DAVID NEWS
December 4, 2024
DAVID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
5301 Shadowbend Pl.
The Woodlands, TX 77381
281-298-4700
281-298-4703 (fax)
School Hours: 7:55 am - 3:10 pm
Lunch Times:
Kindergarten - 11:15-11:45
1st Grade - 11:30-12:00
2nd Grade - 11:50-12:20
3rd Grade - 12:05-12:35
4th Grade - 12:25-12:55
School Start Time is 7:55 am
Upcoming Events
December 5
- Class Pictures and Retakes
- Spirit Day at Brooklyn Cafe - 6:00 am - 2:30 pm
December 9
- Holiday Spirit Week - Wear Red and White
December 10
- Holiday Spirit Week - Wear Holiday Socks
December 11
- Holiday Spirit Week - Wear Blue and White
December 12
- Holiday Spirit Week - Wear Pajamas
- 10:00 am - PTO Meeting
- 2:00 pm & 6:00 pm - 4th Grade Musical
- Holiday Spirit Week - Wear a Holiday Shirt/Sweater
December 19
- Last Day to Submit GT Referrals
December 20
- 8:45 am - Kindergarten Holiday Party
- 9:00 am - 1st Grade Holiday Party
- 9:15 am - 2nd Grade Holiday Party
- 9:30 am - 3rd Grade Holiday Party
- 9:45 am - 4th Grade Holiday Party
- 11:55 am - Early Release
- Winter Break
Students and staff are invited to kick off our holiday season December 4th - 8th, by participating in daily dress up days. Please see the flyer below for all of the details.
Monday, December 9th
"Holiday Cheer" - Wear Red and White
Tuesday, December 10th
"Tinsel Toes Tuesday" - Wear your favorite holiday socks
Wednesday, December 11th
"Winter Wonderland" - Wear white or blue
Thursday, December 12th
"'The Polar Express" - Wear holiday pajamas that are school appropriate
Friday, December 13th
"Deck the Hall" - Get decked in your favorite holiday shirt or sweater
The 4th Grade Music Program, "Paint the Town December", will be held on Thursday, December 12th, at 2:00 and 6:00 p.m. Due to limited seating, we encourage all families to attend the evening performance. An open house for parents will be held immediately following the evening performance. We look forward to seeing you then!
Referral requests are now open for the Conroe Independent School District Gifted and Talented program. Although the testing will not take place until late January, referral requests are accepted at this time. Referral requests can be made by the parents and/or campus staff. It is recommended that parents of 2nd grade students wait until CogAT scores have arrived before nominating their child because CogAT scores are part of the GT assessment. If you are interested in referring your child, you may want to discuss this with your child’s teacher. Referrals will be accepted October 1- December 19, 2024. You can click below for the referral form, or request a form from the front office. Contact Assistant Principal, Veronica Kiesz at vkiesz@conroeisd.net or 281-298-4700 if you have any questions. More information can also be found on the CISD GT homepage: https://www.conroeisd.net/department/tl/gifted-talented/
We are happy to welcome parents in for your child's holiday party on Friday, December 20th. Don't forget to bring your driver's license with you when you check-in. Please see the times below for each grade level.
- 8:45 am KG Holiday Party
- 9:00 am 1st Gr. Holiday Party
- 9:15 am 2nd Gr. Holiday Party
- 9:30 am 3rd Gr. Holiday Party
- 9:45 am 4th Gr. Holiday Party
Friday, December 20th, will be an early release day for all CISD students. Elementary schools will dismiss at 11:55 a.m. If possible, students are encouraged to bring a sack lunch that day due to time constraints. However, a full menu will be available for purchase. Due to the students eating in the classrooms, there will be no lunch visitors this day.
Lunch times will be as follows:
- K - 10:30
- 1st - 10:40
- 2nd - 10:50
- 3rd - 11:00
- 4th - 11:10
Please use the link below if you would like to sign up to have lunch with your child. Please note that we are only allowing one parent, per child for each sign-up period.
Just a few reminders:
- One parent, per child during each sign-up period
- Due to limited space in the cafeteria, if you do not sign up, you can not stay for lunch.
- Parents, please bring your own lunch -- Your child can still purchase from the cafeteria
- You may bring an outside lunch for your child, but please remind him/her not to order from the cafeteria
- Bring your driver's license for check-in
- Please check out at the front desk when you leave
Please use the Sign-Up Genius link below.
December 2 - December 19 - https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0544A4AA29A4FA7-53405717-lunch
COPY ROOM VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
We love to have parent helpers in our copy room! Each day is open to anyone from any grade to sign up for a shift. Click on the link below to sign up and be sure to complete your CISD background check! https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0F4AA4AF28A1FD0-50733636-copy#/
We are in need of parents to help open car doors in our car line between 7:30 and 7:55 am. If you would like to help, please sign up on the link below and be sure to complete your CISD background check! https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0F4AA4AF28A1FD0-50826787-carline#/
PARENT PORTAL
We are looking forward to a great school year. In an effort to help our parents, we are moving to a Parent Portal for parents to access information about their child. You will login similar to the way your child does for school (similar to the SSO) to access school information. All parents/guardians will need to enroll to create an account. You will need the email address that is in your child’s record. Once you enter the email, you will be prompted to create a password.
Please click Parent Portal Directions for instructions or go to Conroe ISD Webpage then Parents/Students to access the link to the Parent Portal.
We hope that you enjoy this transition to a new and convenient platform.
2024-2025 MEAL CHARGE GUIDELINES
Conroe ISD offers students breakfast and lunch at school. If you want your child to access this service, you will need to deposit and maintain funds in your child’s school lunch account through My School Bucks.
If your child’s meal account balance is insufficient or depleted, he or she may “charge” up to 15-days before meal service is modified or stopped. Once the 15-day limit is exceeded and the account has not been replenished, students in elementary and intermediate school will receive a breakfast of milk and cereal and a sandwich and milk for lunch.
If there is an extenuating circumstance, contact your student’s counselor or principal to discuss options that may be available. If you qualify, complete, on-line, a Free/Reduced Lunch Application.
VISITORS/VOLUNTEERS
We love to have parents come to the school! The first day of school, parents may walk their child to class. After this, we ask parents to say goodbye at the front door. There will be staff available to help all students find his/her classroom. All visitors to our building must check in and out through the front office with a current driver’s license or other form of picture identification. Parents are always welcome at school, but security is a top priority.
All parents must complete a volunteer application on-line before volunteering at the school or chaperoning field trips.
This application process must be completed each and every year. Please go to www.conroeisd.net, click on the Parent/Student tab, and then click on the Volunteer in CISD tab, or click on the link below.
Please note that visitors are not allowed to interrupt the classroom during instructional time unless prior arrangements have been made with the teacher.
SCHOOL HOURS/ATTENDANCE/TARDIES
*Please note that parents MUST come into the front office to sign their child in if they arrive after 7:55 am.
School hours are 7:55 a.m. - 3:10 p.m. Students must be in their classroom before the 7:55 a.m. bell rings, or they will be considered tardy. Please note that 7:30 a.m. is the earliest time that your child may be dropped off. We do not have staff available to supervise students until that time.
Attendance is vitally important to your child’s current educational growth and future development. Research confirms that attendance is one of the greatest factors contributing to student achievement. Please note that if your child comes in after 9:00 a.m., it will count as an absence unless your child has a medical appointment and brings in a school excuse from the doctor.
Tardy Policy
A student is tardy if not in the classroom at 7:55 a.m. If your child is tardy, parents must sign him/her in at the front office. When a student is tardy, an e-mail will be sent to the student’s guardian for notification.
BREAKFAST/LUNCH
Parents are encouraged to prepay for their child’s meals at www.myschoolbucks.com. Please allow up to 48 hours for payments to be applied to students’ accounts.
Breakfast is served here at David Elementary from 7:30 - 7:55 am. The price of breakfast is $2.00. The lunch price for regular student lunch is $3.20, and al a carte prices vary.
Please visit: http://www.conroeisd.net/department/child-nutrition/ for menu options and more information.
If sending in cash or checks, please place in an envelope and include the child’s name, ID number and grade to ensure crediting to the proper account. Checks should be made payable to CISD Child Nutrition and include Driver’s License # and Date of Birth.
Free/Reduced Lunch
If you are interested in applying for free or reduced meals, you must complete an application at www.myschoolapps.com. All students who would like to purchase breakfast or lunch, and do NOT qualify for the free/reduced meal program, must pay for meals.
TRANSPORTATION
Students come to school and return home by either bike riding/walking, daycare van, bus, or car. Children are dismissed in that order. Changes in the normal dismissal should be made in writing.
BUS INFORMATION
To register for bus service, locate bus numbers, stops, and times, please visit the Transportation section of the CISD website: https://www.conroeisd.net/transportation/. Students who live less than one mile from the school will not be eligible for bus transportation to and from school.
CAR LINE
Shadowbend Place and the car line are very busy during morning drop off and afternoon pick up times. Parents, please do not drop off or pick up your children on Shadowbend Place. We have had several near misses as children are dropped off or picked up on this very busy street. If your child is a car rider, please drop them off or pick them up in the car line on the front porch. Please be sure to put your sign in the front car window for pickup. If your child is a walker, please utilize our crossing guards.
We realize that there are circumstances where you may need to park and walk in with your child. During drop-off and pick-up times, please use the general parking area (not the spaces directly in front of the school) so that both parents and students do not have to cross through the car line.
TRANSPORTATION CHANGES
Changes in transportation should be made in writing by the parent and sent to the teacher. We understand that an occasion may arise when it is necessary to make a last minute transportation change. These last minute changes should be reserved for emergency situations only. If you do need to call, please do so by 2:00 p.m. so that we can deliver these changes before the end of the day.
RAINY DAY DISMISSAL
A “Rainy Day Dismissal” occurs when we have severe weather determined by Administration. Please note that we normally do not determine this until the last few minutes of the day. If a “Rainy Day Dismissal” occurs, biking and walking are not allowed. If you choose to walk up to the school to pick up your student during a "rainy day dismissal," you must pick up your student at the grade level exits located on the east and west sides of the building. Parents of ALL grade level students must have their pick up signs with them during a "rainy day dismissal". Please be aware that if your child is not eligible for bus transportation as noted above, you will need to make prior arrangements for rainy day dismissal transportation.
Please click below for our "Rainy Day Dismissal" FAQs.
SMART TAG REGISTRATION
Please visit https://www.conroeisd.net/transportation/smart-tag-parent-portal/ for more information about CISD's SMART Tag system. You can follow the directions below to register for a parent account.
SMART Tag Parent Registration
WHAT YOU WILL NEED:
- The campus name for your child
- Your child’s student ID#
- Your child’s date of birth
*You only need to register for one child. If you have multiple children, you can add the rest after registration
FOLLOW THESE STEPS:
- On your phone or computer, go to http://parent.smart-tag.net
- Select your child’s school district
- Click Register, then begin registration
- Enter the campus name, student ID# and date of birth for one (1) of your children, then click Find Child and then This is my child
- Enter the email you would like to use for your account and setup a password.
- Click Send Confirmation Code
- Check your email for your registration link. Click the link at the bottom of your email
- In your web browser, Click Submit
That’s it! You can now log into your account!
CISD CELL PHONE GUIDELINES
Please see below for the Conroe ISD guidelines regarding student cell phone use.
- Cell phones and smartwatches may be used respectfully and responsibly before school and after school.
- Cell phones and smartwatches should not be used to capture video, audio, or images at school or on the bus.
- Cell phones and smartwatches should be set on silent mode and kept in backpacks, lockers, or other designated storage areas and should not be visible during school hours including instructional time, reward time, free time, lunch, and in the hallways.
- Use of cell phones and smartwatches may be permitted in extenuating circumstances with permission from a staff member.
Safety at David Elementary is our top priority. Throughout the year, we are required to hold several drills. Within the classrooms, teachers will briefly talk about these drills.
These drills include the following:
Hold – A hold is used when the hallways need to be kept clear of occupants. Students are trained to clear the hallways and remain in their classroom and do business as usual.
Secure – A secure is used when a threat is outside the building. Students and staff must return into the building and do business as usual.
Lockdown – A lockdown is used when a person or threat is in or on the grounds of the campus. There are no class changes and everyone is to remain in their classrooms. All doors, windows, and classrooms are locked.
Evacuate – This procedure is used when the students and staff need to leave campus for a variety of hazards. This procedure is also used when the students practice a Fire Drill.
Shelter – When in the presence of a hazard to health and safety of the people inside and outside the building, students and staff will Shelter in Place. All windows and doors are locked. This procedure is also used when the school is being threatened by weather. All persons in the building are sheltered away from glass and high ceilings.
If you have any questions or concerns about safety, please call Assistant Principal, Veronica Kiesz, at (281) 298-4707.
