Hello Wilkerson Families!

We are excited to have you join us for Parent Information Night on Tuesday, August 27 (5th - 5:30 PM/6th - 7:00 PM). Students will be completing a schedule for parents to follow. If your child has not already brought it home, it will come home today or tomorrow.

Parents will start in the cafeteria (English) or library (Spanish) with a brief meeting to go over information that is specific to Wilkerson and our Title I information. After the meeting, parents will rotate through the LC teachers classrooms where they will spend seven minutes with each teacher.

Parents will go to the gym where they will meet the Fine Arts and PE teachers as well as visit with our Community in Schools representative and vendors. We will also have computers available to apply for free and reduced lunch.

We look forward to seeing you on Tuesday evening. Please park in the back.

If you are unable to make the Parent Information Night on Tuesday evening, there will be an information only meeting at 9:30 AM on Wednesday morning in the library.

Please complete the Family Needs Assessment Form found in the link below. This will help us better understand what assistance you might need throughout the year.

From our Choir Director, Ms. McInnis

Choir Newsletter

ROAR Choir Registration Form

You must apply for the Free and Reduced Lunch program at the beginning of each school year. If you need assistance applying for the Free and Reduced Lunch program, please let us know. We are happy to help!

We are excited about a new year and want your child to get off to a great start. All District campuses have breakfast and lunch available to students. To take advantage of meals at school you must: The District offers students breakfast and lunch at school. If you want your child to access this service, you will need to:

• Deposit and maintain funds in your child’s school lunch account through My School Bucks. (Please click to access My School Bucks)

• If you qualify, complete, on-line, a Free/Reduced Lunch Application. (Please click to access the application)

• If your child’s meal account balance is insufficient or depleted, he or she may “charge” up to 15-days before meal service is modified or stopped depending on the age of your child.

• Once a student has charged 10 times, a school administrator will contact you to make you aware of the situation and discuss options on how to clear your child’s charges, how to use My School Bucks, directions on completing a Free/Reduced application, or will consider any special circumstances. You will also receive notifications through Parent Access and email.

• Once the 15-day limit is exceeded and the account has not been replenished students elementary and intermediate school will receive a breakfast of milk and cereal and a sandwich and milk for lunch. Students in junior high and high school will not receive a meal. If there is an extenuating circumstance, contact your student’s counselor or principal to discuss options that may be available.

Please contact us it you need help registering for Free and Reduced Lunch.

We are looking forward to a great year.

Parents will be able to visit during their child's lunch period beginning the first week of September. This will allow the students time to learn, understand, and practice our expectations and procedures.

Parents who wish to have lunch with their child must complete the Lunch With Your Child Google Form registration prior to the day of your visit. The form will be included in next week's newsletter.

The Wilkerson Student Dress Code is shown below. Please review the dress code so that you are aware of the guidelines.

• Pictures, emblems, or writings on clothing that include any of the following are prohibited:

• Depict lewd, violent, suggestive, offensive, vulgar or obscene graphics or words

• Advertise or depict tobacco products, alcoholic beverages, drugs, weapons, or any other prohibited items

• Halter tops, racer back shirts, muscle shirts, and spaghetti-strap tops are not permitted unless covered by another shirt at all times. Shirts must fit under the arm so as not to expose undergarments or torso.

• Midriff shirts, or shirts exposing the midsection of the body are not permitted.

• Pants/shorts may not be worn lower than undergarments.

• Shorts, dresses, and skirts must reach fingertip length when the student rests their arms at their side (mid thigh). This is expected even when leggings/tights are worn underneath.

• Shorts/tights should be worn under dresses.

• Pajamas/sleepwear of any kind is not permitted.

• Hats/Hoods are not to be worn inside the school.

• Closed-toed shoes with backs must be worn in PE. Tennis shoes are recommended. Flip flops may not be worn during PE.

• Hair and Hairstyles that pose a distraction to the learning environment are not permitted.

• Heavy make-up/cosmetics that pose a distraction to the learning environment are not permitted.

• Marking on skin with markers, pens, highlighters etc… is not permitted.

• Additionally, any clothing or grooming that in the principal’s judgment may reasonably be expected to cause disruption of or interfere with normal school operations will be prohibited.

Parent Information Night is scheduled for August 27, 2024.

At Parent Information Night, Mrs. Horton will have a brief meeting with the parents in the cafeteria. After the meeting, you will be able to visit your child's classroom and receive information from their teacher. The tentative schedule for Parent Information Night is below.

New Times

5th Grade: 5:30 PM

6th Grade: 7:00 PM

Daytime information meeting: August 28 at 9:30 AM in the library

• Please plan to arrive early to allow time to check in at the front office.

8:15 AM - Doors Open

• There will be adult supervision on the front porch from 7:45 AM - 8:15 AM

• Please do not drop off students before 7:45 AM.

• Students may enter the building at 8:15 AM.

• Clubs meet 7:45 AM - 8:30 AM (Starting in September)

• Students who are eating breakfast go to the cafeteria.

• Students who are not eating breakfast go to the gym

8:30 AM - Students are dismissed to their classrooms

8:50 AM - Instructional day begins 🙂

• There are four thirty-minute lunch periods 11:25 - 1:30

• Two lunch periods for each grade level

4:05 PM - Dismissal begins

• 4:00 PM - Car riders and walkers with instruments dismissed to get instruments

• 4:05 PM - Car riders dismissed

• 4:05 PM - Bus dismissal as buses arrive

• 4:10 PM - Walkers dismissed

• 4:15 PM - All remaining bus riders released to the cafeteria and gym

Arrival and dismissal Procedures

Safety is the number one priority at Wilkerson Intermediate. Arrival and dismissal procedures are in place to maintain a safe place for our students, staff, and families.

Please adhere to the following guidelines.

Arrival

• Students should not be dropped off prior to 7:45 AM as there is no staff to monitor the students until that time. The exception is for students who are involved in before school activities such as Choir, Band, Orchestra, and other clubs.

• Car riders should be dropped off at the curb at the front of the building (off of Sawmill Rd.) between 8:15 AM and 8:45 AM.

• When dropping off your child, please pull up as far as possible.

• Students should exit the car on the passenger side.

• Prior to 8:30 AM, car riders, walkers, and bikers will report to the gym (no breakfast) or cafeteria (breakfast). Food and/or drinks are not allowed in the gym.

• Car riders, walkers, and bikers who are not in the building by 8:50 AM will be counted tardy.

• Students are dismissed to their homeroom class at 8:30 AM

• Students that arrive on campus after 8:30 AM will go to their classroom or to the cafeteria for breakfast.

• Instruction begins at 8:50 AM.

• Bus riders are dropped off at the back of the building from 8:15 AM - 8:55 AM. They enter at the cafeteria or gym depending on breakfast needs and time of arrival.

• Students who enter the building after 8:45 AM and need breakfast will get their breakfast and eat in the classroom.

Dismissal

• Dismissal begins at 4:05 PM.

• If you are picking up your child early, you must pick them up no later than 3:30 PM

• Student transportation changes must be made prior to 2:30 PM and will be delivered to classrooms starting at 2:45 PM.

• There is no parking on Sawmill in front of Wilkerson during dismissal.

• Car riders are dismissed at the front of the building beginning at 4:05 PM.

• Walkers and bikers are dismissed from grade-level sides of the building at 4:10 PM.

• Bus rider dismissal begins at 4:05 PM. Students come to the bus ramp as their bus number is called and shown on the Bus Hub in the classrooms.

• Car riders will be dismissed through the front of the school as their names are called.

• Please move to the end of the line where your child will meet you. This will help us load more cars at a time.

• It is extremely dangerous to ask your child to cross the street to meet you in a parked car.

• If you need to conduct school business at the end of the day, please park in the parking lot to the right as you enter the circle drive and proceed to the front office to check in.

Walkers and Bikers

Walkers and bikers will be dismissed from the building on grade-level sides. Sixth grade will be dismissed at the gate by the flagpole. Fifth grade students will be dismissed on the opposite side of the building. Students will not be allowed to loiter on the sidewalk. We strongly encourage students to lock their bikes/scooter to the bike rack. We recommend that students wear a helmet when riding a bike/scooter.

Bus

Buses will drop off and pick up students at the back of the building (off of CISD Access Road). Students will be called down to the bus ramp as buses arrive. At 4:15 PM, all remaining students will be called to the cafeteria/gym and dismissed when their bus arrives.

You must be registered for bus transportation. It will take time for the transportation department to work out routes. Buses will most likely not be on schedule for the first couple of weeks while they finalize routes. The bus route numbers and pick-up/drop-off times are provided by the Conroe ISD on the district's website. The transportation department will make every attempt to notify parents when a bus will be more than fifteen minutes late. Please visit the CISD Transportation Website linked in hte QR code below.

All current CISD students should have received an email from Conroe ISD regarding information verification (Snapcodes). Please complete the digital form following the directions in the email. If you did not receive an email, please check your junk mail folder. If it is not there, please contact our registrar, Dulce Bryant (ddbryant@conroeisd.net), to update your child's student information.

If your child is coming from one of our feeder schools or attended Wilkerson last year, you have been automatically enrolled at Wilkerson for the 2024-2025 school year. However, you will need to register for some of the parent and student resources.

Below is the list of resources that you must register for each year.

• Free and Reduced Meals: Current meal costs are shown below.
• Breakfast
• Student Breakfast: $2.00
• Student Reduced Breakfast: $0
• Lunch
• Student Lunch: $3.20
• Student Reduced Lunch: $.40

• School Messenger: Text Y to 67587

• NEW PARENT PORTAL

• We are looking forward to a great school year. In an effort to help our parents, we are moving to a Parent Portal for parents to access information about their child. You will login similar to the way your child does for school (similar to the SSO) to access school information. All parents/guardians will need to enroll to create an account. You will need the email address that is in your child’s record. Once you enter the email, you will be prompted to create a password.
  

  Please click Parent Portal Directions for instructions or go to Conroe ISD Webpage then Parents/Students to access the link to the Parent Portal.

  We hope that you enjoy this transition to a new and convenient platform.

If you have moved over the summer, please contact our registrar, Dulce Bryant (ddbryant@conroeisd.net), to update your address.

Dear Wildcat Families,

Welcome to a new and exciting school year! As the Parent Teacher Organization (PTO), we are thrilled to embark on this journey with you, and we look forward to working together to create a vibrant and supportive school community.

Our PTO is dedicated to enhancing the educational experience for all students by fostering a strong partnership between families, teachers, and school staff.

Throughout the year, the PTO will be organizing various events, fundraisers, and activities designed to bring our community closer and support our school's programs. Whether it's a family fun night, a book fair, or a community service project, there's something for everyone to get involved in. We encourage you to join us in these efforts by volunteering your time, sharing your ideas, and participating in our events.

We invite you to attend our first PTO meeting of the year on August 22nd at 3:00pm at Wilkerson Intermediate, where you can learn more about our plans, meet other parents, and find out how you can contribute to our collective success. Your involvement, no matter how big or small, is invaluable and greatly appreciated.

Together, we can make this school year a memorable and enriching experience for our children and Staff. If you have any questions or suggestions, please don't hesitate to reach out to us at president@wilkersonpto.org. We are here to support you and your family every step of the way.

Let's make this school year the best one yet!

Warm regards,

Perla del Val

President

Wilkerson Intermediate PTO