HISD is ending Temporary Online Learning on Friday, April 1. Any student that needs to be absent due to a communicable disease, COVID, or other illness will be marked as absent since online learning will be over. Parents will need to send in a note upon return to school for the absences to be marked as excused. Upon the student's return to school, the teacher can share any missed work that can be made up.

We’re excited to invite families to a family picnic on the Bush Elementary grounds on Thursday, April 14. On Monday, April 11 , every student will receive 2 colored wristbands for 2 family members to join him/her at the family picnic. If you have 2 children attending Bush, then you’ll receive 4 wristbands. Every person (including babies/toddlers) entering the grounds must have a colored wristband to enter on the wrist or on a stroller/seat carrier. Along with the wristbands, a map on the back will show the entrance locations for each grade level.

For the safety and knowledge of who is on campus, only people with the colored wristband will be allowed to enter the family picnic. All the neighboring restaurants will be busy and parking will be difficult, so please plan ahead. Parents should bring a towel/blanket/chair to sit on and your lunch. Lunches will not be available for parents to purchase.

If you have children in multiple grades and you would like to eat as a family, plan to have lunch with your younger child’s class and notify the older child’s teacher to send the student to the younger child’s picnic location at the picnic time.

Family Picnic Lunch Times:

PK, K, Busse, & Greco – 11:15 – 12:15

Gr. 1 – 5 – 11:25 – 12:25

The family picnic will be cancelled if it is raining or rain is imminent on the day of the picnic. An email message will be sent out the morning of April 14 if the picnic is cancelled due to weather.

Please follow the registration directions shown below and not the online version shown by HISD on the website.

Intent to Re-Enroll – Currently Enrolled Students

April 4 – 14

Information will be sent home with zoned students on Monday, April 4 and completed information is due back by April 14.

Kindergarten Siblings of Currently Enrolled Students

Registration Dates: April 20 – 26

7:45 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. or 12:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.

In-person at Bush Elementary

Parents of currently enrolled students who have an incoming kindergarten student for 22-23, to register your kindergartener, please bring: parent's government issued photo identification, proof of residency, birth certificate, and immunizations to the office to complete the registration packet for their incoming kindergarten student.

ONLY FOR INCOMING K SIBLINGS OF CURRENTLY ENROLLED BUSH STUDENTS

New Zoned Kindergarten Students (No Sibling at Bush)

Registration Dates: May 3, 4, 5, or 6 (Only 30 applicants per day can be processed)

In-person at Bush Elementary

Please bring the items on the attached check list.

8:30 – 11:00 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

No need to arrive early as we have 4 days to register during the registration times shown.

2022-2023 Registration Checklist

New Zoned Kindergarten Students - Additional Dates

May 24, 25, or 26 (Only 30 applicants per day can be processed)

In-person at Bush Elementary

Please bring the items on the attached check list.

8:30 – 11:00 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

No need to arrive early as we have 3 days to register during the registration times shown.

New Zoned Gr. 1 – 5 Students

Registration Dates: June 8, 9, or 10 (Only 30 applicants per day can be processed)

In-person at Bush Elementary

Please bring the items on the attached check list.

Must have report card showing successful completion of the 2021 – 2022 school year.

8:30 – 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 – 3:00 p.m.

No need to arrive early as we have 3 days to register during the registration times shown.

More dates will be published at a later time.

I am looking for doctor wear of many sizes (coats or scrubs), doctors tools ( stethoscopes, tongue depressors, reflex hammer, etc), and an old style video camera (does not need to be working) to be used for our upcoming productions.

They can be borrowed and returned after the production, or donated to my classroom for future use. If borrowed, it needs to be labeled with student name and class so that it can be returned in a timely manner.

I would like these items by April 8th.

Bush Elementary will have COVID testing available every Thursday for students, faculty, and staff. Parents must pre-register their child by 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday in order to be tested on campus. This testing is completely voluntary and free and requires the student's parent/guardian to first provide a one-time digital consent at https://bit.ly/HISDC19Test .

Once a parent has registered their child, then the child will be tested each time Fulgent comes to campus to provide COVID testing. If you no longer want your child to be tested, you may opt out by emailing your child's teacher to let them know.

COVID-19 vaccines are now available for children ages 5-11. If you choose to vaccinate your child, please email a copy of the vaccination record card to dguider@houstonisd.org or send documentation to Nurse Guider so she can update your child's immunization record.

Please make sure Nurse Guider dguider@houstonisd.org has a copy of your child's proof of 2 doses of an approved COVID vaccination if you choose to vaccinate your child.

If your child does test COVID positive, then he/she must quarantine for at least 5 days regardless of vaccination status. If your child is COVID positive and showing symptoms, then he/she must stay home at least 5 days and until symptom free.

Throughout the school year, this section of the newsletter will highlight key points from the Bush Parent Handbook. School begins at 7:30 a.m. Students arriving after 7:40 a.m. are tardy. Students arriving after 9:00 a.m., without a doctor's excuse, are marked absent.

Here are some quick reminders about our Bush Elementary dress code. Shirts must be solid colored red, white, or navy. The only t-shirts allowed are Bush Elementary t-shirts. Dress code pants are navy, khaki, or blue jeans. The pants must not have any holes, rips, tears, or designs on them, just simple plain blue jeans, navy pants, or khaki pants. Exercise pants, sweatpants, and yoga pants are NOT part of the Bush dress code. Leggings can not be worn as pants, only under skirts or jumpers. Please click on the link below for the complete dress code guidelines.

2021-2022 Dress Code Guidelines

Morning supervision of students starts at 7:20 a.m. At that time students are brought into the building and are seated in grade level lines. Morning bus lane drop off is reserved for our 5th Grade Safety Patrols and our students in our self-contained special education classes. These families have a special printed pass to enter the bus lane for morning drop off. All other students arriving by car must be dropped off in the carpool lane. The first bell rings at 7:30 a.m. and the students are tardy at 7:40 a.m. when the morning announcements begin.

We have started a new year so let's start the year by following our morning arrival procedures and being on time for school every day.

Please plan to pick up your carpool and walker students before 3:15. Our students are dismissed at 3:00 and our walker area has been finishing before 3:10 on most days. If you arrive after 3:15, please come to the front office to sign your child out as a late pick up.

Please abide by the No Parking signs on the streets around our school and our neighboring schools. Several parents have received parking tickets from HPD in the past because they were parking in a No Parking zone. When cars park in No Parking zones, it is difficult for our busses and vans to turn into our bus lane.

We're asking for the parents of walkers that park their cars on the other side of Westerloch across from the school to NOT u-turn by the carpool lane entrance once they've picked up their child(ren) and are heading home.

We have seen many students and some parents walking across the street not using the crosswalks. This is extremely dangerous and we ask that all walkers and bike riders use the crosswalks. Westerloch Dr. and Parkway Plaza Dr. are very busy streets during morning arrival and dismissal. If you cross between parked cars, ongoing traffic cannot see you.

We are so happy to see so many of our students riding their bikes to school. Please remember that all students are required to wear a bicycle helmet when riding their bikes to and from school. We want to keep all of our Bobcats safe. Also, please send your bike riders with a bike lock to secure their bikes to the bike rack.

If your child is absent from school, please make sure you send in a note explaining the absence date(s) and reason for the absence upon return to school. We will need this note even if you're at home quarantining or a Positive COVID-19 case. Please email your absence excuse note to the homeroom teacher and our registrar, Ms. Rosales at arosale3@houstonisd.org

If a note is not received within 3 days, then the absence is recorded as unexcused.

Safety continues to be our top priority, and while we love our furry visitors, we ask that you keep them at home during arrival and dismissal. We have several students, faculty and staff members who are allergic to dogs and cats and students who are very afraid of dogs. Please keep them at home.

Please do not plan to pick up your child after 2:30 p.m. from the office. To ensure a safe dismissal, students will not be called to the office to be picked up after 2:30 p.m. Thank you for helping to make dismissal safe for all our students.

Help your child celebrate their birthday and support the library and other programs that enhance the educational experience of Bush students by joining the Birthday Book Club.

Your child will be given a personal "Happy Birthday" greeting during the morning announcements and Paw Prints shout out from Ms. Rose! The donation will be recognized with a nameplate in a new book from the library. A group photo of all the other BBC members with the same birth month will also be displayed in the library display case.

It only costs $20 for a Birthday Book Club Membership (Add Electronic Marquee display for $10 more). Please visit www.BBEPTO.com for more details or to make your purchase.

Enrollment Schedule:

February – July Birthdays: Enroll through January

We are already looking ahead to next school year, and currently it is looking like we will have a lot more “normal” looking events for the students and families! Some of the events we are looking forward to planning are:

• Welcome Back with PTO

• Movie Night and Silent Auction

• Festivals

• BINGO Bash

• Field Day/Family Picnic

• Bush Buddies Breakfast

• Staff hospitality events

• And MORE!

We are really in need of volunteers to help coordinate these events. Without volunteers, these events may not happen! If you enjoy these activities and are looking forward to them as much as us, then please volunteer with the PTO.

Fill out this interest form if you’d like to help with these events, and we will be in touch. We have many leadership positions as well as supporting roles which require less time commitment. Duties and tasks can be completed when it fits into YOUR schedule. Depending on the role, some tasks can be completed on your own time at home. If you are not sure what you would be interested in helping with, but you know you want to be involved we still encourage you to fill out this form.

Email our PTO President at presidentbbepto@gmail.com with any questions.

School store on the go has returned! Bring your money to lunches to check out our goodies! Keep an eye out here or on facebook for updates on the School Store on the Go schedule. Our online school store is also open and items will be delivered to the classrooms on Fridays. Visit the store at www.BBEpto.com

Updated policies on field trips, COVID-19 Quarantine and more updated for 2022.

https://www.houstonisd.org/readysetgo