The Howl - Our Parent Newsletter
October 8, 2024
October 8, 2024
Dear Carter Coyote Families,
We've had an exciting last couple of weeks at our school! The new murals on the walls were just finished by the muralist (see pics below), and our "Innovation Day" program kicked off with lots of energy and enthusiasm. Our school counselor started her first round of guidance lessons to support our students. We also celebrated the reclassification of some of our English Language Learner students who scored the highest on their TELPAS assessments. Our kindergarten students completed the CogAT assessment as well, and did a beautiful job.
We're so proud of all the great things happening at our school!
REMINDER: Friday, October 11 -- Monday, October 14 is fall break and there will be no school for staff and students.
Full Price & Free and Reduced Cost Meals - Breakfast and Lunch
If you need information on free and/or reduced-cost meals, please click the link below to view the application and sign up. Students will be charged for all meals unless you apply and qualify for free and reduced-cost meals.
https://www.lcisd.org/departments/support-services/food-service
Canvas Parent Guide
Parents, to view more information about Canvas, such as creating an observer account, logging in, and navigating the dashboard, please click: https://www.lcisd.org/students-parents/canvas/canvas-information.
Would You Like to Be a Substitute? We Need You!
We need substitutes, help us spread the word! Lamar CISD will host a Substitute Round Up Informational Meeting on Wednesday, October 2, from 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm at the Lamar CISD Administration building, 3911 Avenue I, Rosenberg, TX 77471. Link to the registration form can be found HERE
From the Library
From Our Counselor
From Our Emergent/Bilingual Coach
From Gifted and Talented
If you would like your child to be screened for possible GT services and information about an upcoming meeting (November 7) regarding the GT program, please see the following flyer from Mrs. Matthys, our GT Facilitator.
From the PTO
Tickets are now open for our first Boo Bash -- A Halloween Party for the whole family!
Join us for a DJ, dancing, games, photo booth, and more!
Tickets are limited by gym capacity so buy now!
Please also prepurchase your pizza meals and concession tickets! We'll have extra concessions but will only be able to order the amount of pizza preordered.
Raise Craze Update
Thank you all for your generous support of our Raise Craze fundraiser. So far, we’ve raised more than $18,000 and completed 600 Acts of Kindness! How amazing is that?! We hope to finish strong, so please continue logging your completed Acts of Kindness on the Raise Craze website until October 18. We can't meet our goal without YOU!!!
Not registered? Get started at my.raisecraze.com/AQG77HW.
P.S. For the latest class results, check the Leaderboard at https://my.raisecraze.com/leaderboard/for/AQG77HW/. Top class gets a donut party and if we meet our school goal we get a GLOW PARTY!
Book Fair Volunteers
The Carter Bookfair is October 28 - November 1. We need volunteers to help during the day for the different grade levels, as well as during set-up and at Grandparent's Night.
All Bookfair Volunteers will get a 20% Bookfair discount.
If you would like to help with the Bookfair, please sign up here!
To celebrate our new students joining their houses, new House Shirts designs have just been added to the Carter Spiritwear Store! House shirts are an approved dress code shirt and can be worn any day of the week.
Link to Spirit Store. https://stores.sugarlandink.com/carter_elementary_school/shop/products/all?page=1
From the Cafeteria
Dear Carter Parents,
Beginning October 7th, the cafeteria will start having Strawberry Milk as an option for breakfast in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Lena Gracia
Child Nutrition Manager
Carter Elementary
Lamar Consolidated I.S.D.
Office phone- 832-223-5508
REFERENCE SECTION
Uniform Information for New Students and Parents
Below, please find the uniform colors and uniform clothing items that can be worn for the 2023-2024 school year:
Bottoms: Solid color navy blue, black, khaki or blue denim pants, capris, shorts, skirts, skorts or jumpers. Leggings/tights worn alone as well as embellished and distressed jeans with rips and tears are not allowed.
Tops: Solid color, collared (polo style, no logo) shirts in red, white, navy blue (dark blue,) black or hunter green (dark green.)
Maroon, gray, olive, kelly green, royal blue and light blue are not Carter approved uniform shirt colors.
School and PTO approved Carter ES spirit shirts are allowed daily, such as the once a year Carter themed shirt.
Leggings/tights worn alone as well as embellished and distressed jeans with rips and tears are not allowed. Additionally, basketball shorts, roller shoes, shoes that light up and backpacks on wheels are not allowed.
If a student is not wearing the proper uniform, they will be sent to the Nurse to either call home or receive a change of clothes, as our inventory allows.
A Few reminders About Dismissal
- AM Car line--ARRIVE as Early as 6:45: There is absolutely NO pedestrian drop-off traffic crossing our busy car line in the morning. This is for the safety of everyone.
- ⛔After 7:15 AM, your student is considered tardy. If you pull into the car line at 7:10 or later, you WILL most likely be tardy. After 7:15, parents must park and bring their child(ren) into the office to check-in and receive a tardy slip. ⛔
- PM Car line: PM car line is becoming very efficient. If you come to pick up your child in Car line after 3:00 PM, you may have to park and come in to the office to check out your child.
- AM and PM Car line: Refrain from using your cell phone on school property. Per elementary handbook, cell phone use in the car line is prohibited.
- Crosswalk: Please DO NOT park on Glass Peak Drive OR along Stonecreek Estates Drive on either side of the bridge and walk your student to the crosswalk--this road is not a parking lot. Lately an over congestion of cars parking near the intersections is causing an obstruction of a clear view for our walkers, bikers and crossing guard, particularly on the other side of the bridge where there is no longer staff assisting students and no crossing guard. Additionally, cars trying to come in and out of the neighborhood at Glass Peak Drive are blocked by cars parked to pick up or deliver walker students. The crosswalk is for students who are in the walk zone to Carter and do not have bus service due to their close proximity to the school.
- Pre-K and Kinder students: Students in this age category must have someone waiting to pick them up at the bus stop or cross walk otherwise they will be returned to school, causing inconveniences for you and your child.
To Register for Bus Service
If you still have not registered for bus service and need to. Please CLICK HERE to access the LCISD transportation webpage. There are 3 big blue buttons on the bottom of the page. You will click on the first button for instructions on how to register through your student's Skyward Family Access account. Once registered, click on the last blue bottom on the website above (or follow the instructions below) for instructions on how to download the My Stop App where you can see your child's bus route info, real-time student bus travel, and any messages about your bus.
Important District Changes to the Student Code of Conduct That Will Affect All Students
Among some of the most important changes are:
1. Being in possession of a Vape or E-cigarrette will result in automatic removal from the home campus to the Alternative Learning Center for a period of time TBD.
2. Being in possession of a Knife of any length will result in automatic removal from the home campus to the Alternative Learning Center for a period of time TBD.
3. Cellphones: Cellphones and personal electronic devices including smartwatches, must be turned off and stored in backpacks unless given specific permission given by a teacher to use for an instructional purpose. The district has outline specific, required consequence for violation of personal technology policy: See page 100 in elementary student handbook.
Link to Elementary Handbook and Student Code of Conduct: HERE
Arrival/Dismissal Map: Car Line, Bus, Walker/Bikers
Important Documents at Your Fingertips
Important Dates to Remember
10/6 - 10/12 - Fire Prevention Week
10/10 - End of the 1st 9 weeks
10/11 - 10/14 - Fall Break--Student/Staff Holiday
10/14 - 10/18 - School Lunch Week
10/18 - Nine Weeks 1 Report Card Distributed in Skyward Family Access
10/18 - House Spirit Day--Go All Out in House Colors, PK-5
10/20 - 10/26 - Safe School's Week & Character Counts Week
10/23 - 10/31 - Red Ribbon Week
10/24 - 50th Day of School!
10/25 - Early Release @ 11:15
10/28 -11/1 - Book Fair
10/29 - Picture Retakes
10/30 - Grandparent's Night at the Book fair
10/31 - Wear Your Halloween Costume for $1 (Proceeds to Student Activity Fund)
Don Carter Elementary School
Leann Imrie, Principal
Aerika Dial, Assistant Principal
Website: www.lcisd.org
Location: 8500 A Meyers Road, Richmond, TX, USA
Phone: (832)223-5500
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DonCarterES/
Twitter: @cartercoyotes