Just one more week!! Teachers are back on campus preparing for the new school year. We are excited to have students back with us soon.

Our principal, Dr. Baker, is hosting a Zoom session on Friday, August 25th, at 2 pm. The session will cover how to "do" school and other Comm Arts expectations. This is mainly for freshmen, but anyone who would like a refresher is welcome to join. See you there!

Meeting ID: 936 8746 3684
Passcode: CAHS

A newsletter will be emailed on Friday with first day procedures and important campus details.

Students will have limited access to their devices this school year. Phones, more often than not, become personal distraction devices. Unless otherwise stated, students cannot access their phones during instructional time. Student phones will need to be on silent and put away. Parents, if you need to communicate with your child, they can check their phones during the passing period and at lunch. If an emergency occurs and you need to reach your child during class time, please call the Comm Arts front office.

Transportation information should be available soon for students and parents. If you still have not received any information by Wednesday, August 23rd, please contact the Comm Arts front office. Thank you!

Northside ISD has implemented a few changes for the 23-24 school year. They include:

• No deliveries for students or faculty/staff members
• The addition of twenty fully-commissioned police officers to the NISD Police Dept.
• Access to silent panic alert technology at each school

Additionally, all students, faculty, and staff will need to wear their school IDs while on campus for safety purposes.

Here is the link for more information: Safety First, 2023-2024

All Comm Arts students have a summer reading assignment. The pdfs attached below are the instructions for all grade levels. Happy Reading!

Northside ISD is hosting a College Board Preliminary Scholastic Assessment Test, or PSAT, on Wednesday, October 11th. The PSAT is optional this year for 10th graders. Sophomores who choose to participate must register by September 20th to participate and pay a $20 testing fee. Information on registering 10th graders for PSAT will be available on August 28th.

There is a reduced fee of $10 for students who receive free or reduced lunch. All 9th and 11th graders will be registered to take the PSAT.

Comm Arts students will have a separate registration process from Taft High School.

STAAR EOC final assessment results for 9th graders are now available via HAC.

As back-to-school shopping begins, please keep the NISD district dress code in mind. Students with dress code violations will be required to change.

1. Shorts of mid-thigh length may be worn at all school levels. Suggestive and/or indecent shorts will be prohibited.
2. Mid-thigh length skirts, skorts, and dresses may be worn at all levels. There should not be a cut or slit in the clothing that extends above the mid-thigh. Suggestive and/or indecent styles will be prohibited. These requirements also apply to school uniforms.
3. Appropriate footwear must be worn; footwear which has toes reinforced with steel, hard plastics or similar materials are specifically prohibited.
4. Hair must be neat and clean. Unconventional hairstyles that distract from teaching and learning will be prohibited.
5. Any clothes that are suggestive or indecent or which cause a distraction will be prohibited. Specifically, oversized clothing, tank tops, muscle shirts, halter/crop tops, spaghetti straps, exposed backs or midriffs, and see-through garments are prohibited.
6. Indecent/inappropriate patches, writings, or drawings on clothing are prohibited. Undergarments must not be visible.
7. All pants are to be worn at the waist (no "sagging") Tight fitting pants (e.g. tights, spandex, bicycle pants, etc.) are also prohibited. Frays or holes above the knees are prohibited.
8. Body piercing jewelry is prohibited except for rings, studs or other traditional jewelry. Any piercing that distracts the teaching and learning environment will be prohibited.

Because fads in dress and grooming are subject to sudden, and sometimes radical change, a basic rule to remember is that student dress and grooming should not be suggestive or indecent, or so bizarre and unusual as to detract from the classroom environment.

All students attending Communications Arts HS are expected to adhere to the standardized attire requirement.