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April 1, 2021
From the Principal
STAAR is here! Our 4th graders will begin this testing season with the writing assessment next week on April 6th. We are confident that everyone will have a very smooth and easy beginning to this testing process. The beginning of May brings the final regular STAAR testing for our 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders beginning May 11th, and run through the 12th and 13th, and include Reading, Math and for 5th grade only, Science. These are the only testing days this year other than make up days for these individual tests.
Please make sure your child gets a good night’s sleep, eats a nourishing breakfast either at home or here at school, and is sent off with lots of encouragement and confidence. Even with Covid-19, our 4th graders are well prepared for this writing assessment next week, and everyone has worked diligently through the TEKS curriculum toward the goal of meeting all standards and reaching a masters level. Attitude plays a very important part in any stressful situation, and we are continually working with our students to have a positive, “can do” attitude. We will readily share the final testing results as soon as we receive all the information from the state, but that won’t be until the middle of June at the earliest.
We have had a wonderfully successful book fair these past two weeks and the students have been SO excited to have that included back into their school day. Our remote students also enjoyed an evening to choose books and everyone has huge smiles while in the library. Thank you to all of you who participated and supported our library effort. The results are more books purchased for your child’s reading choices in our library.
Thank you for your continued support for our campus especially throughout this very challenging year. As always, if you have a comment, question or thought to share, please do not hesitate to call the school, we welcome all input. Our Lamkin community is the best!
Texas Roadhouse Spirit Night
Lamkin spirit night is Monday, April 26 from 4:00-9:00. Enjoy 2 free kid’s meals with the purchase of 1 adult entrée’ and Lamkin will receive 15% of the total – it’s that easy! So mark your calendar and make plans not to cook. Curbside pick-up counts!
Remote Learning Days
The next two remote learning days are on a Monday!
April 12 & May 17 - Mark your calendar! There will be no live teaching on these days.
STAAR Testing Dates
April 6th
- 4th grade writing
May 11th
- 3rd, 4th & 5th grade math
May 12
- 3rd, 4th & 5th grade reading
May 13
- 5th grade science
STAAR Testing Policy
In order to maintain an optimum testing environment for students, the Texas Education Agency (TEA) has determined that students are not permitted to have cell phones or personal electronic devices that allow internet access or have photographic capabilities during testing as the devices can disrupt the testing environment and be used to compromise the security and confidentiality of the test.
Electronic devices must be turned off and not be visible; therefore, students are not allowed to place or receive a cell phone call or text message during a test administration.
The district policy regarding cell phone use during the school day can be found in the Cypress-Fairbanks ISD Student Code of Conduct handbook.
During the instructional school day, students are generally prohibited from using all telecommunication devices….Such devices must not be visible and must remain turned off… Placing the cell phone into silent/vibrate mode and text messaging is not considered “turned off” and is prohibited.
If a student violates this CFISD policy, then his/her device will be confiscated and will be returned after an administrative fee is collected. District personnel will not assume responsibility for damaged, lost or stolen items.
Violation of this policy during any state assessment is considered cheating and will require the appropriate disciplinary action as described in the CFISD Student Code of Conduct handbook.
Violation of this policy during any state assessment such as, but not limited to, EOC, STAAR, or locally designed assessment, etc. prohibits an optimum testing environment and, therefore, may result in an invalid assessment. Use of a cell phone or any other unapproved electronic device during the administration of these tests will be regarded as
cheating, and the student’s test will be invalidated (test will not be scored) with appropriate disciplinary action to follow.
Additionally, secondary students will be asked to sign an honor statement before taking any version of the EOC or TELPAS tests. The statement, shown below, will be printed on each student’s answer sheet, and students will be asked to sign it before testing begins.
Upcoming Events
April 1-9 Pre-K and Kindergarten registration for 2021-2022
April 2 - Holiday, No School
April 6 - 4th grade STAAR writing
April 9 - End of 3rd nine weeks
April 12 - No School - remote learning day
April 19 - Report Cards
April 26 - Texas Roadhouse spirit night
May 1 - Superintendent's Fun Run
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Lamkin is a Texas, Met Standard, Title 1 campus.
Email: lamkin@cfisd.net
Website: lamkin.cfisd.net
Location: 11521 Telge Road, Cypress, TX, USA
Phone: 281-897-4775
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/LamkinPTO
Twitter: @LamkinLeopards