EYE OF THE TIGER NEWSLETTER
December 11, 2024
GOLDEN DANCERS CHRISTMAS PERFORMANCE
Come see the Golden Dancers in a Holiday performance this Friday, 12/13 at the Austin Domain in front of the IPC theater! There is no cost to come watch and you can get some holiday shopping done while you're in the area. The performance starts at 7pm. We hope to see you there!
STUDENT DELIVERIES
Food deliveries of any kind are NOT permitted. Door Dash, Grub Hub, Uber Eats, etc. will be turned away. We are a closed campus. For the safety of our students, delivery drivers are not permitted contact with them at side doors or portable buildings.
If you or an authorized adult on your student's list wants to bring them food, please make arrangements with your student to meet them in the front office during their scheduled lunchtime or passing period. We will not disrupt instructional time nor can we accept the food. This policy has been in place for years. ** This also applies to student homework, athletic gear, band gear, etc. Thank you for your continued understanding and support!
FALL SEMESTER EXAM SCHEDULE
Please be sure to read the Fall Semester Exam Schedule (3 pages). Exams begin on Monday, December 16th. Students will receive an email notification beginning on Friday, December 6th, that explains which exams they may be exempt.
FALL SEMESTER EXAM SCHEDULE & INFORMATION-Click here!
DON'T MISS OUT ON WATCHING THE 2ND SET OF SENIOR DIRECTED PLAYS!
Our Stony Point Theatre Department is proud to present the 2nd set of Senior Directed plays this semester! Please come watch "Rest Stop" directed by Peyton Wimble and "The Aster" written and directed by Lorynna Puig and Valery Martinez. The shows are on Saturday, December 14th at 7pm in the Stony Point Auditorium. Tickets can be purchased on the Hometown ticketing website. Thank you!
ANNUAL HOLIDAY GALA
PTSA and the SPHS Library will once again host the Annual Holiday Gala. This is an event where we invite members of the community to come see all the wonderful things our students are doing at SPHS. At the same time we also have our teachers down during lunch to listen to our students as they present holiday themed entertainment for our guests. For some teachers it's a chance to see our kids in a different light than just in their classroom.
Once again we are in need of some Holiday Goodies!! Click here to see how you can earn Tiger in Service hours.
This year we can take any of your creative home baked goods. If you're not a baker don't fear. HEB and the like have a fine assortment of yummy treats to help you out! SPHS PTSA and the library thank you for your support!
HOME ACCESS FOR PARENTS & GUARDIANS
Click here to register for HAC!
The Home Access Center (HAC) is an online information system that allows parents/guardians and secondary students access to view student information such as:
- Class schedules
- Class assignments AND grades
- Attendance records
- Set grade notifications
- Transportation designation
- Food service PIN#
- Counselor and teacher contact information
- Integrated mobile App
- Parents/guardians must have a Home Access Center (HAC) account to request a student transfer
If you have issues logging into HAC, please contact Sandra_Logston@roundrockisd.org
NO PARKING IN THE RED FIRE LANE
Parents, please do not park on the red fire lane in front of the school. This is reserved for FIRE and RESCUE services. This is also the drop-off and pick-up for BUSES. **If there is no parking available, please park in the faculty parking lot (across the football field) and walk around to the front of the school.
ATTENDANCE REMINDERS
- Parents, remember you may monitor your student's attendance & updates in Home Access (HAC). If you haven't already, to set up Home Access Center go to https://roundrockisd.org/hac/
- If you turned in a note for your student, please allow about a week for the system to update at this time. We are currently behind and working as fast as we can to enter the notes.
- A parent, or legal guardian, must provide an explanation for any absence upon the student’s arrival or return to school. The student’s parent or guardian must communicate with the school the reason for the student’s absence through a dated written note, signed by the parent or guardian, phone call, email, or through an approved district method of communication. **NOTE: This communication must be received by the school within five days of the student’s return to school.**
- If your student feels ill during the day, he/she must go to the school nurse. We do not allow students to call their parents to pick them up without having seen the nurse first.
- Anytime you check out your student early, that does not count as a note for the absence. The student’s parent or guardian must communicate with the school the reason for the student’s absence through a dated written note, signed by the parent or guardian, phone call, email, or through an approved district method of communication.
- Tardy – A student is 1-10 minutes late to class. A Tardy Calculator system is in place. When a tardy is recorded, parents will receive an email immediately alerting them of the tardy.
A student is considered tardy to class if he/she is outside of the classroom without a hall pass when the tardy bell rings.
State law requires students to be in attendance 90% of the days the class meets. A student who attends at least 75% but fewer than 90% may receive credit for the class if he or she completes a plan, approved by the Principal that allows the student to fulfill the instructional requirements for the class.
Unexcused Absence – A student is 11+ minutes or more late to a class. Or a student was not in class at all that class period or day. At the end of the day parents will receive an email alerting them of the absence.