The Panther Press

April

26- STAAR Science 5th: No Visitors

27- Dress Your Teacher for a $1

27-Site Base Decision Making Team Meeting

28- House Challenge

28- Morgan Gala

May

1-5 - Teacher Appreciation Week

2- STAAR Math: 4th grade (closed campus)

3- STAAR Math: 3rd grade (closed campus)

4- STAAR Math: 5th grade (closed campus)

9- 1st Grade Field Trip

11-PK Field Trip

17- FOM Popsicles at Recess

18- 4th Grade Field Trip

22-K/5th Grade Celebration of Learning

23-ECSE, PK, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th Celebration of Learning

24-5th Grade Final Walk- Field Trip to Main Event

24-ECSE, PK, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th EOY Parties

25-5th Grade EOY Party

25-Last Day of School

Gala Tickets are on sale NOW!! Click the link below to purchase yours before they sell out!!

https://www.friendsofmorgan.org/gala

Morgan Elementary is on a mission to help the Lamar Education Awards Foundation(L.E.A.F) raise money! L.E.A.F. puts hundreds of thousands of dollars into our LCISD classrooms each year. They are committed to enriching the quality of education that our students receive. Since our school's opening, we have received $11,129 in grants.

To help support L.E.A.F we are asking that students bring $1 to dress their teacher with a clothing item or accessory on Thursday, April 27th. (no more than 2 items per student). Teachers will wear the items for a parade at the end of the school day!

If you would like to make a monetary donation of more than $1 that would be greatly appreciated. Every dollar we raise will go back to teachers through grants!

At the March Board meeting, our Board of Trustees approved the 2023-2024 Instructional Calendar.

As one of the fastest-growing districts in Texas, it is our responsibility to anticipate and respond to the needs of our students, parents, and staff – now more than ever.

With campuses stretched across 385 square miles, our families and staff have spent the last two years combatting bus driver shortages and long transit hours, and the challenges have only increased.

To alleviate these growing pains, our Trustees approved new school hours at the February board meeting. We have designed the following four-tier system, which will be implemented at the beginning of the 2023-2024 school year. This shift ensures that we have enough drivers for each route and eliminates the need for comeback routes.

Our commitment to serve the community is strong. Thank you for staying engaged. Your involvement ensures that our District carries on a proud tradition of excellence

Bus discipline and concerns are handled through the transportation department.

Please contact Randy Donell at 832-223-0283 rdonnell@lcisd.org or

Dollie Linsey at 832-223-0556 dlinsey@lcisd.org.

They will be able to address any issues that arise on the bus.

• Our doors open at 7:00 am. Please do not drop off your child before then as we do not want them left unattended.

• Please drive all the way up to the first drop-off point where a staff member/safety patrol student will be ready to receive cars. We ask that your child is ready when it is time to unload. This includes having their Morgan lanyard w/Smart Tag on, water bottle/lunch kit and backpack on.

• For safety reasons, we are not able to unbuckle safety restraints.

• All students will exit the car on the passenger side.

• Please stay in a single-file line and refrain from passing any vehicles.

• For safety reasons, the only place parents/guardians are permitted to drop students off is at the “parent drop off” in the front drive of the school, where staff and safety patrol will be positioned daily to help students exit safely from cars. Please help us keep our students safe by adhering to this guideline.

• The staff and visitor entrance will be coned off beginning at 7:00 am during morning arrival daily. For the safety of everyone, parents are not permitted to park in the front parking lot and walk students up to the front door. The staff and visitor entrance will be coned off at 7:00 am during morning arrival daily. A staff member will be stationed there to assist parents who might need front office assistance.

Transportation changes - We've noticed that some parents/guardians have left same-day transportation changes on the school's voicemail during the school day which is not checked until after dismissal. When calling the front office to notify us of a same-day transportation change, please speak directly with the front office staff. If you know about the transportation change in advance, please send a note to your child's teacher. Make sure you write your child's first and last name, and teacher's name, and indicate the date (s) for the change and how your child is getting home. Additionally, as our parent handbook states, we are not able to process changes after 2:00 p.m.

According to the elementary parent handbook, students are considered tardy if they are not in the classroom at 7:30 a.m. When students arrive tardy or if they are picked up early from school, it results in loss of instructional time. While we realize there are extenuating circumstances, we want to make sure students are not missing out on learning opportunities.

Morgan Tardy Policy :

1st Tardy - Tardy notice sent home

2nd Tardy - Tardy notice sent home

3rd Tardy - Teacher contacts parent/written notice sent home

4th Tardy - Lunch or recess detention and a referral entered in Skyward/Administrator contacts parent

5th Tardy - Lunch or recess detention / a referral entered into Skyward and sent home 6th (plus) Tardy - After school detention/Family Support Specialist visits home OR contacts parent

Thank you for your attention to this matter and partnering with us to ensure student success!

We are excited to welcome parents to come to school to eat lunch with their child(ren). We value our parents as partners in the educational process.

So that we have a smooth, safe, and efficient process for enjoyable lunch visits, we are asking that everyone follows all school procedures and show your identification in the front office to receive a Raptor badge. Only adults approved by the custodial parent/guardian and on the emergency contact list will have approval to eat lunch with a child. Anyone not on the emergency contact list will not be permitted to visit with the child at any time. Once in the cafeteria all visitors must sit at the visitor table and wait for their child to join them. School-age visitors (in district or out of district) will not be permitted to eat lunch. This includes students on a modified schedule, Elementary, Junior High, and High School.

Visitors may not sit with the class at the grade level assigned tables, but rather at the designated parent table.

• Only students eating with eligible visitors may eat at the designated table. • Parents should bring food for their children only.
• Visits at lunch are limited to 30-minute lunch period. Parents should say their goodbyes at the cafeteria door and return to the front office to exit the building. Visitors should not expect to follow students out to recess or back to the classrooms.
• Parents are not allowed to remove their children from the cafeteria for any reason without permission from a staff member on duty in the cafeteria. A parent wishing to check out their child must do this through the front office.

Attendance is very important to your child’s success in school and is required by law that your child attends school regularly and that you monitor their attendance. Students are considered absent if they are not in school before 9:45 a.m. After 10 unexcused absences, court proceedings may be initiated.

When your student is absent from school, the student upon arrival or return to school, and within 5 days of the absence must bring a note signed by the parent, medical professional, or court official giving the date(s) of the absence(s) and describing the reason for the absence.

We appreciate your support in ensuring that your child receives all his/her instruction daily.

Response to Absences

3 unexcused absences- Attendance letter sent home

5 unexcused absences- Phone call and letter sent home

6 unexcused absences- Parent meeting with Attendance Review Committee

8 unexcused absences- Parent meeting with grade-level Administrator

10 unexcused absences- Truancy filed

Starting the 2nd 9 weeks, we will be implementing a school wide attendance incentive. Homeroom classes will receive a "We're all Here Today" sign for each day the class has 100% attendance. Signs will accumulate throughout the 9 weeks period, and classes will receive rewards based on the number of days the class had everyone in attendance. Please see below for awards.

If you would like would like to recognize an amazing teacher or staff member, please use the linked form and let that person know how much you appreciate them.

If your child is sick:

• Children must be free of fever (less than 100.0 degrees) for 24 hours without the use of fever reducing medications (such as Tylenol or Advil/Motrin/Ibuprofen) before returning to school.

• Children must be free of diarrhea for 24 hours before returning to school and need to be eating and drinking without any problem.

• If a child vomits two or more times within 24 hours, they will need to stay home for at least 24 hours to ensure they are not contagious.

• Please call the school nurse if your child has been diagnosed with a contagious condition such as pink eye, strep throat, chicken pox, head lice, impetigo, ringworm, flu, Covid or has vomiting and/or diarrhea.

• All students arriving at school by car must be dropped off from the car rider line.
• For the safety of everyone, parents are not permitted to park in the front parking lot and walk students up to the front door.
• Please drive all the way up to the first drop-off point where a staff member/safety patrol student will be ready to receive cars.
• We ask that your child be ready when it is time to unload. This means they must have their lanyard w/Smart Tag on, water bottle/lunch kit, and backpack on.
• For safety reasons, we are not able to unbuckle safety restraints.
• All students will exit the car on the passenger side, and all adults need to stay inside their vehicles.
• If you arrive after the bell rings at 7:30 am, for safety reasons parents will need to park and come in with their children to get them checked into the front office.
• Please remember that breakfast is served from 7:00-7:30. If your child is eating breakfast at school, please drop them off in the mornings with enough time to allow them to eat in the cafeteria, as all students are required to be in class by 7:30 am.
• In order to minimize interruptions during instructional time, classroom deliveries will only be made at 10:00 am each day. Items that may be delivered at this time include snacks, birthday treats, and library books. Exceptions to this policy include eyeglasses and coats. All homework assignments will be placed in the teacher's mailbox for pick up at the teacher's earliest convenience. All items brought to school for delivery must be labeled with the student's name and teacher's name.
• Balloons, flowers, gifts, and party favors, etc., for students are not to be delivered at school at any time as they can cause a disruption in the classroom.
• Any changes in the normal transportation of your child must be stated in writing with a parent/guardian signature. We ask for everyone's help in not making changes frequently. However, we understand that unexpected changes will need to happen in rare cases. These can be called into the front office by 2:00 pm. We are not able to process changes after 2:00 pm. This includes parents that come to the campus without prior notice to pick up their child. Any change in transportation arrangements for any student requires a note to the teacher. Make sure you write your child's first and last name, teacher's name, and indicate the date (s) for the change and how the child is going to get home. We ask that parents not email the change since there may be times that a teacher is not in attendance or does not have a chance to read their email.

Follow our Friends of Morgan on Facebook and the website by clicking the buttons below. Friends of Morgan is our Parent Teacher Organization that will support the faculty, students and parents of Morgan Elementary.

Since we are a new school, they are currently working through the process for being able to fundraise to provide amazing opportunities for our Morgan Panther staff and students.

We love volunteers! As we work to build our volunteer base and systems, FOM will be working with the campus to coordinate volunteer activities. More information to come.

Contact Information: friendsofmorgan1@gmail.com

Below, please find the Morgan Elementary Parent Handbook. (Updated August 2022)

This handbook has been designed to give you a quick, brief list of answers to questions, which

may arise, concerning Morgan Elementary School’s operational procedures.

Our campus wide newsletters will supplement the information herein, but if procedure or policy questions are still unanswered you may refer to the Elementary Student Handbook or contact our school to clarify these concerns.

Students can wear the clothing of their choice, as long as it conforms to the LCISD Dress Code Policy. Access the dress code policy in the LCISD Elementary Student/Parent handbook. (Dress and Grooming: Pages 34-36)

Reminder:

• Crop tops are not permitted per district dress code.
• Shorts must fall at mid-thigh length

Spirit Wear Days

Mondays - Themed Day - Panthers Glow for Success

Fridays - Charger Fridays - wear your Charger spirit wear or grade level Friday shirts.

We will update our page as often as possible to share as much as we can about Morgan and the achievements of the students and staff, as well as other relevant campus and district information.

Please click on the PDF below to access the Morgan Elementary Facebook page policy.

Messages for school staff will not be checked or responded to on Facebook. If anyone would like to reach school staff, please do so by calling the campus or emailing the appropriate staff member for assistance. Our campus phone number will be posted soon.

Dr. Brian Gibson, Principal bgibson@lcisd.org

Jana Simoneaux, Asst. Principal jsimoneaux@lcisd.org

Jill Medve, Counselor jill.medve@lcisd.org

Catherine Noriega, Administrative Assistant catherine.noriega@lcisd.org

Email: bgibson@lcisd.org
Website: https://www.lcisd.org/campuses/morgan/home
Location: 32727 School Hill Road Fulshear, Texas
Phone: 832-223-6200
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FletcherMorganES