The Booker Bulletin
Weekly Newsletter - January 3 - 7
Booker's Calendar of Events
Now thru Jan. 7 - SCHOOL OF CHOICE - APPLICATION WINDOW for all 5th Graders
Dec 2 - Dec. 17 - 12 Days of Holiday Cheer!!!!
Dec. 17 - Jan. 3 - Chill out and Read Contest
Jan. 4 - First Day for Second Semester - PAJAMA DAY
Jan. 10 - Beginning of the Year Testing (BOY Testing)
Jan. 17 - Martin Luther King, Jr Day - Student Holiday
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
BOOKER IS #1 in SPRING ISD AGAIN!
BENGALS, KEEP IT UP!
PARENTS... GET THOSE BENGALS LOGGED ON!
Their username is:
last initial, first initial, and lunch number
Password is: Birth year, Birth month, Birth day
Example: Keisha Womack, Lunch ID 331108, Date of Birth 04/25/2001
Username: WK331108
Password: 20010425
Student Email Address: Last initial, first initial, lunch #, @students.springisd.org
Parents, you may always log in to your child's account to see their email or all of the instructional programs available. They have access and don't let them tell you they don't!
PROGRAMS TO PRACTICE
ST MATH
AMPLIFY READING
EDUCATION GALAXY (Reading & Math)
MyON Reading
Make sure they are getting time on programs that matter! Avoid long hours of free internet time! Please supervise their searches and their screen time!
LET"S GET TO READING!
JAN. 7 - LAST DAY FOR SCHOOL OF CHOICE APPLICATIONS!
SCHOOL OF CHOICE IMPORTANT DATES
Online Application Open - Open through Jan. 7, 2022
Student Interviews/Auditions - February - March 2022
Parent Notification - March 11, 2022 - Parent Response Deadline - March 30, 2022
SCHOOL STARTS AT 8 AM!
COME TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY, ON TIME!
SCHOOL STARTS AT 8:05!
FREE BREAKFAST - 7:35AM
AVOID BEING LATE, COME BEFORE 8!!
GRADE PLACEMENT COMMITTEE WILL BE HOLDING ATTENDANCE MEETINGS IN JANUARY FOR ALL STUDENTS WHO ARE BELOW THE 90% ATTENDANCE RATE. Please be mindful that parent/doctor notes, help us code what type of absence it is, but it does not dismiss the absence. All students, regardless of their grade, will be subject to retention if they do not meet the 90% state requirement. See Compulsory Attendance Law for more details! A quick link is below.
ATTEND TO WIN, BENGALS!
PARENT CORNER! CHECK IT OUT!
VOLUNTEER AT BOOKER!
DEVICE REQUEST & ASSISTANCE
EVERY STUDENT NEEDS A CHROMEBOOK. IF YOU HAVE YOUR OWN DEVICE, NO NEED TO CHECK ONE OUT, BUT LET YOUR CHILD'S TEACHER KNOW A CHROMEBOOK IS NOT NEEDED!
ARE YOU LOCKED OUT of your Chromebook?
Booker Elementary School
PRESS 1 - REGISTRAR - Ms. Velasquez - dvelas1@springisd.org
PRESS 2 - ATTENDANCE CLERK - Ms. Enciso - menciso@springisd.org
PRESS 0 - RECEPTIONISTS - Mrs. Sanchez - ssanch5@springisd.org
Website: https://www.springisd.org/Domain/21
Location: 22352 Imperial Valley Drive, Houston, TX, USA
Phone: 281-891-8750
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/booker.bengals.3
Twitter: @BookerBengals
GENERAL INFORMATION
COVID TESTING & COVID VACCINATION INFORMATION
Spring ISD Locations Offering Free COVID-19 Testing and Vaccinations
Spring ISD Locations Offering Free COVID-19 Testing and Vaccinations
Spring ISD is partnering with Houston Medical ER and Inspire Health to offer free COVID-19 testing and vaccine sites to the district’s students, staff and community.
Inspire Health mobile testing units will be at the following campuses starting Monday, October 4, Monday-Friday (8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.) and Saturdays (8 a.m. to 1 p.m.)
Planet Ford Stadium (23802 Cypresswood Dr, Spring, 77373)
Spring ISD Family Community Engagement Center (17125 Ella Blvd., Houston, 77090)
Child Nutrition ( 15330 Kuykendahl Rd., Houston, 77090)
To expedite testing, students and staff members may pre-register beforehand here, but pre-registration is not required. Inspire Health plans to expand location options in the near future.
Additionally, Houston Medical ER (2306 Rayford Road, Spring, TX 77386) also is providing free vaccines and testing, Monday through Friday (9 a.m. to 6 p.m.) and Saturday (9 a.m. to 1 p.m.)
INFORMATION FOR PARENTS OF SENIORS
New TASFA/FAFSA Graduation Requirement
Parents/Guardians of 12th-Grade Students:
The purpose of this letter is to remind you of a new graduation requirement that will go into effect beginning with the Class of 2022.
As a result of House Bill 3, the Texas Education Agency (TEA) adopted the graduation requirement for all students to complete and submit either the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) or the Texas Application for State Financial Aid (TASFA).
TEA has allowed for three exceptions to this graduation requirement:
The student’s parent or other person standing in parental relation submits a signed form indicating that they authorize the student to decline to complete and submit the financial aid application;
The student signs and submits the FAFSA opt-out form on the student’s own behalf, if the student is 18 years of age or older or the student’s disabilities of minority (student emancipation) have been removed for general purposes under Chapter 31, Family Code, or;
A school counselor authorizes the student to decline to complete and submit the financial aid application for good cause, as determined by the school counselor.
Annually, the financial aid cycle opens Oct. 1 of a student’s senior year, and the state priority deadline to submit the FAFSA or TASFA is Jan. 15 of a student’s senior year. Spring ISD will provide hands-on application workshops throughout the school year to assist students and families with the FAFSA and TASFA applications.
To fulfill this graduation requirement, the student must log into Naviance and upload either the mandatory TEA waiver or a Student Aid Report (SAR) to show an application was submitted.
For additional information, please contact your campus college counselor.