Kleb Intermediate
Edition 16: January 11, 2021
Hello Bearcub families,
Good Sunday afternoon everyone!
We hope that everyone has had a safe and relaxing weekend. I know that we are expecting some winter weather this week and Klein has sent out information on social media that they will update this evening if there are in changes to our school schedule. Here is the link to the weather update page: https://news.kleinisd.net/2021/01/09/01-09-2021-monitoring-for-snow-and-ice/ I will also send out information through email and text if any changes are made regarding campus learning.
Our campus has some big things happening this month including preparing for the course selection process and upcoming assessments.
With the course selection process, the campus and district are doing a couple of things to help our Bearcubs make some important decisions for next year. First, the district is holding a Facebook live event (info is found in our Kudos section below) for all 5th through 11th grade students. This will be a great event to hear about Klein's academic pathways that are available for our students and this will be a great opportunity for our current 8th graders to start learning about pathways and endorsements in high school. This week our district will also release a website that has videos for all our parents with students transitioning from elementary to middle school and middle school to high school. This website will take the place of campus visits this year and provide some great insight for our students and families regarding academic opportunities next year. Any 8th grader that is also interested in Klein Oak's IB program, please note that applications are due by February 5th! More information can be found below.
As a campus on January 19th, we will begin working with students in den on choosing their courses for next year. During the first week of February counselors will be in the students science courses to help them input their choices into the system. The time period in between January 19th and February 4th is a great opportunity for parents and students to have conversations about how their courses are currently going, what interests them, and what their courses should look like for next year.
With regards for upcoming assessments, our students completed week one of finals last week in their semester and high school credit courses. This week we will continue to test with everything wrapping up on Thursday. If you have any specific exam questions please feel free to reach out to the course teacher for support. This week our students will also begin taking their Science middle of the year MAP growth assessment. Students will have time during class this week for this assessment and we are encouraging all of our Bearcubs to do their best so we can see how much they have grown academically since the fall. Over the next two weeks we will then continue with MAP in their Math and ELA courses. In looking ahead towards next month, please note that we may begin asking that all of our students come to campus in order to take TELPAS and STAAR Simulations. As we get close to those dates we will continue to send out more details and information.
Finally, Kleb Intermediate is fortunate to have an amazing PTO. Each year PTO works with our campus to produce our memory books. Next week will be the final opportunity to purchase the books at $25 dollars before it increases to $30 dollars. If you would like to purchase a memory book for your student please scroll down to the bottom of this page to the PTO section to view purchasing information and for our 8th grade parents found out how to purchase an ad for your student. It's also not too late to join PTO and membership can be paid with a few clicks of button. We would like to thank PTO for all that they do, we appreciate you so much!
We are looking forward to another fabulous week and as always, if you have any questions please do not hesitate to reach out to our staff.
~Kleb Intermediate Administration
Kleb Kudos!
Steam Express Visit:
Klein ISD students and families Grades 5-11 — It’s almost Course Selection time for the 2021-2022 School Year!
Facebook Live Event Info:
Join our expert panel from the Klein ISD College and Career Pathway Team, and our wonderful Superintendent, as they share key information about the exciting courses and pathways available to select for next school year.
The panel will also answer your questions LIVE on Facebook on January 14 at 8pm. Visit http://facebook.com/kleinisd to watch!
The presentation will focus on the course selection process, advanced courses, and the variety of pathways offered in Klein ISD. You will be able to post your questions LIVE for our panelists to answer. To learn more about the Klein ISD College and Career Pathway department and all we have to offer your student, visit http://kleinisd.net/pathways.
If you can’t join us for the Facebook Live event, don’t worry! We will be sure to record the entire event and will post the recording on Klein ISD and campus social media platforms. We look forward to seeing you LIVE!
Tips & Reminders to Prepare for Week 16:
Information for Gifted & Talented Classes at Kleb Intermediate
1. Click on the link: GT site.
2. Once you are on the home page, simply select a content area,
3. Choose the teacher your student has according to their schedule and
4. Journey into their classroom!
If you have any additional questions or concerns, please contact the teacher directly. This site will remain live for the remainder of the school year so feel free to visit at your leisure.
Monday, Jan 11, 2021, 07:00 AM
undefined
COVID-19 Notification
Thank you for continuing to keep us informed of your students health so we can help support your student through next steps.
1.Visit the Kleb Intermediate Homepage and click on the purple COVID-19 button also found at the top. (Linked to the picture as well)
2.Finally click on the report COVID-19 button and complete the form prompts. A Kleb staff member will be in contact with you after completion.
If your student has become a close contact with someone that is positive, please notify our nurse and your student's grade level principal through email or by calling so that we may walk you through next steps.
Thank you for your continued support and communication, we appreciate it. In both cases, the student should stay at home and we will begin reaching out to families on Monday, January 4th.
Semester One Finals Schedule
Kleb 2020 Semester 1 Finals Schedule
Wednesday, Jan. 6th: DDMP (part 1), TSDE (part 1), Prin. Info Tech (part 1)
Thursday, Jan. 7th: DDMP (part 2), TSDE (part 2), Prin. Info Tech (part 2)
Friday, Jan. 8th: Gateway to Coding, Principles of Business Marketing Finance,
Fundamentals of Computer Science
Monday, Jan. 11th: Art 1, PHS, Gateway to Technology, Spanish I & II (part 1)
Tuesday, Jan. 12th: Biology (day 1), Prof. Comm., PATH, Spanish I & II (part 2)
Wednesday, Jan. 13th: Biology (day 2) Algebra/Geometry (part 1), Health (part 1)
Thursday, Jan. 14th: Algebra/Geometry (part 2), Health (part 2)
If your student needs to come to campus for that period to test in our testing center, please complete the form below. There is a hard deadline for RSVPing by January 4th so we can make arrangements. Thank you.
Link to RSVP for On Campus Testing during Finals Course Period: https://forms.gle/hv5Ar5uasQeGVfj38
BEARCUBS OF THE WEEK
6th Grade: Eva Montano
7th Grade: Frank Ramirez
8th Grade: Lydia Barrett
Student Information
Campus Sporting Events
This includes: With limited capacity rules and following Klein's guidelines for all Intermediate campuses, we will be restricting our spectators to our participants/athletes, the parents, grandparents, & siblings of the athletes, and the season pass holders. We are limiting our spectators in an effort to ensure that family members have an opportunity to watch their student's play. Spectators must present their pre-paid tickets at the entry gate for each game to order to enter. A limited number of tickets will also be available for family members to purchase at the game but on a first come, first serve basis. Families will be required to sit together and socially distance themselves from other families. There will also be some special procedures for spectators at the on campus facilitates.
Please note, all spectators must wear a mask for the entirety of time while on campus. We appreciate everyone following this rule so we can continue to hold games!
We are continuing to look for opportunities to be able to invite students and other community members to the games once we are able to accommodate everyone safely or there is an adjustment to the Intermediate campus guidelines.
KOC Reminder
Beginning Monday, November 9th, if your student is coded as a KOC (Klein On-Campus) student the expectation is that the student attends campus daily for instruction. If a student is unable to attend campus, then they will be counted absent for the day. The student will be allowed to work asynchronously through Schoology, but will not be allowed to attend Zoom. If a KOC student needs to access instruction synchronously for absences that extend beyond one day, then the parent will need to contact the attendance office by 3pm by email (dbanks1@kleinisd.net) or through Skyward messaging for administration to approve for the following day. The change comes in an effort to reduce the daily back and forth transitions that are occurring on campus, which the data and feedback shows is reducing learning outcomes and is burning the teachers out with the inconsistencies. Our hope is to get closer to a sense of normalcy, as best as possible, in our current conditions.
KOL Reminder
For our KOL (Klein Online) students, families received a notification from district asking to confirm their student’s mode of instruction for the second quarter. If families would like to switch their students from online to on campus, the form took them to the mode of instruction change request, which can be found here as well. If families wanted their students to remain online, then the form asked them to review and sign an attestation form that included online guidelines and processes for students and parents to follow to help make the online learning experience successful for their students. Our campus will be using those guidelines as well to help support students and in our communication with families about their students current progress and growth opportunities. Students that do not follow these expectations will be removed from the Zoom room
Students who have trouble with their technology need to go asynchronous for the day, contact their teacher, and submit a Student & Family Tech Support Ticket
Authenticated User Log-in on Zoom
Klein Online: Library Book Pick-Up Change
Fill out the Curbside Request Form
Call or email Mrs. Vaughan at 832-249-5534 or to arrange a day and time to pick up/ drop off books.
Someone from your family should come to Kleb to pickup your books at your scheduled time.
Questions? Email Mrs. Vaughan at avaughan1@kleinisd.net
Online Testing Guidelines
- Be present on Zoom at the time of the class to take the test and remain in class the entire period. If a student is not present online during the class on test day, they will have to arrange a time with the teacher to take a make-up test. If all testing opportunities are missed, then a zero would be recorded in the grade book for that test.
- Have their cameras on with the student's face in view. Students must have their cameras on the entire time they are testing. If not, teachers will give the students reminders to turn it on before exiting them from the Zoom. Students that begin the test and then turn off their cameras or leave may cause their test to become invalidated.
- Ensure their testing environment is free from distractions and communicate with their teacher if they are having any issues.
Zoom Participation Guidelines:
In order to help support our students more effectively and manage our Zoom/Online classrooms, we have implemented the following guidelines that will be required in order to participate in Zoom.
- Students need to follow the dress code when online with their teacher and/or classmates
- Students will need to make sure to use their first and last name as their screen name in order to be let in from the waiting room
- Students will need to leave their cameras on for the entire time while in the Zoom session unless there are extenuating circumstances that does not allow them to do so. If those circumstances exist, then the student or parent needs to contact their teacher to let them know.
Students may use the Chat feature for topics related to the lesson or to communicate with the teacher.
Students need to be participating in a conducive work environment, for example, students should not be Zooming in from a vehicle.
Parents, please note, that our Zooms are considered part of our classrooms. Our campus is diligently working to create a cohesive classroom environment and provide our online students an opportunity to engage with both the teacher and other students. If you need to contact one of our staff members for questions or support, we ask that you email or call them so that they can reach out and address any issues.
School Store Hours
Week at a glance
Parent Information
Changes to Klein Online Learning Platform
Food Services: Klein2Go Meals & Applying for Free/Reduced Lunches
Paypams (lunch accounts): https://paypams.com/
Klein ISD Nutrition and Food Services Launches Klein2Go Meals
Families that need to apply for free or reduced lunches, please take a moment to visit the following website to complete the application.
https://kleinisd.net/district/facility___school_services/nutrition_and_food_services
Campus Visitors
The campus will continue to encourage all meetings to take place virtually, however, if face to face meetings are needed, we will be implementing the following procedures.
All visitors will be required to complete a health screening form and wear a mask while on campus.
Visitors should check-in the front office and present their ID to be scanned so a campus ID badge can be created.
Once checked in, visitors should remain in the front office until staff has confirmed that the visitors destination has safety measures in place.
At this time, parents/guardians will not be allowed to visit students in the cafeteria nor bring lunch deliveries, until further notice.
No Deliveries, Please
Live School is going Great!
Liveschool is a website and app that allows us to reward our students for positive behavior. Liveschool will replace the CUB Cards and Cub Wristbands that our students earned in the previous years. Students will be rewarded points for following our Virtual and On-Campus CUB Behavior Matrix. Students will be able to use their points to enter to win raffles and rewards throughout the school year.
Ask your student to login to their student account.
Click the upper right hand corner and select “add a parent”
Visit Parent Liveschool and enter the code provided for your student.
View the Parent Guide for additional information. *This will help if you have multiple children at Kleb!
How can parents help?
Each week we rely on donations to help fund our gift card rewards. If you would like to donate a $10-$50 gift card to a local store or restaurant you can drop off your donation in the front office, have your student drop it by the 8th grade office, or hand it to Mrs. Lammers in the car rider pickup line. Thank you for all your support!
Car Rider Pickup:
Campus Safety Guidelines:
Please visit the campus safety supports page to read more about these procedures and review our updated information.
Teacher of the Week
Alexis Nguyen -- ELA Teacher
Everybody's somebody's everything I know you right Nobody's nothing
How long have you been in education? 3 years
Where did you go to school? University of Houston
What's your favorite theme park? Not a big theme park person, but I want to go to universal and meet Bart Simpson
What is something you are really good at cooking? I don't cook at all. My husband wants to open a restaurant one day so he's way better at it than i'll ever be.
What's your idea of fun? I like to buy cool stuff so I like to go to weird places to find the cool stuff.
Have you ever won a contest? If so, what did you win? I've never won a big contest but I did win one for a knitting project I did.
Where would you time-travel, if it were possible? I would love to go back in time to see the 60's-90's as an adult. I'm very into the style of the 80's and would love to go back in time to buy all the mauve laminate furniture my heart desires.
What dance move are you secretly awesome at? The art of not dancing lol
Campus Resources
2020-2021 Bell Schedule
Dress Code Highlights
Cell Phone Policy: Pulled from the 2020-2021 Klein ISD Student Handbook
Electronic Devices and Technology Resources (All Grade Levels) Possession and Use of Personal Telecommunications Devices, Including Mobile Telephones: The district permits students to possess personal cell phones for safety purposes; however, these devices must remain turned off during the instructional day, including during all testing, unless they are being used for approved instructional purposes.
A student must have approval to possess other personal telecommunications devices such as laptops, tablets, or other portable computers. Students are not permitted to possess or use personal electronic devices at school unless prior permission has been obtained. Without such permission, teachers will collect the items and turn them in to the principal’s office. The principal will determine whether to return items to students at the end of the day or to contact parents to pick up the items. The use of mobile telephones or any device capable of capturing images is strictly prohibited in locker rooms or restroom areas while at school or at a school-related or school-sponsored event. If a student uses a telecommunications device without authorization during the school day, the device will be confiscated. The parent may pick up the confiscated telecommunications device from the principal’s office.
Please reference the Student Handbook for more information about cell phones and acceptable technology use.
Attendance Procedures
Regular school attendance is essential for a student to make the most of his or her education—to benefit from teacher-led and school activities, to build each day’s learning on the previous day’s, and to grow as an individual. Absences from class may result in serious disruption of a student’s mastery of the instructional materials; therefore, the student and parent should make every effort to avoid unnecessary absences.
Did you know you can now report an absence in Skyward? Click HERE for more information.
Any student who is absent for the whole day is required to produce one of the following within 5 days of their absence(s):
· Parent Note
· Parent email (within 5 days of absence)
· Original medical note (copies or altered notes will not be accepted)
· Faxed notes must be sent from physician’s office
· Court note
· Official note for observance of approved religious holy days
***If a student is absent for part of the day for a doctor appointment, their absence will be coded as Section 25 (temporary absence) if the student follows the following procedure: The student must return the doctor excuse to the Attendance Office immediately upon returning to school to receive the Section 25 coding for their absence.
If a student does not produce one of the items listed above within the allotted timeframe, that absence will be considered unexcused and counted toward their total semester absences.
Klein ISD takes attendance very seriously, and we want to see your child succeed at Kleb. If you have any questions regarding attendance, please feel free to contact the attendance office at 832-249-5495 or reach out to your assistant principal.
Additional attendance information can be found starting on page 36 of the 20-21 Student Handbook.
PTO Corner
MEMBERSHIP: PTO Membership for 2020-21 is OPEN and joining is easy! Funds raised by the PTO through membership and fundraisers go directly back to our school to support our Bearcub students and staff. Last year, funds raised by the PTO went to provide a NEW
flex learning space for our students. Family memberships are just $10 (Klein ISD staff $5) and it is the easiest way for YOU to support our efforts. Additional membership levels are available and include a tax-deductible donation. All members will receive a Kleb car sticker.
Does your company match donations? If yes, this is a great source of additional income for our organization.
TWO WAYS TO PAY:
Send cash or check (payable to Kleb PTO) to the school with the membership form (print from https://sites.google.com/site/klebintpto/forms-links, and deliver to the PTO box in the front office), or
via Paypal on the PTO website Shopping Cart page – https://sites.google.com/site/klebintpto/shopping-cart . (Please include your contact and student info so we know who you are!)
SUPPORT YOUR BEARCUBS WHILE YOU SHOP:
You can now support our Bearcubs by linking your Kroger card to Kleb PTO. Sign in to your digital account and search for KLEB. Klein Support Groups Klen PTO will pop up. Confirm and save and help us earn money to support our awesome Bearcubs!!
WRITE A CHECK:
We are also kicking off our annual “Write A Check” Fundraiser. Help us support our students and teachers by making a donation (any amount helps!) to Kleb PTO. Funds from our Write A Check campaign are used annually to provide support to our school. Follow this link to the Kleb PTO website to make a donation. https://sites.google.com/site/klebintpto/shopping-cart?authuser=0
MEMORY BOOKS:
DEADLINE FOR EARLY BIRD PRICING ON MEMORY BOOKS HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO JANUARY 15! Take advantage of the $25 price on Memory Books before prices go up. THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE TO SAVE. 2020-21 Memory Books can be purchased on the Balfour website. Visit balfour.com and search for Kleb.
8TH GRADE PARENTS: buy ad space for your graduating student now! Half page, quarter page, and 1/8 page (business card size) full color ads are available and will be featured in the back of the memory book. Ads can be purchased through the website when you buy your student’s book. Last year we did sell out – so reserve your space now; you will have until early spring to finalize your photos and message. Ads are for 8th graders only.
CONNECT WITH US:
Be in the know on the go when you follow us on Facebook! Follow Kleb PTO for updates on Spirit Nights, volunteer opportunities, opportunities to support our Bearcubs and more! Already like our page? Share it with a friend!
Thanks for your continued support!
-Kleb PTO Board
Kleb Intermediate, Klein ISD
Email: ehodge1@kleinisd.net
Website: https://kleb.kleinisd.net/
Location: 7425 Louetta Road, Spring, TX, USA
Phone: 832-249-5500
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KlebKISD/
Twitter: @KlebKISD