The Weekly Update #4

• Jan. 18: District Spelling Bee
• Jan. 20: Martin Luther King, Jr Day/Student and Staff Holiday
• Jan. 24: Coffee in the Bearista Cafe, 9:30 AM
• Jan. 27 - Jan. 31: Great Kindness Challenge Week
• Jan. 29: 5th Grade Middle School Visits
• Jan. 31: BBE PTA Family Bingo Night, 6:00 PM
• Feb. 5: 5th Grade Field Trip to Biztown
• Feb. 6: Robotics Competition
• Feb. 7: Friendship Parties
• Feb. 10-14: February Break
• Feb. 23: Science Fair entry form due
• March 6: STREAM Night and Science Fair, 5:30-7:00

• Requesting Snowmen: For the Great Kindness Challenge, our theme is "Snow Many Ways to be Kind." We are kindly requesting to borrow any snowman inflatables/blowups that you have to help turn the school into a snowy wonderland. The items are needed by Thursday, Jan. 23 and will be used the week of Jan. 27-31. Please call the front office at 281-641-1600 if you have a snowman or two that we can borrow. Thank you in advance for sharing!
• Fence: A new fence was installed around our little playground on the Tree Lane side of the building. The gates will be locked during the school day and unlocked afterschool/weekends for community access.
• Registrar/Attendance Specialist: Claudia Nelson has been named as our campus registrar and attendance specialist. If you have absence notes or need assistance, please contact her at claudia.nelson@humbleisd.net
• Bearista Cafe: We hope you join us at our Bearista Cafe on Friday. Our Kindness Crew students and 5th grade Student Council members will be presenting.

• Our official attendance time is 9:15 a.m. Students are counted absent if they arrive after 9:15. Please make sure your Bear is at school before this time.

• Supervision begins and doors open at 7:30. Please do not drop off students before 7:30 for their safety.

• Please remember to have your family car rider number sign in your vehicle. All families were assigned a number at the beginning of the year. Please contact the front office if you need assistance.

• Please sign up for Rooms through the Humble ISD app!

BBE will be participating in The Great Kindness Challenge January 27th - 31st. Throughout the week, BBE staff and students will have opportunities to show kindness and reflect on the impacts of being kind. We invite you to join us by participating as a family! To access the 2025 Free Family Kindness Checklist, please follow this link to sign up and complete the suggested tasks as a family. Your family can spread positivity throughout our community!

The PTA's Bears on the Go program has started! The purpose of this program is to encourage students to ride their bikes or walk to school more often throughout the school year.

To participate, each month you will log the number of times your student rides or walks to school onto this website under Online Forms. Fun prizes will be awarded for participation.

Log your Bears on the Go days in our online forms section!

Contact the Bears on the Go Chair at bearsonthego@bbepta.com to volunteer or for questions.

Interested in serving as a BBE Watch D.O.G.? We'd love to have you! Please see the steps below to join our amazing male role models:

• complete Humble ISD volunteer application/background check
• order your Watch DOG uniform
• sign up to support BBE on a Wednesday (morning, afternoon, or all day)

More information can be found by visiting the BBE PTA website!

Mrs. Julie Wimberly

Please see Mrs. Wimberly's website for important CBE information. Contact Mrs. Wimberly at 281-641-1607 if you have any questions

Yes, it’s that time of the year! GI issues, flu, strep, and lice. Please continue to keep your sick children at home especially those with lots of coughing, chest congestion, fever, sore throat, GI issues (esp diarrhea), and always check weekly for lice. Eek!

Please read the info below from the handbook-

HEALTH-RELATED MATTERS

Student Illness (All Grade Levels)

“When your child is ill, please contact the school to let us know he or she won’t be attending that day. It is important to remember that schools are required to exclude students with certain illnesses from school for periods of time as identified in state rules. For example, if your child has a fever over 100 degrees, he or she must stay out of school until fever-free for 24 hours without fever-reducing medications.

In addition, students with diarrheal illnesses must stay home until they are diarrhea free without diarrhea-suppressing medications for at least 24 hours.”

If they return to school too soon before they are feeling 100%, they usually have trouble focusing because they are tired, which affects their ability to concentrate, learn, and/or participate in class.

Thank you and remember the most important thing you can do is to always wash your hands and cover your coughs! And drink lots of water to stay hydrated!

Emily James, BSN, RN

BBE School Nurse

281-641-1605

BBE Absence line: 281-641-1619

Please remember to send in an excuse if your child is absent from school. This excuse can be emailed, handwritten or submitted electronically using the absence form. Thank you for your help with this!

Regular attendance is critical to learning in the classroom. When your elementary or middle school child is absent from school, please note the following important reminders:

Inform the school within 48 hours to mark the absence as excused using one of these options:

• Fill out the online absence form at humbleisd.net/attendancecontacts -or-

• Email the campus attendance office -or-

• Send in a paper note, or take a photo with your phone and send it to the attendance office -or-

• Call the school’s attendance office

For medical or dental appointments:

• Get a note at the appointment and upload it into the online absence form at humbleisd.net/attendancecontacts -or-

• Turn it in to the attendance office within 48 hours.

Did You Know?

Dated health care appointment notes allow the school to mark your child present if they attended any part of the school day, such as before or after their appointment.

When students stay in school until 9:15 a.m. (Elementary) or 10:40 a.m. (Middle School), it ensures the school receives full funding for the day. Your support in ensuring your child’s attendance not only helps them academically, but also boosts the school’s success.

Thank you for partnering with us to provide the best educational experience for our students. For more information, please visit Important Attendance Information for Parents or view the Attendance Reminders for Elementary & Middle School flyer.

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