Grizzly Gazette- 04/29/2024
Happy start to the 6th and final Grading Cycle! May is here and we are ready to finish this school year strong! Students received their Cycle 5 Report Cards on Friday, but this is also viewable in Power School.
Friday we also celebrated the teammembers who truly hold our campus together- our Grizzly Support Staff. Pictured at right, Choir students showered them in beautiful song, Art students created decorations, and even our Knitting club made them their own bags and gifts of appreciation. 👏Thank you Ms. Scott; Ms. Lamar; Ms. Araya; Ms. Cooper; Ms. Young; Ms. Gutierrez; Ms. Aguilera; Ms. Johnson; Ms. Edwards; Ms. Bass- for ALL that you do for our West Briar community!
❗ Coming up this week:
- Math/Algebra I STAAR-
- Tue- 6th gr STAAR Math Test
- Wed- 7th & 8th STAAR Math/Algebra I Test
Please make sure students get plenty of rest before STAAR testing days and come ready to show what they know! Reminder that our campus is closed to visitors and no lunch deliveries on STAAR testing days to ensure a secure testing environment.
Make sure you get your WBMS Yearbook preordered using the purchasing link in this newsletter. Capture your student's 2023-2024 SY memories! Once preordered, yearbooks are delivered to students during the school day the last week of school.
💙 #GrizzlyValues 💛
Calendar Notes
- Mon, Apr 29- 6th Gr STAAR Math Tutorial Night- (see flyer)
- Tue, Apr 30- STAAR Math Testing- 6th Grade Only
- Wed, May 1- STAAR Math/Algebra I Testing- 7th & 8th Grades only
- Mon, May 6- Fri, May 10- Teacher Appreciation Week
- Thu, May 9- WBMS Dance Choreography Night- WBMS
- Thu, May 16- Sports Physicals Night- @ WB (see flyer)
- Thu, May 16- WBMS Orchestra Concert- WB Auditorium
- Fri, May 24- WBMS Band Concert- 6pm- WB Auditorium
- Mon, May 27- Memorial Day Holiday
- Tue, May 28 - Fri, May 31- MAP EOY Testing
- Fri, May 31- 8th gr Formal Dance- 6:30pm-9:00pm
- Sat, June 1/ Sun, June 2- Theater Arts Musical Shows - WB Auditorium
AM Announcements Bulletin Board
(Morning announcements are shared on this board. Students are able to view in the Grizzly Den 23-24 Canvas Course.)
Get your West Briar Yearbook Now!
There's nothing else like your school yearbook. Get your hands on a limited edition collection of stories from our Grizzly school year. Share it, get signatures, and keep it for years to come!
Order now and will be delivered to school at the end of this year.
Go To: WEST BRIAR MIDDLE SCHOOL HOUSTON, TX - 2024 Yearbook | Jostens
❗ Food Delivery Services
ATTN: Food Delivery Services (uber eats, etc.) are NOT permitted during the instructional day including lunch time. Food delivered to our campus from a delivery service will be left in the Front Office and can only be picked up by the end of the instructional day. Parents may bring up a forgotten lunch for a student before their designated lunch period and that will be delviered.
Students- absolutely- should not be ordering food from any type of delivery service for themselves. This violates our campus/district cell phone policy and consequences will be enforced.
🥎 Congratulations Grizzly Softball!
Special 👏 Congratulations to our Grizzly Softball Players- who finished their season recently. The softball team had an amazing year that cannot be measured in wins or losses. The team won a few games and had some nail bitting losses. Every player contributed selflessly at every practice and every game. Many players played out of their regular positions because the team needed them to. Determination, sacrifice, and perserverance bestdescribes the Grizzlies Softball Team!
Special thanks to the parents as they were awesome helping with carpools, communiciation, and positive verbal support at the games.
💙Best of luck from Coach Lyon!
📅 Student Attendance
Some parents and students received Student Attendance- Principals Plan - packets that went home recently. We would like to share with your state school attendance policy so that you may best understand what is required for your student. As always, should you have questions regarding your student's specific attendance- you may contact Ms. Young- our Attendance Clerk.
Breakdown of Attendance Law/Policy
- A child is considered chronically absent if they miss two or more days a month. This includes excused & unexused absences. There are two main attendance laws that students must follow:
- Compulsary Attendance Law- students must provide necessary documentation for each period or day absent from school.
- 90% Rule- students must be present for each course 90% of the school year. Therefore, they cannot be absent more than 10% of any core class period. This equates to roughly 17 days/periods in one school year.
- The Principal's Plan for Attendance seeks to help students earn the credit missed back by allowing a student to make up missed class time through tutorials or other academic interventions outside of the regular school day.
- If the last day of school passes and any student is still in need of making up credit for attendance, an Attendance Committee will meet to determine promotion or need for make-up credit (summer school). Having the Principals Packet with Parent Appeal paperwork filled out early, will help avoid it getting this far.
- Principals Plan paperwork was sent out to any student who had missed over 10% of one course in each grading cycle to try to tackle attendance issues early. Again, your student may have received a letter but not be in jeaopardy of violating either the compulsary attendance or the 90% rule for attendance. You can make sure your student is following law by:
- Turning in any absence notes for any missed period or full day.
- Ensuring your student does not miss more than 10 days or periods in any course this school year. (At 15 days/periods, we will review the attendance plan and the committee will meet for your student's attendance. Best practice is that an appeal should be filled out in this situation. If the student has excessive unexecused absences, the atendance committee will meet to review compulsary attendance.)
District Resources for More Information
- HISD Attendance Attendance Department Page
- HISD Attendance Policy Page
- Compulsary Attendance vs. 90% Attendance Rule
#AttendanceMatters
