The Bear Business Weekly Newsletter
week of Aug 21, 2023
A message from Ms. Halpin
We are quickly setting into our routines! I am amazed at how quickly students have acclimated back to school schedules and responsibilities.
We have a request! Please label all of your student's items. As water bottles, jackets, and lunchboxes are turned into the Lost & Found, we can reunite them if they have a name on them.
Volunteers may begin coming on campus, Monday, August 28. Be sure you have completed your back ground check or you will not be able to volunteer.
Parents/Grandparents/Grown-ups who wish to eat lunch with a student may begin on Monday, August 28. You will have reserved seating, on a 1st come, 1st serve basis on our stage. All cafeteria style tables are reserved for our students. If a Lunch Guest is not on the student's emergency contact list they will NOT be able to eat lunch without a Parent/Guardian present.
We are asking for your help with Electronics during the school day. Many students are texting or calling which is creating a disruption to our learning environment. On Monday, our school wide expectation, which mirrors MISD secondary campuses, will require students to keep their electronics (Phones, SMart Watches, ipads, ect.) in their backpack during the school day. If you need to get a message to your student, please call the Bennett office. If your students is ill or not feeling well, they should will be sent to our Registered Nurse on campus for evaluation to determine if they need to be sent home. We appreciate your support with this and ensuring all students have a distraction free learning environment.
Proud to be a BEAR,
-Kassie Halpin
Principal, Bennett Elementary
Campus Safety
Arrival and Dismissal Procedures
The safety of our Bears is our #1 Priority
If you are coming on campus to pick up a student, YOU NEED the Blue Student Dismissal tag provided Meet the Teacher night.
Dismissal Options @ Bennett for the 2023-24 school year
Parents/Guardians/Grown-ups may not meet their child on campus and have them meet at the Bike Racks or at the front door. For safety reasons, anyone coming on campus MUST join the parent walk-up line OR be in a vehicle utilizing a designated carpool lane.
Students should NEVER cross Coronado Drive or Round Hill Drive without an adult to meet a vehicle.
Staff will not allow students to cross into the parking lot to meet a vehicle.
What if I need to change how my student is going home?
Example: my child is a front carpool rider everyday. Their sibling is ill and I need them to walk home. I would complete the form to notify the school.
Absences, Early Check-outs, and Tardies
New way to submit an absence note!!
If your student attends a doctor appointment, please continue to send in the paper note.
You may continue to send in a paper note to the office in lieu of the GOOGLE FORM.
Grade Level Newsletters
School-Wide Events
Bennett Live! Dates this year
Specials Schedule on Bennett Live! days
Safety Patrol begins August 21!
Our safety patrol students will assist with open vehicle doors and closing them. This should assist in speeding up our arrival and dismissal lines.
Recurring Weekly Events @ Bennett
Choir for 4th & 5th grade students
Running Club 2nd - 5th grade students
upcoming during the next 2 weeks!
August 21 (Monday)
- ALPHA begins and 3rd graders will ride the bus to Webb
- Kinder color week: Red
August 22 (Tuesday)
- Kinder color week: White
- PTOs Back to School Bash! See flier below
August 23 (Wednesday)
- Kinder color week: Yellow
August 24 (Thursday)
- 4th & 5th grade ALPHA students @ Webb
- Kinder color week: Green
August 25 (Friday)
- 4th & 5th grade ALPHA students @ Webb
- Kinder color week: Blue
August 28 (Monday)
3rd grade Alpha @ Webb
August 29(Tuesday)
August 30 (Wednesday)
August 31 (Thursday)
-4th & 5th grade Alpha @ Webb
September 1 (Friday)
- No school for students
- Staff Development Day for teachers
Information from MISD Library Services
Information from the Bennett Cafeteria
How to Add money to your student's lunch account
Make checks payable to McKinney ISD
Breakfast & Lunch costs
Complete your background check!
A background check can take up to 2 weeks, so you want to have it completed. We will have turn you away from helping on campus, Watch Dog, or a Field Trip if your background has not been completed.
Bennett PTO sponsored Watch Dogs Information
Important Dates for Our Watch Dogs!
**coming soon**
WatchDog orientation meeting and information will be given at the PTO general meeting on August 22.
MISD Gifted and Talented Information (ALPHA program)
Alpha teacher contact information
Alpha Testing Dates 23/24
Bennett Schedules
Important Information from McKinney ISD
Club 360
We DO NOT have a crossing guard at Coronado and Round Hill Rd.
MISD Weather Guidelines - Important information!
Previous Editions of the Bear Business Newsletter
About Me
Email: khalpin@mckinneyisd.net
Website: schools.mckinneyisd.net/Bennett
Location: 7760 Coronado Drive, McKinney, TX, USA
Phone: 469-302-5400
Facebook: www.facebook.com/MISDBennett
Twitter: @BennettBears