Giesinger Gazette
December 31, 2023
January 7, 2024
THIS WEEK'S HAPPENINGS
January 8th-12th
PTO Stock the Lounge
January 9th
Report Cards go Home
PTO Popcorn Fundraiser Kick-off
Welcome to Giesinger
We enrolled lots of new families last week and are excited to welcome you to our Giesinger Family. Below are some general reminders about our campus as well as links to create a Parent Access Account and our Giesinger Student Handbook with important information about our campus.
- The Giesinger Gazette, our campus newsletter, is sent every week on Sunday with information about the upcoming week.
- In order to alleviate our car rider line in the morning, our doors open at 7:15 for students only. At that time, students will report to the cafeteria to get breakfast or wait until 7:30 when they are dismissed to their classrooms. We have limited staff at that time so we ask that students that require more individualized support, wait until 7:30 to join us when all of our staff is on duty.
- Our car rider line clears at 3:30 each day. If your child is a car rider, plan on being in our driveway by 3:30. We do not have the staff after this time to supervise children. If you come after 3:30, you will need to come inside with a picture ID to check your child out and sign a late pick-up form.
- All car riders need a pink car rider tag. Additional tags can be obtained in our front office any time or requested through your child's teacher.
- Pre-K and KG students must be released to a parent or guardian at the bus stop. Parents should come to the bus loading door to receive their child with their bus tag with their child's name visible to the bus driver.
- Cars/golf carts should NOT park along White Oak Blvd at any time during dismissal. This creates very dangerous dismissal conditions for our lone walker students as well as jeopardizes the flow of our car rider and bus procedures. If families choose to pick-up students using a car/golf cart, they should come through the car rider line to receive their students and NOT use the walker exit for dismissal.
- Additional parking is provided by the Conroe Church of Christ parking lot along Longmire that directly connects to our staff parking lot. Please park there for all school events including arrival and dismissal if parking is not available otherwise. A safe walking path has been created to be able to use this additional space.
- There will be no early checkout after 2:30 pm due to dismissal procedures.
- Any time a student’s designated transportation is to be different, the parent must write a note to the teacher and/ or send an email to contact giesinger@conroeisd.net by 2:00 p.m. the day of the change.
- All visitors are to sign in and out at the front office and present a valid ID. Our security system will track all visitors, students, faculty, and volunteers at our school. It also has the ability to provide alerts on individuals who may jeopardize the safety of the campus. Once registered, visitors must wear a visitors tag that will include the visitor's name, designated date, and purpose of the visit. Badges/tags should be visible at all times to staff and students.
Congratulations to our HLSR Western Art Show Contestants
Smart Tag
Please help us ensure students come to school each day with their Smart Tag on their backpack. Each child has a personalized Smart Tag that is used for dismissal to ensure students are dismissed safely and efficiently.
If you change backpacks, please make sure the Smart Tag gets on the new backpack. Students that do not consistently have a Smart Tag may be charged for a replacement tag.
Screen Time Tips
Teach Critical Thinking: Help your child develop critical thinking skills to evaluate the credibility of online content.
Proclamation 2024 Instructional Materials Adoption
Conroe ISD is seeking community feedback for the Proclamation 2024 Instructional Materials Adoption through April 5, 2024. Community members may review materials online or they may request to view the materials in person at the Conroe ISD Textbook Warehouse. More information is located on the CISD Instructional Materials website.
Stock the Lounge
PTO Popcorn Fundraiser January 9-23, 2024
Our annual PTO Popcorn fundraiser begins this week. This is a great opportunity to support a local Conroe business, Back in Time Popcorn, as well as support our school.
Thank you for your participation in this tasty fundraiser!
Sponsor our Boosterthon Shirts!
Giesinger Families,
Giesinger is excited to launch our Community Shirt Partnership program! Through this program, we will be able to provide a spirited custom shirt to EVERY student in our school, while also raising needed funds.
The primary component of our shirt partnership program is our Event Shirt for our Boosterthon fundraiser. We are hoping to partner with local businesses to help sponsor these shirts. Their logo or name will be displayed on the shirt, and worn by every student in our school.
If you know of, or are part of, a business that would be interested in becoming a Giesinger Community Partner, please give us your email address and we will send you the sponsorship form.
We need a commitment from all Community Business Partners by February 29th in order to supply all our students with a shirt.
Thank you in advance for supporting our school! If you have any questions, please contact us at giesingerpto@gmail.com
Conroe ISD YOUniversity
We appreciate our School Board!
Yearbook Sales EXTENDED
The deadline to order your 2023-2024 Giesinger Yearbook has been extended for last minute orders. Click here for the link to order.
Eagles Shopping Network & Teacher Cart
Our teacher and student stores open monthly and we need your help stocking it!
Teacher store
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/19RG8Y4FBZH14?ref_=wl_share
Eagle shopping network
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2MM2X7QLQRXX8?ref_=wl_share
Grade Level Lunch Times
Pre-K- 11:50-12:20
Kindergarten- 11:10-11:40
1st Grade- 11:25-11:55
2nd Grade- 12:35-1:05
3rd Grade- 12:00-12:30
4th Grade- 12:15-12:45
Happy Birthday to our Staff!
Your Giesinger Administration Team
Left to right: Jaime Peek (Asst. Principal), Amy Barber (Principal), Nadia McCord (Asst. Principal),
Giesinger Contact Information
Principal- Amy Barber - abarber@conroeisd.net
Assistant Principals
Jaime Peek- jpeek@conroeisd.net
Nadia McCord- nmccord@conroeisd.net
Counselor-Cathey Costas- ccostas@conroeisd.net
Secretary- Neva Hammonds- nhammonds@conroeisd.net
Receptionist - Dawn Stabler dstabler@conroeisd.net
Nurse -Gloria Green, RN- gmgreen@conroeisd.net
Registrar- Robin Rickwalt- rrickwalt@conroeisd.net
Conroe Transportation- 936-709-7916