JNE'S Friday E-Folder
Friday, September 1st
Dear JNE Parents and Guardians,
It has been a productive and positive week here at Neill! It has been a joy watching students engage in various learning activities and making meaningful progress in their learning! We are reaching the halfway mark of our first grading term. Parents of students in grades 2-5 are able to monitor student percentage grades through Skyward Family Access.
FBISD has re-opened the window for families to complete their Online Verification through Skyward Family Access. If you have yet had a chance to complete your forms, please do so before Friday, September 15th.
Upcoming Events
September 4th- Labor Day: Staff/Student Holiday
September 7th- Virtual Parent Session: Traditional Grading System (starting at 5pm)
September 13th- PTO General Assembly (4:30pm in JNE Cafeteria)
September 13th- Grades K-2 Parent Information Night (starting at 5pm)
September 14th- Grades 3-5 Parent Information Night (starting at 5pm)
September 15th- Early Release/Parent Teacher Conferences
Please review our September calendar of student activities posted below.
Items in our Newsletter Include:
- Campus Flyers
- Lunch Visitors
- Birthday Treats
- Attendance Information
- 2023-2024 Health and Safety Protocols
- Link to FBISD 2023-2024 Webpage
Have a wonderful weekend!
Sincerely,
The JNE Admin Team
Campus Flyers
Virtual Parent Session: Transition to Traditional Grading Flyer- NEW!
Parent Information Nights Flyer- NEW!
Start with Hello Week Flyer- NEW!
Campus GT Referral Flyer- NEW!
Grades 3-5 Counselor's Needs Assessment Letter- NEW!
Future Tigers Cheer Clinic Flyer
Dyslexia Parent Night Flyer (English)
Dyslexia Parent Night Flyer (Spanish)
FBISD Back to School Immunization Clinics
Fall 2023 Success Zone Classes
Neill Elementary Night with the Space Cowboys Flyer (Campus Event on September 5th)
Arrival Reminders
Our arrival line is longest between 7:45-8:10am. We invite families to take advantage of a shorter line by delivering their student to school between 7:30 and 7:45am.
Lunch Visitors
Neill Elementary School will be inviting parent to join their children for lunch. Only one guest per student will be allowed into the cafeteria. Since space is limited, we ask that parents share the opportunity to visit as we will not be able to host every parent, every day. We strongly encourage parents to sign up only one time per week if space allows. We thank you for supporting us as our current practice is set in the interest of safety and fairness to everyone who would like to enjoy lunch with their child.
Due to space constraints with large grade level enrollment, as well as to ensure the safety and security of all students, staff and visitors, we will ask that lunch guest sign up to join us ahead of time. Each week in our Friday Newsletter, we will post the link to a sign up genius for the upcoming week.
Link to JNE's Lunch Visitor Sign Up Genius
Please remember to bring a photo id with you to campus as this is required to be signed in to campus as a visitor.
JNE Reminders for First Time Lunch Guests
- Lunchtime guests will be signed in to visit in the cafeteria only. Thank you for exiting the building through the front doors at the end of lunch.
- Guests can only join a student for lunch if they are an approved emergency contact in Skyward Family Access.
- Guest must have a photo ID to be allowed onto campus.
- Visitors may only bring food for their child.
- Families who need an allergy-free seat during lunch may leave a note in the comment section of the sign-up genius.
- Please exit the cafeteria at our 5-minute remaining mark to help us prepare for our next lunch and to allow students time to rejoin their class and prepare to return to their classroom.
- We will not be able to host lunch visitors during state testing or special events on campus.
Birthday Treats
Students will be allowed to celebrate their birthday at the end of the day, by bringing individually packaged store-bought food products, provided by the parent or grandparent. Treats may be distributed to classmates on or near (i.e. bring treats on Monday when the birthdate was on a weekend) the student’s birthdate.
Prior to sending any treats, we ask that you contact your child’s teacher to discuss the date you will send treats. The nutritional label must be attached to your store-bought item. A parent or guardian must bring them into the building and fill out the proper form which is submitted to FBISD’s Child Nutrition office.
Parents or grandparents of a student at Neill may provide one birthday treat per child to share with the student’s homeroom class only. This may be in the form of ONE individually wrapped edible or ONE small tangible item (such as a pencil) with the value of the individual item not to exceed $5.00.
We require single serving items, which must be pre-packaged and individually wrapped, such as mini-
cupcakes, cookies, brownies, or Krispy treats.
We respectfully request no cakes, drinks, balloons, flowers, donuts, stuffed animals, or goody bags. To preserve instructional time, additional party favors ARE NOT permitted. Birthday treat time is not a “party” but a simple, quick recognition of the child’s special day.
Please keep in mind that we have several students with food allergies. For this reason, products containing peanuts or manufactured on equipment that processes peanuts are prohibited. No nuts please, due to allergies.
Attendance Information
Neill Elementary Parking Lot is a Hands- Free Zone as per Texas Transportation Code 545.425
FBISD Health and Safety Protocols & How to Report Testing Positive for COVID-19
The health & safety of students, teachers, and staff is the District’s foremost priority. Students and staff should stay home when sick and if they do test positive for COVID-19 self-report using the FBISD Wellness Screener. Individuals can return to school/work once they meet the following requirements: five days have passed since the start of symptoms (if no symptoms, five days after testing positive), improvement of symptoms, and the individual has been fever-free for 24 hours without the use of fever-reducing medications.
Link: FBISD Health & Safety Protocols Webpage; FBISD Wellness Screener
James C. Neill Elementary School
Email: margaret.murphy@fortbendisd.com
Website: https://www.fortbendisd.com/jne
Location: 3830 Harvest Corner Drive, Richmond, TX, USA
Phone: 281-327-3760
Twitter: @JNE_Longhorns