SGE Family Newsletter

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August 12 - Meet the Bulldogs, BHS Gym, 6pm

August 14 - First Day of School!

August 14 - Parents' Time Out (See flyer below)

August 27 - Parent Orientation & Title I Night

September 2 - Student & Staff Holiday

September 3 - No School / Professional Development Day for Teachers

September 9 - Books & Cookies with GRANDS

September 12 - Progress Reports Post to Family Access

September 16-20 - Book Fair

September 17 - Reading Under the Stars

When you come to campus for Meet the Teacher, be sure to stop by the following tables:

• YMCA - Learn about after-school care.
• Bus Transportation - Set and confirm arrangements.
• Car Tags - Get your car tags for the pick-up line.
• Food Service - Go through the cafeteria line, get a cookie (while supplies last), and put money on your child’s account.

We welcome all families to walk their children to the classroom on the first three days of school (Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, August 14th, 15th, and 16th)!

First Day of School: We welcome all families and parents to walk their children to the classroom on the first day of school (Wed., August 12) beginning at 7:15am.

Our classrooms will open to visitors from 7:25am to 7:40am for the first day of school!

• Please be respectful of the instructional day by exiting the building at the sound of the bell.

Second & Third Days of School: Parents are welcome to walk students to the cafeteria or holding area near their classroom. Parents and visitors will not be able to go inside classrooms these 2 days. Teachers will open their doors for students at the 7:40am bell.

• SGE doors open at 7:15am. The school day begins at 7:40am. The tardy bell rings at 7:45am.
• Students planning to eat breakfast at school should arrive by 7:35am. If your student arrives to school after 7:35am, please be sure he/she eats breakfast at home.
• Visitors are not able to join our students for breakfast.
• Students who have already eaten breakfast prior to arriving at school will report directly to their hallway holding area.
• Stay in your car! The teachers on duty will assist with the unloading of your student. If you prefer to unload your child, please park in a parking spot and walk your child up to the doors using the crosswalk.
• The only "walk-ups" allowed will be families who are truly walking to school from their home. To ensure your child arrives to the campus safely, please walk your student up to the campus rather than sending him/her to walk alone. The back doors on campus are for bus riders. The front doors are for car riders and walkers.
• Parking on a nearby street to walk your child up to the campus will not be allowed due to a city-school agreement. Our school neighbors appreciate your cooperation!
• If you arrive after the 7:45 bell, you will need to walk your student inside the building and check him/her in. Please do not send the child in alone.

SPECIAL NOTE FOR PreK STUDENTS: All PreK students will report directly to their PreK hallway upon arrival each morning. PreK classes will eat breakfast together at 8am.

For the first 3 days of school (August 14th-August 16th) we ask that all parents and visitors allow our campus to practice lunch and cafeteria routines. Visitors for lunch on these days will not be allowed.

Beginning August 19, 2024, we welcome parents/families for lunch during your child's regularly scheduled lunch times.

• Visitors must be listed in Skyward as a family member or contact to be allowed to eat with a student
• Lunch visitors must sit at designated areas & tables during lunch time.
• Students with lunch visitors may not invite classmates/friends to sit at the visitors' table.
• Any outside lunch brought to enjoy with your student may not be shared with other students at any time due to state nutrition guidelines and requirements.
• Due to supply issues, any lunch visitor must provide his/her own lunch. Visitor meals can not be purchased through our cafeteria at this time.

Click here to view the 2024-2025 BCISD Student Handbook.

**The two most frequent violations seen at the elementary level are non-naturally occurring hair colors and mohawks. Avoid mohawks and be sure that fun summer color washes out before returning to school.

Form one, single-file line on CR 200. Once off of CR 200, you may merge to either the PK/Kinder lane (yellow arrows) or the 1st/2nd grade lane (blue arrows).

If accessing the parking lot, drive past the delineators and enter the driveway via the fire lane (red arrows).

Make sure to be in the correct grade level line during dismissal. Parents of pre-k and kindergarten students should enter the lane that is on the far right (yellow arrows). Parents of 1st and 2nd graders should enter the middle lane (blue arrows). If you have a student in PK/K and a student in 1st/2nd, they will all load in the PK/K lane.

Please do not cross the grey box until after 3:15pm. SGE uses a system called CarRiderPro. CarRiderPro is a safe and efficient way to streamline the dismissal of car riding students at the end of the school day. Students are issued a tag for their car. Similar to the way a TxTag is scanned as it passes under a card reader, CarRiderPro scans the car tags as they pull through the line which then cues students inside the building to line up. The card reader starts reading car tags at 3:15.

Hang your car tag on the rearview mirror with the numbers facing out so personnel can read it.

Car seats & seat belts - Please help your child learn to buckle and unbuckle independently so that the driver can remain IN the car in the carline. Our goal is to keep the line running so that parents and students can dismiss in a safe, efficient manner.

Stay in your car. The teachers on duty will assist with the loading of your student.

Stay in your car and in the car line. Even if you forgot your car tag, stay in line and we will come to you to check your ID. If your child has loaded the car, please stay in the car line and wait for the wave of cars to pull forward rather than pulling around them.

***No in-person pick-up after 3:00pm until the car line is finished. As we work to dismiss our students in a timely and orderly fashion, we must keep the front entry/exit doors uncrowded. As a result, parents needing to check their students out must do so before 3:00pm or after the car line is finished. This is a matter of safety as we work to dismiss a school full of elementary children.

Submit an email on the same day as the transportation change request by 1:30 p.m. to sge-transportation@burnetcisd.net

Include the following details in the email:

• Student’s full name
• Student’s grade level
• Student’s homeroom teacher
• The transportation change you want made for today (bus rider to car rider or car rider to bus rider)

Requests made after 1:30pm will not be processed. Notes, phone calls, text messages and emails sent to any other email will not be processed.

BCISD Transportation is excited to launch our newest way to keep you informed about your Student's Bus Route this upcoming school year.

Stopfinder is the all-in-one, easy to use app for viewing and sharing your student's transportation schedule. The app allows you to view your student's daily transportation assignments, receive notifications and updates related to transportation and send private messages to the Transportation Department. The app also allows you to securely share your student's schedule with caregivers and others.

In order to use the Stopfinder App, you will receive an invitation from the Transportation Department. Invitations are sent out periodically to parents or guardians of students for whose Stopfinder accounts have not yet been activated. ***Before contacting the Transportation Department, check your email box for an invitation email with the follow details:

From: no-reply@stopfinder.com

Subject: Welcome to Stopfinder – Burnet CISD Transporation

• The app can be downloaded to any iOS or Android-enabled device and is available in the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.

7:15am Office Opens

7:40am School Begins

7:45am Tardy Bell

9:00am Students not in attendance are marked absent

1:30pm Transportation changes due, please email: sge-transportation@burnetcisd.net

3:20pm Student Dismissal

4:00pm Office/School Closes

Email: sge-transportation@burnetcisd.net
Website: sge.burnetcisd.net/
Location: 111 Shady Grove Road, Burnet, TX, USA
Phone: (512) 756-2126
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ShadyGroveBurnet