Kleb Intermediate
Edition 25: March 29, 2021
Hello Bearcub families,
Good Sunday afternoon everyone!
We hope that everyone enjoyed their weekend. Our Bearcubs had a great week last week and we are looking forward to a busy week this week before heading into our three day weekend.
This week we will wrap up our STAAR and EOC simulations on campus, but for our 6th graders it will be their first time taking one this year. Our campus will be shutting down on Tuesday and Wednesday morning as all students on campus complete a simulation. The simulations will end after C lunch and we will have a varied bell schedule on Wednesday so our students have a chance to go to all of their courses between the two days. Information was sent home last week via email, but we will be sending some reminders out tomorrow including a very important form for our KOL families so they can indicate how their student is testing each day. If your student has any questions about this week, please direct them to their All: Kleb student Schoology course for more information including their room assignments for each day. They can also speak with their teachers and staff tomorrow so we can help eliminate any concerns they may have.
As we enter the fourth quarter this week, we also wanted to include a campus calendar of events for the remainder of the school year. Under our reminders for this week, you can find a printable calendar that includes testing, events such as sports/games, choir and NJHS, and the finals exam for this year. Since it is a live document, we will highlight any additions or changes we make to it moving forward. Our Bearcubs should be on the look out for some fun things during the last two weeks of school!
Make sure to check out the kudos below to read about our talented Bearcubs and take a moment to read about some awesome opportunities within PTO! 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!
District Academic Pentathlon Results
This past Tuesday, the Kleb’s two Academic Pentathlon Teams competed against teams from other Klein middle schools across the district and Kleb did exceptionally well earning the following distinctions:
In the category of Mathematics: In the category of Fine Arts:
Angad Dhingra ~ Silver Jenna Hackney ~ Bronze
Diego Vasquez ~ Silver Cadee Salyer ~ Bronze
Leila Wooten ~ Gold Mia Villalobos ~ Bronze
Adrian Hernandez ~ Silver
In the category of Science: In the category of Social Science:
Angad Dhingra ~ Bronze Angad Dhingra ~ Bronze
Diego Vasquez ~ Bronze Jane Ayala ~ Silver
In the category of Literature:
Diego Vasquez ~ Gold
Julian Torrez ~ Bronze
Kleb’s teams took 2nd and 4th overall in district with Ahgad Dhingra taking 3rd place overall in the Honors division, Diego Vasquez taking 2nd place overall in the Scholastic division, and Leila Wooten taking 3rd place overall in the Scholastic division.
Congratulations to all of our Pentathletes! Kleb’s teams will be competing at Regionals in April. Ms. Collier and Ms. Jackson are very proud of our forever learners!!
Track Kudos!
7th Grade Girls 2nd Place
7th Grade Boys Zone Champs
8th Grade Girls Champs
8th Grade Boys Champs
Congratulations once again and good luck this week!!
Art Competition Celebration
Student Work Spotlight
This week we also wanted to spotlight one of our Bearcubs, Hamza Usman, who recently created a game for Google Play and wanted to share it with his fellow Bearcubs.
Here's a snippet of the interview with Hamza about his game:
My game is called Impossiball and is basically about a sphere that rolls down various series of ledges or platforms. The game was heavily inspired by a similar game called Slope. The reason I created this software was simply to learn how to create a software. The game can be found on Google Play. It took me around 4 months to create the game.
Congrats on your game Hamza! We will continue to feature our students and their work in the weeks to come as we wanted to have a place where the students could share out with their fellow Bearcubs. We are so proud of our CUBs!
Tips & Reminders to Prepare for Week 26:
March 30th through April 1st Campus STAAR & EOC Simulations
This week's schedule for STAAR Simulations:
March 30: 6th - 7th Reading, 8th Science, Biology
March 31: 6th - 7th Math, 8th Social Studies
April 1: Algebra
KOL Students will still have the ability to take the simulations online from home or come to campus for the experience they will have during the upcoming STAAR Assessments. We look forward to seeing you online or in person.
More detailed information was sent last week, including an important form for KOL families to let us know how your Bearcub will be taking the simulation. Thank you in advance for filling this out, we appreciate you. Online students will need to look in their Schoology course on Monday during den to see their room assignments. At home online testers will have a zoom link to use for monitoring.
On Tuesday, after the STAAR Simulation, students will follow a regular schedule and they will attend 5th - 8th periods.
On Wednesday, after the STAAR Simulation, students will follow an altered schedule and they will attend 1st - 4th periods. School will release at is regular time.
Please have students check their Schoology course (Kleb: All) for the bell schedule and their room assignments for each day.
Quarter 2 Grade Repair:
Grade Repair Tutoring for Q2 will conclude this Thursday on April 1st. However, students will still have the opportunity to continue to work on their modules during den and receive support.
March-June Events
Printable Calendar/Schedule
PTO MEMORY BOOK INFORMATION
MEMORY BOOKS:
Order your 2020-21 Memory Books today! They can be purchased for $30 on the Balfour website. Visit balfour.com and search for Kleb. Bearcubs in ALL grade levels can purchase a Memory Book!
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.
BEARCUBS OF THE WEEK
6th Grade: Hope Willis
7th Grade: Maria Chavez
8th Grade: Lakeisha Gonzalez
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.
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.
Parent Information
Car Rider Pick-Up & Drop Off
Klein ISD Academic Calendar for the 2021-2022 School Year
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!
School Store Hours
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
John Harshaw-- Boys' PE Coach
"If you ain't first, you're last"
How long have you been in education? 21
Where did you go to school? Humble High, Schreiner College, Sam Houston St.
What's your favorite theme park? Astroworld
What is something you are really good at cooking? cereal
What's your idea of fun? tubing down the Guadalupe River while listening to KISS, Van Halen & Motley Crue
Have you ever won a contest before? If so, what did you win? Yes. I won a slam dunk contest in college. The prize was a Mr. gatti's gift card.
Where would you time-travel, if it were possible? 1970's
What dance move are you secretly awesome at? washing machine
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.
District School Calendar for 2020-2021 School Year
PTO Corner
MEMORY BOOKS:
Order your 2020-21 Memory Books today! They can be purchased for $30 on the Balfour website. Visit balfour.com and search for Kleb. Bearcubs in ALL grade levels can purchase a Memory Book!
ATTENTION 8TH GRADE PARENTS! THE 8TH GRADE DANCE IS ON!!
That's right, we've been given the green light to host an 8th grade dance at the end of the school year. Help us celebrate our Bearcubs by volunteering for the planning committee. Visit this link to join us!
SUPPORT OUR BEARCUBS WHILE YOU SHOP:
You can now support our Bearcubs by linking your Kroger card to Kleb PTO. Sign in to your digital account (https://www.kroger.com/signin?redirectUrl=/account/dashboard/) and search for KLEB. Klein Support Groups Kleb PTO will pop up. Confirm and save and help us earn money to support our awesome Bearcubs!!
CONNECT WITH US:
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Thanks for your continued support!
Kleb Intermediate, Klein ISD
Email: ehodge1@kleinisd.net
Website: https://kleb.kleinisd.net/
Location: 7425 Louetta Road, Spring, TX, USA
Phone: 832-249-5500
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Twitter: @KlebKISD