JNE'S Friday Newsletter
Friday, January 5th
JNE's Weekly Campus Update
Dear JNE Parents and Guardians,
Welcome back Longhorns! It was a joy to have our halls filled with our students once again. We want to thank families in advance for helping to prioritize attendance and a timely arrival.
We also want to welcome our new school resource officer, Officer Posada.
Upcoming Events
Wednesday, January 10th- 5th Grade Visits JBMS
Thursday, January 11th- HERD Event
Thursday, January 11th- 5th Grade Parent Information Night at JBMS
Friday, January 12th- Campus Spelling Bee
Monday, January 15th- Staff/Student Holiday
Tuesday, January 23rd- Virtual Parent Meeting: Gaming Safety Presentation
Please review our January student calendar, for additional upcoming student activities, posted below.
Items in our Newsletter Include:
- DreamBox: Growing Students in their Math Skills
- Campus Flyers
- January GT Parent Newsletter
- JNE PTO Weekly Update
- Lunch Visitors
- Campus Reminders
- Attendance Information
- 2023-2024 Health and Safety Protocols
- Link to FBISD 2023-2024 Webpage
Have a wonderful weekend!
Sincerely,
The JNE Admin Team
DreamBox: Growing Students in their Math Skills
FBISD has purchased a Dreambox math account for all students. Students who actively engage in 5 Dreambox lessons or more per week show more than one year's academic growth. Dreambox is an adaptable learning tool that targets your child's unique and individualized learning needs, determined by their correct and incorrect answers on assessments within the web application.
Parents and Guardians, we are asking that you allow your student to engage in Dreambox lessons (approximately 20 mins. in length) weekly to support your student's targeted math growth.
For additional information on the platform, please see the flyer linked below:
Campus Flyers
Student Activity Calendar
Film Fest Competition and Awards Night
The submission window for the annual FBISD Film Fest is now open! The Fort Bend ISD Film Festival competition is an annual enrichment opportunity which celebrates and showcases the creative talents of our students, fostering a passion of storytelling through a variety of digital media. Elementary and Secondary students may compete by submitting their original work no later than March 1, 2024. The top submissions in each category will be recognized at the Film Fest Awards Night on Thursday, April 11, 2024 at Rodger’s Auditorium. A full list of categories and rules can be located on the FBISD Film Fest Website.
January GT Parent Newsletter
JNE PTO Weekly Updates
Please join Principal Murphy and the Neill PTO Leadership team at the next General PTO Meeting, Friday January 19th at 8:30 am. The meeting will take place in person in the extended day room at Neill ES. PTO financial updates, plans for the spring semester and other general PTO topics will be discussed. If you have an issue you would like to speak on, or questions the leadership team and principal can work to answer in advance, please note you must email this request to Kimh@neillpto.org prior to January 10th.
We look forward to seeing you there.
JNE PTO Parent/Guardian Directory
Please use the linked survey to add your contact information to this "2023/24 Parent/Guardian Directory". The purpose of this directory is to share your contact information with Grade/Class leads so they may contact you for coordinate donations for a spring auction basket, teacher appreciation week celebrations and other classroom-related supplies & activities. This will be a digital directory and your contact information can also be available to other parents/guardians in your student(s) grade if you choose (for coordination of play dates, birthday parties, etc outside of school hours). "
**If you have more than one student at Neill, fill out one homeroom teacher in each box. You only need to complete one form.**
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdnNaSFY7gSRRMzLSEHyYgvKjJqxbdetCZmJURKNVF62Jlakw/viewform
JNE Spirit Wear-- NOW IN HERD COLORS!
The Neill PTO On-Demand Spirit Wear store is open with all HERD colors are represented! Ships direct to your home (shop in bulk or join efforts with a friend to earn free shipping over $75) https://spirithero.com/collections/neill-1
Yearbooks: On Sale Now!
Yearbook Early Bird Ad
Yearbook sales have begun. Shop here to get yours now! https://web.treering.com/create-account/1016939357174068
Attention 5th Grade Parents, Guardians, and Loved Ones!
Calling all Doodle Artists!
Campus Reminders
Arrival Reminders
Our arrival line is longest between 7:45-8:10am. We invite families to take advantage of a shorter line by delivering their student to school between 7:30 and 7:45am.
Lunch Visitor Sign Up
Lunch Visitors
Neill Elementary School will be inviting parent to join their children for lunch. Only one guest per student will be allowed into the cafeteria. We strongly encourage parents to sign up only one time per week if space allows.
Due to space constraints with large grade level enrollment, as well as to ensure the safety and security of all students, staff and visitors, we will ask that lunch guest sign up to join us ahead of time. Each week in our Friday Newsletter, we will post the link to a sign up genius for the upcoming week.
Link to JNE's Lunch Visitor Sign Up Genius
JNE will not be hosting lunch visitors on Thursday, January 11th or Friday, January 12th due to our campus HERD Event and Spelling Bee date.
Please remember to bring a photo id with you to campus as this is required to be signed in to campus as a visitor.
We thank you for supporting us as our current practice is set in the interest of safety and fairness to everyone who would like to enjoy lunch with their child.
JNE Reminders for First Time Lunch Guests
- Lunchtime guests will be signed in to visit in the cafeteria only.
- Please be on time for lunch so that you and your student are able to enjoy the full lunch time together. Thank you for exiting the building through the front doors at the end of lunch.
- Guests can only join a student for lunch if they are an approved emergency contact in Skyward Family Access.
- Guest must have a photo ID to be allowed onto campus.
- Visitors may only bring food for their child.
- Families who need an allergy-free seat during lunch may leave a note in the comment section of the sign-up genius.
- Please exit the cafeteria at our 5-minute remaining mark to help us prepare for our next lunch and to allow students time to rejoin their class and prepare to return to their classroom.
- We will not be able to host lunch visitors during state testing or special events on campus.
Clinic Reminders
Clothing reminders:
- We kindly ask that all families place a change of clothes for ALL students, as well as extra shoes for little ones– soiled, torn, accidents, spills etc. happen to everyone.
- Please consider to donating gently used black girls stretch pants in various sizes especially larger;
- Please consider to donating some gently used ELASTIC waist boy gym shorts and sweat pants (now that it is winter) in larger sizes
Health Reminders:
- If your child is ill – keep them home.
- Parents please medicate or treat for allergy symptoms at home.
Contact Reminders:
- Please make sure the clinic has the most up-to-date contact information for parents, guardians and emergency contacts.
- Please add the clinic phone number to your contact list so urgent phone calls do not come up as SPAM – 281-327-3768.
Birthday Treats
Students will be allowed to celebrate their birthday at the end of the day, by bringing individually packaged store-bought food products, provided by the parent or grandparent. Treats may be distributed to classmates on or near (i.e. bring treats on Monday when the birthdate was on a weekend) the student’s birthdate.
Prior to sending any treats, we ask that you contact your child’s teacher to discuss the date you will send treats. The nutritional label must be attached to your store-bought item. A parent or guardian must bring them into the building and fill out the proper form which is submitted to FBISD’s Child Nutrition office.
Parents or grandparents of a student at Neill may provide one birthday treat per child to share with the student’s homeroom class only. This may be in the form of ONE individually wrapped edible or ONE small tangible item (such as a pencil) with the value of the individual item not to exceed $5.00.
We require single serving items, which must be pre-packaged and individually wrapped, such as mini- cupcakes, cookies, brownies, or Krispy treats.
We respectfully request no cakes, drinks, balloons, flowers, donuts, stuffed animals, or goody bags. To preserve instructional time, additional party favors ARE NOT permitted. Birthday treat time is not a “party” but a simple, quick recognition of the child’s special day.
Please keep in mind that we have several students with food allergies. For this reason, products containing peanuts or manufactured on equipment that processes peanuts are prohibited. No nuts please, due to allergies.
Attendance Information
Neill Elementary Parking Lot is a Hands- Free Zone as per Texas Transportation Code 545.425
Dismissal Traffic and Harvest Corner Drive
Dismissal Traffic and Harvest Corner Drive
Harvest Green's new constable, Constable Guerra, has asked JNE to remind our community that we must abide by all traffic signs posted. This includes parking/idling 30 feet back from a stop sign, as well as to refrain from parking in a no parking zone.
FBISD Health and Safety Protocols
FBISD Health and Safety Protocols & How to Report Testing Positive for COVID-19
The health & safety of students, teachers, and staff is the District’s foremost priority. Students and staff should stay home when sick and if they do test positive for COVID-19 self-report using the FBISD Wellness Screener. Individuals can return to school/work once they meet the following requirements: five days have passed since the start of symptoms (if no symptoms, five days after testing positive), improvement of symptoms, and the individual has been fever-free for 24 hours without the use of fever-reducing medications.
Link: FBISD Health & Safety Protocols Webpage; FBISD Wellness Screener
FBISD Whole Child Health
Whole Child Health Student Success Webinars – Stress Management & Anxiety
As a part of the Whole Child Health Initiative, Fort Bend ISD is excited to present our second student success webinar of the school year: “Stress Management & Anxiety.” This session will focus on what FBISD’s students want to know about stress management and anxiety. Students will learn practical strategies for managing stress and anxiety in their academic and personal lives. This student success webinar will be held on Wednesday, January 17th at 6 p.m. Whole Child Health focuses on Whole Child Health, is aligned with FBISD's Profile of a Graduate, and is committed to supporting and developing the mental, behavioral, social, emotional, and physical health of all students in FBISD.
Links: Student Success Webinar Link – Stress Management & Anxiety; FBISD Whole Child Health Webpage
Updates from Fort Bend Education Foundation
January's Flyer
Dine at Alings and support the FBEF, Jan. 18
When you dine in or order take-out meals at Alings on its January Give Back day (Thursday, January 18), the restaurant will donate 50% of your meal price back to the Fort Bend Education Foundation. Join us at the Alings Sugar Land location at 6542 Highway 90A! Visit the website at https://alingschinese.com to view the menu.
Annual USA Fit Marathons coming up, Jan. 28
Come out and enjoy a race experience, while supporting the Fort Bend Education Foundation! Use code FBEF to receive a discount off registration for the upcoming USA Fit Marathon, Fort Bend Kia Half Marathon or Simon Spine 5K. Events take place Sunday, January 28, 2024. Go to
https://marathon.usafittraining.com/ for details.
James C. Neill Elementary School
Email: margaret.murphy@fortbendisd.com
Website: https://www.fortbendisd.com/jne
Location: 3830 Harvest Corner Drive, Richmond, TX, USA
Phone: 281-327-3760
Twitter: @JNE_Longhorns