Dear JNE Parents and Guardians,

What a fantastic week it has been at James C. Neill Elementary! A huge thank you to our incredible Longhorns for putting on a beautiful and heartfelt Veteran's Day program. Congratulations to Ms. Waites and Ms. McMillan for their outstanding direction and dedication in making the event so special.

The start of our school day is 8:05 a.m. this year. To ensure your student(s) are in the building before the tardy bell, we recommend joining the car rider line by 7:45 a.m. You can help keep our arrival line running smoothly by having students ready to exit the car with their backpacks and ensuring all breakfast items are finished before reaching the front of the line. Our safety patrol members and staff will be on hand to assist students with exiting cars until the 8:05 a.m. bell. After that, we ask that parents park and walk their students to the front lobby for sign-in.

Thank you for exercising caution during our arrival and dismissal times. As a reminder, use of a wireless communication device is prohibited in a school zone unless the driver is using a hands-free device or the vehicle is stopped, according to Texas Transportation Code. Statewide, drivers face $200 tickets if caught using cell phones in school zones while the car is in motion

Upcoming Events

Week of November 12th- Penny Wars

Monday, November 11th- Staff/Student Holiday

Monday, November 11th- PTO Spirit Night at Fat Boys/Menchies

Friday, November 15th- Harvest of the Month

Week of November 18th- Fall Book Fair

Monday, November 18th- Early Bird Preview and Shopping Night (4:30-6:00pm)

Tuesday, November 19th- Picture Retake Day

Thursday, November 21st- Lunches with Loved Ones (extended guest Sign-Up)

Thursday, November 21st- Math/Book Fair Night

Week of November 25th- November Fall Break

Items in our Newsletter Include:

• Campus Flyers
  
• Lunch Visitors Announcement (Visitors begin on August 26th)
  
• Campus Reminders
• Attendance Information
  
• FBISD Whole Child Health
• Fort Bend Education Foundation Announcements

Have a wonderful weekend!

Sincerely,

The JNE Admin Team

The beginning of the year (BOY) NWEA MAP Growth and Reading Fluency results are now available in Skyward. Please use the attachments to learn more about NWEA MAP and how to access the reports in Skyward.

Parent Resources:

Parent Score Report Job Aid

MAP Infographic for Families

Neill Holiday Lights Flyer (Grade 3 Performance)- NEW!

November Outclass Calendar

Counselor Connect Newsletters: November

Firearm Injury Prevention Flyer- NEW!

FBISD Medication Policy

Attendance Procedures Flyer, for Parents

Dear JNE Parents and Guardians,

It’s Book Fair Time again! JNE’s Scholastic Book Fair will be held from Monday, November 18-Thursday, November 21. This year, we are offering a new way for you to shop with your student! You can sign up to join your student to shop during their outclass time on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday. We are limiting this to 30 participants for each 45 minute time block, which will give you and your reader plenty of time and space to shop for books. This opportunity will be offered in place of shopping during Lunch with a Loved One. We are no longer offering Book Fair access during Lunch with a Loved One. Additionally, we will host 2 evening shopping events: one on Monday, November 18 from 4:30-6:00 and one on Thursday, November 21 from 5:00-6:30. As always, your student may shop independently during the school day using an eWallet. If you created an eWallet last year, you will need to log in to the account you created and roll your student’s funds over to this year’s book fair. Credit and debit cards are also accepted, but we do accept cash. Happy reading!

Here is the flier link: Book Fair Information

Links to our Shopping Sign Up Genius will be shared in next week's newsletter.

Class Group Picture Day for James C. Neill Elementary is scheduled for 11/19/2024.

Please use the following link to visit the Inter-state website for more information and to place orders: https://inter-state.com/FlyerEntry/89897T

The submission window for the 10th annual FBISD Film Fest Competition is now open! The Fort Bend ISD Film Festival Competition is an annual enrichment opportunity which celebrates and showcases the creative talents of our students, fostering a passion of storytelling through a variety of digital media, including video and photography. Elementary and Secondary students may compete by submitting their original work no later than 4 PM on Friday, January 24, 2025.

The top submissions in each category will be recognized at the Film Fest Awards Night on Thursday, February 27, 2025.

A full list of categories and rules can be located on the FBISD Film Fest Website. You can begin to get your students involved by sharing the flyer below with your teachers and school community.

Links: FBISD Film Fest Website, Film Fest Flyer

The PTO website has some great new features: 1. you can now sign up and indicate your child(ren)'s teacher. This gives you the ability to connect with other parents in their class 2. Sign ups this year will be through NeillPTO.org, signing up early will help ensure you will be notified when volunteer sign ups are going out.

We ask that all students arriving by car be dropped off in our front driveway. This is the safest location to deliver students to campus. Starting at 7:30am our staff is present to help students and to supervise their arrival to campus.

Our arrival line is longest between 7:45-8:05am. We invite families to take advantage of a shorter line by delivering their student to school between 7:30 and 7:45am.

The campus tardy bell rings at 8:05am. This is a change in time from last school year.

Neill Elementary School recognizes the value and importance of school attendance and encourages regular attendance to help our students be successful through the school year. Please email the attendance office within five days of the student’s recorded absence explaining the reason for the absence or the absence will be marked as unexcused. You may send an email to attendancejne@fortbendisd.com.

Neill Elementary School will be inviting parent to join their children for lunch. Only one guest per student will be allowed into the cafeteria. We strongly encourage parents to sign up only one time to allow other students the opportunity to have a guest.

Due to space constraints with large grade level enrollment, as well as to ensure the safety and security of all students, staff and visitors, we will ask that lunch guest sign up to join us ahead of time. Each week in our Friday Newsletter, we will post the link to a sign up genius for the upcoming week.

Link to JNE's Lunch Visitor Sign Up Genius

JNE will not be able to host lunch visitors for third grade on Friday, November 15th as our third graders will be on their field trip.

Please remember to bring a photo id with you to campus as this is required to be signed in to campus as a visitor.

We thank you for supporting us as our current practice is set in the interest of safety and fairness to everyone who would like to enjoy lunch with their child.

• Lunchtime guests will be signed in to visit in the cafeteria only.
• Please be on time for lunch so that you and your student are able to enjoy the full lunch time together. Thank you for exiting the building through the front doors at the end of lunch.
• Guests can only join a student for lunch if they are an approved emergency contact in Skyward Family Access.
• Guest must have a photo ID to be allowed onto campus.
• Visitors may only bring food for their child.
• Families who need an allergy-free seat during lunch may leave a note in the comment section of the sign-up genius.
• Please exit the cafeteria at our 5-minute remaining mark to help us prepare for our next lunch and to allow students time to rejoin their class and prepare to return to their classroom.
• We will not be able to host lunch visitors during state testing or special events on campus.

Fort Bend ISD is happy to serve a community with families from all around the world. We are proud to be culturally diverse and celebrate our unique traits as a community of compassionate citizens.

We recognize that fasting practices occur throughout the calendar year. As a school community we are sensitive to and accommodate students and staff observers who express they are fasting.

If your family would like the campus to be aware of your student's wish to fast, please send an email to your child's classroom teacher so that we can be aware of any needs that may occur during an observance. Our partnership with our school community is important to us and we thank our families for their communication with the campus regarding special occasions and observances that may impact the instructional day.

Clothing reminders:

• We kindly ask that all families place a change of clothes for ALL students, as well as extra shoes for little ones– soiled, torn, accidents, spills etc. happen to everyone.
• Please consider to donating gently used black girls stretch pants in various sizes especially larger;
• Please consider to donating some gently used ELASTIC waist boy gym shorts and sweat pants (now that it is winter) in larger sizes

Health Reminders:

• If your child is ill – keep them home.
• Parents please medicate or treat for allergy symptoms at home.

Contact Reminders:

• Please make sure the clinic has the most up-to-date contact information for parents, guardians and emergency contacts.
• Please add the clinic phone number to your contact list so urgent phone calls do not come up as SPAM – 281-327-3768.

Students will be allowed to celebrate their birthday at the end of the day, by bringing individually packaged store-bought food products, provided by the parent or grandparent. Treats may be distributed to classmates on or near (i.e. bring treats on Monday when the birthdate was on a weekend) the student’s birthdate.

Prior to sending any treats, we ask that you contact your child’s teacher to discuss the date you will send treats. The nutritional label must be attached to your store-bought item. A parent or guardian must bring them into the building and fill out the proper form which is submitted to FBISD’s Child Nutrition office.

Parents or grandparents of a student at Neill may provide one birthday treat per child to share with the student’s homeroom class only. This may be in the form of ONE individually wrapped edible or ONE small tangible item (such as a pencil) with the value of the individual item not to exceed $5.00.

We require single serving items, which must be pre-packaged and individually wrapped, such as mini- cupcakes, cookies, brownies, or Krispy treats.

We respectfully request no cakes, drinks, balloons, flowers, donuts, stuffed animals, or goody bags. To preserve instructional time, additional party favors ARE NOT permitted. Birthday treat time is not a “party” but a simple, quick recognition of the child’s special day.

Please keep in mind that we have several students with food allergies. For this reason, products containing peanuts or manufactured on equipment that processes peanuts are prohibited. No nuts please, due to allergies.

Use of a wireless communication device is prohibited in a school zone unless the driver is using a hands-free device or the vehicle is stopped, according to Texas Transportation Code. Statewide, drivers face $200 tickets if caught using cell phones in school zones while the car is in motion

Clements High School National Honor Society will hold its annual fall festival for children with disabilities aged 5-13, and their siblings, on Saturday, October 26 from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. The festival will take place in the gyms at Clements High School and will feature a carnival, quiet room and crafts. Costumes are welcome.

While children are enjoying the festival, parents may visit the Arc Fort Bend County’s Disability Resource Fair to learn about disability-related services and programs in the community from local agencies, medical providers advocacy groups and more.

The event is free and open to the community but parents who would like their child to participate in the fall festival must pre-register at https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx...

Email: margaret.murphy@fortbendisd.com
Website: https://www.fortbendisd.com/jne
Location: 3830 Harvest Corner Drive, Richmond, TX, USA
Phone: 281-327-3760
Twitter: @JNE_Longhorns