BearKat Chat
#BearkatBEST, #❤️ofaBearkat - April 2022
Our Vision: Educating the whole child: mind, body and spirit!
Mote's Note - A note from the Principal - Kyla Mote
You all truly have shown the greatest support we could ask for! Thank you so very much for supporting our fundraiser to assist in paying for field trips, cultural arts programs, parties, teacher appreciation luncheons and more! We truly are thankful for each of you and our Bearkats!
We are so excited to jump into April and enjoy continued academic growth, friendships and a little fun. Please save the dates below.
April 4-8 - Assistant Principal Week (consider having your student write a thank you note to their AP)
April 4- Fire Drill practice at school
April 9 - Superintendent Fun Run
April 13 - Spirit Shop @ Lunch
April 15 - Student and Staff holiday
April 18 - Teacher work day (student holiday)
April 19 - Field Day 4th & 3rd and Spanish Bilingual Parent Night
April 20 - Field Day 5th
April 21 - Field Day 2nd
April 22 - Earth Day
April 24 - Astros day for our school. Buy tickets here if you haven’t already.
April 28 - Field Day K & 1
April 29 - last day to turn in parent input forms for next year. Click Here for Google Doc
May…..- PreK field day
NURSE NOTES
Counselor Corner - From our Counselors - Laura Hernandez and Karen Rhymes
Credit By Exam (CBE) Information
Students in grades K-5 will have four opportunities during the school year to use “credit-by-exam” to accelerate to another grade level. Students will only have one opportunity to test for each grade level considered.
To apply to take the test to skip kindergarten, a student must be 5 by September 1, and registered in a CFISD school. To apply to take the test to skip grade 1, a student must be 6 by September 1, and enrolled in a CFISD school.
Students who earn scores of 80% or better on each component of the credit-by-exam will qualify to advance one grade. Only one grade level may be “skipped” each year. No retests will be given.
If you are interested in getting more information about credit-by-exam, please contact the school counselor.
Summer Testing (June & July)
Testing will be conducted in a districtwide setting.
Students who want to skip grades K-5 will be tested in June or July.
For fifth grade students who want to skip subjects in grade 6, follow the application procedures and timeline for middle school.
Los estudiantes de kindergarten a 5to grado tendrán cuatro oportunidades durante el año escolar para usar el sistema de “crédito por examen” para adelantarse y pasar al siguiente grado. Los estudiantes solo tendrán una oportunidad de rendir la prueba por grado considerado.
Telecommunication Letter (link)
BLACK PTO
Presidents Corner
Thank you to all of our families and volunteers for your continued support of our school!
If you are interested in holding a PTO Board position for our 2022-2023 school year, nomination forms are located in our PTO room.
Our next general PTO meeting will be a zoom meeting on April 19th. At this meeting we will be voting on our 2022-2023 PTO Board members. We look forward to seeing you at the meeting!
Kim Elliott
PTO President
VIPS TEAM
Thank you so much to all our dedicated volunteers that work so hard to make Black Elementary a success.
Junior Achievement is an opportunity for volunteers to teach in our first and second grade classrooms this spring! Volunteers will be provided with all materials and talking points. Ms. Childers is still in need of a JA volunteer. For more information please contact Sara Martin at juniorachievement@blackpto.net and find out how to get involved.
Cultural Arts Team
Hospitality
Hello Bearkat Family,
Spring is here and that means it’s almost time to celebrate our Teachers and
Staff during Teacher & Staff Appreciation week. This will be the first week of
May and you will see in the upcoming weeks some paperwork coming home with
your Bearkat regarding how they can help join in the Appreciation fun. There
are several events we will have going on that week, and we are needing some
volunteers. If you are available, please email us at hospitality@blackpto.net .
Thank you again for always offering your help.
Jessica Dunnington and Latanya Price
Hospitality Co Chairs
Birthday Wall
Are you looking for a special way to celebrate your Bearkat’s birthday? For just $5 you can have your Bearkat’s picture featured on the birthday wall located in the main hall during their birthday month. Forms can be found in the PTO packet that was sent home. If you have any questions or need a form, please feel free to reach out to Christina Longer at culturalarts@blackpto.net.
SRC
We still have many open slots for this years SRC demos. Please see the attached sign up genius and link to the training calendar to sign up to lead a demo. If you have any questions, please contact Christina Longer at SRC@blackpto.net with any questions or concerns.
Training link - https://www.cfisd.net/cms/lib/TX50000664/Centricity/Domain/792/SRC%20VIPS%20Training%20Calendar%202021-2022-rev2.pdf
Sign up genius - https://www.signupgenius.com/go/409094CA8A72DA1FE3-science1
YEARBOOKS $28.00
Make your Yearbook purchases on the Balfour site. Be sure to include your students' grade and homeroom class, as this helps with the delivery process.
https://www.balfour.com/texas/cypress/black-elementary-school
Also please remember that Yearbook is dependent on amazing photos!
Please share those special photos with the yearbook using the Balfour Image Share App.
The app can be downloaded on any phone and our project code is 229380.
Make sure submitted photos include names of kids, events, grade and any other important details.
We can not include every photo but we do aim for a variety of kids and events!
If you want to volunteer as a photographer for an event contact yearbook@blackpto.net
$28.00
From Membership
Clinic:
Please pack your student a change of clothes just in case. Thank you!
We love our members! Register your family with our PTO today for just $10.
These fees help pay for many things at our school and every dollar counts. Field trips, STAAR snacks, cultural arts events and technology to name a few. We need you!
BlackPTO.membershiptoolkit.com
*Pay your party fees per student as well
$6/student PreK-4th
$25/student 5th grade
Jamie Roberts
Membership
Spirit Nights
Marco’s Pizza:
5th Grade - April 20th
Safety Information
District Childfind
Childfind services
The Cypress Fairbanks Independent School District Special Education Department provides educational services to over 10,000 students with special needs.
Teachers, instructional aides, speech pathologists and related service personnel provide instruction and related services to students who have a disability. Students are eligible for special education services from the age of 3 through 21. Students who have hearing and vision disabilities may receive services from birth.
To be eligible for special education services, students must meet eligibility requirements as a student with an orthopedic impairment, other health impairment, auditory impairment, visual impairment, diagnosis of deaf/blind, intellectual disabilities, emotional disturbance, learning disability, speech impairment, multiple disabilities, autism, non-categorical early childhood, or traumatic brain injury.
Cypress Fairbanks ISD instructional arrangements for elementary school-aged students include in-class support, resource classes and speech/language therapy. Early Childhood Special Education (ECSE, formerly PPCD), adaptive behavior, and LIFE Skills classes are offered as cluster services at the elementary level.
In-class support, resource classes, LIFE Skills, adaptive behavior and speech/language services are available at all secondary level campuses.
Related services may include psychological services, occupational therapy, physical therapy, orientation and mobility training, school health services, adaptive equipment and special transportation.
Other special education service options include the Dorothy Carlton Center, the Maybelline Carpenter Center, homebound, adaptive physical education, itinerant and on-site services to the visually impaired.
As part of the Northwest Harris County Cooperative for the Hearing Impaired, services for students who have auditory impairments are offered at Birkes Elementary, Matzke Elementary, Spillane Middle School and Cy-Ridge High School. In addition to receiving instruction at the on-site campuses, students may be served by itinerant teachers, speech pathologists, and/or an audiologist at their home campus.
Are you the parent of a pre-school (3-5 years) or school aged child and have concerns regarding your child’s physical, speech, and/or emotional development? Is your child experiencing academic problems which could interfere significantly with educational success? If so, contact the Special Education Department at 281-897-6400 to discuss your concerns and learn more about the referral process.
Tipline @ Black Elementary
Cy-Fair Tipline is an anonymous reporting system that allows students and parents to communicate school concerns or threats to their campus administration through the Internet or via text messaging. Students and parents are able to submit reports/tips via text or email anonymously 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. To access the system: http://www.safe2helptips.com/cf148s. This link is also located on the school website under 'Contact Us'.
School Messenger
School Messenger
School Messanger -
Siga los siguientes pasos para registrarse y recibir alertas de emergencia del distrito.
OTHER FLYERS AND INFO
Thank you to the following corporate sponsors that support our school.
Black Elementary Info
Email: black@cfisd.net
Website: black.cfisd.net
Location: 14155 Grant Road, Cypress, TX, USA
Phone: 281-320-7145