• School hours are 8:00 A.M. - 3:30 P.M.
• Students may enter the building at 7:35 A.M.
• Tardies will be issued to students who arrive after 8:00 A.M. A parent or guardian must bring students inside the front office to sign tardy slips.
• Gates open at 7:00 a.m. for morning car rider drop-offs.
• Gates open at 3:00 p.m. for afternoon car rider pick-ups.

Each week, join us on the following days to celebrate school spirit and district/campus initiatives:

• Every Monday- Wear green or your "Start With Hello" shirt to celebrate kindness and inclusivity!
• Every Thursday- Wear your House colors!
  
• Every Friday- Wear Travis colors or your Travis spirit shirts/attire!

We are thrilled to announce that we've partnered with Country Gone Crazy to create exclusive t-shirts (in both youth and adult sizing) for each house in our new school-wide house system! If you are interested in ordering a shirt for yourself or your student(s), please go to the following link: https://countrygonecrazy.com/collections/tigers Orders can either be shipped to your home or picked up from the Country Gone Crazy storefront.

Monday, Dec. 2:

• Hey Day! Wear Green for Start With Hello

Tuesday, Dec. 3:

• Math Interim Exam (3rd-5th Grade)
• Campus Closed to Visitors
• Hearing & Vision Screening (Kinder)
• Paw Pack Meeting (Until 4:30 p.m.)
• 5th Grade D.A.R.E. Graduation (8:30-9:30 a.m.)

Wednesday, Dec. 4:

• Fire Drill
• Hold Drill
• Lockdown Drill
• National Cookie Day- Cookies for ALL Tigers (From PTO)

Thursday, Dec. 5:

• 5th Grade Field Trip to Baytown Wetlands (Holland & Olivo's Homeroom)
• Character Strong Celebration (2:00-2:30 in the Library)
• 4th Grade Galveston Bay Science Lesson (Science Lab at Travis)
• ELA CUA (3rd-5th Grade)
• 12 Days of Christmas Dress Up Theme: Plaid

Friday, Dec. 6:

• 5th Grade Galveston Bay Science Lesson (Science Lab at Travis)
• 12 Days of Christmas Dress Up Theme: Dress Like a Present or Christmas Tree

Week of Dec. 9-13:

• Tip Top Holiday Shop (Library)

Monday, Dec. 9:

• 12 Days of Christmas Dress Up Theme: Dress Up As Your Favorite Holiday Movie Character

Tuesday, Dec. 10:

• Science Benchmark (5th Grade)
• Campus Closed to Visitors
• 12 Days of Christmas Dress Up Theme: PINKmas

Wednesday, Dec. 11:

• 1st Grade Galveston Bay Science Lesson (Science Lab at Travis)
• 12 Days of Christmas Dress Up Theme: Wear a Holiday Hat or Headband

Thursday, Dec. 12:

• 2nd Grade Galveston Bay Science Lesson (Science Lab at Travis)
• 5th Grade Field Trip to Baytown Wetlands (Cruz & Mixon's Homeroom)
• 12 Days of Christmas Dress Up Theme: Wear Jingle Bells
• Math CUA (3rd & 4th Grade)
• Progress Report #4 Official in Parent Portal
• Spelling Bee (3rd-5th Grade Homeroom Winners)

Friday, Dec. 13:

• 3rd Grade Galveston Bay Science Lesson (Science Lab at Travis)
• 1st Photo Santa Pictures at Travis (1:00 p.m. in the Library)
• 12 Days of Christmas Dress Up Theme: Wear a Tacky Sweater OR Nightmare Before Christmas
• G.T. Window Closes
• Tip Top Holiday Shop Closes (12:00)

Monday, Dec. 16:

• Popcorn for ALL Tigers (From PTO)
• 1st Grade Winter Concert w/ 5th Grade Choir (10:00 a.m. in the Cafeteria)
• Math CUA (5th Grade)
• Social Studies CUA (3rd-5th Grade)
• 12 Days of Christmas Dress Up Theme: Grade Level Theme / Hallway Wars
• KG- Gingerbread People
• 1st- There Was a First Grader Who Swallowed a....
• 2nd- Christmas Around the World
• 3rd- Polar Express
• 4th- Penguins
• 5th- Christmas Movies
• SILC, BIPP, & Life Skills- Candy Cane Lane

Tuesday, Dec. 17:

• 5th Grade Field Trip to Baytown Wetlands (Villere's Homeroom)
• Social Studies CUA (2nd Grade)
• Paw Pack Meeting (Until 4:30 p.m.)
• 12 Days of Christmas Dress Up Theme: Disney / A Disney Christmas

Wednesday, Dec. 18:

• Science CUA (2nd Grade)
• 12 Days of Christmas Dress Up Theme: Santa's Reindeer
• Holiday Parties (3rd-5th Grade & SILC/BIPP/Life Skills)-
• 4th Grade: 9:45-10:15 a.m.
• 3rd Grade: 10:45-11:15 a.m.
• 5th Grade: 11:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
• SILC, BIPP, & Life Skills: 11:00-11:30 a.m.

Thursday, Dec. 19:

• Science CUA (3rd Grade)
• 12 Days of Christmas Dress Up Theme: WHOVILLE DAY!! Dress Like a Character from How the Grinch Stole Christmas
• Holiday Parties (KG-2nd Grade)-
• Kinder: 9:45-10:15 a.m.
• 2nd Grade: 10:45-11:15 a.m.
• 1st Grade: 11:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 20:

• End of 2nd 9 Weeks
• 12 Days of Christmas Dress Up Theme: POLAR EXPRESS DAY!! Wear Pajamas and Slippers
• House Rally
• Hot Chocolate for ALL Tigers (From PTO)
• Early Release at 12:00

Week of Dec. 23-Jan. 7:

• Winter Break
• No School

Background checks must be completed every school year for any adult wanting to volunteer or attend school events. If you have not completed a new background check for this school year, please click the link below to complete a new one and have it submitted in time for our upcoming events in December (such as holiday parties, field trips, etc.). Please remember that adults who submit a background check to attend events or volunteer must also be on each student's contact list that they plan to attend events for.

• Link for background check: https://teams.gccisd.net/volunteer/EntryPointHomeAction.do
• Link to add a contact: https://teams.gccisd.net/registration/#!login

For detailed instructions on how to add someone as a contact, view the document attached to this post. You will want to complete steps 1-4 and then click "next" until you get to the very last screen, where you will then click "confirm registration." (***BEFORE CONFIRMING REGISTRATION: If your student has a photo objection and consequently cannot be posted on our Travis Elementary social media pages, you can review step 7 of the attached document and then uncheck the boxes to remove their photo objection. This will allow us the option to take pictures during events and celebrations and post them to the Travis Facebook and Instagram pages.)

Once a background check has been submitted and the adult has been added to each student's contact list (if applicable), you may send Ms. Guilbeau a message on ParentSquare to be on the lookout for the background check to clear in our GCCISD system. After it does, she will send a ParentSquare message to you to let you know.

Thank you for your continued involvement in your child's educational journey! We are grateful to have each one of you as part of our Tiger Family.

Tip Top Holiday Shop is coming to Travis! It will be conveniently located in the Travis Library from Monday, Dec. 9, through Friday, Dec. 13. The Tip Top Holiday Shop is a great seasonal event that will give your students a safe, fun opportunity to purchase holiday gifts for friends and family at low prices. Gifts range anywhere from $0.25 to $17.00. In addition, our shop teaches students the importance of giving and sharing during the holiday season and throws in a little math, too!

Students can pay with cash or with a gift certicate, which can be purchased from www.tthsgift.com. Order forms have been sent home, so if you need another, please reach out to your child's teacher or pick up an extra form from the front office.

Our 12 Days of Christmas dress up days begin Thursday, Dec. 5! Dress up days are optional, but we would love to see our Tigers decked out in holiday spirit these next few weeks. Here are the details for each theme:

• Plaid: Wear festive flannel!
• Present or Tree: Wrap yourself like a present under the tree or dress up as the Christmas tree itself!
• Movie Character: Dress up as your favorite holiday movie character!
• PINKmas: Wear your most fetch pink Christmas gear!
• Hats & Headbands: Wear your favorite holiday hat, headband, or tree topper!
• Jingle Bells: Jingle your way to the break and wear your bells so Santa will know how to find you!

• Tacky Sweater/Nightmare Before Christmas: Friday the 13th in December?! Wear your favorite Nightmare Before Christmas gear OR reach in the back of your closet and bring out your tackiest holiday sweater for Sweater Weather!
• Grade Level Theme: Join your grade level in our Hallway Wars by wearing your grade level’s theme. See the left side of the graphic for more details on each theme.
• Disney Christmas: Wear your mouse ears or dress as your favorite Disney character!
• Santa’s Reindeer: Dress as one of Santa’s reindeer or wear red like Rudolph!
• Whoville Day: Dress like a character from How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
• Polar Express Day: Wear pajamas and slippers!

Students in grades 3-5 will be taking their Math Interim on Tuesday, Dec. 3. Our 5th grade students will be taking their Science Benchmark on Tuesday, Dec. 10. Due to mock state testing, our campus will be closed to visitors both days. Testing students do NOT need to bring backpacks or cell phones on testing days. Please make sure that if they bring their school iPad home, it comes back to school fully charged. We also recommend your child to bring his/her iPad charger in case the device's battery runs low during testing.

Santa Claus is coming to Travis on Friday, December 13, for pictures! Students can take pictures with Santa in front of a holiday backdrop, and if you have more than one child at Travis, they can take a picture together if you let us know on the order form that you’d like them to take it together. These photos will then be instantly printed and sent home with your child. Photos are 1 for $5 or 3 for $10.

Our 1st grade students, along with the 5th grade Travis Choir, will be putting on a winter concert full of holiday classics. Please complete the following pre-registration form if you are planning to attend the program on Monday, December 16, at 10:00 A.M.

Parents: Please make sure you have pre-registered all visitors and verify they are a CONTACT on your student's list. All attendees must have identification to present in order to attend and no school-age students are permitted. Pre-registration will close on 12/13/24 at 12 P.M. Thank you!

Winter Concert RSVP:

https://forms.gle/6KBYriFXJjmmL3hSA

Grade-level holiday parties are around the corner, and we encourage you to attend your child’s party! It is required to scan everyone’s identification when visiting our school. We would like to alleviate traffic congestion at the front desk to the best of our ability, so we are asking that you RSVP for your child’s party. If you have not done so this year, please stop by the front office with your Texas Driver’s License or other government issued photo identification card any day from December 4th - December 16th to have it scanned. If you are a parent who has visited our school and have had your identification scanned through our Raptor system this 2024-2025 school year, please fill out the form below with your government name to confirm your reservation to your child’s party. Once you RSVP, on the day of your child’s party, you will be directed to the RSVP table in the front foyer, located near the front office. If you have not RSVP’d, you will proceed to the front office along with your identification to be scanned.

Holiday Party Times:

• Wednesday, December 18th:
• 4th grade: 9:45 A.M. – 10:15 A.M.
• 3rd grade: 10:45 A.M. – 11:15 P.M.
• 5th grade: 11:45 P.M. – 12:15 P.M.
• SILC, BIPP, & Life Skills: 11:00 A.M. – 11:30 A.M.

• Thursday, December 19th:
• Kinder: 9:45 A.M. – 10:15 A.M.
• 2nd grade: 10:45 A.M. – 11:15 A.M.
• 1st grade: 11:45 A.M. – 12:15 P.M.

We look forward to seeing you there! If you have any questions, please contact Travis Elementary at 281-420-4660.

We invite our neighbors to enjoy a fresh selection of fruits and vegetables for their households while supplies last. Time may vary. This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

Please remember to write your student's name in permanent marker on his/her jacket, as well as other items (like water bottles, lunch kits, sweaters, hoodies, etc.)!

• Wednesday, Jan. 8: Students Return
• Tuesday, Jan. 14: ELA Screener (Middle of Year); Paw Pack Meeting (Until 4:30); STEAM Town Meeting (Until 5:30)
• Wednesday, Jan. 15: Pre-UIL Events (Writing & Oral Competitions)
• Monday, Jan. 20: Martin Luther King Jr. Day (HOLIDAY / NO SCHOOL)
• Tuesday, Jan. 21: Math Screener (Middle of Year)
• Tuesday, Jan. 28: Science Screener (Middle of Year); Paw Pack Meeting (Until 4:30)
• Friday, Jan. 31: UIL Tournament at Goose Creek Memorial High School

Call Hearts and Hands of Baytown for an appointment at 832-597-8908 to help you apply for state benefits! The Community Assistance Program provides application assistance for SNAP, TANF, CHIP, CHIP Perinatal, Medicaid, the Medicare Health Savings Program, and the Healthy Texas Women Program. Check out the flyer below for more information!

-Car Rider Drop-Offs & Pick-Ups: Students being dropped off in the morning as car riders must enter through the Caldwell Street entrance (by the tennis courts). Please see the picture below for more details. The front school entrance from Robin Rd. is for busses and special education (SILC/Life Skills/BIP) drop-offs ONLY. This also applies to afternoon dismissal; students who are car riders must be picked up from the entrance closest to the cafeteria by entering the line from Caldwell St. Gates for afternoon dismissal will open at 3:00 p.m. for parents to begin forming a pick-up line. Please remember to have your child's car tag displayed and visible on your windshield for a more efficient dismissal process. If you forgot your car tag at home or do not yet have a car tag, you must park and go to the front office with your I.D. to pick up your student. Be sure to ask for a car tag if one is needed.

-Bus Rider Information: Stopfinder is an all-in-one parent app that allows our school district to share your student's transportation schedule, announcements, and more. Stopfinder is secure and only for registered users. GCCISD Transportation will send an invitation by email providing access to log in to the Stopfinder app. Please make sure your student's primary contact information, including email, is updated at your student's campus. If you do not receive an invitation email, please contact our Stopfinder Call Center/GCCISD Transportation Department at 281-420-4665. By accepting the invitation and downloading the Stopfinder app (on the App Store or Google Play), you will be able to view your student's schedule from your mobile device, share student schedules with caregivers and family members, and view announcements and notifications in the Stopfinder Message Center (including late bus alerts).

The Dads of Great Students (WATCH D.O.G.S.) program is one of the nation’s largest and most respected school-based, family, and community engagement organizations in the country. WATCH D.O.G.S. is a family and community engagement educational initiative designed and developed by educators, experts, and parent volunteers over more than two decades. Our program helps provide positive male role models for the students, demonstrating by their presence that education is important. Meanwhile, we provide extra sets of eyes and ears to enhance school security, reduce bullying, and provide a greater sense of campus safety--allowing students and teachers to focus on learning.

Fathers, grandfathers, step-fathers, uncles, and other father-figures serving at least one day on campus each year under the leadership of a program coordinator (Mrs. Guilbeau) and under the guidance of a school principal or designated administrator.

We want to remind and encourage ALL GCCISD families to complete the Free or Reduced Lunch Application. An application must be completed each year. If you have not already done so, please use the link below to fill out the application.

Absences, Tardies, and Early Dismissals:

• All excuses must be in writing (verbal not accepted).
• Illness and extenuating circumstances are the only excusable absences.
• 10 parent written excuses are allowed in one year.
• You have 3 days from the date of the absence to turn in a parent written excuse.
• Excuses issued by a doctor are accepted at anytime after absence.
• 6 tardies equal 1 unexcused absence.
• You are allowed only 15 early dismissals in a year.
• 6 unexcused absences warrants a referral to Harris County Court.

When you accumulate 3 unexcused absences you will:

• Receive a court warming to notify you that you are being monitored.
• Receive a phone call from the school.
• Be asked to make an appointment for a school visit or home visit to sign an attendance contract and discuss ways to prevent a court referral.

Any questions regarding attendance can be made to the Attendance Clerk (Ms. Rosas), the Office Clerk (Ms. Jimenez), or the Campus Student Success Specialist (Ms. Guilbeau) at 281-420-4660.

We love celebrating the accomplishments of our students. We will post pictures on our social media accounts, website (campus and district), newsletters, yearbook, and etc.

• To have your student's picture in the above forms of publications, you need to allow us to take and publish the pictures.
• Permission is granted by you during online student registration.

• During online student registration, it is common for mistakes to be made that prevent us from taking photos of students.
• You should NOT have the box selected that objects to directory information. The highlighted section below is the section that should not be selected.

Goose Creek CISD uses ParentSquare for school communication, primarily with email, text and app notifications. ParentSquare automatically generates an account for each parent, using their preferred email address and phone number. We encourage parents to access their accounts so they can download the mobile app and update their preferences on when and how they are notified.

Here’s what you can do with ParentSquare:

• Receive messages from the school via email, text or app notification
• Choose to receive information as it comes or all at once with a daily digest at 6pm
• Communicate in your preferred language
• Comment on school postings to engage with your school community
• Direct message teachers, staff and other parents
• Participate in group messages
• Sign up for parent-teacher conferences
• Sign forms & permission slips, receive report cards, sign up to volunteer and more all from your desktop or mobile device

Email: megan.guilbeau@gccisd.net
Website: www.gccisd.net/travis
Location: 100 Robin Road, Baytown, TX, USA
Phone: 281-420-4660
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/traviselementarybaytown