Hutsell Herald

Happy Sunday, Hornet Families!

What a wonderful first week back! It has been such a joy welcoming our little Hornets and their families back to Hutsell. There is nothing quite like seeing our hallways and classrooms filled with smiling faces again! As I visited classrooms this week, I saw so many great things happening! Students were actively engaged in learning, teachers were providing meaningful small-group instruction, and our Hornets were doing a fantastic job meeting our schoolwide behavior expectations. I am incredibly proud of the strong start our students and staff have made!

We also have another reason to celebrate: Hutsell increased a letter grade in our TEA Accountability Rating! This growth is evidence that our hard work is making a difference. We are moving in the right direction, but we aren't finished yet. We will continue working, growing, and pushing forward until Hutsell reaches an A!

To the families who have continued to encourage and support our administrative team and our hardworking staff as we have pushed toward this growth—thank you. Your trust, partnership, and support mean more than you know. That is what a true school family does. We celebrate together, we work through challenges together, and we keep moving forward together.

I am so proud of where we are, and even more excited about where we are going. It's going to be a GREAT year, Hornet families!

We are all in this together. The future starts here!

Sincerely,

Mrs. Smith

• Aug 25: Parent Orientation
• Aug 27: CAT Meeting - 8:15 AM and 3:30 PM LGI
• Aug 28: Writing Club Applications Due
• Sept 3: PTA Meeting - 3:30 PM Library
• Sept 4: All Pro Dad - 7:00 AM Gym

In an effort to improve the process we have in place for Changes of Transportation, we will be implementing the changes listed in the following flyer effective Monday, August 17th. We appreciate your cooperation and support as we implement these changes.

Change of Transportation Form

Please join PTA for the 2026-2027 school year! Your membership helps bring amazing programs to our students and staff throughout the school year. It also gets you awesome discounts at lots of businesses and companies and DOES NOT require you to volunteer, though we would love to see all of you around the school and at our family events!

Join PTA

This year's reading challenge for 1st-5th Grade starts September 1st!

No Lunch Visitors at this time.

We are so excited to welcome students back to the library in the coming weeks. 3rd Graders will receive their CLASS 1:1 Chromebook during the first week of school. Please be on the look out for specific 3rd grade 1:1 information in the coming days.

Our summer reading challenge is still going on. Students can complete the challenge for awesome rewards through September 15th.

Mrs. Hancock and Ms. Davis

Library Staff

Library Facebook page

Library Website

Library Twitter

We're so excited to launch Beanstack for this year's reading challenge! Use the link below as a quickstart guide for logging books through the Beanstack tile in MyKaty Cloud and through the Beanstack app for Apple and Android users. Watch the video to learn more about the student experience in Beanstack.

Join PTA today and help support our students and staff.

Click on the link to get directed to our Facebook page where you can see pictures, updates, and important information about everything PTA is doing for our school!

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100095534200990

Attendance is key for student success. Every time your student is absent, he/she loses learning opportunities. One of our goals this year is to increase attendance and reduce tardies. Statistics show that students that show to school everyday have a greater chance of graduating high school and attend college. Please join us in our incentive program "Race to School" and help your student win the school reward and PBIS points for their house.

Scan the QR code or click the link below.

https://katyisd.revtrak.net/elementary-schools/elementary-a-h/hutsell-elementary/#/list

Students are tardy if they arrive after 7:50am. If you arrive after 7:50am, you will be required to walk your child into the school and check them in using the iPad in the front office. Students are counted as a late pick-up after 3:25pm. Car rider tags will stop being recorded in the line at 3:25pm. If you are not in the line by 3:25pm, you will be required to come into the building to pick up your child and check them out using the iPad in the front office. Students arriving to school with time to spare have the luxury of settling in, greeting their teachers and classmates, completing morning work, and focusing their minds on the lessons to come. Students arriving late miss out on this natural transition period, and chronic tardiness may cause students to struggle with academic focus and relationships with peers. Showing up on time to school every day can help students develop the habit of being punctual, illustrates to them your commitment to their learning and friendships, and helps reduce classroom interruptions and distractions for all students.

School starts at 7:50am

If you are here after that time, you must park and come inside to fill out the google doc before your student may come inside.

If you arrive after 9:15am for a reason that is unexcused, the student will receive an absence for the day, and you will receive the automated phone call from the district in the afternoon at 4:15pm.

Please send in any excuse notes within 5 days of the absence.

Please see the link below for all attendance rules and regulations: https://www.katyisd.org/Domain/3790

brandiacoppens@katyisd.org

281-237-6508

Free Meals at Hutsell for Students

7:25 am - Staff arrives

7:30 am - Doors open and students go to classrooms

7:43 am - First bell

7:50 am - Tardy bell

3:00 pm - Dismissal

3:25 pm - Staff leaves

Join our volunteer community by registering using the QR codes below. Required for all Katy ISD Volunteers

The WATCH D.O.G.S. continues!

WATCH D.O.G.S. is one of the nation’s largest and most respected school-based, family, and community engagement, organizations in the country. In 1998, the very first WATCH D.O.G.S. program launched at Gene George Elementary in Springdale, AR. Today, more than 6,800 schools across the country have launched a WATCH D.O.G.S. program of their own. Each school year hundreds of thousands of fathers and father figures make a positive impact on millions of children by volunteering millions of hours in their local schools through this amazing one-of-a-kind program.

If you or another father figure in your family would like to sign-up, please fill out your information using this link: WATCH D.O.G.S. Sign Up You must also complete the district volunteer registration.

Order your t-shirt at dadsofgreatstudents.com. Shirt is required to volunteer.

Thank you for your support!

Please contact the clinic with regards to your children taking medication during the school day, so we can discuss the proper forms to be filled out.

If you have any questions, please call 281-237-6525.

Website: https://www.katyisd.org/HE
Location: 5360 Franz Road, Katy, TX, USA
Phone: (281)237-6500
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HutsellElementary/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/officialhutsell

Shauntá Smith - Principal

Timothy Hurt - Student Support Principal

Brooke De La Garza - Assistant Principal

Rocio Sokol - Assistant Principal

Katherine Hodgins - Counselor