
The Panther Press
September 30, 2022

July 28, 2024
Meet Your Administrators
Mark Your Calendars!
August
5- PK/K Orientation
8- Meet the Teacher
12- 1st Day of School
19- MAP Testing 5th/2nd Reading
20- MAP Testing 4th/2nd Reading
21-MAP Testing 3rd/1st Reading
22-MAP Testing 5th Math/1st Reading
23- MAP Testing 4th/2nd Math
23-RCA Slide Day
26- MAP Testing 3rd/2nd Math
27- MAP Testing 5th Fluency/1st-Math
28-MAP Testing 4th Fluency/1st-Math
29-MAP Testing 3rd/2nd Fluency
29-Parent Orientation
30-Early Dismissal
Beginning of Year Forms
For the 2024-25 school year, all LCISD campuses will be using Skyward’s Beginning of Year form functionality to reduce the number of paper forms students are required to have signed and returned at the start of the school year. This functionality will be a seamless integration with the Skyward Family Access Center and will save you, the parent, time in filling out these forms as well as the campus staff in entering that data in our student information system.
Instructions for Completing Online Forms:
Completing the Beginning of Year online forms through Skyward Family Access is very easy and will take just a few minutes. Below are your steps for completing these forms:
- Click on the Family Access login button to the right.
- Login with your LCISD Family Access credentials.
- Click on the Beginning of Year Forms link in the Family Access main menu.
- Complete each step, making changes as necessary, and clicking the “Complete Step X” button at the bottom of each form.
- Once all forms are complete, click the “Submit Beginning of Year Forms” button on the last page.
**Please note: Your student's schedule will not be released until Beginning of the Year Forms are complete**
Student Transportation Information
To enhance the services provided by our Transportation Department, we are asking all parents and guardians to complete a Transportation Form for each student. The form is available in Skyward and must be filled out for both CURRENT and NEW students.
It’s especially important for bus riders to fill out the Transportation Form to ensure they have access to bus services at the beginning of the school year. To plan accordingly for your student, please review a list of important dates below:
• August 4: Deadline to submit the form for students who want to receive bus transportation on the first day of school (Monday, August 12).
• August 5 - 21: During this time, if families fill out the Transportation Form requesting bus transportation for a student, then the student will start receiving bus transportation on Monday, August 26.
• August 22 or after: During this time, if families fill out the Transportation Form requesting bus transportation for a student, then the student will start receiving bus transportation after five school days.
***Your student will not have bus route information if this form is not complete***
School and Office Hours
First Day of School Reminders
Monday, August 12th is the first day of the 2024-2025 school year! We are so excited to see all of our Panthers. Our teachers and staff have been hard at work preparing for the school year.
Just a few reminders:
- The building will open promptly at 6:45 am Monday morning
- Parents are able to walk their Panthers to class only on the 1st day
- Parents may park and enter through front doors of the school. The back doors are only for staff to enter and students who ride the bus to school. (See photo below)
- We ask you to please pack your patience for afternoon car rider dismissal for the first couple of days
- Ensure that you have communicated with your child's teacher how they are going home
- We'll be training our Panthers on cafeteria expectations the 1st week of school. Lunch visitors will be welcomed beginning Monday, August 19th
After School Program
Early Pick Up and Transportation Changes
If you take your child out of school before dismissal time, you will need to report to the office to sign him/her out. Your child will stay in the classroom until you arrive. If it necessary for someone other than the parent/guardian pick up your child, that person must be signed, dated note with the child. The person picking up your child must show photo identification to the office staff. Accumulated time of early pick-ups is calculated by minutes in lost instruction time. Request to check out your child must be done prior to 1:45 p.m.
Any changes in the normal transportation of your child must be stated in writing with a parent/guardian signature. We ask for everyone's help in not making changes frequently. However, we understand that in rare cases, unexpected changes will need to happen. These can be called in to the front office by 1:45 pm. We are not able to process changes after 1:45 pm. This includes parents that come to the campus without prior notice to pick up their child. Any change in transportation arrangements for any student requires a note to the teacher. Make sure you write your child's first and last name, teacher's name and indicate the date(s) for the change and how the child is going to go home. We ask that the parents not email the change since there maybe times that a teacher is not in attendance or does not have a chance to read their email.
Please note on early release days the latest you can pick up is 11:00 am!
Dress Code
Students at Morgan Elementary are not required to wear uniforms. We follow the Lamar CISD dress code.
Friends of Morgan
Follow our Friends of Morgan on Facebook and the website by clicking the buttons below. Friends of Morgan is our Parent Teacher Organization that will support the faculty, students and parents of Morgan Elementary.
Since we are a new school, they are currently working through the process for being able to fundraise to provide amazing opportunities for our Morgan Panther staff and students.
We love volunteers! As we work to build our volunteer base and systems, FOM will be working with the campus to coordinate volunteer activities. More information to come.
General Traffic Overview
The entrance and exit onto the campus grounds are located right off of 1093, directly in front of the Weston Lakes subdivision.
Four temporary traffic signals will be utilized to control east and west-bound traffic on 1093 and traffic coming to/from Weston Lakes until the permanent ones are installed.
Transportation
All cars, school buses, and daycare vans will turn off 1093 onto Fulshear School Rd.
Once on Fulshear School Rd., daycare vans, busses, and staff will enter at the staff entry/exit point off Fulshear School Rd.
Parent Drop Off
Parents dropping students off during morning arrival/afternoon dismissal will continue to drive up Fulshear School Rd. and turn left onto School Hill Road.
Cars will then go all the way to the end of School Hill Rd. and turn left to enter the “parent entry” as illustrated on the traffic flow map.
Cars will enter the path in a single file line. The path opens into two lanes, and vehicles will need to merge as they get closer to the point of student drop-off in front of the school. (Please see traffic flow map below)
Car Rider Arrival Guidelines
- Our doors open at 6:45 am. Please do not drop off your child before then as we do not want them left unattended.
- Please drive all the way up to the first drop-off point where a staff member/safety patrol student will be ready to receive cars. We ask that your child is ready when it is time to unload. This includes having their Morgan lanyard w/Smart Tag on, water bottle/lunch kit and backpack on.
- For safety reasons, we are not able to unbuckle safety restraints.
- All students will exit the car on the passenger side.
- Please stay in a single-file line and refrain from passing any vehicles.
- For safety reasons, the only place parents/guardians are permitted to drop students off is at the “parent drop off” in the front drive of the school, where staff and safety patrol will be positioned daily to help students exit safely from cars. Please help us keep our students safe by adhering to this guideline.
- The staff and visitor entrance will be coned off beginning at 6:45 am during morning arrival daily. For the safety of everyone, parents are not permitted to park in the front parking lot and walk students up to the front door. The staff and visitor entrance will be coned off at 6:45 am during morning arrival daily. A staff member will be stationed there to assist parents who might need front office assistance.
Car Rider Dismissal Guidelines
- Please remember that the school day ends at 2:40 pm. All cars should be in line by this time so that we can effectively coordinate dismissal.
- Utilizing the same traffic pattern as morning arrival, please enter the car rider line on Fulshear School Rd.
- Please place your car rider tag on your rearview mirror with the number facing out. A staff member will be walking the line, recording your car rider tag number.
- You will pull up to the first available cone and the staff member will match the car rider number on your car tag to the number on the child’s transportation tag. If you are carpooling, you must have the tags of all the students you are picking up. We will not release any students without an official car rider tag.
- If you do not have the car rider tag, you will need to park and come into the building to check your child out in person, making sure you have valid identification.
- Check-out from the office will occur once the car rider line is clear.
- For safety reasons, we are not able to buckle safety restraints.
- Please do not attempt to pass another car while in the car rider line.
- Please stay in a single file line until you exit the driveway.
- If you arrive after all numbers have been inputted into the system, you will be advised to park and check your child out in the office.
Morgan Elementary Parent Handbook
This handbook has been designed to give you a quick, brief list of answers to questions, which
may arise, concerning Morgan Elementary School’s operational procedures.
Our campus wide newsletters will supplement the information herein, but if procedure or policy questions are still unanswered you may refer to the Elementary Student Handbook or contact our school to clarify these concerns.
We will update our page as often as possible to share as much as we can about Morgan and the achievements of the students and staff, as well as other relevant campus and district information.
Messages for school staff will not be checked or responded to on Facebook. If anyone would like to reach school staff, please do so by calling the campus or emailing the appropriate staff member for assistance. Our campus phone number will be posted soon.
Additional Information
Fletcher Morgan Jr. Elementary
Jana Simoneaux, Asst. Principal jsimoneaux@lcisd.org
Elizabeth Pena, Counselor elizabeth.pena@lcisd.org
Email: bgibson@lcisd.org
Website: https://www.lcisd.org/campuses/morgan/home
Location: 32727 School Hill Road Fulshear, Texas
Phone: 832-223-6200
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FletcherMorganES