We hope you had a peaceful and enjoyable Thanksgiving Break! We are grateful to have your family apart of our Rosa Park Elementary family! We look forward to returning to a full week of learning fun.

December kicks- off with:

Celebrating Inclusive Schools Week (ISW), December 2-6, 2024

Monday. 12/02- Welcome Back!

Tuesday, 12/03- “70's Day” Flashback, Flashlight wear your 70's outfit for the 70th day of school.

• Grades 3rd - 5th will be taking the Reading/ Language Arts District Learning Assessment

Wednesday, 12/04- Choir Practice after school 3:25 - 4:10 PM for choir members only

Thursday, 12/05- "Grinch Day" Wear your Grinch gear. ~ Go Green for Growth

• Grades 3rd - 5th will be taking the Math District Learning Assessment
• Brighter Bites food distribution 3:45 - 4:45 PM. Volunteers needed for bagging 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM, must have Volunteer Background Check completed, if available please email Karina.Anderson@fortbendisd.gov
• PTO Movie Night 5:30 - 7:30 PM Pre-Sale Tickets available now $5 include movie and popcorn.

Every Voice Matters!

Anitra Wilson, Principal

All students are expected to wear their ID daily with the school issued lanyard. If a student does not have an ID they need to report to the front office to be issued a temporary wristband ID for the day.

Requesting a new ID - student should request a new ID when they come to get their temporary ID in the morning. A fee will be assigned to the students account in Skyward. Parent should pay the fee in Skyward. Have the student bring the printed receipt the next day to the office.

How to pay fee for new ID

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PWaJKoXHY6UOKO3zh8xs0QHnhRMwpzga/view?usp=sharing

Hello Parents,

You are our students first role model! We want you as guest speakers for our career day. If you are interested in presenting, please reach out to Ms. Tahida Williams, School Counselor @ Tahida.Willliams@fortbendisd.gov or give her a call at 281-634-6395.

Tahida (Tihida) Williams

Professional School Counselor

We are excited to have a Parent Educator on campus again! Karina Anderson is excited to collaborate and build bridges between home and school by offering parent education courses of interest to our families and community, create partnerships with local businesses, and bringing parents and guardians into our building as volunteers! In order to join us, you must complete a Volunteer Criminal History Application each school year (after July 1st).

In order to raise funds for more fun and exciting materials and activities for Rosa Parks ES, our PTO is selling yummy snacks every Friday (or last day of the week) in the carpool line. Items sold include gatorade, water, candy, and more! Prices range from $1-3. Cash only. So bring your cash so that you can treat your Rockets to a fun end of week snack!

As you start to clean out your homes as we prepare for the holiday season, consider donating your clothes to our clothes recycle bin located near the cafeteria doors.

Dear FBISD Parents and Staff,

This year, the district is providing all students with school ID badges.

Pre-kindergarten and kindergarten students should receive badges over the next few weeks.

The benefits of ID badges are:

• Increased security on school campuses – badges provide a quick way to know when someone may be trespassing onto a campus.

• Ease of transactions in cafeterias and libraries – badges may be used to purchase meals and check out books.

• Use with new Stopfinder bus software – bus riders will scan their badges when they get on and off buses to provide parents and school staff with nearly real-time information about bus arrival times and confirmation that students are on the right bus.

IMPORTANT NOTE: The district is in Phase 1 of using Stopfinder bus software. During this initial phase, the district will ensure Stopfinder is programmed to provide the most accurate data to parents and school staff.

During Phase 2, the parent app will be activated. Parents will receive a notification when the app is ready for downloading.

If a badge is lost, it must be replaced at a cost of $5. Please follow the instructions in the job aid below to purchase a new badge.

PTO wants to help you celebrate your student's birthday with a little extra flair! Let us all celebrate your student with well wishes for their birthday by announcing "Happy Birthday" on our school marquee. See the attachment below for more information.

Get signed up now for the next distribution! Not only is it distributing healthy fruits and vegetables, there are active lessons and learning about healthy eating included! Share with a neighbor, we make are community stronger!

¡Inscríbase ahora para la próxima distribución! No solo se distribuyen frutas y verduras saludables, sino que también se incluyen lecciones activas y aprendizaje sobre alimentación saludable. Haga clic en los enlaces a continuación para ver imágenes de nuestra página de Twitter de RPE.

Regular school attendance is essential for students to make the most of their education. Absences from class may result in serious disruption of a student’s mastery of the instructional materials/objectives; therefore, the student and parent should make every effort to avoid unnecessary absences. Please view the school calendar attached below.

• Students may not be picked up after 2:45 PM.

• All excuse notes (whether from a parent, doctor’s office, etc.) must be received within 5 days of the student’s return to school or the absence will be considered unexcused.

• Notes may be emailed to cynthia.hernandez@fortbendisd.gov. Any note brought in by a student should be dropped off at the attendance office located in the front office. The notes must include the student’s first and last name, parent signature/date, reason for absence, and telephone number.

• If a student is absent or leaves early, a note needs to be turned in within the 5-day limit. Otherwise the absence will be coded as unexcused.

• If your child must leave school early, the child must be signed out prior to them leaving the building. You will need to provide ID in order to sign the child out.

• In order to sign out a child, the person picking them up must be on their emergency contact list. If not, an email will need to be sent to cynthia.hernandez@fortbendisd.gov with the name of the person who will be picking the child up.

• In order to add someone to your child’s emergency contact list, an email will need to be sent to cynthia.hernandez@fortbendisd.gov with the name of the individual and a contact phone number for them as well.

• If a student is out more than 4 consecutive days, a note from the doctor is required. No exceptions.

If you receive a call that your child was marked absent in a class and you feel this is an error, please either leave a message or send an email to your child’s teacher about the error. The teacher will then contact Mrs. Hernandez if an error was made. The attendance clerk cannot make any changes without notification from the teacher who made the error.

School Hours

8:05a.m. - 3:25 p.m.

The doors open at 7:30 a.m.

Breakfast is served from 7:30-8:00 a.m.

If you or neighbors are not receiving messages such as attendance, newsletters, etc from the school, or you want to make updates please use the Job Aide below.

12/2- 12/6/24- Inclusive Schools Week!

12/03/24 - 70th Day of School - wear your seventies clothes! Celebrate the 1970s!

12/05/24 - Brighter Bites Distribution 3:45-4:45 PM (Sign up in advance: https://www.brighterbites.org/signup/s=656/n=1)

12/05/24 - PTO Movie Night 5:00 PM

12/12/24 - Parent and Family Center Winter Open House 4:00 - 4:45 PM (Light refreshments)

12/12/24 - RPE Winter Program performance 5:00 PM

12/12/24- 2nd grade Bike Distribution 5:40 PM

12/17/24 - 80th Day of School - wear your 80s outfit!

12/19/24 - Brighter Bites Distribution 3:45-4:45 PM (Sign up in advance: https://www.brighterbites.org/signup/s=656/n=1)

12/20/24 - Class Holiday Parties - Send store bought goodies for your child's class.

12/20/24 - Early Release at 12:10 PM

12/20/24 - Report Cards Available in Family Access/Skyward after 4:00 PM

12/23/24 - 01/08/24 - No School for Students: Winter Break

Italicized dates are updates.

Asst. Principal, Dr. Candus Jack - candus.jack@fortbendisd.gov

Counselor, Tahida Williams - tahida.williams@fortbendisd.gov

Parent Educator, Karina Anderson - karina.anderson@fortbendisd.gov

Website: https://www.fortbendisd.gov/rpe
Location: 19101 Chimney Rock Road, Fresno, TX, USA
Phone: 281-634-6390
Twitter: @RPE_Rockets