Thank you for your support as we work to create efficient and safe front office procedures for our school community. Our busy arrival/dismissal times present unique challenges as we have more than 1,000 students each with their own destination. Please read below as there are a few updates.

Please remember:

• Anytime you visit the school: Bring a photo ID (driver's license, passport) to hold up to the camera. You cannot check out your student, visit, or volunteer without presenting your original ID. Pictures on a phone are not accepted.
• At Arrival: If your student arrives tardy (after the 7:50 A.M. bell), you must walk them to the front vestibule. Fill out the slip for late arrivals, then push the call button for assistance.
• At Dismissal: If you arrive late to pick up your student, present your ID or dismissal tag to the camera and wait in the front vestibule until a RAE staff member can check out your student to you.
• When dropping off forgotten items: Lunches, water bottles, coats, eyeglasses are the item that can be dropped off and must be dropped off with their name clearly labeled on the teal slip and place on the black cart in the vestibule by 10 A.M. to ensure delivery.
• During the School Day: When picking up your student for an appointment, parents fill out the white slip & must present identification when checking them out. Parents will be asked to wait in the lobby while we call for the student(s). Please be aware that our classes move to different locations in the building during the day and it may take extra time for us to help your student gather their backpack, etc. If a person other than a student's legal guardian will pick up a student, a note from the parent with a photo of the parent's driver's license attached must be sent from the email address on file with Katy ISD. The note can be sent to RAEcommunications@katyisd.org or with their student to school and should include a full name and address for the adult picking up the child. When checking a student back into school, please fill out the slip with student information, push the call button, and send the student inside the front office to check in with the front office team member.

Our 5th Grade Fishing Field trip to the Outdoor Learning Center will be Wednesday, November 1st. Students will be creating T-shirts with our art teachers on this field trip. Please scan the QR code below to complete the google form to select your students’ t-shirt size.

A Pay N’ Go link will be sent home in the next few weeks. Thank you for your cooperation!

Parents, teachers, staff, family, and friends - order your choice of 1 pound tubs of chicken salad, egg salad, pimento cheese, large sides like broccoli salad, pasta salad, grape salad, mac 'n cheese, fresh fruit as well as croissants and treats with the order form link provided. Chicken Salad Chick will call to collect payment. 20% of sales will be donated to the RAE PTA. If 5:30-5:45 pm isn't a convenient pick up time, you're welcome to have a friend or PTA member pick up for you.

Pick up your order Wednesday, 9/13/2023, from 5:30-5:45 pm in the RAE front parking lot. Questions? Email nicolesanders.csc@gmail.com

CLICK HERE TO ORDER TODAY: https://forms.gle/YrFtFVLk8DUTM1Jy5

Deadline to order: Tuesday, 9/12, at 10 am

For more PTA news head over to www.RAEPTA.org and look for your newsletter in your inbox this Sunday!

StingRAE Families! The PTA family account you created last year needs to be re-verified. Please check your information but more importantly update your student's Homeroom Teacher!! If you are new to RAE and haven't created an account, it only takes a few minutes to create an account! RAE PTA website www.raepta.org Thank you!

Special Buddies is a unique program at RAE where fourth graders can partner and take the responsibility of befriending a special buddy within our school community. This program allows an opportunity for inclusivity and engagement for our neuro-divergent friends in our school.

Parents, if you think your fourth grader would be interested in participating, please be on the lookout for how to sign up in early September.

You may now purchase a special birthday wishes for your student that will appear on our marquee in the front of our school. You have the option to choose to display for 1 day, or for 1 week. Due to space limitations, the maximum of ten birthdays will be displayed on a first come, first serve basis. Attached are the links to purchase your students birthday message.

Purchase Birthday Marquee Messages - Click Here!

A signature of the health care provider is needed on all Doctor notes (dr., nurse, therapist, etc.). We are unable to accept unsigned doctor notes.

RAE Spirit Wear / Field Day T-Shirt is available for purchase through Pay ‘n Go for $12.00. T-Shirts will be delivered to your child’s teacher. Purchase here: https://katyisd.revtrak.net/

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On Wednesday, August 16 a new SMART Tag ID system will be rolled out across Katy ISD school buses to help monitor ridership, including when and where a student is picked up or dropped off by a school bus. This new system will replace Katy ISD’s Edulog Lite App.

As part of the new process, the school identification (ID) cards of eligible bus riders will incorporate a SMART Tag ID, which they will use every time they enter and exit their school bus.

Parents and guardians will also have access to the SMART Tag Parent Web Portal — a cloud-based platform that will enable them to monitor their student’s ridership and bus route. Parents of eligible riders will need to register with the SMART Tag Parent Web Portal to take advantage of these features. More information about the registration process will be provided to parents of eligible riders, via the email address on file with the district, within the coming week. To sign up for the new system, parents will need the student’s ID number, date of birth and name of campus the student attends.

In the meantime, additional information about the SMART Tag program can be found on the Katy ISD Transportation Department’s Smart Tag webpage.