Happy Fall!

I can’t believe we will begin the 2nd 9 weeks of school on October 15th. The first 9 weeks flew by, and our students have settled into the school year.

We are excited for the Mother/Son event on 10/18 @ Community Fieldhouse put on by our AMAZING PTO! Our PTO is the best of the best, and we are SO very thankful for all the wonderful events they plan for our Snyder families.

We are also excited for the Boosterthon fun run on Friday, November 1st and our annual Storybook Character Parade on Friday, October 25th at 9am. Students in grades Pre-K through 4th grade will dress up as a storybook character on that day. Parents are welcome to attend both outdoor events. More information to come soon!

Proud Principal,

Mrs. Poncho

There are a LOT of upcoming events, informational meetings, and a couple of after school programs planned for this school year. The link below will take you to a "one stop shop" where all the events and activity information will be housed. I hope this will help to minimize the amount of emails by having all information in one place. The link is below for your convenience.

10/2 CUSTODIANS DAY!

10/3 TGA Golf Afterschool Program Starts

10/3 PTO General Meeting @ 9:30am

10/9 Spirit Sticks sale (during lunch)

10/10 Spirit Sticks sale (during lunch)

10/11 NO SCHOOL

10/14 NO SCHOOL - HOLIDAY

10/18 PTO Mother/Son Event @ Community Fieldhouse

10/21 THRU 10/25 RED RIBBON WEEK

10/24 Boosterthon Kick-off

10/25 Storybook Parade @ 9:00am

10/31 Superstar Celebration @ 8:30am

11/1 Boosterthon Fun Run

Howdy, CISD!

Outstanding Educators and School Districts won Cash and Grants Totaling $480,000 at the 2024 H-E-B Excellence in Education Awards!

Nominations for the 2025 H-E-B Excellence in Education Awards will close Monday, October 7.

Nominate your favorite: teacher, principal, school district, school board, or counselors at https://heblovesteachers.com/

Do you want to recognize an AWESOME Snyder teacher/staff member? If so, follow the steps below:

1. Log in to Parent Access.
2. Click on communication.
3. Choose Staff/Teacher excellence from the drop down menu.
4. Select the employee to receive recognition from the drop down menu.
5. Click create TAE.
6. Click any of the pre-populated choices that apply.
7. Type any additional comments in the Additional Comment box.
8. Click the box labeled Create Teachers Achieving Excellence button.
9. Done!

The Snyder Store is opening the week of September 30th!!

Students can earn Stallion Bucks throughout the school from any staff member who sees them demonstrating good behaviors that exemplify our Stallion S.A.L.U.T.E.

We need YOUR help to stock our Stallion Store where students can redeem their Stallion Bucks for prizes, coupons, and monthly rewards. Please find the attached Amazon Wish List for suggestions. If you have any other ideas for prizes, please send them in to your child’s teacher labeled “Emily Kress: Stallion Store”.

Thank you for your support in helping us help our students to be their best!

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2LAWQ5QQC5RHV?ref_=wl_share

DISTRICT WIDE ATTENDANCE NOTICE PLEASE SEE BELOW:

For any questions regarding absences please email Ms. Sabbara @ bsabbara@conroeisd.net

Change of Transportation (no Later than 2:00pm)

If you need to change your student’s mode of transportation for the day, please send a note in their backpack and have them give the note to their teacher.

Note should include:

*Student(s) name(s) *Date(s) *Teacher’s name

* How they will be going home (include name of person picking up)

A same day change can also be emailed to Snyder@conroeisd.net before 2:00pm. (please cc their teachers).

Picking up Student Early (no later than 2:00)

The latest you can pick up a student in front office prior to dismissal is 2:00pm.

(Please let the front office know, in writing, if alternate person is picking up student.)

The School Health Advisory Council (SHAC) was created to assist the District in ensuring that local community values and health issues are reflected in the District’s health and physical education instruction.

All meetings begin at 4:30 p.m. in the Conroe ISD Board Room unless otherwise noted. Recordings can be accessed on the Conroe ISD YouTube Channel.

All detailed information about meals, pricing, and accounts can be found at the following link https://www.conroeisd.net/department/child-nutrition/. You are also able to see itemized purchases your child makes on your parent access account.

Child Nutrition offers meal service for breakfast and lunch to the children of Conroe ISD from EC – 12th grade on a daily basis during the school year. Per CISD Board of Trustees Policy CO (Local), students are allowed 15 days (breakfast and lunch) to charge their meals. This time period is allowing for families to navigate any financial challenges or apply for the school lunch program (free/reduced meals).

Parents/Guardians will receive an email notification once their child's meal balance is negative. Emails will continue to be sent until the negative balance is paid.

Students that reach or surpass the 15-day limit will receive a modified meal as follows:

a. Breakfast would consist of milk and choice of cereal.

b. Lunch would consist of a sub sandwich and milk.

During lunch, a student is welcome to purchase items a la carte, as a meal, as well as go back in line to purchase a second lunch. If you care to restrict any purchases whether a la carte or second lunches, please reach out to your homeroom teacher.

What makes a meal?

Lunch: The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) requires students paying the set meal price or receiving free meals to select menu components that meet the meal pattern. The meal pattern consists of FIVE components: meat/meat alternate, grain, fruit, vegetable and milk.

If the minimum number of components for each meal are not selected by the student, a la carte prices will be charged.

-Must choose at least three of the five offered components to make a meal.

-Must choose at least a half cup of fruit or vegetable to receive the meal price.

A la Carte:

-Extra entrees, extra sides, chips, cookies, etc. are all charged a la carte prices and are not included in the meal.

- For example, if a student gets a meal of chicken smackers, mashed potatoes, and milk, but wants an extra portion of chicken smackers, the extra portion is not considered a part of the meal and will be charged an additional $3.35.

- If a parent wishes to restrict a la carte purchases, please contact the Child Nutrition Office.

Pricing

*please note there is a price increase when purchasing a second lunch

Student Lunch $3.20

Student Reduced Lunch $.40

Non-student Lunch/ 2nd Student Lunch $5.00

Lunch Entrée $3.35

Fruit/Vegetable/Bread $1.75

Milk $1.15

Student Breakfast $2.00

Student Reduced Breakfast $.0

Non-Student Breakfast/ 2nd Student Breakfast $3.40

Fruit/Vegetable/Bread $1.75

Milk $1.15

If you have any further questions, you can click on the button below to take you to the CISD child nutrition page or reach out to your homeroom teacher.

We are excited to welcome parents in to the building in a safe and healthy manner.

• Due to the size of our student population and every table in the cafeteria being utilized by our students, we encourage you to limit the number of times you eat lunch with your child to no more than 1-2 days per month.
• Please know that there is a designated "Visitor" area to sit with your child, by the stage under the TV.
• Parents may be more comfortable dropping off their child’s lunch, saying hi, and allowing your child to socialize with their peers.
• All visitors will need to check in the front office and show the receptionist your ID.

Please know that there will be many other opportunities to volunteer this school year, for example; Boosterthon Fun Run, Library Volunteers, PTO volunteers.

We look forward to safely welcoming parents and volunteers in the building and will continue to monitor how to make the lunch visitor process go smoothly.

IMPORTANT LUNCH VISITORS:

We welcome lunch visitors at Snyder and want to ensure the continued safety and security of everyone as they enjoy their time together. If a grandparent, family member or adult other than the parent/guardians want to visit your child during lunch, the parent/guardian must send in written permission to the front office by emailing snyder@conroeisd.net. The note will only need to be sent once; we will keep the information on file so the school will have record of the permission being granted for future lunch visits. If a note is not sent, we will call the guardian to grant permission before the visitor is allowed to join a student for lunch.

Lunch Times:

Pre K 12:45-1:15

Kinder 11:40-12:10

1st Grade 10:40-11:10

2nd Grade 12:10-12:40

3rd Grade 12:40-1:10

4th Grade 11:10-11:40

**We encourage all parents to apply for free/reduced lunch whether your child will bring lunch or buy lunch.

*Each qualifying student helps the school receive proper funding which is much needed.

*All students who qualify for free/reduced meals are ensured a lunch even in emergency situations.

The link below is for your convenience.

https://www.myschoolapps.com/Application

Parents must apply for free/reduced lunch every school year, even if they qualified the previous school year. All students who currently receive free/reduced lunch will have to start paying for meals starting September 27th, UNLESS the parent applied and qualified for the 24-25 school year.

Visit https://www.conroeisd.net/child-nutrition/ for more information.

School begins at 7:55 am. Our doors will open at 7:15 am every school day. We hope that by allowing extra time, this will continue to alleviate the traffic.

Please note that the busiest time to drop off is between 7:45-7:55 AM. Prior to this, there are few cars on Birnham Woods Drive. Please take this into consideration. Additionally, please carpool if possible. For students arriving between 7:15-7:30 am, they will go straight to the recess playground for extra play. Staff members will be on duty to supervise and monitor the students. When the bell rings at 7:30 AM, students will go to class, and meet their teacher.

School dismisses at 3:10 pm. The car rider line is over about 3:30pm and buses are having a shortage on drivers and could run behind. Please have patience with us, as it is very important that each child is safe.

It is important for your child to keep their backpack tag on their backpack to assist with our safety procedures during dismissal. Please pay close attention to the dismissal forms your child’s teacher will have you complete. This information is very important to assist us with accurate dismissal.

Car rider:

• If your child is a car rider, you must have a the 2024-2025 district designated car rider sign to show at dismissal. Please write your child’s name(s) in BIG, BOLD, DARK writing to help read your sign. Car rider is a “follow the leader” activity, with patience please. Please be sure that your car rider sign is visible at ALL times.

Please Do Not start forming the car rider line in front of the school before 2:00.

• During the school day, this fire lane needs to stay clear for emergency vehicles only. It is imperative that the lane in front of the school is clear any time before 2:00pm

Please be sure that your child can enter the car by the door closest to the curb.

• Due to the safety of our patrols and students, we ask that you do not park and get out of the car to open the passenger door on the driver’s side. This is not only unsafe, but it also slows the flow of the car rider line.

Bus riders: PreK/K students are required to have a parent at the bus stop. All bus riders are required to be registered to ride the bus. You can do this at https://www.conroeisd.net/transportation/

If your child is riding the bus, please take the time to meet the driver, if possible. It helps them to see a face and it helps them to remember which children get off at the different stops. PK and Kindergarten students MUST have an adult at the bus stop to greet them. In addition, the adult needs to have the sign that was provided to them from the teacher. No PK or Kindergarten children will be released without an adult. If your child does not get off the bus, please call Snyder to verify they loaded the bus. Often times, children fall asleep on the ride home and miss their stop.

Walker/Biker – PreK/K students are required to have a parent at our walker/biker dismissal locations with a sign with the student name to be released.

As a reminder, during dismissal no students will be able to meet their parents in our parking lot, near the tennis courts, or any of the school doors if they are a "walker/biker."

Daycare: Please verify with your daycare that they pick up at Snyder and that your child is registered to ride their bus at dismissal.

7:55 am Tardy Bell - Students are marked tardy

9:00 am Attendance Bell—Students are either present or absent for the day.

Picking Student up Early:

The latest you can pick up a student prior to dismissal is 2:00pm. Please come to the school with your ID to sign your student out.

Change of Transportation:

If you need to change your students mode of transportation at dismissal, please send a note in their backpack and have them give the note to their teacher.

A same day change can also be emailed to:

Snyder@conroeisd.net before 2:00pm (please cc their teachers).

Vision and Hearing Screens

Annual Vision and Hearing screens will begin in October for all 4-year-olds and students in Kindergarten, 1st, and 3rd grades, as well as all students new to CISD this year, as required by the state of Texas. If your child does not pass their screen, a referral will be sent home for you to take your child to an appropriate medical professional for follow-up and further assessment. Please return the bottom portion of the referral filled out and signed by the appropriate provider to the clinic upon completion.

Medications at school

ALL medications that will be administered at school will need to be accompanied by a doctor's note with clear orders for use. This includes prescription AND over the counter (OTC) medications.

The doctor's order must include the following:

1. Student's NAME

2. Name of MEDICATION and strength

3. DOSE to be given

4. TIME to be given; a specific time for scheduled medications (i.e. daily at 10:00) or a clearly defined time range for PRN medications (i.e. every 4-6 hours)

5. REASON for taking

6. If it is an OTC medication, there also needs to be a length of time included (i.e. "for the next two weeks", or "from 10/1/24 to 10/15/24").

Order example:

Please administer to Jane Smith Children's Tylenol (160mg/5ml) 10ml by mouth every 4-6 hours as needed for pain from broken arm for the next two weeks (or from 10/1/24 through 10/15/24).

Medications will no longer be accepted if the above criteria are not included on a doctor's order. If your child presents to the school clinic and requires medication to be given, but no medication has been signed in according to the requirements, a parent will be notified and will have the opportunity to come to the school to administer the medication to the student. Thank you for your cooperation!

Nurse Emily 🙂

During the month of October the students will focus on Responsibility:

* I can care for the things that are important to me, like schoolwork, family, and myself.

* I can be prepared and bring the materials that I need.

* I can clean up the messes I see, even if I didn’t make them.

* I can keep myself and others safe.

We will have our Superstar Celebration on Thursday, October 31st. Students will be notified by a letter if they are the superstar for the month.

· Nominations will be open for the Conroe Independent School District Gifted and Talented program.

· Nominations will be accepted October 1- December 19

· Nominations can be made by the parents and/or teachers.

· If you are interested in nominating your child, you should discuss this with your child’s teacher.

· Nomination forms can be requested from your child’s teacher or counselor or below to print from home.

· Testing will take place in January. Results will be sent home in May.

The Snyder Counselors offer classroom guidance counseling focusing on the character traits, small group counseling, and individual counseling.

You may request Counseling services by filling out the Parent Request for School Counselor Support, phone 832-663-4400, or emailing your child's grade level counselor.

Life Is A Movie: Film Drug Free

Our common area of the month is the restroom. We ask the students to follow Go, Flush, Wash, Leave, Level 0. Take some time to ask your child what that looks and sounds like. They have been working really hard on mastering the expectation!

We are moving right along in Pre-K and can't believe that it is already October!

October brings many fun events to our schedule, and we are very excited to start out our community helpers unit this month.

The first grading period ends on October 10th, and you will be receiving your child's first report card 2-3 weeks after that. We will be scheduling parent-teacher conferences this month so that we can share all of the amazing things that your child is doing at school!

This month in Kindergarten we are learning all about how to retell a story, as well as character traits and making connections. In math we are learning about comparing numbers to 10 and numeration. In science we are learning about magnets and motion, and in social studies we are learning about maps.

Please label all of your child’s sweaters, jackets, and hoodies as the weather gets cooler. Also, please remind your child to return their library book each Monday! We are so excited about this month’s events: Boosterthon Fun Run, and our Storybook Parade. It's going to be another great month!

First Graders have been busy working in Guided Reading and Guided Math groups. Our learning is in full swing! Thank you for reading the books sent home and practicing sight words. It is so important that your child sees how school and home work together! We are wrapping up our Math unit on Addition and Subtraction (don't worry, we will revisit this later!) and then will move into our introduction to place value.

Please take time to look over work sent home, and please let us know if you have any questions!

Reading: We will be learning multi-genres and Traditional Literature

Writing: We will be learning Narrative Unit and drafting, editing, revising their writing piece.

Grammar: We will be learning end punctuation, apostrophes in contraction, and commas with items in a series in dates

Math: We will cover Geometry then Place Value

Science: We will continue with Matter and Properties then move into Force and Motion

Social Studies: We will cover Geography and Map Skills

Happy Fall Y’all!

We are looking forward to a wonderful month in Third Grade. We have a lot of learning taking place in each of our subject areas. In Reading, we are learning all about Traditional Literature. These stories are fables. myths, legends, fairy tales, and tall tales. We are also entering our Drama Unit where students will get to know more about this genre and how it works. Then we will continue to discover the different types of literature fiction has to offer. In Writing, we will continue with our fractured fairy tales. Students are currently rewriting their own version of a traditional fairy tale. For Math, we will be finishing up our Place Value unit. Then, we will be dive into Addition and Subtraction. We will focus on using three-digit addition and subtraction with regrouping in strip diagrams, number lines and word problems. In Science, we are learning about Mixtures, Force and Motion and Forms of Energy. For Social Studies, we are focusing on Maps, Natural Resources, and Landforms. We are excited for the fun events that October brings and look forward to seeing you at Boosterthon Fun Run and Storybook Character Parade!

Reading: We will be studying traditional literature this month. This includes Folktales, Fairy Tales, Legends, and Fables. We will also continue our work with Extended Constructed Response. We will then move into our first nonfiction unit and grow our abilities to comprehend nonfiction texts.

Writing: We will be wrapping up our Narrative Unit and celebrate our published pieces. We will then be moving into informational essays and working on box and bullet organizations.

Science: During science we will focus on learning about circuits, insulators, and moving into science forces.

Social Studies: During our social studies classes we will learn about Native Americans that lived in Texas. We will then move into learning about European Explorers such as Cabez de Vaca, Coronado and LaSalle. We will finish the month learning about the different missions that are located in Texas.

Math: Continue place value of whole numbers and decimals. We will then begin addition and subtraction of whole numbers and decimals, including strategies and problem solving.

We are off to a great start in PE!

Students have been doing an awesome job learning procedures and expectations. As the weather gets nice we will spend a lot of time outside playing cooperative games and doing stations. Remember to send your child to school in tennis shoes and appropriate clothing as they have PE daily. We look forward to watching your children learn and grow through movement and activity in PE.

“Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes, and having fun.”

Our Snyder Stallions have been very busy in the art rooms! A wonderful school wide collaborative, interactive mural is now complete and on display in the cafeteria! Our balloons and bubbles are a sight to see and were made by each and every student at Snyder.

We are currently in the thick of making some incredible self-portraits. Artists are encouraged to express themselves and to tell others about themselves through their art. We are also so excited to be working on our Houston Rodeo art in the coming weeks once the self-portraits are complete!

If you would like to contribute to the fun projects we love to do, please check out our wishlist. Thanks for supporting your artists!

Here’s our wishlist:

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2ZS0M7W95F3E?ref_=wl_share

This month 4th grade students are looking forward to attending the "Fine Arts Day" field trip to hear the Houston Symphony at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion. Third grade has been hard at work learning patriotic songs for their Veteran’s Day Program. As we welcome fall, we'll start singing songs about leaves and pumpkins, as well as exploring different tonalities-- major vs. minor and how they can change the mood of a piece of music.

Musically Yours,

Mrs. Hueske

Hi Snyder Families,

We had a very successful Read For A Better Life celebration! Thank you for all of you who were able to come read and thank you to our 4th grade student leaders who helped in the library with our Wednesday community reading event. Snyder has exceptional student leaders and it's going to be a lot of fun to watch them grow.

Check out is in full swing and our PreK-4th grade students are enjoying their weekly check out. Conroe ISD also has a digital resource students can check out from. On the student SSO, they can go to Sora, and digitally check out books to read online. There's no substitution for holding a book in your hand, but this is a great additional resource for our students to enjoy. If you have any questions, please feel free to email me at:

gmanderson@conroeisd.net

Looking ahead to November, we will have our Scholastic Book Fair the week before Thanksgiving Break. There will be more information to come, but I did want you to know the date. Book Fair is always such a fun time; I have fond memories of book fairs and hope to create that for our Stallions.

The library does have a wish list. I'll include the link in case you are able to help out.

Happy Reading!

Ms. Anderson

Severe Weather Dismissal (will be called at 2:45)

Inclement Weather WILL ONLY AFFECT THE WALKERS AND BIKERS DISMISSAL.

(If your student is car rider, bus rider, or daycare they will go home their normal way.)

Notification of severe weather dismissal will be sent as an email and text for those who have Parent Access accounts. You will be notified around 2:45 in order for procedures to be followed. Although we will make every effort to adhere to this time, there may be times when it may be necessary to make the call after 2:45.

If there is light rain falling, all biker/walkers will be dismissed as usual. It would be a good idea for students who walk or ride their bike to have a rain coat to wear on such days.

Parents of Bikers and walkers- make sure your child's teacher knows the alternate transportation for your child.

If your child is usually a biker/walker, and their alternate transportation is car rider, you will need to wait in the car rider line for pick up, or you may wait in the front office until the end of dismissal when we are able to retrieve your child from their alternate dismissal line. There is no need to check your child out from the front office.

Picking up Student Early (no later than 2:00)

The latest you can pick up a student in front office prior to dismissal is 2:00pm.

(Please let the front office know, in writing, if an alternate person is picking up student.)

If you have any questions call Mrs. Mejia at 832-663-4400

In an effort to minimize instructional time interruptions, our front office staff does not call the classrooms to inform the teacher/student that an item has been dropped off for a student. However, we know that sometimes our Stallions leave things they need at home and we offer parents the courtesy of a drop table to deliver forgotten items, which is located just inside the front office. There are pens, paper and tape available for you to use to clearly identify items for your child to collect. Please drop any items off by 10:30am and parents must EMAIL the teacher. (This is to help when lunches are dropped off, the teachers have plenty of time to check their emails and pickup the lunch on the lunch cart.)

We are working hard to minimize classroom interruptions.

If you cannot make it by 10:30am to drop off a student's lunch, please arrive for your students lunch time, listed above, and sign in at the Front Office and you can deliver the lunch to your child.

Student Lunches and birthday cookies will be taken to the Cafeteria, on a cart, for your child to pick up at their allotted lunch time. Please make sure ALL ITEMS are clearly labeled.

Here are a few guidelines:

• Deliveries from anyone or any organization other than parents/guardians will not be accepted by the school to deliver to a student. (Flowers, Tiff's Treats, etc.)
• Parents and guardians may deliver fast food, if they wish, but the school will not accept deliveries from restaurants or delivery companies such as DoorDash or Grubhub for students. These deliveries will be turned away.

Has your child lost one (or a few) Water bottles? Lunchboxes? If you feel that your student has lost an item, please have them check the lost and found. Students are encouraged to be responsible for their belongings.

Please note that the lost and found items will be donated at the end of each month or before a holiday break. To ensure that your student can reclaim items before the end of each month please place their names on their personal belongings. If you feel your student is missing an item encourage them to check the lost and found.

We are so excited to have this program at Snyder Elementary again this year! This national program was started to get father figures into schools to provide support for students and extra security.

For more information, please contact:

Jesse Escorcia (jescorcia@conroeisd.net)

Rudy Lawrence (snyderptoclassroom@gmail.com)

Lori Lehman @ 832-663-4400 or llehman@conroeisd.net

October 9th and 10th - Spirit Sticks and Smencils will be on sale for $1 each at student lunches.

October 3rd - PTO Meeting @ 9:30am - We hope you can make our in person October general meeting. Don't forget to arrive in time to check in at the office. The meeting will be in the PTO room 402.

November 1st - Our Booster Fun Run kicks off on October 24th. The fun run will take place on November 1st during the school day. The Run Schedule will be posted on our website.

The PTO October newsletter link:

https://new.express.adobe.com/webpage/WlQmjACkuEDtr

Staff Favorites Lists -

Coming Soon!

YEARBOOKS: We are excited to let you know that yearbooks are now on sale!

https://web.treering.com/create-account/1017253772121463?PassCode=1017253772121463

Safe gun storage is critical to preventing unintentional shootings, suicide, and other tragedies. Learn more about the Keep ‘Em Safe Texas initiative and view resources at the provided link. Gun locks are also available through the Conroe ISD Police Department.

English letter: http://tiny.conroeisd.net/ezGFN

Spanish letter: http://tiny.conroeisd.net/xpSwo

Snyder Safety Facts

• Exterior doors are secured and have been checked per the state Exterior Door Audit
• Classroom doors are locked and secured all day.
• ID's will be checked on ALL visitors and badges will be worn at all times. Those without a badge will be escorted to the front office.
• Drills are done regularly to address fire, weather, intruder, and safety issues outside the building.
• Students in portables will not travel alone to or from portables.
• Interior and exterior cameras are monitored throughout the day.
• Police will monitor the building and grounds throughout the day.

For more information, please visit the Conroe ISD website regarding campus safety. The link is provided below.

https://www.conroeisd.net/about/safety-information/

It is the mission of Ann K. Snyder Elementary to work independently to ensure our students have the critical skills needed to become successful, lifelong learners.

Email: snyder@conroeisd.net
Website: https://snyder.conroeisd.net/
Location: 28601 Birnham Woods Drive, Spring, TX, USA
Phone: 832-663-4400