May
5/11 - National School Nurse Day

5/11 & 12 - 3rd & 4th grade STAAR - Closed Campus

5/13 - All Library Books Due

5/16- 4th Grade Learning Zoo
5/17 & 18 - 3rd & 4th grade STAAR - Closed Campus
5/18 - Speech Pathologist Day
5/20 - Kindergarten Graduation
5/21 - Armed Forces Day
5/23 - All School Yearbook Signing
5/24 - Paw-Some Award Ceremony - Wear GREEN for Resilience
5/25 - Gifted & Talented Expo
5/26 - Last Day of School, Fourth Grade Clap-Out (Hawaiian Theme), Early Release 12:10pm

Thank you for everything you all did this week to show our teacher's and staff appreciation! We appreciate all of the support that we have received.

As many of you all have heard, we are in the process or an emergency rezoning. Due to the over crowdedness at Bush, we are having to rezone a region in Foster's Ridge. Yesterday our administration contacted each family by telephone. If you did not receive a telephone call, you are not being impacted. Consideration to relocate Fosters Ridge to another campus was considered in a 2019 zoning committee discussion as a possibility. After analysis, it was decided to allow this area to continue to attend Bush for as long as we could accommodate students. The district's hope was to allow students to continue attending Bush for as long as possible, but unfortunately numbers are now almost two years ahead of what was projected.

District is currently working on a video for parents and FAQ's to clarify information regarding rezoning and transportation. I have shared the frequent questions that parents are asking for them to help us clarify. This information will be shared early next week.

As much as I hate to lose any Bobcat, I am so glad that they will be getting the opportunity to attend another Woodlands High feeder school. I am grateful that our students will be reunited in Junior High. Deretchin is an amazing school and our Bobcats will receive an excellent education there. We are currently coordinating a field trip for our students to visit the campus on May 23rd to help with the transition. If you have any questions, you are always welcome to give me a call or send me an email.

Thank you for all of your support! We love our Bobcat Families!

Have a great weekend!

Mrs. Thompson

emthompson@conroeisd.net

Conroe ISD will be offering various summer school programs such as our ESL camp, Academic Enrichment camp, Robotics camp, Gifted and Talented camp, and many more! Please review the attached brochure or click on the link below to learn more about the different programs and registration deadlines. Feel free to contact our campus instructional coach, Tonya Taylor, regarding your summer school questions via email: tontaylor@conroeisd.net.

Summer School Program/ Registration Information

Are you planning to move this summer? If so, please email bush@conroeisd.net. In your email, please include the student's name and teacher and we will get you a summer mover form that needs to be filled out and returned to the front office before the last day of school.

Please ask your children to check the clothing rack in the front lobby for any lost items. Smaller items are located in the front office. Any item not claimed by May 26th will be donated.

• All transportation changes need to be emailed to bush@conroeisd.net before 2:00 PM each day.
• Car rider dismissal reminder: Entering the school driveway at dismissal is by right turn only. All traffic leaving the school must turn right onto Crownridge as well.
  
• All individuals entering the building must check-in at the front office by showing a valid ID.
  
• All items forgotten at home can be dropped off at our outside drop off table and will be taken down to your student before their lunch period.
  
• We kindly ask for no dogs on school property.
• We ask that any student leaving before regular dismissal is picked up by 2:45pm.
• Please help keep your information current. If you have a change of address or phone number please email bush@conroeisd.net

10:45 Lunch Period: Classes: Armstrong, Baum, Costenbader, Hull, Johnson, Miller, Murdock, Saunders, Sellers, and Sunseri.

11:15 Lunch Period: Classes: D. Anderson, Bruno, Dalessandro, Edgar, Foley, Garza, Harrell, Hunsdale, Landry, Perry, Powell, and Reyna.

11:45 Lunch Period: Classes: Abbas, N. Anderson, Barnett, Brock, Bruce, Castillo, Cleaveland, Clifford, DePedro, Everett, Lamberti, Milo, Nettuno, Riggs, and Ross.

12:15 Lunch Period: Classes: Brown, Davies, Eschenburg, Kamal, Lenfant, Saldana, Samford, and Shaw.

Getting involved with the PTO is a great way to stay in the know! Only have a little time? That's okay. There are opportunities that don't require a big time commitment. Email our President, Caitlin Reeves, for more details: president@bushpto.com.

2022-23 Open Board Positions

VP Programs: Oversee the Programs team to ensure each area is running well. Assisting when needed and answering any questions.

Movie Night Team (3 Positions): Work together to plan our annual movie night, typically held in late January/early February. Includes selecting a location, obtaining potential snack donations and scheduling food trucks for the event.

Bush Bash/Teddy Bear Tea Team (3 Positions): Assist the Team Lead in planning the Kindergarten Teddy Bear Tea (afternoon event) and Bush Bash (back to school Meet the Teacher evening event) held in early August. Tasks may include contacting food vendors, putting together kindergarten welcome bags for students, setting up the day of, as well as be on hand at the events themselves.

Spirit Fridays: Help plan our monthly Spirit Fridays where students are encouraged to wear their Spirit Wear/Colors. Coordinate with teachers to collect participation numbers and provide small prizes to the grade level winners.

Membership Outreach Coordinator: Work with VP Communications to plan events to introduce the Bush families to the PTO and encourage community amongst the membership.

Social Media Update our social media account with important PTO news and information (will need to create graphics)

VP Services: Oversee the Services team to ensure each area is running well. Assisting when needed and answering any questions.

Environmental: One to Two volunteers to upkeep the front flower pots and flagpole flower as well as help with decorating the front office seasonally.

Yearbook Liaison: Work with our Balfour Representative to coordinate any order questions. Assist in entering orders online that are purchased as part of a package and assist with distribution at the end of the year.

Yearbook Photo Administrative Assistant: Using our Balfour ImageShare website, help categorize the pictures that have been uploaded by parents and teachers into various files to help keep things organized for the yearbook designer.

Fall Fundraiser Coordinator: Will work with the VP of Fundraising and the President to help coordinate the new fall fundraiser, including ordering prizes, creating signup geniuses for volunteers, and coordinating with teachers for the fundraiser.

Spring Bobcat Bonanza Committee

Silent Auction

Entertainment

Food –

Administrative Coordinator

Volunteer Coordinator

Wristband/Raffle Ticket Sales

Children’s Raffle

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.