teacher Appreciation Week
5/4- 5th grade MATH STAAR
5/4- 6th grade BAND parent meeting
5/9- 3rd grade MATH STAAR
5/10- 4th grade MATH STAAR
5/17- 5th grade FIELD DAY
5/22- End of year Awards- info coming
5/23- Kindergarten Graduation- info coming
5/24- 5th grade CLAP-OUT, Early Release and Last day of school
Parents- Worried about STAAR?
https://www.texasassessment.gov/staar.html
- All about the STAAR test
- How to prepare your child
- STAAR FAQs
- Testing Calendar
- STAAR redesign
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| APR 27th & MAY 4th | MAY 9th | MAY 10th |
APR 27th &
MAY 4th
MAY 9th
MAY 10th
Running Late in the Morning?
Students that arrive after 7:30am are REQUIRED to be signed in through the front office by an adult.
Happy Birthday Rattan Students!
Want to wish your Student a HAPPY BIRTHDAY on the sign of RATTAN ELEMENTARY?
Send $5 (CASH or CHECK ONLY) to the front office, prior to their birthday, in order to wish them a Happy Birthday on Rattan's marquee. Please give a 48 hour notice.
Negative Lunch Balances
If your student has a negative balance of $5.00 or more they WILL NOT be permitted to receive the lunch menu item and will be given a sandwich. You can check your students' balance on the MySchoolBucks App. Also, letters from the cafteria will be sent home if your student's balance becomes negative.
Want to visit your student during lunch?
Prek-10:35
Kinder- 11:20
1st- 12:20
2nd- 10:45
3rd- 11:55
4th- 11:05
5th- 11:45
When to keep your child home from school
Children who have the following symptoms should stay home and not come to school until these symptoms have been gone for at least 24 hours without the help of medication.
- Fever (100 degrees or higher)
- Sore Throat (with fever or swollen neck)
- Persistent Vomiting or Diarrhea
- Rash (with fever and itching)
- Conjunctivitis/Pink Eye (your child can attend school 24 hours after starting medical treatment)
A child with a typical cold but no fever or green drainage may come to school.
Dismissal Procedures
- School is dismissed at 3:05. Please have a conversation with your student about their mode of transportation
- Buses and Daycare will load at the front of the school
- Carpool - cars will load on the south side of the building. All cars must have the family number.
- Walkers will be released the same time as Carpool. Oak Hollow students will meet up with Parents and Siblings on the Oak Hollow side of Ferguson (after the student has been walked through the crosswalk. Lakeview students will be walked across the carpool lane to meet up with Parents and Siblings. Westfield walkers will meet in the foyer of the school and a teacher will walk them to the north side of the school.
- Parents must make all transportation changes on the PikMyKid app before 2:35.
- We will not change a student from bus or car rider to walker over the phone.
