News From The Nest
January 26, 2024
Beauty of McGown
Playground News
Federal School Report Card
Federal Report Cards for the state, the district, and each of the district’s campuses are now available on the district’s website at this link:
https://www.cfisd.net/domain/2312
· Select a campus level (ex: Elementary, Middle, High)
· Find your campus
· Click 2022-23
· Click Federal Report Card
McGown Elementary is listed as: McGown El
Code of Conduct Feedback
24-25 Instructional Calendar Survey
The CFISD 2024-25 Instructional Calendar Committee requests your feedback on a few items related to the 2024-25 Instructional Calendar. Please click the link below for the 2024-25 Instructional Calendar Survey. The survey will be active until noon on February 2, 2024.
https://survey.sogolytics.com/survey1.aspx?k=RQsQRWSTWsRWVsPsPsP&lang=0
District Special Education Advisory Committee
SPECIAL EDUCATION PARENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE
· Meet with the Director of Special education, and other administrators two times a year as a group
· Share useful special education information with parents of special education students
· Serve the Cy-Fair community as a resource to offer a forum for dialogue and dissemination of information regarding issues of concern to students who face academic, social, emotional, or physical challenges.
To be considered for the Special Education Advisory Committee,
please fill out the SEPAC application.
https://cyfairisd.formstack.com/forms/committee_sepac
Deadline to submit form is February 15, 2024.
Field Day Make-Up Dates
Classroom Group Portraits
Rodeo Art Winners
Spelling Bee
McGown Student Showcase
The Student Showcase committee has created a digital format to highlight our McGown Owls. Take a look at the January Informational Research Papers and Haiku Tunnel Books by 4th grade.
Counselors' Corner
How to Nurture Your Child’s Mental Health:
https://www.childrens.com/health-wellness/how-to-nuture-your-childs-mental-health
At Home Compassion Activity
At Home Supplemental Compassion Activity
National School Counseling Week
February 5-9 is National School Counseling Week. This is a week set aside for school counselors to showcase our role and the incredible impact we can have in helping students accomplish school achievement and plan for their future. Here in Texas, professional school counselors provide a comprehensive school counseling program, as outlined in the Texas Model for Comprehensive School Counseling Programs.
Testing News
The spring semester is underway and with that comes state testing. Below are some dates you may want to mark on your calendar:
Students must bring their charged Chromebook to school to participate in testing. To help your child prepare for testing, please ensure that they have a good night’s sleep and eat a healthy breakfast on the morning of a test. You can alleviate test anxiety by encouraging their best efforts and reassuring them not to worry about the tests.
Please contact the McGown Testing Coordinator, Danielle Thomas, at Danielle.Thomas@cfisd.net if you have questions about state or national testing programs.
Words From the Library
Book Fair
The McGown Library is excited to bring the Scholastic Book Fair to our campus. Your student will have the opportunity to browse a wide variety of books and other items available for purchase with proceeds benefiting our campus library. Participation is optional. Please discuss your expectations for purchases with your student before their visit to the fair. Scholastic will be sending materials recommended for students in PreK-5.
If your student purchases a book that does not meet your discussed expectations, please email Mrs. Hogan immediately to exchange the item. The fair will be packed up at noon on February 9. Books cannot be exchanged after this time. Students who have been opted out of library services in the parent portal will not attend the book fair. If you have any questions about the book fair, please contact our campus librarian, and thank you for supporting our library.
Feb 6 is Book Fair Family Night! This year, family night is the same night as The Beauty of McGown festival, so we are expecting a large crowd. Family night is from 4:30-6:30. Doors will close promptly at 6:30. Anyone already in the library will be allowed to check out. The Beauty of McGown event ends at 7. In order to move customers through the line quickly, we will only be accepting Apple Pay or credit card on family night.
If you plan to have your student shop during the school day, please set up your eWallet! EWallet is an online system that allows you to add funds for your student to use. This is a different system than SchoolCash and our school lunches. We are only accepting eWallets for payment from students. This is a cashless fair. The link to set up your eWallet is on the attached flyer.
Teachers have also set up classroom eWallet if you would like to add a donation for them to shop the fair and purchase classroom books. Your child's eWallet is separate from the teacher's. You can ask your teacher for their personal link if you are interested.
eWallet Information
Name That Book
Congrats to our first and second place Name That Book teams in 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade. They will continue reading and preparing for our school level competition in February!
Due to an error during our Grade Level competition in 5th grade, we have invited Team 1 to also join our School Level competition. Congratulations Team 1! Their medals will be ordered as soon as possible and will be delivered as soon as we receive them.
D'Lites Spirit Night
Spring Creek BBQ Spirit Night
101st Day of School
2023-2024 Yearbook
This is the last chance before we place our order for yearbooks! We are printing quantities based off what is pre-ordered. You are not going to want to miss out on this year's edition. Extras are not guaranteed. Get yours before the deadline, Sunday, January 28th!
https://www.balfour.com/texas/cypress/mcgown-elemntary-school
Visitors
Important Dates and FAQs
February Events
Stay Connected
We want to stay connected with you! Please visit our website at www.cfisd.net, select schools and then McGown Elementary. This will take you to our website. We will also regularly post photos and news on the Official McGown Facebook and Twitter pages. To locate our pages, search @CFISDMcGown.
Our VIPS are now on Instagram! Follow their page @mcgownVIPS for up-to-date news and stories about the "owl"mazing things happening at McGown.
About Us
Email: mcgown@cfisd.net
Website: https://www.cfisd.net/McGown
Location: 21211 Tuckerton Road, Cypress, TX, USA
Phone: 832-349-7700
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cfisdmcgown
Twitter/X: @cfisdmcgown
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mcgownvips/