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Dear Future Tiger Families,

On January 16th from 6-7:30pm we are hosting a course selection night at THS. While this night is geared mainly for 8th graders and their families, our current Tiger parents are also welcome to attend. We have clubs, organizations, fine arts, athletics, and a CTE fair. If you are unable to attend on January 18th, please check out the Travis website counseling page for links to information about upcoming course selection for the 2025-2026 school year. Your 8th grade counselor is also an excellent resource for high school course selection.

Please know that our Tiger Counselors will visit students at our feeder middle schools in the coming weeks to assist with course selection. More information about course selection, the district course guide, and a timeline for student actions in Schoolinks is coming soon!

Sincerely,

Sarah Laberge, Travis High School Principal

The JBMS Annual 8th Grade Career Day is Friday, January 24th. If you are interested in being a guest speaker, volunteer, or event sponsor please reach out to Ms. Rutledge (Associate Principal) or our JBMS PTO for more information!

Beginning this year, students in Fort Bend ISD will complete NWEA MAP computer-adaptive assessments three times a year to gain information about what students know and what they are ready to learn next. MAP also gives insight into how students are growing academically, allowing you to track your student's progress throughout the school year and across multiple years. Families will have access to their child's results after each testing window. NWEA MAP is replacing Renaissance 360. For more information, visit the NWEA Family Toolkit or contact your child’s teacher. NWEA Family Toolkit: https://www.nwea.org/family-toolkit/

Dear Parents,

I want to draw your attention to the FBISD Whole Child Health Webpage. We include this in all of our newsletters but it can easily be overlooked. This page has many different resources for students and families to access. For example links to See Something Share Something, 988 Suicide and Crisis Hotline which is for 24 hour/7 days a week immediate emotional support, and 211 Get connected with help for many other needs people may have. You will also find tabs that have resources for students and parents where information about talking to a counselor is recommended along with information about our mental health partners.

Michael Yelvington

Principal

Hello Bear Nation!

The PTO Board team & admin meets on campus the first Friday of each month at 9 a.m. You are always welcome to join these meetings. Our next meeting is January 10, 2025.

Bowie PTO Sponsorship

https://jbmspto.wufoo.com/forms/mqwshxu15j1rj8/?fbclid=IwAR1pXbpb_AOEPWOzV5DXBCEwYezdqR9aGXpL1DenWB7F7DuzkdaDbfyLRO4

We are looking for volunteers & donations to help with this event. PTO will be collecting donations for breakfast items & drinks.

• Volunteers to help with set and clean up in the morning. We are also looking for volunteers coming back from the Christmas break on January 7, 2025
• Donations: Breakfast items
• Sign-ups for both to help Volunteer and/or Donate items are below

Links:

• Volunteer to help at the school 1/7/2025
• https://www.signupgenius.com/go/805084BA8AD29A5F58-51009690-20242025

• Please complete the background check by clicking the link: https://www.fortbendisd.com/Page/133013 prior to volunteering on campus

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