January Maverick Monthly News

Welcome back Massey Mavericks! We hope you all had a wonderful, relaxing, and fun-filled holiday break. We are excited to see the campus full of smiling students and staff on January 10th.

Mission

Massey Ranch Elementary will provide a diverse learning community that promotes academic, social emotional, and personal growth.

Vision

Massey Ranch Elementary is an inclusive environment where all students, families, and staff collaboratively develop respectful, productive, lifelong learners.

Grades PK-4..............7:55 AM - 3:15 PM

Front Doors Open......................7:15 AM

Breakfast Served......7:15 AM - 7:50 AM

Students Enter Class................7:45 AM

Class Begins.............................7:55 AM

Students must be inside the building by 7:55 AM. Students entering the building after this time will be tardy. Parents are required to park and come into the lobby to sign them in after 7:55.

January is....School Board Recognition Month and National Mentoring Month!

1/8 Teacher Instructional Planning (No School for Students)

1/9 Staff Development & Law Enforcement Appreciation Day (No School for Students)

1/10 Students return; Term 3 Begins & Report Cards posted in Skyward

1/10-1/12 No Lunch Visitors

1/11 PTA Meeting @ 6:30pm

1/15 MLK Jr. Day (School Holiday)

1/23 Central Texas BBQ Spirit Night

1/24 STAAR Night 6:15-6:45pm

1/30 3rd & 4th grade STAAR Practice Test

1/30 No Lunch Visitors

1/31 Progress Reports

2/2 - 2/9 Book Fair

2/5 100th Day of School

2/6 4th grade Field Test for Reading Language Arts

2/8 Multicultural and Spring Academic Night

Each year, 3rd and 4th grade students take the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) assessments. These assessments assess students on their mastery of the Texas Essential Knowledge of Skills (TEKS). The content students learn within each grade level are based on the TEKS. We invite you to come learn more about the STAAR assessments on January 24th from 6:15-6:45 pm. We will also be posting a recorded session for those of you who can't make it.

We look forward to seeing you!

• January Cafeteria Menu to come
• Become a Volunteer/Chaperone
• School Cafe Account
• Join PTA
• Staff Shout-outs!

We are looking forward to focusing on Perseverance this month! One way to think about Perseverance is “pushing yourself through challenges and obstacles.” We all experience challenges in our lives. We all have moments when we feel like we can’t do it or that we want to give up on a big task. It is important to develop tools that help us work through those challenges in order to grow in those moments instead of giving up. If you want to learn more about Perseverance, click on the Perseverance Family Letter below.

Our Lost and Found is getting full and as our weather gets colder, we are finding more jackets around. Be sure to LABEL your child's jackets/sweaters with his/her name so that the item can make its way back to them.

January is National Mentoring Month and we would like to thank all

of the RISE mentors that give of their time each week to meet with

and build relationship with our students. Our students love

meeting with their RISE mentor and it means so much to the

parents and to the staff to know that our kids have another positive

adult supporting them.

If you would like to learn more about RISE Mentoring, CLICK HERE to visit the website. There is always a need for more mentors to

meet the high demand of kids wanting and waiting to be matched.

If you are interested in becoming a RISE mentor or would like to

see about signing your child up to be matched with a RISE mentor

you can contact the District Mentor Specialist at

mentoring@pearlandisd.org.

Always send a parent or medical note within 3 days of an absence!

Arrival Car

• Pull all the way forward to the staff member by the columns to keep the line moving.
• Remain in a single line all the way through the driveway.
• Do not pass other cars in the drop-off line.
• All students must get dropped off by driving the line. Parents may not drop off in the parking lot or walk students up to the building.
• Seat your school-aged child(ren) on the passenger side for unloading.
• Have your child(ren) ready with all their belongings and teach them to get out of the vehicle independently. Encourage them to open the door and exit if they are able.
• If your child needs assistance or cannot open the door, please roll down the window and let a staff member know so that we may assist.

Changes to How Your Child Goes Home

If you are changing the way your child goes home, please send a hand-written note to school with your child. Please do not email your child’s teacher with transportation changes, as teachers do not check their email during instructional time. You may call the school if advance notice is not possible. All notice of transportation changes must be given before 2:30 pm.

Student Check-out

Students may not be checked out after 3:00 pm. The left lane in the front driveway must be kept open until 3:00 pm for access to the building.

We appreciate our family lunch visitors! Please remember our tips and simple requests:

• Lunch visitors will eat with their child in the Visitor room.
• All visitors will check in at the front reception desk with a valid photo ID.
• The check-in process will be a little slow at first, so we suggest that you arrive early to ensure that you are ready at your child's lunch time.
• Once you have been checked in, we ask that you wait in the front vestibule until your child's lunch time.
• Visitors are welcome to bring in lunch for themselves and their Maverick.
• If the student needs to buy their lunch from the cafeteria , they will get their lunch from the cafeteria line and meet their lunch guest in the Visitor room.
• When lunch is over, your child's teacher will stop by the Visitor room to signal that it is time to say your goodbyes. At that time, your child will join their class lunch table and you will make your way to the front exit.

Lunch Visitor Reminders:

• We ask that lunch visitors refrain from taking additional students to the Visitor room.
• We also ask that lunch visitors refrain from buying/giving food to a student that is not your child for safety reasons and that you refrain from taking photos or videos of students that are not your child.
• Please say your goodbyes in the cafeteria at the end of your child's lunch time.
• Visitors will not walk back to the classroom with the class, but should report directly to the front exit, and turn in the visitor badge.

Principal: Melanie Grote

Assistant Principal: Brigitte Bernal

Assistant Principal: Jennifer Greer

Counselor: Crystal Bryant

Nurse: Morgan Bishop

Secretary: Opal Hill

Registrar: Sandy Helton

Receptionist: Melanie Hall

Telephone: 281-727-1700

Fax: 281-692-0300

Mascot: Maverick

Colors: Blue & Green