Hawk Pride News 7th grade edition!

Dear Parents,

It’s time for students to begin making their course selections for the next school year. Planning

ahead will help you and your child make the best academic and extracurricular choices for the

2025-2026 school year. Sixth and Seventh-grade students will have the opportunity to complete

a career interest survey using various free resources.

To assist you and your child in the course selection process, Alvin ISD would like to provide you

with the following resources.

● Free career exploration and inventory resources:

o Big Future - bit.ly/aisd-bigfuture

o ACC Career Coach - bit.ly/ACC-CareerCoach

o Texas Career Check - bit.ly/aisd-txcc

● Course Descriptions in the 2025-2026 Junior High Course Guide (See QR Code)

● Alvin ISD Course Selection & Registration website: bit.ly/aisd-course-reg

Upcoming important dates regarding course guide registration:

Junior High Campuses will offer course selection presentations in January 2025. Course

selection cards will be presented to students at that time, and each campus will provide a due

date for signed course cards to be returned to the junior high counselors.

Thank you for the continued support, involvement, and guidance you provide to your child. You

are an integral part of their educational success.

Counseling Department

This year the 7th grade will be visiting the Houston Zoo for their class field trip on January 31st, 2025. We will be collecting students fees using MySchoolBucks instead of cash. The cost per student to cover entry to the Houston Zoo and the bus will be $12. Parents can sponsor another student if they chose. If more funds are raised than needed for the trip, the extra money will be used for future student focused events, such as Hawk Fest at the end of the year.

We are looking for some 7th grade parent/guardian chaperones to come with us to the Zoo! To be able to attend volunteers will need to complete the Alvin ISD Volunteer Registration check which is linked below. If you are interested in joining us, please email Mrs. Moore (mxmoore@alvinisd.net) to express your interest.

As os Monday, January 7, 2025 Students will be required to wear their Student ID when loading the school bus. If your student needs a replacement ID the cost is $5 and can be made in the front office.

We are excited to offer Birthday Shout outs for the first time at Harby Jr High! For $15 your student will have their name on the marque and announcements for the week. Use the link or QR code to purchase your birthday shout out!

Our Hawk PTO has been doing awesome things around campus! They can achieve even more with the support of caring parents like yourself. An act as small as selling concessions at a game goes a long way in helping our Hawks.

Looking to get involved? Please complete the following survey using the QR code:

Please find our 2023-2024 Hawk PTO Board

President- Jorge Yarbrough

Email: alvinhawkpto@gmail.com
Location: PO Box 2982 Alvin, TX 77512
Facebook: facebook.com/HarbyHawkPTO

This is the district newsletter shared with parents and families to inform and provide resources and times on social emotional learning, mental health awareness, and education! Check out all the awesome resources they have to offer!

Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, Alvin ISD will be using the Stopfinder app for students who utilize Alvin ISD transportation to and from school. The app allows parents and guardians to track their child’s school bus in real-time.

The app is secured and protected and also serves as a two-way communication tool, allowing parents to quickly and easily communicate with district transportation officials and receive real-time notifications. Notifications can be focused on specific users based on their child’s bus route. For example, if a road is closed, causing a bus to be late picking up or dropping off children, only parents and guardians of students on those specific routes will be notified.

The Alvin ISD Transportation Department will send invites 2 weeks prior to the start of school to family members of students who ride the bus to and from school.

The app can be downloaded from the App Store and Google Play Store.

For more information on how Stopfinder works, take a look at this brief 30-second informational video. More information on Stopfinder is also available on their website.

If you are an eligible bus rider that is either new or has had a change of address, please reach out to your child's campus and ask the registrar to input a request for transportation for your student. These items should be completed no later than August 1st. Once the “verification” has been completed, the registrar will assist with ensuring your child is registered for bus transportation. If your child will be a bus rider, you will receive the route information and approximate pick up times through your skyward account and Stopfinder. Please be looking for an e-mail from Stopfinder in order to monitor your child's bus service information in late July or early August. Also, please monitor your student’s skyward account for transportation information as well. If you have any questions, please call 281-245-3101.