Hines Herald

Mission: At Hines Elementary, it is our unwavering commitment to establish a safe and inclusive learning environment. Our students will feel loved, supported, and find joy in learning. ❤️

Vision: At Hines Elementary, we are committed to cultivating a vibrant and dynamic learning environment that ignites curiosity, fosters creativity, and celebrates student achievements. We are dedicated to providing opportunities for critical thinking that are essential for academic success and positive character growth. Through collaboration with families and the wider community, we strive to empower our students to reach their full potential and become responsible, compassionate, and engaged citizens.

This has been an amazing week! We've seen lots of smiles, hugs from friends, new friendships forming and memories made. I hope your child(ren) have come home with wonderful stories of their first week of school!

Thank you again for your patience as we work through the first week dismissal. Dismissal will begin at our regular time beginning Monday with car riders beginning at 3:10 pm. The adjustment may affect bus routes, our car line, and bikers/walkers. As we continue to solidify our routines, we will run on a more regular schedule.

Dear Parents,

The safety and welfare of our students and staff are our highest priority at Hines Elementary. We practice safety drills throughout the year to help our students know what to do in an emergency. Next week is what we call “Drill Week”. We will practice one mandatory drill a day. Procedures for these drills will be explained to your child, and they will be aware that it is a practice drill only. During these drills, we cannot allow visitors into the building. If you are here to pick up your child during that time, you will have to wait until the drill is complete. Most drills will take about 15 minutes, and then we return to our normal activities.

These practice drills allow us to evaluate our emergency operation plans and improve our response skills. We wanted to inform you of these practice drills. In the case of a real emergency, you would be notified by phone call, email and/or text.

If you have any questions or need further information, please do not hesitate to call your child’s teacher or the front office at 281.939.0400

Sincerely,

Tracy Summerville
Assistant Principal

Every week, Mrs. Halbrook, one of our 4th grade teachers, compiles the pictures taken on campus in a highlight video. The students look forward to watching it each week and seeing themself on the big screen! Click below to view this week's video.

https://animoto.com/play/R8prtk0LLFpHqrrvc9u9hg

The meal menus are posted on the Hines Website monthly to allow you to review menu choices. Please review meal options with your child if they plan to purchase breakfast or lunch. The cafeteria is not able to alter the meals to meet children's specific food preferences. If your child has food allergies, the cafeteria requires doctor's documentation to accommodate allergies. The link to the form can be found on the Child Nutrition website under the FAQ section. If you have any questions, you may contact our cafeteria manager, Donna Carrington at dlcarrington@conroeisd.net.

August 18-22: Campus safety week to practice drills

August 18: Community Fieldhouse Spirit Night

August 19: Chick fil A Spirit Day

August 25: Lunch visitors begin

August 27: Parent Information Night information sent

September 1: No School

September 3-4: School store during lunches

September 10: Volunteer meeting @9:00 am

September 10: Room parent meeting @9:30 am

September 11: PTO Meeting 1:00 pm

September 12: Fall Picture Day

September 13: District Student Art Show

This year we are excited to be offering a variety of opportunities for students to get involved after school again. As our campus grows, the variety and number of clubs offered will continue to increase.

These clubs, and their registration information, will be advertised in our weekly newsletter. More information to come about clubs!

We are thrilled to announce that we are looking for enthusiastic third and fourth-grade students to join our school's cheerleading club for the 25-26 school year!

Here are some important details about the cheerleading program:

• The program is open to third and fourth graders only.

• The cost to participate will be $50.

• We will meet each Wednesday starting in September from 3:15-4:30.

• There will be two evening performances for parents to showcase our routines.

• We may have other events throughout the year.

• Our team will consist of a small group of 40 dedicated cheerleaders.

• NO experience necessary

• We will meet all year, ending in April.

• THERE WILL BE A MANDATORY PARENT MEETING ON AUGUST 18TH AT 5 PM.

Husky families,

Sign-ups for Art club begin today and end August 24th. If your 3rd or 4th grader has a strong interest in Art and would like to work on some fun projects with their Art teachers after school, sign them up for a chance to be in the Husky Art Club! (See sign up for more information)

There will be a limited number of spots for each grade level, so a lottery system will be used if more than the allotted amount sign up.

Hines Art teachers

Once a week, students can choose to go outside to play or to the library. On weather days students can choose indoor activities. This additional planning time is when our teachers and instructional coaches meet to plan for intervention and enrichment.

Monday: 1st Grade

Tuesday: 2nd Grade

Wednesday: 3rd Grade

Thursday: 4th Grade

Friday: Kindergarten

If you need to change your child's transportation from their typical way home, please notify the school before 2:00 pm by submitting a transportation change on the transportation change app on your parent portal for 1 DAY CHANGES.

If you need to make a permanent change, or for multiple days, please continue to email contacthines@conroeisd.net. You may copy their child's teacher, however, they are not always able to check their email prior to dismissal, so be sure to include contacthines@conroeisd.net as well. Below is an example of what a change of transportation email should include.

• Child's first and last name
• Teacher/grade
• How they will go home, including what location for biker/walker
• What is the duration of this change (just today, for the week, permanent change)
• The email address that sends the change must match the email we have on file for the guardian or send a photo of your ID along with the email
  
  

Example of email:

• My son, John Smith in Mr. Hines 4th grade class will be a walker today only. He is a FRONT walker. From: Mom Smith
  
  

The front office will email you back once the change has been received either through the app or by email. Thank you for your help with this.

The map below illustrates the names of our biker/walker locations, front, middle and back.

Welcome to Hines Elementary! Please review the Room Parent expectations below and complete this form if you are interested. Room Parent Expectations: A Room Parent plays a vital role within the classroom and school community. Your responsibility is to work closely with the teacher to provide any support or assistance needed for the duration of the school year. Duties may include but are not limited to:

-Organizing and executing Class Parties including planning, communicating with parents, set up, clean up, and creating sign ups.

-Assisting class/teacher with school wide events such as Boosterthon Fun Run and Husky Howl-o-ween.

-Classroom assistance such as cutting things out, changing out bulletin boards and door decorating if needed. -

Chaperoning Field Trips (TBA)

-Assisting with grade level specific events such as music performances and others. This may also include helping with creating props and decorating the stage for events.

-Time Commitment - varies by month. Busiest months for room parents are: Oct, Nov, Dec, and May.

Up to two Room Parents may be selected for each teacher. If you have multiple students enrolled, we ask that you sign up to be a Room Parent for only one class.

**POLICY REMINDERS** - In accordance with Conroe ISD policy and to ensure a safe environment for students, all volunteers will need to pass a background check. Please visit https://apps.conroeisd.net/volunteer/ to complete the form. -Hines Elementary does not permit volunteers to bring non-school aged children to campus for safety reasons when they are volunteering. This includes any time during the day when volunteering with Hines students. Room parent forms must be turned in by Thursday, 8/21/25. If you are selected as a Room Parent, you will be notified via email by Tuesday, 8/26/25.* Questions? Please contact Hines PTO Membership Services Coordinator, April Moncrieff at hinesptomembership@gmail.com

Send your Husky something special on their birthday!

Option #1 includes:
-Birthday message on the marquee on the day of their birthday (or day you choose)
-Birthday sticker
-Lollipop
-Special message from sender

Option #2 includes:
-Birthday sticker
-Lollipop
-Special message from sender

**Please note: ALL Birthday grams must be purchased a minimum of two weeks prior to your student's birthday!**

Join the PTO and check off a bunch of to-dos in one easy step:

• School Directory Access
• Birthday Gram
• Yearbook
• Event Tickets
• And More!

Skip the hassle of multiple forms and payments — take care of it all 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 by signing up for your Hines PTO Membership today!

https://hinespto.ptboard.com/

Are you a parent, guardian, or caregiver at Hines Elementary School?
We need YOU to help build a stronger, more connected school community!

🎓 Why Join the PTO?
✅ Support your child’s education
✅ Help plan fun events and fundraisers
✅ Stay informed and have a voice
✅ Meet awesome parents and teachers
✅ No pressure—volunteer as much or as little as you’d like!

Order a 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 by September 12th and get 𝟒 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬 to personalize your yearbook!

On sale now for $30 until 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟑𝟏𝐬𝐭! Don't miss out on this savings!

We’re looking for community sponsors to help us support our students and staff this school year.

A huge THANK YOU to our returning sponsors — we couldn't do this without you! There are still opportunities available.

Contact us at hinesptosponsorships@gmail.com or click the link for more info.

The Rooms App is what our teachers will use for communcation with parents (this will replace apps like Dojo, Remind and SeeSaw- the parent messaging feature). If you are having trouble accessing Rooms, please see the directions below:

If you are having trouble accessing Rooms, these are the steps to follow:

1. Download the Conroe ISD TX app.

2. Use the Google login with their email on file with the school (the email you registered your children with).

3. Turn on notifications and customize your preferences.

Information for Parents and Guardians: https://info.apptegy.com/for-parents-and-guardians

With the launch of the new district website, we also have a new mobile app!

Download the app on your mobile device and manage your notification preferences in the settings. You will be able to add school profiles when they are moved over to the new platform.

Key Features:

• Push Notifications - Select ‘yes’ when you download the app to receive the latest push notifications from the District.
• Calendar Events - Add events to the calendar on your personal mobile device directly from the calendar section on the app.
• News - Check out the latest District-wide and school news all in one place!

Download on the App Store

Get it on Google Play

Look for the app below in your store:

Please view our Hines Student Handbook Addendum. The purpose of this handbook addendum is to inform you of important information regarding day to day life at Hines; however, at times it may be necessary to make a few changes during the school year. In this event, the addendum will be updated, as well as you will be notified via letter, email, or website. I want to encourage you to visit our school website at http://hines.conroeisd.net as important information and events will be posted there frequently. In fact, you may want to bookmark this address for easy access. The 20252026 Conroe Independent School District Student/Parent Handbook is available to you online here.

Hines Handbook Addendum

School Meal Pricing

2025 – 2026 Meal Prices Breakfast Meal Prices

• Student Breakfast $2.00
• Student Reduced Breakfast $0

Lunch Meal Prices

• Student Lunch $3.20
• Student Reduced Lunch $0
  
  

Menus are located on the Child Nutrition website, the Hines website and posted in the cafeteria.

Parents can pre-pay online for meal accounts beginning August 1, 2025, at www.myschoolbucks.com.

Free and Reduced Meal Applications are available now on line www.myschoolapps.com

Parents can register their students for transportation at the following link: Transportation Registration

Email: contacthines@conroeisd.net
Website: hines.conroeisd.net
Location: Woodbridge Cove Drive, The Woodlands, TX, USA
Phone: 281-939-0400
Facebook: facebook.com/HinesCISD
Twitter: @HinesCISD