https://sites.google.com/conroeisd.net/fall-2022-edition/cover-stories

Attached is our first issue of the Panther Press for Fall 2022! This online newpaper was created entriely by our Moorhead Panther students!

Fall Picture retakes are scheduled for December 1, 2022.

No classes on Tuesday, November 8.

Our Moorhead Choirs will be competing at the Kemah Choir Festival on November 9 and 10.

The All Body Systems Test for 7th grade Science is on November 14, 2022. This will include the Skeletal, Muscular, Circulatory, Respiratory, Digestive, Excretory, Reproductive, Endocrine, Integumentary, & Nervous Systems.

7th grade ELA -

ELA will be taking their informational CFA November 2nd! We will be wrapping up informational and then begin to prepare for Reading Interim Assessment. Interim Assessment will be The 15th and 16th of November. The Interim assessment is a practice STAAR test that all 7th graders will take. Please encourage your kiddos to keep doing great things in their classes! Go panthers!

Generation Texas Week

11/14 - Military Monday - Wear Camo

11/15 - Texans for Tomorrow - Wear Red, White, Blue

11/16 - Where to? - Wear a College Shirt

11/17 - Think Ahead Thursday - Dress for your future career

11/18 - Financial Aid Friday - Wear Green

The 12 Days of School

December - TBA

Kindness Week

2/13 - Love your School - Wear a Moorhead Panther Shirt

2/14 - Love your Heart (Heart Health Month) - Wear Red

2/15 - Don't be mean - Wear Pink

2/16 - Random Acts of Kindness Day - Wear Teal

4/2 - World Autism Day - Wear blue

Did you know that Steve Jobs, the APPLE inventor, DID NOT let his kids use IPads and that he limited their use of technology?

https://www.creativehealthyfamily.com/the-reason-why-steve-jobs-didnt-let-kids-use-ipads/

Do you have a filter or restrictive settings on your child's phone?

Do you collect their electronics before bed time?

Here is an interesting article from Parent.com on Teens and the effects of technology use.

https://www.parent.com/blogs/conversations/technology-use-is-harming-your-kids-sleep

Hello parents, my name is Wendy Kardorff, and I am the site coordinator for Communities in Schools at Moorhead Junior High. Thanksgiving is almost upon us, and it is a time of sharing and a time to be thankful. With that being said, Communities in Schools along with the National Junior Honor Society will be collecting holiday food items for families to be able to cook a Thanksgiving Day meal. I am attaching a flyer with the items we will be collecting. The dates of collection and where the food is to be dropped off will be found on the flyer. We will be sending the food home for families on November 16th and 17th. There will be an incentive for the students. The homeroom class with the most food donated will receive a Kolache and donut party. If you are a family that is in a position to donate to help other families, I strongly encourage you to donate. If you are a family in need of food items to prepare a meal for your family on Thanksgiving Day, please feel free to contact me by phone or email. Email will probably be the best method of contact. My number is 936-709-2449, and my email is wkardorff@conroeisd.net.

Moorhead Junior High has a Communities in Schools (CIS) Social Services Coordinator, Ms. Wendy Kardorff. Ms. Kardorff is on campus daily and is available to help with basic, social/emotional, and academic needs of our students and the needs of the families. Some resources offered by our CIS Social Services Coordinator include:

• Food Pantry (shelf stable items, refrigerated items, and fresh food when available)
• Clothing
• School Supplies
• Lunch groups (by invitation)
• Holiday assistance
• Weekend food assistance
• Family resources (medical, financial, therapy, transportation)

The CIS office is located inside the small gym. You may request assistance by contacting Ms. Kardorff directly at 936-709-2449, or at wkardorff@conroeisd.net. Email is probably the best method of contact.

The Moorhead color guard club starts in November and is open to 7th and 8th graders. Next year we will have a color guard class for 7th and 8th graders.

Our next PTO meeting for this school year is December 1st at 1:30pm in the Moorhead Junior High conference room.

The Student Success Center (SSC) is open Monday through Thursday from 4:05pm to 5:10pm. Students staying after school for tutorials can be picked up by the bus ramp or can ride the late bus home. Late buses depart Moorhead at 5:15pm.

1. Monday - Thursday - Science and History tutorials
   

2. Tuesday and Thursday - Math tutorials
   

3. Monday and Wednesday - English Language Arts Tutorials

4. Electives - by appointment
   

5. Targeted Tutorials are held Monday - Thursday for Math and ELA

Student Success Center Expectations

· Long before 4:00pm students should know how they are getting home (car or late bus); in other words, they do not decide at 4:00 that they need to stay for SSC.

· 4:05 – Students line up at the 7th grade library door, extending towards the cafeteria; whether they hear a dismissal announcement or not, they are released from class at 4:05 (no earlier) for SSC. They should not arrive later than 4:15.

· Students hand SSC facilitator on duty their official, teacher signed SSC pass.

· Students sign in on one of the iPads.

· Students begin working quietly at the appropriate subject area table until tutors arrive.

· Electronic devices are not allowed unless a tutor or SSC facilitator has given permission to use them.

· Students must ask the SSC facilitator for permission to use the restroom.

· Car riders are dismissed at 5:05pm and late bus riders are dismissed at 5:10pm.

Protect your child from the dangers of the Internet on their phones by following these simple steps:

IOS/Apple I-Phone Users go to:

SETTINGS

then scroll down to USE SCREEN TIME PASSCODE (it's in blue) Set a passcode only you know.

Then go back up to:

SCREEN TIME

CONTENT AND PRIVACY RESTRICTIONS (Set restrictions here)

CONTENT RESTRICTIONS (Set more restrictions here)

You are done!

or please invest in a monitoring app like one of the following:

www.covenanteyes.com

https://www.soaringsafe.com/

www.bark.us

Dear 7th Grade Parents,

Naviance will be introduced to 7th graders November 8th through the 12th. Naviance is a mobile friendly, comprehensive website that you and your student can use to make plans about colleges and careers. We will be sending home information about The Naviance Student Site. We hope that you will find this resource helpful! If you have any questions about Naviance Student, please contact us.

November is Generation Texas Month. We want to ensure our students have the information and resources regarding post-secondary options. The options would include college, careers, technical schools and military. We will have several activities, during all student's lunches.

The students will get to experience several Caney Creek High School electives. Some of the highlighted electives will be Culinary Arts, Robotics, ROTC, Cosmetology, Welding, Veterinarian and Building Construction.

QR codes will be available for students to discover financial aide, careers, technical schools, how to find your interests. military and college career preparation.

Every day we will have a dress day. We will make sure all students, know which days, we

will celebrate college shirt day, dress for the future, wear bright neon colors, wear your military shirt and dress for success.

This is going to be an exciting week!

Theresa Randall, Aimee Castillo, Dan Wheeler and Jeanette Singer

After school car riders must be picked up along the school driveway/sidewalk. We don't want anyone to get hit by a car. Think of all the young high school drivers who may be driving while distracted! We ask that you not pick up your child along the road or that you ask your child to cross the street.

Thank you for your help with this request.

Conroe ISD will continue implementation of the Anonymous Alerts – anti bullying app. Anonymous Alerts is a patented student anti-bullying app that helps combat bullying and other negative activity in schools by empowering students to come forward to help themselves and other students. Social and peer pressures are some of the hardest obstacles for students to overcome, now they can report bullying and safety issues quickly using Anonymous Alerts mobile app.

Students or parents in the school community can anonymously submit alerts about suspicious activity, safety threats, bullying, alcohol or drug use, harassment, family issues, school shooter, campus safety concerns, and self-harm issues to school administrators or counselors. The app is free from the Apple Store, Google Play store, and the Chrome store. Students will still have the option to call Kid Chat to report anything at 1-800-kid-chat.

The Conroe Independent School District (District) as an equal opportunity educational provider and employer does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, or disability in educational programs or activities that it operates or in employment matters. The District is required by Title VI and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, as amended, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act, as well as Board policy not to discriminate in such a manner.

For information about Title IX rights or Section 504/ADA rights, contact the Title IX Coordinator or the Section 504/ADA coordinator at 3205 W. Davis, Conroe, TX 77304; (936) 709-7752.