Jaguar Express
March 2021
Jowell Elementary School
Email: jowell@cfisd.net
Website: http://jowell.cfisd.net/en/
Location: 6355 Greenhouse Road, Katy, TX 77449
Phone: 281-463-5966
Facebook: facebook.com/CFISDJowel
Twitter: @cfisdJowell
Upcoming Dates
Mar. 5: Progress Reports Posted
Mar. 9: 4th Grade Practice Writing STAAR
Mar. 10 Spring Portraits
Mar. 11: Connect Students TELPAS Testing
Mar. 12: Connect Students TELPAS Testing
Mar. 12: Remote Learning Day
Mar. 15-19: Spring Break
Mar. 23: Family Reading Night @ 6:30
Mar 30: 3rd-5th Practice Math STAAR
Mar 31: 3rd-5th Practice Reading STAAR
Apr 1: 5th Grade Practice Science STAAR
Apr. 2: Student and Staff Holiday
Apr. 6: 4th Grade Writing STAAR
Apr. 9: End of 3rd Nine Weeks
Apr 12: Remote Learning Day
Apr. 16: Report Cards sent home/posted in Home Access Center
May 11: 3rd-5th Math STAAR
May 12: 3rd-5th Reading STAAR
May 13: 5th Science STAAR
Practice STAAR Guidelines
- STAAR Practice testing will be administered on March 9th, 30th, and 31st. The science practice STAAR will be on April 1st. Please mark these important dates on your calendar and ensure that your child is on time and in attendance on these days. Please send your child with a refillable water bottle and a healthy snack which can be eaten with his/her hands and will not leave a residue on fingers. Thank you for all that you do to contribute to your child’s academic success!
- Connect students will participate at home. Please prepare a quiet work area for your child. Connect students should practice taking the test in a quiet environment for the full time without interruptions with the exception of a few short breaks. Connect students will not participate in a ZOOM on practice testing day. The teachers will monitor students through Schoology. Feel free to contact your child's teacher with any questions.
Family Reading Night
Daylight Savings Time Begins
Spring Break March 15-19
Individual Spring Portraits on Wednesday, March 10, 2021
- Students are photographed on Picture Day
- Order on mylifetouch.com (Picture day ID: EVTX7RNGG)
- If you do not order online, complete form (provided for student), choose a package, enclose payment and return on Picture Day.
- When pictures arrive they will be sent home with the student.
Remote Learning Day March 12th
On-campus learners will take home independent work prior to March. 12th that should be completed and returned in order for them to be counted present. A device will not be required for the work they are bringing home. They will need to return the work no later than Monday, March 22nd. CFISDConnect students will complete independent work online that day.
There will not be any live teaching as this will be a day dedicated for our teaching staff to prep and plan.
We will also send home shelf-stable meals on March 11, 2021 to our on-campus students to take home for the Remote Learning Day.In order for your child to be marked present on remote learning day, students must return their packet to school on Monday, March 22nd.
PBIS
What does PBIS stand for? Positive Behavior Interventions and Support. PBIS is a proactive positive systems approach for creating and maintaining safe and effective learning environments in schools. The matrix is divided into learning environments. Last month we focused on the Technology matrix. This month we encourage you to review PAWS matrices for our Restrooms.
PAWS Chant
We are POSITIVE!
We are ACCOUNTABLE!
We are WILLING to do
whatever it takes!
We’re SAFE and SUCCESSFUL!
WE ARE TEAM JOWELL!
A Class Pet for Spring Break
We have 2 guinea pigs, a chinchilla, and a rabbit as class pets this year.
If you would like to take home a class pet for Spring Break, March 13-21, please read the following:
· I agree to not have dogs or cats in the house
· I can pick up the pet and cage/equipment at school on or before Friday, March 12.
· I will return everything Monday, March 22.
If you say YES to all the above, have a parent or guardian e-mail Ms.Thawley at mallory.thawley@cfisd.net and she will give you the animal, the cage, and all the food and directions for how to care for the pet. Thank you!