• Mon 12/9: Start of our Holiday Dress Up Days
• Tue: 12/10: RTGG Volunteers Needed sign up here!
• Wed 12/11: Winter Wonderland Performance
• Wed 12/11-12: 3rd Grade Reading and Math District Assessments
• Thur 12/12: 2nd Grade Field Trip (Main Street Theater)
• Fri 12/13 & Mon 12/16: 4th & 5th Grades Reading and Math District Assessments
• Fri 12/13: Last day to collect for our Veterans Care Packages (details below)

NEXT WEEK:

• Dec 17: RTGG sign up here
• Dec 18: PTA Spirit Night at Mendocino Farms 2pm - Close
• Fri 12/20: Chalk It Up/Tiza Lo 1:15PM

FUTURE:

• Mon 12/23-31: Winter Holiday - No School
• Wed 1/1-3: Winter Holiday - No School
• Mon 1/6: Staff PD Day - No School
• Thur 1/9: Coffee with Principal 8:30AM (Cafeteria)
• Wed 1/15: PTA General Meeting 6:00PM (Cafeteria)
• Thur 1/16: Coffee with Principal Virtual 5:00PM
• Mon 1/20: MLK Holiday - No School
• Fri 1/24: Lunar Year Celebration 12:40PM (PTA Sponsored)
• Mon 1/27: SDMC Meeting 3:30PM

• Everyday: Playground open to Helms families 3:15pm-3:45pm. Enter through front reception. VIPS approval required. Playground is open to the public after 6:00pm once after school program ends.
  
• Helms Spirit Shirts can be worn everyday!

PLEASE NOTE: MUST BE VIPS APPROVED.

Want to make a difference in your child's education? Want to build lasting relationships and make a difference? Want to stay informed about all the programs and initiatives at Helms Elementary?

Then become an official member of the Helms PTA. We can speak with more strength when we have more members. Signing up is easy at our website. Membership is free, but a $6 donation is encouraged. Join Helms PTA today!

Thank you to all who attended our annual Loteria Night event, it was a blast! Thank you to everyone who donated to the Pancho Claus toy drive. Special thank you to the programs committee and everyone who volunteered to make this event so special.

Fiesta de Helms is the PTA's biggest adults-only fundraiser of the year, supporting field trips, ancillary classes, enrichment activities like Ready to Grow Gardens and much more. Check out more here. There are many ways to support the fundraiser, from reserving tables to donating items to decorating. Help make our 2025 Fiesta a success!

The Yearbook Committee is again looking for pics of 5th grade students through the years to be featured in the flashback section of the yearbook. Please share any photos, especially group photos, with HelmsYearbook@gmail.com. Additionally, 5th grade dedications will be offered this year. Please stay tuned for more details. The Yearbook Committee has been delighted at all the pictures that have come in so far this year, so please keep them coming!

The 2024-2025 Helms yearbook is now on sale! Fifth grade parents may also purchase dedication ads for their children.

Please visit https://www.balfour.com/student-info?smi=140309 to purchase yearbooks and ads!

Please email HelmsYearbook@gmail.com if you have any questions.

¡El anuario Helms 2024-2025 ya está a la venta! Los padres de quinto grado también pueden comprar anuncios de dedicación para sus hijos.

Visite https://www.balfour.com/student-info?smi=140309 para comprar anuarios y anuncios.

Envíe un correo electrónico a HelmsYearbook@gmail.com si tiene alguna pregunta.

Speaking of Fiesta de Helms, the Helms PTA Auction Committee is calling all Helms families and local businesses to help make our auction successful! We're looking for donations of products and services to add to our auction. Please check out the list below for our dream items. Please reach out to helmsptafundraising@gmail.com to offer an item or for more information. No donation is too small!

The Helms PTA is excited to continue to support the Ready to Grow Gardens program for the 24-25 school year. This program gives students in 1st-5th grades an opportunity for hands on education in in our vegetable garden.

We love volunteers in the garden! Volunteers help in passing out supplies, washing and prepping vegetables, guiding students, etc. Volunteers must be VIPS approved. Have questions? Please reach out to Carra Moroni at moronicarra@gmail.com or 318-669-2904.

We need volunteers for 3rd-5th grade groups- parents of any grade level can volunteer! Thank you for your support!

If you have any questions you can reach the program at AfterSchool@helmsPTA.org or visit the HelmsPTA.org website.

Click here to register and to see the enrichment schedule.

The district's Student Information System (SIS), HISD Connect by PowerSchool, includes student contact, enrollment, and demographic information, as well as grades and online resources.

Parents are given a unique code, or access ID, for each of their students and are able to use those codes to set up an account to access their students' profiles through the parent portal. Parents who haven't received their student's access ID should contact their school.

Clever for HISD (access learning programs and more)

Helms Newsletter Archive.

Helm's PTA LinkTree here.

HISD Connect (AKA parent portal or PowerSchool. Access students grades, attendance, and forms.)

HISD 2024-2025 Academic Calendar

What is VIPS? VIPS stands for Volunteers in Public Schools. It is HISD's volunteer management program. You may also hear it referred to as RAPTOR.

Anyone volunteering for the school during school hours must be VIPS approved for safety reasons. Applicants register, complete an online orientation, and consent to a background check. Volunteers must reapply each year. After completion, look for an email verification from donotreply@raptortech.com confirming your application has been received. Approval process may take 0-5 days.

• VIPS English Registration
  
• VIPS Spanish Registration

Have a Student Need? Submit a SAF:

English: https://hisd.my.site.com/saf/s/?language=en_US

Spanish: https://hisd.my.site.com/saf/s/?language=es

Gabriela Echavarria

Wraparound Resource Specialist

Gabriela.Echavarria@houstonisd.org

Olga Chavez

Social Worker

OChavez@houstonisd.org

Email: Hello@HelmsPTA.org
Website: www.HelmsPTA.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HelmsDLPTA/

Ms. Janechia Jerrols Director

Ms. Melissa Lichlyter Co-Director

afterschool@helmspta.org

https://helmspta.org/about-us/after-school-program/

“Two Languages, Endless Possibilities”

Principal: Alexander Gonzalez agonza30@houstonisd.org

Assistant Principal: Helen Patino (Anguiano) Helen.Patino@houstonisd.org

Magnet Coordinator: Julie Hernandez jhernan2@houstonisd.org

Registrar/Attendance Clerk: Patricia Hernandez phernan6@houstonisd.org

Nurse: Joanna Phillips Joanna.Phillips@houstonisd.org

Email: agonza30@houstonisd.org
Website: https://www.houstonisd.org/domain/22
Phone: 713.867.5130