Our 8th grade Hawks will be taking the Science Benchmark on Monday, March 25th and the 8th grade Social Studies Benchmark on Tuesday, March 26th. Make sure your students charge their chromebook and get a good night's rest. Do your best Hawks! Remember to use the strategies and skills your teachers have taught you. Benchmark data collected for all Benchmarks will be used to identify areas or strengths and areas of opportunities to target as we prepare for STAAR testing.

We are in the final week of our Food Drive. There will be boxes in each grade level office and the cafeteria to place the items in. The food drive will run from Monday, February 26th-Tuesday, April 2nd. The winning grade level will receive a reward from the cafeteria.

The Space Cowboys are sponsoring a fun reading challenge! They will award students and teachers with 2 vouchers to go to a future Space Cowboys baseball game by reading 4 books by April 5th. The program was announced Friday, March 8th. If students want to participate they must fill out the Book Tracking Form that they can get from either their Reading teacher or the librarian, have it signed by a parent and returned by April 5th.

The Hofius PTO would love to welcome more volunteers and we have some great board positions that will be open for next school year! We are looking for some willing volunteers to fill these open positions next year:

PTO President

Vice President (membership)

Vice President (Fundraising)

Secretary

Parliamentarian

Yearbook Coordinator

If you are interested or would like more information, please contact the PTO at HofiusPTO@gmail.com. You can also follow us on Facebook to keep up with all the latest information.

We would also like to invite anyone who is interested to attend our next PTO meeting on Wednesday April 10. We will have a meet and greet at 10:00 am with light refreshments and the meeting will begin at 10:30. We look forward to seeing you there!

Congratulations to the Hofius Intermediate Varsity Treble Choir on their performance at UIL on Thursday, March 7th. The choir recieved all first division ratings, gaining them a SWEEPSTAKES trophy! We are so proud of you Hawks Choir!

On Saturday, February 10th Hofius had two DI teams competing in the regional tournament at Tomball Memorial HS. The Service Team, sponsored by Mrs. Baumel, the DI-ronics, completed a service project with the American Bird Conservancy to clean up the beaches in Surfside, TX. Team members are Elisa Cano (8th), Ava Knight (8th), Isabella Rengifro (7th), James Lundell (6th), Sragvi Reddy Nimma (6th), and Edith Tullos (6th).

Edith Tullos designed the winning t-shirt and pin for the Northwest Harris County DI and all participants will be wearing her winning design to the state competition!

The Science Team, the D-Ideas, sponsored by Mrs. Lenard, include team members Brooklyn Schattle- 8th Grade, Pierina Convert - 7th Grade, Jenny Niederhofer - 7th Grade, Aliyah Schattle - 7th Grade, Preslee Buus - 6th Grade, Jillian Lenard - 6th Grade, and Allyson Pena - 6th Grade.

We are thrilled to announce that both of our teams placed on Saturday, with our Service Team taking 2nd place, and our Science Team taking 1st place. Our Science team will advance to the state contest in Arlington, Texas in April! Congratulations to all of our winners and sponsors!! We are so proud and are rooting for you!!

Congratulations to our talented Hofius Intermediate Art students for their selection as top 10 Finalists in the Houston Rodeo Art Contest!! Hofius had TWO GOLD MEDALIST! Austin Bouy and Axel Ochoa Perez! Congratulations to them and to our amazing Art teachers Mrs. Dudzik, Mrs. Lenard, and Mrs. Awad.

March

25 - 8th Science Benchmark

26 - 8th SS Benchmark

29 - Student Holiday

April

4 -5 - PBIS Basketball Game

19 - Mardi Gras Dance sponsored by StuCo

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Parents, we need your help!

We have been experiencing a significant number of students coming to school with little to no battery charge on their brand-new Chromebooks. We also have students who are not bringing their Chromebooks to school. While we have a handful of loaners for emergencies, we do not want students missing instructional time leaving class for this. To encourage students to come prepared, we will begin following a similar policy as tardies for consequences coming with an uncharged Chromebook.

1st-2nd: Student Warnings

3rd: Warning phone call home

4th+: 2 lunch detentions

This is a reminder for students to please be careful with their new Chromebooks. If a device is dropped or bumped hard, it is possible for the hinge cover to break off or decouple. If this occurs, remind student to keep the hinge and take it to the Repair Center at Hofius to be fixed free of charge. However, any subsequent incident/damage causing the hinge cover to break off will incur a $40 fee for the repair. Thank you for your help caring for our brand new Chromebooks.

Parents, please remind your students to take their IDs tomorrow!!

Students must wear their ID badges around their neck all day, every day, and must have them to purchase food, check out library books, get on the bus, and more. Consequences will be given to students who continuously do not wear their IDs at school.

To ensure all students wear their student ID every day, we offer full/original replacements for $5 and temporary (paper format, valid for one week) replacements for $1. To support students in developing the habit of bringing and wearing their ID, the 1st-3rd occurrences for not doing so are warnings. However, any 4th and subsequent occurrences will result in lunch detention. This is aligned with other expectations, including all students bringing their Chromebook to school charged each day.

Student IDs - please review the Student ID expectations with your student. We appreciate your help and support to ensure the safety of our students while they are in our care.

We are grateful to be able to partner with our families to ensure the safety of our students while they are in our care. Thank, you in advance for your support.

In an effort to ensure that our students are fully engaged during the instructional day, we do not allow students to have their cellphone or headphones at any time during the instructional day. Thank you in advance for reinforcing this expectation at home.

Parents -

Please remind your students that cell phones should be kept in their backpacks when they are transitioning anywhere in the building. This includes AirPods, and headphones. We appreciate your support!

Contact Information: Grade Level Assistant Principal

With the change in the weather, we have seen an increase in students wearing pajamas to school as well as bringing big blankets to school. Neither of the items are dress code appropriate. We ask that all students who bring blankets to keep warm in the morning, that they either put it away in their backpacks during the school day or turn in to the AP office, and they may pick up at the end of the day. We appreciate your support with this.

Parents! Please remind your student of the expectations for Home Games. Students will not be allowed to enter if they are not following the expectations communicated. We appreciate your attention and support! Expectations are communicated daily during school announcements, in our newsletters, as well as posted at the entry of any home games.

In order to enter a game, students MUST go home and later return to be a spectator in a game. No students will be allowed to stay on campus to wait for a game to start. Additionally, to enter a game, students must remain in dress code, including wearing their own school-issued ID badge. No backpacks are allowed at the games. Students must sit within the student section within the bleachers, unless accompanied by an adult. No foul language will be used, and all students will follow the HAWK Core Values at all times. No re-entry is allowed, once students exit the game/ school, they will not be allowed to re-enter. Students may not attend due to excessive tardies (5 or more) and other violation of the student code of conduct. We appreciate your attention to this.

We made adjustments to our procedures for morning cafeteria/breakfast. Please see the slides that were presented to your students regarding the change. We appreciate your support!

Hofius Families,

If students are issued a temporary ID because they left theirs at home, the fee is $1 per temporary ID tag. Some students have forgotten their ID multiple times, so the fees are adding up each week. As a reminder, we check for IDs for every student in two locations each morning and temporary IDs are issued to those students who do not have their ID upon entering the building.

If your student is an athlete, please reinforce that they must take their ID home in the afternoons by placing their ID in their backpacks instead of leaving it in their PE lockers.

Please check your school cash online accounts to make payments for any temporary ID charges. We appreciate your support with this.

Safety remains our priority in Klein ISD. The state of Texas has passed a law that any student caught vaping or in possession of a vaping device at school could be sent to alternative school (DAEP). Parents please take note that the consequences for students have increased greatly. Please see the safety letter that was sent to families for more information.

Thank you for your partnership and for working with us to help every student achieve success and find their purpose.

Students are encouraged to use the restroom before school, during passing periods, and lunch. During instructional class time students may go to the restroom with a pass and permission from their teacher.

We will follow the Klein ISD dress code located in the Student Handbook.

We have seen many students arriving to school out of dress code. Please make sure that students come to campus with clothing that is in compliance with the dress code. Shirts must be long enough to cover midriffs. Skirts and shorts must be an appropriate length and long enough to remain at that length all day. Any shirts with inappropriate language, alcohol or drug references are not allowed. Please make sure to speak to your students about choosing clothing that remains in dress code without the need to readjust after moving. We appreciate your support.

ATTENDANCE UPDATE: Within five days of returning to school, a student who is absent because of a personal illness must bring a statement from a parent , doctor, or health clinic verifying the illness or condition that caused the student’s absence from school.

The academic success of EVERY student at Hofius Intermediate is extremely important to us. Daily school attendance and arriving to each class on time are critical for your student's success. We ask that you be diligent in monitoring your student for regular school attendance. Arriving to school late or leaving early may count as an absence for that class period. You can help in the following ways:

• Speak to your child about the importance of attendance and arriving to school on time everyday.
• Post the school calendar, and plan your vacations and appointments outside of school time.
• Regularly monitor your child's attendance through Klein ISD's Family Access (Skyward).
• Report absences to the school in a timely manner.
• Communicate with the campus regarding any attendance concern.
• Review with your child the Hofius Tardy Policy.

TARDIES

Our expectations is for our Hofius students to be in class on time and prepared and ready to learn! Students are tardy to class if they arrive to class after the tardy bell. Students are subject to disciplinary action for tardiness. If student arrives to class after 15 minutes, then the student is marked ABSENT and is subject to additional disciplinary action.

Disciplinary Consequences for Tardies (tardies reset every 3 weeks)

1st Tardy - Warning

2nd Tardy - Warning

3rd Tardy- Warning and parent phone call home.

4th Tardy - Before School Detention or 2 days lunch detention

5th Tardy- In School Suspension

Tardies will begin to count the week of August 21st.

Check-In/ Check-Out

Anytime a student arrives late to school, they must sign in at the attendance office and receive a pass before going to class. If a student needs early dismissal, we ask that the parent notifies the attendance secretary no later than 3:30. Student and parent must sign out at the attendance office prior to leaving school.

Please submit any transportation changes to the Grade Level AP Secretary by 3:30 pm.

Attendance Secretary Information

Ms. Rachel Twardowski

rtwardowski1@kleinisd.net

832-375-8811

Students are required to use their ID badge for every cafeteria transaction. By using their student badge, our system will capture all the account’s activity, allowing parents to view the items purchased. It also will help with making the lunch line flow go a lot faster when students are scanning their IDs.

Intermediate Breakfast: $1.60

Intermediate Lunch: $2.75

Add money to your student's lunch account HERE

Check out the school menu HERE

All bus riders will be dropped off in the bus parking lot with the opportunity to eat breakfast. Please do not use the bus parking lot to drop off or pick up students. Bus parking lot is a reserved area for our buses only.

Do you know what bus your student will ride? Check HERE for bus information.

We have heard your concerns about morning/afternoon car rider line, Hofius Intermediate will continue to monitor and work with KPD to determine best solutions to ensure safety for all. To maximize student safety, student car rider drop off in the morning will now take place in the front of the school. No cars will be allowed to drop off in any other areas, other then the coned area in the front of the building. Students will only be allowed to exit the vehicle next to the curb. The outside lane in the front of the building will be for drivers to pull out into the left hand lane to go around and exit. A video is linked below to explain in detail the procedures. All students who are car riders will enter the building using the designated front doors beginning at 8:40 am. Students who are dropped off at school prior to 8:40 will be unsupervised as staff duty begins at 8:40 am. Please see link below for more information about Car Rider procedure.

Lunch Drop-Off

Parents may drop off lunch for their child ONLY. Sharing of outside food is not allowed. Parents please make sure that you are aware of when your students lunch period is in order for your student to be able to pick up their lunch from the front office, and have enough time to eat during the lunch period. UberEats DoorDash, or any other food delivery service is not allowed.

A Lunch 11:29 - 11:56

B Lunch 12:00 - 12:27

C Lunch 12:31 - 12:59

Is your child too sick for school? If they have the following symptoms, please keep them home.

• A temperature of 100.0 degrees or higher.
• A child should not return to school until they have been fever-free without the use of fever reducing medication for 24 hours.
• Throwing up or having diarrhea.
• Eyes that are pink and have drainage or crust on the eyelashes.
• When coughing will not stop and prevents your child from participating or causes difficulty breathing.
• If there is a diagnosis or suspicion of a contagious illness such as COVID, Strep, Flu, Impetigo etc.

Still unsure? Talk to your school nurse about exclusion policies for these and other illnesses.

If you have any questions, please reach out to the Hofius clinic.

Nurse: Mrs. Epps

aepps1@kleinisd.net

832-375-8764

Mrs. Ally Zamora

Principal

azamora1@kleinisd.net

Principal: Mrs. Ally Zamora

Email: azamora1@kleinisd.net
Website: https://hofius.kleinisd.net/
Location: Hofius Intermediate School, West Rayford Road, Klein, TX, USA
Phone: 832-375-8800
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HofiusKISD