The Hoot Owl
DECEMBER 2022
Notes from the principal
Dress codes are established to teach grooming and hygiene, prevent disruptions, minimize safety hazards, and to maintain a positive learning environment. The District prohibits pictures, emblems, or writings on clothing that are any of the following: lewd, violent, suggestive, offensive, vulgar or obscene, or advertise or depict tobacco products, alcoholic beverages, drugs, or any other substance prohibited under FNCF (LEGAL). Halter-tops, muscle shirts, and spaghetti-straps tops are not permitted unless covered by another shirt. Midriff shirts, or shirts exposing the midsection of the body, are not permitted. Blue jean cutoffs or unhemmed shorts are not appropriate dress for elementary/intermediate school classes. Makeup/cosmetics may not be worn or applied at school. Hair and hairstyle cannot create a distraction. Pants/shorts may not be worn lower than undergarments. Students who choose to wear shorts to school must wear them at fingertip length when the student rests his/her arms at his/her side. Flip flops may not be worn during P.E. classes. Shorts may be worn under dresses. Dresses and skirts should be appropriate length (fingertip) and tights should accompany shorter dresses, skirts or shorts. A campus may have additional rules regarding dress code. If the principal determines that a student’s grooming or clothing violates the school’s dress code, the student will be given an opportunity to correct the problem at school and return to the classroom.
If the problem cannot be corrected at school, the school will work with the student and parent to obtain an acceptable change of clothing for the student in a way that minimizes loss of instructional time. Until the situation is corrected, the student may be assigned to in-school suspension. Repeated or severe offenses may result in more serious disciplinary action in accordance with the Student Code of Conduct.
NURSE'S NOTE
Our clinic is always in need of clothing. If you are doing spring cleaning, please consider donating gently used clean clothing to our school. New underwear of all sizes for boys and girls is also a need. Items can be dropped at the front office.
SUMMER GT NOMINATIONS
Nominations for summer GT testing are open through April 29th. If you feel that your child would benefit from gifted and talented testing, please email Erin Anderson (eanderson@conroeisd.net) to receive the referral forms.
All forms are due by April 28th.
GT testing in English will occur Tuesday, May 30-Thursday, June 1 at Bush Elementary from 8:00am - 11:00am.
GT testing in Spanish will occur at ORE in May.PTO NEWS
Smencil sales will take place during lunch on April 14. Watch for more details.
Pastries with Peeps - a come and go event on April 14 from 7:00 - 7:45 a.m.
PTO Meeting will be April 24 via Zoom.
PTO OFFICERS FOR 23-24
NOMINATIONS ARE OPEN:
PTO is looking for a few good folks with servant hearts to help fill in the officer positions for the 23-24 school year. You don't have to start at President. There are many other positions such as Member at Large where you can "get your feet wet" by helping with something smaller like a luncheon for the teachers, co-chair an event, etc... If you are interested or know someone who is interested, please use the link below to complete the Nomination Form.
Positions:
- President
- Vice President
- Secretary
- Treasurer
- Parliamentarian
- Member at large
- Volunteer Coordinator
- Social Media/Website updates and Facebook Account
If you are being nice and nominating a friend, please make sure they know.
PASTRIES WITH PEEPS SPONSORED BY PTO
LUNCH RESERVATIONS
- Make a reservation online from our school webpage.
- Lunch visitors will need to present ID at the front desk to check into the building. You must also be on the child's contact list, meaning a parent or emergency contact. If not, parents will be contacted for permission prior to entrance.
- Parents will meet their children in the cafeteria and then go to room 300 to enjoy lunch.
- At the end of lunch, return the child to their teacher in the cafeteria.
- Parents are asked to head to the front and check out immediately following lunch.
- Parents are not to be in classrooms or on the recess playground without prior permission from administration.
ATTENDANCE
INFORMATION TO KNOW:
School hours: 8:00 - 3:10 p.m.
Doors open at 7:35 a.m. Please do not drop students off before that time as there is no supervision.
Students are tardy at 8:01 a.m.
Dismissal begins at 3:10 p.m.
Visitors on campus:
Things to know about visiting our campus.
*Arrive at the front door and ring the doorbell (facing the doors to your right)
*Let the front office staff know what you need.
*Once you have communicated with front office staff, you will be buzzed into the front vestibule.
*An ID will be required to enter the main part of the building or check a child out. Please make sure you have it with you as you will be sent to get it.
Volunteering on campus:
Please remember that in order to volunteer on campus (reading to a class, going on a field trip, helping with PTO, attending class parties, etc...), parents must have completed the Volunteer Background check for the district. This must be completed for every school where you will volunteer so if you have students at 3 different schools, you must complete it for all 3 schools.
TRANSPORTATION
CHANGES TO TRANSPORTATION -
if you need to change your child's transportation, please email the school at contactore@conroeisd.net. Emailing the teacher and/or Class Dojo is not a great option in the event the teacher is absent from school.
We ask that you limit changes over the phone by calling the front office for emergencies only. These changes must be called into the front office no later than 2:30 p.m.
Early check out ends at 2:45 pm. After 2:45, you will be instructed to get in the car rider line.
CAR RIDER
Our car rider line is typically completed in about 20 minutes from start to finish. Please be in line by 3:25 p.m. Staff is off duty at 3:40 so having students consistently picked up after that is causing our staff to have to stay late.
Below is a map of our car rider line. We ask that parents who are coming north on the feeder road enter the car rider line from Oak Ridge School Road (between the hotel and Saltgrass). Parents who enter from our driveway will be forced to turn left and find the end of the line as the right turn lane will be blocked.
In order to help the line move quickly, please display your car rider sign where it is easily visible. If you do not have a car rider sign, you will be asked for an ID before your child will be released.
We do not allow parents to walk up to the porch for drop off or pick up for car riders. Students may not be dropped off in the parking lot nor near the playground fence and allowed to walk. This creates a safety concern and therefore, is not allowed.
If you are in the car rider line and picking up a sick child, please notify the lady walking the cars and she will direct you to park and walk up to get your child.
If you need replacement or additional car rider signs, please call the front office or email your request to contactore@conroeisd.net.
WALKERS
Students can be walkers only if they live in the no bus zone. This is for those who live within the 1 mile zone of the school according to transportation. If your child is eligible for bus service, they will need to either be a car rider or a bus rider.
We do monitor this and will notify parents if their children cannot be walkers.
Walkers are delivered to parents in the cul de sac at the fence cut through. We expect parents to be present to get their children from this area. If the weather forces you to drive your car to this location, we do ask that you carefully monitor all children to ensure that everyone arrives at their cars safely. Students who do not have parents present will be brought back to the school and parents will have to come over and get them.
Weather decisions are made at 3:00 p.m. and parents will be notified through text messaging. Walker parents received an email with information on how to subscribe to that text message service. If you need assistance, please email us at contactore@conroeisd.net.
BUS RIDERS
If your child's bus is late, please watch your email for a notification from transportation called Bus Hub. This email should notify you of the approximate amount of delay.
Please do not cut off the Smart Tags that are on student backpacks. These tags are used to scan on and off the bus for safety measures.
FREE/REDUCED LUNCH
As offers come in from different organizations to assist students with back to school clothes/supplies, Christmas gifts, food, etc...only those families who are on free/reduced lunch will be eligible to receive these services. Please use the link below to update your application:
APRIL DATES TO KNOW
5 - Junior Achievement - Kinder
7 - School holiday
10 - School holiday
13 - Kinder field trip
15 - Early Childhood Fair
20 - ExplOREtorium Night
20 - 1st grade field trip
25 - 4th Reading STAAR
26 - 3rd Reading STAAR
27 - Make up for STAAR Reading
APRIL STAFF BIRTHDAYS
7 - Lisa Lopez
8 - Caitlin Lembrich
10 - Dena Green
11 - Reagen Wiley
12 - Melissa Hill
22 - Viri DeAlencar
24 - Miranda Howland
30 - Kim Dooley
30 - Tami Miller
30 - Sydney Spencer