The Hoot Owl

February is here. The month of love, heart health and Black History Month. We will be focusing on all three this month on announcements in the mornings. To increase school conversation with your child, ask them specific questions about the announcements like "who was the person of the week?" "what heart healthy challenge is this week?" and "what is the kindness challenge this week?" Once you know, help them learn more about the person, choose a way to be more active for heart healthy, and help them with a random act of kindness.

Some family challenges:

*take a stroll together after dinner

*find a free yoga/exercise app/YouTube video and do it to before bedtime to wind down

*discuss or research people for Black History Month - Some suggestions could be President Obama, Oprah, Beyonce, Rosa Parks, Michael Jordan, Michael Jackson, etc...

*decide on a random act of kindess and follow through - rake a neighbors yard, help them write a thank you note to their teacher, make a card for grandparents, visit a senior living home and read to a group, etc...

Whatever you choose to participate in, do it as a family and just enjoy the time together!

Our clinic is always in need of clothing. If you cleaned out over the holidays, please consider donating gently used clean clothing to our school. New underwear of all sizes for boys and girls is also a need. Items can be dropped at the front office.

We have a collection of lost items. Please have your children look through them if they have lost anything. Coach Rodriguez will have them out for students to look through over the next three weeks. Things not claimed will be donated February 13.

Yearbooks for the 22-23 school year are available for pre-order. We are asking that parents order them online this year. Yearbooks can be purchased at www.jostensyearbooks.com.

The cost is currently $35.

Boosterthon Fun Run is Friday, February 3.

Thank you for supporting ORE PTO through Boosterthon.

Monday, February 27 PTO meeting via Zoom at 6:00 p.m.

Lunch reservations are open.

• Make a reservation online from our school webpage.
• Lunch visitors will need to present ID at the front desk to check into the building. You must also be on the child's contact list, meaning a parent or emergency contact. If not, parents will be contacted for permission prior to entrance.
• Parents will meet their children in the cafeteria and then go to room 300 to enjoy lunch.
• At the end of lunch, return the child to their teacher in the cafeteria.
• Parents are asked to head to the front and check out immediately following lunch.
• Parents are not to be in classrooms or on the recess playground without prior permission from administration.
  

Our goal is 97% overall attendance for the year. We finished first semester at 94.6%. Please ensure that your child is at school every day, on time, unless they are sick.

Student Handbook is located online. Below is a link to the handbook in both Spanish and English.

Student Handbook - English

Student Handbook - Spanish

School hours: 8:00 - 3:10 p.m.

Doors open at 7:35 a.m. Please do not drop students off before that time as there is no supervision.

Students are tardy at 8:01 a.m.

Dismissal begins at 3:10 p.m.

Visitors on campus:

Things to know about visiting our campus.

*Arrive at the front door and ring the doorbell (facing the doors to your right)

*Let the front office staff know what you need.

*Once you have communicated with front office staff, you will be buzzed into the front vestibule.

*An ID will be required to enter the main part of the building or check a child out. Please make sure you have it with you as you will be sent to get it.

Volunteering on campus:

Please remember that in order to volunteer on campus (reading to a class, going on a field trip, helping with PTO, attending class parties, etc...), parents must have completed the Volunteer Background check for the district. This must be completed for every school where you will volunteer so if you have students at 3 different schools, you must complete it for all 3 schools.

Volunteer Background Check

CHANGES TO TRANSPORTATION -

if you need to change your child's transportation, please email the school at contactore@conroeisd.net. Emailing the teacher and/or Class Dojo is not a great option in the event the teacher is absent from school.

We ask that you limit changes over the phone by calling the front office for emergencies only. These changes must be called into the front office no later than 2:30 p.m.

Early check out ends at 2:45 pm. After 2:45, you will be instructed to get in the car rider line.

CAR RIDER

Our car rider line is typically completed in about 20 minutes from start to finish.

Below is a map of our car rider line. We ask that parents who are coming north on the feeder road enter the car rider line from Oak Ridge School Road (between the hotel and Saltgrass). Parents who enter from our driveway will be forced to turn left and find the end of the line as the right turn lane will be blocked.

In order to help the line move quickly, please display your car rider sign where it is easily visible. If you do not have a car rider sign, you will be asked for an ID before your child will be released.

We do not allow parents to walk up to the porch for drop off or pick up for car riders. Students may not be dropped off in the parking lot nor near the playground fence and allowed to walk. This creates a safety concern and therefore, is not allowed.

If you are in the car rider line and picking up a sick child, please notify the lady walking the cars and she will direct you to park and walk up to get your child.

If you need replacement or additional car rider signs, please call the front office or email your request to contactore@conroeisd.net.

WALKERS

Students can be walkers only if they live in the no bus zone. This is for those who live within the 1 mile zone of the school according to transportation. If your child is eligible for bus service, they will need to either be a car rider or a bus rider.

We do monitor this and will notify parents if their children cannot be walkers.

Walkers are delivered to parents in the cul de sac at the fence cut through. We expect parents to be present to get their children from this area. If the weather forces you to drive your car to this location, we do ask that you carefully monitor all children to ensure that everyone arrives at their cars safely. Students who do not have parents present will be brought back to the school and parents will have to come over and get them.

Weather decisions are made at 3:00 p.m. and parents will be notified through text messaging. Walker parents received an email with information on how to subscribe to that text message service. If you need assistance, please email us at contactore@conroeisd.net.

BUS RIDERS

If your child's bus is late, please watch your email for a notification from transportation called Bus Hub. This email should notify you of the approximate amount of delay.

Each year parents who need breakfast/lunch assistance are asked to renew their application. Breakfast and lunch are not free this year. For students to receive free or reduced lunch, parents need to complete the online application and be approved. If you need assistance with the online application, please call the school and ask for Mrs. DeAlencar. She can assist you with this application.

As offers come in from different organizations to assist students with back to school clothes/supplies, Christmas gifts, food, etc...only those families who are on free/reduced lunch will be eligible to receive these services. Please use the link below to update your application:

https://www.myschoolapps.com/

3 - Boosterthon Fun Run

4 - Elementary Science Festival @ College Park High school

14 - Valentine's Day

17 - Staff Development Day - no students

20 - School holiday

24 - Go Texan Day

24 - Spring Fling Pictures

5 - Vanessa Kainer - sped

13 - Janie Munoz - sped

15 - Tami Eldridge - principal

17 - Peyton Schard - third

20 - Angel Gomez - first

20 - April Hernandez -sped

25 - Rachel Svoboda - art

28 - Felix Rodriguez - p.e.