Negley Navigator News

Email: melody.crowther@hayscisd.net
Website: https://www.hayscisd.net/Domain/17
Location: 5940 McNaughton, Kyle, TX, United States
Phone: (512) 268-8501
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NegleyElementarySchool/

The mission at Negley Elementary is for students, teachers, and parents to work together to build a foundation of respectful leaders, lifelong learners, and problem solvers.

Ahoy Parents!

The month of October is upon us! This is our month of parent/teacher conferences, enjoying cooler weather, and an EXPOLSION of our Lost and Found! Now is the perfect time to label your child's sweaters, hoodies, jackets, etc. - We need first initial and last name. This will help our House leaders to locate your child and return their item. It will also ensure that if you visit lost and found, you are actually taking your child's item. It's easier using last name, because we have multiple students with the same first name! As a reminder - at the end of the 9 weeks period, we will have our Lost and Found in the Lobby event for 1 week. Anything that is left will be donated to Hays Clothes Closet or Goodwill. Thanks for helping us, help you, with lost and found.

Enjoy your parent conference time with your teacher. They have lots of great things to share about your child - including things to work on!

Thank you for sharing your sweet little ones with us!

Mrs. Crowther

96.10%. Thank you for getting your child to school and on time!

Our grade level with the HIGHEST attendance - 3rd grade - 97.13%

Our grade level with the LOWEST attendance - Kinder - 92.85%

Which grade level will have the HIGHEST attendance for this week?

PTA Membership Competition! For the Month of October the PTA is hosting a membership competition between EACH class! Students, Parents, Aunts, Uncles, Siblings, Neighbors- Join the PTA and help your student's class win a party!

Join the Negley PTA today!

https://www.negleyelementarypta.com/join-pta.html

Committee Chairpersons Needed to Help coordinate set up and volunteers

*Holiday Shoppe Chair

*Negely Races Chair

*Teacher Hospitality Chair

*PTA Bulletin Boards - decorate and post PTA info on our two bulletin boards

*Door Decorating - decorate specified doors based on time of year and holidays

PTA Contact:
NegleyPTA@gmail.com

PTA Text Announcements:

Text - PTA to 833-531-0029

Follow Us on Social Media for Updates and Announcements

Facebook @Negley Elementary PTA

Instagram @NegleyPTA

Shout "Happy Birthday" or "Happy Half Birthday" to your kiddo on the brand new marquee? Birthday marquee sign is on sale NOW on the PTA website.

https://www.negleyelementarypta.com/store.html

Join the Negley PTA today!

https://www.negleyelementarypta.com/join-pta.html

https://www.negleyelementarypta.com

Hello Awesome Navigator Families,

We are excited to continue our celebration of National Hispanic Heritage month in the library! Students in 3rd through 5th grade are learning about Jovita Valdovinos, a Mexican freedom fighter who defied her times and helped protect religious freedom. Jovita Wore Pants is a Texas Bluebonnet Book we read together and helps students meet their pizza party goals.

Students with September and October birthdays are receiving invitations to participate in our Birthday Book Club. This is a great way to celebrate the special day with a lasting memory in the library. Participating students will have the opportunity to select a book from our collection of brand-new titles. The student “lives on” in our library through a special bookplate sticker that is placed in the front of the book including their name, birthday, and picture. Their birthday book is enjoyed by many students for years to come.

Calling All Volunteers!

The Book Fair is fast approaching! We are looking for volunteers in any capacity for set up, student-previews, sales, and take-down. Book Fair is a magical experience for all readers, help create magical memories in the Negley Library and sign up today!

Sign Up Genius

Amy Horn

LIbrary Media Specialist

Thank you to Quantum House for hosting our assembly for this month! Next month is Praesidio and they are starting with our annual Sock Drive!! We have lined trash cans in the front lobby, labeled by house. Have students put the donations in their House can!

Hello from the Art Room!

SAVE THE DATE! - STREAM NIGHT - Thursday, November 7.

Everyone is invited to the State Archeology Fair Saturday Oct 12th 10am-3pm!!

Our 4th Grade Caddo Inspired Pottery has been invited to be displayed at the Texas Historical Commission's State Archeology Fair at the French Legation State Historic Site in Austin!!

All are invited!

On Saturday, October 12, the Texas Historical Commission will host the free 2024 Archeology Fair at the French Legation State Historic Site in Austin from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m

One of the highlights is the atlatl throw, where you can try your hand at the ancient tool that launches spears farther than your arm can! And don’t miss out on the pinch-pot kits—a fantastic way for all ages to dive into one of the oldest pottery techniques in history.

The fair is a featured event during Texas Archeology Month, a commemoration that takes place each October to celebrate history and heritage through the lens of archeology. Throughout the month, the THC and partners across the state provide hands-on activities and host commemorative events such as archeology fairs, demonstrations, presentations, museum exhibits, and walking tours.

To RSVP for the Texas Archeology Fair: https://thc.jotform.com/242315746971058

Hello Navigator Parents!

Our yearly state mandated Hearing and Vision screens for your students are coming up soon! October 2nd and 3rd the Hays Screening Team will be on campus to perform a quick hearing and vision exam for those students in PreK, K, 1, 3 and 5.

If your student wears glasses please make sure they have them on those days. Thank you!

Allergy Alert Reminder:

Peanut butter sandwiches are allowed for student lunches in the cafeteria regardless of any classroom allergies. We just ask that peanut/nut products not be sent for snacks in the classroom

Jill Wenzel, MSN, RN

School Nurse, Negley Elementary

Phone: 512.268.8501

Fax: 512.268.7823

Email: jill.wenzel@hayscisd.net

Parents/grandparents that want to come in and help teachers/volunteer in the classroom/workroom, MUST go to the Hays website to have a background check run and become a registered VIP Volunteer. You will also need this if you want to chaperone a field trip in the future.

Here’s the link!

https://hays.ezcommunicator.net/edu/hays/ezcomm/VolunteerRegistration.aspx?app=0

Please check the calendar often as it will be updated on a weekly basis.

OCTOBER:

2: Vision and Hearing Screening

3: Vision and Hearing Screening

4: CLASS HUDDLE - Wear your HOUSE Shirt!

10: End of the first 9 weeks grading period

11: STUDENT HOLIDAY - Staff workday

14: STUDENT AND STAFF HOLIDAY

17: Report cards sent out

17: 9 weeks House winner celebration

18: GRADE LEVEL HUDDLE - Wear your house shirt!

25: HOUSE CELEBRATION ASSEMBLY - Wear your house shirt

31: StoryBook Character Dress Up Day

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NOVEMBER:

1: Student Holiday/Staff Exchange Day

4: Student Holiday/Staff Work Day

5: Student Holiday/Staff Work Day

7: STREAM NIGHT

18: Thanksgiving Lunch

25-29: Thanksgiving Holiday - NO SCHOOL

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DECEMBER

4: PK - 2nd grade Career Day

5: 3-5 grade Career Day

19: End of the 9 weeks grading period

20: Student Holiday/Staff workday

21-31: Winter Break

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JANUARY

1-5: Winter Break

6: Staff work day/ Student holiday

7: Students return to school

9: 2nd 9 weeks House winner party

13: Report cards go out

20: Student/Staff Holiday - MLK Day

We will let you know if your child needs a new badge.

https://hayscisd.revtrak.net/campuses-and-instruction/es/negley-elementary/#/v/NES-Student-Badge-Replacement-1817

$5.00 to replace a House Lanyard or Bus Badge

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gUqRdQDe4X_uVwCeck7MWrt-ke_TAemWT4txgsxQg-g/edit?usp=sharing

Parents must purchase a new one for $5.00. Preferably on Revtrak on the Negley website, or $5.00 cash. This is for House Lanyard Badges AND Bus SmartTags. Teachers will be contacting you if your child needs a new badge.

Here is the link if needed:

https://hayscisd.revtrak.net/campuses-and-instruction/es/negley-elementary/#/v/NES-Student-Badge-Replacement-1817

If you arrive after 3:20, please come to the front office to pick up your child.

Please remember that ANYTIME you come to school to join your child (other than just dropping off your child at the beginning of the day) you MUST check in at the front office and get your Raptor sticker. To receive a sticker, you must present a photo ID regardless if this is your first time or thousandth time to check in to the school. This is for student safety and for us to know who is on our campus at all times. Thank you for being nice to the front office staff as they enforce this safety measure.

This does not apply to evening activities - just the school day.

https://www.hayscisd.net/Page/16541

Click here for the student dress code in English and Spanish.

From our Student Services Director, Brian Dawson:

We are seeing students bring their toy weapons to school. Specifically, toy guns and lasers. They have not used them as a threat toward anyone. However, these items can cause fear with the current time we are living in.

A replica of a weapon, such as a toy gun, is not a weapon. However, a student can receive both campus consequences for bringing the item(s) to campus, on a bus, or a school-sponsored event. If the item is thought to be or represented as a real weapon, a student could go to our District Alternative Education Program.

In our student code of conduct, it states:

Possession of Prohibited Items

Students shall not possess or use:

• Fireworks of any kind, smoke or stink bombs, or any other pyrotechnic device;
• A razor, box cutter, chain, or any other object used in a way that threatens or inflicts bodily injury to another person;
• A “look-alike” weapon that is intended to be used as a weapon or could reasonably be perceived as a weapon;
• An air gun or BB gun;
• Ammunition;
• A hand instrument designed to cut or stab another by being thrown;
• A firearm silencer or suppressor;
• A location-restricted knife;
• A club;
• A firearm;
• A firearm silencer or suppressor;
• A stun gun;
• Knuckles;
• A pocket knife or any other small knife;
• Mace or pepper spray;
• Pornographic material;
• Tobacco products, cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and any component, part, or accessory for an e-cigarette device (HB 114 requires mandatory placement in a DAEP for any offenses related to e-cigarettes);
• Matches or a lighter;
• A laser pointer, unless it is for an approved use; or
• Any articles not generally considered to be weapons, including school supplies, when the principal or designee determines that a danger exists.

****NEW THIS YEAR!****

· Lost Student ID Badges must be replaced as soon as possible. The cost is $5.00 through Revtrak on the Negley website.

· No parent escort of students to their classrooms will occur. Visitors coming in for lunch or special events must sign in at the front desk with proper ID to receive their visitor sticker.

Bell Schedule:

• Doors open at 7:00 am.
• Breakfast is served until 7:25.
• School starts and the tardy bell rings at 7:30. The car rider line doors will close when the bell rings at 7:30 - You will need to drop your child off at the front of the school if you arrive after that.
• From 7:00 – 7:15 students may go to the cafeteria for breakfast or for Shipyard
• Students may walk to class starting at 7:15.

Attendance:

· Attendance is taken at 10:00 am each morning. If your student is not in the school at this time, they will be counted absent for the day.

· Anytime your student is absent, please send an email/doctor’s note to the attendance clerk, Deborah Wilson, at nes.attendance@hayscisd.net. The note should include student’s name, student id#, date(s) of absence and reason for absence. Please note that we need an excuse anytime and for any reason your student is absent.

· If your student is absent due to fever, they must be fever-free for 24 hours without the use of medication to be cleared to return to school.

· Doctor’s appointments are inevitable, but we do ask that doctor’s notes be provided for any absence resulting from one. **If your student is present on campus at any point during a school day, AND a doctor’s note is provided, the absence will be rescinded.

· Absences cannot be future coded. Anytime your student is absent, you will receive the automated attendance message (even if an email was sent before attendance was taken.) The attendance clerk will re-code absences after attendance is taken.

Lunch:

• Visitors may have lunch with students in the cafeteria, and MUST be on the student’s approved visitor list. You must stop at the front office with proper ID and receive your visitor sticker first. Report to the cafeteria to meet your child - only your child may sit with you – then check out with the front office when lunch has concluded. Classroom hallways are NOT OPEN to visitors during instructional time 7:30 – 2:55.
• The front office does not deliver. Your student will be called down from class to get any lunches, water bottles or forgotten items. Please LABEL all items with student’s name and teacher.
• We will NOT accept food from meal delivery services! Visitors may still bring restaurant food for their students.

Dismissal:

· School gets out at 3:00 pm.

· Every family must choose ONE form of dismissal: Walker, Independent Walker, Car Rider, Bus, or After-School Care. If there are any variations to your student’s dismissal, these need to be on a SET SCHEDULE for the teacher to follow.

• Transportation changes are a LAST RESORT and will only be accepted for family emergencies/unforeseen circumstances. These are to be requested through Kaci in the front office by 2:00. 512-268-8501 or nes.attendance@hayscisd.net. Teacher’s name must be included.
• The LATEST a student can be picked up early before dismissal is 2:15 pm. PLEASE PLAN DOCTOR APPOINTMENTS ACCORDINGLY. It is your responsibility to know the student’s teacher when picking them up.
• Students MUST be picked up by 3:15 at the latest. The Front Office closes at 3:30.

Birthdays:

• Please contact your student’s teacher prior to bringing treats – they will give you classroom allergy info and class count.
• Parents cannot attend birthday celebrations in the classroom. Birthday treats will be handed out to students during the last 15 minutes of the day. Hays CISD recommends individually wrapped items (ex. Little Debbie treats). Homemade items will not be accepted. Please do not bring drinks! Balloons may NOT be taken into the school beyond the reception area.
• Parents are not allowed to bring food for other children for lunch – no “birthday pizza”, etc. for the class. This is strictly prohibited due to federal guidelines.

Cell Phone Policy:

Student use guidelines during the school day (7:00 AM-3:00 PM)

• Cell phones and Apple-type watch devices must be out of sight, on airplane mode, and in your child's backpack.
• Students will not have their cell phones out during class, passing periods, recess, or in the restroom.
• Students will not be allowed to call their parent on their phone/Apple watch during the school day. Students can use classroom telephones at the teacher’s discretion. If parents need to reach their child, they can leave a message at the front desk if it's urgent.

NEGLEY AFTER-SCHOOL OPTIONS

YMCA/Extend-a-Care – On site: 512-236-9622, eacy@austinymca.org

Rocking Horse Academy: 512-405-3700

Stepping Stone Kyle: 512-268-0123

Stepping Stone Plum Creek: 512-262-7409

Kyle Bright Beginnings: 512-312-4341