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November

11- Veteran's Day, 2nd ISD

12- Fall Benchmark: 5th Math/4th RLA, K ISD

13- Fall Benchmark: 5th/3rd RLA, 1st ISD

14-15: Field Day

19-3rd ISD

20-4th ISD

21-5th ISD, Thanksgiving Lunch, Spirit Night: Marco's Pizza

22- Staff Work Day/Student Holiday

25-29: Thanksgiving Holidays

We are excited to host our annual Field Day with our Panthers on Thursday and Friday, November 14th and 15th!

*Field day is a special day for our Morgan Panthers. In addition to ensuring our Panthers have a fun time, safety for all will be a priority. For this reason, we highly encourage you not to have non-school-aged siblings with you on this day. If this can’t be avoided, please be advised that non-school-aged siblings will not be able to participate in ANY of the activities and must always remain with the parent/guardian. As a reminder, school-aged siblings aren’t permitted to attend field day with parents/guardians.

Grades K-2 will participate on Thursday November 14th

Pre-K, SLC and Kindergarten 8:30-10:30

1st and 2nd 12:00-2:00

Grade 3-5 will participate on Friday November 15th

3rd and 4th (Chetta, Petrosky, Posey) 8:30-10:30

4th (Ochoa, E. Struble, Bowers) and 5th 12:00-2:00

*Please use the link below to RSVP by Monday, November 11th.

Picture Retake Day for Fletcher J. Morgan Elementary School is scheduled for 11/19/2024.

Who takes a fall retake?

• Any Student that is newly enrolled to the school after original picture day
• Any Student returning their package for any reason, and wanting to Retake their picture
• Any Student that was absent on the original Picture Day
• Any Student that did not purchase on Picture Day that has payment/online receipt for purchase

The Lamar CISD Board of Trustees approved new secondary campus zones for the 2025-2026 school year, and I am writing to inform you of some important changes that may affect your child’s campus assignment starting in the 2025-2026 academic year if they are currently in grades 5 - 11. To determine if you and your family will be impacted by the rezoning, please follow the steps below.

• Go to the Lamar CISD website – www.lcisd.org
• At the top of the page, click on “Find My School” Using the dropdown arrow next to “School Year 2024-25”, select “School Year 2025-26”
• Begin entering your home address in the search bar

• Once you see your address, click on that address
• On the left hand side of the site, you will see the elementary, middle school, junior high school, and high school that your home is zoned for in Lamar CISD

Families who are impacted by the rezoning will be directly contacted to provide detailed information regarding these changes later this school year.

Should you have any immediate questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact the Department of Enrollment Management directly at 832-223-0424. You can also reach out to me if you have any questions as well. Thank you for your continued support and understanding.

Please visit the Friends of Morgan spirit shop to get your 2024-2025 Theme shirt! Everyday our Panthers are “Aiming high and shooting for the stars” please help us celebrate by wearing every Monday and all school field trips!

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.

Students at Morgan Elementary are not required to wear uniforms. We follow the Lamar CISD dress code.

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!

The entrance and exit onto the campus grounds are located right off of 1093, directly in front of the Weston Lakes subdivision.

Parent Drop Off

Cars will 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.
• 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.

Below, please find the Morgan Elementary Parent Handbook. (Updated July 2024)

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.

Please click on the PDF below to access the Morgan Elementary Facebook page policy.

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.

Jana Simoneaux, Principal jsimoneaux@lcisd.org

Sara Ballard, Asst. Principal sara.ballard@lcisd.org

Elizabeth Pena, Counselor elizabeth.pena@lcisd.org

Kelsey Marks, Counselor kelsey.marks@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