Hawks Happenings

Welcome back, Hofius Hawks, to the 2024-2025 school year! We are excited to kick off another fantastic year filled with learning, growth, and success. Our dedicated leadership staff has been diligently planning and preparing for engaging instruction and exciting activities throughout the summer. Our office team has been working hard to register new families, ensure all supplies are ordered, and update necessary files to welcome our students back seamlessly. Additionally, our hardworking custodians and maintenance staff have done an outstanding job ensuring our school is clean and ready, especially after the challenges posed by Hurricane Berly! Every member of our team has been committed to making sure everything is in place to welcome our students back warmly.

Today, our teachers have returned and are excited to begin planning for quality instruction and preparing their rooms to welcome their students.

Each year, we welcome positive change, and this year is no different. We are thrilled to welcome our new incoming 6th graders, all new families, and new leadership and staff members to the Hofius community. We are committed to providing the best education and maintaining clear and forward communication with our families.

Please take the time to read through our newsletter, as it is filled with important information and tips to help you navigate and prepare for the first weeks of school. Specifically, please pay attention to our updates on the cell phone policy, dress code information, Chromebook Device Pick-up, and Student ID expectations. Just like last year, our weekly newsletter will be sent out every Sunday evening, keeping you informed and connected.

We look forward to meeting our 6th grade Hawks and new families at our SOARientation on August 7th. Together, we soar, and together, we are Hawks excellence. We look forward to partnering with you to make this school year a resounding success.

• Chromebook Pickup:
• August 6: 8 am-12 pm, 1-3 pm
• August 7: 8 am-12 pm, 1-3 pm
• August 8: 8 am-12 pm, 1-3 pm, 4:30-6:30 pm
• 7th/8th grade Schedule Pickup: August 7, 10:30-11:30 am
• 6th grade SOARientation: August 7, 5:30-7 pm
• Fall Open House: September 4, 5:30-7 pm

7th and 8th graders will be able to pick up schedules in the small gym from 10:30-11:30 am on August 7.

6th graders and anyone new to Hofius can join us for our annual SOARientation starting at 5:30 pm in the gym. You will receive important information regarding procedures/policies, as well as have an opportunity to tour the building and add money to your student's SchoolCafe account, etc.

6th Grade Counselor

Anne Francis

afrancis@kleinisd.net

832-375-8800

7th Grade Counselor

Josie Jimenez

jjimenez1@kleinisd.net

832-375-8800

8th Grade Counselor

Tyshkiia Lampley

tlampley1@kleinisd.net

832-375-8800

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

Cell phones will not be allowed on campus at all during the school day. Phones are to be powered off and put in backpacks once students enter the building at 8:40 am and students will not be allowed to have them out until they leave the building after school. If you need to get a message to your student during the school day, you may call the school and we will deliver the message to your student.

We will follow the Klein ISD dress code located in the Student Handbook.

We appreciate your support in ensuring that all students adhere to our dress code. Please make sure that students come to campus in compliance with the dress code. Shirts must be long enough to cover midriffs, and skirts and shorts should be an appropriate length, typically mid-thigh or fingertip length when arms are placed by their sides. Pajama pants and slippers are not permitted, and shirts with inappropriate language, or references to alcohol or drugs are not allowed. Please talk to your students about selecting clothing that remains in dress code throughout the day. Thank you for your cooperation.

Parents, please remind your students to bring their IDs every day!

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.

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

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

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.

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

Bus Riders

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.

Car Riders

To maximize student safety, student car rider drop off in the morning will take place in the front of the school. No cars will be allowed to drop off in any other areas, other than 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. 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.

Once students enter the building at 8:40 am, they may either eat breakfast in the cafeteria or go to their designated area and wait until the bell rings. No student will go to a classroom unless they have a tutorials pass. The designated areas are as follows: 6th graders in the small gym, 7th graders to the main gym and 8th graders to the cafeteria.

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.

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 19th.

Information coming soon!

"At Hofius Intermediate, we are dedicated to creating a positive and empowering learning community where students and staff continuously improve and grow towards excellence. We cultivate a culture of HONESTY, AMBITION, WILLINGNESS, KINDNESS, and SOARING towards excellence."

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Hofius Intermediate School

Website: https://hofius.kleinisd.net/

Location: Hofius Intermediate School, West Rayford Road, Klein, TX, USA

Phone: 832-375-8800

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