BearKat Chat
#BearkatBEST, #❤️ofaBearkat - September 2022
Our Vision: Educating the whole child: mind, body and spirit!
Mote's Note - A note from the Principal - Kyla Mote
August flew by and we want to send a huge shout out to all our parents and staff for making the first two weeks a success. Students have been working on school, class and safety procedures and we have jumped right into academic instruction. Thank you for being flexible and supportive with all the weather and added transportation changes we have had.
We have had several email complaints regarding our car rider line blocking traffic on Spring Cypress and Grant Road. Community members are concerned about emergency vehicles not being able to get through. If an emergency vehicle needs to come through please make sure your vehicle is not blocking them from getting through. I know that lining up early makes it faster for parents but I wanted to let you know that I am recieving these complaints regarding the streets being blocked for long periods of time. We are trying our best to get car riders out and loaded as quickly as possible after the 4:10pm bell. Thank you so much for having your number hanging from the rearview mirror (clothes hangers with clips work great for quick up and down). Buses are provided for all our students so if you would like to switch to utilize the buses, please let your child's homeroom teacher know. There is a plan to add an addition to our car rider line in the open grass but this will not happen until this coming summer.
Did you know that you can access our curriculum and parent support materials on the district website? Please click here to see curriculum, it will be on the left side of the screen.
Here are a few dates to save (updates/changes are in bold):
September 5 - Student/Staff Holiday
September 6 - Curriculum Night for 2nd and 4th Grade 6pm and WEAR MAROON for Uvalde
September 8 - Wear Gold for Childhood Cancer Awareness
September 13 - Curriculum Night for 1st, 3rd, and 5th Grade 6pm AND Jeremiah's Italian Ice Night
September 23 - Crimson and Gold Dress day to support CyWoods Homecoming
September 26 -Student Holiday/Teacher Work Day
September 30 - Maroon Out Day for CyFair Homecoming
October 3-7 - College Week
October 5 - World Teacher Day (click here for Staff Favorites)
October 5 - Spirit Shop
October 6 - Fire Drill
October 11 - WatchDog Pizza/Signup Night
October 12 - Jeremiah's Italian Ice Night
October 14 - Picture Day
October 18 - 5th Grade Music Performance
October 21 - Pink Out Day for Breast Cancer Awareness Month
October 24 - Student Holiday/Teacher Work Day
October 24-28 - Red Ribbon Week (Special Dress up days)
October 25 - General School Parent Information Meeting: topic TBD (open to all parents) and Spring Creek Barbeque Night
October 26 - Spirit Shop
October 31 - Storybook Parade - All Students and Staff
November 1 - General School Parent Information Meeting - topic TBD (open to all parents)
November 4 - Fire Drill
November 7 - Student Holiday
November 8 - Student Holiday/ Teacher work day (parent conference day)
November 9 - Spirit Shop
November 9-15 - Student Council Food Drive
November 9 - Jeremiah's Italian Ice Night
November 11 - Veteran's Day Celebration
November 14 - Wear Blue for Diabetes Awareness Day
November 21-25 - Thanksgiving Break
November 28 - Epilepsy Awareness day- wear Purple
December 1 - Fire Drill
December 6 - Bearkat Family Holiday Night
December 7 - Spirit Shop
December 13 - 4th Grade Music Performance and Jeremiah's Italian Ice Night
December 19-January 2 - Winter Break
For more information regarding Black Elementary procedures, our schoolwide Student Handbook may be found here.
NURSE NOTES
Counselor Corner - From our Counselors - Laura Hernandez and Karen Rhymes
Telecommunication Letter (link)
BLACK PTO
Presidents Corner
Welcome Bearkats to our 2022-2023 school year!
We have wonderful things planned this year, Please look for our PTO packet to come home soon!
Our wonderful volunteers have already been hard at work helping around our school. Thank you so much for your time!
If you would like to volunteer next week, please click on the link below.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0F4EA8AE22A1FC1-black1
We still have several open PTO Committee Chair positions.
-Minor Fundraising
-5th grade liaison
If you are interested in a position or have questions, please send an email to president@blackpto.net
Wishing all of our Bearkats a wonderful school year!
Kim Elliott
Black Elementary PTO President
president@blackpto.net
From the Secretary
Stay tuned for important calendar dates as we work through obtaining everything needed to keep you informed.
From Membership
Be Cool- Support Our School!
JOIN PTO TODAY!
More Memberships=More FUN
$5 per family
http://blackpto.membershiptoolkit.com
EVERYONE CAN JOIN!
Joining does not commit you to volunteering at the school or attending the meetings.
MEMBERSHIP FUNDS SUPPORT:
Class parties/Field Trips/ Technology/Teacher appreciation/Playground Upgrades/
& MORE!
While you are there please pay your Party Fees: Each student will be participating in 2 class parties per year. The cost is $10/student. You can pay your dues at blackpto.membershiptoolkit.com.
Hearing and Vision
Please be on the lookout for a sign up genius for Hearing and Vision volunteers! We need lots of help for this and we pay in food :)
From Hospitality
Hello Bearkat family school has started and we are back in the swing of everything. This year PTO Hospitality kicked everything off with a Welcome Back Teacher and Staff luncheon. I would love to Thank our Willowbrook Olive Garden for their partial donation of food. In Hospitality we focus on different ways to reward our Bearkat Teachers and Staff for all that they do. If you work for a company or you know someone that would love to make donations to assist us in doing this or sponsor something please email hospitality@blackpto.net. Thank You in Advance for your assistance Jessica Dunnington and Latanya Price.
From Fundraising
Thank you so much to all our teachers, parents and volunteers that work so hard to make Black
Elementary a success.
Be on the lookout for some fun new fundraising options this fall. PTO is still in need of a minor
fundraising chair! If you are interested in this position please email president@blackpto.net.
Save the Date for our first Spirit Shop on September 14. Students will be able to shop during
lunch in the cafeteria.
Safety Information
District Childfind
Childfind services
The Cypress Fairbanks Independent School District Special Education Department provides educational services to over 10,000 students with special needs.
Teachers, instructional aides, speech pathologists and related service personnel provide instruction and related services to students who have a disability. Students are eligible for special education services from the age of 3 through 21. Students who have hearing and vision disabilities may receive services from birth.
To be eligible for special education services, students must meet eligibility requirements as a student with an orthopedic impairment, other health impairment, auditory impairment, visual impairment, diagnosis of deaf/blind, intellectual disabilities, emotional disturbance, learning disability, speech impairment, multiple disabilities, autism, non-categorical early childhood, or traumatic brain injury.
Cypress Fairbanks ISD instructional arrangements for elementary school-aged students include in-class support, resource classes and speech/language therapy. Early Childhood Special Education (ECSE, formerly PPCD), adaptive behavior, and LIFE Skills classes are offered as cluster services at the elementary level.
In-class support, resource classes, LIFE Skills, adaptive behavior and speech/language services are available at all secondary level campuses.
Related services may include psychological services, occupational therapy, physical therapy, orientation and mobility training, school health services, adaptive equipment and special transportation.
Other special education service options include the Dorothy Carlton Center, the Maybelline Carpenter Center, homebound, adaptive physical education, itinerant and on-site services to the visually impaired.
As part of the Northwest Harris County Cooperative for the Hearing Impaired, services for students who have auditory impairments are offered at Birkes Elementary, Matzke Elementary, Spillane Middle School and Cy-Ridge High School. In addition to receiving instruction at the on-site campuses, students may be served by itinerant teachers, speech pathologists, and/or an audiologist at their home campus.
Are you the parent of a pre-school (3-5 years) or school aged child and have concerns regarding your child’s physical, speech, and/or emotional development? Is your child experiencing academic problems which could interfere significantly with educational success? If so, contact the Special Education Department at 281-897-6400 to discuss your concerns and learn more about the referral process.
Tipline @ Black Elementary
Cy-Fair Tipline is an anonymous reporting system that allows students and parents to communicate school concerns or threats to their campus administration through the Internet or via text messaging. Students and parents are able to submit reports/tips via text or email anonymously 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. To access the system: http://www.safe2helptips.com/cf148s. This link is also located on the school website under 'Contact Us'.
School Messenger
School Messenger
School Messanger -
Siga los siguientes pasos para registrarse y recibir alertas de emergencia del distrito.
OTHER FLYERS AND INFO
Thank you to the following corporate sponsors that support our school.
Black Elementary Info
Email: black@cfisd.net
Website: black.cfisd.net
Location: 14155 Grant Road, Cypress, TX, USA
Phone: 281-320-7145