Nov. 22 - 26 - Thanksgiving Break - Student/Staff Holiday

Nov. 29 - Dec. 3 - Doing our Booker Best Challenge

Nov. 29 - Dec. 3 - 3rd-5th Cycle 1 District Testing

Nov. 29 - Dec. 2 - Spring ISD Holiday Toy Drive

Nov. 8 - Jan. 7 - SCHOOL OF CHOICE - APPLICATION WINDOW!

Online Application Open - Open through Jan. 7, 2022

Student Interviews/Auditions - February - March 2022

Parent Notification - March 11, 2022 - Parent Response Deadline - March 30, 2022

Cycle 1 Assessments have been pushed back a few days. The window for the assessment is now December 9-December 14. This assessment contains objectives that have already been in taught in the classroom but did not score well on the Checkpoint. Teachers are re-teaching the objectives now to prepare students. This will be taken as a grade. This assessment is short and will be taken during the day. There will be no disruption to the schedule.

If you have any questions or need further clarification do not hesitate to contact me at tdupont@springisd.org.

Regards,

Teresa DuPont, Booker Campus Testing Coordinator

We need your help. We have a lot of scholars who are coming to school without masks and parents coming into the building without masks. We have truly minimized our COVID cases over the past month and we would like for our scholars and staff to remain safe. Please provide your child with a mask, daily. Sadly, the district is not able to refill masks orders as quickly, due to supply and delivery shortages across the state. So, there may be some days where we are out of masks and students will be forced to call parents to come and provide one, if this is the case. Unfortunately, it is first come, first serve and until the supply runs out each day.

COME TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY, ON TIME!

SCHOOL STARTS AT 8:05!

FREE BREAKFAST - 7:35AM

AVOID BEING LATE, COME BEFORE 8!!

CHROMEBOOK REQUEST FORM

EVERY STUDENT NEEDS A CHROMEBOOK. IF YOU HAVE YOUR OWN DEVICE, NO NEED TO CHECK ONE OUT, BUT LET YOUR CHILD'S TEACHER KNOW A CHROMEBOOK IS NOT NEEDED!

Parents/Guardians of 12th-Grade Students:

The purpose of this letter is to remind you of a new graduation requirement that will go into effect beginning with the Class of 2022.

As a result of House Bill 3, the Texas Education Agency (TEA) adopted the graduation requirement for all students to complete and submit either the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) or the Texas Application for State Financial Aid (TASFA).

TEA has allowed for three exceptions to this graduation requirement:

1. The student’s parent or other person standing in parental relation submits a signed form indicating that they authorize the student to decline to complete and submit the financial aid application;

2. The student signs and submits the FAFSA opt-out form on the student’s own behalf, if the student is 18 years of age or older or the student’s disabilities of minority (student emancipation) have been removed for general purposes under Chapter 31, Family Code, or;

3. A school counselor authorizes the student to decline to complete and submit the financial aid application for good cause, as determined by the school counselor.

Annually, the financial aid cycle opens Oct. 1 of a student’s senior year, and the state priority deadline to submit the FAFSA or TASFA is Jan. 15 of a student’s senior year. Spring ISD will provide hands-on application workshops throughout the school year to assist students and families with the FAFSA and TASFA applications.

To fulfill this graduation requirement, the student must log into Naviance and upload either the mandatory TEA waiver or a Student Aid Report (SAR) to show an application was submitted.

For additional information, please contact your campus college counselor.

Spring ISD Locations Offering Free COVID-19 Testing and Vaccinations

Spring ISD is partnering with Houston Medical ER and Inspire Health to offer free COVID-19 testing and vaccine sites to the district’s students, staff and community.

Inspire Health mobile testing units will be at the following campuses starting Monday, October 4, Monday-Friday (8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.) and Saturdays (8 a.m. to 1 p.m.)

• Planet Ford Stadium (23802 Cypresswood Dr, Spring, 77373)

• Spring ISD Family Community Engagement Center (17125 Ella Blvd., Houston, 77090)

• Child Nutrition ( 15330 Kuykendahl Rd., Houston, 77090)

To expedite testing, students and staff members may pre-register beforehand here, but pre-registration is not required. Inspire Health plans to expand location options in the near future.

Additionally, Houston Medical ER (2306 Rayford Road, Spring, TX 77386) also is providing free vaccines and testing, Monday through Friday (9 a.m. to 6 p.m.) and Saturday (9 a.m. to 1 p.m.)