Wrangler Family News

¿Sabía que puede traducir este boletín a más de 200 idiomas haciendo clic en el botón Traducir en la parte superior derecha? Las familias de Knowles Elementary hablan más de 10 idiomas diferentes además del inglés y el español.

Did you know that you can translate this newsletter into over 200 languages by clicking the Translate button on the top right. Knowles Elementary families speak more than 10 different languages in addition to English and Spanish.

• Wednesday, August 9th: Kinder & New Family Orientation - 6pm in the Cafeteria

• Monday, August 14th: Early Childhood Family Day for PreK 3 & PreK 4, Session 1: 8am-9:45am, Session 2: 10 am-11:45 am

• Monday, August 14th: Meet the Teacher (K-5) - 2 Sessions: 5pm or 5:45pm, Come & Go!

• Wednesday, August 16th: First Day of School - Doors Open to Students at 7:10am

• Thursday, August 31st: Parent Orientation with Classroom Teacher & Title 1 Parent Information Presentation, 2 Sessions: 5pm and 5:45pm

The top campus safety concern based on our Spring parent survey was the campus arrival and dismissal process, particularly the number to cars making u-turns at the end of Cougar Country Drive. In order to make our campus arrival and dismissal safer, we are asking families to review the map below and descriptions of all of the arrival and dismissal options.

Arrival & Dismissal Options

Walkers - Students and families on foot or bike.

• In the morning, crossing guards will be stationed at the West driveway, Cougar Country Drive, and the Car Rider Driveway. A district crossing guard is located at the intersection of Cougar Country and Lakeline Dr.

• In the afternoon, all will walk to the West of the school and take the turn around path at the dead end. Students can use the neighborhood path or continue down the sidewalk on Cougar Country. Students can continue on Mayfield Way into the neighborhood or cross at Mayfield Way to continue to Lakeline Dr. Staff escort ends at Mayfield Way.

• Walker is not intended for families driving a car to the school. If you drive to the school, please select Car Line or Park & Meet options.

Car Line - Families driving to school and picking up or dropping off in the car line.

• To minimize the length of the line on Cougar Country, we will have double queuing starting at the parking spaces.
  
• For younger children and those needing extra assistance, please pull forward to the orange area. This will allow others to drive by.
  

Park & Meet - Families driving to the school but not using the carline.

• Morning and afternoon, park in the RBMS Track lot.

• In the morning, students and/or families walk on foot following the yellow path to the front of the school.

• At dismissal, families are asked to wait in the grassy area where the crossing guard is to meet their child. Parents will walk their child through the parking lot to their car.

• Handicap parking remains available at the front of the school for families with a handicap placard or license plate who have a need for closer parking.

Bus Riders- Only buses will be permitted in the bus loop for safety.

• Parents will use the following link http://www.infofinderi.com/ifi/?cid=LI05015037847 to find what bus your student should use, as well as where and what time bus stops are

Daycares - Student(s) will be picked up by the daycare bus chosen by the parent

Onsite YMCA (Dismissal Only)- Students are in the school gym and can be picked up from the side doors near the car rider line after 3:15pm. Please consult the YMCA for specific direction on pick up.

Please let us know how your child will be going home the first few days of school and their regular transportation home by completing this form.

If you need to register a new student, please visit the Leanderisd.org webpage. Click on enrollment for new students and fill out the new student registration for the 23/24 school year.

We are accepting all students for Kindergarten through 5th grade. If you are registering for PreKindergarten, please know that you do need to qualify and you should upload all qualifying documents on the registration portal.

Please do not fill out a new student registration if your child was at Knowles for the 22/23 school year as your child will automatically rollover. However, returning Student Verification is now open. Please login to Home Access Center (HAC), you can find the portal through the LISD web page, and update your student’s details. This is to verify that your student will be returning to LISD, you need to update your address, or update and add contact information to your child’s file.

If you cannot access your HAC account, please send me an email at jiaretzy.escudero@leanderisd.org with your student’s first and last name so that I may reset your password.

The Leander ISD Virtual Learning Academy is still taking applications for second through eighth grades. We offer fully synchronous classes with highly qualified and certified teachers and small class sizes. Students in VLA gain skills like digital citizenship, self-discipline, and ownership of learning to name a few. Contact us at remotelearning@leanderisd.org for more information or apply at this link: https://bit.ly./3kOQbYX

2023 STAAR Results will be available to parents through the TEA family portal starting August 16th. Additional information about Spring 2023 STAAR testing can be found here.