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October 6, 2023
Dates to Remember
October
10/9 - Holiday - No School
10/12 - Walk to School Day - 7:30am - 8:00am
10/12 - Paw-some Responsibility Awards - 9:00am - 10:00am
10/23-27 Red Ribbon Week
10/23 - Spirit Night at Crust Pizza - 4:00pm - 9:00pm
10/24 - Class Pictures & Retakes
10/26 - Third Grade Creepy Crawl - 3:30pm - 5:30pm
10/27 - PTO Trunk or Treat - 6:00pm
November
11/6-10 - Scholastic Book Fair
11/8-9 - Third Grade Field Trip
11/9 - Academic Night
11/11 - Veteran's Day
11/13-17 - Generation Texas Week
11/16 - Third Grade Program
11/17 - Kindergarten Feast
11/20-24 - Thanksgiving Holidays - No School
2023-2024 School Calendar
https://www.conroeisd.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/2023-2024-Calendar.pdf
From the Principal
Thank you to everyone who joined us for the Story Book Character Parade! The costumes were so amazing. Next week is Walk to School Day and our Paw-Some Awards.
I hope you have a nice long weekend with your families! We will see our Bobcats on Tuesday.
Mrs. Thompson
Gifted and Talented Program
Gifted and Talented Program nominations are now open for the 2023-2024 school year. These nominations are for students in K, 1st, 3rd, and 4th grades. Because 2nd graders all take the COGAT test, their nominations are done in a different way, and it is not necessary for them to be nominated at this time. If you believe your child should be tested for our GT program, please click on the link, fill out the forms on the website under the tab labeled Referral Forms (there will be 3 forms: Referral form, Permission to Test, and Parent Survey) and return them to Mrs. Dupre. Nominations will be accepted until December 15, 2023, and testing will take place between January 23rd and February 3rd. If you have any questions, reach out to Mrs. Dupre, our GT coordinator at ddupre@conroeisd.net.
CISD Fine Arts Holiday Card Contest
There is a holiday card contest held by the Conroe ISD Fine Arts Department. If your Bush child would like to participate, it has to be from their hands and their idea and your child is the artist. If your child is interested in participating, click on the link below to see the contest rules and information. Please turn in your holiday card contest entries by Friday, October 20th to Angie Beardsley or Katie Bright.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/197uY_ByvcWRu9hh8VcvpaSnDLdbyL5TW6C-5GR_SuGA/edit?usp=sharing
Notes From the Nurse
Please keep a change of clothes in your child’s backpack just in case of spills, muddy clothes, or restroom accidents. This allows your child to change and return to class as quickly as possible avoiding loss of classroom instruction time.
This website offers a brief illustration of coverage offered through the Texas Kids First K-12 Student Accident Insurance Program https://www.texaskidsfirst.com/
After school playground reminders... Due to safety reasons a parent or guardian is required to monitor their students while playing after dismissal on the playground. Students are not allowed to return to the building after dismissal from the playground to use the clinic restroom.
Classroom Counseling Lessons
We are so excited to have completed visiting all of the classrooms for our first round of counseling lessons. We love seeing our students and helping them learn more about themselves and others. See below for topics covered in each grade-level lesson.
Kinder - We read the book The Way I Feel and discussed different emotions. We used our Magic Feeling Coloring Book to identify the magic that happens when we share our feelings with others. We discussed that it is okay to express feelings.
1st - We read The Feelings Train and talked about the different emotions the train went through and how the train calmed himself down after being angry. We discussed a breathing coping mechanism.
2nd Grade - We read the book In My Heart and discussed the many different feelings we may have. Students learned that all feelings are ok and feelings change often. We also practiced identifying feelings clues in our bodies and practiced calming strategies.
3rd Grade - Third graders worked on identifying feelings and character traits of all the characters in Goldilocks and The Three Bears. We discussed the difference between positive and negative character traits and how our actions may affect others’ feelings.
4th Grade - The topic of our 4th Grade lesson was Thoughts/Feelings/Behaviors. We discussed how it’s the thoughts in our heads that lead to our feelings and how those feelings may affect our actions. We also practiced replacing unhelpful thoughts with helpful thoughts to influence the way we feel and make better choices with our actions.
Feel free to contact your grade-level counselor with any questions you may have regarding the counseling lessons.
Angie McGhee Shelly Heinle
Counselor Counselor
Grades 2, 3 & 4 Grades K & 1
amcghee@conroeisd.net sheinle@conroeisd.netCISD Bond Information
Prop A in Bond 2023 includes 8 new schools. Conroe ISD schools are collectively at 104% capacity with some campuses exceeding 150% of capacity. The largest project in Prop A is a new high school for the Conroe area to relieve Conroe and Caney Creek High Schools. Conroe High School’s enrollment is over 5,000 students and projected to exceed 6,000 students in three years. New Schools in Prop A are as follows: Prop A also includes additions to 3 campuses. They are as follows: To learn more about these and other items in Prop A, please visit [www.conroeisd.net/bond]www.conroeisd.net/bond.
Bush Bobcat P.E. News
This week Kevin Kohli, a Lacrosse Coach from The Woodlands High School, came to Bush and gave all students an introduction to the sport of Lacrosse during their P.E. time. It was a very exciting opportunity for the students! They LOVED it!
Volunteer in Conroe ISD
Conroe ISD COVID-19 Policy
Conroe ISD COVID-19 Isolation and Readmission Criteria for a student who has tested positive for COVID-19 are:
- Isolation: Students should not go to school, should report his/her absence, and should isolate from others for a period of five days after symptom onset or positive test date (whichever occurred first).
- Return Criteria: Students may return to school after five days of isolation if all symptoms are improving or resolved and fever (100.0°F or above) has been absent for at least the last 24 hours without the use of fever-reducing medications.
- Early Return Criteria: Students who have tested positive may return to school in fewer than five days of isolation with a negative COVID-19 test or clearance from a licensed healthcare provider.
Parents of students who have received COVID-19 positive results are asked to complete the self-report in the SSO portal.
Lunch Visitor Information
Kindergarten - 11:45am - 12:10pm
First - 11:15am - 11:40am
Second - 10:45am - 11:10am
Third - 10:55am - 11:20am
Fourth - 11:25am - 11:50am
Student Breakfast $2; Student Lunch $3.20; Non Student Lunch/ 2nd Student Lunch $4.60; Milk $1.15. If your child will be bringing a lunch, please pack items that are easy to open.
Menus and Child Nutrition Resources:
Pending Spirit Wear Orders
Thank you for supporting the Bush PTO! If you placed an order for Spirit Wear at Meet the Teacher or online after the July 1 deadline, your items will be delivered the first or second week in October. All orders after the July 1 deadline were placed with our printing vendor once the second sales cycle closed on Sept. 1. Once items are received from the vendor, we will package and deliver your order to your student at school. We appreciate your patience as we try to get your items to you as quickly as possible. For any additional questions, please email bushbasicsorders@gmail.com.
Spirit Night at Crust Pizza - Alden Bridge
Mention “Bush Spirit Night” and 15% of sales are donated back to the Bush PTO.
Trunk or Treat!
It’s time for one of our favorite activities at Bush!! Our second annual trunk or treat is coming up on Friday, October 27th! We cannot wait to see all of your faces and enjoy a fun evening together. We will be doing a candy drive to ensure we have plenty of candy to go around!
Please sign up to decorate a trunk here:
Sign up Genius: https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/5080D4AA4A72DA0FD0-44353432-reserve
Community Events
Cars & Coffee
Campus Information
Bush Elementary: A nurturing and inclusive community where students become empowered citizens and life-long learners. Every student, every day!
Our school hours are 8:00-3:10. Students may arrive as early as 7:30 and will go to their homeroom beginning at that time.
Email: bush@conroeisd.net
Website: http://bush.conroeisd.net/
Location: 7420 Crownridge Drive, The Woodlands, TX, USA
Phone: 936-709-1600
The Conroe Independent School District does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, or age in its programs and activities and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. The following persons have been designated to handle inquiries regarding these non-discrimination policies: Title IX Coordinator, 3205 W. Davis, Conroe, Texas 77304; (936)-709-7700 and the Section 504/ADA Coordinator, 3205 W. Davis, Conroe, Texas 77304; (936) 709-7670.