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November 4 & 5 - Student Holidays, Campus Closed

November 5 - Election Day

November 9 - District Spanish Spelling Bee - Booker Elementary

November 11 - Veterans Day

November 14 - Chick Fil-A Fundraiser Day - POSTPONED! Will be rescheduled for another day!

November 18 - 22 - Cumulative INTERIM PRACTICE TESTS WINDOW

NO LUNCH VISITS THIS WEEK! - CAMPUS/DISTRICT TESTING

November 22 - Family Feast Day

November 25 - 29 - Thanksgiving Break

December 9 - 13 - MOY Testing

NO LUNCHES THIS WEEK - DISTRICT TESTING

December 20 - Early Release Elementary/Middle School

December 20 - January 6 - Winter Break

Booker Bengals,

We are heading into November focused on the future for our scholars! We have completed a full nine weeks of school and are excited to head into the holiday season with hope and humility. Our teachers and students are working together and monitoring achievement in every way. There are only 28 school days before the end of the first semester! So, it's imperative that you find every way to get involved in your child's educational journey to help us ensure his/her success!

We are committed to student achievement and need 100% from our staff, students, and parents! Parents, you can help us out! Help us move our campus rating, upward! If your child succeeds, then we do too! Ask what you can do to help us enhance your child's academic performance in reading and math.

Together, we can do this! Thank you for your continued support. We appreciate you!!!

Sincerely,

Keisha Womack

Principal

LUNCH VISITS 10/28 - 11/1 - 10/25 Data Review:

LUNCH VISIT violations/concerns:

- Parents demanding admin/teacher conferences before or after lunch

- Parents conferencing with the teachers on duty

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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.

Registration: Monday - Friday

7:35am - 10 am

12-2pm

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

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...

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!

Your child will be issued a chromebook for school use only. They will be assigned a chromebook and students must take care of that chromebook. Talk to your child about not allowing others to use their chromebooks or borrow their charges. All chromebooks will remain at school, due to the number of damaged chromebooks and lost cords and the cost. Thank you for your patience and cooperation!

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

Voter Approval Tax Rate Election on Nov. 5 ballot could increase funding for Spring ISD by $20 million annually

After being approved by the Spring ISD Board of Trustees in early August, the district will include a Voter Approval Tax Rate Election (VATRE) on the upcoming Nov. 5 ballot.

The measure proposes a tax rate of $1.1569 per $100 of property valuation for the 2024 fiscal year, a 5-cent increase from the current rate. This would cost the average homeowner an extra $7 per month, generating about $20 million for the schools on an annual basis and allowing the district to eliminate its budget deficit and provide teacher and staff raises.

Homeowners who are receiving a homestead exemption for disability or are age 65 or older would not see an increase above their tax ceiling as a result of the VATRE.

The proposed tax rate, if approved by voters, would provide critical funding for teacher and staff salaries, including a 2% across the board raise for all staff. Starting teacher pay would increase from $60,500 to $61,500 per year, and targeted adjustments would be made for teachers with 5-15 years of experience, putting it in line with other local school districts.

With no increase in the state’s per-student allotment since 2019 and an inflation rate that has hit 17%, many school districts, including Spring ISD, have had to look to tax increases to generate needed funding.

Voters will have the chance to vote on the measure on Tuesday, Nov. 5.

The mySpringISD portal provides an easy platform for staff and families, where they can access all of their digital resources, including Schoology and the Home Access Center. The single sign-on option gives parents, students and staff instant access to all their online resources from any device and any location.

To get started, log on to my.springisd.org, and sign in by using your parent Spring ISD network login username and password.

If you forgot your log-in/username, please call our front office at 281-891-8750 for assistance.