Bertram Family Connection

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Aug. 19 - First day for school visitors including lunch visitors

Aug. 27 - Parent Orientation Night

Aug. 27 - Title 1 Parent Information Presentation

Sept. 2 & 3 - No School for Students - Labor Day & Staff Development Day

Sept. 9 - Grandparents Day Celebration

We are excited to welcome visitors who have an appointment with teachers or staff or who would like to eat lunch beginning Monday, August 19th. Please check in at the office and bring your valid photo ID. Each time you visit campus you must present your valid photo ID.

For those visiting for lunch:

• Visitors must be listed in Skyward as a family member or contact to be allowed to eat with a student
• Lunch visitors must sit at designated areas & tables during lunch time.
• Students with lunch visitors may not invite classmates/friends to sit at the visitors' table.
• Any outside lunch brought to enjoy with your student may not be shared with other students at any time due to state nutrition guidelines and requirements.

Submit an email on the same day as the transportation change request by 1:30 p.m. to ber-transportation@burnetcisd.net.

Include the following details in the email:

• Student’s full name
• Student’s grade level
• Student’s homeroom teacher
• The transportation change you want made for today (bus rider to car rider or car rider to bus rider)

Requests made after 1:30pm will not be processed. Notes, phone calls, text messages and emails sent to any other email will not be processed.

A few reminders,

• Staff begins monitoring at 7:15 am. Students arriving before 7:15 am will not have adult supervision. Please refrain from dropping students off prior to 7:15 am.
• When dropping students off in the morning please drive through the drive in front of the school and stop at the stop sign.
• For safety, please do not drop students off in the parking lot or across the street. If you do not want to wait in the line please park and walk your student across the crosswalk.
• Those dropping students off in the morning are asked to use both lanes when entering the school drive and merge at the cones. Please pull all the way forward in the line to help maximize the number of cars able to unload at a time. Students may exit the car onto the curb.
• In the afternoon, please pull up to the front of the line when in the PreK-2nd grade line. This will allow us to load as many cars as possible.
• Please hang up your Car Rider Pro tag on the mirror. Having your Car Rider tag helps speed up the line.
• Please remain in your car. We will walk your student to you.
• School zones are cell phone free zones. This includes our parking lot. Thank you for helping keep our kids safe!
  

Beginning August 19th, parents wishing to walk a student to class will need to check in at the office and present a photo ID. The front office opens at 7:25am. Parents may walk their child to class from 7:25 am until 7:39am. At 7:40am, our instructional day begins.

• Bertram Elementary doors open at 7:15am. The school day begins at 7:40am. The tardy bell rings at 7:45am.
• Students planning to eat breakfast at school should arrive by 7:35am. If your student arrives to school after 7:35am, please be sure he/she eats breakfast at home.
• Visitors are not able to join our students for breakfast.
• After 7:25, students who have already eaten breakfast prior to arriving at school will report directly to their classroom.
• Stay in your car! The teachers on duty will assist with the unloading of your student. If you prefer to unload your child, please park in a parking spot and walk your child up to the doors using the crosswalk.
• The only "walk-ups" allowed will be families who are truly walking to school from their home. To ensure your child arrives to the campus safely, please walk your student up to the campus rather than sending him/her to walk alone. The back doors on campus are for bus riders. The front doors are for car riders and walkers.
• If you arrive after the 7:45 bell, you will need to walk your student inside the building and check him/her in. Please do not send the child in alone.

SPECIAL NOTE FOR PreK STUDENTS: All PreK students will report directly to the cafeteria each morning. PreK classes will eat breakfast together at 8am.

Skyward Family Access Portal gives you the tools to be more informed, connected, and involved in your child’s education. Through the portal you have access to the following resources:

• Grades
• Attendance
• Schedules
• Test Scores
  
  

For students in grades 2nd-5th, you as a parent can set up notifications for when grades fall below certain thresholds. By clicking My Messages > Settings you can subscribe/unsubscribe to messages regarding attendance, grading, and assignment notifications.

You can log in to Family Access by clicking on the link below:

SKYWARD FAMILY ACCESS

To view Skyward Family Access from your device download the Skyward Mobile Access App by Skyward, Inc from Apple iTunes or Google Play stores (click the links to go to the appropriate app store).

For student safety, our YMCA pick up is located at the side door that faces Main Street. Parking is available after 3:45 pm in the parking lot near the cafeteria at the corner of Main and North Streets. Please reference the map. Please use the YMCA Curbside Text System to alert staff that you have arrived.

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• 7:15am Student Drop Off/ Breakfast
• 7:25am Office Opens
• 7:40am School Begins
• 7:45am Students arriving after this time are marked tardy
• 9:00am Students not in attendance are marked absent
• 1:30pm Any transportation changes DUE, please email: ber-transportation@burnetcisd.net
• 2:30pm All Early Checkouts must be complete - Remember to bring your picture ID to complete early check out
• 3:20pm Student Dismissal
• 3:45pm Office/School Closes

Email: ber-transportation@burnetcisd.net
Website: https://bes.burnetcisd.net/
Location: 315 Main Street, Bertram, TX, USA
Phone: 512-355-2111
Facebook: facebook.com/bertramelementary
Twitter: @BurnetCISD