Dear Hofius Families,

I hope you're all enjoying the springtime vibes, rain or shine!

I want to take a moment to extend my heartfelt thanks to all our wonderful families and students for their hard work and dedication during our recent testing season. Your support and encouragement played a significant role in making it a success!

This week, let's shine the spotlight on our incredible teachers for Teacher Appreciation Week. They're the heartbeat of our school! 🌟 Don't forget, we're having a dress-up week, and we hope your student participates. Dress code still applies, of course.

And to our wonderful families, thank you for being the backbone of our community. Your involvement means the world to us!

Warm regards,

Ally Zamora

Teacher Appreciation Week is May 6-10! We need YOU to help us celebrate.

Give your favorite Klein ISD teacher a heartfelt video message using this link: kisd.us/mykleinteacher

#MyKleinTeacher #TeacherAppreciation2024 #KleinFamily

I'm excited to share that HARMONY Orthodontics has generously donated student ID lanyards for the upcoming 24-25 school year! Their support ensures our students start organized, fresh, and ready to learn.

We are incredibly grateful for HARMONY Orthodontics' commitment to our school and community. Their generosity and support make a significant impact on the lives of our students.

I encourage you all to consider HARMONY Orthodontics for any orthodontic needs you may have. Not only are they dedicated to providing exceptional care, but they are also dedicated supporters of our school.

Seeking 2024-25 Board Members

The Hofius PTO is looking forward to next school year and would love to welcome new volunteers to help continue to make our school amazing. If you would like to serve on the PTO board for next year, please fill out the following form: https://forms.gle/PisEaj7c2AfNSixy5

The 8th grade party is coming soon!

Keep an eye on social media for information about how you can help celebrate our 8th graders! The PTO is planning an amazing party for our Hawks and will need your help to make it happen. You can follow Hofius PTO on Facebook to keep up to date with all the party plans. We will need volunteers to help with the party as well so please make sure you have completed the Klein ISD volunteer background check before the party. Only those parents or guardians who have signed up to volunteer will be allowed to attend the party. You can complete the check easily with this link: https://www.kleinisd.net/departments/communications-planning/community-relations/klein-isd-volunteers

MAY

7 - 5th Grade Family Welcome Night

13 - NJHS Ceremony

22- Device Pickup

23 - 6th and 7th grade Awards Ceremony

24 - 8th grade Awards Ceremony

🌟🎭 Incredible news from our Hofius Theatre Department! 🎭🌟 Last weekend, on Saturday, April 20th, they wowed audiences at the Klein ISD Middle School One Act Play UIL Contest. Let's give a huge round of applause to our talented students and dedicated staff!

🏆 Braeden Lammers snagged the title of Best Technician, while Ava DeGroodt, Jacob Temporal, Reese Klein, and Chloe Rodriguez earned well-deserved Honorable Mentions and All Star Awards. Special shoutout to Blake Burke for clinching Best Performer for the second year running!

🎉 But the accolades don't stop there – our entire Hofius Tech Crew received the prestigious BEST Crew Award, and the Company of "And Then There Was One" claimed the top spot with the Outstanding Play Award!

👏 Mrs. Bordelon and Mrs. Lushbaugh, along with the entire Hofius community, couldn't be prouder of all the students involved in the show. Congratulations to the Hofius Theatre Department on a job incredibly well done! 🎉🌟 🎭💫

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.

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