Friday Focus
Week of December 5 - 9
REMINDERS
- Our doors open for students at 7:30 a.m. There is no adult supervision available prior to 7:30 a.m.
- Parents who pick up students in the car rider line should have the child enter and exit from the car on the passenger side only.
- Parents in the car rider line who want/need to get out of their car should pull over into the left lane.
- Please do not use your cell phones in the car rider line. Children are unpredictable and you want to be especially alert when driving in front of the school.
These procedures are in place for your safety and the safety of your children.
HOUR OF CODE
The Hour of Code is an introduction to computer science, designed to demystify coding. Activities are designed for students at all grade levels to show that anybody can learn the basics, and to broaden participation in the field of computer science. It is a worldwide effort to celebrate computer science, and the official day for the Hour of Code this year was December 1st.
Over the next few weeks, when students come to visit the library (morning, maker space, and library time) they will be given the opportunity to participate in coding activities instead of their usual activities.
Click on the link below to go to the website for more information.
Susan Robbins, Librarian
SCHOOL STORE - HOLIDAY EDITION
Wednesday, December 7, starting at 7:30 a.m.
PTA needs volunteers to help work the school store. The hours are 7:15 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. on December 7th. Please email Debbie Green at debbie_green@sbcglobal.net if interested in volunteering.
Debbie Green
Hudson (5th)
CELEBRATING OUR STUDENT ATHLETES
The following students will be traveling on Friday, December 9th to Birmingham, Alabama for the 2016 National Junior Olympic Championship. These athletes will be competing as a part of the top 3,000 runners in the USA this season.
Royale Jordan
Cameron Monticello
Angie Pena
Garry Polk
Ellery Roberts
Noel Rodriguez
Nikolas Rodriguez
Ariana Silva
Vijay Washington
Parker York
SCHOOL BELL AWARD
Each year, the SBISD Council of PTAs awards its School Bell Award to an outstanding SBISD educator (teacher, administrator, or specialist) who promotes the objectives of the PTA (in short - making sure every child's potential becomes his/her reality) and is an advocate for all children.
PTA is seeking nominations for our 2016-2017 MWE School Bell Award recipient. Please send the name of your nominee and a description as to why you think they should win the School Bell Award to Pam Townsend at Pam.Townsend7@gmail.com.
Feel free to enlist the help of students for your nominations! Recent MWE recipients include Debbie Rossi, Laura Weber, Lynne Luberger, Rhonda deLeon, and Elise Cooper.
Nominations are due by December 16th. The winner will be announced in mid January and attend the Founder's Day Banquet in February. We look forward to reading them!
Pam Townsend
Paige (K) and Clare (2nd)
HOLIDAY COLLECTION FOR MWE WORKERS
As a gesture of appreciation, our community collects funds every year at this time to provide a gift to our custodians, cafeteria workers and crossing guards.
There will be a collection jar at the front desk. You may send money with your child in an envelope clearly marked and/or you may place the money in the jar at the front desk.
All contributions are due by December 14th.
The gifts will be presented on December 15th, at the Holiday Sing-a-Long
Schedule for Friday, December 16
Party Schedule
1st - 10:45
2nd - 11:00
3rd - 11:15
4th - 10:15
5th - 10:00
Lunch Schedule
1st - 10:10
2nd - 10:25
3rd - 10:40
4th - 11:15
5th - 11:25
Specials Schedule
1st - 8:55
2nd - 9:55
3rd - 9:25
4th - 8:25
5th - 10:55
PREK LOTTERY FOR 2017-2018
GENERAL RULES
- The PreK Lottery is for children who live in the home campus attendance area with priority given to those who have an older sibling attending on the campus for the 2017-2018 school year.
- Space permitting transfer students may be included again with priority given to those with older siblings attending at the campus.
- Parents may sign their child up for the PreK lottery any time between January 4th and January 30th. They will be given a post card to fill out, which will be used for the lottery drawing and to notify them of the results.
- The lottery will be held on January 31st at 8:30 a.m.
- Children of teachers who teach on the campus will automatically be enrolled and will not participate in the lottery.
- The remaining children will be on the waiting list. Spaces on the waiting list will also be filled by lottery drawing.
- We will notify the parents via mail of the lottery results.
- Parents whose students who make the initial cut off will be instructed to come to the home campus to preregister their children any time between February 1nd and February 28th. Parents will be asked to pay the registration fee of $50 at the time of sign-up.*
- After February 28th, the names of any children who have not been preregistered will be crossed off the list and the parents of the first child on the waiting list will be contacted to register their child. Those parents have until March 31st to preregister their children. After March 31st, the names of children who are not preregistered will be crossed off the list.
- Students who were not selected to attend prekindergarten on the home campus will be able to preregister for prekindergarten at Wildcat Way. Parents will officially register their children Wildcat Way mid-August. Every parent who pre-registers their child for Pre-K from February 1st on will have a protected space in PreK.
- If a child is registered at Wildcat Way, and a space becomes available here, parents have the option to have the child’s registration switched. The deadline for making this change in September 15th.
REGISTRATION FEE
*The registration fee will not be collected for those students who are eligible through State criteria. Those criteria are: LEP students (who must be tested using the Pre-IPT during registration to determine their language levels), economically disadvantaged (the free/reduced lunch applications will not be available until July, so you must qualify them with paycheck stubs), Military Families, Homeless and students who have ever been in CPS custody. Scholarship applications are on line and parents may begin sending them in with a copy of their 2016 tax return as soon as their return is available.
TUITION INFORMATION
The current rate for tuition is $5355 per year and will be collected at each school on the first of each month in nine installments of $595.00. This tuition rate is subject to increase, so it is very important that parent agreements are completed in August.
DATES TO REMEMBER
January 4-30 Parents sign up for lottery
January 31 Lottery drawing
February 1-28 Preregistration of lottery winners at MWE
February 1-28 Preregistration of children at Wildcat Way
March 1 Parents of children on waiting list contacted for preregistration
March 1-31 Parents of children on waiting list preregister
Mid-August Registration begins
September 15 Last day to change from Wildcat Way to MWE (space permitting)
Preregistration guarantees your space, but you will still need to return in August to formally register your child for school.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Monday December 5 - Writers in the Schools (3rd grade)
Monday, December 5 - Hands on Science (4th grade)
Monday, December 5 - Classroom Spelling Bees (3rd, 4th, 5th)
Tuesday, December 6 - 5th grade field trip to Symphony
Tuesday, December 6 - 2nd and 4th grade Science Priority Standards Assessment
Tuesday, December 6 - 3rd grade Reading Priority Standards Assessment
Tuesday, December 6 - Boy Scouts (p.m.)
Wednesday, December 7 - 5th grade Writing Priority Standards Assessment
Wednesday, December 7 - Writers in the Schools (3rd grade)
Wednesday, December 7 - Hands on Science (3rd grade)
Thursday, December 8 - Hands on Science (4th grade)
Thursday, December 8 - Nutcracker; 2 performances 1:45 a.m. for students and 6:30 p.m. for parents and other guests
Thursday, December 8 - Kids Helping Kids (Neighborhood Service Project)
Friday, December 9 - Hands on Science (2nd grade)
Monday, December 12 - Writers in the Schools (3rd grade)
Tuesday, December 13 - MWE Spirit Night at Chick FilA
Wednesday, December 14 - 3rd grade Writers in the Schools field trip
Wednesday, December 14 - Polar Express (2nd grade)
Thursday, December 15 - White Out Day (1st grade)
Thursday, December 15 - School sing along
Friday, December 16 - End of semester, class parties and dismissal at noon. No Spiral.
December 19 - January 3 - Winter Break
January 4 - Students return
NEW SCHOOL HOURS FOR SPRING SEMESTER
December 19 - January 3 - Winter Break for Students
January 4 - Students return
Beginning January 4th, our new start time for school will be 7:55 a.m.
The Bell schedule will be:
7:30 - Doors Open
7:50 - Students report to class (from cafeteria, library, and other morning events)
7:55 - Class starts.
Meadow Wood Elementary
Email: pamela.redd@springbranchisd.com
Website: mwe.springbranchisd.com
Location: 14230 Memorial Drive, Houston, TX, United States
Phone: 713-251-6200
Facebook: facebook.com/meadowwoodelementarysbisd
Twitter: @reddprincipal
At Meadow Wood, our mission is to provide the personalized support needed for every student to grow and reach their personal best, taking into account the unique academic, social and emotional needs of each child.