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Booker Bengals,

We completed our first full week of school! Our scholars are building relationships with their new teachers, reviewing our SpringWay Systems and Routines and diving into the curriculum. We are committed to making ASTRONOMICAL gains this year and will need your assistance. Our goal is to to change the trajectory of student achievement and ensure we are providing our students with daily opportunities to enrich their learning experience! This will be our priority and students will be challenged to reflect on their learning, create goals, and track their progress.

To ensure all students are able to engage in blended learning activities, we will provide chromebooks for students to use in the classroom only. Students will not be allowed to take chromebooks home this year. We believe that this is best to ensure proper use and minimize the amount of damaged devices. This will also allow us to engage our scholars and families in some HOME FUN: homework that is creative, interactive, sparks conversation and minimize students' screentime on devices! We believe that this will allow our students to achieve more and connect the daily instruction with real life scenarios and experiences.

We look forward to the journey and accept the challenge before us! Booker parents, let's suit up and BLAST OFF TOGETHER!

Sincerely,

Keisha Womack

Principal

August 19 - September 30 - BOY Testing

August 30 - College Colors Day - Dress from head to toe in your favorite college gear!

August 31 - DEADLINES APPROACHING

• Returning Student Annual Update Due
• Immunization Deadline
• All students must be in dress code
• All students must have mesh or clear backpacks

September 2 - Labor Day - No School

September 4 - Picture Day

September 12 - Open House 5-6:30pm

September 16 - Student Holiday - No School

Make sure to register!

Download the Parent App from the app store or scan the QR code, and register to take advantage of the SMART tag™ Parent Features.

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Privacy and Data:

Our student ID cards are safe and secure. We use PVC cards with a passive RFID chip containing only a unique identification (UID) number. The UID in the chip is read by our card reader, and our system uses it to reference student information. The latest cloud technology, encryption, and security protocols ensure your child’s information is secure.

New backpack requirements:

Do to safety reasons, Booker is enforcing our new backpack requirement. All backpacks must be Mesh or Clear only!

School hours:

School hours will remain 8:05 – 3:25pm and we will open our doors at 7:35am for all students! Please start preparing your child, physically and mentally for their return! We want you to commit to having our scholars at school every day and on time! Take advantage our free breakfast program and the opportunity for your child to Mix and Mingle with a Bengal during this time and prepare for a day of learning!

FIRST DAY PARENT PROCEDURES

Parents will be able to walk their children to class on their first day only.

All visitors must clear the building by 8:30AM to ensure an accurate headcount.

FIRST DAY PROCEDURES & PARENT EXPECTATIONS

Capture these memories with photos of your child

Be Kind & Patient

Remain Calm

Refrain from using profanity or any threatening language, tone, or voice volume

AT DISMISSAL

Stay in your Car

No cell phone use while in the parking lot during arrival and dismissal time

Please do not speed in the parking lot

Please be patient with each other and our staff. We know it's extremely hot!

STUDENT IDs

• Student IDs are mandatory.
• Student IDs will be a part of the dress code check.
• Every student will get an ID and they will be distributed within the first seven days of school.
• Bus riders must wear their ZPass IDs to ride the bus.
• All students, except our bus riders, will leave student IDs at school.
• Any student having to replace their ID badge, will need to pay $1 for a temporary badge each time one is issued.
• YOU MAY ALLOW YOU STUDENTS TO WEAR THEIR OLD ID's UNTIL NEW ONES ARE DISTRIBUTED

CAR RIDER SIGNS

• ALL PARENTS WILL NEED TO GET NEW CAR RIDER SIGNS THIS YEAR. It's a different color!

(Even Walkers, Bike Riders, Day Care and Koala Kare families!)

• Teach your child their car rider numbers and remind them to listen for them to speed of the line!
• Each family will be given two tags.
• FIRST THREE DAYS - we ask for your patience!

WALKER PARENTS

Parents please make sure your child is prepared to walk by reviewing the tips below:

• Walkers will proceed south on Imperial Valley down the side walk

(Except students enrolled in special programs/or have extenuating circumstances)

• They need to know where their home is by learning their route and address.
• Know the best route to get home, walking.
• Plan for bad weather with having an umbrella/poncho in their backpacks.
• Have identified friends or family that walk with them.
• Know how to handle situations that involve strangers approaching them.
• Make your child learn your cell phone number and your full name for emergency purposes.
• Please send children with water bottles during the months of extreme heat.
• Make sure they have the key, keycode, or garage code to get in the house.

• Teachers are not responsible for waiting on walkers, regardless of their age or grade!

(This is considered circumventing the car rider line. Parents be mindful that our teachers will not be able to wait for students to be picked up. So, if you have a little one, you must be at the walker dismissal intersection on time.)

• Teachers will not allow students to get in cars parked or waiting in our car rider line.

(It is illegal to load and unload your child in any lane on Imperial Valley. This is a traffic violation and also considered child endangerment and this is also circumventing the car rider and causing unsafe conditions for our students and drivers in the community.)

As for any SEVERE WEATHER DAYS designated by Harris County, your child will not be released to walk. We will initiate our RAINY DAY DISMISSAL procedures and dismiss all walkers with the car riders. Therefore, parents you will need to come and pick up your child from school on these days. You will proceed to the car rider line to avoid delay. So, please make sure you pick up your Rainy Day Car Rider Sign and keep it in your car. Remember, a rainy day does not count as a severe weather day so make sure your child is prepared!

We will be opening lunch visits in October. We want to get through our first 6 weeks to ensure we have all of our campus procedures solid before opening for visitors. We will have designated days for parent lunch visits that we will communicate to you in future newsletters. However, safety is our first priority and we want to ensure that we cover all bases to support additional visitors during the instructional day and that we have finished all Beginning of the Year testing, in case our student schedules change! We thank you for your patience and look forward to welcoming you back in for lunch visits! More info coming soon. So stay tuned!

Registration: Monday - Friday

7:35am - 10 am

12-2pm

You can also call for assistance 281-891-8750.

It's a NEW YEAR! Check out Spring ISD's new Student Code of Conduct to ensure your child is adhering to district policy. Please monitor your child's daily folder and their Wednesday folder for weekly updates. We want to ensure the safety and security of everyone on campus or visiting our campus.

Booker Admin

Spring ISD has adopted a new ID policy for all students this year. All students will be required to wear their ID badge at all times. It will be a part of their standardized dress code at Booker. Student IDs must be visible at all times! So, parents, we need your help! Dress code will be enforced each day. There will be no pull over hoodies allowed. Sweater jackets with hoods and zippers are allowed. Jeans must not be ripped, torn, stressed, or have designs in any way. Crocs and slides are not allowed, except for Dress Out Days, designated and approved by Booker Admin. Students will not be allowed to wear crocs or slides of any kind. To learn more about our dress code, please visit our website www.springisd.org/booker.

It is important for us to communicate with you. If you would like to meet with any administrators or teachers, please be sure to contact us in advance to schedule a meeting so that we can best serve you. Often times we are in classrooms meeting with our students and providing strategic instruction, meeting with our staff, or attending off-campus meetings.

We appreciate you scheduling an appointment, in advance with the campus secretary in order to avoid a long wait or a return to trip our campus.

Thank you for understanding, it is greatly appreciated.

Parents,

The state of Texas has a mandatory Attendance Requirement of 90%. Please know that under the Compulsory Attendance Law, all students must be in attendance at least 90% of the time they've been enrolled in a public school. In order to receive credit for a final grade for a class, a student is required to attend class 90 percent of the days a class is offered regardless of whether the student's absences are excused [see FEA] or unexcused.

TEA ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS

Appointments & Excuses

If your child has a doctor's appointment, please try to schedule it after snapshot at 9:30am. Any student who arrives after 9:30am is counted absent, regardless of what type of appointment it is. However, it is recommended that in this instance, you still provide the documentation for any medical appointments to ensure the absence has been resolved versus left unexcused. Unexcused absences do not tell the story. But doctors' notes and parent notes do! Please submit doctor's excuses and parent notes within three days of the absence.

Early Pick Ups

Parents we understand that circumstances do arise. However, in the past few years, we have noticed that our early pick ups have increased, substantially. Many of you express that it is due to the car rider line. However, early pick up causes students to miss instruction and fall behind. We will be closely monitoring early pick ups this year. Please make sure you are submitting all documentation for outside therapy, appointments, etc. that involve you having to pick up your child(ren) early.

Koala Kare is available for before and after school care on campus. Check it out! https://www.koalakare-llc.com/

Tardies

School starts at 8:00AM. We have free breakfast each day and students can arrive as early as 7:35am! Students who are late, enter the room frustrated or off task, causing a disruption to the instructional day. Help our scholars learn meaningful lessons about life and work, by getting them to school on time to assist them in getting a GREAT START!

All students are to wear dress code each day. We will have designated days for students to wear free dress code. For example, students get to dress in any attire representing Hispanic Heritage on Thursdays.

We will also start our new Attendance Rewards and free dress code days will also be a part of the Attendance Incentive Program. So, always check out our Booker Brief to find those opportunities for FREE DRESS CODE DAYS.

If your student is not participating in the designated event for free dress code, then he/she must follow Booker's dress code!

ll students are eligible to receive a Chromebook. We will have more information coming soon about check out dates and procedures. However, we are requesting all chromebooks to stay at school, due to the number of damaged chromebooks and lost cords and the cost. Thank you for your patience and cooperation!

Parents...

We are looking for volunteers and parents who are interested in supporting our scholars and staff this year. There are many ways to get involved. You can get involved behind the scenes, holding a PTO Board Office, volunteering at campus events, or so many other ways. Please complete both forms below:

BOOKER VOLUNTEER FORM 24-25 Spring ISD Volunteer Form.

It is important to do both forms. One is tailored just for us and specifies what you'd like to do as a volunteer and the other application is a district mandate for all Volunteers in Schools.

Booker Volunteer Interest Form

Spring ISD Volunteer Website

Spring ISD VIP Volunteer application:

We must get you approved by the district before serving on campus as a volunteer. Booker's volunteer interest form is just a way that we can try to track our interested parents and community members on the district's spreadsheet and get them in faster! However, it is not the actual volunteer request form! So, please visit the VIP Website and complete the application! Please call the front office and let the front office know that you have been approve as a VIP for our district! This system will allow us to track your status and get you registered for next year. We would like to start developing our Parent Engagement Team interest to hopefully roll out BIGGER AND BETTER THINGS FOR BOOKER!

We are looking for all TYPES OF VOLUNTEERS:

• Creative Artists
• Workroom Helpers
• Behind the Scene Helpers
• Frontline Helpers Library Helpers
• Business Partners
• Career Day Speakers
  
• Board Members for our PTO
• Hall Monitors
• Lunch Duty & Dismissal Volunteers for our Baby Bengals
• Mentors
• Seasonal Prop/Stage Crew
• Photographers
• Creative Souls

SO THAT MEANS YOU! And YOU! AND YOU! So, sign up now. We would like to have a parent meeting to see the interest in starting a board! Stay tuned!

FOR ASSISTANCE: CALL (281)891-8750

PRESS 1 - REGISTRAR - Ms. Velasquez - dvelas1@springisd.org

PRESS 2 - ATTENDANCE CLERK - Ms. Yulissa Camacho ycamacho@springisd.org

PRESS 0 - RECEPTIONISTS - Ms. Enciso/Ms. Martinez

PRESS 3 - Counselor - Mrs. Ashleigh Foley - afoley@springisd.org - 281-891-8755

PRESS 4 - School Nurse - Ms. Shereka Kossie - skossie@springisd.org - 281-891-8757

FAX NUMBER: DIAL 281-891-8751

Website: https://booker.springisd.org/

Location: 22352 Imperial Valley Drive, Houston, TX, USA
Phone: 281-891-8750
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/booker.bengals.3
Twitter: @BookerBengals

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