Bryant Bulletin
August 17, 2022
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Message from Mrs. Pierce
WOW!! What a great first day!! As on any first day, our most difficult part of the day was arrival and dismissal. While we did pretty well, there are improvements to be made. Please be sure to follow our arrival map and dismissal map. Please remember if you are coming from the roundabout, to circle the school by continuing to the stop sign at Willowmoor and turn left to enter our car rider drive. Do not turn left at Hidden Village Dr to enter the car rider drive unless you have a Lime dismissal tag. This will help our busses be able to arrive and drop off our students on time. Also, let's all remember to show kindness and care to our neighbors and other parents in the car line. Please do not block driveways or take side streets to get ahead in the car line. We are working diligently to get students dismissed in a timely manner. Thank you for your assistance with this. Please click the link to the maps above for more information.
Thank You to Our Beginning of Year Sponsors
Bryant Elementary PTA- Back to School Breakfast, Meet the Teacher Dinner for Staff and countless hours volunteering to help make our school amazing!!
Sylvan Learning Center of Fulshear - Grab & Go Breakfast for the Staff
Sealy Dental Center in Katy, Dr. Jayson Wurtzbacher- Chick-fil-A Breakfast for the staff.
From the Bryant Clinic
Medications- parents of students who need medications on campus, either daily or as needed, should contact Nurse Osbourne ASAP. Medications will be collected on campus August 12-13 and August 16-17.
We are also requesting forms needed for students (below) be scanned and emailed to the clinic. You can email by clicking here or fax to 281-644-1967.
Any questions or concerns please contact Christilynn Osbourne, RN, MSN at 281-234-4325
KATY INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT Forms:
Daily medication with Doctor’s Order
Parent Questionnaire for a Student with Seizures (English)
GENERAL CAMPUS INFORMATION AND REMINDERS
Bryant Back to School Video
Did you miss our Back to School video posted on social media? Click here to check it out!!
Bell Schedule
Doors open: 7:48am - Students walk straight to class.
Tardy bell: 8:10am
Attendance bell: 9:35am
Dismissal bell: 3:20pm
Dismissal Instructions & Procedures
Please click the links in Mrs. Pierce's Message above for Arrival/Dismissal Maps
This year we will continue to offer each family a unique dismissal tag color and number. For example, if you have multiple children attending Bryant living in the same household, you will receive a dismissal number with one set of car tags for your family. This system allows us to account for each student and maintain proper security measures. Student safety is always a priority!
Car Riders:
Car riders stage for dismissal via double stack lanes in our car rider lane which wraps behind the school. Staff members will be entering your dismissal number and color into a Google Doc which is shared inside the school. It is imperative that once you have entered the left or right lane, you cannot change lanes. This causes great challenges because staff members are staging students inside using the order recorded in the Google Doc. If you are picking up your child as a car rider, please use the HANGING TAGS provided for you. If families are carpooling, a great idea is to use a hanger with clips to show more than one dismissal number on your rear-view mirror. Please hang the tag(s) from the rear view mirror, not in the corner of the window. If you do not have the physical number for the child or children you are picking up, you will not be able to pick up a child from the car rider line. See map below for more directions.
Daycare Riders:
On our transportation survey above, you can tell us your child’s teacher and the name of their daycare bus.
Walkers/Bike Riders:
Students in PK-1st will be released to an adult only. If you have a PK-1st grader that you would like to walk home with an older sibling, please see the directions in the manila envelope provided during Meet the Teacher. The older sibling will not need a dismissal number to pick up their younger sibling. Parents MUST have the physical dismissal number in your hand in order to pick up your PK-1st grade child from school. If you do not have the number in your hand you will be asked by a staff member to go to the front office. Students in 3rd-5th will leave campus on their own, and will not need a dismissal number in order to exit the building.
Bus Riders:
Click here to check current bus routes.
The Katy ISD Transportation Department is excited to communicate that all 2022 - 2023 route buses continue to be equipped with GPS systems. With the GPS systems, parents, campuses and transportation personnel are able to track buses in real-time through a downloadable application from Edulog. For parents and patrons having children who are eligible for transportation services in Katy ISD, click here for information on how to download the application and for instructions on how to install the app to track our busses. Bryant's campus code is: 69167016
Early Check-Outs
Anyone checking out a child must be on the child's enrollment notification as a parent/guardian. In the event you need a person on your emergency contact list to pick up your child, a note and/or notice from the parent/guardian is required. A valid and unexpired ID is required for check out. The latest time you may check out your student is 2:45pm. Anyone arriving after this time will not be able to check a student out.
Late Arrivals
Item Drop Off for Students
You may bring items for your student up to the school until 9:45am for a guaranteed delivery to the classroom. Any item dropped off after 9:45am (that is not medically necessary) will be taken to a grade specific basket in a passing area to be picked up as the students head to lunch or specials. Please note: the classroom is not notified of the item, the teachers will check the baskets as they pass.
**Labels, pens, and tape are available in the front vestibule for you to place on the item being dropped off. Please place all labeled items in the basket near the front table in the vestibule.
Lunch Visitors
For the first 2 full weeks of school, lunch visitors are not allowed so that routines can be established and best practices put in place. We will begin lunch visitors after the Labor Day weekend on Tuesday, September 6th. Parents and Guardians are encouged to come eat lunch with their students one time per week beginning on this week. Only grandparents on the approved form linked below may visit without a guardian one time per week. All other visitors MUST be accompanied by a guardian. Due to space limitations, only 3 visitors per student will be allowed at a time. This includes non-school age siblings.
PARENTS: Please click here to list Grandparents and Non-School Aged Siblings who have your permission to visit beginning September 6th.
Changes in Transportation
A+ Pay & Go App -- Birthday Marquee, Birthday Book Club & School Planners
The Birthday Marquee is for your student's name to appear on the lighted front marquee for the week of your student's birthday from Sunday to Saturday. Please sign up at least 5 school days prior to the week of the birthday. Cost is $25.00
For Birthday Marquee, once you log in, click: Elementary > Elem A-H > Bryant Elementary > Campus Fundraiser
The Birthday Book Club is for your student's name to be added to the Book Club Calendar, a book plate with their name is placed on the inside cover of the book of their choosing and donated in the honor of his/her birthday, they will be recognized on the morning announcements, and they get to be the first to check the book out.
School Planners - Grades 2-5 will receive a school planner this year. Planners will be an integral part of home to school communication as well as daily behavior updates from teachers. Planners are $5.00
Child Find
Tracey Bashay - PK, Kinder & 3rd
Lindsay O'Leary - 2nd, 5th, ECAP/YCAP/ECSE
Christina Borgstedte - 1st & 4th
Visit the Katy ISD Child Find Information Page for more information about Child Find.
Upcoming Events
8/31 - College/Career Shirt Shirt Day
9/1 - PTA VIPs Kickoff 9am
9/5 - Staff/Student Holiday - NO SCHOOL
9/7 - Purpose Full People: Wear YELLOW for RESPECT
9/12-9/16 - Grandparent's Week (Lunch Visitors Begin)
9/13 - PTA Spirit Night (TBA)
9/14 - PTA Online Auction Begins
9/15 - Fall Picture Day
9/15 - PTA General Board Meeting 6pm
9/20 - Watch Dog Kickoff Meeting 6pm
9/21-9/25 - Family Weekend (NO Homework)
9/23 - Student Holiday (NO School)
District Information
"How-To Guide" for Parents on the Home Access Center (HAC)
Need to know how to view a report card, student grades, or other information? Check out the how to guides in the Home Access Center or click below.
Home Access Center (HAC) User Guide (English) Home Access Center (HAC) User Guide (Spanish)
2022-2023 Free & Reduced Application Now Open
Volunteers & Raptor Registration
Raptor ensures quick and easy volunteer registration allowing individual volunteers to create and manage a personal volunteer profile. In addition, the Raptor Volunteer Initiative will:
- Provide an additional layer of protection for Katy ISD students, staff, volunteers, and campus visitors.
- Unite all district volunteers into one Katy ISD volunteer community.
- Measure and communicate the positive impact of Katy ISD volunteer organizations.
- Submit and track hours via their volunteer profile for every Katy ISD campus at which they volunteer.
- The system also provides quick and easy submission of individual off-campus volunteer hours.
Join our volunteer community and register today!
News From the Bryant PTA
Upcoming PTA Meetings
VIPs Kickoff Meeting in LGI on September 1st from 9-10am
Watch Dog Night in LGI on September 20th from 6-7pm
Visit Us Online
Click here for PTA Facebook.
Click here to follow PTA on Twitter.