Longhorn Stampede

Christopher Stowe, Principal

Mary Crismon, Assistant Principal

Sara Arnold, Counselor

Website: https://lonestares.misd.org/

Location: 16600 FM 2854 Road, Montgomery, TX, USA
Phone: (936) 276-4500
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lsemontgomery/
Twitter: @lse_montgomery

On most days the car rider line is now ending at about 3:55pm. If you are using the car rider line, please be in line to be placed into the queue by 3:50pm. If you are not in the queue by this time you will need to park and go to the front office for a late check-out. Thank you!

Please do not punch holes into the SMARTtag bus tags. They must go inside a clear plastic protector to attach to a backpack. When a hole is punched into the tag, the chip inside will not work and the tag will not read on the SMARTtag scanners.

The Watch DOGS sign up genius for this semester will be sent to those who have turned in both the Watch DOGS form and district background check. Please only sign up for ONE day- we want to be able to give everyone who would like to participate the opportunity.

Forms can be found below:

https://www.misd.org/departments/community_services/misd_watch_dogs_program

Baby, it's cold outside! We're seeing several days of cold weather, so please make sure students are wearing appropriate clothing for the day's weather. It's ALWAYS a good idea to write students' names on the tags of jackets, hats, and gloves as they can easily be misplaced. There is potential for more freezing weather ahead.

Along with cold weather and more time spent inside comes.... more viruses. Several grade levels have been hit hard with viruses, including the flu. With some classes down to 50% attendance! Please remind students to wash their hands and try not to touch their faces to reduce their chance of getting sick. I have asked our custodial team to use enhanced disinfecting procedures to also try to kill more of the virus that may stay on surfaces.

If your child starts to show symptoms such as headaches, fever, and body-aches, please keep them home until they are symptom-free for 24 hours. If your child is out sick, I hope that they are recovering quickly. We miss them!

We also have some exciting news to share about a BIG GAME coming to town. The Lake Creek HS feeder elementary schools are going to be hosting the famous HARLEM WIZARDS on February 24th in the LCHS gym at 7pm. Not only is it going to be a great time, but tickets purchased will benefit our schools! Plus students can get the opportunity to practice alongside the wizards, and maybe even see their teachers and principals play in a game against the Wizards- and by play, I mean the Wizards will probably be doing trick shots off our heads or something crazy like that! Information is in the flyers below.

Mr. Stowe

January - School Board Appreciation Month

January 9-16 Middle of the Year Universal Screeners Reading and Math

January 15-22 Battle of the Books Intro in Library, Grades 3-5

January 20 - No School, District Holiday, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

January 23- Battle of the Books Reading period begins (through May 9)

January 23- LCHS Theatre Presents "Junie B. Jones Toothless Wonder" for PK, 1st, and 5th grades, 9am

January 27- 5th to 6th Grade Curriculum Night at Oak Hills Junior High 5:30pm-6:30pm.

January 28- 5th graders visit OHJH

January 31- 100th day of School

February 3- 101st Day of School - Dalmatian day for Kinder

February 3- Author Visit for Grades 3-5

February 13- Special Education Parent's Night, MHS

February 10-13- iReady Spirit Week

February 11 - 5th Grade District Choir Performance at MHS (evening)

February 14- Tribe Day (no lunch visitors, please)

February 3- 101st Day of School - Dalmatian day for Kinder

February 17 - Student Holiday, District Professional Development, President's Day

February 24- Harlem Wizards Game at LCHS

March 6- 2nd Grade Performance @ 8:30am for students and @ 6pm for parents

March 10-14 Spring Break

March 17- No School, Student Holiday

March 22- MISD Education Foundation Spring Soiree

April 1- Books Alive performance for Grades PK-2

April 8 - RLA STAAR for Grades 3-5 (closed campus, no visitors)

April 15- Science STAAR for Grade 5 (closed campus, no visitors)

April 17- Egg Hunt for PreK (12:20) and Kinder (2pm)

April 18- No School, District Holiday, Good Friday

April 21- No School, Student Holiday, Professional Development

April 23- Math STAAR for Grades 3-5 (closed campus, no visitors)

May 1-2 Book Fair Preview

May 5-9 Book Fair Shopping

May 12-16 Battle of the Books, Class Battles

May 12- All Library Books Due

May 16- Field Day

May 23- Last Day of School

Tentative End of Year Awards - Times will be coming ASAP

PreK - May 20

Kinder- May 19

1st-May 22

2nd- May 20

3rd-May 22

4th- May 20

5th- May 21

5th Grade Clapout- May 23

Pre-K - April 11

Kinder - April 4

4th Grade - TBD

5th Grade - TBD

Regular and timely attendance is essential for student success. Recently, we’ve noticed a significant increase in tardies and early departures schoolwide. This trend impacts instructional time and can lead to gaps in learning that are difficult to recover.

Our district policy emphasizes the importance of attendance:

• 10 tardies or early departures: Parents will receive an official notification letter.
• 15 tardies or early departures: The student will be required to complete one hour of credit recovery, either before or after school.
• Every additional 5 tardies or early departures: Another hour of credit recovery will be assigned.

We kindly ask for your support in reversing this trend by ensuring your child arrives on time and stays until the end of the school day. Together, we can create a positive and productive learning experience for all students! Thank you for your partnership.

Hello, Lone Star Families! I unfortunately have had numerous cases of flu and COVID reported this past week amongst all grade levels. The main complaint was headaches, stomach aches and fever. Please monitor your child (ren) for any symptoms and if they have a fever of 100.0, have vomiting and/or diarrhea they will need to stay home and be symptom and medication free for 24 hours before returning to school. Here are some tips that can help:

Stay home if ill

Wash hands with soap and water often especially before eating

Hand sanitizer

Avoid touching your mouth, nose or eyes

Cover your mouth/nose when you cough/sneeze

Avoid sharing cups and utensils

Stay Well!

Do NOT park in a handicap space for any amount of time unless you have a handicap sticker. We have families that need to use these spaces.

If you are parking and not using the car rider line, you must walk your children into the vestibule. Students can only be dropped off on the car rider line.

If you arrive after 8:15am, you will need to park in the parking lot and escort your children inside for a tardy pass. Students may not be dropped off at the curb.

Transportation changes can be made through PikMyKid up until 2pm each day. Click on the calendar to update your dismissal method. It's always a good idea to let the teacher know via email/dojo/bloomz just in case.

The last time to check out a student early is 3:00pm. If you have an emergency, please contact the front office.

School ends each day 3:40pm and dismissal begins at that time. Please keep these times and the time it takes to dismiss all students in mind as you register students for extra-curricular activities.

At dismissal, if you need to buckle a child into a seat for car rider, after your child is safely in the car, please pull forward into a visitor parking spot so that you can safely buckle in your child and keep our line moving.

The MISD Child Nutrition department has updated the number and grade spans for snacks to be consistent across all MISD Elementary campuses. This means that technically Kindergarten students could purchase an ice cream every day. In the past we had limited lower grades to just one day per week.

If you need to place a restriction on your child's lunch account so that they aren't charging a snack (or two!) every day, please reach out to our cafeteria manager, Erica Cedillo, at erica.cedillo@misd.org.